Phantom Snake Traces (1)
Phantom Snake Traces (1)
Li Xiaoyao ran all the way, but he didn't know how far he had to run. After a long time, he stopped in front of a dilapidated wall. He saw the cold moon in the sky and the desolate grass and ruins around him. He was alone and helpless.
Li Xiaoyao suddenly sat on the ground and thought,""Ling Er…How could Ling Er be captured by the snake demon? Where should I start looking?"
He sat alone in the deserted village and had no idea what to do. He recalled Ling 'er's expression and tone just now and felt that something was wrong. He thought about it alone for a while and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became."Hmph, that maid said that the snake demon is Ling 'er. It's nonsense. Lin Tiannan must have asked her to say it to make me give up.”
At this moment, a chuckle came from the end of the mountain path.
"Ling 'er!" Li Xiaoyao hurriedly called out. He thought that Zhao Ling 'er had indeed come here to hide and was deliberately deceiving him.
There was still no one around. Li Xiaoyao shouted,""Ling 'er, come out. Stop fooling around. If you don't like living in the Lin family, let's leave together. Don't worry about what's right or wrong…"
The chuckle disappeared quietly. Li Xiaoyao stood in his original spot and scratched his head,""Could it be that I'm hallucinating?"
Li Xiaoyao heard light footsteps. He turned around and saw Lin Yueru standing in the direction of the laughter. She had already changed into her usual clothes, her hair was still tied up behind her head, and she looked at Li Xiaoyao with her arms crossed.
" It's you…" Li Xiao Yao was a little disappointed.
Lin Yueru looked at him from the front of the mountain path with a gloomy expression. Then, she raised her eyebrows and said,""It's me. How is it? Are you disappointed enough?”
Li Xiaoyao turned around and left, ignoring her. "Hey, are you just going to leave while touching your nose?" Lin Yueru stomped her feet behind him. Your precious Ling 'er is missing. It's enough to make you sad. You deserve it!”
Li Xiaoyao turned around and said angrily,"If you want to gloat, go ahead. I don't want to talk to you!"”
Lin Yueru was so angry that she could barely speak. She said,""Me gloating? Someone was so eager to gloat over his misfortune? If you don't know how to be kind, you'll never be able to find your Ling 'er. I don't care if you cry yourself to death!”
Li Xiaoyao stood still and turned to glare at her.""What do you want? Unreasonable!"
Lin Yueru said hatefully," Yes, I'm ugly and fierce. I'm not like your Ling 'er, who is beautiful and gentle. Everything I say is bullshit. It's fine if you don't care. I'll let you look for it yourself for the rest of your life!"”
Li Xiaoyao could tell that something was wrong and said,""What are you talking about? Why are you talking about beauty and ugliness?"
Lin Yueru kicked a rock on the ground and shouted,""You clearly said that I'm ugly and fierce. I'm just like this. I'm a bad woman who gloates over others 'misfortune!”
Li Xiaoyao was stunned." When did I say that you're ugly and fierce?" Are you crazy?"
Lin Yueru glared at him and bit her lip. Li Xiaoyao tried his best to think. He had said that she was fierce tens of thousands of times, but Li Xiaoyao really did not remember saying that she was ugly. In fact, not only was she not ugly, she was also beautiful.
"I…I really said that?" Li Xiaoyao felt a little guilty under her gaze.
Lin Yueru kept a straight face and didn't say anything. Li Xiaoyao said,""I never said that! If…um, I accidentally say it, then I'll apologize to you. I'm sorry!”
Li Xiaoyao was about to leave when Lin Yueru called out to her,""Hey! Let me ask you again!"
Li Xiaoyao was in a hurry to find Zhao Ling 'er and stopped impatiently.
"Let me ask you, am…am I really ugly?”
Li Xiaoyao said," Don't let your imagination run wild. It's not like that. You're extremely beautiful!"”
"You're not lying to me?"
"Why would I lie to you? If you ask Liu Jin Yuan, he will use all the sentences in the book to praise you!”
