"Ah!" Old Hou cried out in pain, but of course he wasn't crying out from the pain itself, rather because he knew I had injected him with venom and was frightened. As a fierce beast, I knew my venom's potency, and even if he currently possessed antivenom, it wouldn't be enough to counteract my venom.

  Hou Lao flew into a rage, wanting to die together with me. He let out a loud roar and his left hand came grasping at me fiercely. I didn't give him the chance, injecting the poison after which I slid down to the ground like lightning, then retreated more than ten meters away.

  At this time, the man saw that Hou Laozhong had beckoned to him and suddenly became serious. He made a fierce dash towards me, but I dodged out of the way just in time. Then he turned his head and asked Hou Lao: "Are you all right?"

  Hou Lao's face was filled with pain as he said, "It's no use, I've been injected with a toxic liquid and will soon die. If you can return, please tell Old Master that this time, old Hou has also died for the Liu family, although not in a very glorious manner. Please ask him to take care of my family on account of my past efforts."

  His eyes narrowed and he didn't expect my venom to be so potent, not even Hou Lao could withstand it. He immediately asked: "If I take you back now, will anything happen?"

  Hou Lao waved his hand and said, "I'm a veterinarian after all, I know very well about the toxicity of animals. If I don't come out within three minutes, I'll die from poisoning. Just take my words to Old Master, you be careful too, don't be careless!"

  Since Old Hou had already said so, he said in a serious tone: "Alright, I'll definitely bring this up. First, let me go and settle that beast for you."

  After he finished speaking, he turned around and re-examined me, without a hint of the disdain from earlier. His gaze was like lightning, fiercely staring at me.

  I too was unwilling to show weakness, so I lifted my head off the ground by ten centimeters, staring at him with a fierce gaze, and let out a loud roar. Suddenly, he pounced on me, his momentum completely different from earlier, and I didn't dare to take it head-on.

  He dodged to the side, slipped past him, and when I turned around again, he also turned around. Neither of us made any pause, and we clashed again. This time, I took the initiative to attack.

  He lunged at his neck, and he was startled to realize that Old Hou had just fallen for my move, so he didn't dare to take it head-on, but instead dodged to the side and quickly counterattacked, chopping towards my vital point.

  With a single blow, I couldn't give him the chance to get away with it. I quickly retreated ten meters back, but just as I was doing so, Old Hou suddenly fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and looked like he was about to die.

  The man hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked up to Old Hou, shouting: "Old Hou, how are you?"

  Old Hou was completely speechless, only convulsing violently. The man turned around and glared at me fiercely, then picked up Old Hou and walked towards the boat.

  I was stunned, and he just left like that? But it's also good, neither of us could tolerate the other, he left and I didn't even bother to chase after him, anyway we didn't have any deep grudges against each other.

  When he walked onto the boat, the boatman was still in a daze. He never thought that these two men and this snake would be so formidable, completely overturning his understanding.

  That man shouted at the boatman: "What are you staring blankly for? Hurry back to the other shore!"

  The boatman suddenly came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly: "Okay! I'll start the boat now."

  As I saw them leave, I also breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, I crawled to the side of the glasses snake, and it was still lying there. I asked if it was okay, and it said: "Much better, have they left?"

  I nodded and said: "They've left, can you still walk? If so, let's go too!"

  The glasses snake suddenly climbed up, exercised its body, and suddenly "hissed" and spat out a letter. With a painful expression, it said: "It still hurts a bit, but at least I can still walk. Don't delay the proper business, let's go!"

  Seeing it could walk, I felt relieved and then crawled over to the dog that was still in a daze on the other side. The dog hadn't come back to its senses from the shock yet, but suddenly seeing us crawling towards him, he got a big fright and sat down with a thud on the boat.

  He shouted in his mouth: "Brother Snake, don't kill me, I have old and young at home, besides, we don't have any grudges!"

  I was speechless, I didn't say I wanted to kill you, did you have to go this far? I ignored him and climbed onto his boat, spitting at him, he trembled with fear. Then I bumped him with my head and pointed towards the opposite shore with my head.

  The dog was taken aback, and he seemed to have understood what I meant. Not knowing if I could understand him, he asked tentatively: "Brother Snake, do you mean that you want to cross the river?"

  I saw that he understood, and I nodded lightly to him. Who knew that he would let out a "wow!" and almost fell into the river? He clearly hadn't expected that I could actually understand what he was saying.

  However, he soon reacted as well. Earlier, I showed such a powerful ability, and now being able to understand human language is also reasonable. This forest has existed for hundreds or thousands of years, and he knows that some strange beasts can appear. If there really is a snake that can understand human speech, it's not surprising either. Once he understood this point, he was no longer very afraid of me.

  At this time he suddenly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: "Alright, Big Brother Snake, I won't take your money, just don't bite me! I'll ferry you across the river right away."

  I broke out in a cold sweat, was this guy scared to such an extent? I'm just a snake, where did the money come from? Seeing that he agreed, I and the glasses snake swam into the ship's hold and then coiled up in a corner to rest.

  The glasses snake also asked in surprise: "Ji Chen, I saw your expression just now, it seems like you can understand what that person is saying?"

  I said: "Yes, because I was once fed by humans for a period of time, so I can understand human language!" In fact, this lie is not even believed by myself.

  But he actually believed it, and with a face full of admiration, he said: "Wow, you're so amazing! After being with people for a while, you can understand what they say. Then, if I stay with people for a long time, will I be able to understand too?"

  I was speechless for a moment, it's really cute enough, but I had to say: "It should be okay, but this also depends on talent!"

  He nodded vaguely, and we stopped talking, instead resting in the corner. I don't know how long it was before the dog's voice came: "Brother Snake, the boat has reached the shore!"

  I heard the sound and climbed up with the glasses snake, then crawled outwards. When I looked, I had indeed reached the shore. I nodded to it as a thank you, and then climbed up the shore with the glasses snake.

  The dog saw me nodding at him and excitedly said: "Hehe! Brother Snake, you're really clever! You two take your time!"

  After we walked far away, the dog finally turned around and entered the boat cabin, sat down on a stool with a thud, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "My god! What kind of weird things are happening these days? Even snakes have become spirits, can understand human language, and can make human-like movements. If I tell this to others, no one will believe me. I've really opened my eyes today, it's not a waste of living."

  I and the snake crawled for a while, finally arrived at a crowded place, at this time we also did not dare to crawl openly on the main road, had to walk in out-of-the-way places.

  When they arrived on the main street, Glasses Snake made another exaggerated expression: "Wow! What are these things, so beautiful! JC, look quickly, what's that box, it's running so fast! Hmm, you're looking again, why are those two people biting each other?"

  I really want to sigh, can't you just calm down a bit? I had to tell it: "The one that runs fast is called a car, it's what humans use for transportation. And those two aren't biting each other, they're just a couple kissing. Hey, what are you doing? Come back quickly!"

  I was just explaining to it, but unexpectedly this guy suddenly rushed out. I hurriedly caught up with it and asked what it was doing. It said: "Look, there are so many birds over there, I want to go eat them!"

  I almost spat blood, and helplessly said: "Xue ah, come on, let's go to the side first, or else if people see it, it won't be good. I'm telling you, that bird can't be eaten, it's someone's pet for sale. If you go over there, I guarantee they'll catch you."

  It looked up at me with a puzzled expression and asked, "What does it mean by 'bird as pet' and what is 'pet' anyway?"

  I really want to bang my head against the wall, but I had to say: "Pets are raised by people for fun, forget it, there's no use telling you so much, let's go see what this place is first!"