Tu Xiao'an took a single step, using Shift Form and Position to appear directly in the man's path. He frowned slightly. "What's going on?"
"Snake... Snake... Snake..."
The man's face was a mask of sheer terror as he repeated the word over and over.
Tu Xiao'an's eyes lit up. "Where is the snake? What does it look like?"
"Snake... snake... No... It's not a snake... That snake isn't a snake, it's her! She's back! She's staring at me, she wants to kill me! I'm a dead man, a dead man!"
The man was starting to speak incoherently. Tu Xiao'an felt a surge of frustration. Seeing the man's delirious state and jumbled words left him speechless.
"I am here! How dare the Snake Spirit act so wantonly?"
Having eaten his fill and drunk plenty of wine, a radiant Celestial Master Zhang leaped out, Treasure Sword in hand, looking utterly majestic.
"Where is the Snake Spirit? Tell me, and I shall go vanquish the demon this instant!"
