[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool":3,"chapter-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marrying a White Snake Wife is Super Cool",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},540269,791,"Chapter 169 - 111: Still Sleeping? How Can Anyone Fall Asleep?","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>’What the heck is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is this some kind of special tool they use to catch Xingzi around here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Gaoxu was curious, but he didn’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Gu Gaoxu was just anxious to get going and hunt for the Xingzi. He was afraid asking questions would cause another delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll just wait until we’re out of the city and on our way.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just wanted to leave immediately. Gu Gaoxu was getting impatient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan didn’t waste any more words. Once the old butler had assembled the men, Lu Yuan swung himself onto his horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over three hundred men, over three hundred horses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was arguably the Zhao Family’s strongest fighting force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three hundred-odd horses alone were enough to show just how ridiculously wealthy the Zhao Family was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did three hundred horses even represent? In an era of war, that was basically the equivalent of three hundred tanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was only because the Court had requisitioned so many horses from all over the land for the war in the Northern regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, three hundred horses would have been considered a small number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The saying that Taiping City’s surname was Zhao was no empty boast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast procession of men and horses rode out of the city, heading east.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had been several reports recently about the Da Xingzi appearing east of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature’s appearances even seemed to follow a slight pattern, so it was just a matter of seeing if they could catch it tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Around eleven at night.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Zhao Family estate, the East Wing was brightly lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three women were lying together on a single bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Lu Yuan out, how could any of them sleep?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all huddled together on the bed, talking to one another and trying to pass the long night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, the lights in the brightly lit East Wing suddenly flickered twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Is there a problem with the Spirit Stone Lamp?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Spirit Stone Lamps weren’t infinitely bright. Their Spiritual Power could run out, causing the lamp to go dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a normal enough occurrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What wasn’t normal, however, was that this particular Spirit Stone Lamp should have lasted for at least half a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had just been replaced a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the women stared in a daze, the Spirit Stone Lamp flickered several more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, the three women on the bed shot upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liyan, don’t be afraid.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er, who was lying on the outermost edge of the bed, said comfortingly to Su Liyan in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As mentioned before, Zhao Qiao’Er also knew something about Techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just wasn’t very skilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But based on the current situation, a Da Xingzi had likely come to the Zhao estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Yuan had taken basically all the men in the household with him outside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Qiao’Er got out of bed and peered through the window into the pitch-black night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw that after the last incident, Talismans had been posted along the household’s long corridors and under the eaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red seals on those yellow Talismans were now pulsing with a red glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countless streaks of red light throughout the courtyard created an extremely eerie sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a commotion erupted from the front courtyard. Many of the guards and servants, their faces filled with fear, were crowding toward the central courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could also faintly hear the sounds of music and singing coming from outside the Zhao estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like... a Lotus Fall performance??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m callin’ out, Shopkeeper, don’t be annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you going to give money or not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t give, I won’t leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll play dead dog in front of your gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, I’ve got nothing to live for at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So we can do this however you want...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice echoed from outside the Zhao estate, line after line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was utterly bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to understand, the Zhao estate’s central courtyard was flanked by many smaller ones; it wasn’t as if the East Wing was on the outer edge of the property.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice wasn’t loud, not a full-throated shout, yet everyone in the central courtyard could hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to hover right over their heads, every word crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhao Qiao’Er gritted her teeth and said at once,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, give them money!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Travelers in the house now understood as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The malevolent entity had come straight for their home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like last time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, the only thing keeping the malevolent entity outside was the Talismans that Daoist Longchuan had left behind last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the thing outside was trying to break the Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the household’s Talismans were broken and those Xingzi got in, it would all be over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the Zhao Family’s able-bodied men were outside the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were far away; they wouldn’t be back before dawn tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All they could do was try to counter the entity from inside and pray the house’s Talisman Technique wouldn’t be broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhao Qiao’Er finished speaking, the people in the courtyard began pulling out pieces of broken silver from their waists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using all their might, they hurled it over the estate walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the pieces of broken silver were thrown out, the sound of the Lotus Fall subsided significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wanted money, they would give it money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silver was the way to break the Lotus Fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they had thrown the silver, not only did the sound of the Lotus Fall diminish, but the red glow from the household’s Talismans also dimmed considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a sudden CRASH echoed through the estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single door and window in the Zhao estate was blown open by a sinister gust of wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter if it was the main gate of the Zhao estate or the doors to the corridors connecting the central and front courtyards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was a door or a window, it was blown wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the Lotus Fall returned, louder and more resonant than before, echoing throughout the entire Zhao estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, looking out past the pitch-black main gate, it was as if a crowd of heads was bobbing in the darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown number of eerie entities were peering into the Zhao estate, desperate to swarm inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were only held back by the Talisman Technique within the estate, unable to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, with the doors and windows forced open,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Talisman Technique inside the house flared brightly once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one shone with the brightness of a small lightbulb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, some of the Talismans in the Technique began to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a muffled FIZZ,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some of the Talismans peeled right off the walls, bursting into flames and turning to ash before they even hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, nobody needed to be told what to do. Everyone immediately started pulling out more money to throw outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the bolder Travelers even rushed out to get more silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could say the Zhao Family lacked other things, but you could never say they lacked silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhao household always kept tens of thousands of taels of silver on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no problem at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the three women were standing at the entrance to the East Wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tall Aunt Zhao, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, shielded both Su Liyan and Aunt Song behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing out the silver this time had an immediate and dramatic effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the silver they’d thrown earlier was just broken silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pieces of one or two mace, smaller than goat droppings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time was different. They were throwing out ingots worth over ten taels at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every ingot they threw was met with a moment of silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a whole box of silver—nearly one thousand taels—was thrown out, the outside fell silent for over half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Lotus Fall Technique was pelted with silver, it took a good while for it to start up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, by hitting it with one thousand taels at once, they had essentially broken it completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than half an hour had passed, the Lotus Fall chant still had not resumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the sounds of an opera started up outside!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongs clanged, drums boomed, a cacophony of CLANGING and BANGING.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An operatic voice, in some unrecognizable style, began a long recitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all seemed like a chaotic racket, but in reality, it served a single purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To break the Talisman Technique protecting the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then swarm inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this opera performance was clearly far more effective than the Lotus Fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, they had no idea how to counter the opera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the Talismans around the house were beginning to fall, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sinister wind inside the house grew stronger and stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It slammed the doors, making them BANG again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had only just passed midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things continued like this, how could they possibly last until dawn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just at that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liyan’s voice suddenly came from behind Zhao Qiao’Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aunt, just have someone post these Talismans on the walls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Liyan spoke, both Aunt Zhao and Aunt Song turned to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw that at some point, Su Liyan had drawn a huge stack of Talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was holding the whole pile in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There had to be at least seventy or eighty Talismans in the stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Did she... just draw these now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But... will they even work?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Aunt Zhao and Aunt Song stared at Su Liyan with baffled expressions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Liyan said with a serious expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Aunt Zhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these are up, we’ll be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, everyone should still sleep crowded together in the central courtyard tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have the household staff make bedrolls on the floor in the main hall and the West Wing. If we all squeeze in, it should be enough space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can deal with everything else tomorrow morning when our man gets back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Sleep??’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’How could anyone possibly sleep through this??’\u003C\u002Fp>",1701,"2026-05-30T14:11:52.988Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.829Z",1,"novelbin.me","cc00772e14d241ba4872e1a6cf9761dcd9cef5c2b512c389f33fa9e11ffa08fd","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-121","marrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-chapter-168",258,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarrying-a-white-snake-wife-is-super-cool-cover.jpg"]