Empress Fu Yao [Volume 3]

Night in the forest (Part 2)

"Wasn't that snake single-headed?" asked Meng Fuyao, still in a dazed state.

Zhan Beiye sighed and said, "These snakes are single-headed when they are young, and once they mature, they grow out a second head and live within the gaps between cliffs. I was too careless. I thought that these snakes disappeared along with the fall of the Big Gun Clan, and didn't expect that they still exist. We have wronged the rat."

Meng Fuyao, with an expression of guilt, looked into the tree hole. "Later I'll apologize," she said as she took out some bottles. "Let's poison them first."

"It is of no use," Zhan Beiye remarked while pulling her back. "This thing isn't afraid of poison, beware that you might wrongly hurt others instead."

"What about a thunder crash bomb? I remember that your soldiers are equipped with this."

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"The snakes are underwater, so we can't use thunder crash bombs. If one of them finds a way to escape and attack us, we would not be prepared," said Zhan Beiye as he suddenly smiled. "This is something troublesome, but in times of trouble it is very useful."

He held out a small bottle and poured some of the red powder-like contents on himself. Thereafter, he extinguished the campfire and flicked some of that powder onto the pile of wood.

Meng Fuyao curiously asked, "What's that?"

"Pepper," answered Zhan Beiye arrogantly.

Meng Fuyao scowled and uttered, "There's pepper in the Five Region Continent? Could it be that I wasn't the one who teleported, but you did?"

Prince Wang, who had a sharp hearing, casually asked, "What's teleporting?"

"It means traveling around the different countries."

"Oh," remarked Zhan Beiye. Then, he went on to explain, "The other time we drank soup at the inn in Huazhou, the soup indeed tasted much better after you added pepper and so, I ordered my subordinates to bring me some. These snakes are blind, but they are very sensitive to smell. Once they detect the scent of an enemy, they will relentlessly chase after their foes."

Meng Fuyao's eyes lit up and exclaimed, "That's why you left behind the scent of pepper! What smell could be more vivid and invigorating than this? Once our enemies arrive..."

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"Yes," Zhan Beiye laughed and said, "Later we'll depart and leave our belongings behind. Once the Gold of Tiansha rushes over, they will definitely come up to inspect, such as flipping through the extinguished campfire and getting contaminated by pepper. Then... Just wait for the deadly pursuit of the Double-Headed Snakes!"

He held his sword and leaped over the Black Wind Horses soldiers. A crimson red beam flashed by, and in an instant, he split the disfigured human-like structure of snakes into two!

Immediately after, he commanded, "Retreat!"

The snakes fell apart in the left and right directions, mimicking how a real human body would have split apart. Some Double-Headed Snakes were sliced into two segments, but each segment became an independent warrior. They flew past the water surface like how the wind blew past and rushed towards the humans, bearing the resemblance of arrows.

Everyone had already escaped far away, with Meng Fuyao being the first – she rushed to the tree hole and dug out the guinea pig. Without giving a care of whether she would be seen as the third wave, Meng Fuyao tucked the guinea pig in her arms and in the blink of an eye, ran 100 odd meters away.

Zhan Beiye was the last to leave, and as he did, he conveniently grabbed the corpse of the warrior whose head was forever turned back at a weird angle. At the same time, he threw a huge bunch of stones in all directions.