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"Yellow snake?" Zhou Xiyang remained calm, his eyes sweeping across the entire white screen.

Shadow puppets are not "shadows without colors", but have many rich colors. As long as the white screen is thin enough, the shadow puppet will show its own color when it is close to the screen, but most shadow puppets are still dyed with five pure and bright transparent pigments of red, yellow, cyan, green and black, and the colors are gorgeous and moving. *

The white snake and the white cloth screen are both white, so there should be a circle of black or cyan outline to show the snake's appearance, or only the outline of the snake should be made into a shadow puppet, with a hollow inside. When light shines through, only the edge will naturally be shown. The hollow inside is the color of the white cloth screen, so it is a "white snake".

The "white deer" shadow puppet on the white cloth screen is expressed in this way.

...At least it should not be replaced by a "yellow snake".

Old lady Bai sat in the middle of the front. Zhou Xiyang could not see her expression, but he also keenly heard the monsters in the audience seem to be whispering.

Only a few of Mrs. Bai's trusted demons knew that this performance was specially designed to catch the white deer demon, but most of these demons were guarding behind the white screen. The demons in the audience didn't know about this, and they also thought the snake demon on the white cloth screen was strange.

"No wonder it's a spirit snake serving the mountain god, but it's actually a 'dragon snake'."

A little demon who looked knowledgeable showed off: "Look at this snake scale, it's golden and bright, shining like gold, it must have been tempered by the dragon vein energy, and in time, it may be a real dragon..."

"So that's it!"

A demon suddenly realized: "It seems that the name of this play is wrong, it should be called "The Legend of the Golden Snake."

"Hehe."

"Hahahaha."

The little demon choked, and the other demons laughed, the Legend of the Golden Snake and the Legend of the White Snake kept on, and with the increasingly urgent music on the stage, the whole east side hall became lively, but the expressions of the people on the tourists' side became more and more solemn.

At this moment, the plot on the stage has reached the point where four flesh puppets dressed as mountain gods appeared and told the white deer and the white snake that the mountain god had returned to the underground palace. Sure enough, the 'earthquake' ended soon after, and the broken pine and cypress rocks reappeared. The spirit beasts in the forest ran and played freely, and the whole Xiaotangshan seemed to have restored the harmony and beauty of the past.

But the white deer 'white snake' who was waiting outside the underground palace became increasingly anxious, because the mountain god had completely lost contact and never came out again.

"Deer boy, don't persuade me."

The 'white snake' on the white cloth screen finally couldn't hold back and said goodbye to the white deer: "I want to go down this underground palace to find my master!"

Here it comes, the most crucial drama is about to begin!

Even if the tourists who didn't know that the white snake died in the underground palace knew clearly that the white snake must have had an accident after going down to the underground palace, and the next part was the highlight!

But——

"This yellow warbler is a little fat."

The half-life Taoist whispered.

After the 'white snake' bid farewell to the white deer, there was a one-man show. There was fog in the forest around the underground palace, which made the place look mysterious. The 'white snake' made many complex movements, showing the difficulty of finding the way and its firm will to find the mountain god.

Just when the 'white snake' was anxious, the dilemma finally turned around. When it was hungry, it wanted to hunt a yellow warbler, but the yellow warbler was a psychic bird with strong strength, and it taught the weak white snake a lesson. But after the lesson, the yellow warbler spoke in human language, saying that it had been blessed by the mountain god, and now that the mountain god was missing, it was going to repay it.

So the yellow warbler led the 'white snake', and the two spirit monsters finally found the location of the underground palace after several difficulties. The moment the underground palace appeared, the fog dissipated, and the drums and music became festive and pleasant. The yellow warbler happily flew up and down, and was intimate with the white snake to express excitement.

But this yellow warbler was really fat, and actually looked more like a pigeon dyed yellow.

"Grandma, this..."

Fairy Bai frowned and looked at Old Lady Bai anxiously. The play was supposed to be a ‘white pigeon delivering a message’, not a yellow oriole. The performers were Fairy Bai’s siblings!

The ‘yellow oriole’ reflected on the white screen looked exactly like Fairy Bai’s sister except for the color. Fairy Bai had an ominous sign in her heart, but she couldn’t smell anything wrong - the smell and voice of the yellow pigeon were clearly her sister!

