Chapter 16: Pit of Snakes
In the Mercedes heading to Yuqing Town.
Huang Youcai rubbed his face, swollen from being struck by Liu Zixuan, a look of anger on his face.
Next to him, Director Lu didn’t dare to utter a sound. After a while, he asked softly, "Mr. Huang, were you serious about the investment you mentioned just now?"
"What do you think?" Huang Youcai snorted coldly, "Director Lu, I can’t take this beating for nothing."
"Your instructions, please."
"Go and find someone to teach him a harsh lesson," Huang Youcai said.
Director Lu pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Don’t worry, I’ll call someone to handle this as soon as I return."
"Get off here. I need to go to the hospital." Huang Youcai instructed the driver to stop the car.
Forced to get out of the car, Director Lu was full of anger, clenching his fist and cursing, "It’s all your fault, you damn village doctor. The good investment got messed up, and now I’m kicked out of the car. Left here in the middle of nowhere, do I have to walk back?"
Meanwhile, Huang Youcai, who was driving towards the town, frowned and thought to himself, Could it be that the doctor really has some skills? No, I must go to the hospital to see for myself...
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Liu Zixuan and Liu Ruyan left the village community and were planning to return to Sister Lian’s house.
The two were walking on the bumpy roads of the village, their side-by-side figures resembling a couple on a stroll.
"This elm tree must be over a hundred years old." Liu Zixuan looked at the large elm tree ahead and suddenly remembered that on the first day he came here, a beautiful young woman living nearby invited him to visit her home.
Liu Ruyan nodded, "Yes, Sister Lian said this old elm tree might be two to three hundred years old. When I first came, I saw many children carving on it and went to stop them. Later, we put up a fence. Such an aged tree might become a landmark in the village in the future."
"It would take five or six people to wrap around it." Liu Zixuan looked at the massive trunk and laughed.
"Indeed."
Saying this, Liu Ruyan pulled open a gap in the fence and walked in. Her slender, fair fingers stroked the bark of the old elm tree as she smiled, "I used to love staying quietly under big trees when I was a child."
After speaking, Liu Ruyan began to walk outside slowly. However, when she stepped down, the ground beneath suddenly swirled like a vortex, collapsing downward.
The speed was so fast that Liu Ruyan, caught off guard, lost her balance and fell forward.
Liu Zixuan’s quick eyes and hands grabbed Liu Ruyan’s jade-like hand, preventing her from falling.
But when he looked under Liu Ruyan’s feet, his pupils contracted sharply, and he involuntarily took a deep breath.
Because in the freshly sunken pit were about twenty or thirty snakes! They moved swiftly within the hole, some even flicking their tongues at the sky.
"Ah!"
Liu Ruyan screamed at the sight, diving directly into Liu Zixuan’s embrace.
That moment of softness...
Liu Zixuan took a moment to feel the smooth back and savor the faint fragrance in the air—it was a thrilling feeling!
After pulling Liu Ruyan out from the fence, he frowned and muttered, "How could so many snakes suddenly appear?"
Liu Ruyan calmed her nerves and said fearfully, "That was terrifying. If I had fallen, I would’ve definitely been bitten."
"You stay here, I’ll go take a look."
"No, snakes are all poisonous."
"They can’t poison me."
Liu Zixuan shrugged. Due to years of following his master and soaking in medicinal baths, his body had transformed, rendering him essentially Immune to Poison.
Moreover, according to his master, Liu Zixuan’s blood was one of the four rarest bloodlines in the world—Jade Pure Blood. It not only detoxifies poisons but also greatly enhances the body’s self-healing capacity.
Therefore, he wasn’t afraid of these things at all.
He walked into the fence and cautiously stood near the edge of the pit, squatting down to examine it closely.
At first glance, the snakes seemed to be tangled aimlessly, but upon careful inspection, it was quite surprising. The snakes appeared to form a circle, and in the middle was a cylindrical object. It seemed like they were protecting it.
This piqued Liu Zixuan’s curiosity even more. What could that object be that the snakes were guarding?
"Help me find a bag. Preferably one that’s airtight." Liu Zixuan said.
Liu Ruyan, without asking questions, went to a nearby residence to find a bag.
Before long, a beautiful housewife came out with Liu Ruyan. Liu Zixuan had seen her before—she was the one who invited him to her home.
When she walked out and saw Liu Zixuan, her eyes widened—this Lingxiu Village had just this one man; any woman would be attracted to him.
However, when she tried to approach and greet Liu Zixuan, she was startled by the snakes in the pit and dared not come closer.
"How did so many snakes appear here?" the beautiful housewife asked.
"We don’t know either. We just happened to pass by and found them suddenly," Liu Ruyan explained.
"Oh dear, Dr. Liu, please get rid of them from my doorstep. They’re really frightening," the housewife threw a few flirtatious glances at Liu Zixuan, her whole being exuding an alluring aura.
Liu Zixuan thought to himself, What a seductress... and then smiled, "No problem."
Saying this, Liu Zixuan took the bag and started catching the snakes.
This was his forte. Back in the Spirit Extinct Mountain days, he often went into the mountains to catch snakes for medicinal wine.
Interestingly, when he tried to catch the snakes, they went crazy, aggressively trying to attack Liu Zixuan, as if they feared their protected object being taken away.
This only increased Liu Zixuan’s curiosity about that item.
He reached out, caught a snake, and threw it into the bag—effortlessly.
Yet, his every move had Liu Ruyan and the housewife on edge.
After all, they were snakes, not caterpillars, and catching them bare-handed—just the courage required—surely few in the world could do it.
Oh, except for those snake charmers in India!
Liu Ruyan and the housewife clutched their hands tightly, fearing Liu Zixuan would be bitten. However, a few minutes passed, and all the snakes were in the bag with Liu Zixuan unharmed! The two were quite puzzled by this.
With all the snakes gone from the pit, only the cylindrical object remained. Liu Zixuan reached out to grab it. As soon as he held it, a sharp pain emanated from his palm.
Unable to bear it, he threw the object to the ground and knitted his brows tightly.
Before he could react, a deafening dragon roar echoed in his mind, immediately causing him to lose consciousness.
"Zixuan!"
"Dr. Liu!"
Liu Ruyan and the housewife hurried over when they saw what happened...