For human beings, suffering will eventually end. Death or wealth are the end of suffering.
For nature, suffering will eventually end because there are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
After a winter of silence, the old trees that are still alive grow new buds, the dead wood turns into nutrients and returns to nature, the snow melts the soil, and the ashes of the mountains turn into nutrients, making this spring more vibrant than before.
Bai Jun climbed out of the cave and climbed up the branches of the willow tree. Now the tree hole could no longer accommodate his three-meter-long body, but Bai Jun still liked to entwine among the branches and leaves of the willow tree and smell the scent of spring.
The spring sunshine is getting warmer day by day, and the creatures in the valley that have been dormant for the winter are beginning to become lively again.
Red flowers, green willows, bees, butterflies and flying birds once again decorate the mountains, covering up the traces of sins that humans have committed.
Bai Zhen entwined among the willow trees, and suddenly found that the willow trees were blooming.
Catkins all over the sky fly out from the branches and leaves, flying proudly across the mountains and rivers in the spring breeze, setting sail and spreading to the land thousands of miles away. Perhaps in the future, willow buds will grow again in the deep mountain soil somewhere. After experiencing frost, rain, snow, birds, beasts and insect pests, the years have passed.
After a long time, it grew into a huge tree like this ancient willow.
There were long white clouds in the sky, rising from all directions, not knowing where they would land from east to west. Bai Jun began to often fall into a daze, hanging on a tree for a day, and at night he would go back to the cave to rest.
When you are hungry, eat some fish and eat the rabbits that can be seen everywhere in the mountains and plains.
After Baijun eliminated some natural enemies of rabbits before winter, the number of rabbits began to grow rapidly.
Fortunately, after the wildfires, many animals fled to the valley, so that the rabbits would not eat up the turf in the valley.
Nowadays, all the weeds by the pond have been eaten away, and only this ancient willow tree still retains the smell of white powder. Animals dare not approach it because of the evergreen trees, and the weeds and bushes are much lower.
However, without the weeds beside the pond, it does have a somewhat artistic conception.
Every time when the moon is full, in the deep mountains and valleys, small pools reflect the full moon, and the moonlight shines all over the valleys. Ancient willows weep branches, white snakes and rocks look up at the moon, insects sing nocturnes, fish dance joyfully in the moonlight, and fireflies fly on the pools. The night light is long and quiet.
, the small valley is mysterious and beautiful.
Bai Jun is already the unique overlord in the valley. The wild leopard only dares to hunt and survive in the east of the valley. There are no packs of wolves, tigers and bears. He has become unscrupulous.
Every night, he would bask in the moon.
Every sunny day, he would bask in the sun.
It is illuminated by the light of the sun and the moon, and is born for the things of heaven and earth. Every inch of Bai Zhen's body is illuminated by the sun and the moon, and every scale experiences the movement of the sun and the moon.
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Spring passes, summer solstice, autumn comes and winter comes, year after year. The years in the mountains cannot be counted. We can only rely on spring, summer, autumn and winter to judge the passage of time year by year.
In the blink of an eye, Bai Jun is already five years old.
A snake's five years of age are its most vigorous years!
The life span of snakes is generally very short, no more than ten years.
Except for some long-lived pythons, which can live for hundreds of years.
Bai Jun was obviously an ordinary water snake. Even though he had an adventure and strengthened his muscles and bones, he still did not break away from the category of beast.
He had a premonition that his life span was only five years.
A water snake, ten years.
Bai Jun has not forgotten that he was a human in his previous life. He may never really become a snake.
Every spring, snakes are in heat and their promiscuous nature will appear.
The smell of Baijun is enough to attract female snakes from dozens of miles around to go crazy for it.
So Bai Jun would hide away in the spring because there were too many female snakes wooing him for breeding.
There could sometimes be dozens of female snakes two to three meters long in the pool to seduce him.
Five-year-old Bai Jun has grown to five meters long and has become the undisputed overlord around the valley.
But Bai Jun is quite helpless towards these similar people who are courting him. Fortunately, he has human wisdom.
Bai Yan found some plants in the valley that made him feel extremely uncomfortable, and planted them on the edge of the pool to block those crazy female snakes.
But Bai Jun didn't expect that the appearance of these female snakes would also attract the arrival of many male snakes, so many snakes came into heat and multiplied in the pool, and the valley became a small snake nest.
There are more and more types of snakes, but they seem to be afraid of Bai Jun's breath and dare not step into the valley.
Bai Jun found that he seemed to have become the snake king.
He could even convey his vague meaning by spitting out letters, and those little snakes really didn't dare to disobey.
This valley can have a name. Snake King Valley!
