Recap
The sleeping white snake was awakened.
He looked down at the shivering little monk holding his scales, and moved his tail to circle him.
Xunzhe didn’t feel anything was wrong, he leaned forward and looked at the crack of the door.
It was sunny and sunny outside, nothing unusual. But in the place where the little monk stayed just now, there was an extra set of bloody footprints at some point.
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The male lead didn’t take the initiative to drive him away, so Chu Shici just pretended to be dumb and refused to leave.
The Buddha Light that had just been fully charged was taken away by Xunzhe.
The feeling of being stared at disappeared, and no ghostly thing chased after him.
Chu Shici gradually relaxed.
He let go of the scales, sat on the lotus and raised his head to chat with Xunzhe, “Do you know what was looking at me just now?”
“I’ve known you for so long yet I still don’t know your name.”
“What kind of snake are you?”
Xunzhe soon lost interest in the bloody footprints outside. He ignored the little monk and turned into a snake again.
Looking at the white snake coiled up again, Chu Shici sighed, ‘Tong-ge, Zhe-ge in this world can really sleep.’
The system is entering the male lead’s soul information, [He is a snake after all, by the way, can you be sure that he is Zhe-ge? If you can, I wouldn’t do the soul comparison, it’s quite expensive.]
Chu Shici chooses to believe in himself, no one knows Zhe-ge better than him.
He just chatted with the system for a while, while the white snake remained silent throughout. Chu Shici called him, but he didn’t respond.
He doesn’t know if he is asleep, or just doesn’t want to talk to him.
Seeing that the vitality value was only 4 points, Chu Shici is very sad.
Judging from Xunzhe’s previous behavior, he must really want to leave this ghostly place.
Chu Shici also wanted to let him out, but he doesn’t know how to do it.
His current identity is a little monk transformed from a wood carving, and he was also in charge of guarding the snake yao before he cultivated a spirit.
Theoretically, they are standing on opposing sides, and it is normal for Xunzhe not to believe him.
Chu Shici leaned on the white snake, resting his arms against his body and meditating.
Today there is something that cannot be seen or touched, that has been staring at him. He didn’t have this weird feeling a few days ago.
Could it be because he overheard the conversation between the monk and the woman in the hut, so someone wanted to kill him?
Is Lady Dayangtian following him?
Chu Shici touched the white snake’s scales, “What kind of deity is Lady Dayangtian? Many pilgrims say that praying for a child here is very effective. Is she similar to the Guanyin of fertility?”
The White Snake, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly let out a chuckle.
The laughter was inaudible, full of sarcasm.
Chu Shici was taken aback, then turned to look at him, “Do you know something?”
The white snake flicked his tongue and ignored him.
The system was on high alert, feeling so worried that it felt as if something was scratching its heart, [ah ah ah, so good! Speak, speak, I want to hear!]
‘Why are you kicking me!?’
[Because I can’t kick him!]
Chu Shici changed several approaches to asking the questions, before giving up and patting the White Snake vigorously, “I want to know what you were laughing at just now.”
The little monk is only the size of a palm, and he is small and weak. Xunzhe felt that his scales seemed to be scratched.
He flicked his tail at will, and sent the little monk flying out.
Chu Shici rolled several times and barely stopped in time.
He held his dizzy head, and a man’s cold voice came from behind him, “Guanyin gives children, whereas she does her part in body snatching, there is a big difference.”
Chu Shici hurriedly asked, “What do you mean by body snatching?”
“To go to the underworld and drink Mengpo soup and walk across the Naihe Bridge. Then, according to what the soul did before death, choose whether the soul gets to be reincarnated as a human or an animal. This is the procedure of a normal reincarnation.”
White Snake straightened up slightly, with a pair of golden pupils full of ridicule.
“Body snatching is to steal other people’s reincarnation places with the help of external forces. Become a human being, and let the soul that should have been reincarnated become a lonely ghost. The soul that replaces the original one has never been to the underworld, and remembers all the past. Do you know what will happen?”
It was the first time Chu Shici heard this statement, and he shook his head blankly.
The white snake slowly slithered in front of the little monk, flicked his red tongue, and poked his bald little head.
“In the baby’s body lives the soul of a womanizer. They drink breast milk and do things recklessly with their appearance. In the end, others will only say it’s just a child’s talk.”
