Chapter 70: Professor Chen

As the group of men brought up the carcass to the land, more people who happen to hear the news came over to watch the excitement as well.

At the entrance of the Ma family's land, several vehicles were seen parked at the side of the road. The atmosphere was lively. It was as if there was a big event.

Beside the lake, the crane finally lifted the big snake out of the water.

Loud gasps and screams were heard all over the area as everyone witnessed the size of this snake.

It was estimated the snake to be a few hundred kilograms. The size was enough to make one scared.

The thought that this big creature was found in their lake makes the townspeople scared. Almost everyone was saying that they needed to be careful from now on.

Since they had discovered this big snake, then, its family should be living around the mountains or lake around them.

Suddenly, everyone was discussing whether anyone had lost their farm animals. Then, some parents reminded their kids not to go into the lake water until the authorities had confirmed that the water is safe.

While everyone was focusing on the giant snake, a few vehicles arrived and parked outside the orchard. Soon, a few unfamiliar faces walked out, led by a man who was estimated to be in his late fifty.

Upon seeing the way they were dressed, the crowd parted to make way for this new group.

The old man walked until he finally arrived in front of the lake. His expression changed the moment he saw the snake. He waited for the workers to put down the snake on the ground before he instructed his group to approach and looked at the creature.

"Hey! What are you doing? Who are you?" Ma Hao Dong saw the unfamiliar faces and stepped forward to stop them.

The old man stepped forward, stopping Ma Hao Dong from approaching his apprentices. "I'm sorry, you are?"

Ma Hao Dong's expression turned uglier. "This is my orchard! Who are you, people? I have never seen any of you around this town before."

The old man's face changed again. "I'm sorry for my rudeness," the old man apologized. "My surname is Chen. I am a professor from a university in Capital City." He took out his card and handed it to Ma Hao Dong. "My students and I were on our break when we heard the news of this snake. We come over to take a look."

Su Ruan glanced at the person who was talking to her grandpa. She did not know what did they talked about but her grandpa stepped aside and let the group is to look at the giant snake.

"Sister Ruan, look at that, don't you think it's scary?" Ma Yu Xi asked. "This snake should be close to hundreds of years for it to grow this big, right?'

"That's true. I wonder where did this huge snake had hidden all this while?" Su Ruan whispered.

"Don't you remember?" A woman who stood beside Su Ruan whispered to her friend. "There's the story about that mountain guardian that I used to hear about when I was a kid. Didn't they say that the mountain's guardian is a big snake? It couldn't be that this snake is the mountain's guardian, right?"

Hearing their whisper, Su Ruan turned to look at the friends and continued to eavesdrop.

She was not from this town and had only heard about the legendary lake dragon from Long Fei. This was the first time that she had heard about the mountain's guardian.

"I heard that too." The young man whispered. My grandfather used to say that the mountain's guardian did not attack the town's people and only go for those who tried to destroy the mountain."

"Right. Didn't you hear the rumor? I heard that there was a group of illegal loggers in the mountain. Someone ran into them while hiking yesterday morning."

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"Then, if the mountain's guardian is dead, who was going to protect our mountain from now on?" Another girl whispered.

A deep frown appeared on her face.

Su Ruan did not want to believe the story about these mythical creatures. However, after running into the dragon last night… she should be more open-minded.

It was pitiful that the snake had died but Su Ruan was at least glad that it was not her little friend.

A commotion near the lake area snapped her out of her trance again.

One of the young men who came with the old man ran over and shouted, "Professor!"

Su Ruan's gaze followed the young man to look at what was going on.

The young man's face paled as he ran over to the old professor. He showed something in his palm and the professor's expression gradually turned ugly.

The professor lifted the item in the young man's palm to inspect it.

Because she was quite close, Su Run could see what the professor was holding. That thing in his hand… was it not the bullet that the dragon had dug out of his body last night?

Her heartbeat accelerated. Su Ruan could not look away from the bullet and wondered what would happen to that dragon if he did not take out the bullet last night.

A disturbing thought came to her mind as she continued to look at the group of people.

They seem to be very familiar with the bullet.

It couldn't be that it was this group of people who had harmed that dragon… 

Her expression turned darker as she thought of what these people came to do.

Su Ruan could not hear the words that the old man had whispered to his student. After receiving his instruction, the young man ran over to his friends again and they continued to inspect the snake.

"What's going on here."

The familiar voice made everyone turn.

Long Yu Heng scanned the area and his eyes stopped at the old man for a few seconds. Then, he turned to Ma Hao Dong to greet him.

"Mister Long." Ma Hao Dong greeted him with a smile. He was extremely polite towards the young man. "Are you here to look at the snake they found in the lake as well?"

Long Yu Heng nodded. "Old Man Ma, sorry for my disturbance. I was in the town center when I heard people were talking about it. I got curious and decided to take a look."

"Then, let me bring you over to get a closer look."

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