Hundreds of thousands of mountains stretch endlessly, with poisonous insects, ferocious beasts, miasma and bad water. The environment is harsh and usually inaccessible. The unique environment has nurtured countless creatures and rare elixirs.
The place where spiritual energy gathers will breed certain special medicinal materials, which contain the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, so they are often eaten by wild beasts.
One day, the white snake wandered in the mountains and forests to hunt, unaware that the snake's life was about to change...
Animals and birds have the ability to distinguish the good and bad of things without learning or experience, just by intuition, as if there is some guidance in the dark, which is called instinct.
The white snake raises its head and spits out snake messages to search for the scent of prey.
Suddenly, a scent particle that lures the snake deeply stimulates the olfactory system. It is a smell that has never been smelled before. The light fragrance makes the snake feel comfortable. There seems to be a voice in the mind telling the white snake to eat that thing quickly. With the deep soul, The hereditary memory of White Snake confirmed that it was not a trap, and after a slight hesitation, he twisted his body to search for the scent.
Swimming across a small stream, Snake Xin kept catching the smell and crawled quickly. Judging from the smell, it was not far away. After climbing up the hillside, he found a hollow in the mountain stream halfway up the mountain. There was a small puddle about one meter in diameter inside. He saw the puddle. There was a tender green grass next to it. The grass was as green as glass. The digestive juices unconsciously slipped from the corners of the mouth. Without any hesitation, the snake opened its mouth and pulled out the grass with roots and mud and swallowed it. Then, the white snake felt in its belly Huo Nuan's eyes went dark and he fainted...
In fact, the grass is not a weed, nor is it a rare species in the world. It is just an old tonic with sufficient efficacy. It happens to be grown in a place where spiritual energy gathers. It is of high quality, but it is just a seedling. How does White Snake understand those who only know how to eat it? What’s more, if you don’t eat it, there may be other beasts looking for it and fighting for it.
It is dangerous to fall into coma in the mountain forest. Fortunately, the small puddle is located halfway up the mountain in a hidden location.
As the sun sets and the moon rises, the white snake, which has been in a coma for a day, moves its tail and slowly wakes up.
After waking up, he secretly cursed for being careless. Fortunately, he was not poisoned. He also felt that his whole body seemed to be bound and tight and uncomfortable. The white snake, which had shed its skin several times, knew that it was going to grow longer again, so it twisted its snake body down the mountain.
Returning to the stone pile, he got into the rocks and scratched hard on the edges and corners of the rocks.
Snake scales are the outermost cuticle of the skin. They are very tough and can prevent the loss of water in the body. They will not grow as the body grows. The old snake skin must be shed to become larger. The white snake is a little confused. It has been less than a month since the last time it shed its skin. Getting bigger again?
First, the snake skin falls off from the head, and the old skin is peeled off from the head to the trunk by using rough edges and corners. Finally, the tip of the snake's tail sheds its skin, and the entire molting process ends.
The white snake with human wisdom used its tail to roll up its old skin and hide it in a crack in the stone. This was done to prevent it from attracting the attention of falcons.
Shedding skin is very dangerous. Not to mention that natural enemies are watching. Failure to shed the old skin is likely to lead to death and consume a lot of nutrients. Many snake catchers take advantage of the snake's shedding to catch the snake when its body is stiff and its temperament is docile. Otherwise, The white snake will not get into the pile of rocks.
Feeling exhausted, I fell asleep again...
the next day.
The white snake found that the scales on its body were whiter, more beautiful, and longer. It was five meters long from head to tail. It was considered a giant in this forest. A larger body meant greater fighting power. The white snake didn't know its own limit. How much is it? Anyway, the bigger the better, it is always right.
The weather was nice, so we swam out of the cave and continued hunting.
The mountains are difficult to cultivate and are not suitable for human survival. The harsh environment is inaccessible. However, because of this, it has become a longing place for poor herb collectors. The herb collectors, armed with various tools and anthelmintics, go deep into the mountains to earn money for their families. Living on a meager amount of money, many people have never been able to go out.
