Chapter 114: Li Qinghou Understandsā¦.
āWhy is this happeningā¦?ā On the verge of tears, he wiped the sweat off his forehead, gritted his teeth, and continued concocting, surrounded by the rumbling sounds from outside.
His goal had never been to cause a big disaster! Heād only wanted the snakes to close their mouths. He felt more wronged than everā¦.
He thought heād come up with a very simple way to solve the problem; how could he ever have imagined that closing the snakesā mouths would come with such violent side-effects?
Seeing that the situation was rapidly devolving, his first reaction was to create a temporary remedy to buy time so that he could then come up with an antidote. Heād solved the problem with the thrashing, but could never have imagined that as a result, the snakesā fleshly bodies would become infinitely more powerful. From the look of things, the spell formation wouldnāt be able to hold out for much longer.
His heart pounded with fear, and his eyes were completely bloodshot; he simply wanted to get things back to the way they were, even if that meant having all the snakes hissing all the time.
Two days later, the cracking sounds from the spell formation were getting more intense under the constant bombardment of the snakes. Fissures were even starting to spread out across the shield. It was at that point that Bai Xiaochun ran out of the stone hut, panting, holding two medicinal pills in his hands.
āThis time Iām definitely going to remedy the situation!ā he shouted. ā10,000 Snakes Valley, itās time to get back to normal!ā The mental pressure recently had really begun to build, and he almost looked like he was in a trance as he hurled the medicinal pills out of the spell formation. High in the air, they exploded, transforming into a green mist that spread out in all directions.
As soon as the mist made contact with the snakes, they shivered, and then plopping sounds could be heard as they collapsed onto the ground, the power of their fleshly bodies rapidly decreasing.
The mist slowly spread throughout the entire cave, reaching even the bloodgod cobras. As they sagged listlessly, Bai Xiaochun heaved a sigh of relief. By this point, he felt the utmost respect for the Dao of medicine, and yet at the same time, immense pride over his level of control with it.
Taking a deep breath, he murmured, āJust like always, Iāā
However, before he could finish speaking, he nearly jumped into the air when he saw what was happening to a nearby tri-recluse viper.
āTh-thisā¦ thisā¦.ā he muttered, his eyes going wide with disbelief.
Unexpectedly, the tri-recluse viper began to writhe as a long horn suddenly grew out from the top of its head.
āThe snakes are growing horns!?!?ā he cried in alarm. His mind rumbled as it was battered by massive waves of shock. All of the snakes were now writhing, and if they could hiss, the sound would surely be shocking to the soul.
Soon, all of the snakes had grown horns out from the tops of their heads! Furthermore, their bodies also seemed to be getting stronger.
In addition to the wondrous addition of the horn, they all began to thrash around again, as though the violence which had been suppressed earlier was finally able to explode out. As they smashed back and forth, they began to punch holes into the walls and burrow out of the cave itself.
Even the bloodgod cobra was acting the same way. As for the huge snake with the three-meter-long head, it was shaking violently as a huge horn grew out of its head. Although the horns didnāt appear to be very sharp, Bai Xiaochun couldnāt help but gasp at the sight of them. They snakes were all starting to go mad, and before long, Bai Xiaochun realized that their skin was now virtually impenetrable.
All of the snakes were thrashing about violently, causing a mighty rumbling sound to explode out. Any of them who saw even the slightest hole in the wall would unleash all the mysterious power contained in their horns to try to burrow their way out of 10,000 Snakes Valley to freedom!
Although 10,000 Snakes Valley was located behind Fragrant Cloud Peak, the snakes actually had no specific destinations in mind, and began burrowing subterranean passages in all directions, even toward Violet Cauldron Peak and Green Crest Peak.
Only about thirty percent were actually heading in the direction of Fragrant Cloud Peak.
It was easy to imagine the scene which would result in the three mountains when innumerable snakes with sealed mouths burst out into the tunnels and began to charge about madly.
Bai Xiaochun dropped down to sit on the ground and look around at the empty cave.
āIāmā¦ done forā¦.ā
It didnāt take long before the snakes made their way through the cracks and fissures in the ground, all the way to the three mountains. Countless horned snakes with bulging eyes burrowed through any hole they could find, shocking countless disciples of the south bank. For years, things had been peaceful and quiet, but now, a massive commotion once again engulfed all the disciples.
On Green Crest Peak, outside of Spirit Sword Hall, more than a thousand disciples were cheering on two of their fellows who were fighting in a minor competition. Just when one of them secured the upper hand and was about to win the match, a horn burst out from the ground beneath his feet, with a cloudy-eyed death viper following close behind. Everyone stared in shock as the snake instantly began to slither up the leg of the disciple who had been just about to win.
The disciple screamed and leaped up into the air. Next, more screams could be heard as more horned snakes burrowed up from the ground.
āWhatās going on!?!? Why did they stop fighting?!ā
āHeavens! Look at all the snakesā¦. What are all these snakes doing here? And look, they have horns!!ā
āDammit! Whatās happening? Whatās happening!?!? Not even my magical item can block these snakes!ā
At the same time, on the summit of Green Crest Peak, where the Inner Sect disciples lived, an old time Inner Sect disciple was sitting in his immortalās cave, cross-legged in meditation. Suddenly, the ground trembled, and the discipleās eyes widened in disbelief. Thenā¦ he let out a bloodcurdling shriek.
