Zhang Chu could see that this old snake recognised death.
In other words, even if she was beaten to death, she would still ask Zhang Chu to swear on a match, or on a tree branch.
So, Zhang Chu changed his mind. You want me to swear on a branch, right? Fine, I’ll make a fake tree branch.
Soon after, Zhang Chu turned around and left the small courtyard.
After leaving the small courtyard, Zhang Chu went to another small courtyard where there was a water tank.
Zhang Chu then came near the water tank, scooped some water from the tank, picked up mud from the ground, and rolled out a long strip with the mud.
Then, with a thought, Zhang Chu took out a Daoist talisman from his pocket.
Immediately after, Zhang Chu wrapped the mud with the Taoist talisman, then, Zhang Chu’s hand gently shook, and the spiritual energy in his dantian was stimulated.
Puff!
The talisman wrapped around the strip of mud in Zhang Chu’s hand instantly ignited without fire.
Zhang Chu then held the talisman in his hand and drew a symbol in the void to trick the ghost, while reciting the incantation, “Heavenly Spirit, Earthly Spirit, Supreme Lord Lao has come to reveal his spirit, the mud is transformed into an ageless branch, tricking the old snake into trying to show his true feelings.”
After Zhang Chu’s incantation was finished, the mysterious symbol he had drawn in the void also flashed brightly.
Immediately after, the talisman in Zhang Chu’s hand exploded violently, while the clay bar in his hand transformed into the appearance of a strip of withered wood.
After doing so, Zhang Chu returned to the small courtyard with the “wooden strip” in his hand.
Then, Zhang Chu said to the old lady, “See clearly, now I swear on this branch.”
“Good!”The old lady really didn’t see it.
Zhang Chu swore on the branch, “I swear that as long as I am given the Dragon Walking Earth, I will not harm this old snake.”
Then, Zhang Chu looked at the old snake, “Is that alright?”
“There’s also them, and I can’t let them harm me either.”The old snake was quite cautious.
Zhang Chu then added another clause, “I also won’t let my friends, harm Old Snake.”
This time, that old snake was finally relieved, and at this time, the old lady stood up, bent down towards Zhang Chu, flattened her hands upwards, and said to Zhang Chu, “Give me the branch, and I’ll go exchange it for the Dragon Walking Earth.”
“Quite the preoccupation.”Zhang Chu laughed.
Thus, Zhang Chu handed over the branch transformed into clay strips to the old lady, and after the old lady got the branch, she even put it in front of her nose and sniffed it, confirming that it was fine, and only then did she slowly turn around and put the branch on a stone table.
Afterwards, the old lady knelt down in front of the stone table and worshipped the branch, at the same time, her mouth recited some incantations that human beings couldn’t understand.
After a while, the branch on that stone table suddenly disappeared, and in its place, there was some fresh dirt.
Zhang Chu’s eyes lit up when he saw the dirt, that dirt contained a mysterious essence, and even looking at it, he felt soothed and refreshed, as if he had taken a sip of ice water on a hot summer’s day.
At this moment, a brown piece of straw paper appeared in the old lady’s hand, and she wrapped up those Dragon Walking Clay with it and sent it to Zhang Chu, “Grandfather Immortal, please smile.”
Zhang Chu reached out and took the Dragon Walking Clay.
He did not intend to make things difficult for this old snake, besides, there was no point in killing her, she would be alive in a while.
So Zhang Chu said, “Alright, go away, I won’t kill you.”
“Many thanks Grandpa Immortal, many thanks Grandpa Immortal.”As the old lady said that, she hurriedly backed up and entered that small earthen hut.
Then, inside the small earthen hut, the dim light instantly disappeared.
At this moment, the entire small village, within the large swathes of houses, all the lights also instantly disappeared, and even, the moon in the sky, the stars, were suddenly gone, and the surroundings, were plunged into darkness.
“So dark!”Yang Xiaomai said in a low voice, unable to resist leaning closer to Zhang Chu.
Zhang Chu, on the other hand, hurriedly said, “All of you must not touch your mobile phones, don’t illuminate!”
“Mm, I know.”Linghu Ya Ya said.
With a thought, Zhang Chu’s spiritual energy travelled to his eyes, and his eyesight instantly increased by countless times.
However, it still took him a while to adapt before he could vaguely see something in the darkness.
At this moment, Zhang Chu asked, “Linghu Ce, Linghu Ya Ya, can you see?”
