“So, the Sea God is actually a snake, a snake spirit that has cultivated in the sea?”

Lawyer An squatted on the desk, pointing at the painting beside him, stroking his chin as he spoke:

“No, to be summoned in this way, tsk tsk, and I heard you mention his past revenge, this snake is likely close to transforming into a *jiao* dragon. I bet there are small shrines dedicated to him in those coastal villages and fishing communities.

Strictly speaking, he’s not even on the same level as your Eighth Granny currently housed in your Yin-Yang Register.”

Zhou Ze nodded.

He remembered when he was at that wealthy man's house, he had entered an illusion of the sea and fought a giant python that was clearly a clone.

Actually, when they were first trapped, Zhou Ze and Xu Qinglang didn’t know what the wealthy man had provoked.

The moment he truly realized what he was dealing with,

was when that woman died in Xu Qinglang’s arms.

That decisiveness,

that coldness,

that use-and-discard mentality,

keeping one’s hands clean and free from dust at all times;

clearly, the level was different, the aura and scope were different.

Anyway, comparing him to the Great Immortals in the old forests of Northeast China who were still playing the "Hulu brothers saving grandpa" routine,

the difference

was too great.

They weren't playing on the same level at all.

“So, Xu Qinglang set up this formation, and placed an offering table, taking advantage of our absence from Tongcheng, to ‘invite’ him over?

Oh my,

he wants to *ri* a snake,

like Xu Xian.

Huh,

that’s a coincidence, they both have the surname Xu.

But Xu Xian probably wasn’t this good-looking, Xu Qinglang is even more beautiful than a woman.”

“Hey, this old Daoist remembers that Xu Xian in Zhao Yazhi's *The Legend of the White Snake*, was played by a woman.”

At this time, the old Daoist, who had come over to join the fun after hearing the news, couldn’t help but chime in from the doorway. He and Lawyer An were increasingly finding common ground, after all, they were both tea drinkers.

But Lawyer An liked new tea, tender and fragrant,

while the old Daoist liked aged tea, with a lasting aftertaste.

“Oh, right, I think that's right, the one where they suddenly start singing in the middle of the dialogue, right?

Ah~ ah~ ah~ the water of West Lake… my tears…”

Lawyer An, wearing leopard-print pajamas, squatted on the desk and began to sing.

Zhou Ze suddenly felt that Yingying was right,

Lawyer An’s image,

compared to when he first met him,

was truly a “mudslide,”

it wasn’t just a "collapse" anymore.

"Give me the car keys."

Zhou Ze held out his hand to Lawyer An.

Lawyer An nodded, he knew what Zhou Ze was going to do, gave the car keys to Zhou Ze, and asked:

"Go together?"

"I'll go alone."

Xu Qinglang had told him very seriously before that he wanted to handle this matter himself.

Zhou Ze’s intention to go and take a look was already a breach of contract,

and if he brought a bunch of people, it might seem like a good intention, but in reality, it wasn’t.

Moreover,

Zhou Ze was just planning to go and see,

without any specific plans to do anything.

"Let me go with you."

The little boy looked up at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze reached out and patted his head, shaking his head.

The little boy lowered his head.

Zhou Ze knew he didn’t want to sleep with Lawyer An.

Honestly,

if it were the old Lawyer An,

in his sharp suit, full of style and flair, he might have shared some common traits and language with the little zombie who also liked to wear suits in the basement.

If he were to accompany him, the little zombie's rejection might not be so strong.

But now Lawyer An had completely let loose, and the old An of the past was nowhere to be seen.

This made the little zombie feel very awkward being with him.

Outside,

it was still raining,

Zhou Ze opened the car door,

got in,

started the car, didn't rush to shift gears, but turned on the windshield wipers,

lit a cigarette,

and silently sat in the car seat smoking,

waiting for half the cigarette to burn.

Zhou Ze threw away the cigarette,

and started the car.

He didn’t know where Xu Qinglang had gone. Tongcheng, although big, wasn’t really that big. Compared to cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing, Tongcheng seemed smaller.

But it was at least considered a developed coastal economic zone, not some Willow Creek or Yang Family Village.

Suddenly finding a person would be difficult.

However, Zhou Ze didn’t panic and drive around aimlessly,

but relying on his intuition,

twenty minutes later,

he drove to the road outside that commercial plaza.

The car,

stopped in front of the shop.

Putting down the car window,

Zhou Ze bit another cigarette,

the rain was still so heavy,

and occasionally raindrops flew in,

wetting the inside of the car,

but Zhou Ze ignored it,

he just silently turned his head, chewing on the filter in his mouth, looking at everything happening inside the noodle shop across the rain.

…………

“You want to avenge her?”

The snakehead opened its mouth and spoke in human language.

Xu Qinglang shook his head. “A day of marriage, a hundred days of grace, that’s all ancient history.

She slept with me and gave me money, all clear.”

“Then why are you doing this!”

“I want your Sea God.”

Xu Qinglang was still hugging the snakehead,

a smile on his lips,

he whispered:

“Heaven and Earth are boundless, Mysterious Heart Righteous Law!”

