The fourth world: The Snake Yao and His Little Monk (15)

Recap

He turned his head and saw the dense forest behind him. Other than that there was nothing, there was deathly silence in the woods.

But he felt like someone was watching him.

Chu Shici thought for a while. Why is it so quiet? Are there no animals in the woods?

The shadows of the trees swayed under the night sky, and his eyes widened slightly,

Why does he feel like those trees were staring at him?

That feeling disappeared not long after it appeared, as if everything was just his illusion.

Chu Shici is a man who has been through many ordeals and he believes that he is not mistaken.

He pointed to the woods and complained: “Ge, someone is spying on me, it’s so ominous.”

Xunzhe went over to check but saw nothing unusual. The trees were too dense and he couldn’t find any suspicious people.

Chu Shici crossed his arms, “It seems like a tree is staring at me.”

Xunzhe look at the big tree on the side again, but there was not a single soul around.

He got closer to feel it, but he didn’t find any yao qi either.

Seeing that they couldn’t find anything in the woods, Chu Shici thought for a while, “This place is very strange, there isn’t even a single small ani…”

Before he finished speaking, a few squirrels jumped down from the tree beside Pu Xin. They are holding the pine cones and looking at these outsiders warily.

Chu Shici pursed his lips and swallowed the remaining words.

The snake yao and the ghost monk searched the forest for more than half an hour, but found nothing unusual.

Procrastinating further would affect the planned itinerary so they didn’t stay any longer. Xunzhe put the little wooden monk on his shoulder, and continued walking.

Chu Shici lay on top of Xunzhe’s head, tilting his head and thinking.

‘Tong-ge, did you feel something was wrong just now?’

[No, what’s wrong?]

Chu Shici was about to speak when the feeling of being watched appeared again.

He felt it so strongly, as if those eyes were right behind him.

He turned his head abruptly but there were only branches swaying in the wind behind him, and a few leaves rustling above his head.

Chu Shici patted Zhe-ge, “Something is looking at me again, but I can’t find it. Could it be a tree yao?”

Xunzhe stopped and broke the tree behind him in half with one palm.

The big tree fell suddenly, startling a large number of birds.

After staring at the remains of the big tree for a while, Xunzhe shook his head, “No.”

Chu Shici tilted his head, “Am I wrong?”

The corners of Xunzhe’s mouth raised, with a hint of amusement on his usually expressionless face: “You are right, it’s just that she ran away.”

“Do you know what it is?”

“The only person I have a grudge against is the white marble sculpture.”

Chu Shici observed Xunzhe’s expression.

He feels that Zhe-ge didn’t actually find anything at all, but he felt that the little wood carving is always right.

The little monk couldn’t be wrong, so it has to be the stone carving yao’s fault.

Anyway, he is already at odds with the white marble carving, so he doesnt care for finding evidence when facing his enemy.

Chu Shici was a little nervous just now, but after seeing Xunzhe’s reaction, he gradually relaxed.

The feeling of being watched never disappeared. Even though Chu Shici changed positions several times, he could not relieve the discomfort he felt.

The thing seemed to be just staring at him, Xunzhe and Monk Pu Xin didn’t notice anything amiss at all.

Chu Shici didn’t know what it was, but he knew it must be a trap.

Maybe it wants to let him continuously give his companions a false alarm and turn him into the shepherd boy in the story ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’. Maybe it wants to make him lose Xunzhe’s trust and alienate him from their small group.

It may also be that it wanted to use this method to make him paranoid and force him to have a mental breakdown.

Zhe-ge’s vitality value is only 36 points, and his mental state is already unstable. Coupled with the fact that he rarely goes out and has little experience, if there is no one by his side, his mental state might collapse entirely.

After traveling through several worlds, Chu Shici faced many conspiracies and saw many filthy things.

This little trick can’t be hidden from him.

Chu Shici was thinking about what to do when Xunzhe suddenly took him off his head and put him into his mouth.

In the blink of an eye, he turned into an imported wood carving*, and he was stunned.

*(There is a pun here. 进口jing(4)kou(3) means import but if you read and understand both characters separately, it becomes 进jing(4) means going into/口kou(3)means mouth.)

He can feel Zhe-ge’s soft, cold lips pressing up against his clothes.

Zhe-ge’s teeth gently pressed against his body. The movement was very light and it didn’t hurt at all. Instead, it made the place in contact slightly warm.

Xunzhe’s throat moved and he suppressed his instinct to avoid swallowing the small wooden sculpture.

Chu Shici realized that Zhe-ge was planning to use his snake form to rush the way.

When he came to the Northeast, he also used his snake form to catch the rabbit yaos. His treatment towards Chu Shici is obviously much better than those two poor rabbits.

The strange feeling of being watched did not disappear but Chu Shici didn’t care. It doesn’t matter how many yaoguais stare at him, he is by Zhe-ge’s side and no one can hurt him.