It sounded disgusting, Chu Shici retreated tactically.
“I have seen this kind of person five hundred years ago. The young master of the Liu family was such a body snatched at birth. When he was a child, he humiliated and molested the maids in the family. When he grew up, he raped his own sisters and insulted his biological mother, Mrs. Liu. The soul that should have been reincarnated had nowhere to go because his body was occupied by others; they have long since become a lonely, wandering ghost.”
Chu Shici shook his head when he heard that. The Liu family is too miserable.
They are all giving children, but in this comparison, Guanyin, sending children, is much more superior than this Lady in this aspect.
Xunzhe was about to go back to sleep when his tail was suddenly hugged.
The little monk grabbed his scales, and asked him expectantly: “This Lady Dayangtian is not a good person however you look at it. Do you have other reasons for eating eight hundred people back then? If yes, tell me, and I will break the seal for you.”
“We aren’t related in any way, why do you want to help me?”
“We are fated. I felt close to you when I first saw you.”
The white snake paused, and its upper body gradually changed into a human shape.
He picked up the little monk and played with it in his hand. Not only did the little thing not struggle, but it also obediently rubbed against his fingers.
The altar shelf is very close to the door, and the little monk has been there all year round. It is probably because he is used to the demonic aura on him, and because he has only just manifested a spirit so he doesn’t understand anything, hence he feels close to him.
Xunzhe narrowed his eyes, and smiled slightly.
His eyes were as cold as ever, and there was not much expression on his face, but there was an indescribable alluring charm in his smile, as if he could lure people’s souls away.
His long hair hung down slightly, following his movements, the strands of hair brushed against his pale skin and the tiny scales around his waist.
The scales were shining, and the more Chu Shici looked at them, the more confused his mind became.
Xunzhe raised his chin with his hand, and the little monk looked at the snake yao in front of him absently.
“You want to let me out? I’ll tell you how to do it. First, use filth to stain the scriptures on the door. Then find someone to open the copper lock and remove the iron chain. Remember this.”
“Re-remembered.”
Xunzhe put him on the lotus platform and threw him out the door together with the lotus.
The door slammed shut, and Chu Shici clutched the pink petals, unable to recover for a long time.
After a while, the system gasped, [Fuck, I’ve seen so many beauties, and I’m with you every day, I thought I was immune to appearance attacks.]
Chu Shici covered his chest, blushing and said, ‘No, it’s not about looks. If you rate his face and figure, his total score is not as good as Gu Yunzhe. I am a professional 0, no one knows man better than me, trust me.’
[But you were all dazed just now.]
‘The golden statue in that room has all the five organs in a mess, yet didn’t I feel dazed when I saw it? Appearance certainly makes a difference, but not so exaggerated. Like Lady Dayangtian, he should have used some sorcery.’
When Chu Shici saw the statue, he couldn’t help but want to touch it, and the woman with big wavy hair who entered the room later also reached out to touch the statue.
Xunzhe is different.
Chu Shici could not help but obey the command of the snake yao, willing to bow his head and do anything for him.
But he couldn’t get the idea of touching Xunzhe at all, as if a voice in his subconscious was warning him not to touch Xunzhe and to stay away.
One will mesmerize while the other seeks obedience, these are two different styles.
Being manipulated twice in a row, the system exploded.
He cursed and bought a patch to ensure that neither it nor the host will be dazed by sorcery in the future.
After the patch was installed, Chu Shici immediately came out of his daze.
He shook his head, feeling that his breathing was much easier.
Anyway, now he knows how to break the seal.
He offered to help, and Xunzhe had no reason to deliberately manipulate him.
Chu Shici felt something weird, but couldn’t tell.
He read the original text again.
The requirements of the Snake Transforming into a Dragon are clearly written, you must cultivate the righteous path and accumulate merits, otherwise you will not be able to survive the lightning tribulation.
In the original text, the hero can survive the lightning tribulation, and Zhe-ge is a good man who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. It stands to reason that even if he is released, it is impossible for him to do bad things.
Chu Shici looked at the closed door.
The door lock is so big that he, a little monk, would definitely not be able to get it off.
It will take at least ten or twenty days before he can find a way.
This period of time is regarded as an inspection period, and he can observe Xunzhe while looking for a way to remove the door lock.