“No hurry.”

Old Mrs. Bai said slowly, her eyes were deep black, and there was a layer of indifferent and cold light on her pupils, not a bit of kindness and kindness before, which made Fairy Bai shudder.

“No one can interrupt the play until it reaches the most exciting part.”

“Do you understand?”

“Yes.”

Fairy Bai trembled all over and answered in a low voice, her heart was full of sorrow - her sister was very likely to have been in trouble, but Old Mrs. Bai meant it clearly. Even if an accident occurred, she would let the play continue!

Not only to lure the white deer, but also to repeat the past, to seduce the remaining snake spirit, to make it emotional, unstable, and break the snake bone - although Mrs. Bai got the spirit snake bone, the snake bone was tightly coiled together and could not be broken.

The snake bone has a terrifyingly strong spirit, which is no less than the ginseng spirit that is about to become a spirit. Either the ginseng nest is in the spirit snake bone, or there are other spirits hidden in the snake bone!

Mrs. Bai is determined to get it!

But when she saw the "white snake" on the stage preparing to go down to the underground palace, she was blocked by the koi in the pool at the entrance of the underground palace - it was originally a red and white koi monster, but at this moment the koi monster also turned golden!

"Impulsive..."

Who is doing this? !

Wei Xun was very low-key in the audience, and Yu Hehui was also very low-key.

"YoYo--"

The white deer raised its head anxiously and wanted to stamp its hooves, but its legs were held by Xiaoxue. If it tries to mess with Xiaoxue, it will bite it as a warning. It was a light bite. This deer belonged to the owner. Xiaoxue would not dare to eat it no matter how greedy she was for the meat and blood of the deer.

What's more, its attitude was countless times more positive than before - it watched its owner reward Tianhu with all the precious spiritual antlers and spiritual deer antlers!

It's all!

The ferret knows why many demons like to follow humans, especially humans with great luck. Just a little bit of something leaking out from between the fingers is worth decades of hard work!

This is its opportunity!

‘I activated * * *’s demon seed. ’

Wei Xun chatted with Yu Hehui Mi. Time is tight and I don't have time to have an in-depth communication with ***, so I can only use the magic seeds first. He is not worried about the corn shoots, because the corn shoots 'appear on the stage' are all its alienated tentacles, and its body is still cunningly hidden deep underground.

If encountering danger, the corn shoots will 'break off their tentacles and escape.' Although there is no complete contract, the various auras and genes integrated in the corn shoots are contractually linked to Wei Xun except for the worm. Even if things go wrong, Wei Xun can put it into the Ball of Demonic Insects.

So all Wei Xun has to worry about is that if the tentacles of the corn shoots fall into the hands of others, others will not find him.

‘Wei Xun, you’d better contract it as soon as possible. ’

Yu Hehui said solemnly: 'The abyss worm in the rapid growth period is too scary. ’

Even when faced with Xiaocui, a female insect that lays thousands of eggs every day, Yu Hehui never used the word 'terrible', but now he used it with regard to corn shoots.

Think about it, this afternoon it was a small slender stick that didn't understand anything, but now it has become a monster more than ten meters long. Even without a teacher, he can change the shape of his tentacles and turn them into superb baits.

Yu Hehui suspected that all the golden monsters that appeared in the shadow puppet show were corn shoot tentacles. It is very likely that if it swallows any kind of monster, it will be able to look like that monster, and it can even imitate the other person's breath and voice!

Like a terrifying hunter that is constantly evolving, its huge body hides deep underground and can lure prey to the bait with only bait. Ordinary abyss worms also rarely have this talent.

This change in bait definitely comes from some kind of gene fused into the corn shoots, or some treasure it swallowed - but Yu Hehui seriously doubts that this is definitely related to * * *.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to evolve so fast!

Currently, the bait of corn shoots still has a flaw, that is, it is entirely golden in color. But if you give it time to continue to grow and evolve, no one can imagine how terrifying the corn shoots will grow!

'It needs some lessons. ’

Looking at the corn shoots "having fun" behind the white paper screen, Wei Xun chuckled, but he was not as anxious as Yu Hehui.

'Only when it hurts from being beaten and hits a wall will he come back to find his father. ’

'Ah, but...'

But it is still a child!

