Ten minutes prior, Ouyang Liqun, who had been temporarily held in the detention center, was confined alone in a detention room with guards stationed outside. Despite Ouyang Liqun appearing refined, no one had expected him to be the true mastermind behind the Mexican "Qunlong" drug trafficking syndicate.
"Ah..."
Suddenly, Ouyang Liqun inside, his face contorted, knelt on the ground clutching his stomach and let out a pained scream. The guards outside exchanged bewildered glances. They opened the door but did not enter, shouting a warning, "Behave yourself, don't try any tricks..."
However, Ouyang Liqun, with his hands still on his stomach, lay on the ground in agony. His face was ashen, large beads of sweat trickled down his forehead, his expression was hideously distorted, and he let out a mournful cry. At the same time, the two guards noticed the clothes on his stomach clearly showed something writhing inside, making the guards realize this was no act by Ouyang Liqun. "Hurry and notify Captain Xu..."
One officer ran out to inform Xu Xiangqian, while the guard remaining outside immediately called for other colleagues to summon a police surgeon. Other officers also gathered around, asking, "What's going on?"
"Don't know, look at his stomach, something seems to be moving!"
Several officers blocked the detention room door, watching Ouyang Liqun, who lay on the ground inside, emitting heart-wrenching screams of agony. He clutched his stomach, rolling back and forth on the ground, his body trembling and twitching, enduring unimaginable pain...
Soon, Xu Xiangqian and others rushed over. Upon seeing Ouyang Liqun's condition, he shouted, "Why isn't the police surgeon here yet?"
"Coming, coming..."
Two police surgeons arrived with their medical kits...
"Good heavens, look, a snake...!"
But as the police surgeons entered, a guard standing next to Ouyang Liqun's side stared with wide eyes, as if witnessing something horrifying. His face filled with utter panic, and he cried out in disbelief.
A black snake, about two fingers thick, was slowly crawling out from under Ouyang Liqun's clothes, flicking a green tongue...
Suddenly, a foul, fishy smell permeated the air. Ouyang Liqun's clothes on his abdomen were soaked through with black and red blood...
Ouyang Liqun, whose face had been contorted in pain, now wore an expression of extreme relief. With a heavy sigh, his desperate pupils gradually dilated, and he lost all signs of life...
"Kill it quickly..."
The surrounding officers cried out in alarm, quickly grabbing something to beat the snake that had crawled out of Ouyang Liqun's body to death.
"Police surgeon, check him quickly..."
Xu Xiangqian and the others hurried the police surgeon to examine Ouyang Liqun, believing he might have simply been bitten by the snake.
When the police surgeon lifted Ouyang Liqun's clothes, exposing his stomach, everyone's expressions were instantly shocked. Black and red viscous blood was still oozing from his abdomen, emitting a foul odor. Suddenly, a scene flashed in everyone's minds...
"This... this snake, did it crawl out from inside his stomach?"
A police officer uttered this in a trembling voice, his face filled with horror. Even Xu Xiangqian felt an unprecedented eeriness and asked, "Is there anything that can be done?"
The police surgeon checked Ouyang Liqun's pupils, stood up, and shook his head, saying, "He's dead!"
Xu Xiangqian, now standing, frowned, still finding it incredible. It was simply too bizarre. He immediately summoned Director Huang Zhen and others. Upon hearing the news of Ouyang Liqun's tragic death, Huang Zhen's mood became extremely heavy.
After all, Ouyang Liqun was no ordinary prisoner, and the higher authorities placed great importance on him. For such an incident to occur on the second day of his detention, Huang Zhen could not evade responsibility. Therefore, he immediately called Wan Yunting to inquire about the situation.
"Director Huang, I'll be right over."
Wan Yunting's expression turned extremely grave upon hearing of Ouyang Liqun's gruesome death in such a manner. He felt he had to go and see it for himself.
"Alright, hurry."
After speaking, Huang Zhen hung up the phone and instructed everyone present not to move, to wait for Wan Yunting to come and assess the situation.
The fact that a snake had crawled out of Ouyang Liqun's stomach was too bizarre, too shocking, and too horrifying.
"Little Wan, Liqun is really dead?"
Ouyang Zhixin and the others reacted and quickly asked.
"Yes, Director Huang said he died very strangely. I need to go and see," Wan Yunting nodded, his expression solemn.
"Go quickly."
Ouyang Shen and the elders calmly sat back down, but a trace of grief appeared beneath their eyes. He then added, "Don't tell Weizhi and his wife about this news yet!"
The clan members present exchanged glances. They knew that before Wan Yunting was recognized by the Ouyang family, the old master had favored Ouyang Liqun the most.
Upon hearing the news of his tragic death, Ouyang Shen still felt grief, as he was his own grandson...
Wan Yunting and his father, Ouyang Zhixin, drove to the police station. Soon, the car entered the police compound. Xu Xiangqian greeted the father and son without saying much, leading them towards the detention room.
At this moment, the entire police station was buzzing with the news of the Ouyang Liqun incident. However, due to its bizarre and terrifying nature, Director Huang Zhen issued a strict order that anyone who dared to spread the matter would face severe consequences!
Therefore, the incident only circulated within the police department, and no one dared to leak it...
