Chapter 172: Poor Zhao Manyan, breaking the snake curse!

"King, his mental state is a little confused. He should be affected by the curse." The voice of Jiuyouhou sounded.

"Curse? Is it serious? How to remove it?" Zhang Chenran asked.

"The curse will cause him to feel an inexplicable fear and terror towards the snake man. His soul will gradually weaken, and his senses and even his mental perception will be confused to a certain extent. There are two ways to remove it. Either let the snake man remove it himself, or kill the snake man who set the soul curse."

"Can the caster use a curse to make him hallucinate, or insert something into his memory?"

"Can."

Hearing this, Zhang Chenran looked at Zhao Manyan who was standing beside him.

The latter was very unhappy and said he didn't want to pay attention to him.

"Old Zhao, what was the reaction of the shop assistants when you and the proprietress entered the store?" Zhang Chenran asked, not paying attention to his cold face.

Zhao Manyan thought for a moment:

"Reaction? Just do what you want. They seemed to think I was a customer and didn't pay much attention to me."

"Compared to now?"

Zhang Chenran pointed at the shop assistants who were working in the store without any hesitation.

He didn't care whether they could see his rude behavior.

Zhao Manyan was stunned. It seemed that the shop assistants didn't care about him at all.

It's not that she didn't care about him, it's more like she ignored him, like a puppet being lifted by strings, her movements were stiff and uncoordinated.

The most terrifying thing was that under his gaze, the store clerks gradually began to develop strange characteristics.

The snake's tongue, the eyes that look no different from a snake demon's, and the body covered with snake demon's scales!

"Chen! They."

Zhao Manyan's hair stood on end!

He turned his head sharply to look at Zhang Chenran who was standing beside him, but there was no sign of anyone near him.

"Old Zhao! We are here!" Zhang Chenran's voice came from behind.

Zhao Manyan turned around and saw that he and Jiang Yinyun had retreated to a position ten meters away without him noticing.

"No, you guys, I"

Zhao Manyan stuttered and pointed at the clerk in the store and wanted to explain.

However, looking at the two figures, they felt very far away, as if they were out of reach.

"What's wrong with him?" Jiang Yinyun frowned slightly.

Ten meters away, Zhao Manyan looked panicked and at a loss. He seemed to want to say something, but he didn't know how to start the conversation.

"It's fine if you can't sense the aura, but you can't even sense the obvious spatial fluctuations like instant movement?"

Zhang Chenran couldn't help but frown. This snake man's curse was more tricky than he thought.

He asked Jiang Yinyun to stay where she was and walked slowly to Zhao Manyan.

"Old Zhao!"

As soon as he spoke, Zhao Manyan was suddenly startled and took a step back.

How could Zhang Chenran, who was clearly ten meters away, suddenly appear in front of him?

Zhao Manyan was breathing heavily, as if he was frightened.

He raised his hand and wanted to pat Zhang Chenran on the shoulder, but Zhang Chenran's figure in his sight seemed like a blurry shadow, as if he did not exist.

His hand paused in the air, and he put it down only after he sensed Zhang Chenran's presence at a distance of ten centimeters.

"Chen, I feel like something is wrong with me."

It wasn't just the uneasiness caused by fear, but also the confusion of his own perception that made him unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

Zhao Manyan was like a seriously ill person. Even if Zhang Chenran was right next to him, he needed to confirm repeatedly whether he really existed.

There is the breath left by the snake man here, and the impact on him will become more and more serious. Zhang Chenran raised his hand and slapped him several meters away.

The real feeling of pain allowed Zhao Manyan to briefly regain his confused senses and perceptions.

"Why are you hitting me?" Zhao Manyan stood up from the ground and asked angrily.

I was already annoyed by the serious illness, and now I was slapped in the face for no reason.

"Do you feel better now?" Zhang Chenran asked him back.

Zhao Manyan was stunned.

The 'blur' of vision and perception disappeared, replaced by a clear reality.

Then, the feeling of powerlessness spread throughout my body, and my senses began to make me gradually fall into that "fuzziness" again.

Seeing this, Zhang Chenran raised his hand almost subconsciously.

"Wait a minute, I have a solution!"

Zhao Manyan shouted, and then hurriedly took out the wooden fish vessel.

He struck the wooden fish, and it seemed to respond with a force that nourished his soul.

With the nourishment of that power, he found his 'self' again.

"Chen, do you know something?" Zhao Manyan asked while beating the wooden fish.

