Chapter Fifty-Four: The Snake Curse of Human Heads

  I've already figured it out, this is a very vicious and evil spell. Although I don't know what specific spell it is, I dare to say that it's a harmful spell. The woman in front of me has a voice that's truly terrifying, making the spell sound even more vicious when heard.

  "I swallow poisonous insects, my heart is rotten, I cut off my blood vessels, and drain the fresh blood. I use the fresh blood to paint my lips, feed my heart to dogs, curse you to death, poverty, and powerlessness, living is worse than dying." The old woman chanted while her body danced, like a malevolent spirit in the dark night.

  Just then, I suddenly appeared behind her and said coldly: "Who is this madwoman? She's crazy and actually harming people here."

  As soon as she said this, the old woman's voice stopped abruptly. She suddenly turned her head around, and all I saw was that her face was gloomy and terrifying, making my heart tremble with fear. It seemed like she hadn't expected us to appear, and after staring at me for a while, she said: "I haven't seen this little kid before, where did you come from?"

  I didn't have time to waste on her, so I directly called out to those two men: "Up."

  Two men stared at the old woman, cautiously approaching her. At this time, the old woman burst out laughing: "Little baby, are you going to be an opponent of my Water Ghost Grandma?"

  I said to the old woman, "You crazy hag, today I've discovered you. If I don't cure you and let you go another day, you'll inevitably harm people again. You harming others is none of my concern, but you harmed someone you shouldn't have."

  The old woman's face suddenly changed color and became even more distorted: "You dare?"

  I didn't waste any more words and hastily called out to the two men: "Get her for me, grab hold of her and bring her back to the village."

  Two men, although somewhat afraid of the old woman, still slowly approached her. I was worried that the old woman would make another move, so I took out the human skin drum and prepared to defend myself at any time. At the same time, I held the Soul-Cutting Knife in my hand and stepped closer to the old woman step by step.

  At this time, the old woman's mouth began to laugh non-stop, and her laughter made people's scalp numb. She stood still, staring at me dead, not moving at all.

  To be honest, seeing him in this state, I was also a little scared. However, I steeled myself and rushed straight towards her. Just as I was about to pounce on the old woman, something suddenly fell from her body.

  I wasn't on guard, and my foot landed right on that thing. Then, I felt something cold crawling up my pant leg. In addition to the chill, there was also a tingling sensation of itchiness.

  I had a bad premonition in my heart, and I quickly got up and shook violently. At the same time, I used the Soul-Cutting Knife to cut directly at my own pant leg. When I touched the itchy part of my thigh with my hand, I found that something long had crawled inside my pants. Moreover, when I pressed my hand on that long thing, it was still twisting and struggling non-stop.

  My mind suddenly reacted: "Snake."

  I raised the Soul-Cutting Knife and slashed at that long thing, then from my pant leg, the snake's head fell out, blood flowing all over one of my legs.

  The old woman's loud laughter came again: "Little brat, do you still want to catch me, the Water Ghost Grandma? I'll give you a warning, people from the Mystic Gate shouldn't interfere with things that don't concern them. Good people won't have good rewards. If you're not afraid of death, come on then."

  I looked in the direction of the old woman, only to see that at this moment, a dense cluster of snakes had fallen from her body. At the same time, through the clear and cold moonlight, I saw that the heads of those snakes were incredibly strange, white and sparse, somehow feeling like they resembled miniature human heads?

  Just then, the two men let out a simultaneous cry of despair. I turned my head to look, and saw that in each of their mouths, a snake had crawled in. The two men grabbed hold of the snakes' bodies, their bodies convulsing non-stop, but the snakes still slowly crawled into their throats.

  My scalp went numb all of a sudden, and I stood up with great effort to beat the drum. At that moment, the sound of the drum spread in all directions. Suddenly, from the direction of the river water, came a loud howling sound. The river water was also boiling up with a loud gurgling sound.

  And when I struck the drum made of human skin, those snakes on the ground suddenly let out a loud howl and then vanished into thin air.

  Not far away, the old woman's face changed greatly: "How interesting, how interesting. I didn't expect that you little kid still have some skills. I said why did you come to intervene in other people's business. Little kid, let's see."

  The old woman finished speaking and ran into the darkness. All I saw was that the old woman's body was hunched, but when she started running, she was as fast as a monkey, with an unusually quick speed. Watching her figure, I felt my heart racing again.

  I didn't chase after him, but instead turned my head towards the two men. Lowering my head to take a look, I saw that the two men's throats were abnormally swollen, and at the same time, their faces were flushed red as if they couldn't breathe anymore.

  And I saw that there was something obvious in their throats, and it was crawling down their throats. As soon as I thought of the two snakes crawling into the throats of the two people, my heart felt a wave of nausea.

  Seeing the two of them in such a difficult situation, I panicked and hastily said to them: "Hold on, I'll save you right now."