"I'll believe you this once." Lin Yueru smiled. Ha, you fool, it's the middle of the night, where do you plan to start looking?”
"What did you say?" Li Xiaoyao asked.
Lin Yueru played with her hair and smiled. He ran around like a silly dog.”
" Why did you…" Li Xiaoyao was initially angry at her for ridiculing him like this, but he suddenly thought it through and said,""You want to help me find Ling 'er? Do you know where she will go?"
Lin Yueru deliberately looked elsewhere and said arrogantly,""Well, it depends on how you beg me!”
"I…sigh, thank you."
" Don't thank me," Lin Yueru said." I didn't do it for you. I did it for Sister Ling 'er!" After all, she went missing in my house. I have a moral responsibility to find her.”
Li Xiaoyao was surprised and grateful. This time, he said sincerely,""Thank you. Thank you, Miss Lin. I never knew you were such a warm-hearted woman.”
"Don't tell me you only know how to call me Miss Lin?" Lin Yueru's expression changed again.”
Li Xiaoyao thought to himself, I almost slipped up and called you unruly miss!”Of course, he wouldn't tell the truth. He smiled and asked,""How else should I call you?"
Lin Yueru said," I don't want you to call me 'Grandaunt' either. There's no meaning in taking advantage of you. Forget it. You're one year older than me. I'll call you 'Big Brother'. How should you call me then?”
"Sister Yue Ru, isn't that right?" Li Xiaoyao asked.”
Lin Yueru smiled sweetly and looked very happy. She didn't know why Li Xiaoyao changed his words, but she was so happy. She felt that a woman's heart was really hard to understand.
" Sister Yue Ru, you're familiar with this area," Li Xiaoyao said." In your opinion, where did the demon that captured Ling 'er go?"”
Lin Yueru looked around for a while and pondered for a moment before saying,""Hmm…there's a Hidden Dragon Cave not far ahead. I heard that there's a group of snake demons living in the depths of the cave. They often appear in the vicinity, and many young girls have been abducted by him into the cave.”
"I heard people say during the day that Lord Lin once led people to eliminate demons, right?"”
Lin Yueru nodded." Yes. My father has recruited many people with lofty ideals to enter the cave to eliminate the demons, but they have never succeeded. Many people have even died." I wanted to go with him several times, but my father wouldn't let me go, saying that…it would be a great hindrance to a woman's reputation. He also said,"It's not that my martial arts are not good enough, but if the snake demon dies in my hands, people will say,'The Lin family's daughter killed the snake demon.' He couldn't help but think of some dirty things. But, hmph, the warriors my father found were useless!”
Li Xiaoyao felt a little helpless. Lin Tiannan's considerations were indeed correct, but he was too biased towards his daughter.
" Sigh," Lin Yueru continued," It's precisely because my father hates the snake demon to the core that he said those words that he misunderstood Lady Zhao…"
" Bring me to the Hidden Dragon Cave," Li Xiaoyao said." When I find Ling 'er, I'll be able to prove that Ling' er is definitely not a snake demon. That way, Lord Lin will understand."”
Lin Yueru nodded and led the way. Li Xiaoyao followed closely behind her and walked for about six to seven miles. There were only trees and vines around them. There was no sound of human voices at all. The sound of their footsteps was very abrupt.
In the forest where the ancient cypresses overlapped, a faint light was emitted.
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru both saw the faint light that was swaying in the dark and damp forest, emitting a little warmth of the human world.
However, Li Xiaoyao was a little suspicious, how could there be a family in such a deep mountain? It's hard to say if it's not a demon.
Lin Yueru turned around and looked at Li Xiaoyao nervously. Li Xiaoyao nodded. The two of them drew their swords at the same time and carefully approached the direction of the light.
The two of them approached. It was indeed a small house with a simple wooden door and a small door. There were some dry firewood and sundries hanging outside the low wall. It looked like an ordinary mountain firewood house.
