According to the records in the "Qingyang Sutra", earth dragons are "the essence of the earth's veins" and are mostly born in Feng Shui points. They come in different sizes, from small ones to the size of a small snake, to large ones that can grow as thick as a bucket.
It likes to eat live food and is thirsty for blood and alcohol. Once it melts into the ground, no one can catch it.
Wang Xiaoliuer thought for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
In the dark, he felt that there was something under the millstone where the women washed vegetables at the entrance of the village, which seemed to coincide with the earth dragon.
But he wasn't sure whether it was true or not. He originally wanted to tell his grandfather about it and see what he thought, but now that his grandfather was called away again, Wang Xiaoliuer couldn't wait any longer.
He took a small flashlight prepared by Feng Nan, put on his clothes and ran away.
It was already dark, and most of the people in the village stayed at home. Wang Xiaoliuer went to the entrance of the village and shone half of the millstone with a flashlight. The gap there was still there, but nothing inside was visible.
.
Unwilling to give up, he used a piece of pork belly as bait nearby, caught a lazy hook, dusted himself off and ran to the other side of the mountain ridge.
He quickly came to the stone bridge and tiptoed onto the bridge. As soon as he reached the end of the bridge, he heard a strange sound coming from under the bridge.
"Um--"
"Um--"
The sound was muffled and obvious.
He was stunned at first, then leaned out out of curiosity, and under the starlight and moonlight, he saw the gurgling water under the bridge.
In a hollow above a pier at the bottom of the bridge, a dark thing was squirming.
That strange sound of "hmm" was made by that thing.
Wang Xiaoliuer was shocked and did not dare to turn on the flashlight and looked carefully. As his eyes focused, the thing gradually became clearer!
When Wang Xiaoliuer saw it, hey!
It turned out that there was a big black toad squatting under the bridge!
That big toad was holding a brightly colored poisonous snake in its mouth!
Most of the poisonous snake had been eaten, and half of its body was twisting wildly outside. The big toad seemed to be uncomfortable, and kept making a fuss.
Wang Xiaoliuer carefully identified it and found that this big toad was completely black, but its belly and front paws had obvious red spots. After careful consideration, it turned out that it was the "Wet-bone Forest Frog" recorded in the book!
At first, Gou Shengzi said that there was a big black toad under the bridge. Wang Xiaoliuer suspected that it was this thing, but he was not sure at the time and did not say anything. Looking at it now, it is really as expected!
Thinking in his heart, Wang Xiaoliu'er didn't take action. He just came to take a look today, and he didn't plan to take it away. Besides, this thing is said to be extremely vicious, and it is indeed not something that ordinary people can get. It can't be done.
Okay, life is going to happen!
Thinking of this, he turned aside, walked onto the bridge, went home, and found a long bamboo pole, but he lacked a net.
He searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so he asked his grandma if she had seen it.
Grandma, who was doing needlework at home, asked Wang Xiaoliu'er to see if there was any in the cellar, and said that Mr. Wang might have taken it.
Wang Xiaoliuer asked for the key to the cellar and went down. As he went down, he heard a snoring sound in the cellar. Following the sound, he looked over and saw a large iron bucket for water storage in the corner.
It was full of water, and there was a wooden board pressing on it. On top of the wooden board, there was a big iron block pressing on it.
In the small gap that was specially left, an air pump, connected to a hose, went in, and it was blowing something inside!
Wang Xiaoliu'er's heart skipped a beat, and she thought to myself, "I'm going to be a good boy. Could it be that grandpa has recently sold a big product?"
Damn it, could it be possible that Grandpa caught an earth dragon?
He couldn't resist his curiosity and hurriedly looked inside. When he looked, he saw that there was no fish or anything in the bucket, but a strange-looking beetle lying down!
"What the hell!"
Wang Xiaoliu'er was so disappointed that he didn't even bother to look, so he picked up the net in the corner and went to work.
When he came to Xiaoshiqiao again, it was still Wang Xiaoliuer himself.
In the dead of night, except for the gurgling water, there was only the rustling of unknown insects in the grass. Wang Xiaoliuer patiently tied a hook to a fishing line commonly known as "Dali Ma", and patiently
A size 17 "New Kanto" large iron hook was tied to the ground.
He followed the method recorded in the book, made some gestures, and removed the excess lines, leaving only three palms long.
He often catches frogs, and he also catches frogs, but most of the time he uses grasshoppers to catch frogs. But this time it was different. He did not use grasshoppers, but broke off a piece of the kind used in temples for incense on one side.
