My Arrogant Young Lady

"Heh, Wang Huan is in Wang You and Liu Li's hands. It's already quite good that they didn't have Wang Huan poison us to death. Besides, Wang Huan is not only good at poisoning, but also at antidoting. Even if we poisoned Wang You and Liu Li, they can still ask Wang Huan to give them the antidote, right? I need poison to feed my snakes. If I can master the snake formation of venomous snakes, I might be able to fight them." I said.

"Snake formation? This is a long-lost skill from the Miao region. To master the best snake formation, you need to feed a large number of venomous snakes and also have a dragon king overseeing it." Little Good Guy took a deep breath and frowned slightly.

"The Dragon King?" I exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right, snakes are dragons. And a snake over ten meters long can be called a Dragon King. If you could catch a Dragon King and raise it well, feeding it deadly poison, then Wang You and Liuli might not be a match for you. Coincidentally, I heard that there is a Dragon King in Black Mountain. That place is extremely poor, and the harsh environment not only breeds unruly people but also strange and wonderful stories. I heard that there is a huge, jet-black snake there that always sneaks into villages to steal livestock and has even eaten people. But this is just hearsay; I don't know if it actually exists there..." Little Good Guy said.

"take me!"

Chapter 178 The Battle Escalates

Although Xiao Haoren was a spoiled brat, he still had some skills. Especially during the years he accompanied his father in the medicine business, he broadened his horizons and heard many strange and wonderful stories. Snakes could also be used to make medicine. As for the story of the Dragon King, he had only heard about it a long time ago but had never seen one.

There are also some records about the Dragon King in the book of venomous snakes. To set up a good snake formation, a Dragon King is indeed needed to oversee it. The Dragon King's position is equivalent to that of a general in ancient times. Only when the general is mighty can his subordinates become brave and skilled in battle.

Among the venomous snakes' ranks, there was a long snake, but it was just a flower snake a little over three meters long. I want to surpass the venomous snakes; I need a better Dragon King.

If I were to obtain the Dragon King, I probably wouldn't need to set up the snake formation. Just using one Dragon King would be enough to rival Wang You and Liuli.

However, capturing the Dragon King alone is definitely not enough. I need helpers. Some helpers with exceptional abilities.

Late at night, I waited quietly with Runtu in the pavilion behind the teaching building for something. Feeling the cool night breeze, I thought for a moment, took out my jade flute, gently stroked it, and softly played a tune.

As the plaintive, lingering sound of the flute began, a rustling sound came from beside me. Then, snakes of all sizes crawled out of the nearby grass and gathered around me to listen to the tune I was playing.

"Brother, you've mastered the snake formation of venomous snakes." From the darkness, a petite girl emerged. Her eyes were cold, and her body exuded a chilling aura.

I glanced at my beautiful sister. A smile spread across my face. With a gentle flick of my flute, the snakes immediately scattered around me.

Runtu was afraid of snakes, and he turned pale with fright when I lured them out. His complexion improved somewhat once the snakes had dispersed from my vicinity.

"Your Highness, congratulations. You have found a fine gem. If you can properly polish him, he will surely become a pillar of our royal family in the future." With a smile, Hurricane emerged from the darkness, bringing with it heavenly thunder, earthly fire, lightning, and Mount Everest.

"Wang Xi." From the darkness, a pretty girl emerged. Her beauty was ethereal and refined, like a lotus blooming in West Lake. As she gracefully stepped out of the darkness, even the stars seemed to pale in comparison. She looked at me, her pale face slightly flushed. Her long eyelashes drooped, as if she were shy about meeting me.

"Xi'er, you've come." Putting away my flute, I looked at her with a touch of warmth in my eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't protect you well last time..." Xi'er gently bit her lip, her eyes filled with apology as she looked at me.

"Even if the Empress Dowager mistreats me a thousand times, I will still treat her like my first love. Xi'er, your mother is my mother, and I will not blame her." With a smile, I gently took Xi'er's small, white hand and said.

Seeing how kind I was to Xi'er, An Yao smiled. Then, we started discussing serious matters, "Sulfur, large net, tranquilizer gun, have you prepared all of these?"

"All the necessary tools are ready, and the car is ready too. All we need is your approval before we can set off," An Yao told me.

"Little sister, what do you mean by this?" I asked in surprise after hearing An Yao's words.

