Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 536: Snake Pit!

"Senior Brother!"

At this moment, Yun Jin burst in with Gouzi. She glanced around and immediately saw the pitch-black hole, exclaiming in shock, "This tomb pit has already been pried open?"

"This was done by someone skilled in Mechanical Techniques. Judging by these footprints, they’ve already gone inside!"

Gouzi stepped forward to inspect and reached this conclusion.

Duanmu Nan’s pupils slightly contracted as he stared at the large hole for a moment, then leapt in.

"Senior Brother!"

Yun Jin cried out, following right after him.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Gouzi was speechless. How could these two just leave him here? What if... what if the accomplices of those people came? With his mediocre martial arts skills, wouldn’t he be a sitting duck?

Actually, Gouzi had been learning some martial arts from Duanmu Nan these days, mainly for self-defense. But for real combat against those ruthless types, it was wishful thinking!

So after thinking it over, he jumped in as well.

Beneath the big hole was a deep pit, unfathomably deep. Gouzi couldn’t perform Qinggong, so as he jumped down, he screamed miserably.

"Ahhhh—help—Brother, save me—"

Gouzi cried out loudly for help, flailing chaotically. Just when he thought he was doomed, a white ribbon extended upward from below and caught him.

The ribbon nearly blinded him, and in the darkness, he couldn’t see anything. Gouzi felt extremely uncomfortable and eventually fainted. When he woke up again, he found himself at the bottom of the pit.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Strange noises echoed around him, enough to make one’s skin crawl. Gouzi opened his eyes and saw that though it was very dark, there was a faint light because there was a weak glow covering the area.

"Wh-Where... is this... Ah—mmm!"

Gouzi took in the sight around him in the dim light and screamed in terror, only to have his mouth covered by a scrap of cloth.

He muffled a couple of times, looking at the poisonous snakes slithering around, their tongues continuously flicking towards them, trembling with fear.

So many snakes? At least a few thousand, if not tens of thousands, gathered together densely. Anyone with a fear of crowded things would surely puke.

"Ugh—"

Gouzi seemed to have just that problem, retching desperately on the side.

Duanmu Nan looked at these snakes with a cold gaze. Around him, countless butterflies fluttered. These were the same butterflies from before that dealt with Xue Mingzhu’s poisonous insects, and they could also control the snakes.

With them present, the snakes could only stare, helpless in front of these blood foods.

"Senior Brother, many have tried to enter here before but couldn’t withstand these snakes. However, the corpses here have dried up long ago; there’s nothing fresh!"

Yun Jin glanced at some of the scattered remains on the ground, frowning.

"They probably have a method to counter them. Look over there!"

Duanmu Nan pointed to a spot not far off where fresh footprints were left, indicating that those people escaped the snake encirclement alive.

"The method to counter the snakes is not limited to these Devouring Gu Butterflies." He paused and continued, "Since the others have already entered ahead, we must proceed with caution!"

"But since we came in later, aren’t they in the light while we’re in the dark? We could also guard against them, or even preemptively find and eliminate them!"

After his initial panic, Gouzi gradually calmed down.

That’s just how he was, always ready to accept reality.

He began to survey his surroundings.

This was a very spacious area with stone walls, but the walls were several dozen zhang away from him. Embedded in them were fist-sized Luminous Pearls, casting soft light that illuminated the place.

The area was covered with poisonous snakes that only encircled them without daring to come closer, as there were numerous gray butterflies protecting them.

Oh, so with them around, the snakes wouldn’t bite him!

Gouzi felt relieved, got up, and started to wander around, with the butterflies following him.

"Don’t wander off!" Duanmu Nan saw Gouzi wandering around and frowned slightly, reminding him, "Staying close to us is the safest way. No one can guarantee what will happen if you wander off!"

"Alright, alright, I won’t wander, hehe!"

Gouzi scratched his head, chuckling awkwardly. Duanmu Nan said nothing further and walked a few steps ahead.

"Is there a mechanism here?"

Duanmu Nan paused and turned to ask Gouzi.

Gouzi was quite skilled in Mechanical Techniques, which was why he brought him here.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have let him take the risk to come here.

"Let me check!"

Gouzi hurried over, carefully circling the area, and said, "There are a few, but it seems they’ve been damaged!"

"Damage is normal since so many have tried to enter here before. The outermost mechanisms would certainly have some damage, otherwise, they wouldn’t have gotten inside!"

Yun Jin saw several mummified skeletons in the distance, indicating that some had indeed made it this far, but then died for unknown reasons. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"There’s no mechanism here, but we should still cast a stone to test it."

Gouzi picked up a bone. Feeling a little jittery, he tossed it over there.

Being cautious was right; after all, there were three of them. No matter how high Duanmu Nan’s martial arts were, he was still flesh and blood. Any accidental encounter with a fatal attack could spell trouble.

As Gouzi earlier inspected, the mechanisms here were already damaged, and with the bone thrown ahead, their path was pretty smooth.

However, they still paused when they reached the corpses up ahead.

"These people were shot to death by a barrage of arrows, and these arrows were coated with a poison I’ve never seen before!"

Duanmu Nan picked up an arrow lying on the ground and examined it closely, drawing this shocking conclusion.

"An unknown poison? That’s terrifying!"

Yun Jin was also shocked. She knew her Senior Brother’s medical skills were unparalleled, particularly in toxicology, where few could match him. But now, he mentioned an unknown poison...

This meant that if they inadvertently got poisoned here, their survival was grim.

"However, the poison... should be very limited, or perhaps, there’s none left!"

"Why?"

"Look, Junior Sister, this arrow is very old. It crumbles at a touch. The arrowhead was poisoned, but look at this one; the arrow is still rather sturdy. The key is the poison on the tip is scant, and this one, it’s completely gone!"

Yun Jin glanced at it, then was taken aback at his insight. Indeed, his observation was exceptional. Who else would have noticed such details?

"Senior Brother’s insights are indeed keen. This suggests that these arrows pass through a slot when shot, where the poison is hidden. But after so many shots, the poison there has been exhausted!"

"Precisely. In other words, the farther we go, the less of this strange poison there is. And inside... many never make it far enough, so many mechanisms aren’t triggered, which is the scariest part!"

Not being triggered meant that inside, everything was still fresh, and some strange poisons might still exist!