HCB Chapter 263 Golden Gem Mountain
Chapter 263 Golden Gem Mountain
As Cheng Feng exerted force with his palm, the grand hall, which had been visited by several forces, once again welcomed new guests.
As the doors opened, the light shone in, dispelling the darkness in the main hall for Cheng Feng and his companions.
The moment they stepped into the main hall, a golden hue was reflected in the pupils of the women.
"Gold again!"
Huo Ling shone her flashlight and exclaimed in amazement.
Cheng Feng looked at Huo Ling in surprise. Why did this girl sound so regretful?
To get a better view of the situation inside the main hall, Cheng Feng took out two flares and threw them to the sides of the hall.
Instantly, two light sources lit up, illuminating the entire hall.
One after another, golden mounds were piled up throughout the main hall.
Some beautiful gemstones were interspersed among the small mountains of gold, gleaming with the alluring glow of money under the lights.
Each of these gold pieces was the size of a fingernail, and when piled together, they resembled sand dunes in the desert.
With the addition of gemstones, it becomes as exquisite as a work of art.
"It's a truly unpretentious treasure; there are no bottles or jars, no exquisite works of art, just pure gems and gold."
Even the women, who were used to seeing gold in their home, stared wide-eyed at this simple and brutal wealth.
Human beings' desire to possess gold and gemstones is ingrained in their genes.
Even the most determined person would be momentarily stunned upon first seeing this scene.
On the main beam above their heads, a huge black-haired snake, over ten meters long, slowly moved its body.
Its large mouth, with a pair of venomous fangs, flicked its tongue, and its golden snake eyes stared at the top of Fang Chengfeng and the others.
At this moment, Cheng Feng looked up at the crossbeam and their eyes met.
"Take your kin and get out of here right now. Don't waste the little bit of kindness the Snake King left behind."
Cheng Feng's words brought the girls back to their senses from their reverie amidst the mountain of jewels and gold. They followed Cheng Feng's gaze.
He saw a giant snake, over ten meters long, coiled above his head, and for a moment he felt a chill of fear.
Chen Wenjin and the others soon realized that their heart palpitations had started much earlier than expected.
Just as Cheng Feng finished speaking, the surrounding golden hills began to rustle, and some gold particles began to slide off the hills.
One by one, black-haired snakes crawled out of the yellow enclosure, some less than a meter long and some more than five meters long.
They slowly crawled towards the door, a sight that made the girls instinctively move closer to Cheng Feng.
Soon the swarm of snakes approached the group, and the women's hearts pounded with anxiety.
The expected conflict did not occur; the black-haired snakes passed by the group in an orderly fashion.
Even though they could bite a person with just a turn of their head, not a single black-haired snake attempted to attack.
It took more than twenty minutes for the snakes to begin to dwindle.
It was at this moment that the giant snake above coiled up the pillars supporting the main hall and came down to the ground.
It crawled up to Cheng Feng and raised its head to eye level with him.
At this moment, Cheng Feng sensed a slight mental anomaly. Since there was no hostility, Cheng Feng thought for a moment and then released his mental shield.
Make your consciousness come into contact with it.
In an instant, Cheng Feng's vision distorted. When it returned to normal, he found himself in an old-fashioned house.
A woman knelt down before Cheng Feng, her head bowed. She was dressed in the exact same clothes as Yang Xueli.
Her hair was styled in the same updo as Huo Ling's.
"Why didn't you let those little snakes swarm me? Maybe they could have killed me and avenged your snake king!"
Cheng Feng sat down on the chair behind him, crossed his legs, and looked at the woman kneeling in front of him.
The woman slowly stood up, revealing a face that combined features of all four women.
"Without hatred, there is no such thing as revenge. We thank you for relieving our mother of so many years of suffering."
"Are you the Snake King's daughter?"
Cheng Feng asked curiously.
The woman nodded:
"Yes, I am one of my mother's first children."
Cheng Feng thought to himself, no wonder it grew so big, this female snake must have lived for at least a thousand years.
"Why kneel? Even if you're grateful, there's no need for that!"
Upon hearing Cheng Feng's question, the woman bowed again, placing her forehead against the back of her hand in a deep salute to Cheng Feng.
And while maintaining the kneeling posture, he said:
"You are a deity walking among humans, and I, a humble being, can only express my insignificant respect in this way."
What Cheng Feng didn't know was that the Snake King passed on its final memories to its offspring before it died.
The red flames, like a dream, were deeply imprinted in the consciousness of the snake prince's offspring.
In their early days, when they were still ignorant, the people of Gutongjing worshipped the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress as a deity.
Their worship of the Nine-Headed Serpent Cypress became the Black-haired Serpent's earliest memory.
Therefore, like humans, they also have a basic concept of gods.
Cheng Feng didn't intend to explain anything to her. With the system mission on his mind, Cheng Feng took the opportunity to ask:
"Does your clan have a white snake whose duty is to guard this place?"
The woman, who was actually a black-haired snake, responded upon hearing this:
"Yes, it was also my mother's child, but it is no longer the same."
"how do I say this?"
The woman replied:
"Its body has been taken, and now it is your own kind who are in charge of its actions."
Cheng Feng was astonished. He hadn't expected that someone would actually survive in such an unusual way, transferring their memories into the body of the black-haired snake.
And they also have independent personalities.
"Take me to him after you get out."
Cheng Feng spoke up as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Since the black-haired snake regards Cheng Feng as a god, there's no need for him to lower his own status.
Giving a direct order is often more effective than using a consultative tone.
"Yes, as you wish!"
Sure enough, the black-haired snake agreed without hesitation.
Then, Cheng Feng had a thought and left this mental space.
In the spiritual world, Cheng Feng and the black-haired snake communicated for a long time, but in reality, it only lasted a few seconds.
Chen Wenjin and Yang Xueli did not sense anything unusual.
Only Ah Xiang seemed to have noticed something, but before she could react, Cheng Feng had already broken out of the mental space.
"You stay with us for now. Once this is over, you can take me to find the white snake!"
Cheng Feng knew it could understand human speech, so he spoke directly.
The giant snake nodded, indicating that it understood.
Then it slowly crawled to the side and lay down on a golden hill to wait quietly.
"Old Cheng, how did it communicate with you?"
"Yes, it took me to a hallucination where it took human form and talked to me for a while."
Cheng Feng did not hide anything and told the four women what had just happened.
Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling turned to look at the giant snake lying on the golden mountain, and subconsciously thought of the Legend of the White Snake.
"Wow, she's really got a spirit! Master, could this snake girl have taken a liking to you? A once-in-a-millennium opportunity!"