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru silently pushed open the door and walked in. There seemed to be some panic inside the door.
Li Xiaoyao pushed the door open and entered. The other party immediately shouted,""Wow! Don't catch me, don't catch me…I only have this broken firewood at home, I don't have anything valuable for you…"
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru both exclaimed. Under the light, they could see that there were only two beds and a table in the small room, as well as simple furniture hidden in the darkness.
Li Xiaoyao looked at it carefully for a while. This place really didn't look like a treacherous place. The old man had dark skin and was skinny. His eyes were filled with fear.
Only then did Li Xiaoyao notice that he and Lin Yueru were both holding swords, as if they had ill intentions. He quickly sheathed his sword and said,""I'm sorry for causing you to misunderstand. Sir, we are not bad people. We are really sorry for offending you late at night.”
"Take whatever you want, as long as you don't kill me…" the old man stammered.
"Old man, we're not bad people!" Lin Yueru said.”
The old man was about to cry." Yes, Your Majesty. You…You're not bad people…I don't dare to say that you're bad people…"
Li Xiaoyao said," We didn't mean to offend you. It's just that we found it strange to see a family in this desolate mountain. That's why we came to investigate."”
Only then did the old man dare to look at them and said in a trembling voice,"Those…those two are…the kings of the Hidden Dragon Cave?”
She actually thought they were monsters. Lin Yueru interjected,""We're good people. Why do you think we're monsters?”
The old man said," The two of you…barging into the wilderness at this late hour. If you're not the king of the Hidden Dragon Cave, could you be an ordinary person?"”
"We are just ordinary people!" Li Xiaoyao laughed.”
"What are you doing here?" The old man asked in surprise.”
"Why are you living alone in such a place and causing misunderstandings?”
" Of course I don't want to," the old man said with a bitter face." But…I've lived here since I was young. This used to be a small village. If it weren't for…if it weren't for the fact that the snake monster became more and more rampant year by year, everyone would have moved away. I wouldn't have been left alone…"
"Are you guarding the house alone?" Li Xiaoyao asked.”
The old man sighed." We used to be a family, but my son and my wife died. I only have a cute granddaughter to accompany me. But…she was also kidnapped by the snake demon not long ago. I don't know if she's still alive or not. Wu…"
The old man began to cry. Li Xiaoyao was extremely sympathetic, but before he could say anything, Lin Yueru stepped forward and said in a dignified manner,""Old man, what's your granddaughter's name? We're going to find that snake demon. Maybe we can save her!”
The old man looked at them suspiciously and said,""You…are going to find the snake demon? What are you doing?"
"To save people, of course." Lin Yueru said," I have a friend who has also been captured. We're going to rescue her.”
Only then did the old man feel completely relieved. He said,"Really? That was great! But…sigh, many people have already lost their lives in that cave. You guys better not go. Just treat it as my granddaughter has already…"
Li Xiaoyao said," Old man, I will not give up on saving people. I must save my friend. You must miss your granddaughter very much, right? Then we cannot give up hope!"”
" Sigh," the old man said." My granddaughter's name is Zhang Xiaohui. If you really want to save her, you must be careful…"
" We will," Lin Yueru said." You know where the snake demons are, don't you?"”
Old Man Zhang nodded." That snake demon's nest is in a cave at the foot of the mountain in the west." However, the cave was full of twists and turns, and there were many poisonous snakes lurking around. It was very dangerous to enter. You guys…Sigh, you guys must be careful!”
Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru thanked Old Man Zhang. Without hesitation, they hurried to the place the old man had mentioned.
Li Xiaoyao felt uneasy. He didn't know what kind of monsters were in the Hidden Dragon Cave of the Hidden Dragon Stream, and how strong they would be. He only knew that he would never give up on Zhao Ling 'er. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he had to save her.
Following the direction that Old Man Zhang had pointed out, the two of them walked on many mountain paths and crossed a small stream. The deeper they went into the valley, the more humid it became.
