chapter 1 Please, don't wear jade pendant

In 1938, my great-grandfather lost the war and returned to his hometown with his remaining confidants, intending to lie dormant for a while and make a comeback. The Feng Shui master he knew looked at the Feng Shui in the village and said that the Snake Temple was not good for my great-grandfather, so my great-grandfather wanted to demolish the Snake Temple despite the desperate opposition of the villagers.

My grandfather is the son of my great-grandfather’s first wife from the countryside. He grew up in the countryside. He grew up listening to the legend of the Snake Temple. He slept in the Snake Temple and dreamed of seeing green dragons. However, my great-grandfather’s sons did not like this country-raised man at all. son.

On the day they demolished the Snake Temple, they saw two snakes, one green and one white, mating on the beams.

The villagers said that the two snakes had grown horns and turned into dragons, and they were Snake Immortal. The ceremony that day was to get married to the green dragon, and they would transform into dragons and ascend to heaven together. The villagers tried their best to resist, but my great-grandfather led his men to kill the leader of the village, then beat the snake to death in front of the villagers, and took his henchmen and sons to skin and eat the meat.

They also dug up nests of snake eggs in the Snake Temple. Great-grandfather ordered people to smash the snake eggs and bury them all in the soil. There were also many young snakes that were just born. They were cut off and their flesh and blood stained the soil. famous.

That night, there was a strong wind and howling like ghosts and wolves. After the heavy rain, the ancestral house collapsed and my great-grandfather was buried alive inside.

When my great-grandfather's body was dug out, it was covered with snakes. After the snakes dispersed, great-grandfather's body was revealed. His whole body had been bitten and was rotten.

The villagers said that it was the Snake Immortal's revenge. The villagers began to be afraid and ostracized the people brought by Grandpa and Grandpa Zeng.

Not long after, all of Grandpa Zeng’s men left. My grandfather’s other brothers also wanted to leave, but soon they received news that those who left also died suddenly and mysteriously.

On the contrary, the people left behind did not die.

Several grandfathers did not dare to leave, so they got married and had children in the village. However, once they left offspring after marriage, they died violently one after another, and no one was spared, except my grandfather.

For this reason, my Paternal Uncle's family is very jealous of our family.

But this is not the end. When my mother was pregnant with me, my grandfather gave my parents a box of things and told me to take me out of the village after I was born.

The night I was born, there was lightning, thunder, wind and rain. I almost went with my mother. In desperation, my grandfather took the tribute and went to the Snake Temple to worship, and gave birth to me at about two o'clock in the evening.

But my grandfather died at the entrance of the Snake Temple. When he was found, his body was covered with snakes, and his death condition was the same as that of my great-grandfather.

The next day, my parents took me and wanted to leave, but my house was surrounded by snakes. They were densely packed with snakes everywhere. My parents held me and knelt down in the yard and kowtowed to the snakes, asking them to let me go. As long as we let me go and our family is willing to rebuild the Snake Temple for the Snake Immortal , the snake group will disperse.

Regardless of my Paternal Uncle spent all their savings and rebuilt the Snake Temple. They just changed the name to ' Snake Immortal Temple'.

After the Snake Temple was built, my parents took me to the Snake Immortal Temple to say goodbye to the Snake Immortal. They took me to the city and rented a farmyard. My parents opened a farmhouse restaurant and could barely make ends meet.

From then on, there were no snakes in our house. From that day on, I often dreamed of a green snake. At first, it was no bigger than a thumb. As I grew up, the green snake also grew up.

This dream has been with me for eighteen years. On the night of my eighteenth birthday, the snake in the dream became extremely huge, with horns growing on its head, and turned into the shape of a human.

I wanted to see his appearance clearly, but I knew clearly that he was wearing an ancient blue python robe, with his hair tied and a crown, and his figure was thin.

He said, I am his bride.

I woke up with a fright and quickly told my dad. My dad realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly took out an old jade pendant left by my grandfather and gave it to me.

Strangely enough, after I put on the jade pendant, I never dreamed of that snake again, nor did I see that figure.

I came back from school that day and brought some classmates to my house for dinner. As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard my deskmate Nadra Zhang yelling, "An Kaiyo An, is there a snake in your house?"

When I heard the snake, my expression suddenly changed. My father who was cooking quickly put down his shovel and came over. Nadra Zhang pointed to the snake next to the fence, "It's only March, why are there snakes?"

"An Kaiyo An, take your classmates in quickly."

Dad urged, and I led Nadra Zhang and several other classmates into the farm and asked them to sit outside. It was spacious and had a good view.

I secretly glanced at my father. He clasped his hands and bowed to the snake. I don’t know what he said. He came back after a while.

"An Kaiyo An, what is your dad doing?"

Nadra Zhang looked at her curiously, and I quickly laughed and said, "I don't know either. You guys sit down for a while while I wash the vegetables."

"An Kaiyo An, help me pick some vegetables."

Next to the farm is a vegetable garden. My mother handed me a vegetable basket, but I saw a chopstick-sized snake wrapped around the basket. It didn't bite my mother, it just looked at me.

I took the vegetable basket and ran out quickly, put the vegetable basket on the ground, and looked at the snake. It didn't swim away, and I didn't dare to touch it. It was just a stalemate.

"Kaiyo An."

Dad came over with a stick in his hand and beat it rhythmically next to the vegetable basket. The little snake came down from it and left. I was dumbfounded and quickly pestered Dad to ask why.

Dad said this was a snake-repelling technique, which was recorded in Grandpa’s little notebook.

Later, I learned that the box of things my grandpa left behind were all secrets related to the Snake Immortal that he had collected over the years. Among them were how to drive snakes away and how to communicate with snakes. The old jade pendant was also in grandpa's box.

At night, I lay in bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. Thinking about my father's actions today, I subconsciously took off the jade pendant and put it next to the pillow.

When I slept until midnight, I felt that there was someone else next to me. His body was cold and cold. It was a March day and I had to cover myself with a quilt. My pajamas were thin, so when I encountered this temperature, I subconsciously wrapped myself in the quilt tightly.

He appeared in my dream again, still a tall and straight figure. This time I wanted to step forward to see his appearance clearly, but he pushed me away. I woke up suddenly, looking at the dark room, feeling inexplicably Fear.

Did I just dream about that snake?

He appears in the dream now. He no longer looks like a snake, but a human being. But why doesn't he let me see his appearance clearly?

I took out the jade pendant under the pillow, and my father said that this jade pendant could protect me, so I wondered if if I held this jade pendant, he would not be able to appear in my dreams.

But this time, as soon as I fell asleep, he held me in his arms and said tremblingly: "Please, stop wearing the jade pendant."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was blown away by a yellow light, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on my face.

"ah!"

I screamed and sat up suddenly, breathing heavily, reaching out to wipe my sweat. The jade pendant in my hand was very hot. He talked to me, but why did he beg me not to wear the jade pendant?

Could it be that the jade pendant can really protect me as my dad said? That yellow light hit him and he vomited blood. Could it be the jade pendant?