After all, a snake crawling out of a person's stomach was truly too bizarre and terrifying.
"Yunting, President Ouyang, you're here."
Huang Zhen and the others, waiting at the entrance of the detention room, greeted Wan Yunting and Ouyang Zhixin, pointing inside. "It's in there. You go in and see what's going on..."
Wan Yunting and Ouyang Zhixin nodded and entered the detention room. They saw Ouyang Liqun lying on the ground, his eyes wide open in death. His navel was blocked by viscous black and red blood, which had also flowed onto the ground. Beside him lay a black, unidentified snake, about two fingers thick, its head crushed and dead.
Seeing it with his own eyes, Ouyang Zhixin felt astonishment and a sense of the uncanny. Wan Yunting, however, frowned and went closer to examine Ouyang Liqun's navel. The foul odor in the air and the black snake told him exactly what had happened!
"Snake Gu!"
Wan Yunting's expression turned grave. He turned to Huang Zhen behind him and said.
"Everyone else, get out..."
Xu Xiangqian immediately asked the other officers to leave. Huang Zhen frowned and asked, "Snake Gu, what is that?"
Wan Yunting, standing up, also furrowed his brow. "This is a vicious Snake Gu from Thai black magic. Simply put, it involves raising a small snake inside the stomach!"
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhixin, Huang Zhen, Xu Xiangqian, and the others couldn't help but reveal looks of bewilderment. They looked at Ouyang Liqun and the snake, disbelieving, "You mean this snake was raised inside Ouyang Liqun all along, and it only came out after growing?"
"It was the Gu Master who made the snake come out!"
Wan Yunting's eyes were cold. "This is a method used by Gu Masters to kill people!"
The people present exchanged glances, speechless for a long time. Wan Yunting looked at Ouyang Liqun on the ground and said, "It was that Ji Ruxue!"
Xu Xiangqian asked, "Mr. Wan, do you mean she is a Gu Master, and she killed Ouyang Liqun?"
Wan Yunting nodded. "We thought everything was foolproof, but we didn't expect Ouyang Liqun to be a slip-up. Her purpose in doing this is to make me believe her!"
These words left Huang Zhen and Xu Xiangqian confused. Wan Yunting turned to them and said, "With this kind of killing method, there's no evidence at all. You can't do anything to her."
Huang Zhen looked at the tragically dead Ouyang Liqun on the ground and sighed, "I truly never imagined he would be killed in this way. How can I explain this to the higher-ups..."
Wan Yunting and his father exchanged glances. None of them had expected Ouyang Liqun's situation to end this way...
Wan Yunting didn't linger at the police station. On the way back in the car with his father, Ouyang Zhixin asked, "Little Wan, what kind of deal did you make with that Ji Ruxue?"
Wan Yunting, driving, thought for a moment before replying, "She wants to cultivate with me!"
"Cultivate? What's that?"
Ouyang Zhixin asked, confused.
Wan Yunting explained, "There's a kind of skill called dual cultivation. You can think of it as the practice that men and women do in bed!"
This explanation left Ouyang Zhixin stunned. He looked at his son with a strange expression. Wan Yunting, driving, glanced at him and chuckled, "Dad, don't misunderstand. Although your son is a bit handsome, she wouldn't force me into dual cultivation just for that. Ji Ruxue's purpose is to obtain a special ability from me!"
"Special ability?"
Ouyang Zhixin's expression was dazed, and he was confused by his son again.
So, Wan Yunting had to briefly explain to his father about encountering that intelligent snake in the cave in Ling Mountain and how his body had undergone some changes after drinking its blood. Ouyang Zhixin then exclaimed in surprise, "There are such giant snakes in the world?"
Wan Yunting nodded. "Our Wuliang Taoist Temple's Old Master Gui said that those snakes are born with spirituality. They understand how to absorb the essence of heaven and earth, eventually transforming. Of course, this is a bit far-fetched."
"But that intelligent snake indeed had spirituality. Drinking its blood greatly replenished me, not only breaking through my martial arts but also strengthening my physique and sharpening my senses."
"That Ji Ruxue, who calls herself from the Divine Snake Tribe, perhaps sensing the blood essence of the intelligent snake in me, wants to obtain the intelligent snake's ability from me through dual cultivation!"
Ouyang Zhixin understood this explanation and said, "So you refused her, and to demonstrate her killing methods, she killed Ouyang Liqun to exert a deterrent effect, is that right?"
"Yes."
Wan Yunting nodded and sighed, "It's just that I didn't expect her to kill Ouyang Liqun!"
Ouyang Zhixin understood and said, "Little Wan, your refusal was the right thing to do. That Ji Ruxue is too dangerous. You absolutely must not agree to do such things with her. If she suddenly makes a move on you, it will be too late."
Wan Yunting nodded, but his heart became even more serious at this moment, knowing that a Gu Master like Ji Ruxue could kill with such ease.
Just then, his phone in his pocket rang. Wan Yunting took it out and answered while driving, "Hello..."
"Hello, hurry back, there are so many snakes at home!" Duan Yingying's anxious voice came through the phone.
"What? So many snakes?"
Hearing this, Wan Yunting was shocked. Ouyang Zhixin in the passenger seat looked astonished, knowing that something might have happened at home...