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Translator: Tamon
Xu Hei stared back. “Crap, the humans found me!”
[Why is he standing there? Is he going to attack me? Is he another Chen Fan?]
Xu Hei’s mind raced with countless doubts and fears in an instant.
He was the notorious Old Snake King that plagued Snake Village. The authorities and snake catchers would come hunt him down at the slightest hint of his location, in less than an hour too.
He was so focused on his prey that the human slipped from his perception.
The child with the pitchfork flinched as well, having never seen the Old Snake King before.
He matched the Old Snake King’s description spreading through the village, having a tough body, an oval head, triangular scales, light golden eyes, and yet the last trait, a huge body, was missing from this picture.
Xu Hei stared at the child, observing as his face slowly shifted into one of indifference.
It was Chen Fan’s face!
Boom!
Xu Hei’s panicked, overcome with fear, and vanished from sight at his top speed.
As for the child behind him, he fell on his butt and soiled himself.
“Was that the Old Snake King? Why didn’t he eat me?”
Curiosity wormed its way into his mind, despite the racing heart and fear.
…
Xu Hei ran for miles and miles, stopping only when tired. “What is going on? Why did his face turn into Chen Fan’s?”
Xu Hei was still in shock. “No, I must be seeing things!”
Xu Hei shook his head and then it hit him. The immortal left such a deep mark on him that he’d see Chen Fan in any human.
He even had nightmares about Chen Fan.
Xu Hei didn’t give it much thought but things changed now. Humans called it trauma, some kind of mental illness.
[Where there’s an illness, there’s a cure!]
“My mind is disturbed. I must pay respect to Buddha and ask for peace of mind.”
Xu Hei took a deep breath, somewhat calmer from finding a solution.
The next day, Xu Hei found himself before a run-down shrine a mile off of Chen Town.
There was no indication which Buddha it was worshiped, but its timeworn condition was a clear sign of being avoided by people.
Xu Hei only entered after he double-checked with his Divine Sense.
The large statue was covered in dust, with faded features and broken arms. Completing the seedy look were the many cobwebs around.
Xu Hei blinked at the fresh offerings contrasting the deprecated shrine. A pig head, a roasted duck and a steamed bun.
“What a feast! I wonder which rich boy left these?”
Xu Hei’s instinct was to eat it all, but thought better of it, given his purpose.
He crawled over to the worn-out mat. [Should I burn incense?]
In the end he grabbed three twigs and stuck them in the incense burner.
Back on the mat, he copied humans by bowing three times.
“Bless me Buddha and free me of my demons.” Xu Hei prayed in earnest.
With the ceremony over, he felt much better, like he’d been cleansed just like that, free of burdens.
[It works!] Xu Hei cheered on the inside.
With business out of the way, Xu Hei slithered on the table and wolfed down everything.
Human food was different, so tasteful. Xu Hei patted his belly and crawled to the exit.
“Hi-hi-hi, where are you going, girlie?”
The creepy laughter and a girl’s cry had Xu Hei shivering. He ducked behind the statue out of instinct.
His Divine Sense told him that a young woman barged into the shrine, donned in expensive silks, jewels, and jade hairpin. She had to be a rich clan’s young miss.
Following her was a youth with a knife. It was one of the guys Xu Hei saw dumping Chen Fan in the pigpen.
Frowning, Xu Hei wanted to leave at once, but he was stuck between a wall and the statue.
His choices were between the exit or the window, both in plain view.
[This is bad.]
Xu Hei sighed, sitting back down and waiting for them to finish.
“What do you think you’re doing? I’m Chen Clan’s third young miss! I can give you anything you want, just don’t kill me.”
“Ha-ha, Young Miss Chen, I’m just doing my job. If you want to blame someone, blame your fate. Be glad that I’ll send you off with a smile on your face.”
The man snickered at the end.
Xu Hei disapproved with a head shake. He found no joy in senseless bloodshed beyond finding food.
The girl was punched back, with the youth looming over her with an evil grin.
Humans were peculiar animals, in heat every season of the year, unlike Xu Hei, who only had it in spring.
The girl’s delicate and soft looks appealed to humans, but Xu Hei found such weak traits beneath him.
Suddenly, the girl cried out, “Please, Senior, save me! My clan will be forever grateful!”
Her eyes were fixed on the back of the statue.
Xu Hei froze. [Was I spotted?]
“Who’s there?!” The youth flinched and looked around in panic.
Noticing the disturbed dust on the floor, he squinted at the statue.
“Ha-ha, you think there’s someone here? Give it up already!”
He cared not if there was a third party, so long as they remained quiet while he finished his business.
However, the girl was dead set, crawling to her feet, and rushing behind the statue.
Xu Hei panicked.
The girl got closer and closer and closer.
[Stay away!] Xu Hei screamed in his mind as he stared at the girl’s hopeful face.
“Senior…”
Her words were cut short by the sudden lash of a snake tail.
Her head flew across the shrine as her neck spurted blood all over the shrine.
The youth freaked out and scrambled away.
But would Xu Hei let him? It turned out the tail lash was so precise that the head fell on the youth’s head.
Bang!
The youth was down and Xu Hei sprung into action, twisting his neck for good measure.
To be safe they wouldn’t twitch and got walking, he snapped their bones, tenderized their guts, and squashed their flesh. It didn’t get much deader than that.
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