Chapter 1204 Gu Snake
“Brother Xuan, it’s not that our Dragon Soul team has too few women, causing an imbalance of yin and yang, and too many bachelors. Responding to the broad demands of our comrades, I have lowered some of the standards.”
Dong Ming chuckled and said, “But even though the standards have been lowered, this woman’s strength is still quite good. She’s known as the number one female God of War in Xia Country.”
Chen Xuan frowned and said, “A bunch of animals... But I don’t really like this woman.”
“Oh? Could it be that this woman offended you?” Dong Ming looked at him with some suspicion.
Chen Xuan then roughly told Dong Ming what had happened on the plane, but unexpectedly, Dong Ming started to laugh:
“Still the number one female God of War in Xia Country, she’s really blind. She doesn’t recognize the famous Xuan Doctor War Venerable and thought you were a useless live-in son-in-law. That’s too funny.”
“This woman’s strength is not up to standard. Deal with her according to the rules, dismiss her!”
Chen Xuan felt a bit embarrassed after being teased, and glared at Dong Ming fiercely.
“Dismiss her? That might be difficult.” Dong Ming looked wronged.
“Do you want me to kick you to try?”
Saying that, Chen Xuan had already raised his foot.
Dong Ming had experienced Chen Xuan’s footwork before and was terrified to his bones. He quickly explained, “Brother Xuan, this really isn’t my fault. According to the regulations, I really can’t dismiss her!”
“What regulations?” Chen Xuan frowned.
Dong Ming explained, “To capture the escaped dangerous criminals from the Dragon Locking Well, the Dragon Soul team issued an order that any soldier who can capture an escaped criminal from the Dragon Locking Well is eligible to join the Dragon Soul team.”
“Now that Huo Xiaoyu has captured the King of Assassins, she is in her probation period. Even if we want to dismiss her, we have to wait until the probation period is over.”
Chen Xuan took a breath and said, “If she doesn’t meet the standard after her probation period, have her pack her bags immediately.”
“Alright!” Dong Ming said quickly.
Just then, Chen Xuan’s gaze sharpened, and he suddenly raised his sleeve and waved.
Whoosh!
A sound of breaking through the air, a silver needle flashing with a cold light, shot out.
In the grass, the seven-inch area of a snake was pierced by the silver needle, and it curled up, becoming weak and about to die.
Dong Ming saw that it was a snake and initially didn’t think much of it. However, he saw Chen Xuan’s serious expression and couldn’t help but be slightly startled. He looked again and seemed to notice something.
So he rushed forward, picked up the snake, and said, “This is…”
Upon closer inspection, he realized that this snake was different from ordinary snakes. There were three silver rings on its neck. This type of snake is called a silver-banded krait, which is highly venomous. Anyone bitten by it would die within ten minutes.
Moreover, this was not just any ordinary silver-banded krait, but one that had been subjected to Gu cultivation, meaning it was a Gu snake that could be controlled by someone.
The target of this snake was Chen Xuan!
“This is bad, someone is targeting Yunxi and the others!”
Chen Xuan suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, and he hurried away.
“Brother Xuan…”
Dong Ming’s expression also changed. He wanted to help, but Chen Xuan drove him back. Dong Ming wouldn’t be of much use here anyway.
Dong Ming did believe Chen Xuan, so he nodded and led his men away.
In the Su family mansion in the capital, the large old house, although seemingly vast, was divided among the four main branches and nine branch lines, making it not so large. As one of the former main branches, the Vermillion Bird branch also had quite a bit of territory.
In the northeast corner of the old mansion, there were several ancient and elegant residences, which were the residences of the Vermillion Bird branch.
After the Vermillion Bird branch was expelled from the capital, many members of the Su family in the capital wanted to seize the residences of the Vermillion Bird branch as their own. However, legend had it that the residences of the Vermillion Bird branch were unlucky.
So, everyone retreated, and the houses were abandoned until now, only being looked after and occasionally repaired by the couple Su Qingyang and Yang Zi’luo.
“Uncle Qingyang, Aunt Zi’luo, thank you for always sending people to clean here. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have a place to live right now.”
Looking at the clean old house, Su Yunxi showed some memories and then quickly thanked Su Qingyang and Yang Zi’luo.
“Miss, you’re too kind. This is what we should do!”
Su Qingyang said busily.
“Yes, Miss Su, it’s just a small effort.” Yang Zi’luo also said busily.
During the time the Vermillion Bird branch was away from the capital, they often sent people to clean here.
This time, Su Yunxi and the others didn’t bring any servants, so Yang Zi’luo had the servants from the Yi branch help with the luggage.
“Ah! A snake!”
Suddenly, a scream rang out.
Everyone looked, and at some point, on the living room floor, there was a silver-banded krait over two meters long, flicking its scarlet forked tongue. In the silent room, the hissing sound could still be heard, making one’s hair stand on end!
Jiang Biyun had already jumped onto the sofa in fright, her face pale.
Grandpa Su’s expression was also not very good. He said, “Don’t move… Don’t move around…”
The silver-banded krait paused in front of Jiang Biyun, seemingly not looking for her. In a flash, like a shark smelling blood, it followed the scent and came to Su Yunxi’s front.
Clearly, Su Yunxi was the target of the silver-banded krait, and it slowly approached her.
“Yunxi!” the others cried out in worry.
Su Yunxi also seemed to realize that the silver-banded krait was about to attack her. She slowly retreated, looking at the scarlet forked tongue, swallowing her saliva, her face turning pale.
But just then, the silver-banded krait’s head shot out, its mouth opened, revealing its fangs, and it lunged to bite Su Yunxi’s thigh!
At the critical moment, with a whoosh, a sound of breaking wind rang out.
A silver needle instantly pierced the seven-inch area of the silver-banded krait, pinning it to the floor. No matter how the silver-banded krait struggled, it could not break free from the silver needle!
Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Yunxi also patted her chest, which heaved spectacularly.
Suddenly, she also saw the silver needle and immediately reacted, shouting towards the outside, “Chen Xuan!”
As expected, before her voice had even fallen, Chen Xuan rushed in and came to Su Yunxi’s side, “Yunxi, are you alright?”
“Fortunately, you came in time, otherwise it would have been over,” Su Yunxi said.
“That’s good.”
Chen Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
“Alas, perhaps no one has lived here for too long. I didn’t expect there to be snakes. I’ll have someone bring sulfur and other things to thoroughly inspect this place. Otherwise, it’s too dangerous,” Su Qingyang said busily, his face full of apology.
Of course, he also had a slight doubt. He had sent people to clean many times, but he had never heard of venomous snakes appearing here, let alone such a highly venomous one.
“Yes, yes, we must have someone disinfect it, otherwise it’s too unsafe,” Yang Zi’luo also said, still shaken.
Jiang Biyun and Grandpa Su also nodded repeatedly, fully agreeing.
Chen Xuan walked forward and examined the silver-banded krait. As expected, there were runes on the silver bands, indicating that it was a Gu snake that had been enchanted by someone. Moreover, the silver-banded krait’s neck already had five silver rings.
As everyone knows, the more silver rings on a silver-banded krait’s neck, the more venomous it is. If one were bitten by a silver-banded krait with five silver rings, they would probably die within three minutes!
With this thought, Chen Xuan shot out a cold gleam.
He said in a deep voice, “Uncle Qingyang, Aunt Zi’luo, there’s no need to bother.”