The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 469 - 440: The Severed Arm, The Divine Dragon Appears_1

Chapter 469: Chapter 440: The Severed Arm, The Divine Dragon Appears_1

The liquid sprayed onto these people, and a series of sharp, scratching noises could be heard as red gas continuously emerged from their bodies. Then their bodies turned into purple-red gas at a speed visible to the naked eye and drifted into the air.

These people watched in horror as their own bodies turned into gas, so frightened that they wet themselves and even some were scared to death.

"Sanchuan, save me..." Boss Lu roared, hoping that Hu Sanchuan outside could hear him and come to his rescue.

Hu Sanchuan, hearing the desperate cries of fear from the boss, shivered with fright and instinctively wanted to run away, but thinking of Boss Lu’s ruthless methods, he had to go down.

If he ran away this time and Boss Lu survived this ordeal, he would definitely not let him and his family off, and all of them would die in vain.

But when Hu Sanchuan reached inside the cave, he saw Boss Lu already half-dissolved and gasified, and taking into account the terrifying Snake King, he got so scared that he turned and fled, completely ignoring Boss Lu behind him.

The Snake King could not move but managed to spray a mouthful of purple-red liquid, which happened to land on Hu Sanchuan’s arm.

Hu Sanchuan didn’t care about anything else, just kept crawling outwards. After he got out of the cave, he found that half of his arm was gone.

Hu Sanchuan was also ruthless, took out the machete belted around his waist, looked at his arm, and chopped it off to stop the purple-red liquid from spreading through his body.

"Ah!" The pain almost made Hu Sanchuan faint, but he knew he couldn’t pass out. If he didn’t bandage himself, he would eventually die from excessive blood loss.

Barely bandaging himself, Hu Sanchuan hurried down the mountain, not daring to stay for a moment longer.

He Tiantian, dazed, heard screams, opened her eyes, and saw only a few heads on the ground screaming in agony.

"What... What kind of people are these?" asked He Tiantian weakly, her voice very small.

However, the Snake King had been paying attention to He Tiantian all along and still heard her.

"Dead people," replied the Snake King coldly.

No sooner had he finished speaking than everyone, except for Hu Sanchuan, had turned into red gas.

The Snake King opened his mouth and forcefully blew, and all the gas along with the unpleasant smell disappeared.

He Tiantian was already pale, but seeing dead people made her look even worse.

"Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you," the Snake King said, "You’ll be fine."

"Oh!" He Tiantian nodded. If it weren’t for the Snake King, she might have been subjected to abuse too, and with that thought, the guilt in her heart vanished.

After taking several deep breaths, He Tiantian felt some strength returning to her body and she managed to sit up with effort.

"Snake King, have you passed the Six-Day Mysterious Thunder?" He Tiantian asked hopefully.

The Snake King shook his enormous head and nodded, saying, "Yes! But I need to go into seclusion to cultivate now, and I won’t be able to protect you for a while."

"That’s okay, my family can protect me," He Tiantian said, "Are you going to cultivate here, or at the protective barrier on my ankle?"

"Here," replied the Snake King, "I cannot move or transform."

"Oh," He Tiantian nodded, "then I won’t disturb you. Cultivate well, and I hope you can leave seclusion soon."

"Alright," the Snake King responded.

He Tiantian stood up shakily and said, "Then I’ll be leaving."

He Tiantian picked up a stick from the ground to use as a walking stick.

Watching He Tiantian leave, the Snake King’s eyes were filled with an affection that could not be dissolved.

Just as He Tiantian was about to climb up, she heard the Snake King say softly behind her, "Thank you, Tiantian."

He Tiantian turned her head, smiled, and said, "No need to thank me, we are the best of friends."

He Tiantian, having exerted the strength of nine bulls and two tigers, finally climbed up. She staggered into the wooden hut and fell asleep directly in the pile of wood and straw at the kitchen stove.

The Snake King, hearing the phrase "the best of friends," felt a surge of bitterness in its heart.

Indeed, they were just friends.

It didn’t want to think too much anymore, it had to cultivate earnestly. He Tiantian had awakened it at the risk of her own life, and it couldn’t let that go to waste.

The Snake King focused on its cultivation, with the energy accumulating in the sky above the mountain continuously flowing toward the cave.

By five o’clock in the morning, the Snake King had repaired the barrier of the cave, leaving only a gap above for the spiritual energy to flow in.

As soon as day broke, Wang Shuping led several villagers up the mountain. The commotion from the back mountain the night before had kept her awake all night.

The men from the village who had gone up the mountain were very worried, and they rushed up the mountain before daylight.

Wang Shuping saw her husband actually sleeping at the kitchen door, his body covered with some grass.

This was what He Tiantian had covered her father with before she passed out, simply because she didn’t have the strength to drag him inside.

"Old He, Old He..." Wang Shuping called out several times before she saw her daughter sleeping in the pile of straw and called out to her, "Tiantian, Tiantian..."

He Tiantian opened her eyes groggily and saw her mother. Looking outside, she saw it was already daylight.

At that moment, He Jingyu also woke up, holding his head in an attempt to relieve the headache.

"What happened to you two?" Seeing her daughter and husband awake, Wang Shuping’s worry subsided. "Why are you sleeping on the ground, in a pile of straw?"

He Tiantian scratched her head and said, "We were knocked unconscious by the thunder last night."

He Jingyu vaguely remembered the events of the previous day and whispered, "Shuping, you might not believe this, but we saw a dragon undergoing tribulation yesterday!"

On hearing this, Wang Shuping pinched He Jingyu’s arm, annoyed, "Are you sure you’re awake yet?"

"Really, I truly saw it. If you don’t believe me, ask Big Brother Dazhu and the others," He Jingyu retorted, certain it wasn’t a dream.

Qi Dazhu and the others were roused by the calls of the people and started talking all at once about what they had witnessed the night before.

Qi Dazhu, He Jingyu, and a few others went to the spot where the Snake King had fallen, but there was nothing there.

However, they were convinced they hadn’t seen wrong and believed it was the Divine Dragon revealing itself. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, praying for the Divine Dragon to continue blessing Qijia Village.

Qi Shugen, a hunter with amazing observational skills, urgently said, "Village Chief, look."

Qi Shugen found a hunting rifle in the grass.

"Is this yours?" Qi Dazhu asked, feeling skeptical.

"No, it’s not mine, Village Chief Qi," Qi Shugen replied. "My hunting rifle is still at home! It seems that someone else came here after we passed out. Look at these footprints."

"Aren’t these the ones they just made coming up here?" Secretary Qi was confused.

Shaking his head, Qi Shugen explained, "The footprints from our village lead up from the bottom of the mountain. Look at some of these, they clearly come from the west side. Although it rained, these footprints are still here. Let’s follow them and see."

"Alright!" Village Chief Qi and the others didn’t even bother to eat; they couldn’t wait to start looking.

This search led them to the spot where Boss Lu and his group had set up camp in the cave.

There were not just clothes left behind, but also pots, pans, ladles, and various shovels, long and short. In the corner, there were several detonators and other messy items.