Yu Hehui didn't expect Wei Xun to be so calm. The abyss worm that had just passed its juvenile stage was actually quite fragile, far from being as invincible as it was in adulthood. Since the body has been growing rapidly, it will release a lot of heat around it. As long as you feel the temperature change, it is actually easy to determine where the abyss worm is hiding.

Using freezing guns, quick-freezing grenades, ice storms or absolute zero ice stones, etc., can cause serious damage to it and even kill the abyss worm.

Even if the corn shoots were secretly eating at the buffet in the underground palace before, all they ate were side dishes and little monsters. But now that it's on the big screen and noticed by many powerful people, this is dangerous.

What if the corn shoots are really killed? This is a precious abyss worm!

But after looking at Wei Xun's expression, Yu Hehui didn't say much. Obviously Wei Xun had his own ideas. He probably wanted the corn shoots to fall hard before he came to the rescue.

If it does not leave an absolutely powerful and insurmountable impression in the consciousness of the corn shoot, with the original abyss worm's father-eating characteristics, it may not know when it will bite back.

Of course, the more serious the injury, the better, and it is best to be beaten to death.

Yu Hehui took a deep breath and looked at the cheerful performance of 'Golden Monsters' behind the white screen. He felt a touch of pity in his heart. His original worries about Wei Xun were now transferred to the corn shoots.

Pitiful.

The monsters in the underground palace are really pitiful.

Not only were they secretly stolen by the corn shoots, but they also had to be robbed openly and openly by Wei Xun (Snake Bone Ginseng Essence Polygonum Multiflorum), and Wei Xun also used them as thugs to teach the bamboo shoots a lesson.

‘After all, this is the team leader assessment of the Devil Merchant. ’

Yu Hehui finally advised him tactfully: "Be restrained, don't go too far." ’

With the examiner, Devourer, Wei Xun 'increasing the difficulty' of the scenic spots in the journey, it might actually make it easier for Devourer to take action.

‘Have you delivered the things I asked you to deliver on October 10th? ’

Wei Xun changed the subject and asked Yu Hehui.

‘Delivered. ’

Yu Hehuidao, tonight October 10th and Augustus will guard the coffin. There will be a performance by Augustus and Mekel in the second half of nine o'clock, and Augustus will definitely find an excuse to leave. If Wei Xun needs to take action on October 10, this is the best opportunity.

but--

‘Are you going to use Lu Shucheng in this attraction? ’

Yu Hehui hesitated to speak. Although Lu Shucheng and Bai Xiaosheng were sent to protect Bing250 on the way home, and it was normal for them to take action, in Yu Hehui's view, this was not the best opportunity to take action.

Once Lu Shucheng unlocks his power, he will definitely be discovered by the hotel. Now during the team leader assessment, the examiner Devourer can use his authority to directly expel the offending Lu Shucheng from the trip.

It would be more advantageous for Wei Xun to wait until the next scenic spot invites someone to be the examiner.

‘I won’t let her reveal her power. ’

Wei Xun wrote lightly: 'Just helping to put some things away. ’

‘Furthermore, I think there is a high chance of being classified into the monster camp on October 10th. ’

Dutiful son Zhou Xiyang, Mr. Yin Yang, half-life Taoist priest, 'monk' Bai Xiaotian, and 'weak and eldest grandson daughter-in-law' Yun Lianghan are all from the Taoist camp. The brigade has a total of ten people, and the balance of the two camps is five to five.

It is impossible for the hotel to divide the original small groups in the brigade into the same camp, which loses the meaning of breaking up. Therefore, the three wolves in the West District will not be in the monster camp at the same time. Augustus is there, and Mia and Orion can only have one more.

In other words, the monster camp has Mekel and two wolves, but there are still two people left.

That is October 10th and Yuntianhe.

"There may be a monster who instigates rebellion tonight. On October 10th, she will be able to go to the stage with Augustus, so it will not involve exposing her strength or anything like that." ’

Wei Xun's analysis was very logical and everything was under his control. Yu Hehui endured it again and again, and finally couldn't help but ask: 'What on earth did you...ask me to hand over to October 10th? ’

What on earth did Wei Xun want to do on stage on October 10th? !

'nothing? ’

Wei Xun smiled subtly and looked at the devil businessman sitting next to him.

‘It’s just a packet of jelly powder. ’

Jelly powder?

