Chapter 212: Snake Monster (2/2)

If he didn't want to get attacked in the water, he needed to get attacked out of water.

He started shouting and smashing rocks together to make as much noise as he could and tried to lure the monsters in the vicinity so that they would leave the water. It was a crazy idea as the noise he was making, made it hard for him to hear the monsters approaching as well.

But he had no choice and could only hope for the best. He did stop once in a while to make sure there was nothing around him.

However, no monster or even humans came by. In the end, he figured there were none in the vicinity and decided to walk in. Just then, he saw an unusual pattern of waves on top of the river, illuminated by the moonlight.

”Something's there,” he said to himself.

Suddenly, a rather large snake appeared from the water as it started hissing at him. Alex's first thought was to run away, but then he felt something. The yang jade was moving. His eyes turned wide as he looked at the snake. The yang jade was inside the snake.

The snake itself was about half a meter in diameter, but it was way too long. Thankfully, it looked like it was a water snake, so the chances of it being venomous were very low. Still, it was a good idea to stay cautious.

The snake saw him and slithered towards him, opening its mouth wide, showing the two bright fangs. Alex immediately dodged its attack and started punching at the snake. The snake wasn't as fast or had a poisonous stinger as the scorpion, so Alex freely attacked it, keeping tabs on where its head was at all times.

But suddenly, its tail came from behind him, slamming at him and sending him flying away. Thankfully, Alex landed on the grass and wasn't hurt much.

”Sh*t,” he said and ran back at the snake. The snake was pretty beat up with just a few attacks, so it was nothing strong. So, he went and attacked some more. The tail made it very annoying to hit it for long and the fangs were just as scary, even when he had deduced that they weren't venomous.

In the end, he managed to kill the snake with enough blunt trauma. He pulled the snake's corpse onto the grassland and started ripping it apart with his own hands.

Slowly, he felt his way through the snake's body, until he found something. He yanked it out and saw it under the moonlight. It was a disciple's corpse, and he was holding the yang jade with him.

Alex was stunned for a second. A disciple had just died like that, eaten by a snake. Did this disciple really commit a crime that was worthy of death like this? The cruel fate the disciple had to suffer made Alex nauseate.

Was the sect right in doing what they were doing? Was cheating or stealing punishable by a death sentence? He couldn't understand what was going on. In the end, he dug up some land and buried the disciple while taking away the yang jade.