Zhang Chenran thought about it:

"I'm not sure about it, but I accidentally learned that the snake people have a natural curse, and the effect of the curse is different for each snake person.

Judging from your performance, the curse of the Australian snake people should be able to cause hallucinations in mages and confuse perception and spirit.

There was a trace of snake people here before, and you will be more and more affected by it while you are here. If I am not mistaken, you should have seen some traces of snake demons just now, right?"

Zhao Manyan nodded repeatedly, then looked towards "Master Ling's Youth Lifestyle Store". Seeing that the staff inside were all normal, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's so scary. If I get into that state, I feel like I can't tell what's real and what's fake."

Zhao Manyan swallowed his saliva with lingering fear, and the movement of beating the wooden fish in his hand became faster.

He didn't even know when he was cursed by the snake man.

The terrible curse almost made him lose his senses and mental perception.

Even the scenes seen in "Master Ling's Youth Life Museum" were illusions.

But he was sure that the boss lady must exist.

"So the boss lady you mentioned does exist, and it was she who cursed you. She must be a pure-blooded snake man."

Zhang Chenran paused, and continued: "You enter the state of meditation."

"Ah? Oh."

Without giving it much thought, Zhao Manyan did as he was told, found a random place to sit down, and entered a state of meditation.

Half a minute later.

Zhao Manyan came out of his meditation state, frowning:

"No, in this state, let alone practicing, even entering the state of meditation will take a lot of energy."

As he spoke, he started striking the wooden fish again.

"How does it feel when you enter the state of meditation? Or is there something wrong?" Zhang Chenran asked.

Zhao Manyan thought for a moment:

"Something is wrong. I always feel like something is staring at me in my spiritual universe, and it scares me so much that I can't concentrate."

Hearing this, Zhang Chenran nodded slightly:

"That's right, enter the state of meditation again."

"Are you sure you're not kidding me?" Zhao Manyan's mouth twitched slightly.

"I've found a way to lift the curse for you." Zhang Chenran explained.

Zhao Manyan was skeptical about the method to lift the curse, but thinking of the terrible impact of the curse, he had to do it.

This time, when he entered the state of meditation, Zhang Chenran's eyes also flashed with a dark bloody light.

After persisting for about a minute, Zhao Manyan came out of his meditation state, sweating profusely.

He quickly picked up the wooden fish and started beating it, saying exhaustedly:

"Chen, I feel like my mental strength is being drained!"

In the spiritual world, he can only resist the cursed gaze at the cost of consuming mental energy.

"It's okay, I found it."

Zhang Chenran chuckled, and a hint of obscure darkness emerged from the shadow behind him and shuttled towards a certain direction of the city.

"Your curse will be lifted in a moment."

"real?"

Zhao Manyan was stunned. Could that terrible curse be lifted so easily?

Just as he was about to take back the wooden fish, Zhang Chenran stopped him: "I said I would wait a while, why are you taking it back so quickly?"

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Hearing this, Zhao Manyan continued to beat the wooden fish.

In fact, the energy that the wooden fish responds to him can nourish his soul for a few hours and will not be affected too deeply by the curse.

At least you won't lose most of your senses and perceptions.

However, if he knocked once every few hours, Zhao Manyan would feel insecure, so he would keep knocking.

"Where did you buy this wooden fish?" Zhang Chenran couldn't help but ask when he sensed the energy contained in the wooden fish.

"It's a long story. When our national team first arrived in Japan, I was almost killed by that bastard Mo Fan."

Zhao Manyan was also bored, so he started to tell him at length about his experiences in the past few months to pass the time.

When they were halfway through their conversation, Nan Jue called.

"Canberra Pavilion? Zhao Manyan is in some trouble, so we can't go there for the time being."

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"Then I'll let Yin Yun go. The situation with Zhao Manyan is a bit complicated. It's even more serious than the evil spirit you encountered in Japan last time."

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Everyone had arrived at the entrance of the Australian Pavilion, except for these three people.

But Zhao Manyan's snake curse had not been lifted, and Zhang Chenran was not sure that killing the caster would completely lift the curse.

Finally, Jiang Yinyun went to challenge the Australian Pavilion with the National Government team.

Zhang Chenran and Zhao Manyan stayed outside to ensure that Zhao Manyan's curse was completely lifted.

With Ai Jiangtu and Jiang Yinyun in charge, it is no problem to defeat the Australian Pavilion.

...…

Waited about two hours.

The obscure darkness returned to the shadow behind him.

