Chapter 18: Close Brothers

  After Liu fell down, no villagers came to help him up or administer an antidote. Because there are many five-step snakes in the mountains near Shimawan Village, the villagers have some folk remedies for treating snake bites.

  But in the eyes of the villagers, the five-step snake that bit Liu Zong was released by the exterminator. The exterminator's five-step snake is certainly different from those in the mountains. Therefore, no one dared to treat Liu Zong's snake wound.

  At this time, Liu Daqiang, the elder brother of Liu Quezi, rushed out from somewhere.

  "You wicked old witch, what makes you let snakes bite people?" Liu Daqiang cursed as he rushed towards Liu Quezi.

  "Quickly, go help me get the medicine to cure snake venom!" Liu Daqiang roared at the villagers, then bent down and sucked the snake venom from Liu Zu's ankle wound with his mouth.

  At this time, Liu Que's ankle had swollen to be thicker than his calf, and the color of his ankle had turned purple. Liu Daqiang didn't have the energy to care about these things, what he could do now was to suck out the snake venom from Liu Que's ankle with big mouthfuls, then "plop plop" spit it onto the ground.

  Liu Daqiang spat out blood, all of which was dark and murky. In a short while, the ground around Liu Daqiang was covered with those dark blood stains.

  Sucking out the snake venom can only temporarily control the spread of the venom throughout the body, giving Liu Quan, who was bitten by the five-step snake, some time to seek medical attention. To cure it completely, medicine is needed. However, this method is also very dangerous for Liu Daqiang, who is trying to save him.

  Because he used his mouth to suck out the snake venom, the venom easily entered his body through his oral cavity. In this way, although Liu Dajiang was not bitten by a snake, he would still be poisoned.

  Slowly, Liu Daqiang's lips began to turn black, and his lips and tongue also slowly swelled up.

  It was clear that Liu Daqiang had been poisoned, his forehead had already started to sweat and his head was a bit dizzy. However, Liu Daqiang did not stop. Liu Zuizi was his own brother, even if he lost his life, he had to save Liu Zuizi.

  At that time, when Liu Tiancheng was dying, he instructed Liu Dajiang: "Your younger brother Liu Erli is a disabled person. After I die, you must take good care of him."

  Liu Erl's real name is Liu Qianzi, but in the village, except for Liu Dajiang, everyone calls him Liu Qianzi. Therefore, in Shimavillage, Liu Qianzi's reputation is much more famous than Liu Erl.

  Actually, Liu Dajiang and Liu Erli, the two brothers, have been very close since childhood. Therefore, even if there was no last words from Liu Tiancheng, Liu Dajiang would still take good care of his brother Liu Zuozi.

  Such a deep brotherly love, the exterminating grandma naturally couldn't bear to see it. The exterminating grandma coldly glanced at Liu Daqiang and Liu Erlong, two brothers, then lightly tapped her cane on the ground.

  After the door was knocked open, the five-step snake slowly crawled out from under the black cloth again.

  At that time, I thought that the exterminator had only released a five-step snake after messing around for half a day and didn't see any other skills. To say, just this one five-step snake, with so many old and young masters on the scene, it would be easy to get rid of it with just a hoe. However, all the old and young masters in Shima Village were like being possessed by evil spirits, none of them dared to move the five-step snake, they just stood still in their original positions, not even daring to say a word.

  Others didn't dare speak up, afraid of that snake. But I, Lu Xiaofei, wasn't afraid. "Kill that stinky snake!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

  As soon as I finished shouting, my mom immediately covered my mouth with her hand. At this time, the old and young masters of Shimǎ Village all cast their eyes on me at once.

  That family-destroying woman also gave me a cold glance. Although my mouth was blocked by my mom, my eyes were still exposed outside. Seeing that family-destroying woman giving me a cold look, I also returned her a cold glance.

  Unfortunately, my shout did not rouse the courage of these old masters in Shima Village. They still stood there stupidly, showing no intention of taking action against that five-step snake.

