The world is bustling with people, and the auspicious snow heralds a good year. After a year of hard work, people can finally stop working and enjoy the harvest of the year. Every family is reunited, thousands of lights illuminate the city, brilliant fireworks bloom in the sky, and there are braided children wearing thick cotton-padded jackets.
They chased each other in the streets and alleys with candied haws, and families laughed and shared a family bond.
Deep in the mountains, the mountains are deserted and deserted, with heavy snow closing the mountains, snakes and insects hibernating, and all kinds of beasts hiding from their burrows. The prosperity of the world has nothing to do with the tranquility of the mountains.
Bai Jin, who was sleeping in the cave, spent the first year of his life like this.
It's another month after New Year's Eve, the cold winter is gone, and the mood of spring is beginning to show.
This day is February 2 in the human calendar.
There is often a saying in the world: "On February 2, the dragon raises its head, the big storehouse peaks, and the small storehouse flows."
From this day on, the cold winter gradually fades away.
In the distant sky, the "Dragon Head" of the twenty-eight-constellation Qinglong Constellation appears in the starry sky on this day, so it is also called Qinglong Festival.
In the mountainside villages, long strips of ice trailed under the eaves of the houses made of grass and mud, and began to melt into water. The rivers that had been frozen all winter began to melt, and the thick white snow accumulated on the rice fields turned into water.
Water drops irrigate the new spring rice.
Sparrows are already chirping on the distant mountains, announcing spring to all things.
In the valley, in the cave, Bai Jin's consciousness woke up from the chaos. He closed his eyes and opened his eyes. He looked outside the cave and listened to the sound of the snow melting and turning into a gurgling stream. He knew that spring was coming!
But Bai Jun didn't move, because he hadn't released his hibernation state yet, but his consciousness had awakened first.
His body had been frozen all winter, and now the snow had just melted and the temperature had barely risen above 0 degrees.
Bai Jun will have to sleep for another half month before he can fully recover.
On this day, Bai Jin heard a creaking sound in the cave!
His mind instantly became alert, even very uneasy.
Because it seemed like the voice of a mouse.
At any time in spring, summer, or autumn, Bai Jun would feel like he had something to eat when he heard this sound.
But in winter, it's completely different. He will be eaten!
As the old saying goes, snakes eat rats for three seasons and rats eat snakes for one winter.
At this time, the snakes are hibernating and have no resistance at all, just like a corpse. The teeth and claws of mice can easily bite the flesh and blood from the snakes and eat their natural enemies.
Several gray-furred rats emerged from the cracks in the rock, squeaking as they explored the cave deeper and deeper.
When they saw a crystal clear white snake coiled in the deepest part of the cave, they were all frightened.
But when they realized it was a hibernating snake, they squeaked excitedly and swarmed up.
Bai Yan's body was so weak that he couldn't even lift his body, so he could only spit out the snake letter to pretend to be a deterrent.
But the rats saw his weakness and were not afraid to rush up and bite Bai Jun's phosphorus flesh.
Bai Yan's body ached, and he struggled hard to use his muscles to swing the snake's tail. He didn't want to die, at least he didn't want to die in the mouths of these three mice.
Perhaps, with God's blessing, just as a few humble rats were biting Bai Jun crazily, another rattle came from outside the cave.
Bai Jun felt completely desperate after hearing this voice.
A bigger yellow mouse came in. When it saw Bai Jun being bitten by three mice, surprise flashed in its small eyes, and then it screamed suddenly.
"squeak!"
The three mice immediately turned back and looked at the yellow mouse with puzzled expressions.
The yellow rat crawled over, used its hands and feet to pull off the three mice, and then kept squeaking.
The three gray rats began to protest.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
"Squeak!"
"squeak!"
Seeing this, the yellow rat actually raised its front legs, stood upright like a little man, and suddenly made a "squeak" sound.
The three squirrels suddenly ran out of the cave like crazy for some unknown reason.
Bai Jun was greatly shocked and looked at the yellow rat with his eyes.
Snakes and rats are almost natural enemies, but there is nothing to be merciful about. The yellow rat drove away the three little gray rats, probably because he wanted to dominate them and eat them all.
Unexpectedly, the yellow mouse ran up to Bai Jun, its little eyes looked here and there, and the mouse's claws scratched there, but it didn't bite Bai Jun.
Then Bai Jun saw the most miraculous scene since he was reborn as a snake. This yellow rat, which was a foot long, knelt down in front of him and kept squeaking.
The yellow rat worships the snake, which is no longer an animal.
Bai Jun was puzzled, but he couldn't understand it, let alone communicate.
Seeing Bai Jun being indifferent, Huang Shu became a little anxious. He ran to Bai Jun's snake head again, stood upright, pointed at his head with his little paws, then pointed at his own head, and then pointed at the sky and the ground.
