Chapter 158 Snake Cave
Zhang Zhixuan had just returned from Qingxuanzong, and before he could rest for a few days to recuperate, someone sent a letter from Lushan County, and something big happened in the family territory again.
Due to the recent heavy rains, a river near Lushan changed its course and washed away a mountain peak, flooding a cave hundreds of miles away near Tiantai Peak.
Unexpectedly, deep in this cave, there was actually a huge snake cave. Countless venomous snakes were washed away by the flood and then spread throughout Lushan County.
Taicheng County is located on the edge of the Southern Wilderness. There are countless snakes and insects. Although the local mortals have experience in dealing with snakes and insects, dozens of people were killed or injured in a short period of time.
After receiving the information from Lushan County, the family immediately sent monks to the farmland near Lushan County and began to kill various venomous snakes. They also sent out messengers to notify several nearby vassal families, asking them to deal with them carefully.
This large-scale snake disaster immediately aroused the vigilance of the clan leader and others. He asked the elders of the ninth level of Qi training to guard the mountain, and he took Zhang Zhixuan and Qing Chan, the three foundation-building monks, to personally go to the cave where countless poisonous snakes were hidden.
When the three of them came to this cave, Zhang Zhixuan suddenly felt familiar.
This desolate cave was the same cave where Zhang Zhixuan fought for the first time and killed the man in black.
To this day, Zhang Zhixuan can’t forget the battle that year. He still remembers how panicked he was. He fled into the cave in a hurry and used the talisman given by the clan leader to defeat his opponent and escape back to Lushan.
“It turns out that there are countless poisonous snakes hidden in the depths of this cave. Fortunately, I didn’t go deep into the cave at that time. Otherwise, in this cave of ten thousand snakes, even if I was a monk, I would probably die without a burial place.”
Zhang Zhixuan thought happily, carefully observed the terrain inside and said, “Although a lot of poisonous snakes were washed away, after the heavy rain, the river water receded. I am afraid there are still many poisonous snakes in this snake cave. This hidden danger still needs to be solved. . I heard that there was a third-level monster here back then, but it was killed by Patriarch Tairen. I didn’t expect that hundreds of years later, this place would become a hidden danger to the family again. “
The clan leader nodded and said: “Due to heavy rains for days, the terrain here has changed. This hill has even been washed away by floods. Now the river has changed its course. The snake cave is almost connected to the river. It is inconvenient for us, even the foundation-building monks, to fight in the water. It is better to gather manpower. , block the connection between the snake cave and the river, and then find a way to drain the water in the snake cave to solve this hidden danger. “
Several people discussed it and finally took the approach of the clan leader and did not take risks deep into the snake cave. After all, they were the most important monks in the family. Once they were lost in the water, the family’s loss would be irreparable. It was better to play it slow. .
After the three returned to Lushan, they immediately transferred twenty family monks and ten people from several vassal families. Then they transferred more than a thousand soldiers from Lushan County and came to Ten Thousand Snake Cave together.
Under Zhang Zhixuan’s plan and under the command of thirty monks in the Qi training period, everyone pushed wheelbarrows and dumped loads of rocks into the river. After more than 20 days of hard work, the connection between Wanshe Cave and the river was blocked. superior.
During this process, more than hundreds of people were bitten by venomous snakes. Even monks in the Qi training stage were bitten by more than a dozen people.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhixuan prepared a lot of antidote pills, and with timely treatment, only dozens of mortals were lost.
The monks in the Qi training stage have magic power to protect themselves, and their physical strength is far superior to that of ordinary people. Their ability to resist poison is several times that of ordinary people. Although many people were poisoned, as long as they were treated in time, they all survived without any damage. one person.
After blocking the river, Zhang Zhixuan and others led the Qi-training monks to use spells to drain the water from the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave day and night.
More than ten days later, when the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave was completely dark and no water was visible, Zhang Zhixuan immediately sent Qi-training monks and mortals to cut down the trees on the mountain, prepare a large amount of wood, and dry the wood.
Just like this, another two or three months passed, and more than a hundred people were bitten to death by venomous snakes. Even one of the Zhang family’s Qi-training monks was injured.
After making all preparations, Zhang Zhixuan and others, along with the Qi-training monks, threw bundles of wood into the depths of the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave, and then used Samadhi True Fire to light all the wood.
A rolling fire was ignited in Ten Thousand Snake Cave. In the past few months, Zhang Zhixuan and the others had cut down hundreds of thousands of stones of wood.
These hundreds of thousands of stones of wood were ignited, and the fire that reached the sky burned the rocks of Wanshe Cave to pieces. The flames released by the raging fire turned the sky red. Even in the night sky, the fire near Ten Thousand Snakes Cave seemed like daylight.
The fire carried thick smoke and rushed hundreds of feet into the sky. The black smoke could be clearly seen in Lushan County hundreds of miles away.
Countless venomous snakes were burned to charcoal on the spot, and the strong smell of barbecue could even spread for more than ten miles.
Although the fire killed countless venomous snakes, Zhang Zhixuan and the other three people outside the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave did not dare to be careless.
In a place like Southern Wasteland, as long as there is a place like Snake Cave, there will definitely be snake monsters.
Zhang Zhixuan had already seen a similar situation once in Black Python Mountain.
Soon, seven or eight red lights and shadows jumped out from the flames. With a flick of their bodies, they could jump up to a height of more than ten feet and rushed towards Zhang Zhixuan and the others suspended in the air.
In the dark night sky, these seven or eight red lights are very conspicuous.
The clan leader has lived in Taicheng County for many years and knows the monsters in the Southern Wilderness best. He just glanced at them and warned them.
“Be careful, it’s a fire-spotted snake. This venomous snake is a second-level mid-level monster. Not only is it highly poisonous, but it can also use fire-attribute spells.”
The three of Zhang Zhixuan have already established the foundation. Even Qing Chan, who has the weakest cultivation level, also has several third-level magic weapons. Although she is less experienced, her magical power is also greater than when Zhang Zhixuan first established the foundation.
Several people used their flying swords to cut the fire-spotted snakes into two pieces easily.
After killing the fire-spotted snake, there was no movement in the Ten Thousand Snake Cave for a long time, but Zhang Zhixuan and the others knew that things would not be that simple.
According to their experience in the Southern Wilderness, if there are so many venomous snakes in the snake cave, there must be a third-level monster inside.
You know, after the flood rushed into the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, the poisonous snakes scattered could harm Lushan County hundreds of miles away. How could such a large number of poisonous snakes be so simple?
Zhang Zhixuan and the others waited patiently for seven or eight days. When the fire in the sky was completely extinguished and there was no movement in the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave, the three decided to enter the Ten Thousand Snakes Cave to find out.
(End of chapter)