  At this time, relying on my roar, the exterminating woman had every reason to let the five-step snake bite me, but she didn't do so, because the five-step snake was still swimming towards Liu.

  Actually, when I shouted just now, I clearly saw a hint of fear in the eyes of the exterminating grandma. As for where that fear came from, I don't know either.

  The exterminator didn't let the snake bite me, not just me, but also the villagers felt a bit unexpected. From their whispers, I also heard that I, Lu Xiaofei, was the nemesis of the exterminator, so she didn't dare to move me.

  The nemesis of the village-destroying grandma, although I was only seven years old at that time, but this sentence still sounds very comfortable to me. At that time, seeing the performance of those old masters in Shima Village, I was very disappointed. Because, in my opinion, there were only two real men in Shima Village at that time, one was Liu Daqiang, and the other was this little kid Lu Xiaofei.

  Although I claim to be a man, I am ultimately a little kid who can't escape my mother's palm. With my mom holding me tightly, I couldn't get out of her grasp to help Liu, and could only stand obediently in place.

  However, after I finished yelling at him, Liu Daqiang still nodded in approval towards me.

  At this time, the five-step snake had already swum to Liu Quezi's side. Because Liu Quezi was lying on the ground at this time, his neck was almost stuck to the ground.

  Only then did the five-step snake open its mouth and aim at Liu Zuo's neck. If a five-step snake bites one of the four limbs, a person can still hold on for several hours, even if they don't receive medical treatment, they can survive for another day or two before dying. But biting the neck is different, this bite will be fatal to Liu Zuo soon.

  Just as the venomous fangs of the five-step snake were about to pierce Liu Zhuo's neck, Liu Daqiang suddenly went crazy and pulled the snake's tail with all his might.

  Liu Daqiang pulled it, and the five-step snake immediately shut its mouth. Instead, it twisted its body and bit Liu Daqiang's right hand that was holding its tail.

  "Ah!" Liu Daqiang let out a miserable cry, then reflexively covered the wound on his right hand with his left hand and fell to the ground. Before long, the hand that had been bitten also began to swell.

  If it's those five-step snakes in the mountains, they will escape immediately after biting people, because their venom is almost used up once, and it takes a period of time to recover.

  However, judging from Liu Dajiang's reaction after being bitten, the five-step snake released by Mie Men Po is obviously different from ordinary five-step snakes. Because ordinary five-step snakes, after biting the first person, will not bite a second person in such a short period of time, and even if they do, the amount of venom left will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the symptoms of poisoning in the second person bitten will be much milder than those of the first person.

  However, judging from Liu Dajiang's situation, his poisoning symptoms are obviously no lighter than those of his younger brother Liu Zongyuan.

  For the five-step snake, villagers are quite familiar with it. After seeing Liu Daqiang's poisoning symptoms, villagers were even more convinced of one thing: the extermination of the snake has a ghostly energy and is not an ordinary five-step snake.

  After this incident, the villagers were even more afraid to move.

  At this time, the five-step snake slowly turned its head and aimed at Liu Shuangzi's neck.

  Just then, perhaps because of the tension, I felt my mother's hand loosen its grip on me a bit. That Liu Daqiang, I should call him Grandpa Liu. Actually, in my heart, Grandpa Liu is a pretty good person, he even helped me dig out a bird's nest before.

  Although I was very young at that time, I knew I should go to help Grandpa Liu. So, somehow, I managed to crawl out of my mother's arms and picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground.

  I rushed quickly towards the five-step snake, and when I was still half a meter away from it, I slammed the stone in my hand heavily onto its head.

  "Bang!" With a dull thud, the head of the five-step snake was smashed open, and its head immediately became a bloody mess. However, the five-step snake was still writhing its body.

  I saw the five-step snake still moving, I don't know if it was because of fear, afraid that it would turn its head and bite me, suddenly I had the strength. I actually picked up the abandoned whetstone next to me, which weighed over 10 kilograms, and slammed it heavily onto the body of the five-step snake. After the whetstone hit, the five-step snake didn't move again.