Let him see what Zhe-ge is thinking.
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The hardware conditions of the small woodcarving were too poor, and he alone could not release Zhe-ge.
The monks in the temple are not normal, Chu Shici is going to find a helper among the pilgrims and passer-bys.
But with his appearance like this, he cannot just capture anyone casually. There is no rush, it depends on fate and luck.
It is a bit late today, most of the pilgrims have already gone down the mountain and left, and there were not many people to choose from.
Coupled with being frightened by invisible ghosts in the morning, Chu Shici didn’t want to go out, so he decided to go out tomorrow to find the helpers.
The chicken legs thrown out before have disappeared, probably taken away by small animals on the mountain and eaten.
Chu Shici chose a place to sit down, and his soul ran into the system space to play games.
When he came out, it was already dark.
The feeling of being stared at disappeared, and Chu Shici heaved a sigh of relief. The artifacts on the shelf can drive away evil spirits, and those things should not be able to get in.
He ate a wild fruit to satisfy his hunger, pulled out a piece of cloth to cover his body, and curled up on the lotus platform to sleep.
The memories that Chu Shici chose tonight are related to Gu Yunzhe. He closed his eyes and dreamed of the good times again.
That time, after they had just finished building the new city, the White Dove Church sent many congratulatory gifts, including some fireworks.
Gu Yunzhe hugged him, and the two stood on the open-air balcony while watching the fireworks.
Chu Shici leaned against his husband’s shoulder, “Zhe-ge, look at the petal-shaped fireworks over there, isn’t it beautiful!”
A man’s calm voice came from next to his ear, ‘Petals? Where.’
Chu Shici remembered that Gu Yunzhe hadn’t asked this question that time, but he still pointed to a distance not far away and said, ‘It’s right there, the red one. Do you see it now, Zhe-ge?’
The originally warm embrace lost its temperature at some point and became colder and colder.
The person behind said faintly: ‘Over there? Isn’t that a corpse?’
Before his words were finished, the fireworks in the sky suddenly turned into a pile of female corpses. They flew higher and higher, and finally exploded like fireworks.
Blood spattered Chu Shici’s face, and he suddenly woke up from his dream.
In front of him was a wall with a metallic luster, and Chu Shici clutched his chest and gasped violently.
Gu Yunzhe, who was sleeping next to him, was woken up by him, hugged him and asked worriedly: ‘Did you have a nightmare, Ah Ci?’
Chu Shici stared at him blankly, ‘No, no, that’s not right. Why are you here?! I have already left the third world, I’m still in a dream!’
Before he finished speaking, the voice of the system came from his mind, [What are you talking about? We didn’t leave, did you sleep until you’ve gone stupid?]
Chu Shici felt that he was still dreaming, and he looked around anxiously, trying to find a way to wake up.
When his eyes turned to Gu Yunzhe, he found that the person around him had changed, replaced by a woman wearing Zhe-ge’s pajamas.
There was a big hole in her stomach, and the blood that kept spilling out wet the sheets.
The moment the two looked at each other, she gave a weird smile, ‘My child, Mummy misses you so much, come to Mummy.’
She was obviously the only person, yet her voice contained the voices of several women’s voices, as if a group of people were speaking in unison.
Chu Shici screamed in fright, and sat up straight again.
There is a dark stone wall in front of his eyes, a lotus platform under his body, and a door with a copper lock not far away.
It may be that the light is too dark, and the scriptures on the door are somewhat blurred.
Finally returning to reality, Chu Shici breathed a sigh of relief.
He wiped off his cold sweat, and while telling the system about his nightmare, he dragged his lotus to the door, hoping to find Zhe-ge for comfort.
There was a white shadow in the darkness, Chu Shici rushed to grab his scales and complained to him.
The White Snake remained indifferent as usual and ignored him.
Anyway, he finally felt safe.
He squeezed to the side of the snake tail and prepared to sleep, but the lotus in his hand became extremely heavy.
Chu Shici tugged at it a few times but it did not move. He looked back and saw that the lotus flower turned into a woman’s hand at some point.
What he is dragging along with is not a lotus flower platform, but a female ghost.
The white snake who had been quietly beside him also slowly lowered his head. The original snow-white snake’s head turned into a pale woman’s face.
