After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 388 Stones, mineral veins?
Next, no more snakes came out.

The smell of the snake attractant seemed to have limited penetration, so Huang Can asked Chen Guoqiang to find a fan and fan the embankment continuously, trying to make the smell penetrate deeper.

However, little success was achieved.

Chen Yang released his mental power and drove it away directly.

Some snakes that were lying motionless in their dens also began to move.

They slowly crawled out of the snake's den, and after smelling the snake-attracting water, they immediately became energetic and crawled even harder.

One, two...

As snakes of all sizes crawled out from the cracks in the rocks, the scene was like squeezing noodles, and Chen Guoqiang felt numb all over.

This is too much. Is it possible that my whole family is living in a snake's nest?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Chen Yang and Huang Can worked for a long time and caught a total of 23 snakes, big and small, all of the same species, red-skinned cobras.

One of them, although also at level B, has already developed simple spiritual perception.

Chen Yang felt something strange. He used his radar to probe into the snake's den and could vaguely see something inside.

Snake eggs?

Or something else?
The radar can only show a rough model.

He released his mental power to investigate again. His mental power was like a third eye, and it quickly fed back the situation in the snake's nest into his mind.

Below the foundation, there is a cavity with a diameter of two or three meters, which contains some snake eggs neatly arranged in a circle.

In the middle of these snake eggs, something strange was revealed.

A stone buried in the mud.

It is the size of half a fist and very irregular. The color cannot be detected by mental power, but Chen Yang can feel the energy contained in the stone.

The energy is a bit similar to the fire attribute of a fire silkworm, and it feels to Chen Yang like a piece of burning charcoal.

Is this why these snakes can come out in the winter?

This stone should be a good thing.

However, it was buried too deep and there was no way to get it out.

Unless the dam on Chen Guoqiang's house is dug up.

"Are there any more? Catch them all, don't miss any."

Chen Guoqiang was very worried, fearing that they had not caught them all and that the criminals would come out and hurt others again.

"It can't leak."

Chen Yang gave him a reassurance, "The snake attractant medicine handed down from the Huang Can family will ensure that you catch it cleanly."

Huang Can put away the tools and said, "Snakes, insects, rats and ants are most likely to hide in these crevices. It's best to find some time to get some concrete and seal up the embankments in front of and behind the house..."

Chen Guoqiang nodded repeatedly.

Of course we have to seal it off, we can’t save this money.

Back in the yard, Huang Can acted like an expert, "Maybe you often turn on the air conditioner at home, and the house is warm, so these snakes come into your house?"

Chen Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, feeling that it made some sense, but not much.

There are so many families in the village who have installed air conditioners, why don’t they go to other houses and only come to my house?
However, it doesn't matter anymore.

The two helped him accomplish a big thing and relieved his worries, so Chen Guoqiang was of course very grateful and invited them to have dinner at his home.

Huang Can happened to need a favor from him, so he didn't refuse.

When talking about the housing land during the dinner, Chen Guoqiang just said there was no problem.

But Huang Can came here to live with his sister, and he did not own any land in Jiapigou Village. So, let Huang Can choose a piece of land and negotiate on his own. As long as the negotiation is successful, the village will definitely approve it.

Also, the land cannot be too large. He needs to register a separate household. According to current policies, it cannot exceed 120 square meters.

Huang Can naturally agreed and asked his uncle to help look after the homestead when he came out of confinement.

Anyway, it’s the end of the year now, so if we want to start building a house, the earliest it will be after the New Year.

As for the land issue of residential plots, in the village, is there anything that cannot be done if you have money?
……

The two drank until after ten o'clock before leaving Chen Guoqiang's house.

Chen Yang quietly released two bone-eating beetles.

Under the cover of night, the two bone-eating beetles quickly crawled into the cracks in the rocks on the edge of Chen Guoqiang's fortress.

He entered the snake's nest through the cracks in the rock, swallowed the snake eggs in the nest, and then dug out the strange stone.

……

When Chen Yang returned to the old house, the two bone-eating beetles also flew back.