" I know this place," Lin Yueru whispered." I heard from the people my father sent to hunt down the snake demons. The area around the Hidden Dragon Cave is full of mud and poisonous insects. We have to be careful."”
Li Xiaoyao nodded. On the mountain wall that Xue Li and Nvluo were climbing, a deep cave was faintly revealed. The cave was faintly emitting a terrifying red light.
Li Xiaoyao grabbed Lin Yueru and asked,""Is this the snake demon's cave?”
" It should be here," Lin Yueru said." There's a strange red light. It shouldn't be wrong."”
"You stay here and wait for me."”
He was about to walk forward when Lin Yueru stopped him and said,""No, I want to go in too!"
Li Xiaoyao turned to Lin Yueru and said,""You're a girl. Wouldn't it be too dangerous if something happened to you?”
"So what if she's a girl?" Lin Yueru smiled.”
Li Xiaoyao said," Alright, alright. I know that you're stronger than boys. Don't forget that you've lost to me!"”
Surprisingly, Lin Yueru was not angry. She smiled and said,""Hmph, I'm a girl. If anything happens to me, you'll protect me, right?”
"Of course!"
"That's it," Lin Yueru said."Let's go in together!"”
"Hey, but…" Li Xiaoyao said.
"But what? Or do you want me to protect you?" Lin Yueru had already rushed forward and entered the cave first. "You're really…" Li Xiaoyao hurriedly followed.
Lin Yueru turned around and placed her right index finger on her lips. She said softly,""Shh! Don't alarm the snake demon."
Li Xiaoyao couldn't do anything to her, so he could only close his mouth and carefully sneak in. The two of them removed the cold vines and stepped into the cave. Li Xiaoyao rushed to the front and led the team again. This time, Lin Yueru did not fight and followed behind him.
After entering the cold and gloomy cave, they felt as if water would seep out of the walls. The air was filled with a faint stench that made people hold their breaths. After walking for a while, Li Xiaoyao was worried about Lin Yueru. He turned around and held her hand so that she wouldn't be separated.
Lin Yueru was stunned. She struggled a little at first, but after a while, she let Li Xiaoyao hold her hand and silently followed behind him.
Although this was a place with a terrible stench, and the long and winding tunnel felt like she was walking in her throat, Lin Yueru felt very calm and happy for some reason. She had been arrogant and fierce all her life, and all the men who saw her were respectful and respectful, just not to provoke her. However, in front of Li Xiao Yao, it was the first time she was protected by a man of the same age. At this time, she realized that she was a girl, a girl who wanted to be taken care of.
Looking at Li Xiaoyao's back, Lin Yueru only wanted to lean on him. This kind of feeling made her calm, but it also carried an inexplicable sadness.
The two of them walked for an unknown amount of time. They felt that this tunnel seemed to go deep into the ground. The ground was not only wet, but there were also puddles of water. The stench was even stronger.
Suddenly, there was no road ahead. Li Xiaoyao stopped and groped his way forward. Lin Yueru took a step forward and raised the fire folds to look at it for a while. Then, she whispered,"Look, there's a hole on top.”
"This…" Li Xiaoyao was a little embarrassed.
Lin Yueru chuckled." Luckily, I followed you in. Otherwise, you would have wasted your time!"”
She pulled out the soft whip from her waist. With a snap, the tip of the whip wrapped around a vine at the top of the cave. She pulled it and raised her chin, indicating for Li Xiaoyao to climb up first.
Li Xiaoyao climbed up the hole with the soft whip. Lin Yueru followed suit.
The entrance to the cave was dry, and the stone floor had been carefully laid. Both of them were sure that the snake demon's nest was close, so they were even more vigilant.
There was the sound of dripping water in the distance. The further they went, the wider the road became, but it was still extremely dark.
Suddenly, a black shadow swept across. Lin Yueru cried out in alarm. Her body was already entangled and pulled into the air by a pulling force.
Li Xiaoyao was shocked. He focused his gaze and almost couldn't speak.
