On a high-speed train heading to B City, a handsome young man with a buzz cut was sitting quietly by the window of a carriage. Behind the ordinary black glasses, his handsome eyes were silently watching the scenery that was constantly flying past the window. However, if one looked closely, one would find that his eyes revealed a trace of nostalgia for the past and longing for the future. His heart was not actually on the scenery outside the window.
He was the protagonist of the book, Xiang Wen. Xiang Wen was born in an ordinary family in a small town near the Minjiang River in SC. His father, Xiang Dutian, was an ordinary grassroots policeman, and his mother, Wang Suyun, was a teacher. His parents named him Wen because they hoped that he would work in the field of literature and art or become a scholar. However, Xiang Wen had never been interested in literature and art since he was young. Instead, he especially admired his father, who was a policeman. He had a strong sense of justice. He liked to use guns and sticks since he was young. He pestered his father to learn grappling techniques. He even found a lot of books on martial arts and qigong to practice randomly. He hoped that he would learn martial arts and become a policeman like his father in the future.
It was true that his training had produced some results. He had great strength, good endurance, and was especially good at fighting. He had never lost since he was young, even against some senior students. Therefore, he had caused countless troubles for his parents because of fighting injustice. Every time he got into a fight and got into trouble, his father would tell him not to fight again, but when he saw the injustice, he would immediately put his father's lesson to the back of his mind. For this reason, his parents had compensated him for medical expenses and apologized countless times.
Although his father was troubled by Xiang Wen's ability to get into trouble, he also felt a little comforted. Most of his son's fights were because his classmates or friends were bullied by others. It was rarely because of personal disputes.
In the summer of the year he was fifteen, Xiang Wen encountered a life-changing adventure. It was an afternoon after the rain. Xiang Wen and his friend, Little Fatty, were planning to go fishing by the river. When they almost reached the river, they heard a few panicked voices shouting," Help! Someone fell into the water!" When Xiang Wen heard the shout, he immediately ran to the riverside. He saw that it was his classmates, Xiaotong and Li Xian, who were asking for help. In the middle of the river, about 20 meters downstream and 10 meters away from the riverside, there were two heads floating up and down. About 100 meters away, they would reach the whirlpool at the corner of the mountain. This whirlpool was caused by the river water hitting a mountain at the corner for a long time, forming a depression at the foot of the mountain. The undercurrent was surging, and there were often whirlpools. The locals called it the "Ghost Whirlpool". It meant that the people who were sucked in had become ghosts.
At this moment, they also saw Xiang Wen and Ziyan. They immediately pulled Xiang Wen and said," Xiang Wen, hurry. Qianqian and Ziyan fell into the water. Hurry and beg them."”
" Lil 'Fatty, go find a bamboo pole," Xiang Wen said to Lil' Fatty before running downstream. When he was a little downstream of the two girls, he didn't even have time to take off his clothes. He only took off his shoes and jumped into the river. Xiang Wen, who was familiar with the water, knew that swimming with shoes would have a big impact.
Soon, Xiang Wen approached one of the girls. He observed the direction of the girl's face and swam over from behind. Because his father had taught him how to save people in the water when he was teaching him how to swim, he quickly wrapped his arms around the girl's neck and pulled her face out of the water. He dragged her to the shore and kept shouting in the girl's ear,"Ziyan, don't be afraid. I'm here to save you. Don't move." Perhaps hearing Xiang Wen's familiar voice, the girl named Ziyan quieted down. Xiang Wen didn't have to struggle to swim. When he was two or three meters away from the river, Lil 'Fatty had already found a bamboo pole and stretched it out. Xiang Wen asked Ziyan to hold onto the bamboo pole tightly, and Lil' Fatty pulled her up.