"Cui, what's wrong?"

With Xiaocui sitting next to him, Mr. Skinned didn't dare to come out because he didn't know what was going on, so it was rare for the Devil Merchant to enjoy the performance leisurely. At this moment, he was smiling and applauding. When he noticed Wei Xun's gaze, the devil merchant turned his head and looked at him.

"Does it look good?"

Wei Xun smiled.

"nice."

The Devil Merchant sighed: "As good as the performances I have seen on Broadway, the Oriental Shadow Puppetry is so wonderful."

He has to work hard to trigger the title of shadow puppet. Although this attraction involves various skills such as 'peeling, making, dyeing, and manipulating shadow puppets', and the skinning butcher is still skinning, but the devil merchant can keenly notice that he got the skinning knife. At that time, the hotel's remarks about the attractions were related to 'performance'.

In other words, the most valuable and absolutely core part of this attraction is the shadow puppet performance.

The Devil Merchant looked at it with all his attention and with great care. The tour guide's seat was far away from the tourists and monsters, so the devil merchant didn't feel too much pressure. He pointed at the stage and smiled at Wei Xun:

"Look Xiao Cui, that's a green snake."

he quipped, thinking he was being humorous.

"This is bamboo leaf green, not green snake."

Wei Xun smiled and looked towards the stage. Now the plot of the shadow play has reached a point where many spiritual beasts are trying to dissuade White Snake from going down to the underground palace. But White Snake was concerned about the safety of the mountain god and insisted on killing him. Some of the spirit beasts are used to persuade literary dramas, and some are used to thwart the white snake's martial arts. There are both literary and martial arts dramas, which are really exciting.

The last thing that stopped the white snake was its younger brother, the green snake. A green snake was reflected on the white cloth screen. Green Snake tearfully persuaded White Snake, saying good sister, this underground place is the mountain god's mansion, where the dragon veins are, and White Snake will be suppressed by the dragon veins if he enters. If the mountain god is really in danger, White Snake will only die.

But White Snake is loyal and has put life and death aside. The other spirit beasts were moved by White Snake's righteousness and decided to follow it.

This green snake is none other than the bamboo-leaf green snake spirit Qing Qi who was subdued by Mei Keer.

Wei Xun looked at the time. The appearance of Qing Qi means that the shadow puppet show is about to enter the second half. Mekel and Augustus are about to appear, exciting scenes are about to come, and the spirit snake bones may also appear.

* *

Augustus ate a large hot dog in two bites and glanced at October 10th. He saw her standing with an umbrella and guarding beside the coffin. A brazier was lit in front of the coffin. The old housekeeper of the Zhi family and the granddaughter of the Zhi family were kneeling in front of the coffin to burn paper.

The paper-burning and wake-up rituals have to be done 24 hours a day. Previously, the filial son Zhou Xiyang burned the paper, but now it is replaced by two 'bangmen'. Of course, the granddaughter of the Zhi family has to take over the burning of the paper.

The old housekeeper of the Zhi family was dissatisfied with eating in front of Augustus' mourning hall. Augustus, who was glared at by the old man, also glared at him and said directly before the old man could speak:

"Hey, I'm not full, so I'm going out first."

The side hall where the coffin rests is not close to the east side hall, and there is no sound of drum music at all. But just by looking at the time, Augustus knew that it was time for them to play.

Time to slip away.

He didn't hide anything, he just went out with a big show. Anyway, almost all camps will be divided tonight. Augustus is an experienced traveler, and he also judged that there is a high probability that people from their monster camp will be on October 10th.

Sure enough, Augustus was not stopped on October 10th, but was allowed to leave the side hall.

"Unruly, too unruly."

The old housekeeper of the Zhi family muttered sadly, kowtowed to the coffin, and burst into tears: "Master, master - what are you going to do?!"

"Moving the coffin."

The old housekeeper of the Zhi family stared at October 10th in shock, unable to react for a moment. She walked up to the coffin without any warning and picked up the coffin!

"It's dangerous tonight, it's not safe here."

"Bold and unbridled! Why don't you let it go—"

"Quiet."

The old housekeeper who was scolding angrily froze and looked at the person next to him in disbelief, his lips trembling: "Little, little master——"

"Grandpa, please don't make any noise in front of his soul."

