The body of a python about an arm's length in diameter coiled on a granite beam protruding from the mountain, and its scales with black and red stripes shook off clouds of dust.
Two bloody mouths were waiting for the delicious prey to fall in, while the other snake head was sticking out its tongue and observing the surrounding situation.
At the critical moment, Baili Ming grabbed Lu Ningshuang's arm, used the force to pull her into his arms, and the positions of the two suddenly changed.
At the moment the snake's mouth was about to pounce on him, he stretched out his hand holding the crossbow without hesitation. The snake's fangs pierced his arm, bringing unspeakable pain.
Just as the shoulder was about to be bitten off, the crossbow made of fine iron just happened to block the snake's mouth.
Baili Ming pulled the trigger, and the specially made three-edged arrow shot into the python's belly through the stuck snake's mouth.
Taking advantage of the python's pain, Baili Ming quickly withdrew his hand, even giving up the crossbow, and rolled down the slope holding Lu Ningshuang.
The giant patterned python shook its head violently and slapped the cliff wall with its tail. Rocks kept rolling down and chased after the two.
The other two snake heads opened their mouths and made angry "hissing" sounds.
Lu Ningshuang looked at the three-headed giant python behind her, her cheeks flushed with excitement. She hugged Baili Ming's waist and whimpered weakly and pitifully.
"My husband, can you beat him?"
Her considerate comfort:
“It doesn’t matter if you can’t beat me, I won’t hate you.
If you and I, husband and wife, cannot be born on the same day, then it would be a beautiful thing if we die on the same day."
"Shut up!"
The black wave and the giant python followed closely behind. Baili Ming roared angrily, and simultaneously exerted force on his waist, abdomen and leg muscles, holding Lu Ningshuang and spinning up.
Worried that Lu Ningshuang might do something strange, he pinched the back of her neck and knocked her unconscious.
Then he quickly lifted up his clothes, pulled out a bone flute, put it to his lips and started playing.
……
At dawn, in another courtyard on the mountainside, Alai was assisting the valley's Chinese medicine practitioner in treating Baili Ming's injuries.
The bloodstained shirt had been removed with scissors, revealing strong bronze muscles. Blood mixed with sweat seeped from the back to the waist and abdomen that rose and fell with breathing, with a brutal and aggressive look.
He sat at the table with a sullen face, staring intently in the direction of the bedroom, as if he wished he could cut the person sleeping in the room into pieces.
Behind the mountain is the forbidden area of Yun Valley, where poisonous insects are everywhere. Almost all of them are semi-finished products or failed products of Gu worm research. The patterned three-headed python is the failed entity with the highest coefficient of variation in recent years and its controllability is very low.
He obviously underestimated the attraction of Lu Ningshuang's blood to them. Although he tried many methods, he was still bitten on the back by the mad python at the last moment, and a large piece of flesh was torn off.
Originally, he threw Lu Ningshuang there just to scare her, who could have thought that she would be so bold?
"How is the injury, young master?"
Alai changed the basin for a new one with clean water, and kept wringing the handkerchief as he passed it to the doctor.
The doctor was a middle-aged man with dark circles under his eyes and a gloomy temperament. His method of suturing was also very strange. He used purple-red ants poured out from a bamboo tube.
The moment it landed on his back, Baili Ming's eyes turned bloodshot, and he clenched his hands on the table into fists and punched down hard.
“The three-headed python is extremely poisonous, and a large piece of its flesh was torn off, which has already injured its tendons and bones. Although I have treated it carefully, it still needs to rest for a while.
Sir, don't do strenuous exercise in the next half month, and don't let the wound come into contact with water. The growth of flesh and blood is the most uncomfortable. Just endure this period of time.
I'm leaving first, and will come back tomorrow to change the medicine for you."
Alai cooked a detoxifying soup for Baili Ming, and suppressed his anger as he asked carefully:
"Sir, are you being too indulgent towards her? After all, she is just a temporary container for the Holy Gu. Once you find a way to transfer the Holy Gu to you, she will be useless.
In my opinion, it is better to imprison her directly. Once she falls into your hands, you can still do whatever she wants?"
Baili Ming finished drinking the medicine, put the bowl on the table, and stared at Alai solemnly, "When will it be your turn to teach me how to do things?"
Alai folded his hands on his stomach and lowered his head to admit his mistake:
"It was my fault for speaking out of turn. I hope you will forgive me, sir."
"Don't do it again, or get out of here."
"Yes."
Alai responded respectfully and said:
“Sir, the Cangqi priest has sent a message that the high priest has decided to hold a grand sacrificial ceremony to divine the whereabouts of Lu Ningshuang. We must speed up.
In addition, Lu Jianzhang finally won a great victory in his march north, and the people of Liang said they wanted to settle accounts with you."
After assisting Baili Ming in kidnapping Lu Ningshuang, Zhao Feibai of Liang State sent his men to the northern battlefield where the Xuanqi Army was located, taking the poisonous insects given by Baili Ming.
The area of Liang State was less than one-fifth of Qi State. It had been a vassal state for more than a hundred years. Even when Qi State was torn apart, it did not dare to openly seize Qi State's territory.
Instead, he secretly supported local ambitious people in Qi in order to indirectly control the territory of Qi.
It was not in the interest of Liang that Lu Jianzhang led the Xuanqi Army northward to recover lost territory. However, before Qi was divided, they secretly made trouble and were beaten many times by Lu Guogong's troops.
The worst time was when more than half of the country was occupied.
Now that the God of Death has returned, they dare not confront him head-on, so they want to use some dirty tricks to steal the fertile land that they have been coveting.
At first, the poisonous insects given by Baili Ming were very effective. The Xuanqi army was widely infected with malaria and the death toll increased dramatically. But within two days, Baili Lin, who had disguised himself, went to the battlefield in person and cured them.
Knowing that Liang State was behind the trouble, the Xuanqi army was eager to fight and wanted to attack their palace.
After the spring, the snow melted and the Xuanqi Army became very powerful. They had reached the border a month ago.
"Tsk, what are you going to settle? The things have already been given to them, they just didn't seize the opportunity! I didn't say I would take care of after-sales service, that little help is only worth that little price!"
Baili Ming tied the belt of his shirt, stood up and walked to the window. Everyone in the valley was busy in the fields. What Lu Ningshuang did last night almost triggered a poisonous insect frenzy.
Now those people are restoring the medicinal fields.
The higher the level of the poisonous insect cultivation, the more resources are needed and the more stringent the conditions are. Those that do not grow well must be buried.
Dead poisonous insects or human corpses were buried in medicinal fields by hardworking "farmers" and became nutrients for the living creatures below.
The well-worn hoe hooked across the turf, covering the oily black soil.
Baili Ming waved his hand to let Alai leave, and went to the wing room in the previous courtyard to tinker with it for a long time, and did not come back until the sun was high in the sky.
He calculated the time very accurately, and Lu Ningshuang woke up.
The four looked at each other, and no one spoke. There was no tenderness on Baili Ming's face, and his ulterior motive was revealed.
As long as Lu Ningshuang points out his previous lies, he will show his blade and fangs.
Suddenly, Lu Ningshuang sighed in disappointment:
"My husband, the romance of you and I going to hell together is gone. What a pity."
"Is it?"
Baili Ming narrowed his eyes and examined her, pushing the dark red soup towards her mouth, and said with a fake smile:
"Good boy Yan'er, drink the medicine quickly. Your husband wants to be with you till the end of time. Don't say such unlucky words!"
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