The old neighbors under the huge rocks in the valley have also spread throughout the valley and have multiplied into a terrifying forest ant colony. Even if a fox steps into their territory, it will be devoured by countless predatory ants, leaving only its skeleton.
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But they can live in harmony with Baijun. Such a strange phenomenon is very rare in nature.
Bai Jun could only blame it on them eating too many of his own snake sloughs, and their bodies were contaminated with his breath. They were even familiar with his breath, and regarded Bai Jun as one of them.
After making this discovery, he didn't even forget to bring some prey back to his good neighbor when hunting. Over time, those ant colonies and Bai Jun became more and more familiar.
Not even an ant has set foot within a few dozen meters of the willow tree surrounded by Bai Jun.
Bai Jun felt as if he had taken the initiative to create a symbiotic relationship with these ants.
When snakes gather too much, natural enemies will appear.
Outside Snake Valley, many birds and birds appear frequently, hunting Bai Jun's kind.
Bai Jun naturally does not allow this to happen. These people are used to defend the valley and give snakes a place to live. They are also designed to deter humans from making mistakes when they set foot here one day.
So, Bai Jun took action.
The five-meter-long Bai Jun has the same powerful power as the fifteen-meter-long giant python, and even the natural enemies of snakes will fall into his fear.
Bai Jun climbed out of the valley, and a group of snakes outside the valley stood up and made way for him.
The sounds of countless snakes spitting out and hissing sounds were endless, and the noisy information of the same kind was transmitted into Bai Jun's mind, causing him to have a headache.
He suddenly raised his head and spit out a thick snake letter, "Hiss~"
The group of snakes immediately stopped spitting messages, and many of the female snakes who were still pregnant with him became afraid.
Bai Jun looked at the place where the snakes lived. It was a junction of rivers and lakes, with luxuriant water and grass and rich species. It was surrounded by mountains on both sides and was close to the Snake King Valley, blocking the only entrance to the sky through the valley.
This place really needs to be defended.
Bai Jun spit out the snake message to convey the signal to the snakes to disperse, so hundreds of snakes, big and small, left one after another and lived their normal lives.
Since snakes do not communicate, the communication function between groups has also been greatly degraded.
Even though Bai Jun is highly intelligent, he can only simply convey information, as if communicating with a three-year-old child.
Fortunately, they are very obedient and are good children.
Bai Jun swam into the shallow water, rolling in the mud to hide the white color of his body, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
He wants to trap and kill those giant birds.
Bai Jun knew that not far to the east of the valley, there was a tall and dangerous mountain peak, where more than a dozen eagles lived. And his old enemy, the goshawk, lived there.
No matter how conceited he is, he can't fight against more than a dozen giant eagles at the same time.
What's more, the goshawk has grown even more terrifyingly in the past five years.
Bai Jun waited patiently, lurking at the bottom of the water, while there were several water snakes swimming on the water not far from him.
This wait lasts for an hour.
Bai Jun's ability to hold his breath has now reached the point where he can stay underwater for five hours without breathing, and the air sacs in his body are enough to provide oxygen.
Finally, a giant bird noticed the water. It flew a hundred meters in the air and locked onto a water snake that was more than one meter long in the water.
This giant bird is a mountain eagle. Its wings are fully three meters long. It is already a giant eagle.
It suddenly folded its wings and fell into the sky. At this time, the water snake had not noticed the danger yet. Bai Jun did not ask him to do this to lure the enemy. It was not that smart, it was just stupid.
When the mountain eagle landed about ten meters from the water, the black water snake noticed the movement and hurriedly swam into the water to escape.
If Bai Jun hadn't been here today, it would have been impossible for it to escape.
But Bai Jun happens to be here today.
Not far away, two hunters happened to come to the water area dozens of meters away. Zhang Erniu saw a huge mountain eagle falling and hurriedly pulled his companion and said: "Goudaner, look quickly, there is a big eagle there."
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The young hunter, who was called Goudan'er, said excitedly: "Where is it?"
If an eagle can be caught, its flesh and blood can be sold for thirty or forty taels of silver, which is money that an ordinary hunter cannot earn in five or six years.
Zhang Erniu pointed into the distance, and Goudan's eyes followed him hurriedly.
I saw a gray-brown eagle folding its wings and falling towards the water. The sharp iron-bone eagle claws were grabbing the water with a cold light under the sunlight.
"What a fierce eagle!" Goudan'er exclaimed.
The two hunters were ready to draw their bows and strings as they marveled.
But when the two of them raised their heads to take aim at the mountain eagle, they suddenly saw a huge snake head sticking out of the water. Its bloody mouth was open and even two long pointed fangs could be clearly seen.
The Shekou angle was nearly 180 degrees, and it bit the mountain eagle that pounced down, and then submerged into the lake, causing huge waves.
