Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 245 Searching for the Heart (Part 1)

Gu Jingnian didn't know how long he had been unconscious when he suddenly felt himself being squeezed and woke up in a daze.

The space was suffocating. He sniffed hard and immediately inhaled a viscous liquid into his nasal cavity.

A strong, stench of decay was so nauseating that he almost fainted again.

It was pitch black before his eyes. He tried to unfold his fire wings, but perhaps because the environment was too humid, or perhaps because there was some kind of suppressive force in the giant snake's belly, he was unable to use his powers at all.

After struggling to find them for a while, they found Yingyao, Hu Jingnan, and Yan Da, but Shen Jichi was nowhere to be seen.

"Shen Jichi, where are you?"

The call echoed within his stomach, but no one answered. Gu Jingnian guessed that Shen Jichi might have already left through teleportation.

"Yingyao, can you break its belly?"

"Let me try."

Ying swung her fist at the snake's belly, but it didn't have much of an effect.

She was pale and very weak, and said, "It's so strange, I can't muster any strength."

Gu Jingnian knew that this was the giant serpent's suppressive effect on them, and said, "We can't use our special abilities inside its body."

"Try this."

Hu Jingnan took a hairpin from her hair and used all her strength to cut open the giant snake's belly.

Gu Jingnian immediately reached out to tear open the wound, but before his fingers could even penetrate, the wound inside the giant serpent's abdomen had already healed rapidly, even faster than his own healing speed.

"try again."

The two tried for a while longer, but still couldn't harm the giant snake in the slightest.

Since it cannot break free, it can only escape as soon as possible. There are only two directions to escape: one is to go down and leave through the giant snake's excretory opening, and the other is to go up and crawl out of the giant snake's mouth again.

They naturally wanted to climb up, but their abdominal walls were slippery and they had nowhere to get a foothold.

Gu Jingnian took the hairpin from Hu Jingnan and stuck it into his abdomen, trying to use it to climb up.

He thrust in and out dozens of times, but he couldn't climb much higher. Instead, his abdomen contracted repeatedly, and gastric juices flowed down from above, splashing all over him and pushing him back into his stomach.

He felt something hit him, and when he reached out, he found a boot.

"Shen Jichi?" Gu Jingnian then asked, "Are you still up there?"

After a while, Shen Jichi finally responded.

"Are you all awake?"

Judging from the direction of the sound, he was indeed up there, but although his tone was calm, he was actually slightly out of breath.

It's likely that he didn't respond earlier, perhaps because he was caught in a difficult situation somewhere.

"Hu girl, hand over the rope," Shen Jichi said again.

"it is good."

Hu Jingnan then sent up a silk thread.

The group struggled to use their abilities against the giant serpent, and could only muster a small amount of their other abilities. It was only with great difficulty that Hu Jingnan managed to harden the thread and pass it upwards.

Shen Jichi said, "Come up."

Gu Jingnian tugged at the silk thread and saw that the other end had been caught by Shen Jichi, so he tied it to his body and climbed up.

His hands were quickly cut and bleeding profusely. Despite the excruciating pain, he continued to climb. After a long time, with Shen Jichi pulling him from above, he finally crawled over the esophagus and reached Shen Jichi's location.

"This is where?"

"Septum".

"Ok."

Gu Jingnian sat on the membrane, feeling it swaying, and looked up at the darkness above.

It would probably take a very long time to escape from one of the giant snake's heads, given its incredibly long neck.

"How do you plan to get out?" Gu Jingnian asked.

Shen Jichi said, "Who said I was going out?"

This answer is surprising. If he wasn't going to go out, why would he climb up here?
But Gu Jingnian thought about it again and understood.

"You want to go find Huixin?"

"good."

Shen Jichi said, "The male viper is poisonous in many ways, but its heart is a good medicine. Now that we are fortunate enough to be here, how can we miss this opportunity?"

"So you think it's lucky to be eaten."

“A true man should become stronger with each setback and turn adversity into opportunity.” After resting for a while, Shen Jichi’s words flowed smoothly. “Let’s go up and find its heart.”

"Bring them up first."

“It’s too late,” Shen Jichi said. “By the time you pull them all up, they will have already been poisoned to death. It would be better if we cut out the snake’s heart as soon as possible, which could save their lives.”

"You can dissect a snake's heart? With what?"

"Use this mouth to swallow it."

Shen Jichi made no secret of his ambition, and was quite excited.

After considering it, Gu Jingnian said, "Go find Huixin, I'll bring them up here."

"Indecisive." Shen Jichi scoffed lightly and said, "Push me up."

