Chapter 800: I finally avenged you

Xiao Feifei took two steps to chase it, slapped its head with a palm, the golden snake went 'pa' and was flung onto the leg of the low table beside the bed.

The golden snake felt a pain in its back, rolled over, half-raised itself, and glared angrily at Xiao Feifei.

Xiao Feifei sat on the ground, not moving forward; both sides confronted each other silently in the darkness.

Xiao Yuanhang was awakened by the movement of the table leg; before opening his eyes, he reached out and pressed down on his daughter, and with his other hand drew a dagger from under the pillow.

He opened his eyes and looked around; there was no one in the tent.

He turned his head to glance at his daughter; Xiao Tuanzi was still asleep.

What was that commotion just now?

He sat up, lit the candle on the low table, and then saw what was on the floor.

Xiao Yuanhang examined the golden snake closely; what kind of snake is this from the Eastern Isles? It really differs greatly from the snakes of Zhongyuan.

The candlelight flickered, and Tuan Tuan woke up.

She rubbed her eyes, reached out to feel, and wondered where Xiao Feifei was.

Why did Father sit up?

"Father, what are you looking at?" she said, climbing onto his shoulder; Xiao Yuanhang quickly reached back to support her.

Tuan Tuan looked down and said, "Xiao Feifei, are you catching a snake?"

Xiao Feifei let out two cries, excitedly circled the golden snake, slapped it with a paw and jumped back; as soon as the snake lifted its head, she struck again with another paw.

Tuan Tuan's drowsiness vanished instantly; she widened her eyes, clapped her hands, and exclaimed, "Xiao Feifei, you're amazing! Grab it!"

Anbei Taiqin's heart jumped; "Catch it? Would it still be alive?"

Liu Guiyan, however, was both angry and anxious, shouting, "Bite her!"

The golden snake had just turned, intending to leap at Tuan Tuan.

Anbei Taiqin, however, only wanted to flee quickly, shouting, "Get out!"

The golden snake was at a loss.

Seeing the golden snake stunned, Xiao Feifei lifted her paw to fiddle with its tail, making it spin once in place.

Under Liu Guiyan's urging to bite and Anbei Taiqin's desperation to escape, the golden snake lost all control.

After one turn, it did not stop but kept spinning continuously in place.

Tuan Tuan widened her eyes and asked, "Father, what is it doing?"

Xiao Yuanhang also looked puzzled: "I don't know either; maybe the snake is dazed, crawling in here to play by spinning."

Liu Guiyan, exasperated, shouted, "The person is right there—why are you running?"

Anbei Taiqin, anxious as fire, replied, "Haven't you seen that everyone is awake?"

"Moreover, there's a fox! If you don't run now, do you want to be caught and made into snake soup?"

Xiao Feifei watched intently from the side, occasionally reaching out a paw to nudge it.

The golden snake spun faster and faster, finally driving its triangular head into its own tail, forming a snake ring.

Tuan Tuan giggled and said, "This is so fun, Xiao Feifei, you're great!"

Xiao Feifei raised her head and let out a proud cry to her, then flicked the snake ring with a paw, causing it to roll several steps away with a gurgling sound.

Suddenly, Tuan Tuan cried out, "Xiao Feifei, are you hurt?"

Liu Guiyan stared, then delighted, and examined the fox closely.

Only then did they see that on Xiao Feifei's snow-white paw was a shocking streak of blood.

It was the snake's blood that had gotten on her when she struck it.

Tuan Tuan slid down from her father's back, lay beside the bed, and said, "Come here, Xiao Feifei, don't bother with that stupid snake."

"Stupid snake?" Anbei Taiqin grew even more ashamed and annoyed, shouting, "I'm no stupid snake!"

Obediently, Xiao Feifei walked up to her.

Tuan Tuan scooped her up into her arms, rubbed her little hand over it, wiped away the bloodstain, then parted the fur to look closely and said, "Oh, this isn't your blood."

Xiao Yuanhang examined the golden snake and said, "Don't worry, that snake has a wound on its back; it's snake blood, Xiao Feifei is fine."

Xiao Feifei opened her mouth, stuck out her little tongue, and gently licked the blood clean from Tuan Tuan's hand.

"All right, as long as you're unharmed." Tuan Tuan lowered her head and kissed Xiao Feifei on the forehead.

Xiao Feifei let out a cry and buried her head in Tuan Tuan's embrace.

Liu Guiyan's heart blossomed with joy; she no longer hesitated and said, "Go! The fox has been smeared with snake blood, and the child has touched it—she is surely doomed."

Anbei Taiqin rejoiced; at last he could escape with his life!

The golden snake stopped spinning, gave a shake, stretched its body, and swiftly crawled toward the gap in the tent curtain, vanishing into the night.

Xiao Yuanhang shook his head; tomorrow he would issue an order to prepare some herbal medicines to guard against these snakes, insects, ants, and beasts.

He blew out the candle, lifted his daughter, and said, "Go to sleep; dawn is still far off."

"Mm."

Father and daughter lay down; Xiao Feifei curled up again into a fluffy ball beside Tuan Tuan's pillow and closed her eyes.

Tuan Tuan buried her face in her father's chest and mumbled, "That little snake is actually quite pretty."

Having said that, she fell asleep again.

The golden snake crawled all the way back to the quiet chamber of the Yin-Yang Bureau.

Anbei Taiqin withdrew his shikigami, and the two souls returned to their places,

Liu Guiyan opened her eyes and said, "Master Anbei, we have accomplished our mission and can withdraw; this trip was not in vain."

Anbei Taiqin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, revealing his first smile of the day: "Madame Cheng is absolutely right."

"Congratulations, Madame Cheng; your husband's great vengeance has finally been avenged."

Tengyuan Liangxin walked from the corner to stand before them and said, "You two, is it done?"

Done. Liu Guiyan nodded and said, "I and the great master saw with our own eyes that the snake blood had already stained the Immortal Envoy's hands; Xiao Yuanhang stands beside the Immortal Envoy, and they will both die in agony."

She reached out her hand, gently touching the wound on the golden snake's back with pity, lifted it up, placed it in her bosom, and whispered, "Cheng Lang, do you see? I have finally avenged you."

After saying that, she bowed to the two of them, turned and walked out.

Abe Taiqin felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted; the honor of the Abe clan was preserved, and he would still truly be the Director of the Yin-Yang Bureau.

Teng Yuan Liangxin was overjoyed, pacing back and forth in the quiet room: "Good! Good! Excellent!"

"I will go report this to the General at once!" Having said that, he lifted his leg and left.

"Lord Teng Yuan, please stay," Abe Taiqin called out to him, "Madame Cheng said that after this poison takes effect, one needs a day before death."

"To be safe, we should still inform the General, and then check two days later whether Lie State's Main Camp withdraws its troops."

He gave a bitter smile: "Don't repeat my previous mistake."

"What the great master says is quite right," Teng Yuan Liangxin nodded and said, "I will first go to inform the General clearly."

"Then, early the day after tomorrow, together with the great master, we will ascend the city wall to personally witness the magnificent sight of eighty thousand defeated without battle."

Abe Taiqin nodded repeatedly: "That is very good."

Teng Yuan Liangxin hurried away.