For human beings, suffering will eventually end. Death or wealth are the end of suffering.
For nature, suffering will eventually end, because there are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
After a winter of silence, the old trees that are still alive grow new buds, the dead wood turns into nutrients and returns to nature, the snow melts the soil, and the ashes of the mountains turn into nutrients, making this spring more vibrant than before.
Bai Jun climbed out of the cave and climbed up the branches of the willow tree. Now the tree hole could no longer accommodate his three-meter-long body, but Bai Jun still liked to entwine among the branches and leaves of the willow tree and smell the smell of spring.
The spring sunshine is getting warmer day by day, and the creatures in the valley that have been dormant for the winter are beginning to become lively again.
Red flowers and green willows, bees, butterflies and flying birds once again dress up the mountains, covering up the traces of sins that humans have committed.
Bai Zhen entwined among the willow trees, and suddenly found that the willow trees were blooming.
Catkins all over the sky fly out from the branches and leaves, flying proudly across mountains and rivers in the spring breeze, setting sail and spreading to the land thousands of miles away. Perhaps in the future, willow buds will grow again in the soil of deep mountains somewhere. After experiencing frost, rain, snow, birds, beasts and insect pests, years have passed. It took a long time to grow into a giant tree like this ancient willow.
There are long white clouds in the sky, rising from all directions, not knowing where they will land from east to west. Bai Jun began to fall into a daze frequently. He would stay in a tree for a whole day, and then go back to the cave to rest at night.
When you are hungry, eat some fish and some hares that can be seen everywhere in the mountains and plains.
After Baijun eliminated some rabbit predators before winter, the number of rabbits began to grow rapidly.
Fortunately, after the wildfires, many animals fled to the valley, so that the rabbits would not eat up the turf in the valley.
Nowadays, all the weeds by the pond have been eaten away, and only this ancient willow tree still has the smell of white powder left on it. Animals dare not approach it, so the weeds and bushes are much lower than the evergreen outside.
However, without the weeds beside the pond, it does have a somewhat artistic conception.
Every time when the moon is full, in the deep mountains and valleys, the full moon is reflected in the small pool, and the moonlight spreads all over the valley. Ancient willow branches are hanging down, white snakes are looking up at the moon on the rock, insects are chirping and singing nocturnes, fish are dancing happily in the moonlight, fireflies are flying on the pool, and the night light is long and quiet. , the small valley is mysterious and beautiful.
Bai Jun is already the unique overlord in the valley. The wild leopard only dares to hunt and survive in the east of the valley. There are no packs of wolves, tigers and bears. He has become unscrupulous.
Every night, he would bask in the moon.
Every sunny day, he would bask in the sun.
Illuminated by the light of the sun and moon, it is born for the things of heaven and earth. Every inch of Bai Jun's body is illuminated by the sun and the moon, and every scale experiences the laws of the sun and the moon.
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Spring passes, summer solstice, autumn comes and winter comes, year after year. The years in the mountains cannot be counted. We can only rely on spring, summer, autumn and winter to judge the passage of time year by year.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Jun is already five years old.
A snake's five years of age are its most vigorous years!
The life span of snakes is generally very short, no more than ten years.
Unless they are some long-lived pythons that can live for hundreds of years.
Bai Jun was obviously an ordinary water snake. Even though he had an adventure and strengthened his muscles and bones, he still did not break away from the category of beast.
He had a premonition that his life span was only five years.
A water snake, ten years.
Bai Jun has not forgotten that he was a human in his previous life. He may never really become a snake.
Every spring, when snakes are in heat, their promiscuous nature will appear.
And the smell of Baijun is enough to attract female snakes from dozens of miles around to go crazy.
So Bai Jun would hide away in the spring because there were too many female snakes wooing him for breeding.
There were sometimes dozens of female snakes two to three meters long in the pool to seduce him.
Five-year-old Bai Jun has grown to five meters long and has become the undisputed overlord around the valley.
But Bai Jun was quite helpless towards these similar people who were courting him. Fortunately, he has human wisdom.
Bai Yan found some plants in the valley that made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and planted them on the edge of the pool to stop the crazy female snakes.
But Bai Jun didn't expect that the appearance of these female snakes would also attract the arrival of many male snakes, so many snakes came into heat and multiplied in the pool, and the valley became a small snake nest.
There are more and more types of snakes, but they seem to be afraid of Bai Jun's breath and dare not step into the valley.
Bai Jun found that he seemed to have become the snake king.
He could even convey his vague meaning by spitting out letters, and those little snakes really didn't dare to disobey.
This valley can have a name. Snake King Valley!
