Chapter 156 136: Serpent Shadow Pursues the Soul

Xu Chunliang increasingly felt that Liu Haiyu's background was mysterious. When he rescued Liu Haiyu, he noticed that Liu was unharmed, something that pure luck couldn't account for.Xu Chunliang took the opportunity to check his pulse gate and determined that Liu Haiyu possessed martial arts skills, specifically a strong and domineering external martial art.

The person who reminded him to stay safe should also be Liu Haiyu. After the reminder, Liu probably feared bearing the responsibility for the gas explosion and thus quickly fled Weishan Island.

Xu Chunliang contacted Lu Qi, reporting Liu Haiyu's ID number, asking him to help track the man's whereabouts.

That night, Xu Chunliang went alone to Da Hu Recycling Company, intending to settle scores with the Snake Handler who ambushed him the previous night.

The Da Hu Recycling Company, not far from the dock, was essentially a junkyard, sizeable in area. Xu Chunliang circled the courtyard wall, chose a secluded spot, and climbed over it.

The yard was piled high with garbage, the stench overwhelming. A place seldom visited, convenient for concealing tracks. Xu Chunliang observed the situation inside, noticing three temporary prefab rooms in the northwest corner, likely the office area.

A big dog was eating at the office area's entrance.

Xu Chunliang had been in the medical office for some time, accumulating considerable experience. He first checked for surveillance around but saw no cameras within his visual range.

An odor of snake musk hung in the air, a smell to which Xu Chunliang was acutely sensitive. He deduced that the musky scent originated from a small tin hut in the northeast corner.

Taking a black stocking cap out of his pocket, he put it over his head, a method quicker than disguising.

Under the cover of night, Xu Chunliang quietly approached the tin hut.

The tin hut was rusty and damaged in multiple places; the door was secured with wire. Xu Chunliang untwisted the wire and pushed the door open, the strong snake musk emanating from within.

Inside was a wire cage containing five cobras.

In fact, Xu Chunliang felt something was amiss during the snake array encounter the previous night. Native venomous snakes on Weishan Island are not numerous, and taming so many wild venomous snakes wouldn't be easy. Even if the poor sect had snake manipulation secrets, it would require a training period.

Regarding toxic creature manipulation, no sect in the world could compare to the Five Poison Sect.

These people had been entrenched locally for some time, with Da Hu Recycling Station likely a cover. Xu Chunliang speculated they knew Han Tianchi, probably part of the same gang.

Though not a chivalrous hero who punishes evil, Xu Chunliang could no longer tolerate their repeated retaliations. He decided to seize this opportunity to capture the entire gang.

Opening the cage, the cobras slithered out and gathered at Xu Chunliang's feet. An unprecedented sense of familiarity surged in him; snakes, which ordinary people avoided, appeared particularly endearing to him.

He extended the index finger of his left hand and lightly tapped the head of a hooded, flicking cobra. The cobra neither dodged nor attacked.

Xu Chunliang's hand gestures changed, his ten fingers forming versatile combinations. The five cobras, centered on him, began to circle around.

The bright moon hung high as Xu Chunliang left the hut, followed by a long, dark shadow formed by the five cobras slithering in a neat array on the ground.

The big dog seemed to sense something, its ears pricked up, warily watching the hut's direction, and suddenly it let out a low whine and fled to its kennel at astonishing speed.

Originally intending to deal with the big dog first, Xu Chunliang unexpectedly found it so timid, proving that animals generally have a keener sense of danger than humans, choosing to hide at once, not daring to bark, a self-preserving behavior very much like humans.

Xu Chunliang approached the prefab room with lights on, peeking in through the window.

An indoor lamp was lit; one lay on the bed, another sat eating at the table, both bare-chested, bodies covered in scars. The man lying on the bed had a splint on his right leg.

The man on the bed said, "Third Brother, do you think the snakes went berserk and attacked us last night because of that kid?"

The man called Third Brother turned his face around; previously, his back was to Xu Chunliang, now making his appearance clear. About fifty years old, hair grey, blind in one eye, not wearing a false eye, his left eye socket sunken, his face covered in scars, making him appear even more hideous.

One-eyed Dragon shook his head, "Impossible, even if he has some skills, it's impossible for him to make dozens of snakes attack us simultaneously. I think it was just a coincidence."

"But why didn't our snake formation work on him? He walked out swaggering, not a single snake initiating an attack."

One-eyed Dragon said, "It seems Huichun Hall has a method of repelling snakes. I guess he might be carrying something like a sachet, and the snakes abandoned the attack after smelling it on him."

"Third Brother, originally we came to find Liu Manyi, why take extra actions?"