"You're our boss, we all have to listen to you!" An Yao gave me a reproachful look.

“Yes, Your Highness. From now on, if you have any grievances, just speak them out. Please don’t just disappear without a word. You have no idea how worried we were these past few days while you were missing. We’ve already sent people to help you look for Zhang Xuan. Just tell us what you need, and we will definitely do it for you. From now on, we will listen to whatever you say. Please don’t disappear again.” Tian Lei looked at me with a frustrated expression.

"Okay, I understand," I said.

"You have such a bad temper, even worse than Xi'er's!" Xi'er suddenly looked at me reproachfully and pinched my cheek with her little hand.

Surprised, I glanced at Xi'er, my eyes widening. Xi'er's pinch had melted away all my hatred. Then, I playfully pinched Xi'er's nose and smiled at her delicate face.

Having gained a brother with tremendous potential, An Yao, Xi'er, and I were reunited. We are family, family forever. Even if something unpleasant happens between us, I won't blame them, and they won't blame me. The atmosphere was harmonious as we walked together towards the car parked outside the school.

But as soon as we got outside the school, we saw a large group of people staggering toward us.

This school is full of hooligans; it's normal for a large group of them to be out drinking and coming back late at night. The old man who looks after our dorms is just a figurehead. He used to have a rule against letting people return to their dorms after midnight, but then his guard room was vandalized, and he stopped caring. Now, seeing a large group of people staggering towards us, we weren't surprised and walked towards our car parked not far away.

But just as we were passing by, one of the thugs suddenly yelled, "Brother Crab, I saw our enemy! It's this kid who scalded Wang Chong during the day and then threw hot pot in our faces. Damn it, he almost burned us to death!"

"Where? Where?" Hearing the thug's words, a burly young man looked at us drunkenly.

That crab really does walk sideways. When it saw Xi'er and An Yao beside me, it walked sideways towards us. Wow, that walking style is really awesome! If I weren't afraid of being laughed at, I'd want to walk sideways like it every day.

He strode over sideways, his eyes fixed on Xi'er without looking at me. Then he looked at An Yao and said, "If they are your enemies, then I can avenge you immediately!"

"Hehe, Brother Crab, how are you going to help them get revenge?" one of the thugs grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.

“I’ll teach them a lesson with my big stick. My big stick is very big,” said the crab.

"..." Upon hearing the crab's words, Hurricane, Lightning, Thunder, Earth Fire, and Mount Everest's expressions immediately changed. Runtu also knew that Xi'er was his future wife and An Yao was his younger sister. Even though they were just acquaintances, Runtu became somewhat angry.

Seeing that none of us spoke, the group around the crab burst into laughter. At that moment, they all noticed how beautiful Xi'er and An Yao were, and they stared at them intently, their mouths practically watering.

"Brother Crab, it wasn't them who hurt us, it was him!" One of the thugs from this morning immediately ran over and pointed at me. Because the hot pot that had been splashed on him this morning wasn't too hot, his face felt much better after applying some ointment. Except for his face being completely red, and one eye being a little swollen, it was no longer noticeable that he was seriously injured.

"I know, this kid hurt you guys, can't I teach them a lesson with a big stick?" Crab turned around and glared at him, then looked at An Yao and Xi'er with a lewd expression.

"Get out. You're not qualified!" An Yao's eyes turned icy.

Before An Yao could finish speaking, the crab was already flying through the air. When the crab landed heavily, everyone stared at An Yao, completely stunned.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment. After we stared at each other for several seconds, the crab's henchman suddenly became enraged.

"Fuck you, you dare hit my Brother Crab!" one of the henchmen roared, pulling out a machete and hacking at him.

But the underling's hacking motion quickly came to a halt. Before him lay a dark, gleaming weapon. That weapon was in Di Huo's hand. Di Huo held the weapon, his gaze towards the underling icy cold.

"Brother, is this thing fake?" the henchman asked after a moment's thought, his face grim.

*Bang!* A deafening explosion followed, and a massive burst of fire erupted from Di Huo's weapon. The moment Di Huo pulled the trigger, the shockwave made my eardrums ring. My henchman screamed and rolled on the ground, clutching his ears and yelling, "Ah, I'm deaf!!!"

Looking at the underling, Di Huo sneered. An Yao, Hurricane, and Lightning—their faces were expressionless. The underlings before us instantly all knelt on the ground.