Goudan'er's hand holding the bow was trembling, his eyes were dazed, and he was not sure: "Er Niu, you, did you see it?"
Zhang Erniu also had a stiff face and swallowed hard, saying, "I saw it."
"Is that true? Did I read it correctly?"
"Really, you read that right!"
"Then are we still working?"
"Let's go home."
"Okay! Let's go quickly!"
Goudan'er and Zhang Erniu ran side by side under the sun, rushing back to the village.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the old Huangtou with a walking stick was sitting on the ridge with several wrinkled old men of his generation, chatting. Suddenly he saw two young men running over, squinting and smiling: "Goudaner, today
What did you hit?"
Goudan ran back to the entrance of the village. He was relieved when he saw so many people and said breathlessly: "I, I saw an eagle, a big mountain eagle..."
"Hey, did you meet a mountain eagle?" Old Huangtou said with a smile: "Did you catch it? It looks like you two ran away with your hands empty?"
"No, I didn't run away." Zhang Erniu also gasped tiredly.
"What did you say? Did you hunt? Where is the eagle? Where is the mountain eagle?" Several old men asked in surprise.
Goudan'er had good physical strength. He breathed for a while and felt much better. He took a breath and said, "Old man, we didn't kill the big mountain eagle. We saw it was eaten by a big snake!"
An old man with a pockmarked face said with confusion: "Goudan'er, don't lie, what kind of worm can eat an eagle? I, an old man, have never heard such nonsense in my life. Don't fool me with such words."
Hey, did you hide it secretly and prepare to sell it alone? You must know that your big flower bow and machete were lent to you by my family."
Goudan'er said anxiously, "Really, Uncle Zhao, I really didn't lie to you. That snake is so big, it can open its mouth so wide, and it's still white!" As he spoke, he gestured with both hands.
The way the snake's mouth opens.
Zhang Erniu also echoed: "Really, what Goudan'er said is completely true!"
Old Huangtou looked startled and asked, "You mean that big snake is a white snake?"
Goudan'er nodded, "It's white. It looks like jade to me. It's unmistakable."
Old Huangtou trembled, opened his mouth without many teeth, and trembled: "Oh! Oh my God! After a few days of peace and quiet, I met the goblin again!"
Several people were shocked and trembled with fear when they heard about the monster.
The old man with a pockmarked face said dissatisfied: "Old Huangtou, why are you yelling and spreading rumors? Isn't it just a big snake? How can I say that it has become a sperm? Maybe these two boys are deceived."
Old Huangtou trembled and said: "You idiot, where have you ever seen a big snake that can eat an eagle? And it's white. Maybe it's a snake that wants to turn into a dragon, and you two kids call it a big snake."
, it was back to its original shape in a flash. Do you think the goblin can blame us?"
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this. There are countless weird folk legends, among which the story of the Five Immortals is the most detailed and complete. Everyone has heard of these strange legends, but they didn't expect to meet them today.
For a time, the old people in this small village worshiped incense and prayed for God's blessing.
And what god can a small village have? It is the land.
The people in the rural areas spread the rumor, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. When the people in Zhuangjia Village heard about it, there was a big snake that had practiced for thousands of years and was about to transform into a dragon not far away in the mountains. However, it was killed by two children.
The thousand-year-old snake demon is coming for revenge.
The Tutu Master was so frightened that he was out of his mind, sweating profusely, and hurriedly ran to the Qinan City City God's Temple to save his life.
Fortunately, before leaving, he dreamed of Goudan'er and Zhang Erniu again. When he saw that it was just an ordinary water snake, he jumped up and cursed in anger.
But the news spread further and further, and several newly built villages nearby knew about it.
In the eyes of these simple and ignorant people, Bai Jun has become a thousand-year-old white snake demon who will turn into a dragon.
And these illusory rumors were secretly weighing on Bai Jun's head.
In the Snake King Valley, Bai Jun didn't know these things.
After a month of hard work, he finally swallowed seven large and small mountain eagles. No more wild eagles dared to hunt on the lake outside the Snake King Valley.
Even some water birds no longer dare to come to the lake to hunt snakes.
Bai Yanke had no idea of doing anything to them. There must be a certain biological limit on the number of snakes. Otherwise, too many snakes here will definitely attract the attention of others. For example, there may be hawk monsters in the mountains.
Or maybe it attracts humans who make a living by catching snakes.
All of these may affect Baijun's survival. Moreover, if there are too many snakes, there will be a lack of food, and there may even be scenes of snakes eating each other.
Although ordinary waterfowl eat snakes, they do not eat as much as hawks, and all kinds of waterfowl cannot eat snakes that are over two meters in size.
But eagles don't have this restriction. On the eagle peak, Bai Jun has seen eagles that are bigger than goshawks.