Chapter 1654: Chapter 1654: Even the Skeleton was Swallowed by the Snake
Once Prince Zhan woke up, punishments for these shortsighted guards would follow.
However, a warning was still necessary. They could say that Prince Qian Jiyun had no involvement, but if the talk directly involved An Jiuyue, I’m afraid he wouldn’t be able to protect these big-mouthed people either.
Yet, before he had the chance to issue a reminder, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of Zhan Beiye standing up on the other side and striding towards the guards.
His heart jumped, and he hurried over.
“Prince Zhan…”
Zhan Beiye couldn’t bother with these people. They had come only to rescue Xiang Qiyan, and he’d never paid much attention to anyone else.
“Such nonsense.”
With just one sentence, he bent over, picked up a demonic beast several times his size, and hurled it towards Jade Cloud Mountain.
“Ah…”
Su Tang and the guards were all startled, wanting to stop him.
This was their catch, meant to be roasted and eaten. How could he just throw it away?
Even if they were being punished for talking too much, this wasn’t the right way to do it. They could be punished with a beating, or slapped a few times, but to throw away the demonic beast, what was this all about?
But Zhan Beiye had no time to pay them any attention, only watching the direction in which the demonic beast was thrown. As the creature smashed hard against the mountainside, countless poisonous snakes emerged from their caves.
In the blink of an eye, nothing but a skeleton remained of the demonic beast, and even the skeleton was swallowed by the snakes.
Almost every snake on the mountainside was in motion, and in a moment, Jade Cloud Mountain seemed like a living column of water, with colorful venomous snakes covering it.
There were large ones, small ones, and their ‘ssss’ sounds could be heard from so far away.
“Hiss!”
He felt his scalp tingle and all the hairs on his body stand on end.
Turning his head, he looked at the two people who remained unfazed, opened his mouth but could not utter a single word.
Having seen such a scene, he wanted to ask them how they planned to climb to the peak of Jade Cloud Mountain. Were they going to crawl up? Hah, don’t joke with him, right?
“Prince Zhan, what are you doing?”
Su Tang was puzzled. Zhan Beiye’s action clearly had a purpose, but what that purpose could be, he could not immediately think of.
Zhan Beiye closed his eyes, then opened them again, his face briefly losing the look of horror, as he smiled cheerily at Su Tang.
“Su Tang, let me ask you, how many years has it been since anyone has climbed to the peak of Jade Cloud Mountain?” he inquired.
Upon hearing this, Su Tang also looked up toward the peak of Jade Cloud Mountain.
“Prince Zhan, it has been nearly a thousand years since anyone has climbed to the peak of Jade Cloud Mountain. There was once a person who reached the peak, but he died not long after returning. It’s said that he succ.u.mbed to an incurable snake venom.”
“Heh, hehe, hehehe.”
The laughter of Zhan Beiye spread to the ears of everyone present, making them inexplicably fearful.
“What’s the matter? Has Jade Cloud Mountain offended you, Prince Zhan?” a guard asked rudely.
They all had major issues with Zhan Beiye’s sudden withdrawal in the previous fight. They could overlook the pregnant woman not taking action, but Zhan Beiye was a man!
Thus, the guard’s question was not so polite, and there was even a hint of contempt for Zhan Beiye.