Chapter 2 - [1+2]
This winter night was even colder than usual. When the watchman passed by with a gong, he couldn’t help but wrap himself up tighter.
At that time, there was no movement in the village. In the quiet darkness, only a few houses still had candles lit, probably because some scholar was still staying up late studying hard.
However, when the watchman passed by, the candle suddenly went out.
There was only a burst of smoke left in the darkness, which dissipated in an instant, and then there was a low hoarse sound, and the snake’s tail climbed up the bedpost, wrapping around the scholar’s calf intimately and wetly.
Perhaps he couldn’t bear the coldness and dampness, so the scholar couldn’t help but raise his body.
As if invited to the bed, the big snake squeezed in naturally.
For a moment, the scholar narrowed his eyes.
The big snake was a snake demon with a snake tail. When the thick snake tail wrapped around the scholar’s waist, it made the waist look very narrow under the moonlight. At the same time, it seemed to be a little plump, and some meat could be wrapped around the snake’s body.
The moonlight shone dimly on the ground through the broken window, and people could still see the scholar who was pinned down by the snake’s body, his abdomen rising and falling as he breathed out of fear.
As if it were swallowing its prey, the big snake wrapped around the scholar and dragged him deep into the bed. The snake’s body was wrapped tightly around him arrogantly. The scholar wanted to escape, but the next moment the snake’s tail slapped him unceremoniously on his thigh.
With a “pop” sound, a clear red mark immediately appeared on the surface of his leg.
The wind blew through the broken window and made a creaking sound, while the scholar in the room was constantly being tightened by the big snake, but he could only let the big snake touch him to absorb the essence, begging hoarsely, his throat seeming to be pinched and blocked.
It started to rain again outside, and the cold rain pattered on the plantains, covering up the muttering in the house. The watchman hurried back, unable to see the scene in the dilapidated house.
The usually most serious scholar, the private school teacher who taught and educated people, was played back and forth by this snake demon. His cheeks were hot, and he couldn’t bear the attack, almost fainting.
“No…” The scholar bit the snake tail in his mouth, still unable to spit out a sound.
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The scholar met this big snake while chopping firewood.
It was said to be a big snake, but it actually looked like a human with a snake tail, its eyes had vertical pupils, and its long hair was slightly curly. When he grabbed the firewood, he had thrown it away in panic, he looked up and glanced at it. It was really what a demonic creature.
The snake demon didn’t open his mouth or speak, but kept staring at him with his vertical pupils.
Legend had it that there was a Snake Immortal who had been practicing for thousands of years on Snake Mountain. The scholar only knew that the Snake Immortal would point out the fate of the destined person, so he boldly approached and asked the Immortal to grant him a destiny.
Now he knew, the big snake wasn’t the Snake Immortal pointing out the fate of heaven. It was clearly the evil demon trying to break through his defences and lead him to fall.
After a long time, the scholar laid on the bed in a state of embarrassment, as if he had done something crazy, his energy exhausted.
The teeth marks left on his neck were very obvious, and the scholar’s eyes looked at the big snake in confusion.
After the big snake finished sucking the essence, the snake’s tail lifted up his chin and looked down at him with satisfaction. After a while, the snake’s body pulled away from his body and left the room quietly.
He was unable to struggle, so he just propped up his legs, opened the door, and let the big snake leave.
For several nights after that, the big snake would come looking for the scholar. Under the hazy moonlight, the snake’s tail would drag into the house. After that, the sound of the scholar’s struggle would be heard in the house, and then there would be a sound of groaning, as if he were being tightened by the snake’s tail little by little. The movement got bigger and bigger, and the window paper was blown by the wind, creaking and swaying low.
Neighbours could hear the scholar’s movements and cries, and they all said that the scholar did not study hard and had started doing nasty things like sticking naked with others, but no one had ever seen the other person. Who was it?
Some people even secretly dug holes in the window paper of the scholar’s room and peeked in secretly, but the screen in the window blocked their view and they could not see clearly.
In the haziness, they could only see the scholar with his hands reaching out, laying on the bed. The scholar was wearing a long gown and seemed to be struggling continuously inside the screen. Suddenly, he was hit by something and leaned forward, and he screamed.
However, it was clear that the only person on the bed was the scholar. From the cracks in the screen, snake scales had grown on the scholar’s legs. They didn’t know if they were stained with snake fluid or something. His whole figure looked like it had been washed by water, and he was in a miserable state.
He was being wantonly sucked of essence, but the people peeping outside the window couldn’t see it. They couldn’t see the thick snake tail wrapped around the scholar’s legs, the inhuman palm resting on the scholar’s waist, and they couldn’t see the humanoid snake demon standing there, easily forcing the scholar to raise his head.
They could only see the scholar crying in embarrassment alone. This look made people outside the window swallow their saliva and get closer.
With his black hair hanging down around his waist, the snake demon suddenly turned his head and looked out the window quietly with his strange eyes.
So, everyone who peeped outside the window that night was blinded when they returned.
Later, the intermittent cries of the scholar would still be heard in the dark night. Occasionally, people on duty would pass by, and the hissing snake language could be heard coming from the house, but the presence of the big snake could not be seen. No one dared to take a closer look at the hazy figure of the scholar printed on the window paper.
And inside the screen, every night, the scholar could feel someone hugging him, and feel the snake’s tail wrapping around him. From the beginning, it simply sucked in the essence, and then gradually began to desire more.
The snake demon that transformed into a human form was learning human behaviour bit by bit.
It wasn’t until it finished sucking the essence again that the snake demon didn’t leave directly. The scholar slumped on the bed and gasped. He found that the snake demon was looking at him carefully under the dim candlelight, staring at him with its weird vertical pupils. Its fingers touched his face.
Then the snake demon slowly probed again, touching his lips, as if wondering why he was so soft there, and then forcefully opened his teeth with its fingers, showing no mercy at the moment he wanted to make a sound.
Beside the window sill, the candlelight danced violently, and he sobbed in the candlelight.
The strange thing was that after a few days, the snake demon suddenly disappeared. After a few days, the scholar finally opened the door and walked out. His face was pale, as if he had been deprived of his yang energy. His long hair was dishevelled, and he wore a green shirt, falling to the ground. There was even a bit of beauty allure that had not been seen in the past.
The snake scales growing on the clavicle of his shoulders were not even covered by his clothes.
People in the village said that the scholar’s body was marked by the Great Snake Immortal, and that the Great Snake Immortal would come again to find his chosen snake wife.