"Big Incense", this thing can be touched to be about the thickness of a thumb. Wang Xiaoliuer broke it open, and the remaining thing is about an inch long.
He drilled a hole in the middle, and immediately put a hook through the middle of the incense, hooked it on the fishhook, and lit the incense with fire.
The smell of this fragrance is extremely mellow, and it is definitely not a cheap product at first glance!
Come to think of it, Feng Nan is really wealthy and willing to spend money.
Wang Xiaoliu'er patiently lit the whole piece of incense to make a circle of fiery red, blew it a few more times, then moved forward, hung it upside down at the end of the bridge and stretched out the pole.
In the darkness, a little fluorescent light, like charcoal, slowly ran toward the big black toad. At this time, the big toad was lying lazily on the edge of the bridge pier, squinting its eyes, looking like it was doing nothing.
appearance.
But as soon as the smell of the incense piece came over, it immediately lost its composure. The skin and flesh on its body rustled, and it immediately turned its head towards the incense in the air, puffing out its belly, as if trying to use force to remove the incense.
It’s like inhaling all the scent!
Wang Xiaoliu'er did not dare to neglect, and slowly turned the bamboo pole to control the incense block to rotate around the big black toad. The big toad also subconsciously followed the incense block and started to twist and turn in circles.
While Wang Xiaoliu'er was turning the bamboo pole, he was mumbling something in his mouth, as if he was chanting some powerful mantra. At the same time, he was poking and poking at it, and continued to turn it neither fast nor slow.
I saw that the incense piece was not spinning in circles, but moving out in a spiral like it was falling off. At first, he moved very slowly, and then slowly accelerated his movements, as the incense rotated faster and faster.
The faster it goes, the faster it spins, and the big toad also starts to spin crazily.
The incense seemed to have an irresistible attraction to this thing, so that during the whole process, it kept staring at the incense. Wang Xiaoliuer controlled the incense to turn to the number seven, seven, forty-nine.
By that time, the toad had already reached the end of the bridge pier. It stepped on the air and fell down with a click.
When he went down, Wang Xiaoliu'er had quick eyes and quick hands, and he suddenly lifted up the net that had been pressed into the water. The toad suddenly woke up and immediately screamed "cuckoo" and tried to jump out, but the net was not on the ground, and it used
Without any strength, even if it keeps puffing in the net, it has no chance of getting out!
Wang Xiaoliuer was overjoyed, but did not dare to neglect. He quickly ran to the shore, found a stagnant puddle, and put the big toad into the water together with the net. As soon as the toad hit the water, it started to flip up and down and crackle.
After spinning around, black juice was thrown out from the skin. After a while, the water was dyed black!
Wang Xiaoliu'er knew that the black venom was so vicious that if someone came into contact with it, the skin would ulcerate in a matter of minutes.
Fortunately, the bamboo pole was very long, so he didn't have to think too much. He repeated this process several times. Without any fuss, the toad straightened its two legs and began to twitch continuously. It looked like it was exhausted.
Even the black color on my body is gone! It’s like the color has faded!
Wang Xiaoliu'er didn't dare to neglect, and struck the toad twice with the bamboo pole in his hand. Once he struck it, the toad's body swelled up a little. Then he struck it again, and it swelled up a little more. He struck it several times in succession.
Next, the toad flipped over, trembled, and gradually lost consciousness.
When Wang Xiaoliu'er saw that it was almost done, he put on his rubber gloves and stepped forward. He lowered his head and caught it with his hands, and picked up the hind legs of a toad. Unexpectedly, in the flash of lightning, the toad that originally looked dead would appear.
The stunned toad suddenly kicked back, spurted out a stream of urine and headed straight for Wang Xiaoliu's face!
Wang Xiaoliuer was so frightened that he screamed strangely and hurriedly hid. At that moment, the toad slithered out and tried to dive into the water without even stepping on the water splash!
When Wang Xiaoliu'er saw it, he became anxious. He quickly picked up the bamboo pole and ran away. With a swish, he threw his hand out. The bamboo pole actually pierced the toad's thigh like a javelin and nailed it to the thigh.
shore!
The big toad grunted strangely and struggled hard, but how could it escape. Wang Xiaoliuer didn't care too much at this time. He picked up a big stone and rushed towards it. With a "bang", he hit the toad on the head.
superior!
"Boy, do you still want to run away?"
Wang Xiaoliu'er smashed the toad several times to make sure it was dead, then tied the toad's hind legs and lifted it to a bamboo pole. He carried the bamboo pole like a leopard-headed Lin Chong and went back.