The old neighbors under the huge rocks in the valley also spread throughout the valley and multiplied into a terrifying forest ant colony. Even if a fox steps into their territory, it will be devoured by countless predatory ants, leaving only its skeleton.
But they can live in harmony with Bai Jun. Such a strange phenomenon is very rare in nature.
Bai Yan could only blame it on them eating too many of his own snake sloughs, and their bodies were contaminated with his own breath. They were even familiar with his breath and regarded Bai Yan as one of them.
After making this discovery, he didn't even forget to bring some prey back to his good neighbor when hunting. Over time, those ant colonies became more and more familiar with Bai Jun.
Even within a few dozen meters of the willow tree surrounded by Bai Jun, not a single ant set foot.
Bai Jun felt as if he had taken the initiative to create a symbiotic relationship with the ants.
When snakes gather in large numbers, natural predators appear.
Outside Snake Valley, many birds and birds appear frequently, hunting Bai Jun's kind.
Bai Yan naturally does not allow this situation to happen. These kin are used to defend the valley and give snakes a place to live. It is also so that one day when humans set foot here, they can be deterred from making mistakes.
So Bai Jun took action.
The five-meter-long Bai Jun has the same powerful power as the fifteen-meter-long giant python. Even the natural enemies of snakes will fall into his fear.
Bai Jun climbed out of the valley, and the snakes outside the valley stood up and made way for him.
The sounds of countless snakes spitting out and hissing sounds were heard endlessly, and the noisy information of the same type entered Bai Jun's mind, making it so noisy that he had a headache.
He suddenly raised his head and spit out a thick snake letter, "Hiss~"
The group of snakes immediately stopped spitting messages, and many of the female snakes who were still pregnant with him became afraid.
Bai Jun looked at the place where the snakes lived. It was a junction of rivers and lakes, with luxuriant water and grass and rich species. It was surrounded by mountains on both sides and was close to the Snake King Valley, blocking the only entrance to the sky through the valley.
This place really needs to be defended.
Bai Jun spit out the snake message to convey the signal to the snakes to disperse, so hundreds of snakes, big and small, left one after another and lived their normal lives.
Since snakes do not communicate, the communication function between groups has also been greatly degraded.
Even though Bai Yan is highly intelligent, he can only simply convey information, as if communicating with a three-year-old child.
Fortunately, they are very obedient and are good children.
Bai Jun swam into the shallow water, rolling in the mud to hide the white color of his body, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
He will trap and kill the giant birds.
Bai Jun knew that there was a tall and dangerous mountain peak not far to the east of the valley, where more than a dozen eagles lived. And his old enemy Goshawk lives there.
No matter how arrogant he was, he would never be able to defeat a dozen giant eagles at the same time.
What's more, the goshawk has grown even more terrifyingly in the past five years.
Bai Jun waited patiently, lurking at the bottom of the water, while there were several water snakes swimming on the water not far from him.
This wait is an hour.
Bai Yan's ability to hold his breath has now reached the point where he can stay underwater for five hours without breathing, and the air sacs in his body are enough to provide oxygen.
Finally, a giant bird noticed the water. It flew a hundred meters in the air and locked onto a water snake more than one meter long in the water.
This giant bird is a mountain eagle. Its wings are fully three meters long. It is already a giant eagle.
It suddenly folded its wings and fell into the sky. At this time, the water snake had not noticed the danger yet. Bai Jun did not ask him to do this to lure the enemy. It was not that smart, it was just stupid.
When the mountain eagle landed about ten meters from the water, the black water snake noticed the movement and hurriedly swam into the water to escape.
If Bai Jun were not here today, it would have been impossible for it to escape.
But Bai Jun happened to be here today.
Not far away, two hunters happened to come to this water area dozens of meters away. Zhang Erniu saw a huge mountain eagle falling and hurriedly pulled his companion and said: "Goudaner, look quickly, there is a big eagle there." !”
The young hunter, who was called Goudan'er, said excitedly: "Where is it?"
If an eagle can be caught, its flesh and blood can be sold for thirty or forty taels of silver, which is money that an ordinary hunter cannot earn in five or six years.
Zhang Erniu pointed into the distance, and Goudan's eyes followed him hurriedly.
I saw a gray-brown eagle folding its wings and falling towards the water. The sharp iron-bone eagle claws were grabbing the water with a cold light under the sunlight.
"What a fierce eagle!" Goudan'er exclaimed.
The two hunters were ready to draw their bows and strings as they marveled.
But when the two of them raised their heads to take aim at the mountain eagle, they suddenly saw a huge snake head sticking out of the water. Its bloody mouth was open and even two long pointed fangs could be clearly seen.
The Shekou showed an amplitude of nearly 180 degrees, biting the eagle that pounced down, and then submerged into the lake, causing huge waves.