Gu Jingnian agreed and had Shen Jichi step onto his shoulders to lift him up. During the process, he noticed that Shen Jichi was trying to rise into the air, presumably in the same way he had come up earlier, but now he was exhausted.

Above was a giant snake's blood vessel, as thick as a tree trunk. Shen Jichi climbed up the blood vessel.

He managed to grab the blood vessel with both hands.

Suddenly, the giant serpent let out a thunderous roar.

Something pierced its body, and blood poured down its head, foul-smelling and cold.

At this moment, Shen Jichi was not flustered at all. Instead, he saw it as an opportunity. He judged the direction in which the giant snake was injured, leaped in that direction, grabbed a spear, and used the spear to climb up.

However, the giant snake had already turned sideways, and Shen Jichi and Gu Jingnian both fell to the ground.

It kept moving after that, clearly engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy, shaking Shen Jichi and Gu Jingnian so much that they couldn't get up.

"Someone is attacking it!"

"We'll find a chance to get out."

"Wrong!" Shen Jichi shouted, "We have to get its heart before anyone else!"

In this chaotic and dangerous situation, Shen Jichi did indeed teach Gu Jingnian a lesson.

If you want to become stronger, you must seize every opportunity. Opportunities don't wait for anyone; if you miss a few, you might lose your life at the hands of someone stronger.

Gu Jingnian benefited greatly from the experience and replied, "Okay."

"listen."

Gu Jingnian listened intently and, amidst the thunderous roar, heard Ying Yao calling his name.

"Son."

“Yingyao, run over here along the silk thread.”

"it is good."

By this time, the giant snake had already collapsed, making it easier for Yingyao and the others to get over.

But Shen Jichi didn't want Gu Jingnian to hear that; he shouted, "Listen!"

Gu Jingnian listened intently again.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

He could hear the giant serpent's heartbeat, growing increasingly intense.

"Walk."

The two then crawled toward the direction of the heartbeat. During the process, spears were pierced into the giant snake's body from time to time, and Gu Jingnian also pulled one out to protect himself.

When he held the spear, a strong, pungent odor could be smelled, which couldn't even mask the stench emanating from the giant serpent's body.

That was the smell of herbs like mugwort and realgar; bringing it to his nose helped clear his groggy head.

The closer you get to the giant snake's ventricle, the fewer spears will attack you.

It is clear that the enemy outside truly aims to capture the heart, and does not wish to damage the heart of the snake.

Following the blood vessels to their end, they finally encountered a fleshy wall that was violently contracting and expanding.

They groped around for a moment and were almost bounced away by the fleshy wall.

"It's here!"

Shen Jichi always liked to pretend to be calm and composed, but at this moment he could not hide his excitement.

He took a deep breath, lowered his voice, and said, "The ventricle is right here, but we're still in the esophagus. We have to get out through the esophagus."

Gu Jingnian thought for a moment and said, "Go through the blood vessels."

"You cut open this blood vessel, and I'll insert it."

"it is good."

Gu Jingnian seemed unaware that Shen Jichi wanted to find the core of the snake first. He held the spear and cut open the blood vessels, letting Shen Jichi drill inside.

The wound on the tube wall healed quickly. When Gu Jingnian tried to crawl inside, he got stuck. His neck was tightly wrapped, as if he were being choked.

Shen Jichi must have been in a similar sorry state when he climbed over the barrier alone.

Before he could catch his breath, Gu Jingnian slashed with the tip of his spear.

Suddenly, the spear in his hand became scalding hot, corroding the skin of his palm.

The giant snake let out a mournful cry, and its body shook even more violently, as if the ground were sinking for anyone inside it.

Under these circumstances, Gu Jingnian finally managed to climb into this blood vessel.

He followed the direction of the blood flow and gradually, light appeared ahead.

At the end of the line of sight was a magical space. Once there, the fishy smell disappeared, breathing became easier, and a certain energy seemed to permeate the ventricle, making one feel very comfortable.

Blood rushed in, but instead of filling the ventricles, it transformed into streaks of red light, surrounding a tiny floating heart.

It's hard to imagine that a giant serpent with such a huge body could have such a small heart, about the size of a normal person's heart, beating rhythmically.

Shen Jichi stood in front of it, turned his head to look at Gu Jingnian, and without hesitation, reached out to grab the snake's heart.

Just now.

Suddenly, a tentacle grew out of the snake's heart and pierced through Shen Jichi in an instant. It contracted twice and fiercely drew a tube of blood from Shen Jichi's body.

(End of this chapter)