Ignoring them, we walked straight into the two vans parked by the roadside. As soon as we got inside, I saw Bao Shao and Xiao Hao Ren ask us, "What happened? Why were they shooting?"

"I've run into a bunch of weaklings, and I don't want to waste my time," Di Huo said coldly.

"Damn it, someone's going against my brother Xi? Is he dead?" Young Master Bao was furious after hearing Di Huo's words.

"Hehe, just trying to scare them. They were already kneeling on the ground in fear before I even hit them." Di Huo smiled.

"Damn it, why don't you just hit them? You're all foreigners anyway, if you kill them you'll just be deported. Hit them, hit them hard! Trying to show off to Brother Xi, aren't you just asking for death?" Young Master Bao shouted.

"Heh, it seems An Yao was right not to give a gun to someone like you." Frowning, Di Huo handed me his pistol.

I was taken aback when I heard that Di Huo would give me a pistol. The pistol was completely black and felt heavy in my hand. I asked Di Huo in surprise, "Di Huo, why are you giving me a gun?"

“Take this. Wang You and Liuli have purchased a large number of weapons overseas and have already equipped their men into a small army. The day before yesterday, many experts from our Wang family came, but their firepower was too strong, and they were driven back by our forces. No matter how high their martial arts skills are, they are no match for guns. Wang You and Liuli have made up their minds and will never return to the Wang family. Having an extra weapon for self-defense will make you safer,” Di Huo sighed and said to me.

"Wang You and Liuli, have they truly betrayed the Wang family completely?" I asked.

"Lu Zhicheng and Dong'er are both injured; their wounds are gunshot wounds. If they don't die, we will be the ones who die. Our battle with Wang You and Liuli has escalated!"

Chapter 179 Catching a Snake

Seeing that Wang You and Liuli had equipped their men with weapons, and that Di Huo had also equipped me, I knew that a fierce battle was about to unfold. And we were likely to shed blood in this battle. Perhaps some of us would even perish.

Knowing my responsibilities were growing heavier, I carefully put away the weapon that the Earthfire had given me. To turn the tide, we had no choice but to place our bets on the Dragon King.

The Dragon King is the key to our victory over Wang You and Liuli.

As the car bumped along, I gradually leaned back in my seat and fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning, I saw that Young Master Bao was still driving with red eyes.

His arms were already red, and his hands looked tired as he gripped the steering wheel. While driving, he said to the kind-hearted guy in the passenger seat, "Brother Hao, is there really a lot of beautiful women at that place you mentioned?"

"Yes, there are beautiful women everywhere... Just drive carefully. When you get there, I'll treat you to some fun..." The little good guy was already too sleepy to stay awake, lying on the chair and continuing to tell Young Master Bao interesting things.

"That's great." Young Master Bao yawned after hearing what the little good-natured person said.

“Young Master Bao, you seem tired. Why don’t you take a rest? I’ll drive for you,” I said to Young Master Bao.

"It's okay, we're almost there. We've been driving all night. There are only about 20 kilometers left. Let's not stop to rest, let's hang in there. In the time it would take to pee, we would have arrived by now." Young Master Bao was already a little sleepy and delirious, yawning constantly as he spoke to me.

Suddenly, the car behind us honked twice. Then, the van behind us sped past us, its speed increasing rapidly.

Seeing that the car driven by Mount Everest was speeding up, Little Good Guy was immediately overjoyed, "Brother, hurry up and catch up with them, we're almost there!"

"Okay!" Upon hearing the little good boy's words, Young Master Bao immediately stepped on the gas and drove the car very fast.

In less than ten minutes, our two cars stopped at the foot of a large mountain. After glancing at the village in the distance, Xiao Haoren got out of the car and looked up at the mountain, saying, "That's it. This is the rural area of ​​Heishan Township. It's incredibly poor here, and there are lots of snakes. My dad and I used to come here to collect medicinal herbs. We heard from the villagers that there's a Dragon King here. This mountain is said to be part of the Greater Khingan Mountains. If we go deep into the mountains, we might even find five-leaf ginseng, haha!"

"Good boy, are you sure this is the place?" An Yao said coldly as she got out of the car behind.