Goudan'er's hand holding the bow was trembling, his eyes were dazed, and he was not sure: "Er Niu, you, did you see it?"
Zhang Erniu also had a stiff face and swallowed hard, "I saw it."
"Is that true? Did I read it correctly?"
"Really, you read that right!"
"Then are we still working?"
"Let's go home."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Goudan'er and Zhang Erniu ran side by side under the sun, rushing back to the village.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, the old Huangtou with a cane was sitting on the ridge with several wrinkled old men of his generation, chatting. Suddenly, he saw two young men running over, squinting and smiling: "Goudaner, today What did you hit?"
Goudan ran back to the village entrance and was relieved when he saw so many people. He said breathlessly: "I, I saw an eagle, a big mountain eagle..."
"Hey, did you meet a mountain eagle?" Old Huangtou said with a smile: "Did you catch it? It looks like you two ran away with your hands empty?"
"No, I didn't run away." Zhang Erniu gasped tiredly.
"What did you say? Are you hunting? Where is the eagle? Where is the mountain eagle?" Several old men asked in surprise.
Goudan'er had good physical strength. He breathed for a while and felt much better. He took a breath and said, "Old man, we didn't catch him. We saw that big mountain eagle being eaten by a big snake!"
An old man with a pockmarked face said with confusion: "Goudan'er, don't tell lies. What kind of worm can eat an eagle? I have never heard such nonsense in my life. Don't fool me with such words." Hey, did you hide it secretly and prepare to sell it alone? You must know that your big flower bow and machete were lent to you by my family."
Goudan'er said anxiously, "Really, Uncle Zhao, I really didn't lie to you. That snake is so big, it can open its mouth so wide, and it's still white!" As he spoke, he gestured with his hands. The way the snake's mouth opens.
Zhang Erniu also echoed: "Really, what Goudan'er said is completely true!"
Old Huangtou looked shocked and asked: "You mean, that big snake is a white snake?"
Goudan'er nodded, "It's white. It looks like jade to me. It's unmistakable."
Old Huangtou trembled, opened his mouth without many teeth, and trembled: "Oh! Oh my God! After a few days of peace and quiet, I met the goblin again!"
Several people were shocked and trembled with fear when they heard about monsters.
The old man with a pockmarked face said dissatisfied: "Old Huangtou, why are you yelling and spreading rumors? Isn't it just a big snake? How can I say that it has become a sperm? Maybe these two boys are deceived."
Old Huangtou trembled and said: "You idiot, where have you ever seen a big snake that can eat an eagle? And it's white. Maybe it's a snake that wants to turn into a dragon, and you two kids call it a big snake. , it suddenly returned to its original form. Do you think the goblin can blame us?"
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. There are countless weird folk legends, among which the story of the Five Immortals is the most detailed and complete. Everyone has heard of these strange legends, but they didn't expect to meet them today.
For a time, the old people in this small village worshiped incense and prayed for God's blessing.
And what kind of gods can a small village have? That's land.
The people in the rural areas spread the rumors, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. When the people in Zhuangjia Village heard about it, there was a big snake that had been cultivating for thousands of years not far away in the mountains. It was about to transform into a dragon, but it was killed by two children. Then The thousand-year-old snake demon is coming for revenge.
The Tutu Master was so frightened that he was out of his mind, sweating profusely, and hurriedly ran to the Qinan City City God's Temple to save his life.
Fortunately, before leaving, he dreamed of Goudan'er and Zhang Erniu again. When he saw that it was just an ordinary water snake, he jumped up and cursed in anger.
But the news spread further and further, and several newly built villages nearby knew about it.
In the eyes of these simple and ignorant people, Bai Jun has become a thousand-year-old white snake demon who will turn into a dragon.
And these illusory rumors were secretly weighing on Bai Jun's head.
In the Snake King Valley, Bai Jun didn't know these things.
After a month of hard work, he finally swallowed seven large and small mountain eagles. No more wild eagles dared to hunt on the lake outside the Snake King Valley.
Even some water birds no longer dare to come to the lake to hunt snakes.
Bai Yanke had no idea of doing anything to them. There must be a certain biological limit on the number of snakes, otherwise too many snakes here would definitely attract others' attention. For example, the hawk monster that may exist in the mountains.
Or maybe it attracts humans who make a living by catching snakes.
These may affect Bai Jun's survival. And if there are too many snakes, there will be a lack of food, and there may even be scenes of snakes eating each other.
Although ordinary waterfowl eat snakes, they do not eat as much as eagles, and all kinds of waterfowl cannot attack snakes that are over two meters in size.
But eagles don't have this restriction. Bai Jun has seen eagles bigger than goshawks on the eagle peak.