Seeing that Xunzhe was about to turn into a snake, Chu Shici raised his hand and said, “Ge, wait a minute.”

Xunzhe had something in his mouth so he hummed in acknowledgement.

Chu Shici patted himself a few times and said, “I’m a little hot. Let me take my top off and then you can keep me in your mouth again.”

The summer night was indeed a bit warm, so Xunzhe hesitated for a moment before spitting him out onto his waiting hand.

System folded its hands and clicked its tongue twice, [Hot? I think you can’t wait any longer.]

‘Hehehe, Zhe-ge’s lips are so soft, kiss me, kiss me!’

[Dude, stop being so slutty and put on some pants.]

After taking off his shirt, Chu Shici lay down on the snake yao’s hand and said, “Ge, come and kiss-I mean hold me in your mouth, I’m ready.”

Xunzhe looked down for a while, and a blush gradually spread to the tips of his ears.

Holding prey and swallowing it is a basic skill of snakes. When he stuffed the little monk into his mouth just now, he didn’t think too much about it.

Xunzhe pursed his lips and opened his mouth a few times, but he couldn’t take the little monk into his mouth for a long time. There was an imperceptible trace of embarrassment on his face.

Chu Shici softly called Ge, and stretched out his hand to caress the lips of the snake yao.

At that moment, Xunzhe’s cheeks turned red. He frowned, turned away and said coldly: “I have said it before. Snake yaos and the woodcarving spirits are too different, I cannot accept it.”

Chu Shici tilted his head, “I know, I have understood your point, and you will be my good big brother from now on. It’s getting late, come on! Hold me in your mouth! Let’s go quickly.”

Xunzhe’s face turned red and then pale, and he opened his mouth to grab the little wooden block head.

The moment Xunzhe’s lips touched Chu Shici, Chu Shici hummed softly, raised his head and whispered: “Ge, your lips are so soft.”

Xunzhe remained expressionless, but his face turned even redder.

At the same time, a message prompt popped up in the background.

[Add 1 point to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is 37.]

The system probe giggled strangely: [This little trick you pulled deceive the snake yao who has never seen the world so easily.]

‘What are you talking about, we are friends. Since he adamantly refuses to accept me, then we will just be good brothers, two can play this game. If he doesn’t take the initiative to say that he likes me, even if we have sex, we are still good buddies.’

[Oh, scheming 0. Where did you get your courage from? Are you not afraid that Xunzhe will really fall in love with someone else?]

While speaking, the snake yao has turned into a white snake.

With his arm close to the fangs, the nonchalent feeling in Chu Shici’s heart disappeared and he became serious again.

‘No, Zhe-ge will only have a crush on one person at a time. As long as he still cares about me, everyone else is just a passerby in his eyes.’

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The Fox Immortal Temple is not difficult to find, it is located just after two villages and a river.

Xunzhe turned into a little white snake and quickly shuttled through the mountain forest. He was as fast as a white lightning, and he arrived near the Fox Immortal Temple in only three to five minutes.

Along the way, Pu Xin kept peeking at the snake yao, fearing that the snake yao would accidentally swallow the wood spirit.

It wasn’t until he saw the snake yao spitting out the wooden carving that he breathed a sigh of relief.

The Fox Immortal Temple is built deep in the mountains. Its appearance is similar to that of an ordinary temple. Inside, there are more than 20 statues of foxes, both large and small.

In the setting of this supernatural novel, demons and yaoguais really exist in the world.

Cultivators who can subjugate and eliminate demons, as well as all kinds of yaoguais who cultivate the righteous path, are very popular here.

People living nearby believe in fox deities and villagers often come to offer incense as well as hold regular ceremonies in the village.

There is a lot of incense in the temple, and the altar table is filled with fruits, chicken and duck meat. It can be seen that the fox yaos are living a comfortable life.

Chu Shici sighed a little. It seems that if yaoguais want to live happily in the world, they must also be good at marketing themselves.

The Fox Immortal has a bunch of followers, someone even built a temple for them.

Xunzhe likes being alone and is not good at socializing, he also devoted himself solely to cultivation.

Even though his strength is far superior to that of the fox yaos, and he also cultivates the righteous path but after living for more than a thousand years, he still lives in the small hole he dug.

Chu Shici stood on Xunzhe’s hand, looking up at him while putting on his shirt.

The snake yao stood in front of the Fox Immortal Temple, looking as indifferent as ever.

But Chu Shici saw a flash of envy in his eyes.

He thought hard for a moment and then his eyes lit up.

“Ge, some people do believe in snake deities. Why don’t we find a place to build a house and spend money on publicity in the early stages? Once our reputation is established, if someone encounters trouble involving supernatural entities, they can come to you. You can help them solve it, then you’ll be able to gain incense and accumulate merits at a much faster pace.”

He pointed to the incense that is still burning in the Fox Immortal Temple, “Just like them. They will not be chased by humans and they can still earn merits simply by doing nothing.”