Suddenly,

the runes all around exploded as if a large basin of water had been poured onto hot oil!

“Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!”

The snake body began to melt,

she was in pain,

she was suffering,

and at the same time,

she was also puzzled!

"The Sea God's wrath, you...can't bear it!"

“That’s not something you need to worry about, anyway, you’re just a character to be used and discarded.”

The scene of the woman dying in his arms flashed through his mind again,

saying everything was clear,

was a lie,

saying how much he loved her, how much he missed her,

was also a lie,

men are perhaps such strange creatures,

when he has possessed your body,

he will always consider it a personal item with his label on it.

Just like how dogs like to lift their legs and pee on telephone poles to mark their territory,

caring, not caring,

wanting to forget, also easy to forget,

but occasionally he will remember.

“Buzz!”

The snake body,

exploded directly!

Boiling oil with a fierce fire,

being a cook, Xu Qinglang was best at this.

But after the snake body exploded, it didn’t dissipate, but turned into a green light, seemingly intending to escape.

However,

this noodle shop, from top to bottom, was full of runes,

full of restrictions,

wanting to leave,

difficult!

Xu Qinglang raised his head, looking at the green light constantly spinning on the ceiling,

slowly opened his mouth,

and then,

raised his arms,

for a moment,

inside the noodle shop,

the light was brilliant!

This light,

even made Zhou Ze in the car on the road in the distance subconsciously close his eyes,

knowing that,

this light, was still separated from him by a curtain of rain.

Zhou Ze didn’t have the exclamation that my family’s cook was so awesome,

but only felt a little lost,

he even began to suspect,

that Xu Qinglang, whom he and others always joked about with "beauty",

that Xu Qinglang who always cooked on time for everyone in the bookstore,

that Xu Qinglang who liked to lie on the rocking chair and apply face masks for maintenance,

was whether that was the appearance he really wanted to show.

Especially after his master came out that time,

he seemed to have just been in a coma for a while, woke up, and was no different.

There’s a song,

you are not truly happy, your smile, is just your protective color...

Spitting out the cigarette filter that was deformed but not lit, Zhou Ze touched his pocket, no cigarettes left.

So he picked up the cigarette that had just fallen on his knee again,

put it back in his mouth,

and continued to chew on it.

…………

Inside the noodle shop,

this light,

was dazzling and terrifying,

this green light couldn’t escape,

in this tormenting area,

she lost her perception of the outside world,

but seemed to have found a place where she could temporarily reside,

without hesitation,

she had no qualification to hesitate,

she drilled in!

At the same time,

all the runes in the noodle shop burned clean,

the light dissipated,

and Xu Qinglang,

also closed his mouth.

In his abdomen, green light was constantly colliding and swimming, she knew what place she had entered, she wanted to get out!

"Once you come in, you can't get out."

Xu Qinglang took out a dagger from his pocket,

on the dagger, was a rune.

Then,

towards the green light that had already swam to his chest,

Xu Qinglang didn’t hesitate to hold the dagger and stab down!

“Poof!”

Fresh blood began to splatter out,

the green light seemed to have dimmed a lot,

but she was still swimming,

Xu Qinglang grabbed the dagger with both hands,

following the green light in the motion,

at the chest,

there was already an irregular terrifying wound!

Taking a deep breath,

it hurt,

it really hurt,

it hurt him so much that he began to tremble,

but he didn’t give up, he was still continuing!

The green light was already very weak,

but she was still not reconciled,

actually, like a snake,

after breaking off a section,

the remaining front part actually directly darted onto Xu Qinglang’s face.

She had nowhere to hide, nowhere to go,

here,

was the last place she could stay,

and also Xu Qinglang,

was the place where he would finally judge her.

Pulling out the dagger,

Xu Qinglang held the dagger handle in one hand,

that delicate face,

that beautiful face,

that face that was enough to make most women envious,

reflected in the glass, still looked magnificent.

And at this time,

Xu Qinglang raised the dagger,

aiming at his face.

“Boom!”

Outside,

suddenly there was a thunderclap,

like the last lingering and farewell of summer,

at the moment when the thunder sounded,

Xu Qinglang stabbed the dagger into the right side of his face,

deeply!

“Poof!”

He hit,

the weak group of green light,

was hit,

but she was still struggling, she was still not reconciled.

Xu Qinglang let out a chuckle in his throat,

he was elegant,

he was beautiful,

even when he stabbed the dagger into his face at this time,

he still didn’t make the natural “roar” and “scream”,

no hysterical anger,

no Guan Yu’s fortitude in scraping bone to treat poison,

he was laughing,

like an actor on the Peking Opera stage, that voice, just right.

At the end of the laughter,

his hand holding the dagger handle,

followed the trend and stirred,

the green light was shattered,

completely dissolving into his body,

he knelt down,

on the ground,

was a pool of blood constantly dripping from his body,

in the pool of blood,

he saw himself,

the one he had always cherished and maintained,

that once delicate and flawless,

face...