The stone was delivered to Chen Yang.

Chen Yang held the stone in his hand.

It was red and a little hot. Holding it in his hand, he could clearly feel the hot fire energy seeping out.

This energy is somewhat similar to the fire energy of a fire silkworm, but it is not as powerful as the fire silkworm's energy, and it is not poisonous.

The stone is angular, about half the size of a fist, with sharp edges and looks very irregular.

This stone is not artificially polished or carved. It looks more like some kind of mineral.

There shouldn't be any radiation or anything, right?
Pulling out the system panel, Chen Yang asked about the system.

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Item: Fire Jade Ore.

Introduction: The raw material of fire jade grows deep in the earth veins with abundant fire energy and contains a certain amount of fire energy.

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Fire jade?

Chen Yang was stunned for a moment. This thing didn't look like jade at all.

However, the system shows that it is raw material.

Maybe it's some leftover material or something like that!
Such a small piece does not contain much fire energy.

Perhaps a lot of it was absorbed by the group of cobras. The energy in this piece of fire jade raw material is probably not as much as that from a bite by a fire silkworm.

At this time, Chen Yang thought of a problem.

The system shows that this thing grows on a ground vein with abundant fire energy. Does the location of Chen Guoqiang's home mean that there is abundant fire energy?

Obviously not!

Besides, it's impossible for something like this kind of ore to grow into just such a small piece, right?
If there is, it must be in pieces.

Chen Yang frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something.

Could it be that there was something wrong with the fill soil used to lay the foundation of Chen Guoqiang's house?

Where does the fill come from?
If it is somewhere in the village, could there be a mineral vein?
Thinking of this, Chen Yang became a little excited.

What would happen if he really found a vein of fire jade?

It seems that I have to go to Chen Guoqiang’s house again tomorrow to find out the origin of this stone!

……

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The next morning.

Chen Yang received a call from Qin Zhou.

Yesterday, someone from the Ding family contacted him.

The person who came to see him was Ding Sihe, and they arranged to meet in a teahouse on Hongxing Road in the provincial capital.

Ask him about the whereabouts of the things in Blind Pang’s tomb.

The other party was quite polite and sensible.

Paid consultation, no hesitation at all, wanting to know if there is something in it, the secret of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head.

Qinzhou took the money and gave him a positive answer.

However, he had already sold the things at the Panshan Exchange Conference.

He was sold to a descendant of the Xue family in exchange for a chance for Xue Chonghua of the Xue family to treat him.

Very reasonable!
This time, everything has finally come to fruition.

By now, the Ding family should be looking for Fiona Sit.

As for Fiona Sit, Chen Yang was not too worried. This woman had strong mental strength and was meticulous, so she shouldn't let anyone down.

……

Song Kaiming's family is slaughtering the New Year pig today, and they said they wanted Chen Yang to come and help, but in fact, he doesn't need any help at all.

There were just a few pigs, and Huang Can could hold them down by himself.

After watching the excitement for a while, Chen Yang went to Chen Guoqiang's house again.

There was a mixer truck parked on the side of the road, mixing concrete with a rumbling sound.

Chen Guoqiang is a man who does what he says. He contacted the workers last night and brought in cement, sand and gravel early this morning to seal up the embankments in front of and behind the house.

No matter if there are snakes inside or not, I will seal them all in for you.

At the edge of the yard, Chen Guoqiang was directing several workers to work.

Chen Yang used radar to detect that the snake's nest was empty and there were no snakes. The location of the snake's nest was a cavity, but it did not affect the stability of the foundation.

However, he no longer sensed the presence of fire energy.

Is there really only that one piece of raw fire jade?
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows.

The conditions for the formation of fire jade ore are very harsh. The most important point is that it must be located on a land vein with abundant fire energy.

However, this condition is not met here at all.

The fire jade rough material appeared here. Now it seems that there is only one possibility, that there was a problem with the filling soil when the foundation was laid. "What are you thinking about?"

Chen Guoqiang turned around and saw Chen Yang standing in the yard in a daze, and couldn't help but ask a question.

