Merchant of the Underworld

A big python as thick as a bucket came from nowhere and was sleeping in the ditch. A woman was holding a child, lying on the back of the python, and had fainted.

If this alarms the boa constrictor, it will definitely swallow us alive with its strength!

I immediately signaled Li Mazi to turn off the tractor's engine.

At the same time, he told the two of them not to say anything and to stay where they were. I went to say hello to my fourth uncle, lest he bring a large group of people and wake up the python.

I was glad that I stopped my fourth uncle on the way, because my fourth uncle brought a large group of Dai youths with him, which made a lot of noise.

When I told my fourth uncle about the big python as big as a bucket, his teeth immediately started to itch with hatred: “That thing is causing trouble again!”

From my uncle's tone, he seemed to know the big python. I immediately asked my uncle about the origin of the snake.

My fourth uncle asked the young Dai people behind to stay. He went to the scene of the car accident alone with me, explaining to me about the python as he walked.

It turned out that the big python was a pet kept by the 'Blocker Ghost'. Every time the roadblock appears, the python will also appear. It will wait until the roadblocker kills someone, and then devour the body.

And this big python is very strange. Even if it encounters a dying injured person and has no power to fight back, it will not hurt the other person and will only eat the dead person.

I asked my fourth uncle, didn’t he say that no one had ever died on this road? How did he know that the big python was a cannibal?

The fourth uncle said coldly: "Why would a big python appear in such a situation if it wasn't to eat corpses?"

We ran back quickly, and the big python was still sleeping in the ditch, and the woman and child were still unconscious.

The fourth uncle took out the ax from his waist and was about to jump into the ditch. I immediately stopped him and said it was not safe, right? After all, that big python must be very powerful as it is so strong.

But my fourth uncle waved his hand and told me to rest assured. This big python is afraid of living people. The more ferocious you are, the more afraid it will be of you.

I was a little surprised and could only let my fourth uncle go.

The fourth uncle got closer to the big python little by little. Although it made a lot of noise, the big python seemed to be unable to hear it and remained motionless.

The big python seems to be in the process of shedding its skin. There are a lot of white snake skins on its body, which is very disgusting.

It is said that snakes are the hungriest when they are shedding their skin. I was really worried that the boa constrictor would suddenly wake up, open its bloody mouth, and swallow the fourth uncle in one gulp.

The brave fourth uncle quickly picked up the woman and the child and handed them to us.

However, he did not climb up the ditch, but stared at the big snake with an angry face, raised his ax, and prepared to chop off the big snake's head.

My heart was in my throat. We were thankful that the big python didn't cause trouble for us, but now my fourth uncle was preparing to attack!

I subconsciously went to stop Fourth Uncle, but Fourth Uncle ignored me and swung the ax fiercely.

The sharp ax blade soon left a deep wound on the python's body, and a lot of white juice spurted out from the wound.

The big python suddenly woke up, hissed and spit out a long snake tongue, twisted its body, and raised its huge snake head high.

The fourth uncle laughed wildly, took out his ax and struck the big python on the head again.

This ax was accurate and ruthless. If it struck hard, it could probably split the python's head in half.

The big boa constrictor was not someone to be trifled with either, so it quickly 'explored' its head towards the fourth uncle.

The speed is as fast as lightning!

The fourth uncle's body immediately flew out and fell heavily into the ditch.

The big python glanced at us, probably because it was afraid that there were too many of us, so it turned around and tried to escape.

But the fourth uncle refused to give up. He stood up despite the pain all over his body, hugged the python's tail, and roared: "Why are you still standing there? Come up and kill it quickly..."

I reacted immediately.

Although I didn't want to hurt the big python, the other party was our enemy after all, so I didn't show any mercy. I jumped into the ditch, picked up the ax, and quickly rushed to my second uncle and hit the big python's tail hard. Cut it off.

In an instant, I cut off the python's tail at the waist.

The boa constrictor's body twisted in pain, and before my fourth uncle and I could pursue the victory, it quickly crawled into the night and disappeared.

Fourth uncle patted my shoulder happily: "Good boy, you are brave enough. You are the most distinguished guest of our Dai people!"

I looked at Fourth Uncle with a worried look on my face: "Fourth Uncle, will this big python come back for revenge? I think we still have to be careful these days."

The fourth uncle smiled: "Don't worry! It will definitely not dare to come out in the future. We will cut off its tail and it will have to be raised for a few months."

I nodded thoughtfully.

We immediately put Brother Yanliang's family on the tractor, and asked our second uncle to drive the tractor back first to find a doctor in the village for treatment.

Because there were no seats on the tractor, Yin Xinyue and I had no choice but to run back.

I glanced at the nearby dark forest with awe, and asked Yin Xinyue: "You should have often encountered snakes when you were a child."

Yin Xinyue nodded.

"Have you ever seen this kind of giant python that only eats dead people?" I asked.

Yin Xinyue shook her head: "I've never seen it before. Pythons are cold-blooded animals, and they especially like to eat alive, so this python is really strange..."

I frowned and said, "Actually, have you ever thought that if it weren't for that big python, the women and children would probably have died."

Yin Xinyue looked at me in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Look at the water in the ditch." I said: "If women and children fall into the ditch while unconscious, they will definitely drown to death."

"But the python made meat pads for the two of them, and they saved their lives."

Yin Xinyue stared at the river ditch quietly and looked at me doubtfully: "Brother Zhang, do you want to say that this big python does not want to eat people, but wants to save people?"

I nodded.

Yin Xinyue burst into laughter: "Don't be joking. Have you ever heard that a python can save people? This big python has come into the village and harmed the poultry raised by the villagers. It has even hurt the villagers. How could it be so kind and run away? Save people.”

I said forget it, who knows what the boa constrictor was thinking, let’s talk about it when we go back.

On the way back, Yin Xinyue repeatedly told me to be careful and careful these days, and to have my fourth uncle see me off personally when I leave. Pythons are cold-blooded animals that hold a grudge. If I cut off its tail, it will definitely not let me go.

Yin Xinyue said something else, but I didn't listen because I was always thinking about the big python and the roadblock.

The roadblock harms people, but the boa constrictor saves people. Could it be that the roadblock and the boa constrictor are natural enemies?

I actually want to help the Dai people and find out this matter.

When we went back, Brother Yanliang and his family were already awake. I immediately asked Brother Yanliang, what happened just now?