One-eyed Dragon gritted his teeth, "Did you forget about the Fifth Brother's matter?" Pausing, he continued, "That Liu Manyi is really lucky, not getting blown to bits this time."

Xu Chun li instantly understood, realizing Liu Manyi was Liu Haiyu, finding the name too casually given, almost laughable.

From their conversation, the gas explosion at the Yu Shuqing Restaurant was no accident but a deliberate murder attempt, truly detestable, deserving of death.

The man on the bed said, "Liu Manyi's already gone, what point is there in us staying here?"

One-eyed Dragon said, "We'll leave once your leg heals a bit, you were too careless, breaking your leg."

The man on the bed sighed, "Can't blame me, seeing dozens of snakes rushing up at once, a second later I might have been bitten to death by them. Third Brother, weren't you also escaping for your life then?"

One-eyed Dragon stood up and took a few steps, coming to the bedside to ask for a cigarette, lighting it, "That kid is not simple, no wonder Fifth Brother fell at his hands."

"Third Brother, we better not seek trouble."

"I can't swallow this anger. If it weren't for him meddling, we wouldn't have fallen to this point."

"Third Brother, the situation is too intense now. The police have reinforced their forces, and they've dug up our previous cases."

The One-eyed Dragon said furiously, "Old Five is too reckless. Following our old practices, we just stole some gold and jewelry. But for a bet, he actually went to steal a mobile phone. Do you think he's gone mad?"

Hearing this, Xu Chunliang had already guessed that the Old Five they were referring to was Han Tianchi.

"It's too late to say anything now. I think we should leave here as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen troubles."

The One-eyed Dragon said, "This time, not getting rid of Liu Manyi leaves us unable to report to the boss."

"Things have come to this, being afraid is useless."

The One-eyed Dragon said, "You take it easy. I'm going to drain off!"

The One-eyed Dragon, with a cigarette in his mouth, went outside, walked straight into the bushes, unbuckled his belt, and started urinating at the bushes. Suddenly, a shadow in the form of a rope shot towards his groin.

The One-eyed Dragon was startled, wanting to dodge, but it was too late. A cobra lurking in the bushes bit into his vital part.

The One-eyed Dragon was so scared that his soul almost left his body, and he let out a loud scream, reaching out to grab the cobra, but before he could do so, his acupoint was hit, and he fell straight to the ground. At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind, it's over, I'm dead.

Inside, his accomplice heard the scream from outside and realized something was wrong. He picked up a steel pipe from the bed, his eyes vigilantly watching the door.

The door slowly opened, and five cobras slithered in.

Seeing this scene, he hastily dropped the steel pipe, picked up a tuning fork, and struck it, trying to control the cobras.

Cobras don't have outer ears, eardrums, or ear canals, but they can perceive the vibrations in the air. The man on the bed used the vibrations caused by the tuning fork to try to control the cobras.

He soon realized that the tuning fork had lost its effect on the cobras. The five cobras swiftly reached the bedside, climbed along the bed legs onto the bed, four wrapped around his limbs, and one slithered onto his chest, raising its head and staring at his face, its red tongue flickering in front of him.

The man was so terrified that he did not dare move, with a broken right leg, he had no hope of escape.

He didn't even notice Xu Chunliang enter the room and turn off the lights.

The room plunged into darkness, the unknown fear was even more tormenting.

A cold voice echoed.

"Did you do the thing at Yu Shuqing Restaurant?"

"Who... who are you?"

"You just need to answer yes or no!"

"Yes..."

"What grudges do you have with Liu Haiyu, why did you kill him?"

"He... he stole our treasure..."

"What treasure?"

"I don't know... I don't know anything..."

Xu Chunliang felt a surge of killing intent and was about to kill this scoundrel but then thought of the boss these two had mentioned tonight.

"Who is your boss?"

"The boss is the boss, I... I don't know who he is, or his name..."

"Facing death, you still dare to be stubborn; it seems you don't want to live!"

"His name is Meng Xuefeng, he is not in the country... That's all I know, please spare me."

Xu Chunliang indeed had the thought of killing this person just now, but in the end, he abandoned this plan.

Because the world he is in now is different from before, it's no longer a place where you can kill without being held accountable. In the present, one should make full use of the rules of the game of this era.

Although he could use the cobras to kill silently, once someone dies, the police will definitely investigate the surveillance on the island. If his route is discovered, it would cause unnecessary trouble.

Another reason is that behind them lies a huge criminal organization; this person certainly hasn't revealed everything and should be thoroughly investigated. Professional matters should be left to professionals to handle.

Xu Chunliang picked up the man's phone: "If you want to live, honestly disclose all the bad deeds you've done."

He dialed Lu Qi's number, estimating that Lu Qi hadn't made any progress on that case, so this favor was for his old friend Lu Qi.

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