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”The Biting-tail Snake, Ouroboros, a symbol of religion and myth, is a very important symbol in ancient alchemy. The alchemist worships it as the king of magic, and in reality, it may be the symbol of some secret organization. The serpent in the symbol bites and devours its tail, representing the spiritual embodiment of the concept of the universe: the reciprocation of construction and destruction, the alternation of life and death. In the eyes of the ancients, when snakes shed their skin and gave up their old bodies to be reborn, this was the meaning of ”the union of birth and death”. The combination of these two concepts gave birth to the image of Uroboros, which meant that life and death were two ends of maintaining balance, and both were indispensable. ”

I sat on the veranda looking through the Daoist's notes, thinking back to that mysterious woman who had appeared and disappeared again and again in my life. I didn't even know where she came from, what her real name was, and whether she would ever intersect with my life again … It was drizzling outside the corridor, and the wind that blew in occasionally brought with it faint drops of rain, which made his body feel cold. Since our return last night, the sky has been raining, sometimes sparse and sometimes dense, with the wet coolness of autumn.

The two s that we left behind in the Peacock Building couldn't be recovered in a hurry. Lv helped him from the side. The clanking of steel bars could be heard and the two men kept quiet.

San Mao sat opposite of me and was sharpening all of our machetes with a basin of muddy water. From time to time, he would take out some dirty water from the plastic basin and pour it on his machete blades and grindstones, causing the water to flow all the way to the ground and turn red like blood. The sharpened machetes were arranged in a row on a stool.

Lin Hao and Yang Yufan were standing at the window, smoking.

Only Little Casey was slightly excited. She squatted at the entrance and picked up a branch to draw something on the mud. She had a piece of candy in her mouth as she indistinctly hummed a song that only she herself could understand.

”I've told you so many times, don't walk around while I'm sleeping! ”You came and went through the city gate?” A sudden outburst of Liu Guojun's shout came from above, followed by the Dr Lee's soft argument, followed by Liu Guojun's even more intense cursing.

”Pui!” What the heck is this thing!? ” San Mao spat on the ground in disdain.

After a while, Liu Guojun came down from the stairs and scolded. He opened the door, and maybe Little Casey who was just squatting there blocked his path, and kicked her, ”Go away! You money loser! ”

Little Casey fell down from the corridor and onto the ground outside. She quickly got up and turned around with her face covered in mud.

He suddenly slashed the door and pointed at Liu Guojun's nose and roared: ”Surnamed Liu, you f * cking listen up, I don't care about the matters between you two husband and wife, but if you dare touch Casey again, I will cut your hand off!”

”You …” He instinctively jumped into the house, but after that, he seemed to feel that he had lost face in front of the crowd. Looking at Lv and Energetic Strength, he felt that even if they started fighting, there would still be people fighting, so he forced himself to straighten his chest, with his face flushed red, and with one hand on his waist, he pointed at me and said: ”You, you, you … Are you being reasonable? ”

I didn't reply, but retrieved my machete, coldly looking at him.

He was so angry that his face flushed from my stare, not being able to advance, not being able to retreat, looking at his surroundings, San Mao did not have any intentions of trying to stop him, he even had a machete in his hand, fiercely glaring at him, as though he wanted me to fight with him.

”Humph!” You hooligan! Martial Uncle! I won't lower myself to your level! ” Liu Guojun threw down a few words to save face and then went back upstairs.

”Yo!” You think you're still Director Liu? ” San Mao laughed in ridicule.