The person who called him to stop was the granddaughter of the Zhi family. She stood up, nodded slightly towards October 10th, and said politely: "Sorry to trouble you."

"fine."

Leave the coffin cover in place on October 10th to make it look like the coffin is still here. The old housekeeper became angry and hesitated to speak. According to the rules, from the funeral to the burial, the coffin cover cannot leave the coffin. This is unreasonable!

But the granddaughter of the Zhi family acquiesced, and the old housekeeper could not say anything. He could only hold back his face and turned pale, guarding the coffin with a face full of sorrow, and followed the steps to the door of Bing250 on October 10th.

"You need to avoid it."

On October 10th, he rejected the request of the old housekeeper and the granddaughter of the Zhi family to follow him. He only said, "This is the shelter of Nezha with Eight Arms", which instantly made the old housekeeper feel at ease.

"Is it really possible to let grandpa rest here?"

The granddaughter of the Zhi family asked worriedly.

"Tonight only."

This is what Bing250 told her through Yu Hehui.

Augustus and October 10th both left, and there was no one to keep watch. Maybe another demon would try to steal the coffin.

But if it is placed in the room of Bing250, there will be a natural "pallbearer".

On October 10th, she carried the coffin into the house, closed the door, and separated the old housekeeper and the Zhi family's granddaughter. Her eyes fell directly on the clay pot in the corner of the room.

During the process of placing the coffin securely, October 10th kept staring at the clay pot, with the pupils in his eyes narrowed and full of intimidating evil spirits.

* *

‘The coffin has been moved. ’

In the auditorium on the east side of the hall, Wei Xun smiled. He looked at the 'golden snake' on the white cloth screen and trembled slightly. He felt the panic coming from the corn shoots, and the smile on his lips became more intense.

With the deterrent of Deer Shucheng, the corn shoots will probably be able to be more cautious and less arrogant and greedy. In a moment, it will be too dangerous to cut off its tentacles and escape.

No one noticed anything strange about the trembling golden snake, because its figure was swallowed up by darkness the next moment. The white cloth screen trembled violently, the drums roared sharply and urgently, and with one sound and another, the oil lamps were extinguished, and the entire white cloth screen returned to darkness, indicating that the white snake and the spiritual beasts following it had entered the underground palace!

Everyone concentrated and put all their attention on the stage. Even the white deer demon stretched its neck and watched intently - it also wanted to know what happened to the white snake after entering the underground palace.

How did it die!

"Yo yo yo——!!"

Suddenly, the white deer demon screamed in fright and anger. The White Deer has such a good personality that even Wei Xun couldn't make it really angry even after he buried thousands of insect eggs in the mountains. But now its nose is twitching, obviously it is extremely angry!

"hiss--"

There were gasps of air from more than one place. When the oil lamp came on again, all the audience were shocked by the huge thing displayed on the white cloth screen!

It was an extremely huge skeleton, resembling a snake or a dragon, two meters high and several meters long. The white cloth screen could not completely reflect it, only the twisted tail bones were reflected, but it was still huge enough to make people feel... Shocking!

This is the spirit snake bone!

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Bai was so generous that she actually displayed the spirit snake bones. Even Taoist Taoist Half Life was moved. This was a really good thing. They had never seen it a few times in the hotel for so many years!

But reason is far better than greed. Taoist Half-life was so shocked when he thought about it for a moment: "Hiss - Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, you can't do it!"

The white snake in "The Legend of White Snake" is not dead yet. The snake bones displayed in the shadow puppet show naturally do not refer to the white snake.

Deep in the underground palace, there is a huge skeleton that looks like a dragon or a snake——

What this shadow puppet show is talking about is that there is a dragon bone deep in the underground palace!

"I am a thousand-year-old white snake. I hope to become an immortal and do good deeds to win the worship of all people."

All the spiritual beasts that followed the white snake in the underground palace disappeared, leaving only the white snake standing alone in front of the huge skeleton. She sings brilliantly and talks about her life experience. Obviously he came down to look for the mountain god, but the white snake circled the huge skeleton several times, and his tone gradually turned into a greedy and proud one.

The dragon's veins originate from the dragon's bones, and the white snake insists on going to the underground palace not just to find the mountain god.

It wants to use the dragon bones to become a real dragon!

"Yo yo yo——!!"