At this moment, he turned around and saw that Qianqian was only about 50 meters away from the bend of the river. Xiang Wen immediately turned around and swam towards Qianqian. Fortunately, Xiang Wen's speed was increased by the current and he caught up with Qianqian about 20 meters away from the whirlpool. However, Qianqian had already fallen into a semi-crazy state. No matter how Xiang Wen shouted, her hands and feet were still moving. Coupled with the suction force of the whirlpool, it made it especially difficult for Xiang Wen to swim. However, his usual martial arts practice was effective at this time. Xiang Wen still slowly approached the river. When he was one meter away from reaching the bamboo pole, Xiang Wen felt exhausted. At this time, he felt something wrapped around his feet and dragging him down with great force. Xiang Wen was shocked and quickly shouted," Qianqian, grab the bamboo pole!" He tried his best to push her towards the bamboo pole. Qianqian was awakened by Xiang Wen's shout. When she saw the bamboo pole in front of her, she instinctively reached out and grabbed it. Xiang Wen was dragged by the unknown thing to the bottom of the river.
After dragging Qianqian ashore, Lil 'Fatty and the girls realized that Xiangwen did not follow them up. Xiaotong said,""Little Fatty, why hasn't Xiang Wen come up yet?”Little Fatty said," Don't worry. Wen Tou's swimming skills are good. It's fine. He might be diving."”Xiaotong did not ask further after hearing what Lil 'Fatty said.
It turned out that when Xiaotong and the others came to the riverside to play, Ziyan had accidentally slipped into the water while playing with the water. Qianqian had wanted to pull her into the water too. As the water was more rapid after the rain, she was washed away a few meters in an instant. Fortunately, Xiaotong and Li Xian's shouts had attracted Xiang Wen. At this moment, Li Xian was comforting Ziyan and Qianqian, who were still crying." Alright, don't cry anymore. It's alright now. Thank goodness Xiangwen is here."
After a few minutes, Xiang Wenshang was still nowhere to be seen. Fatty felt that something was wrong and shouted at the river,"Wen Tou, stop playing. Come up quickly!”However, there was no response even after shouting a few times. Only then did he panic and hurriedly shouted,"Help! Someone fell into the water!" Xiaotong and the others also shouted. Their shouts finally attracted the attention of a few adults. The adults heard from Little Fatty that Xiang Wen had fallen into the water for nearly ten minutes and was so close to the "ghost whirlpool". They knew that there was no chance of saving him, so they informed Xiang Wen's parents. Wang Suyun fainted when she heard that Xiang Wen had been sucked into the Ghost Whirlpool.
Where did Xiang Wen go? It turned out that Xiang Wen had been dragged into the water by a snake that had come out to breathe after the rain. The moment he was dragged into the water, Xiang Wen took a deep breath. After he sank into the water, he felt the unknown thing quickly wrap around his upper body and neck. Xiang Wen was shocked and struggled desperately, but his feet were already entangled and he could not move. He could only use his hands to grab the thing on his body and pull it out. It felt as thick as his wrist and slippery. It should be a snake, but unfortunately, it had no effect at all. Moreover, it was wrapped tighter and tighter.
" It's over. My kung fu, my police dream," Xiang Wen thought." No, I can't let this stinky snake go like this. I have to pull it on my back even if I die."”At this time, the snake was wrapped around Xiang Wen's mouth. Xiang Wen opened his mouth and bit the snake. After a while, Xiang Wen felt a warm liquid with a slight fishy smell flowing from his mouth to his stomach. Xiang Wen did not dare to open his mouth and could only swallow it. Suddenly, Xiang Wen felt his body spin and sink rapidly. At this time, Xiang Wen also fell unconscious due to lack of oxygen.
After an unknown period of time, Xiang Wen woke up to find himself in a dark cave. The snake that was still wrapped around his body emitted a faint golden light. Feeling that the snake was still on his body, Xiang Wen hurriedly threw it to the ground. With the faint golden light, he slowly adapted to the darkness of the cave. He found that the cave was only a few square meters, and there was a rapid flow of water beside it.