āAIIEEEE! What is that thing?!?!
āA snake! A snake just burrowed out of the ground!!ā
Similar cries echoed out from other immortalās caves. It was the same with Shangguan Tianyouās immortalās cave, although the maddened scream which emanated out from him seemed to come from an inner wound which had been reopened.
The situation was the same with the Outer Sect disciples. Countless snakes burrowed up out of the ground, to the profound shock and terror of all. Even the elders of Green Crest Peak were flabbergasted. The old peak lord flew up into the air, looking down in astonishment at the countless horned snakes which covered Green Crest Peak.
It was the same with Violet Cauldron Peak. Innumerable disciples shouted in fury, unleashing magical techniques in all directions. However, they didnāt affect the snakes at allā¦.
Lu Tianlei was surrounded by flashing electricity as he roared, pulling a horned snake out of his trousers. He tried to crush it, only to find that he couldnāt.
āWhat happened? Dammit! Why are there so many snakes!?ā
āWait a second, something seems fishy here!!ā
As the bellows of rage rose up from Violet Cauldron Peak and Green Crest Peak, Xu Meixiang bristled with fury.
āInvestigate!ā she bellowed. āInvestigate immediately and find out what exactly is happening!!ā
On Fragrant Cloud Peak, enraged shouting rose up into the sky. Xu Baocai was screaming at the top of his lungs, and Zhou Xinqiās eyes were wide with astonishment as she flew up into the air.
Hou Xiaomei and Hou Yunfei also took to flight. Many disciples there were whipped into an unbelievable fury, and although some began to unleash powerful magical techniques, Fragrant Cloud Peak was known for its skill with plants and vegetation. It was no surprise, therefore, that quite a few disciples whipped out medicinal pills, and quickly found that although the effects were rather ordinary, the snakes would immediately flee at the sight of them.
Many of the fleeing horned snakes then headed toward Green Crest Peak and Violet Cauldron Peakā¦.
āWhatās happening here? Dammit! What could have caused this!?!?ā
āIs this a natural disaster or was it caused by humans? Bai Xiaochun was sentenced to stay in 10,000 Snakes Valley, and since then everything has been so peaceful. How couldā¦ wait a second! 10,000 Snakes Valley!?!? Bai Xiaochun is supposed to be in 10,000 Snakes Valley!!ā
As people began to react, a long-eared rabbit suddenly appeared from out of nowhere. Apparently, it had been listening in for some time. All of a sudden, it began to run through the three mountains, bellowing at the top of its lungs.
āDammit! Iām gonna kill this snake!!
āAIIIIEEEE! From now on people are gonna laugh themselves to death at the name Xu Baocai!!
āGet lost, you evil snakes! I am Shangguan Tianyou, Inner Sect disciple and Chosen of Green Crest Peak. From this day forth, our enmity is irreconcilableā¦.
āWhat an incredible snake. If I, Lu Tianlei, could become a snake, I would definitely goā¦ heh hehā¦.
āLi the Snake! Li the Swindler! When you tossed Lord Bai into this place, did you really think he couldnāt handle some measly snakes? You just wait until this treasured pill is finished being concocted, then Iāll teach your stupid little snakes a lesson. Humph! Who knows, after this, I might even be able to lead these snakes to conquer the world! Hahahahahaha!ā
Soon, the rabbitās words could be heard within all three of the mountains, and the disciples erupted into a fury.
āExterminate Bai Xiaochun!!ā
āSo, he did this! He sent the snakes against us in revenge!!ā
The howls coming out of the mouths of Shangguan Tianyou and Lu Tianlei were especially barbaric. The disciples of the three mountains were in a complete fury; this disaster far exceeded the matter with the acid rainā¦.
Li Qinghou looked around blankly at the events playing out. Then, he starting thinking about everything that had occurred after Bai Xiaochun first joined the sect.
As a servant, he had sold spots into the Outer Sect, arousing public wrath. He had thrown the entire servantsā district into chaos.
When he was an Outer Sect disciple, there was the tragedy of the spirit tail chickens, and the terrible incident with Elder Zhouās phoenix. Countless disciples were affected, and the entire mountain had been thrown into chaos.
After becoming an Inner Sect disciple, he had provoked lightning, sent crazy animals running around the entire mountain, and had even caused acid rainā¦. By then, he had thrown all three mountains into chaos.
However, no matter how Li Qinghou thought about the matter, he could never have imagined that throwing Bai Xiaochun into 10,000 Snakes Valley would result in something so preposterousā¦. He didnāt even hold back when it came to snakes. 10,000 Snakes Valley had been thrown into chaos, which then spread to cover all of the south bank.
As of that moment, Li Qinghou suddenly remembered how, when he had first met Bai Xiaochun, all of the villagers at the bottom of the mountain had cheered and thrown a party upon his departureā¦.
Finally, he understood how those villagers feltā¦.