Chapter 1 The old man-eating snake begins to understand

The old snake didn't remember when he got the hang of it.

He only remembered that he was a famous snake king in the snake village, with a fierce reputation. He had swallowed more than 20 lives. The government had surrounded him, and the demon-slaying Taoist priests had hunted him, but they couldn't catch him.

So much so that the legend of the old snake king eating people has been circulating in the village, scaring children so much that they dared not go out, dared not turn off the lights at night, and the snake catchers kept watch all night.

The old snake also forgot how many people he had eaten, but he remembered the last two people.

The first person was a teenager named Ren Dan, who was chased by an old Taoist priest and ran into the mountains.

"Ren Dan must have the awareness of Ren Dan. You have eaten so many of my medicinal herbs, how can I let you escape?" The Taoist priest chased and scolded.

The Ren Dan boy ran for a whole day and night, exhausted, with scratches all over his body. He knelt in front of the Bodhisattva in the dilapidated temple, crying and begging for the Bodhisattva's blessing.

Seeing that he was really pitiful, the old snake swallowed him, ending his painful life.

The Taoist priest happened to chase into the ruined temple and saw this scene. He screamed: "No! My elixir!"

"I have been refining the human elixir for ten years, spit it out!"

The old snake saw that he was extremely angry and felt bad, so he had to swallow him and let him reunite with the human elixir in his stomach.

The old snake only remembered these.

From then on, he began to have spiritual wisdom and emerged with a lot of knowledge from the human world.

For example, the snake catcher is to catch snakes; the Taoist priest practices magic; the human elixir is a human-shaped elixir that prolongs life and can also increase cultivation.

There are also stories and books in the human world, and strange knowledge emerges every now and then.

"Humans came up with names, so I also named myself Xu Hei!"

He liked the story of Xu Xian in the human world. Others called him the old black snake, so he just called him Xu Hei.

In fact, he envied humans. They were born with wisdom and intelligence, but Xu Hei didn't know how many reincarnations he had experienced before he was born with wisdom.

He must cherish this life and must not die easily!

The more you have, the more you fear losing it. The old snake, who originally didn't know what fear was, also became greedy for life and afraid of death.

"Humans are too dangerous. I'd better stay away from them in the future. Ferocious beasts are also very scary. I'd better eat some safe food."

Xu Hei made up his mind that he would stay away from humans and ferocious beasts. Eggs, poultry, and livestock would be his main targets.

In the following days, Xu Hei kept wandering around small towns and villages by the river, stealing some chickens, ducks, fish, geese, and some small rodents.

As the days passed, the stories of the old snake king eating people disappeared, but livestock began to disappear in large numbers. There were also fewer fish in the fish pond, causing residents to not dare to raise chickens and ducks outside, and all of them were taken back home.

Xu Hei had a big appetite and could eat several chickens in one meal. The poultry in the village could not withstand his extravagance.

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A month passed.

Xu Hei had not eaten for seven days.

These days, Xu Hei had completely digested human knowledge, his body grew to six meters, and a demon core appeared in his abdomen.

"With the demon core, I am now a snake demon." Xu Hei was delighted.

The demon core, like the Dantian of a human cultivator, is his core. Although it is only the size of a fist, it is his most precious thing.

The birth of the demon core means that he is no longer an ordinary beast, but a demon beast.

But excessive stealing also made him lose his food source.

He did not dare to hunt large beasts, mainly because he was afraid of getting hurt. Compared with risking his life to fight in the wild, he would rather be a petty thief.

"I haven't eaten for a long time. I have to go to the town to find something to eat."

Xu Hei swam his huge body and crawled towards Chenjia Town.

Chenjia Town is the largest town in this area. As the name suggests, the Chen family is the largest family with the most abundant food. Xu Hei, who has lived here for many years, has already figured out the location of the Chen family.

Xu Hei tried to be as careful as possible, without making any noise, and crawled into the backyard of the Chen family.

There were many livestock raised in the backyard of the Chen family. Xu Hei spit out the snake's tongue and carefully sensed the breath in the air. His eyes suddenly lit up.

He smelled the smell of pigs!

Pigs were his favorite food. They were fat and could resist hunger. Eating one could last for a month. Unfortunately, pigs were kept in pig pens.

Since he became enlightened, he had never eaten pork because he was afraid of being discovered by humans.

"After eating a pig, I will stop."

Xu Hei was thinking in his heart. He was hungry and curled up his body. He climbed up the beams, stretched and shrank like a leech, and quietly crawled into the dark pig sty.

The pig sty was very large. He found a corner and crawled in along the wall. When the pigs saw the snake approaching, they hummed and instinctively retreated, but they were not too scared. Some of them were curious and came up to it, using their noses to poke it, thinking it was something to eat.

This is also the reason why Xu Hei wanted to eat pigs. This thing is stupid. Unlike other animals, it runs away when it sees him.

Without hesitation, Xu Hei opened his bloody mouth, bit a piglet, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Xu Hei was very big, like a python. He could eat people alive before, and now it was no problem for him to swallow a smaller pig.

The pigs screamed in fear and shrank back crazily into a corner. Only then did they realize that Xu Hei was in danger.

It took Xu Hei a lot of effort and two minutes to swallow it. His body bulged high and expanded into an oval shape.

"Hurry up and run away." Xu Hei thought, but an idea came to him.

It was not easy to sneak in, so why not eat more?

After having the demon core, his digestion speed became faster and faster. It was estimated that such a pig would be digested in less than half a day.

Xu Hei spit out the snake tongue and looked around. It was night time. The whole Chen family was quiet. There was a faint snoring in the distance. As long as he didn't make too much noise, he shouldn't be discovered.

Even if someone went to the toilet in the middle of the night, with his speed, it would not be a problem to escape.

Thinking of this, Xu Hei once again wrapped around a fat pig and swallowed it. This time, it took him five minutes to swallow it. His body was completely swollen, like a small mountain.

There were only five pigs in this pigpen, and there were three left. Xu Hei couldn't climb anymore, so he huddled in a dark corner and digested it on the spot.

It was estimated that he would be able to digest it almost by the time it was dawn.

About an hour later.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the door of the pigpen was kicked open. Xu Hei was frightened and quickly huddled into a small ball and hid behind the wall.

"Plop!"

A bloody figure was thrown into the pigsty. It was a young man with a handsome face, but he was covered with wounds and was barely breathing.

"Was this rubbish beaten to death?"

"What if he died? He dared to snatch a woman from Mr. Qiu, and this is the end!"

The two men at the door clapped their hands and left the pigsty.

The young man's eyes were tightly closed, and the only breath that remained disappeared after wandering for a while.

Dead!

A human died under Xu Hei's eyes.

This man looked familiar, and seemed to be the young master of Chenjiazhuang, whom Xu Hei had seen before.

Xu Hei quickly crawled away and jumped onto the beam. It was said that the dead were very unlucky, and he didn't want to be contaminated by bad luck.

The two men outside had just left, and Xu Hei planned to wait until the man was far away before leaving, and never set foot here again.

Suddenly.

The young man who had just died opened his eyes again.

"Dead body!"

Xu Hei's pupils shrank, and he suddenly thought of a word. His breathing stopped, and he dared not move at all. This word was obtained from the knowledge of Taoist priests.

The young man sat down cross-legged, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, and muttered to himself: "Chen Fan? Haha, it's the same name as this immortal."