Siheyuan: Tracking Down a Snake Den, Taming Snakes to Intimidate the Entire Compound

His tattered coat can't hide his murderous intent. The courtyard's beasts bet he won't survive three days, unaware that he carries a Snake-Raising System. For every venomous snake he tames, he gets meat, eggs, fighting skills, and even prime real estate in the capital that everyone envies.

In the reed marshes west of the city, he digs through frozen earth with his bare hands, firmly pinning a snake just behind its head. Tiger keelbacks and red-banded snakes go into his sack one after another. The onlookers go from snickering to horrified, then stumble backward in fear. But the real trick comes later: the tamed snakes understand commands. He crooks a finger, and a snake's tongue darts precisely at the target he chooses.

These courtyard beasts have been coveting the Shen family's property and were hoping he'd starve to death just yesterday. Now he pushes open the courtyard gate with a snake sack hanging at his waist. Third Uncle Yan Fugui sneaks over for a look and nearly pisses himself when he sees more than a dozen venomous snakes rearing up and flicking their tongues inside. Jia Zhangshi jumps up and accuses him of profiteering. Yi Zhonghai puts on a lofty air and says he needs to be taught a lesson. Shen Dongsheng simply smiles and pats the bulging sack at his side.

The snakes haven't even come out of the sack yet, and there's plenty of time. Sooner or later, he'll make everyone in the courtyard understand who the one person they shouldn't mess with really is.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.