The White Deer Monster was extremely sad and angry. It would not allow those monsters to distort the facts and throw dirty water on the White Snake! I saw the white deer demon raising its hooves in anger, trying to rush out directly.

The goblins were ready to take action, but You Tianhu was watching, and Nezha Ling's brother was next to him. They had no chance of catching the white deer - no!

The White Deer Demon really rushed out! Yu Hehui didn't stop it!

The moment Bai Lu rushed onto the stage, Mrs. Bai was stunned for a moment. Was this intentional or was there some conspiracy? But the white deer appeared, and the demons who wanted to catch the white deer couldn't help it.

"ah!!!"

"boom!"

The one who responded the fastest was Zhou Xiyang! He directly fired out a bunch of bullets, turning the monster who tried to bite the white deer into a puddle of rotten flesh.

He had already thought that Bing250 would cause trouble.

Zhou Xiyang quickly rushed to the stage and said coldly: "To maintain the order of the performance, follow me!"

"Cuckoo!"

A red tongue shot out at an extremely fast speed, almost sucking Zhou Xiyang into his mouth. Zhou Xiyang dodged slightly, but this time he was blocked by the big brown-haired demon. Not only him, but all the other passengers were also targeted by the goblins, and there were several demons blocking each of them.

"No trouble for your distinguished guest."

Mrs. Bai stood up with the help of Fairy Bai. She still wanted to stabilize the situation and said slowly: "There is chaos on the stage. I have sent someone to deal with it——"

"boom!"

Before Mrs. Bai finished speaking, the stage burst into flames. In an instant, the white cloth screen was swept up and engulfed by tongues of flames, and the entire east side hall was covered in gold and red by the monstrous fire. Several streams of water shot towards the stage, but how could ordinary water extinguish the Samadhi True Fire!

With the fire, the entire east side hall was completely in chaos. Someone shouted, "Catch the white deer!" and someone else shouted, "The snake bones are opened, and the ginseng essence is hidden inside!" Regardless of whether the information was true or false, all the monsters were excited and rushed to the stage. Mrs. Bai's face showed a bit of eagerness as she rushed to the stage!

The half-life Taoist also wanted to rush, but was entangled by the monster. He cursed in anger and directly released Hongzhi. Zhou Xiyang couldn't bear to be left behind and rushed to the stage in the afterglow of the setting sun. Yun Lianghan originally wanted to transform into a shadow and charge, but he was severely scratched by the cat demon who came from nowhere. He was immediately surrounded by a group of demons and fought hard.

After setting a fire, Wei Xun disappeared, and the unusually low-key Wei Xun used his wild mind. Spending time with Xiaoxue day and night, coupled with the previous accumulation in northern Tibet, Wei Xun has been able to transform into a ferret.

Yu Hehui attracted the attention of others, and the long white ferret wearing an invisibility cloak quietly slipped aside and came to the back of the stage. The fight was more lively on the other side of the stage, and the snake bones looked even bigger from a closer look. When coiled up, they almost reached the roof. It was like a mountain of bones. The fight between monsters and monsters on Gushan Mountain, and the fight between monsters and tourists, was fierce.

Even the old lady Bai has an opponent - several big demons have joined forces, and Augustus is among them. They are evenly matched with Old Lady Bai, and everyone wants the spirit snake bones!

Wei Xun did not move towards the spirit snake bone, and the monsters did not bother to look at him. The ferret slipped to the other side of the stage, straightened up and grabbed the stage, and at a glance he saw a 'golden snake' that was quietly shrinking underground.

Sure enough, the corn shoots that were eating at the buffet were shocked by the sudden change in the situation. After all, it had not experienced strong winds and waves, and was frightened by Lu Shucheng. When it saw that the situation was not right, it wanted to retreat as soon as possible.

However, it suddenly felt something was wrong and turned around cautiously, meeting a pair of deep, round, sable eyes.

Snapped!

Oops, my father found out!

The tentacles of the corn shoots stiffened, then they shook their heads to say hello to Wei Xun, and then retracted faster. But the ferret that jumped on the stage stepped on it.

"Zhizhi."

The ferret tilted its head, looking at the giant mountain-like snake bone, and then pointed at the tentacles of the corn shoots.

'go. ’

The evil mink father gave the order.

‘To make up for my fault, I swallowed the snake bones. ’