The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 113 Blood Tentacle
After hearing this, Ying Shuiwang persuaded the old man: "Don't say that, Uncle Zong. The roads on our island were built with money donated by Shuigen. He makes a living by his own ability, so he's not a bad person."

"Hmph, you youngsters who have forgotten your roots, our island will be destroyed by you sooner or later!" The more Zong Bo listened, the angrier he became. He picked up his crutch and was about to hit Shui Wang.

"Who is Shui Gen?" Qi Fei stopped Zong Bo and asked who this person with such a rustic name belonged to.

Ying Shuiwang said, "Shuigen is my cousin. He lives in that courtyard. But ever since he was possessed by a snake fairy over a decade ago, he's become a completely different person. He no longer interacts with us and has been living behind those high walls ever since. We haven't even seen him."

"Huh? Snake fairy?" Wu Shanqiu was confused. "Didn't the old man just say that you have a grudge against snakes?"

Ying Shuiwang glanced at Zong Bo fearfully, then walked a few steps away before saying, "That's the thinking of the older generation, just a legend. Don't take it seriously. But we've heard of Shui Gen's magic. It's said that snakes obey him, and he can even bless people with promotions and wealth. We often see rich people coming to Shui Gen. I heard..." As he spoke, Ying Shuiwang deliberately lowered his voice and said to Qi Fei and the others, "That famous star who just died used to come to Shui Gen often."

After hearing this, Qi Fei suddenly remembered: "Are you talking about Hong Mei?"

"Ah, yes, yes, that's right, Hong Mei!"

"Snake Immortal, could your Shui Gen be the Golden Snake Immortal?"

"Ah, yes, yes, that's right, it's called the Golden Snake Immortal."

He had not forgotten this name. Even in Hong Mei's RV, there were magical instruments with this name on them placed everywhere.

Just as she finished speaking, Wu Shanqiu received a message on her phone and blurted out, "Oh! It's trending on the search."

Qi Fei was now overwhelmed by the mention of "trending search" and immediately asked, "What is that?"

Wu Shanqiu showed the two people the contents of her phone. She saw a slightly plump middle-aged man with big eyes, a hooked nose, and slicked-back hair. But that wasn't the point. The point was the caption accompanying the photo, which simply read: "I didn't kill anyone. The innocent will be cleared."

This is the first time that before the case is even investigated, someone comes out and claims that he is not the murderer.

"Who is this person?" Qi Fei took Wu Shanqiu's phone and flipped it up, reading the account name: "Golden Snake Immortal?"

Unexpectedly, this so-called immortal looks so mercenary and greasy, not otherworldly at all.

The two men turned to look at Ying Shuiwang, who had remained silent after looking at the photo, and asked in confusion, "Isn't this your cousin? Why don't you recognize him?"

Ying Shuiwang immediately said, "We haven't seen him in years. He's been hiding in that house and won't come out. The nose and eyes look similar, but Shuigen wasn't this fat before. Oh, this thing really has something to do with Shuigen. Could it really be that the snake fairy ate people?"

"The important thing is that we have to hurry to that house." Qi Fei said nothing and took Wu Shanqiu to run towards the residence of the Golden Snake Immortal.

The house looks not far away from the field, but it is actually quite far away by car.

The police car stopped next to a luxurious Maybach.

It seems that Ying Shuigen really made a lot of money by being the "Golden Snake Immortal".

Sure enough, snakes began to crawl out from under the tightly closed iron gate.

The door was closed and no one answered after I knocked for a long time.

"Brother Fei, look!" Wu Shanqiu pulled Qi Fei to the west wall, where a large elm tree stretched out its branches, lush even in winter. At first glance, it looked like vines hanging from it, entwined and drooping, but they soon discovered that these "vines" were wriggling on their own, forming long snakes.

The two were watching when suddenly a snake fell from the tree and almost hit Wu Shanqiu on the head. It brushed her face and fell to the ground. Wu Shanqiu was so scared that she grabbed Qi Fei's arm and jumped up on the spot.

Shui Wang, who came along, was also terrified: "When did Shui Gen's family get so many snakes?"

"Isn't it like this usually?" Qi Fei asked.

Shuiwang said, "We can't even get into his courtyard, but this tree has been there for a long time, and I've never seen it covered in snakes!"

No matter how you look at it, this situation was unusual. Qi Fei returned to the big iron gate and rang the doorbell twice.

I vaguely heard the doorbell ringing in the yard, but no one came to open the door after waiting for a long time.

Qi Fei lay on the ground and looked through the gap under the iron door. He seemed to see something and immediately stood up and said to Wu Shanqiu, "Quick, notify our colleagues at the police station to come over for support!"

As he said this, he ran to the ferry, borrowed a life-saving axe, and smashed the lock on the iron gate.

When the iron gate was opened, the first thing that was seen was not the snake, but the dense, winding bloodstains on the ground in the yard, which were left by countless bloody snakes crawling past.

This is what Qi Fei looked like when he was lying under the iron gate just now.

This peasant house, surrounded by high walls, was old. It didn't have any pretentious rockery or fountains, but was tiled with liver-colored tiles, giving it a neutral, modern feel. Suddenly, something dark darted out and touched Qi Fei's ankle, chilling him. Looking down, he saw a black snake, its red tongue spitting out, wrapped around his leg.

Qi Fei grabbed the snake and threw it away without saying a word, but this was just the beginning.

This farmhouse was two stories high. The door to the hall on the first floor was ajar, and a faint hissing sound could be heard coming from inside.

The closer to the door, the more concentrated the bloodstains became. It seemed that these bloody snakes came out of this door.

When he and Wu Shanqiu walked inside, they saw thousands of snakes entangled with each other and moving around everywhere. It was really no different from a snake cave. The entire floor was sticky and it was hard to tell whether it was blood or snake mucus.

The scene before her shocked Wu Shanqiu, who murmured, "Oh my God, what kind of hell is this!"

Qi Fei pointed to the ground, and Wu Shanqiu saw bloody footprints coming from the side room of the living room.

The two men struggled to avoid the snakes crawling all over the floor and walked towards the side hall. After entering the room, they saw a scene they had never expected.

A male corpse was lying on his back in the middle, with his eyes wide open and his mouth gaping, as if he had seen an extremely horrifying scene. The designer shirt on his upper body was torn, exposing his chest and abdomen, with a large pool of blood beneath him. Snakes were crawling all over his body, twisting and curling up. As the snakes crawled, they drew scattered tentacle patterns on the ground, as if this man was wrapped in these tentacles and was about to be dragged into hell.

However, this shocking scene that left them speechless was not their biggest surprise.

What was surprising was the identity of the male corpse. Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu both recognized this face - Huang Daqiu, Hong Mei's financial backer, the arrogant and high-profile wealthy businessman.

(End of this chapter)