Xunzhe didn’t say anything.

Chu Shici stomped his feet and caught onto the subtle expression on his face.

After a while, he put his hands together and said, “It’s settled. After the stone carving spirit’s work is finished, we will build a snake immortal temple. Ge, don’t worry, I know how to do it. Don’t you have several boxes of gold and silver jewelry? You are responsible for the finances and fighting, I will handle the rest.”

Xunzhe opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

Chu Shici held his fingertips and said, “You don’t have to be embarrassed. When the time comes, make me a statue too and place me next to you. Just let me follow you and let your merits and incense rub off me as well. I’m still too weak and I can’t accumulate merits on my own. I will have to rely on the big boss to feed me.”

Before he finished speaking, he heard a prompt sound coming from the background.

[Add 3 points to the vitality value, and the current vitality value is 40.]

Although Xunzhe looked calm and seemed completely uninterested in what he was saying, the increase in his vitality revealed his true thoughts.

The beautiful blueprint he outlined made Xunzhe feel much better.

Chu Shici’s heart that had been suspended all this time finally fell to the ground.

Xunzhe devoted himself to transforming into a dragon. To do the leap into a dragon is his obsession and his only motive.

This is a huge hidden danger in itself, and Chu Shici has to find several other routes for him.

Even if he deviates from the original text in the future and he really fails to transform into a dragon, there are other things that can cheer Zhe-ge up.

He doesn’t know what Zhe-ge in this world went through before he was sealed.

Every Zhe-ge has an aloof persona, but he is actually shy and introverted and not good at talking. But this was the first time Chu Shici encountered someone like Xunzhe who found it difficult to express his emotions normally.

He has always been lonely. When he first learned how to change into his human form, he might have been eager to go and live in the human world.

It’s just that people at that time left an indelible psychological shadow on him, and he still hasn’t been able to get out of it.

Xunzhe held the small wooden carving in one hand and his tail swayed slightly. He ignored the barrier on the door and slithered directly into the Fox Immortal Temple.

The next second, the small door deep in the temple opened, and several snow-white foxes ran out from inside.

Seeing the yao with a human body and a snake tail, one of the little foxes shouted, “It’s you. Why are you not hanging around Dayangtian Ming Temple instead of coming to Fox Immortal Temple?”

A fox next to it wagged its tail, “Didn’t you read the newspaper? Dayangtian Ming Temple is on fire, and all the monks are unconscious. The fire is very strange. It only burned the temple and did not spread anywhere else on the mountain. The police and firefighters are investigating.”

“So this snake yao has no home and is coming to steal our territory?”

“Hit him!”

“But he is so beautiful, and the wood spirit in his hand is also very beautiful.”

Several foxes talked to each other, and finally all turned into their human forms, looking at Xunzhe.

Fox yaos can transform into a man or a woman. The fox that Chu Shici owed a favor to last time turned into a man this time.

He blinked at Chu Shici, “Little wood spirit, aren’t you gay? I’ve learned how to become a man. Mate with me a few times, just treat it as returning a favor. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to transform, I can teach you.”

Before Chu Shici could speak, he suddenly heard several loud bangs.

He couldn’t see what happened from this angle so he asked the system what was going on.

The system poked its head out, looked around and said, [Your husband hit the ground with his tail, and it made a hole.]

Xunzhe held the little monk in his hand and swept his cold eyes over the foxes present. The fox yaos suddenly became quiet.

He slithered to the nearest fox yao and asked, “Where is your ancestor?”

The fox yao rubbed his hands together uneasily: “I don’t know. About half an hour ago, my ancestor suddenly said that something happened and she had to leave. She left in a hurry.”

“Where did she go?”

The little fox hesitated to say. Xunzhe’s head suddenly turned into a white snake’s head, and he opened his mouth wide.

Before being swallowed, the fox yao yelled desperately, “Lingshan! She said she was going to Lingshan to find the monkey clan!”

Xunzhe was about to let go of him, when Chu Shici, who had been looking around, suddenly said, “You’re lying, she’s still in the Fox Immortal Temple, just pretending she’s not here.”

He paused for a moment, then slowly narrowed his eyes: “She was the one who was spying on us in the woods. Has she already set up an ambush for us on Yin yang Road?”

The fox yao hurriedly shook his head, “No, is the ancestor really like…”

Chu Shici can often deduce what is on Zhe-ge’s mind. He has lived for hundreds of years and has been honed and perfected in this area.

He could deduce up to 70% to 80% of what Xunzhe, a person with strong expression management ability, is thinking most of the time. An inexperienced fox yao couldn’t deceive him at all.

Chu Shici turned cold and interrupted him, “She is playing with us, this matter can’t be ignored. Ge, let’s tear up this ruined temple and force that good-for-nothing ancestor out. Whether she is a stone carving spirit or not, she must give us an explanation today!”

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