There is a 100-meter-wide water pool in the valley. The water is small and deep. There is a moss-covered cliff beside the water. A man who looks to be in his thirties carrying a medicine basket is climbing on it to collect medicine.
Holding the vine tightly with his left hand, he dug out the complete herbs from the cracks in the stone with his right hand and carefully put them into the basket on his back.
Grasp the vine and slowly move it to another place. The herb collector was delighted when he saw the plant in the stone nest, Dendrobium officinale! This adventure into the mountains made a lot of money! After selling the money, the wife of the family was able to sell a piece of cloth to make clothes. The happy herb collector began to pick Dendrobium officinale, but did not notice that the vine in his hand was seriously worn by the rocks...
The herb collector felt that his left hand was empty and he fell backwards! I secretly thought that my life was at an end.
Plop~! Water splashed everywhere.
Most of the poor people who live in the mountains all year round know how to use water. The man wanted to swim to the shore, but when he rolled down the cliff, his arm was injured and he couldn't use his strength. He could barely float on the water and couldn't swim. This made the man anxious.
"Help...help..."
Cries for help echoed in the valley, and even though they knew there was no one around, they clung to life-saving straws and called for help.
In the distance, the white snake raised its head.
There seemed to be some strange noise just now, but nothing unusual was found. He lowered his head and crawled to continue looking for prey.
In fact, the cry for help was very loud, but the snake creatures mostly used their belly to feel the vibrations, so they did not hear anyone calling for help clearly. It was not until the white snake came to the edge of the pool that it saw the figure rising and falling in the water through infrared sensing.
It was known through the infrared image that it was a human being.
people?
White Snake has never seen a single human being in twenty years, and once thought that there was no one in this world. The appearance of the drowned person stirred up memories of the past deep in his soul.
At this moment, the herb gatherer's flopping became more and more weak, and he slowly sank into the water.
When the herb collector thought that he was going to die, he saw a huge white snake swimming in the water. It was true that the herb collector was deep in the mountains and fell into the water. Misfortunes never come alone when he encounters a big snake.
My life is at an end...
Under the water, the white snake twisted its body and swam quickly to the herb collector. The snake's tail wrapped around his shoulders and swam hard to the shore.
It didn't take long.
"Ahem..."
The man who fell into the water kept coughing out water, and finally sat up suddenly to take a deep breath. Before he fell into coma, he remembered a big white snake pulling him away. When he woke up, he was on the shore. Where was that big snake?
He raised his head and saw a snake with a thick mouth in front of him.
"ah……"
With a scream, the herb collector hurriedly retreated in panic, but behind him was the cliff with no way to retreat. The white snake did not move, and it looked at him with a look of contempt. Yes, contempt, the herb collector. I'm sure the snake despised his yelling.
From the details of the man's clothing and hairstyle, White Snake can see that he is an ancient man, with yellow skin, black hair, and an Oriental face. The weaving technology is very backward, and his clothing and hair are somewhat similar to the Qin and Han styles, which means that this is an ancient world.
After looking at it for a long time, White Snake turned and left.
For some reason, the herb collector seemed to feel the snake sighing. Is this still a snake?
White Snake just sighed, a snake is a snake, no matter what happened in the past life, it is in the past. After seeing the person, his heart did not have much fluctuation. Maybe it was the Spring and Autumn Period of the past twenty years that made him bid farewell to the past. The reason why he saved people was just that he still remained in his heart. He is also the first person he has seen, which has some commemorative significance.
The man collecting herbs breathed a sigh of relief, checked the injury on his arm and found some herbs for treatment. After bandaging the wound, he realized that the sun was dipping and it seemed that he would not be able to go out today.
The basket on his back was empty of dry food, and just when he was unbearably hungry, the white snake came back again.
He put down the strangled Jin Pheasant and turned around to leave.
The herb picker looked at the food on the ground in stunned silence and then at the white snake going away. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed, muttering something unknown...
