My Demon Husband Is a Snake

At a stone table in the courtyard sat the old Taoist Priest Zhang Zidao.

He toyed with something resembling a root in his hand, "In this peaceful and prosperous age, who would have thought that such evil creatures still exist."

"My... my clothes, my pants," Xiao Shenshen pouted, her watery large eyes fixed on that root-like thing.

I gently patted Xiao Shenshen on the back, just about to utter some comforting words.

Beichen, who came out from the kitchen, delivered an unexpected sarcastic blow, "It's a pity they already belong to someone else."

His indifferent face was practically emblazoned with the words "Face the reality."

"Wuu~" Xiao Shenshen buried her face in my chest, letting out a suppressed whimper.

My mouth twitched, hardly believing this was something Beichen would do, "Why are you bullying Shenshen, too?"

"Different standpoints," Beichen replied in a measured tone.

So, the men of Yu Longting's group are supposed to gang up on a little kid?

Men are all big pig's trotters!

Beichen went up to Xiao Li, set down the wooden bucket she was holding, and asked Zhang Zidao, "Old senior, what is the filth in the well? Does it need to be fished out?"

"If my poor Taoist assumption is not wrong, it is a Corpse Gu, commonly found inhabiting the bodies of dead chickens and ducks," said Zhang Zidao confidently, "If you want to fish it out, go ahead, I'll have your back."

"You didn't touch the well water, did you?" Beichen, upon hearing the words Corpse Gu, quickly checked Xiao Li's hands.

Xiao Li's face turned pale for a moment, "How is it possible not to get a bit wet when drawing water... Is it also bad if only a little touched me?"

"I don't know much about Gu Poison, but you should... be fine," Beichen hugged Xiao Li, trying to console her.

I hugged Xiao Shenshen and had already gone inside to fetch the fishnet scoop.

It was the kind with a long pole and a net at one end.

In the southwest, water systems are well-developed, and many families have one, used for fishing in ponds.

When I came out, Beichen had taken the scoop, "I'll do it."

"Sure," I said. My belly was getting bigger month by month, and my body was becoming heavier and movements more inconvenient.

When Beichen offered to help, I had no reason to refuse.

By the well, Beichen dipped the scoop in to fish.

Xiao Li, who was scared after the fact, stood by his side, "Brother Chenn... be careful, don't... touch the water, after all you..."

"Don't worry about me, even for your sake, I won't make any mistakes," Beichen said as he fished with extra care.

Only then did I remember to regret letting Beichen do this.

He was a Living Dead; Corpse Gu likes to lunge at lifeless corpses.

I was also filled with unease, my brow furrowed tightly.

Only Taoist Zhang Zidao was leisurely resting with his legs crossed, solid as a rock.

He even picked up a tea cup, stirred the water with the lid, and drank it directly!!

He drank the tea water?? He actually drank it!!

"Old senior, you..."

Remembering Xiao Li's words about his senility, I now thought it might actually be a possibility, "You know there's something wrong with the well water, and you still drink tea brewed with it?"

"This is where your master shows off, I have achieved Physical Sanctification, no poison however venomous can harm me," Zhang Zidao's gaunt gaze sparkled with light.

As if continuously showing off, come and take me as your master, come and take me as your master!

I gave a thumbs up, "Impressive, impressive, worthy of being the old senior."

"No good, the thing in the water is too big, we can't scoop it out," Beichen concluded after a few turns with the scoop net in his hand.

By then, a foul smell was emanating from the well.

I sniffed and felt extremely nauseous, pinching my nose, "Why don't we give up and move to another place?"

If it's not removed, the Corpse Gu will spread throughout the town and even contaminate the southwestern water system," Yu Longting led Ah San and Ah Si, two Taoists, back and directed the two men to work, "Get the White Feather Chickens you bought tied up with ropes and lowered down."