Two female ghosts blocked Chu Shici in the corner, pinched his little arms and legs, and said, ‘My child, Mummy misses you so much.’
‘Good baby, come to mother’s arms, mother will tell you a story.’
Chu Shici’s chest heaved violently, his tears could no longer be held back.
He grabbed the stones on the ground and smashed them at the female ghost, yelling, ‘Fuck, I’m hundreds of years old, if you add up my age all these lifetimes, I can be your ancestor. Who the fuck is your mother’s son! My husband’s the snake yao, if you touch me again, he will eat you all!’
‘Do not come any closer! Open your dog’s eyes and see, I’m not your son, don’t pester me! If you try again, I will call for someone, don’t touch me, don’t touch me! Fuck! Hooligan! I’m not a child, don’t hold me and shake me!’
‘Zhe-ge! I can’t beat it! Fuck off! ! Why are you guys so shameless? Zhe-ge, Zhe-ge, I’m afraid!!!’
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The white snake, who was sleeping, was awakened by a loud noise.
He slithered over and pushed open the crack of the door to have a look. The little wood carving little monk is thrashing about on the lotus platform the size of a palm.
He kept waving his hands, as if he was fighting something invisible, his mouth was opening and closing yet he couldn’t hear what or who he was calling for.
The door at the entrance was left open, and the moonlight shone in from outside, reflecting on the cold ground.
Around the little lotus, there was a pile of bloody footprints, densely packed, it looked like a pool of blood at first glance.
A group of women with disheveled hair looked down at the little monk.
The lotus platform has the function of exorcising evil spirits. As soon as the female ghosts approach, it emits golden light to protect its owner.
They kept blowing on the lotus, the golden light of the lotus became weaker and weaker, and the petals began to crumble.
Every time the female ghost blew Yin Qi, the little monk trembled, as if he had encountered something terrible in his dream.
Xunzhe swung his tail vigorously, knocking the door violently.
Feeling the evil spirit slamming against the door, the scriptures engraved on the door suddenly burst into a dazzling golden light.
The dark cave was illuminated by the Buddha Light, Xunzhe moved his body to avoid the door. The female ghosts around the lotus platform screamed and fled in all directions, and soon disappeared.
The little monk who couldn’t wake up just now finally opened his eyes.
He picked up a small stone and looked around warily.
When the Buddha Light dissipated, Xunzhe turned into a human body with a snake tail, leaning on the door with his upper body, looking out from the crack of the door.
The little monk turned around a few times and yelled ferociously, “Is it so great to pretend to be a ghost in a dream? Come out! Let’s have a serious fight!”
Xunzhe crossed his arms and laughed softly with no expression on his face: “It’s interesting that you are a magic artifact and yet you are scared like this by ghosts.”
The little monk suddenly turned to look at him.
The two looked at each other for a while through the narrow gap, Xunzhe stretched out his hand, “Scared? Come here.”
The little thing’s eyes began to turn red, as if seeing a relative, he threw the stone away and ran over to lie on his snake tail and cry.
When Xunzhe picked him up, Chu Shici hugged his fingers and cried again.
“I had several layers of dreams. Every time I thought I woke up, but then I would realize I was still dreaming!”
The little monk cried for a while, then raised his head to look at him, as if he was afraid that he would also become a female ghost.
The little monk sat on his palm and wiped his tears, crying and complaining.
“Those female ghosts insisted that I was their child, and they insisted on hugging me, letting me lie in their hands, and listening to their bedtime stories.”
“I resisted. They said that I don’t listen to my mother and beat me with their hands. But I was only the size of a palm. They beat me like swatting a fly. If I hadn’t run fast, I wouldn’t be here now!”
Chu Shici hadn’t finished speaking when a small breath suddenly came from above his head.
Xunzhe’s face was stoic, but the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.
He has become a snake yao, and his skin is much paler than ordinary people.
As soon as he suppressed a smile, his cheeks turned red, no longer like a cold statue, as if he had gained some warmth.
In normal times, Chu Shici could still appreciate his husband’s beauty, but now he is even more sad.
In his dream, he was chased and beaten by female ghosts, and a group of female ghosts with disheveled hair slapped him back and forth. He was really scared.
The system is also laughing, [Hahaha, it’s obviously a scary thing, but why do you say it like it’s a fly simulator? I know I shouldn’t laugh, it’s really sad but it’s really funny.]
