Chapter 9: Snake catcher goes into the mountains to catch snakes

Xu Hei stared at it for a long time, observing it repeatedly, and then confirmed that it was the token of the snake catcher.

This token has the mark of a monk, and the material is special and extremely difficult to damage.

How did it appear in the body of the octopus?

At this time, Xu Hei, no matter how slow his reaction was, found something wrong.

He immediately extended his spiritual sense and scanned into the body of the octopus, and found that there was a fist-sized demon core in the head of the corpse.

The size was not small, twice as large as the previous pig demon!

"Is this a fucking demon beast?"

Xu Hei's pupils contracted, and he stepped back subconsciously, but then he realized that the other party was dead.

Xu Hei hesitated for a long time, with his head erect, and carefully swam towards the corpse of the octopus.

After the corpse died, its muscles were still full of activity, and the tentacles twitched. Xu Hei watched for a long time on the side until the tentacles stopped moving, and then he stepped forward.

He swung his tail, cut off all the remaining tentacles, and then divided the body into several pieces.

Only then did he boldly step forward to check.

There were still some corpses in the octopus' stomach, including fish and two human skeletons. The flesh and blood had been digested, but the clothes were preserved. One of them could be identified as the snake catcher's clothes.

Obviously, this monster was not weak, and swallowed a snake catcher.

Such a powerful water monster was accidentally killed by Xu Hei! Killed as an ordinary wild monster!

Xu Hei had an unreal feeling. When did he become so powerful? Are the scales on the tail so fierce?

"Brother Yao, I didn't kill you on purpose. I just wanted to fight a wild monster. Who knew I would kill you. If I had known it was you, I wouldn't have dared to go up even if I had a hundred courage."

"I hope Brother Yao will be reborn as a human in the next life!"

Xu Hei silently prayed for the other party.

In any case, the other party killed a snake catcher and eliminated the harm for the snake. He remembered the merit in his heart.

Next, Xu Hei cut up the body and spent another half an hour to transport the body back from the bottom of the river and moved it back to his cave.

During the process, he found out that the monster was injured, so he took advantage of it.

Xu Hei's lair was located not far from the riverbank. It was a hole of some unknown creature, but Xu Hei widened it and covered it with grass and trees, so there was no clue from the outside.

He swallowed the head of the octopus in one bite, and put the remaining tentacles in the snake cave, covered them with sand, and planned to eat them slowly.

The octopus looked soft, but in fact, its meat was hard, like a rubber band, and it was tough, and the energy contained in it was very huge.

Just by eating the head, Xu Hei felt the majestic blood and qi rushing into his body, and quickly absorbed it into the demon god cauldron.

The spiritual cloud was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, one percent, two percent, three percent...

Even the third scale on his tail was rapidly transforming.

The cultivation that had not been used for a long time finally changed.

"This is much more powerful than the pig demon, brother demon, I will remember your merits."

Xu Hei held his breath and concentrated, breathing in the spiritual energy, and running the technique with all his strength.

It has been a long time since I have practiced so happily!

With so much monster meat, Xu Hei no longer needs to go out hunting, he can just concentrate on retreat, maybe he can survive until winter.

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One month later.

After eating up the octopus corpse, Xu Hei's cultivation level rose again, reaching the late second level of the spiritual period.

The spiritual mist of the demon god cauldron has covered most of it.

If it was only 10% of the area before, now it is 80%.

Xu Hei has a hunch that when the mist covers 100% of the area, it will be the time to break through the third level of the spiritual period.

Although there is no breakthrough, Xu Hei's strength has greatly increased, and his strength and speed have increased by about 50% compared with before, and a third black-gold scale has appeared on his tail.

This made Xu Hei quite happy, as if he saw hope, and his mood improved.

Time flies, autumn goes and winter comes.

In early winter, the temperature drops sharply and the food outside becomes less. Snakes will gradually reduce their body functions, reduce consumption, and finally find a cave to hibernate.

Even a snake demon like Xu Hei cannot escape this natural law.

The nest by the river beach was abandoned by Xu Hei. This place is not suitable for hibernation. He wants to find a deeper cave, preferably one with few people.

Wild beasts can be guarded against, but they are mainly afraid of people. Winter is the peak season for catching snakes, and Xu Hei does not want to be dug out.

Xu Hei returned to the deep mountains and old forests he was familiar with.

There were wolves in this place, and there was bear feces on the ground. Few people came. Xu Hei's consciousness spread out, and after confirming that there was no danger, he dug a cave and drilled in.

The black and gold scales at the tip of his tail became three, which were much harder than before, and the fourth one had also transformed by half.

Xu Hei used his tail to dig through the stones and dug out a deep underground passage. Finally, he stopped at a depth of 20 meters underground.

At this distance, no wild beasts will enter, and even humans cannot dig out 20 meters.

This is the limit distance of Xu Hei's consciousness.

He thought about it, and found some bear feces to pile at the entrance of the cave to cover the smell, and then returned to the cave, coiled in a circle, and entered a dormant state.

During the dormant process, Xu Hei was still breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

As a cautious snake, he would not let himself completely faint, and still retained a trace of consciousness. Once there was an abnormality, he would wake up immediately.

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There are two very famous villages in the Chenjia Town area: Snake Village and Python Village.

As the name suggests, the mountains in this area are rich in snakes, and most snake catchers are active here.

Every winter is a good time to go up the mountain to hunt snakes.

Many ferocious wild animals will also choose to hibernate in winter. In addition, the grass and trees wither and there is no place to hide, so the safety factor of going into the mountains will be greatly increased.

This year, the snake catcher posted a notice at the entrance of the village-

"Calling young and strong people to go into the mountains for hunting, and reward one string of money per person."

This notice has caused quite a stir in the village. In previous years, snake catchers would only cooperate with hunters, but this year there are no restrictions. Everyone can join the group, and they will get one string of money for going into the mountains once!

However, ordinary people going into the mountains are also accompanied by greater dangers. They may get it but not spend it.

"Xiao Niu, stay at home and take care of your sister. I'm going into the mountains for a while." Wang Daniu urged.

"Dad, but you have never been into the mountains!" Wang Xiaoniu worried.

"With your uncle Sun leading you, nothing will happen. He is an old hunter in our village. He has cooperated with the snake catcher for more than ten years and has never made any mistakes!"

Wang Daniu patted Xiaoniu's head and said with a smile, "When your father makes money, I will send you to the private school in Chenjia Town. Mr. Chu will teach you and you will definitely pass the exam."

Wang Xiaoniu looked at his father, held back his tears, and nodded.

Wang Daniu wrapped the money in cloth and pressed it under the bed. Before leaving, he glanced at the yellowed books on the bed, put on his coat, took his luggage, and walked out of the house.

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Xu Hei hibernated 20 meters underground, which was the limit of his spiritual sense. At this distance, he could just see the surface.

Outside the surface, from time to time, prey such as musk deer, snow rabbits, roe deer, and tigers and brown bears passed by.

Sometimes, some reptiles drilled into the cave, but the entrance was blocked and they could not get in.

Xu Hei did not move except breathing in and out. Even his heart rate dropped to the lowest. His body temperature was cold and stiff. This was when he was most vulnerable.

As a cold-blooded animal, he could only regain his mobility when spring came and the temperature rose.

Days passed one by one.

The temperature outside dropped to the lowest. Xu Hei's consciousness was in a state of confusion. Only when the spiritual energy entered his body would he recover some functions and have a slight perception of the outside world.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the surface.

The noses of the two hounds came close and sniffed at the entrance of the cave.