Chen Yang came back to his senses and said, "I was wondering, how did these snakes appear here?"

Chen Guoqiang smiled, "Didn't Xiaocan say that we often turn on the air conditioner at home? They like warmth..."

Although he also thought this explanation was outrageous, it didn't matter. As long as all the snakes were caught, it would be fine.

He doesn't care how they came, he only cares how they disappear!

Chen Yang shook his head. "They may have been here for a long time. When you were building the foundation of your house, did you not check the situation under the foundation?"

“How could you not check?”

Chen Guoqiang said, "At that time, the old house had no embankment, and the part where we were standing had collapsed for the most part. I couldn't bear to give up this piece of land, so I asked someone to bring some soil to fill it up, built an embankment and compacted it. After it had settled for more than half a year, I started to build the foundation..."

Chen Yang raised his eyebrows. "Then the problem may be with the filling soil. There may be snake eggs or something mixed in the filling soil. After they hatched, they made a nest in the embankment of your house..."

"This……"

Chen Guoqiang paused. Is this possible?

"Where did you get the fill soil?"

Chen Yang asked the question he really wanted to ask.

He didn't care how the snake came from, he only cared about the origin of the fill soil.

Chen Guoqiang was stunned for a moment, and pointed to a vegetable patch not far away, "Did you dig it from there?"

……

Chen Yang came to the edge of the vegetable field, which was full of vegetables, including lotus root, radish, turnip... It was a small piece of land, but there were quite a few vegetables planted.

This should be considered as Chen Guoqiang's family's private plot. There is a pond in the middle with a diameter of five or six meters. The water inside is green and a thin layer of ice has formed on the surface in some places.

This pond must have been dug out during the excavation.

Chen Yang directly used radar to detect the entire vegetable field.

Since the soil was dug from here, maybe the fire jade ore also came from here.

After walking around, Chen Yang frowned slightly. The radar could detect forty meters underground, but it didn't find anything suspicious!
He walked around the surrounding areas and didn't find anything suspicious.

So, am I overthinking it?

This piece of fire jade ore was probably formed by chance?
Of course, it is also possible that the snakes brought them from other places.

Yes, if it has nothing to do with the fill, then the problem is most likely with the snakes themselves.

The snakes from last night were taken back by Huang Can. Chen Yang remembered that one of them had developed spiritual perception. Maybe he could ask it some questions.

I just don’t know what Huang Can will do with the snakes after he brings them back. I hope he doesn’t kill them all.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang hurried to Song Kaiming's house.

……

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Song Kaiming's home.

Killing the New Year pig is a big event for every household in the village.

After raising the pigs for a whole year, the harvest will be completed today. According to the custom of the village, relatives and neighbors will be invited to have a pig-killing dinner.

The yard was a bit messy, and many neighbors came to watch the fun.

Song Kaiming had three pigs at home, and he killed all of them.

The butcher, with a few neighbors who came to help, was giving the pigs a bath with hot water, blowing on them and shaving their hair.

Chen Yang’s ancestors were also butchers, but unfortunately, the skill was not passed down.

The steam was rising, and the smell of pig manure mixed with blood was quite unpleasant, but the people around who were watching the fun were extremely enthusiastic.

"Fuck, are you kidding me..."

Huang Can held up his cell phone and cursed at it.

Chen Yang walked over and asked about the situation, only to find out that his live broadcast room had been blocked again.

Just now when I was live streaming, I accidentally captured a bloody scene of a pig being slaughtered. It was just a fleeting scene and I was immediately reported by a black fan and my account was directly banned.

This made Huang Can very angry.

He was just unblocked yesterday and was locked up again today. He really couldn't understand why there were so many black fans in his live broadcast room.

After hearing this, Chen Yang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Not surprising, really not surprising.

"How long will it be closed this time?"

"It's still three months."

Huang Can greeted the haters in the live broadcast room, and then he became a little depressed, "It seems that I am really not cut out for live broadcasting."

At this moment, my mentality seems to have changed a little.