"That's right. This is the place. But I've only heard about it. I don't know if there's a Dragon King in these mountains. You know, snakes that are over ten meters long have to be at least a hundred years old. With the environment so polluted now, and trees being cut down and mines being mined everywhere, it's hard to find snakes that are even a few meters long, let alone over ten meters long. This place is very poor, and no one has ever come to develop it. There are still quite a few snakes on the mountain, and there are a lot of mosquitoes in the summer. Even if it were developed into a resort, it wouldn't make any money. There are a lot of spiritual herbs on this mountain, so it might really breed a Dragon King that's over ten meters long."

"Whether it works or not, we'll find out by trying." I took out the jade flute I was carrying and headed straight into the mountains.

"Brother Xi, bring some sulfur!" Runtu whispered to me from behind.

Aside from Runtu and Young Master Bao, none of us are ordinary people. And Young Master Bao, having spent some time with us, has also become unlike an ordinary person. Haunted buildings, poisons, and venomous creatures—Young Master Bao has experienced it all with us. Before, I was a little afraid of ghosts and snakes. Now, I'm afraid of nothing.

I turned and glanced at An Yao and Xi'er, and saw that their expressions were also very calm. I secretly admired them, thinking that I had learned a lot from spending time with them.

Soon, we entered the depths of the mountains. Once we were deep in the mountains, Thunder, Fire, Hurricane, and Lightning immediately took their large nets and hid in the trees. An Yao nodded slightly to me and, with Xi'er, Little Good Man, and Young Master Bao, hid in the distance. They all had tranquilizer guns. They were just waiting for me to lure out the Dragon King so they could tranquilize it.

As for the remaining two, Mount Everest and Runtu, they were the strongest. They carried two large buckets of sulfur and stood guard beside me to protect me.

Why must we be so careful? Because my flute can sway venomous snakes, but it cannot subdue the Dragon King. The Dragon King is far too enormous, and having lived for so long, he has developed a certain level of intelligence. His aura of ferocity is too strong, and his wildness too intense. He must be subdued by force, not simply by a flute.

Everything was ready. I was prepared to use the jade flute to lure out the Dragon King. I nodded to everyone and began to gently blow the jade flute under my lips.

As the beautiful flute music began softly, its melodious and lingering notes gradually spread throughout the entire area. As the rhythm of my flute playing changed from gentle to intense, a clattering sound also arose around me.

"Snakes!?" Seeing the fallen leaves swirling around me, heads popping out and flicking red tongues, Runtu's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

“Don’t be afraid, they love the prince’s flute music. The prince’s flute music has special effects, and now they all regard the prince as the Dragon King,” Mount Everest whispered to Runtu.

Before the serpents, I am their king. But before another king, I am naturally his enemy.

As my flute playing grew more intense, more and more long snakes were lured out. The fallen leaves on the ground surged and rustled, and even the distant woods made a sound.

Soon, thousands of long snakes had gathered around me. The smallest were only a dozen centimeters long, while the longest were two or three meters long. As more and more snakes crawled towards me, even the faces of the four hall masters hiding within changed. I glanced at An Yao and Xi'er, who were hiding in the distance, and saw that An Yao and Xi'er were also pale. Young Master Bao and Little Good Man were almost crying from fright.

Only I was overjoyed. To attract so many long snakes in one go—I don't know how many days I'd have to boast in the provincial capital to attract so many treasures. If I were to use these snakes against An Yao and Xi'er now, no one here would be a match for me.

This is the power of nature!

As my flute playing grew faster, the number of snakes I attracted continued to increase. This place naturally produces snakes, and in just a few minutes, the number had grown from a thousand to over two thousand. Drawn by my flute music, they circled around me, their red tongues flicking merrily. They had come to regard me as their king. The moment I changed the tune, they would immediately attack my enemies.

This harvest was so great that even if I don't find the Dragon King, it's still worth it.

However, just as my flute playing became faster, a tremendous sound suddenly came from afar. The sound was like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting open. Small trees were being toppled one after another by something.

I watched as something surged towards me like a tidal wave, and I felt both terrified and excited. As it drew ever closer, I suddenly put down my jade flute and roared, "It's here! Let's prepare to attack!"

With a whoosh, a black gust of wind swept in. A huge black snake, over ten meters long, charged towards me like an arrow.

Knowing it mistook me for an enemy, I quickly grabbed my jade flute and dodged. But Mount Everest, with his vast experience, showed no fear whatsoever when the monster charged at him.