Hu Xiaobei heard it, and Bai Yanxi, who was standing beside Hu Xiaobei holding a bamboo fishing rod for him, also heard it, so at that moment, she curiously turned her head.

She saw two people running over in utter disarray.

"What's going on here?"

She asked in surprise!

At this time, Bai Yanxi, focused on staring at those two people, didn't notice the faint hint of mockery in Hu Xiaobei's eyes...

"Some people just like jumping out on their own!"

Muttering to himself, Hu Xiaobei responded with a grin, "Don't know for the moment, but we'll know shortly!"

As Hu Xiaobei finished speaking, the two thoroughly disheveled individuals came rushing out...

Behind them was a venomous snake with absolutely gorgeous patterns...

To outsiders, it seemed they were being chased by this venomous snake, thus running haphazardly.

But Hu Xiaobei didn't think so, because although they looked panicked, their steps weren't random at all, and their peripheral vision was constantly locked on him.

"These two must be the unexpected visitors Treasure-hunting Rabbit mentioned earlier!"

"They seem to be chased by a venomous snake, shouldn't we help?"

When Hu Xiaobei recognized them, Bai Yanxi's voice rang out in fear.

She didn't know the specifics, but only wanted to quickly help them because the venomous snake with those vibrant patterns truly looked terrifying!

She knew that if they didn't help, they might really get bitten, and if they did, the situation would become quite troublesome.

"Of course, we should help, otherwise, we might be exposed later!"

"Master Xiaobei, what are you talking about? Exposed about what?"

Bai Yanxi hadn't clearly heard what Hu Xiaobei said, so she curiously asked back!

"Nothing! I indeed said we should help, otherwise it could be really dangerous!"

"Okay!"

Agreeing, Hu Xiaobei rubbed the silver needles he had been holding in his hand; the next moment, he flung them out...

In an instant, a dozen silver needles shot straight towards the vividly patterned snake!

Seeing Hu Xiaobei truly taking action, Bai Yanxi, standing beside him, heaved a sigh of relief.

She knew Hu Xiaobei's skills, so knowing he was willing to act meant there would certainly be no problem...

Unlike Bai Yanxi, the two people being chased by the snake twitched their eye corners frantically...

They were the ones who had been asking Wang Xiaoming questions outside the village earlier...

They had previously investigated some information about Hu Xiaobei. Feeling it wasn't enough, they came into the village, trying to get closer to Hu Xiaobei quickly!

They knew Hu Xiaobei was quite a cautious person, aware that ordinary contact would easily raise suspicion, so they set up such a plan, pretending to be chased by a snake to 'unintentionally' appear in front of him.

From prior to this, the plan was going smoothly!

They now realized they overlooked one point, which was that Hu Xiaobei's strength was too strong...

...

The snake was their own domesticated one....

So they truly didn't want it to die since it had greater uses...

Because of this, they previously purposely commanded it not to follow too closely, thinking that when Hu Xiaobei launched an attack, its chance of escaping would be larger!

But now, they found all their prior efforts redundant as the silver needles were simply too fast!

They had no time to issue a command...

All they could do was watch as the snake got pinned down, ultimately turning into a specimen.

"Goddammit!"

Seeing it die so quickly, their hearts were bleeding!

Snakes are cold-blooded animals, very hard to tame!

They had spent a tremendous amount of effort previously just to successfully tame this one...

Initially, they relied on it to exert greater effects, but now it was directly killed!

Frustrating!

They were frustrated to the extreme!

Yet, they dared not show it, so they could only vent furiously inside their own hearts...

"Master Xiaobei, you're truly amazing!"

"Not too bad!"

Having said this, Hu Xiaobei looked at the two of them, speaking with concern: "Are you okay!"

Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei's inquiry, they quickly replied, "We're fine, truly thank you! If not for you, we'd really have been in danger!"

"Yes indeed!"

Though their hearts were bleeding, they could only feign a grateful appearance.

"How did you end up here?"

Hu Xiaobei glanced deeply at them, speaking lightly...

Hu Xiaobei was now prepared to have a proper chat with them, knowing that the more they talked, the more uncomfortable they'd become.

Initially, they had prepared themselves on how to answer Hu Xiaobei's questions, but now, because the snake was killed, they truly didn't want to answer...

Nevertheless, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and respond...

Exchanging glances, one of them said huskily: "Well, we're from out of town; previously, we heard Xiaohe Village was nice, so we wandered around taking photos, but unfamiliarity led to getting lost. While chaotically searching for the road, we encountered that snake, leading to the scenario just now."

If ordinary people heard this reason, they might not feel something was amiss!

But Hu Xiaobei found many places that didn't make sense...

Especially the place where they encountered the snake...

Before, Xiaohe Village was relatively ordinary, so it was normal to have all kinds of snakes here!

Now, with Dudu residing here...

Due to Dudu's presence, no other venomous snake dared approach; hence, it was impossible for them to encounter a venomous snake here!

Unless the snake was brought by them...

Of course, Hu Xiaobei had no intention of revealing this...

Because he knew that if he said it now, the plot would have no way to continue...

That would truly be uninteresting...

"Oh, I see, that's truly quite unfortunate! After a while, let's head back together!"

"Alright!"

Exchanging glances, they agreed!

At this moment, they slightly relaxed themselves!

Despite losing a carefully nurtured snake, they still managed to gain Hu Xiaobei's trust.

In their eyes, as long as they could complete their task, the minor sacrifice now was indeed worth it...

Seeing them relax, Hu Xiaobei's eyes revealed a hint of mockery...

Hu Xiaobei was truly curious what their feelings would be if they knew their plan had been seen through long ago!

"Really want to directly ask them!"

Muttering to himself, Hu Xiaobei gently looked at Bai Yanxi, saying: "Let's head back!"

"What about these fish?"

"Put them back into the water!"

Hu Xiaobei knew they were still small, so it wasn't good to catch them now.

"But putting them back like this, they might not survive!"

"They will!"

Saying this, Hu Xiaobei knelt down, carefully returning them one by one to the water.

Before putting them back in, Hu Xiaobei infused them with a trace of Nine Wood True Qi, fully restoring their condition.

Seeing Hu Xiaobei so cautiously handling the fish, they looked helplessly at the snake that was dead beyond dead...

"Damn, if you had shown it some mercy earlier, it wouldn't have died so miserably!"

Complaining, they began fantasizing about the snake's last moments...

They knew it certainly experienced extreme pain...

Being completely hopeless at the end...

"Alright, let's go!"

After releasing the last fish, Hu Xiaobei stood up...

"Okay!"

At Hu Xiaobei's words, they softly responded, soon following him closely from behind as he walked away...

After a couple of steps, Hu Xiaobei glanced at them gently, saying: "By the way, where are you from? Not from another country, right?"

This remark made the atmosphere instantly hit an extreme cold!

Their eye corners twitched before hurriedly replying: "Master Xiaobei, what are you saying! We're genuine Huaxia people!"

"Absolutely, we're truly genuine Huaxia people!"

"Is that so! Then I apologize for mistakenly suspecting you!"

"It's alright!"

Saying this, they exchanged glances, each seeing fear in the other's eyes...

But swiftly, they gradually regained composure!

They believed Hu Xiaobei couldn't truly uncover their identities...

Though they weren't Huaxia people, they had lived in Huaxia for over twenty years, assuming they could fool anyone...

"If it wasn't to see what tricks you have up your sleeve, I would have exposed you long ago!"

As they relaxed, Hu Xiaobei sneered before stepping forward once more...

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