Serpent Sarcophagus

I didn't expect that the snake, which hadn't even shown up until now, would actually play these filthy tricks.

Fletcher's wife was shivering from the rice rain but was still giggling strangely.

I just felt a surge of anger in my heart, then I carried the bucket and knocked heavily on her head.

The whole world was instantly silent. I watched the few people who had fallen to the ground and the dead snakes that were tangled under the walls of the house, and my heart was chilled.

Stowy had killed so many snakes that he was exhausted. He had already gone back to the Black Mamba Bracelet to recuperate.

I stood alone in the night wind. I couldn't even hear the insects nearby, but only the sound of the wind whistling past, and my heavy panting.

I didn't know if the Snake's Lust Poison was real. But I felt my body getting hotter and hotter, as if my legs were starting to get weak and numb.

I carried the bucket, went to the faucet by the door of the house and got a bucket of water, then poured it on the top of my head, before entering the house.

After being soaking wet, I felt better, then exhaled deeply and grabbed a knife from the kitchen.

Mrs. Quebec was still unconscious. I did what my father had taught me, lifted her up, and let her lean on the bed, making sure her heart was above the wound.

I got knife to cut the wound into a cross, found a glass, pulled a piece of paper, and burned it in the glass. Then while the fire was still burning, I covered the mouth of the cup onto the place where the cut was done.

This was called cupping, using the air pressure to suck out the toxics. Once the heated glass cup covered the wound, I saw black blood gushing out.

I sat in the middle of the dead snakes and leaned against Mrs. Quebec's bed. When there was no more blood gushing from the wound, I then removed the glass and poured out the paper ash mixed with poisoned blood inside. Then, I started to do it a second time.

The ambulance was coming to the village from the town, and it certainly wouldn't be quick. If I didn't save her, Mrs. Quebec might not last till the ambulance arrived.

I did the cupping twice. On the third time, when the blood became bright red, I started to call my parents, but as before, no one answered.

In the entire room, except for my heavy breathing, there was only the beeping of a busy signal.

I thought about it. If I called my grandmother, she would be worried, so I called Uncle Peter.

I couldn't wait for the ambulance, so I had to take them to the hospital myself. But in this nearby village, the only person I knew was Uncle Peter.

As soon as he learned that something had happened, Uncle Peter just said in a deep voice, “I'll come. Even if the ambulance is dispatched, they probably can't find the place. Just wait for me.”

Uncle Peter came quickly and also brought four people from my family.

The four people looked at me, and their eyes flickered, but their faces were tinged with pity and understanding.

the injured to the car. You two take care of the dead snakes, and by the way, sprinkle some sulfur nearby, so that the

Uncle Peter didn't

I didn't have time to get changed either. I took one of

four injured people were now in the car.

family

Peter gestured to me to ride with him. Lying in the

you know why I didn't let you stay in the village, huh?” Uncle Peter drove the car and

stayed behind got hoes. With one swing of the hoe, they hooked several snakes out

drooped limply. Under the car lights, the snake's eyes glowed with an eerie green

my clothes tighter, and now the heat flowing in my body seemed to be building up again.

said I would sleep with it in the

car was speeding along

a cigarette. He just took a puff, and the cigarette was half

anymore. One day you will be committed to it, go

head around to look at Uncle Peter and sneered,

Peter didn't say anything and just drew heavily on his cigarette. Obviously, he was not happy that I was comparing his daughter with

exactly is a Serpent Sarcophagus?” When I saw him like that, I was furious.

don’t know, Aurora,” Uncle Peter said, steering with one hand and took a new cigarette with the other. He lit the cigarette in his hand with the cigarette he was smoking. And in the flickering light of the fire, he said in a deep voice, “Serpent Sarcophagus has existed

the grave that there were no bones in that coffin at all, except for the snake.” Uncle Peter threw the cigarette butt out. His hand was burned, but he didn't seem to feel the pain.

the Dragon family's woman who was buried with the snake went missing,

even if we didn't bury a woman from the Dragon family in there, the snake

“You saw it. I didn't even want to care, but that snake keeps chasing you. If you really want to find

expect Uncle Peter to agree, and was relieved, “So who did you plan to bury when you moved the grave the year I was born?”

been a woman

I hear

on his cigarette and turned the steering wheel, “In our generation, the Dragon family had no daughters. Aurora,

time we chose to move the grave was the expected date of your birth! As soon as you were born, you would be buried in it. That's why your father killed the snake. He was saving

over my body. So I

town. Because I had called ahead, the serum was ready. Plus the

serum and kept

so-called Snake's Lust Poison. I said that I seemed to

doctor stared at me funny, but still gave me a list and told me to go for a blood test.

also worried that something would happen to my parents, he told the two people from my family to

for the test and sat in the ward waiting for

hospital, even the staff on duty were few, and only faint light came through. Though near the summer, I still felt cold.

heard footsteps, then I looked up and saw Fletcher's

so frightened that I scrambled to pick up the iron stand where the medicine