Chapter 459: Snake Eater
Out of the palace gate, Zhou Fan and Li Jiujiu silently followed the little novice and walked in the mural corridor, the two of them did not say a word to ask Abbot Fayue what his illness was.
After all, this is a bit like inquiring into the privacy of unfamiliar people, and it is very inappropriate.
However, as soon as they stepped out of the two murals, a figure suddenly rushed out from the back of the mural.
This frightened Zhou Fan and Li Jiujiu.
The three of them also had to stop.
The man was cloaked in a disheveled head, his face was covered with black mud, and he was dressed in a dirty blue and black dirty coat, and the whole person looked like a dirty beggar.
He grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellowed teeth.
"Migo, go away. Xiao Shami scolded in a little panic.
But the man seemed to be a little crazy, he still smiled, and suddenly stretched out his right hand, and Zhou Fan and the others realized that the madman was holding a small snake with a thick thumb in his right hand.
The head of the little snake was pinched by him with two fingers, and the snake's body was constantly twisting.
"Migo, put the snake down. Little Shami trembled slightly, he knew what Migo was going to do, and he reached out to snatch the snake from the madman's hand.
But the madman reacted quickly, giggled and took a few steps back, avoiding the little novice.
He quickly raised his right hand, put the snake's head into his mouth, and bit it one by one, and the little snake was stuffed into his mouth one by one, until the snake's tail, which was still winding and twisting around his mouth, was swallowed by his tongue.
His mouth bulged and chewed, and snake blood flowed down the corners of his mouth.
"Migo, how dare you...... How dare you kill again......" said in a trembling voice.
The madman was still laughing, he spread his arms and made a flying gesture, laughing as he walked into the distance: "Snake snake...... Delicious...... Snake Snake ......"
The madman disappeared without a trace at once.
This change happened too quickly, and Zhou Fan and Li Jiujiu came back to their senses slightly.
The two of them were the first time in their lives to see someone eating a live snake, even if this person was just a madman, but swallowing a live snake like this still made them feel a little uncomfortable.
Xiao Shami calmed down and said, "Amitabha, let the two donors laugh. ”
"Little Master, this is ......" Li Jiujiu was a little unsure of what to say.
"That one is a senior brother of the little monk just now, there are not many monks in our Snake Buddha Temple, including the master, that is, thirteen people, and the little monk, the senior brother of Miwu, suffered from madness many years ago, often talking nonsense, and doing some strange things. ”
"Especially in the past two years, he likes to eat live snakes raw, this is a violation of the Great Precept of Killing, but ......" Xiao Shami sighed, "Senior Brother Mi Wu is delirious, and we don't know what to do, so we can only look at him as much as possible, but sometimes he escapes, and this is the third time he has committed the Great Precept of Killing." ”
Xiao Shami was obviously reluctant to say more about this, so he said these words and took Zhou Fan and the two into the original corridor.
On both sides of the circular corridor, the snakes also disappeared.
The Snake Buddha Temple is divided into two layers by this corridor, the inner layer is used by the monks of the temple for repair, and the outer courtyard is for travelers to borrow.
Now there are no outsiders in the Snake Buddha Temple except for Li Jiujiu and the people in their convoy.
After Li Jiujiu and Zhou Fan returned, the people in the team had almost been reorganized.
The little novice said that he would prepare a meal for them, and left the place.
Li Jiujiu glanced around, and after confirming that there were no outsiders, he pulled Zhou Fan to a corner and whispered, "Brother Zhou, I think there is something strange here." ”
"What does Brother Li think is strange?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I can't say exactly, but I always feel a little weird here. Li Jiujiu shook his head with a wry smile.
"Actually, I feel that way too. Zhou Fan nodded slightly in agreement.
The strangeness of the old man when he entered the temple, the snakes of the Snake Buddha Temple, the lifelike Buddhist murals, the abbot who refused to face them, the crazy snake eaters, and the temple that gave people a gloomy and cold feeling.
Both of them felt a little unusual.
But if you want the two of them to say what is wrong, they can't say it.
It can only be said to be a feeling.
"Let those two people who have found the Snake Buddha Temple come over, and I will ask them. Zhou Fan's face moved slightly, and he suddenly remembered something.
Li Jiu waved his hand, and asked the two warriors who were in charge of pathfinding to come over.
Zhou Fan looked at the two martial artists and confirmed that there was nothing abnormal in these two before he said, "Tell me in detail, how did you find this temple?"
Zhou Fan suddenly remembered just now that the direction they were traveling was not within the scope of the temple, and it should be said that the temple was a distance from their route.
If these two pathfinders had explored the path ahead, they would not have discovered this temple.
When Zhou Fan came to the temple just now, he didn't have time to think about it, but now that he thinks about it, he feels that something is wrong.
The two warriors glanced at each other, their eyes a little puzzled, but one of the warriors thought for a moment and said, "We just looked for the way ahead, and then found a path and searched this way for a while to find this temple." ”
"No, that trail is not the route we are going to take, why did you enter this trail?" Li Jiujiu asked in a cold voice.
The two warriors were stunned, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
"Li Gongzi, Lord Zhou, we don't know very well. The warrior replied honestly, "But we occasionally unconsciously enter other slopes when we explore the path. ”
This is not a strange thing in the eyes of the two of them, after all, pathfinding has a purpose, but sometimes it is not a strange thing to deviate from the main route.
"Did you notice anything strange when you entered the path to the Snake Buddha Temple? Zhou Fan stared at the two and asked.
The two warriors thought about it seriously, but they both shook their heads, they really didn't think of anything strange, they just naturally entered the trail, and then walked a short distance to find this temple, and after that, they came back to report.
Zhou Fan frowned slightly and waved his hand, letting the two retreat.
"Brother Zhou, do you suspect that something has confused them and lured the two of them to the Snake Buddha Temple?" Li Jiu looked at the backs of the two warriors and asked in a low voice.
If there was really something deliberately leading these two martial artists over, then it was likely to be a trap for the convoy, which made Li Jiujiu's face change slightly.
"I was suspicious, but you can see it, they say there's nothing out of the ordinary, so it's just suspicion. Zhou Fan said.
"Why don't we leave the Snake Buddha Temple now?" Li Jiujiu suggested.
Zhou Fan didn't rush to answer, but frowned and thought about it.
Is it appropriate to leave this somewhat eerie Snake Buddha Temple now?