Doing live broadcasting and becoming an internet celebrity, think about it, isn't his real original intention to make money? Now he has ways to make money, so why bother to stick to the live broadcasting path?

After all, it's just the feelings in my heart that are at work.

But at this moment, his sentiment seemed to have cooled down a little.

Chen Yang patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay. It's not a permanent ban. After three months, you can start live streaming the house repair again..."

Huang Can was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.

Man, you really know how to comfort people.

"Repairing the house is nothing. I will live stream buying a house in the city and piss these idiots off to death."

In this world, there are always some people who can't stand seeing others doing better than they are because they themselves are not doing well. The best way to deal with such people is to make yourself stronger, make them jealous and angry, and let them watch you getting better and better but be powerless to do anything.

"Where is the snake we caught last night?" Chen Yang asked.

"In the snake cellar in the backyard."

Huang Can then took Chen Yang to the backyard. Their family had an ancestral skill in catching snakes. When Song Kaiming was young, he was also addicted to catching snakes. He dug a snake cellar in the backyard and raised a lot of snakes in it.

On the one hand, snake venom can be sold for money, and snake meat can also be sold for money. On the other hand, if you want to eat meat, you can catch one and stew it.

I have to say, this family must have had a deep grudge against snakes in their previous life.

Their son was only two or three years old, but he already dared to catch snakes and play with them. He had completely developed his racial talent.

The space inside the snake cellar is not very large. Although the ground has a heat-insulating effect and they have taken some heat-insulating measures, when winter comes, the snakes in the snake cellar still have to hibernate.

There were some shelves around, on which were placed some rags, cotton wool, dry straw, corn stalks and other things.

If you lift up a pile of straw, you can see a snake coiled underneath, hibernating.

There are quite a few of them, and there are many types.

If you come in during the summer, this place is hell.

Huang Can came back too late last night. After he came back, he just threw the snakeskin bag into the snake cellar and didn't care about it at all.

Find the snakeskin bag and open it.

All the snakes were poured out, about twenty of them, big and small. Because it was cold, many of them were already stiff.

There are a few that are still moving, but their movements are sluggish. They are very sensitive to temperature. In this freezing weather, the best thing for them to do is to sleep.

"Chen Yang, what do you think of these snakes? I've never seen a red-skinned cobra before. They look a bit weird, and I don't know if they can be eaten..."

Huang Can grabbed one at random.

There was no need to be afraid at all. Firstly, these snakes moved too slowly and could not bite him at all. Secondly, even if he was bitten, the fire silkworms in his body could help detoxify the toxins.

What's more, his family has a tradition of catching snakes, and the snake medicine prepared by his sister is also quite useful.

Chen Yang shook his head. "I haven't seen it either. It might be a mutant. These snakes are more or less contaminated with some fire energy."

"Fire attribute?"

Huang Can was stunned. "Same fire attribute as the fire silkworm?"

"Almost the same, but much weaker than the fire silkworm's energy."

Chen Yang simply stretched out his hand and rummaged through the pile of snakes. His physique was now immune to Class A biological toxins, so these snakes were nothing but child's play for him.

After a moment, Chen Yang frowned slightly, "I remember one snake has developed spiritual perception. Are all the snakes I caught last night here?"

"Spiritual sense?"

Huang Can was a little surprised, "They are all here..."

Before he finished speaking, he picked up the snakeskin bag and saw that there was a small hole at the bottom.

"Grass."

Huang Can cursed, and then said, "When I came back last night, the bag was still intact. This snake has something, but it must still be in the snake cellar..."

Having said that, he started rummaging through the snake cellar.

The door of the snake cellar was closed, so there was no way the snake could escape.

Besides, it was freezing outside and running out would be simply seeking death.

……

"hiss……"

After a while, the two found it in a pile of corn stalks in the corner.

A cobra that is over one meter long, fiery red in color, with some mysterious markings.

Obviously, it was still awake, with its neck raised, looking at the two people in front of it warily.

The fangs are turned outward, as if ready to attack at any time.

(End of this chapter)