Zhang Chenran couldn't help but ask, "Why did it take so long to solve it?"

"King, the 'positioning' you gave is too vague, and my presence in the city is easy to detect. Moreover, the snake spirit hides very well, and from time to time it releases some puppets to confuse my subordinates."

The Shadow Clan elder explained again and again, and then threw the soul into the shadow world.

This snake man is at the commander level, although Zhang Chenran is very resistant to assimilating the "human" into a shadow soldier.

However, this half-snake, half-human creature had long since departed from the human category, and only had the word "human" in its name

. Not long after, the shadow completely assimilated the soul of the snake man and created a dark body for it.

Seeing the graceful body of the snake-woman in the shadow world, I couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

No wonder Lao Zhao was attracted to the female snake demon.

When she disguised herself as a human, she was almost indistinguishable from a human woman. Her innate charm attracted countless people of the opposite sex and race.

It is no exaggeration to say that she is a temptation to Lao Zhao.

It was just like the first time I felt the amazement on Lycoris radiata, I couldn't resist it at all!

Although he was more influenced by the red spider lily from the blood in his body.

But he had to admit that he was so amazed when he first saw the Lycoris radiata that he almost couldn't control himself.

"Old Zhao, Old Zhao, I feel like I have no right to criticize you." Zhang Chenran sighed.

"What?" Zhao Manyan was confused.

"It's nothing. Try entering the state of meditation again and see if the snake man's curse has been eliminated?" Zhang Chenran changed the subject.

After feeling it in the spiritual world, Zhao Manyan said excitedly:

"It's broken! It's broken! The snake man curse has been broken!"

The abnormality on his body disappeared, his senses returned to normal, his mental perception returned to normal, and his soul no longer felt weak.

Now, he was full of energy and just wanted to catch the snake demon that cursed him and rub it hard under his body!

At this time, several familiar figures ran over not far away.

"It's them." Zhao Manyan looked at the Guofu team and asked in confusion,

"Aren't they challenging the Australian Pavilion?"

"Are you all right?"

Ai Jiangtu, who was most concerned about the safety of the team members, asked hurriedly.

After challenging the Australian Pavilion, everyone learned from Jiang Yinyun that Zhao Manyan was cursed by the snake man.

Although Jiang Yinyun said that Zhang Chenran had a way to solve it, Nan Jue was determined to come.

Others may not understand, but she has a general understanding of the major curses, so how could she not know what the snake curse is?

Although the Australian snake people are far inferior to the strongest snake people, the Medusa clan.

However, even the curse of the lowest bloodline snake people is very tricky.

Once cursed, even an immortal soul would suffer great trauma.

Before the two could respond, Nan Jue said,

"Let me explore your spiritual world."

Zhao Manyan did not refuse and allowed her to investigate. After all, his illness was cured.

After the investigation, Nanjue looked strange.

There were indeed signs of being cursed, but the curse was automatically eliminated.

"How did you do it?" Nan Jue looked at Zhang Chenran and asked.

"It just so happens that there is a way to restrain the curse." Zhang Chenran answered vaguely.

Nan Jue looked at him deeply and stopped asking questions.

"No matter what, it's good that everyone is okay," Ai Jiangtu said.

"I've already told you that Chen Ran has a way to solve it." Jiang Yinyun couldn't help but say.

"By the way, what are you doing in a place like this?"

Jiang Shaoxu looked towards "Master Ling's Youth Life Center" and smiled like a fox.

Everyone knew what kind of person Zhao Manyan was, and it was obvious who Jiang Shaoxu was referring to when he said "you guys".

Being stared at by everyone, Jiang Yinyun's cheeks and ears instantly felt hot.

She cast a life-saving look at Zhang Chenran, who also looked embarrassed and couldn't help blushing.

It was bad enough that Zhao Manyan knew about it, but now the whole team knew about it.

Under everyone's strange gaze, Zhang Chenran gritted his teeth and explained:

"Do you believe me when I say we were just passing by?"

"Why didn't you tell me you had a friend?" Jiang Shaoxu said unhappily.

Isn't it just that? What's there to hide? Mu Tingying showed disdain.

It would be great if they could stand on our side. Nan Rongni knew the relationship between Zhang Chenran, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan, and frowned slightly.

The other people didn't think so much about it. They either envied the two or were not interested.

Nan Jue coughed twice:

"Everyone is tired after challenging the Australian Pavilion today. Let's go back and rest early to prepare for the tasks that the instructor is about to assign."