He pointed, and finally spread his hands, and the rat's head swayed from side to side.
Such a funny and cute appearance actually made Bai Jun feel funny and a little cute at the same time?
Bai Yan may have understood somewhat, so he raised his head with difficulty and nodded.
When the yellow mouse saw this scene, an anthropomorphic joy appeared on its little face, and its two little paws seemed to be clapping like humans.
Bai Jun was surprised. This yellow rat was definitely enlightened, and it was also extremely intelligent. It might even have been affected by human habits after staying in the human world.
However, he can finally survive!
Bai Jun saw such a big and plump yellow rat dangling in front of his eyes, and his snake instinct tempted him to eat this idiot.
But Bai Jun didn't have this ability at this moment, and the yellow rat might have some kind of magical power, otherwise the rat's roar just now would never be able to scare away the three hungry rats.
The yellow mouse squatted on the ground, looking at Bai Jun with a pair of small eyes.
Bai Jun was sitting on the cattail grass looking at the yellow squirrel in boredom.
One snake and one rat, they look different and inexplicably weird.
Huangshu saw that Bai Jun's body was torn in several places and even had traces of blood, so he ran out of the cave.
Bai Yan was relieved when he saw this, and he writhed with difficulty. He wanted to get out of here quickly!
Unfortunately, his body was so stiff that he couldn't even move into an S-shape, and his movements were as slow as an earthworm.
After half an hour, Bai Jun was so tired that he was paralyzed. When he looked at it, he realized that he had only climbed three or two meters.
But at this time, the yellow squirrel came back.
I saw a small sparrow in its mouth, still fluttering its wings.
Huang Shu walked up to Bai Jun and threw the sparrow in front of him.
Seeing Bai Jun, the little sparrow began to chirp in fear, and flapped its wings vigorously in an attempt to fly away.
But the yellow squirrel stepped on the little sparrow's wing, preventing it from escaping.
Bai Jun was a little surprised, thinking that this yellow rat would catch birds for him to eat?
Seeing that Bai Jun didn't respond for a long time, the yellow mouse boldly raised his paw and opened Bai Jun's mouth, and then pulled the sparrow into Bai Jun's mouth with the other paw.
The little sparrow was frightened, crying and struggling, but the yellow mouse pulled it into Bai Jun's mouth little by little.
Bai Jun was speechless for a while, feeling a sparrow struggling uncontrollably in his mouth, and he could only swallow hard.
Fortunately, the little sparrow had been tortured to death by the yellow squirrel and was swallowed soon after.
When Huang Shu saw this scene, he ran to Bai Jun's abdomen, patted it with his hand, then put his ear to Bai Jun's body and listened until there was no movement at all before nodding with satisfaction.
As a snake, Bai Jun's desire is to swallow this plump yellow rat all the time, but he has been enduring it because this yellow rat is so weird!
Not to mention now, even after hibernation ends after spring, Bai Jun is afraid that he will not be able to defeat this rat demon!
This is a rat demon who just wants to practice Taoism, fly to the sky and live forever!
He and this mouse are both beasts with the same idea, but the mouse has become a demon, and he is still an ordinary snake.
The fresh flesh and blood in his body gradually dissipated his coldness, and the bird's body turned into nutrients to awaken the resurrected cells and body organs in Bai Yan's body.
By night, Bai Jun could move his body slowly.
He looked at the yellow rat that was sleeping deeply on his body. He lowered his head uncontrollably and slowly moved his body. The long snake body gradually wrapped around the yellow rat in circles. Then he raised his head and opened his mouth.
, swallow it.
The yellow rat, which was heavily restrained by Bai Jun's snake body, seemed to feel discomfort in his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the snake's mouth was wide open and had swallowed half of its head.
Dissatisfied, Huang Shu reached out his hand and pushed down Bai Jun's snake mouth with a tug, then put it under his body as a pillow and turned over to continue sleeping.
Bai Jun was startled and regained consciousness. He did not move and quietly used the snake's head as a pillow and the snake's body as a quilt, allowing the yellow rat to have a warm and comfortable sleep.
A snake and a mouse spent more than ten days in the cave in such a strange way, and finally waited until there was a thunderous sound outside the cave.
When the Waking of Insects arrives, all things come into being, insects and snakes come out of their holes, and animals leave their dens.
Bai Yan recovered his physical strength and ended his winter's dormancy. At this moment, he has regained his full strength.
But he still didn't dare to attack the rat demon, because after Bai Jun saw that the rat could tear off hard rocks with his bare hands, he really didn't dare to have any objections. He was afraid that one day he would be torn in two.
cut.
Bai Jin came out of the cave, followed by a huge mouse, one after another.