Xiang Wen scratched his head. He couldn't figure out why he was here. Forget it, if he couldn't think about it, then he wouldn't.
It turned out that after the rain, the river water was sucked into this underground river and washed Xiang Wen into this cave.
Xiang Wen turned around and carefully observed the snake that had brought him here. He found that the snake was about two meters long. Its entire body was golden and suffused with a faint golden light. There was a crest on the head of the snake. It was quiet and motionless. It was probably dead.
In fact, this was a Golden-crowned Snake King. Legend had it that it was a descendant of a dragon. Judging from its body shape, it should have cultivated for more than 3000 years. It could be said that its body was a treasure. Its blood could increase the strength of martial artists by 100 years after drinking it. Ordinary people could also strengthen their bodies after drinking it. Their gallbladder could clear the liver and improve their eyesight. Their skin was invulnerable to knives and spears. Their eyes could detoxify all poisons. The inner core in its crown was the treasure for cultivating Yang-type internal strength. Fortunately, Xiang Wen had drunk the Golden-Crowned Snake King's blood, which allowed him to survive until he rushed out of the water. Xiang Wen didn't even realize that he had eaten a little treasure. Xiang Wen carefully tested it with his foot and picked it up after confirming that it was dead. He found two neat rows of teeth marks seven inches from the snake's belly. It seemed that it had died from excessive blood loss. Seeing that the snake's eyes were closed and bulging, Xiang Wen pulled open its eyelids. A soft white light shot out, and the entire cave instantly lit up."Wow, a luminous pearl, I've picked up a treasure!" If he went out and showed it to Lil 'Fatty, he would die of envy.”However, when he thought of going out, Xiang Wen's excitement disappeared. How could he go out?
At this moment, Xiang Wen's stomach began to rumble. In fact, Xiang Wen had been unconscious for three days, so how could he not be hungry? He carefully observed his surroundings, but there was nothing to eat. There should be fish in the river next to him, but he did not have any tools. He looked down at the snake in his hand and smiled. Wasn't this the best food?
He touched the zipper pocket of his casual pants. Fortunately, his favorite knife was still there. Xiang Wen first dug out the snake's eyes, then used the light of the snake bead to cut the snake along the white line of the snake's abdomen with the knife. It was also the only place that could be cut open. He saw a snake gall the size of an adult's thumb. He had long heard that snake gall was good. Xiang Wen put the snake gall into his mouth and swallowed it immediately. He did not dare to taste the bile inside because he had heard that snake gall was bitter, but this Golden-crowned Snake King's gall was not bitter. Moreover, it was very fragrant and sweet. Xiang Wen was too stupid to not repay such a good thing.
Just as he was about to skin the Golden-Crowned Snake King, Xiang Wen noticed that there seemed to be a bead in the crown. He used a knife to cut open the crown and dug out a hard bead that was slightly bigger than his thumb. A strange fragrance immediately floated in the air, making anyone who smelled it drunk." It smells so good. I wonder if I can eat it." Xiang Wen put the bead into his mouth, wanting to taste something, but the bead was unusually slippery. He accidentally swallowed the bead. " It's bad. I wonder if it's poisonous," Xiang Wen thought. At this time, he wanted to spit it out but couldn't. After a while, Xiang Wen only felt that his body was a little hot and nothing else. Only then did his heart relax.
In fact, Xiang Wen didn't know that if he had internal energy and used it to absorb the Yang energy in the inner core, he would be burned to death by the Yang fire in the inner core. It seemed that the ignorant were fearless.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Xiang Wen began to peel the snake skin. After a while, the skin and meat were separated (those who had killed snakes knew that it was easy to peel off the skin of a snake).
However, how could he eat without fire? Xiang Wen had to cut the snake meat into small pieces and swallow it with his eyes closed. After eating the first piece, he realized that it was not that bad. He continued to eat many pieces until he felt a little full.
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