C742 Infiltrating the Snake Forest
Du Qi smiled bitterly and said, "What I said may be possible to guard against two or three wild snakes, but there seems to be a lot of snakes in front of us... If little brother's guess is correct, those snakes should not be wild snakes. It is a snake that is raised by someone else. The method that little brother knows is unable to guard against them. "
Mei Xiaotian said in horror, "Then what should we do?"
With Jiaojiao around, even if all the poisonous snakes in the world were gathered here, however, he didn't want the Mei brothers to know about Jiaojiao's existence. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to hide his identity anymore. However, how could he hide it from the Mei brothers and ask Jiaojiao to chase away those poisonous snakes that were blocking their way?
While he was thinking, Du Qi suddenly discovered that there was a bit of green in the ditch next to the road, where not even a blade of grass grew.
Seeing that little green, Du Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed. After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the surroundings... He hurriedly ran over and moved his palm like the wind. In just two or three moves, he dug out a root that was as thick as a child's arm and about half a foot long from the soil. He raised it in front of the Mei brothers and said with some excitement, "This is the root of the Seven Leaf Lotus, a good medicine to defend against snakes. With it, we don't have to worry about the snakes in front of us acting fierce anymore! "
Mei Xiaoren said with some disbelief, "This thing can really defend against snakes, and it's a snake raised by someone else?"
Du Qi said with certainty, "Seven Leaf Lotus, also known as Seven Leaf Flower, also known as Zhong Lou. There are Purple River Carriage, Heavy Terrace Grass, White Gansu, Branch Flower Head, Tu San Qi, and many other titles. It can not only defend against snakes. It is also a good medicine to treat bruises and snake bite injuries, especially the detoxification effect. It has the reputation of 'Seven Leaves One Flower, Hundred Poison Grasp'!"
Mei Xiaotian said, "Regardless of whether this Seven Leaves One Flower is effective or not, we have to go and try!"
Du Qi knew what Mei Xiaotian was thinking. If this thing could really defend against snakes... They could use this thing to boldly take revenge for their father. If this thing could not defend against snakes, then... There was still room for negotiation, and they would not immediately fall into a hopeless situation. However, Mei Xiaotian did not know that regardless of whether this thing could defend against snakes or not, the snakes around them would not dare to approach them tonight. If they really wanted to use this thing to take revenge on their father, who knew what the outcome would be?
Although Du Qi knew his feelings, it was not convenient for him to speak openly. He could only sigh in his heart. At most, he would remind them when they left. As for whether the Mei brothers would listen to his good advice, his heart was bottomless.
Du Qi gathered his eyes and led the Mei brothers forward slowly. He saw the giant python circling on the tree. Poisonous snakes shuttled through the grass, blocking the path of the insects. The Mei brothers! Although they couldn't see it, they could hear the sound of snakes rolling and spitting. When one smelled the pungent smell of blood, one would know that there were poisonous snakes all over one's body. Although they were frightened, they were overjoyed!
There were countless poisonous snakes in the forest. Along the way, the number of snakes they encountered did not decrease. It was unknown when the Mei brothers would be able to walk out of the snake forest. They also did not know what kind of danger they would encounter if they continued walking, and what changes would occur. As a result, the more they walked, the more afraid they became. The more they walked, the more terrified they became. Even Du Qi became somewhat worried.
"Eh!" Suddenly, an exclamation suddenly sounded. Although it was not loud, under the encirclement of the poisonous snakes, Mei brothers's mind was already very nervous. When they suddenly heard it, they could not help but be shocked. Mei Xiaoren shouted in shock, "Who is it?"
Ignoring Mei Xiaoren's question, a light laugh came from the forest in front of them. "Palming!" Before the sound had faded, more than 20 lamps suddenly lit up in the forest in front of them, illuminating the forest to the left.
As the lights lit up, the poisonous snakes that were about to pounce on them all retreated back into the bushes. "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!" They hissed, making people feel even more terrified.
At the brightest spot of the lights, a man in white clothes stood upright on a huge rock like a javelin. His clothes were as white as snow. He was young, about twenty years old, and he was handsome and tall. He looked at Du Qi and Mei brothers with empty eyes, as if he didn't see anything. He seemed to have seen through Du Qi and the Mei brothers. There was a faint smile on his face. He looked like a petty person, but also like a magnanimous expert. There was a small emerald-green flower on his left breast. Under the illumination of the light, it kept changing. It turned out that it wasn't a small flower, but rather two small emerald snakes entangled together, as if they were fighting.
On both sides of that person were eight equally tall and short, fat and thin, suitable for each other. They were all about thirty years old, and were all dressed in white, as if they were his bodyguards. They also seemed to be his servants. The eight men in white were expressionless, and their eyes were empty. It seemed that other than that young man, everything else in the world was not in their eyes. They couldn't arouse their interest at all. Behind and to their left and right, twenty-one black-clothed men stood separately. Each of them was holding an anger-inducing lamp.
Without waiting for Du Qi and the Mei brothers to ask, the young man asked in a soft voice, "Who are you and why are you here? Don't you see the warning outside the forest?"
Hearing the man's words, Du Qi vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a stone tablet as tall as a person at the entrance of the road outside the forest. At that time, he was only following the Mei brothers and did not pay attention to his surroundings. Therefore, he did not know what kind of warning was on the stone tablet. He believed that the Mei brothers did not see the stone tablet at all. Otherwise, with Mei Xiaotian's cautiousness and Mei Xiaodi's wisdom... They wouldn't have rushed here recklessly. Just as they were thinking, they heard Mei Xiaotian say, "I, the four of us, travelled at night. Because it was too dark, we did not see any warning. We should not have come here to offend you. If we had offended you... Please forgive us! "
The young man sneered. "It's easy to say with just a lantern grass. You dare to barge into my forbidden area. Do you want to muddle your way through with just a sentence of 'Wan Wanghai's forgiveness'?"
Mei Xiaotian said, "The four of us are just passing by. We are not in the mood to do so. We did not mean to intrude your forbidden area. I hope that you will consider that I am a member of the Jianghu faction. Please forgive us for our careless mistakes. "
The young man said with a slight melancholy tone, "We have never traveled in the Jianghu. We are not people of the Jianghu. Don't try to make friends with us. Tell me, what do you want me to do with you?"
Du Qi saw that the young man seemed to be a little tangled and incoherent, and his tone was getting more and more unfriendly. This matter could not be settled peacefully, so he interrupted, "May I know how to address you, sir? And where is this place?"
The young man looked at Du Qi with contempt and sneered, "Don't think that you can do whatever you want in my Divine Dragon Forest just because you have a fleas. Let me tell you, any snake medicine is useless to me, the Divine Dragon."
Du Qi smiled and said, Yes." Oh? How about we make a bet?"
The young man seemed to be tempted. He pondered and said, "Alright, in order to make you accept your defeat wholeheartedly, we will make a bet. I wonder how we will make the bet?"
Du Qi pretended to be puzzled and said, "Don't you have a name?"
I do not have a name," the young man said. Tell me how we do it!"