  As I spoke, I pulled out the Soul- Piercing Needle from my bag. The situation in front of me was too urgent, and if I didn't take action immediately, I feared that the two snakes would crawl into the bellies of the two people. In my haste, the only thing I could think of using was the Soul-Piercing Needle.

  I hastily pulled out the piercing needle and stabbed it into the throats of the two people. Unexpectedly, this one stab caused their throat areas to suddenly twist violently. The faces of the two people changed drastically, becoming extremely ferocious and painful.

  As soon as I saw this, I became anxious and hastily pulled out the soul needle. The two people's throats stopped moving, and their faces looked a bit more comfortable. However, their throats were still swollen, and the thing stuck in their throats was still crawling non-stop.

  Looking at the two of them, they must have been holding their breath for a long time. If we don't let them breathe soon, even if that snake didn't enter their stomachs and kill them, they would still suffocate to death. I found myself at this moment, unexpectedly helpless.

  A sudden thought struck me. Since the snake was unwilling to come out, I would make them rush in instead. In my backpack, I always had sulfur powder ready, a medicine from the Ghost Doctor's medical book.

  After taking out the sulfur powder, I pinched one of the Han people's mouth and directly sprinkled the sulfur powder into his mouth. This sulfur powder is toxic, but a small amount is not enough to be fatal, but it can drive away snakes.

  As expected, when I sprinkled the sulfur powder into his mouth, Hanzi's throat convulsed even more violently, and his face turned unbearably painful once again. The snake in his throat seemed to have gone mad, desperately writhing forward.

  In an instant, the snake finally crawled out of Han's throat, and his throat suddenly became much smaller.

  I use sulfur powder to drive out the snake, not to expel it from Han's body, but to drive it down. Although the snake has crawled into Han's body, at least there is a buffer period. If it gets stuck in Han's throat all the time, I can do nothing and they will be suffocated to death.

  As expected, the snake crawled out of the man's throat and at that moment, the man let out a extremely painful scream, then desperately gasped for air. Seeing this man recover, I took out the sulfur powder again and fed it into another man's mouth.

  Soon, the man's throat also convulsed violently, and the snake crawled into his body.

  Seeing the two men temporarily saved their lives, I let out a long sigh of relief. When I touched my body, I found that my clothes were already soaked with cold sweat. Not long after, although the faces of the two men looked very difficult, they could stand up and walk.

  I took a glance at them, then turned my head to look in the direction the old woman had escaped, and said to the two of them: "This old woman will definitely come looking for us again, let's not rush to find her, first go back to the village and talk about it later."

  The two men seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and after a series of murmurs, they followed me in the direction of the village. On the way, I occasionally observed the two men, finding that their faces were getting more and more uncomfortable, constantly sweating coldly. Before we even reached the village, one of the men suddenly fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and struggling non-stop.

  Something is terribly wrong. Although their lives are temporarily saved, the snake is still in their stomachs. If they don't hurry to take out the snake, they may be in danger of losing their lives.

  I quickly helped the husband up and headed towards the village. When we arrived at the village, almost everyone was already asleep. I rushed into Wang's house and asked him to hurry up and wake up the villagers. Wang didn't understand what was going on but did as he was told.

  In a short while, the villagers all gathered outside Wang's house, asking what was going on. I let them in and as soon as they saw the two men, their faces changed color.

  The village chief, who was at the front, fell down in front of the two men and said to me: "What's going on with them?"

  At this moment, the faces of the two men had become extremely unsightly. Their faces were as white as a sheet, their lips turned dark purple, and their faces no longer looked human. They lay on the chairs, clutching their stomachs in agony.

  I told the village chief: "No time to explain, I need your help immediately. I need you to find some medicinal herbs for treating snake bites. It must be quick, otherwise lives will be lost."

  The village chief hastily said: "You quickly say it, our whole village will set out to find."

  I took a piece of paper and quickly wrote on it. The Ghost Doctor's technique I wasn't familiar with, and the book was very subtle, not something I could learn in just a few days. I only remembered that there were several plants that could drive away snakes, including Seven-leafed Branch, Agarwood, Fishy Grass, and Male Yellow.

  I scribbled all these things on paper and then told them to go find rice vinegar.

  After finding the plants I wrote, grind them into powder and soak them in rice vinegar to make the best snake-repelling medicine.

  The village head said to me after taking the paper I wrote: "Don't worry, we have all these things in our mountain, and we will definitely bring back the herbs before dawn."

  Next, the village chief took a group of villagers and disappeared into the darkness. I came to my senses again, turning my gaze back to the two men, with an unbearable worry in my heart.

  I only hope the two men can hold on, if they can't hold on, I'll have to operate on them, cut open their bellies and take out the two snakes.

  At this moment, I recall that old woman again. I seem to see her eyes, those extremely vicious eyes.

  This woman will certainly not let things go easily.