Chu Shici hugged his legs and buried his head in silence.
[Hahaha…ha…what’s the matter with you? I won’t laugh anymore, don’t cry ah. Don’t be angry, I’m wrong, it’s all fine now, don’t be afraid.]
Chu Shici was put on the cold ground.
He looked up, Xunzhe dragged his snake tail to the side, found a comfortable place and began to take a nap.
Although he knew that he and Zhe-ge just met by chance, he couldn’t ask the hero to be so caring about him.
But it is not long after Chu Shici left the last world and every time he was wronged in the previous world, Gu Yunzhe would come out to support him.
The system has been coaxing him and telling him jokes for some time so Chu Shici is not so afraid anymore.
He wiped away his tears, found a place closer to the white snake, and laid a small bed with stones to sleep on.
Xunzhe, who was quiet just now, suddenly opened his eyes.
He hung down one hand and beckoned his fingers at him, “If you don’t come here soon, get out and go to sleep.”
Chu Shi suddenly jumped off the stone bed, walked over, and crawled into his hands.
Xunzhe rubbed his bald head, lowered his eyes and sneered, “Before you were cultivated a spirit, you still had some ability to suppress evil spirits. Now that you have become a spirit, it is not as good as before. It is just a dozen red-clothed ghosts and you’re bullied to this state.”
Chu Shici pretended not to hear.
The body temperature of the snake yao is very low, and the attitude of the hero is not good, but he feels at ease.
He was frightened and ran for several hours in his dream, already physically and mentally exhausted.
Chu Shici hugged Xunzhe’s fingers, and silently called Zhe-ge.
While sleepy, he heard Xunzhe’s slightly doubtful murmur.
“Not only you, but the instruments outside also seem to have lost their effect. Even the power of the Buddhist scriptures on this door is rapidly disappearing. Little monk, have you noticed anything strange?”
Chu Shici struggled to answer, “Yes, the monks here enshrine Lady Dayangtian. They collect money to make living people commit suicide to reincarnate. Could it be what you mean by body snatching…?”
The little monk spoke in a haze, but Xunzhe understood.
He frowned puzzledly, “Monk? The monks in the temple don’t believe in Buddhism, what are they doing walking with Lady Dayangtian?”
Xunzhe only muttered a few words and then fell silent. Chu Shici waited for a while, and seeing that he still didn’t speak, he fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, the system saw him wake up, and ran out to bring him snacks.
[Next time you have a nightmare, I will definitely not laugh. Come to my house and sit down, beauty, brother will come and give you a hug.]
Xunzhe was still sleeping. Perhaps he forgot to change back, he kept the form of a snake with a human body and a tail all night.
Chu Shici patted the system while reading the report.
Maybe it was because Xunzhe felt that he was fun to play with. Last night, the male protagonist’s vitality rose by 2 points.
The change from 4 to 6 is gratifying.
He heard everything Xunzhe was muttering, and while the sun was shining brightly during the day, Chu Shici decided to go out and have a look.
That ghost thing won’t haunt him for no reason, and if he continues to be tormented like this, he won’t be able to sleep well.
He was about to go out when Xunzhe suddenly opened his eyes and said coldly, “Come back when the sun sets.”
Chu Shici wanted to talk to him, but he fell silent again.
The temple was as lively as ever, with an endless stream of pilgrims.
After Chu Shici finished watering the lotus, he squatted on the roof of the hall for a while, but didn’t hear any special information.
From what Xunzhe said last night, it can be inferred that normal monks in this world also believe in the Buddha.
The monks of Dayangtian Ming Temple should have enshrined Buddha more than 500 years ago, otherwise Xunzhe would not be so surprised.
Over the past five hundred years, the temple seems to have undergone some massive unknown changes.
After shopping around for a day but not finding any useful clues, Chu Shici flew back on the little lotus.
As night fell, that feeling of being watched returned.
A gust of wind blew by, and in the silent temple, a woman’s cry could be faintly heard again.
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T/N: What does Zhe-ge in this world look like? I’m not sure. But here are my head cannons for reference: ฅ(=^-ω-^=)ฅ ฅ(=^･ω･^=)ฅ
Both images taken from Hoyoverse games.
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