In the middle of the passage, a huge python wrapped around Lin Yueru's waist. Lin Yueru was so tightly wrapped that she found it difficult to breathe or struggle.
"What kind of python is this…"
Li Xiaoyao was still in shock. The giant python twisted slightly and turned around. Li Xiaoyao was even more surprised. Its upper body was actually that of a man. Not only did it have a strong and sturdy chest, but it also had two arms. The facial features on its head were rough, and its head was covered with black hair that was tied up into a knot. Its slanted eyes carried a strange demonic aura.
"You…what are you!" Li Xiao Yao rebuked.
The snake demon's voice was as ethereal and sinister as a ghost's."What are you doing in my cave abode?”
"You are the snake demon?" Li Xiaoyao raised his sword and said. Put her down!"
The snake demon man laughed strangely,"Those who come to my cave are mine."”
Lin Yu 'eru's face had turned green from the entanglement, and she seemed to be about to faint. Li Xiaoyao shouted angrily, and his sword aura shot out. The snake demon quickly flew away and let go of Lin Yu' eru.
Li Xiaoyao rushed forward to help Lin Yueru up and said,""Are you alright?"
Lin Yueru propped herself up and said," I…I'm fine. Damn it. I was just caught off guard and was ambushed by him. I must teach that snake demon a lesson later!"”
Li Xiaoyao helped her up. Suddenly, another black shadow flashed by. Li Xiaoyao shouted,"Be careful!"
At the same time that Li Xiaoyao pushed Lin Yueru away, he thrust his sword forward. With a swoosh, the snake's shadow wailed and disappeared without a trace, dripping a few drops of snake blood.
Li Xiaoyao had Lin Yueru behind his back and was facing her with his sword.
Although the snake demon dodged quickly, it was still hit by Li Xiaoyao's sword. It hid in the dark and stared at Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru with its fiery red snake eyes.
The two of them were on guard for a while. Li Xiaoyao said,"Let's go. That snake demon must have escaped inside.”
"But I heard that snakes are the most patient. Brother Xiaoyao…" Lin Yueru said.
"Listen to me!" Li Xiaoyao said.
After saying that, he pulled her back and walked a few steps with her back facing the snake demon. The snake demon hiding in the dark revealed a sinister smile and pounced forward.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiaoyao was already prepared. He quickly turned around and slashed his sword left and right, drawing two strokes on the snake demon's chest. Lin Yueru immediately leaped to the back, reversed her sword, and nailed the snake demon's tail.
"Ah!"
The snake monster writhed in pain. Lin Yueru nailed it firmly to the ground and refused to let go.
Li Xiaoyao placed his sword on the snake demon's head and shouted,""Let me ask you, where did you take Ling 'er?”
"What…what Ling 'er…" the snake demon said painfully.
Li Xiaoyao thrust his sword forward,"If you don't hand it over, don't blame me for being merciless!"”
"Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me!" The snake demon man hurriedly said. I really don't know…what Ling Er…"
Li Xiaoyao gritted his teeth in anger. His eyes were bloodshot and he was about to stab the snake demon's forehead when Lin Yueru shouted,""Wait! The person who kidnapped Miss Ling 'er might be someone else.”
"Who else could it be?" Li Xiaoyao asked.”
" The snake demon I saw seemed to be smaller in size," Lin Yueru hurriedly said." The color of its hair and body are also different."”
Li Xiaoyao looked at Lin Yueru in confusion and said,""You saw the snake demon in Ling 'er's room?”
" Yes," Lin Yu 'eru said." I didn't see it very carefully. However, I remember its general appearance. Although the snake demon in Sister Ling' er's room also had a human-shaped snake body, it had green snake scales and fiery red hair.”
Li Xiaoyao raised his sword and asked,"Are there any snake demons like that around here?"”
"Don't say that there are no other snake demons within a hundred miles. There are no green-scaled red-haired snake demons in the world!"”
Li Xiaoyao snorted and said fiercely,""Even so, you can't stay!"
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