“Slightly able to see some.”Linghu Ya Ya said.
Linghu Ce also said, “Can.”
“Alright, come with me, let’s hold hands and I’ll lead you out of here.”Zhang Chu said.
Thus, Zhang Chu pulled Yang Xiaodao, Yang Xiaodao pulled Linghu Ya Ya, Linghu Ya Ya pulled Linghu Ce, and all of them walked outside together.
Hot Pot also hurriedly followed.
The road back was cool, and Zhang Chu could vaguely see that both sides of the road were filled with white snake eggs, many of which were hatching out, and a small snake broke out of its shell and wriggled in the darkness.
Zhang Chu did not want to meddle in the matter, he just pulled the crowd and quickly returned along the road he came from.
Soon, Zhang Chu pulled his brother and sister to the vicinity of that red line.
Here, as long as Zhang Chu took one step out, he would be able to leave this place.
However, Zhang Chu knew that for this brother and sister duo, he was afraid that it would not be that simple, just like in the West Wind Gathering, the first time Zhang Chu wanted to leave with the help of someone else, but he found that the last thing he pulled in his hand was a wooden person.
So Zhang Chu asked, “You two siblings, can you see the red line on the ground?”
“Red thread? What red thread?”Linghu Ya Ya asked.
Linghu Ce was also filled with doubt, “There aren’t any red lines.”
Zhang Chu then asked Hot Pot and Yang Xiaomai, “What about you two?”
Hot Pot hurriedly agreed, “Woof woof woof, there are red threads.”
Yang Xiaomai also said, “I can’t see anything, but I can see red lines.”
Zhang Chu’s heart was clear, this was the key.
So Zhang Chu said, “Come on, everyone stand on the same line as me, later on, everyone will only take one step forward, and then don’t walk, let’s see what will happen.”
“If you two siblings don’t go out, you wait for me where you are, I will come back.”
“Good!”Linghu Ce and Linghu Ya Ya promised.
At this moment, several people stood and shot into a horizontal line, in front of them, was the red line, of course, the two Linghu siblings couldn’t see it.
At this time, Zhang Chu said:
“One, two, three, step!”
Then, several people took a step together.
In the next moment, Zhang Chu’s face opened up, all the darkness receded in an instant, and it was sunny outside.
At the same time, Zhang Chu and Yang Xiaodai, simultaneously looked towards one side.
Immediately after, Yang Xiaomai screamed out in terror, “Ah, what the hell!”
Zhang Chu saw that what Yang Xiaodai was holding in her hands was no longer Linghu Ya Ya, but a paper person.
That paper person was dressed up in a fancy and gorgeous manner.
However, just now, it was a large living person, and to turn into a thing like this in such a short while still caused Yang Xiaomai to feel a pang of discomfort.
“Sure enough, it can’t come out!”Zhang Chu said.
At this time, Hot Pot Woof Woof Woof called out, “Woof Woof Woof, Grandpa, we’re finally safe, let’s go.”
“Go?”Zhang Chu was speechless, “The Linghu siblings are still inside.”
Hot Pot hurriedly said, “Grandpa, just let them be inside, anyway, if you don’t say anything, I don’t say anything, and she doesn’t say anything, no one will know that we left them inside.”
Zhang Chu’s face darkened, “You’re still a real dog!”
Hot Pot, on the other hand, drooped his tongue, “Grandpa, it’s too weird in here, I’m afraid that if we go back in, we’ll be trapped in there as well.”
Zhang Chu’s mind moved and spoke, “Hot Pot, you watch over Yang Xiaomai, don’t move right here, no matter what you see, stay here, understand?”
Hot Pot hurriedly said, “Woof woof woof, understand!”
But Yang Xiaomai hurriedly shook her head, “No, no, no, Brother Zhang, I’d better go in with you to save the people, I feel that this dog doesn’t look like a good dog, I don’t feel safe following it.”
When Hot Pot heard this, he immediately drooped his head as well, “Then I’ll go in as well.”
Then, the two men and the dog, took another step back and returned to the darkness.
“You guys are back again!”The surprised voices of the two Linghu siblings came out.
Zhang Chu nodded, “What did you guys encounter just now?”
At this moment, Linghu Ya Ya said, “After taking a step just now, you all turned into snakes, which scared us to death.”
Zhang Chu then said, “It seems that we need to think of a way to break your curses before we can do so.”
