The construction site was full of gossip, and Tang Shiba got a taste of it as soon as she arrived.
"I heard this land used to be a graveyard. We can't skip the preparations before we start work."
"Of course not. Otherwise, who would want to work here late at night?"
Su Chen stood beside Tang Shiba, watching the workers slaughter chickens and burn incense. He asked her, "Do you know what this means?"
"They're appeasing the spirits of the dead!"
"Do you believe spirits exist?"
Tang Shiba turned to him and smiled. "Want to see one? I have a way to let you meet them."
Su Chen smiled and waved his hands. "No, I scare easily. Don't frighten me!"
"I was actually joking. Don't take it to heart!"
"I won't!"
"Hey, there's something in the ground!"
The cry brought everyone crowding over, and the system alerted Tang Shiba.
[Host, Ouyang Xuan is making trouble!] [Oh, she buried something here beforehand to sow seeds of unease among the workers!]
Tang Shiba went over too. When she looked, good grief-it was a whole nest of snakes!
[A whole nest of farm-raised snakes, at that?]
A foodie's gleam shone in Tang Shiba's eyes. "Quick, quick, catch them! Dinner's taken care of!"
One of the foremen's expressions changed immediately when he heard her, and he told her to apologize to Snake Grandpa at once.
"You can't just say things like that! My dad told me you must never kill snakes you dig up on a construction site. If you do, there'll be serious trouble!"
The other workers agreed. "Exactly! If we kill them, the snake god will come after us for revenge. We'll be the ones who suffer!"
The snake god!
*Who was stronger, the snake god or Water City's dragon