I don’t know if it’s because the golden python hasn’t seen a living person for a long time or for other reasons. Anyway, I can clearly feel that this big man seemed to be stunned for a moment.
Later, when I recalled this scene, I realized that this big man's trance was probably not due to living alone for too long, but because of the snake scales on my body.
Anyway, I reacted a second earlier than it did, took Xiangyu's hand, and ran towards the only door in the underground palace.
"Ouch~"
As soon as we ran away, the golden python suddenly reacted. It roared loudly and blocked the door of the underground palace with its long tail.
Then he turned his head with difficulty and shouted at us with a big mouth. Xiangyu and I were immediately blown away.
My body was protected by snake scales, so when I was blown up by the big guy and hit the wall of the underground palace and then fell down, I didn't seem to suffer much damage. I only felt a pain in my body, but I was still able to get up in one fell swoop.
But Xiangyu's situation was worse. When I got up, I saw a pool of blood on the ground, and the front of Xiangyu's white shirt that was wet and clinging to her body was also stained with blood.
I didn't bother to check if there were any injuries on my body, I ran straight towards Xiangyu, bent down and hugged Xiangyu.
Although the Golden Python is big, its movements are not affected at all by its large size.
Almost at the same time, its head was in front of us.
His mouth was open and he looked angry.
However, it did not swallow us up in one bite, as if it was tabooing something.
I immediately thought of the blue astrolabe in Xiangyu's hand. Could it be because of this?
There was no time to think now, so I pulled out the thin stone piece that Xiangyu, who was almost unconscious, was still holding tightly in his hand. By the way, I also took out the dark red astrolabe on my body.
come out.
Then he swayed towards the golden snake.
"Look, we have two astrolabes, don't act rashly." I said while shaking them.
But my move seemed to annoy the golden python even more. It swung its tail and roared at us again.
The big guy was extremely strong. The breath it brought out with such a roar pushed me back several meters.
The thick, black and smelly stuff on the ground was extremely slippery, and I suddenly lost my footing and leaned back, taking Xiangyu with me.
The astrolabe poses no threat to the guy, but it doesn't seem to want to hurt us. What's going on?
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu suddenly spoke, but her breath was very weak. She felt that the collision just now must have seriously injured her.
"I'm here. If you feel uncomfortable, don't worry. I'll take you out and we'll go to the hospital." I said anxiously.
I don’t know if it’s because we have experienced so much together, but I suddenly can’t imagine what I would do if Xiangyu died like this?
"Zhou Cang, find a place against the wall and put me down." Xiangyu said in a low voice.
"Xiangyu, I will definitely not leave you and run away, even if I die together with this guy," I felt like I was suddenly a little over the top.
The big snake was still circling with us, and it was still too big, so it was very laborious to do a flip, because I held Xiangyu and played with it in the underground palace, chasing each other.
game.
Although we were almost vomiting from exhaustion, we were able to save both of our lives for the time being.
Xiangyu forced a smile with difficulty, and then said: "I know, you put me down first."
Although I didn't know what Xiangyu wanted to do, I still placed it in a corner against the wall according to her idea.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu smiled at me, and then took out the bone flute from his backpack.
I immediately understood what she wanted to do, but Xiangyu was already so seriously injured, could she still play the bone flute?
The big snake was still attacking us tirelessly, so I couldn't stay by Xiangyu's side. Instead, I kept running in the hall, trying not to let it get close to Xiangyu.
Suddenly, a faint flute sound came.
The big snake was obviously stunned, and then stayed where it was.
But Xiangyu didn't have enough strength, so the sound of the flute he played was intermittent.
After the big snake was in a daze for a while, it felt like it was about to move again.
The sound of the flute began to weaken, and the big snake was no longer under control.
The golden python was very smart. As soon as it woke up, it immediately turned its attack on Xiangyu and flew towards Xiangyu at the speed of an arrow.
When I saw this, I thought to myself, Oh no, if Xiangyu is attacked again like this, it will definitely be in danger.
Although I also chased after him, my speed was much slower than that of the big snake, and I couldn't change anything at all.
At this extremely critical moment, a melodious flute sound came down from above our heads.
Although my music score is different, this is the sound I heard in the kitchen of Poyang Lake Laoye Temple that night.
The sound of the flute was sonorous and powerful, and the golden python was soon hypnotized.
I ignored looking for the source of the flute sound and quickly ran to Xiangyu's side, hugging her into a coma and picking up the bone flute that fell on the ground.
When I turned around after doing this, I discovered that at some point, there was a ladder hanging down from the center of the underground palace.
There are people above this underground palace.
That was my first reaction.
And this person should be the one who played the flute just now.
I took out a shirt from my backpack, then I tied Xiangyu behind me, thinking of how my grandma tied me behind my back when I was little, and then climbed up the ladder step by step.
Maybe it was because I was carrying Xiangyu on my back and the force was relatively heavy, or maybe it was because I had been circling the golden python for too long and my physical strength was severely exhausted. In addition, the underground palace was extremely high, so I climbed for a long time and felt desperate.
We haven't reached the top of the underground palace yet.
This journey took me probably more than half an hour before I finally saw the flickering candlelight above my head.
An almost withered hand stretched out from the oval-shaped opening on the roof of the underground palace, as if it was trying to give me a hand.
I held that hand, turned around, and was finally freed from the underground palace.
However, what I saw in front of me shocked me.
We actually returned to the Laoye Temple on the edge of Poyang Lake.
The underground palace just now was actually hidden inside the giant turtle at the entrance of Laoye Temple. The small opening we just came out of was the giant turtle's wide open mouth.
It turned out that the black and smelly stuff on the ground of the underground palace was the blood of pigs, cattle and sheep that fishermen usually poured into the mouth of the giant turtle after offering sacrifices to it.
Lao Miao Zhu held a candlestick in one hand and a bone flute in the other, standing beside the giant turtle, looking at us calmly.
"Old sir, what on earth is going on here?" I looked at Old Miao Zhu and couldn't help but ask.
"Let's put down Xiangyu first and then talk." Lao Miaozhu looked at me and said slowly without answering my question.
Only then did I remember that Xiangyu was still tied behind me, and I quickly put her down.
"After returning to the temple and changing into clean clothes, take her to the hospital," said the old Miao Zhu, who had already turned around and walked towards the temple.
Seeing this, I was too embarrassed to say anything, so I could only hold Xiangyu in my arms and follow him slowly.
Suddenly, Lao Miaozhu stopped, then looked up at the stars in the sky, and said slowly: "Sirius has returned, and the astrolabe has finally returned to your hands."
After Lao Miao Zhu said this, he quickened his pace and stepped onto the steps of Lao Ye Temple.
After hearing what he said, I also looked up at the sky, trying to find the location of Sirius.
At this time, I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, but suddenly a meteor flashed across the sky.
Are those the Sirians giving me instructions?
We changed into clean clothes in the temple. Lao Miao Zhu gave Xiangyu half a cup of some medicine, and then said to me: "Zhou Cang, I'll give you this bone flute. Anyway, I won't need it anymore."
"
Lao Miao Zhu said and handed over the bone flute.
"But why is this?" I asked in confusion.
"Maybe you will use it in the future." Lao Miaozhu said.
"But, I don't know how to brag." I said.
"Your mother will teach you." Lao Miaozhu said.
"Old sir, do you know where my mother is?" I excitedly grabbed Lao Miaozhu's wrist.
"When the time comes, she will naturally come to you." Lao Miaozhu said, turned and left.