That big toad weighed at least three or four kilograms, and the bamboo pole was bent under the weight, but it didn't matter. Fortunately, everything was safe. Wang Xiaoliu'er didn't think much about it and wanted to go back, but he didn't expect that he just passed by a toad.
Just now when I was rinsing the stagnant puddle where the toads were in the water, I saw a big bag suddenly bulging up in the middle of the puddle!
Wang Xiaoliu'er stood aside and stared blankly.
Eh?
It seemed like there was no such thing just now!
You know, this toad is extremely poisonous, and the black juice all over its body is its venom. If it spit poison in a big river, it may kill many fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, so Wang Xiaoliuer found one
Stagnant puddle.
There are only a few leeches and the like in this stagnant puddle, so there should be nothing there. Why did a big puddle suddenly appear?
Thinking in his mind, he took out his flashlight and looked at the big pit. When he looked at it, he discovered that the quicksand at the bottom of the pit was slowly squirming!
Wang Xiaoliuer was horrified. He quietly took the toad off the bamboo pole and held the bamboo pole upside down to reveal the tip of the tail that was revealed when cutting bamboo!
"Bang!"
Wang Xiaoliu'er is not the kind of guy who is stupid and waits for death. He knows best the principle of striking first. As soon as the thing under the sand is exposed, Wang Xiaoliu'er raises the bamboo pole and stabs it hard!
This time, it was fast and hard, and it passed through the things under the water!
Wang Xiaoliu'er felt his hand slip, and then, with a bang, the sand and black water from the bottom of the water burst out, scaring him so much that he backed away wildly!
Looking at the bamboo pole again, it crackled and jumped around, and was thrown out with a swish. At the same time, a snake-like thing came out of the sand, raised up proudly, and glared at Wang Xiaoliu'er!
Wang Xiaoliu'er's pupils shrank, and he was so frightened that he backed away wildly!
It turned out that what emerged from under the sand was a huge snake as thick as the mouth of a bowl!
No! This is not a big snake!
this!
What the hell is this!?
I saw that thing, shaped like a big eel, with a horn on its nose, and two horns on the back of its head. It was opening its mouth and staring at Wang Xiaoliu with its eyes as big as two small peas.
He opened his mouth full of fangs and made a strange rustling sound from his mouth!
There were almost no patterns on its body. The patterns were all on the sides of its neck. After it stood up, it immediately fell down and lay on the ground looking at Wang Xiaoliu'er. It curled up viciously. It looked like it was gathering momentum.
Ready to go!
Wang Xiaoliu'er grunted in his throat and didn't dare to move rashly. The thing didn't seem to be easy to mess with, and it was also motionless. In this flash of lightning, he suddenly heard, on the stone bridge in the distance,
A woman's voice suddenly said, "Wang Xiaoliu'er!"
Wang Xiaoliu'er was startled, and turned his head subconsciously. He saw Chen Lu holding a flashlight and shining it towards him. The light and shadow flashed, and the thing seemed to be frightened, and disappeared in a swish!
It was as fast as disappearing on the spot, and in a whoosh, it was gone!
Earth dragon!
This must be the earth dragon!
Still male!
Wang Xiaoliuer gasped for breath, suddenly sweating!
Just like a taut machine, it suddenly loses its force and can no longer hold it!
"Wang Xiaoliu'er, what are you doing?"
Chen Lu didn't see the thing, so she ran over in a scampering way. She was the first to see the big dead toad on the ground. She was so frightened that her face changed and she backed away wildly, "Me! Oh my God! What the hell is that thing?"
!?"
"Toad."
Wang Xiaoliu'er wiped his sweat, quickly picked up the bamboo pole, and came forward with the dead toad, "Why are you doing this in the middle of the night? You scared me!"
"You also said that when I called you and you didn't answer, I thought something had happened to you! It made me really worried!"
Chen Lu rolled her eyes at Wang Xiaoliu'er. Wang Xiaoliu'er saw this and smiled, with a hint of ambiguity flashing in his eyes, "We've only been apart for a while? Do you miss me? If your boyfriend knew, he wouldn't be upset to death.
Already?"
"Go away and stop bringing this up!"
Chen Lu rolled her eyes at Wang Xiaoliuer, "What are you doing? Where did you get such a big toad!"
"It's a toad, not a toad!"
"It's all the same."
"no the same!"
"Okay, okay, it's different! Then, what do you do?"
"Here for Mr. Wang!"
"Can this cure diseases?"
"Um."
Wang Xiaoliu'er nodded, walked up and looked back at the beach. When he was suspicious, he couldn't help but stir up the stagnant puddle a few times with the bamboo pole.