After a few months, Bai Jun was in a better mood again.
Nowadays, there are many species in the valley, and all kinds of small animals are very active. There are even many creatures that Bai Jun doesn't recognize.
A gray fox with a big tail watched a white snake swimming past in front of him, followed by a big fat mouse. It stayed there for a long time and forgot that this was a prey that it could use as food.
A gray rabbit chewed the fresh green grass, sucking the delicious juice from it with its pink tongue. Its cheeks on both sides kept beating. Suddenly it shook its body and stopped moving, because it saw a white snake and a fat snake in the distance.
The mice walked over in harmony.
Bai Jun climbed up the boulder, and the yellow rat also climbed up.
Bai Jun curled up, turned the snake's head to the sky, and spat out the snake's message to the warm spring sun.
The yellow squirrel also crossed its legs, squinted its small eyes and looked at the sun, and stuck out its short tongue.
Bai Jun felt that the snake nature he had raised for a year had been distorted by this rat demon.
He swept his tail towards the yellow squirrel, making it lie down, then looked at the sun and closed his eyes.
The mouse somehow saw Bai Jun's enlightened spiritual wisdom, so it came to seek help from Bai Jun.
But how is Bai Jun a monster? He is just a wild snake with human wisdom.
He also knew that the essence of heaven and earth, the light of the sun and the moon, and even the geomantic omen were indispensable for the cultivation of monsters.
This boulder was the place where the turtle demon used to frequent, so it must have some reputation.
He vaguely remembered that there was a saying in the geography knowledge of his previous life: Mountains to the south and water to the north are yang.
This pool is in the middle of the north and south mountains. It can be both yang and yin. Yin and yang meet. There is an underground river flowing through the pool. To the south of the living water, it is a place of yang.
The valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides and hills on one side. It gathers the bells and whistles of oriental spiritual energy and hides the valley water of the mountains.
This huge stone, which has been tempered for many years, may be the spiritual eye of this valley, otherwise the giant turtle would not often come to the stone to breathe.
Now that the giant turtle is gone, this giant stone Baijun can be boldly borrowed.
It's a pity that Bai Jun didn't feel any aura of heaven and earth, nor the essence of the sun and moon, as if the fairies and demons didn't exist in this world.
But today, Huang Shu made Bai Jun see the existence of the demon again.
On top of the boulder, the yellow squirrel's eyes were flickering with yellow light, and traces of earthy yellow air gathered around its body. Under the sunlight, the squirrel's entire body was covered with golden light.
Bai Jun was shocked. Is this a demon? They have a path to eternal life and an unlimited future.
But I don't have any hope at all.
Bai Jun looked at the yellow rat who was addicted to cultivation, and a cold thought came to his mind. If he swallowed this demon rat, would he become a demon?
Just as Bai Jun was thinking in his mind, the light on Huang Shu's body had disappeared.
It stood up excitedly, feeling the demon power in its body, and then squeaked at Bai Jun.
Bai Jun was full of envy. Such a highly intelligent and simple-minded rat demon could be regarded as getting rid of the category of beast. But he was still struggling in the category of beast.
The yellow squirrel stayed in the valley for half a month and then left.
After absorbing the essence of the sun and moon for half a month, Huang Shu did not make any big changes, but Huang Shu found a way to practice.
It just accidentally swallowed a strange grass in the mountains, and then it developed spiritual intelligence, became frighteningly strong, and entered the realm of demons.
Now, Bai Jun has helped it understand the method of absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. As long as it keeps practicing, it will one day become a great demon.
When the yellow mouse left, he bowed to Bai Jun again. With a simple mind, he saw that humans need to bow before studying, so he followed suit.
After praying, the big mouse waved his hand as if saying goodbye, then kicked off his calves and disappeared into the valley, not knowing where he was going.
Bai Jun watched the yellow mouse go away, but felt a little lost in his heart. It turned out that even after he became a snake, it was still difficult for him to stay away from loneliness.
The spring scenery in the mountains is bright, cuckoos are calling for spring, bees and butterflies are flying among the flowers, the water plants beside the pond are showing their sharp corners, dragonflies and fish are swimming in the water, gray foxes are running around the mountains and fields, and fat rabbits are still greedily eating the fresh grass.
Various insects were chirping in the grass, ugly toads were giving birth to tadpoles, and stupid crabs were walking ashore and being pecked by snipe birds.
On the withered willow tree, countless new branches have grown, and the buds are spreading to welcome the spring.
The two crows and the couple in the tree were gone, and there was only a brightly colored white snake in the hole.
The white snake entangled itself in the branches and rubbed against the old gravel bark, destroying countless willow leaves and buds.
Bai Jun shed his skin again after eating the crow couple's house and a bunch of bird eggs.