Chapter 162 Basilisk
“Why does this cookie have a flavor?”
Myrtle circled around Jiang Li, asking curiously.
Jiang Li glanced at the biscuit in her hand and replied, "This has been offered with incense and is eaten by the dead. People in my hometown do this. Isn't it the same here?"
"I haven't tasted food this way in a long time," Myrtle said in a nostalgic voice.
Ghosts have no way of eating. Even if they taste delicious food, it is like eating tasteless pieces of wax.
Hearing this, Jiang Li looked at Myrtle with sympathy and said, "I'll go back and offer you some food. Don't make a fuss. Wait for me here. If anyone comes, drive them away and don't let them in here. Got it?"
"really?"
Myrtle's eyes brightened up a lot, and her spirit entangled Jiang Li, "I haven't eaten pumpkin pie for a long time. The pumpkin pie my mother makes is delicious. Can you make me some pumpkin pie?"
Snape next to him paused and looked up at Myrtle, who was full of excitement.
This girl died before she even reached adulthood and was trapped here forever.
"No problem." Jiang Li handed the communication crystal ball to Jin Tao Niang and instructed, "If someone comes over, just poke this thing. When it lights up, I'll know someone is coming."
Myrtle took the crystal ball and felt happy.
After all these years, someone finally talked to her like a normal person.
Jiang Li ignored Myrtle, took out the Parseltongue translator and pressed the switch on it.
"Open."
After she finished speaking, the translator immediately made a hissing sound like a snake.
The next second, the snake-shaped faucet in the bathroom began to twist and deform, and a hole appeared that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.
Seeing the hole, Golden Myrtle began to scream as if she had remembered some terrible memory.
"No, don't go in, there are dangerous things in there!"
The entrance of the cave was pitch black, like the open mouth of a wild beast, waiting for its prey to jump in, and it was filled with a dangerous atmosphere.
Snape stopped Jiang Li who wanted to go in, "I'll go in first. If there is any problem, you can save me."
"it is good."
Jiang Li didn't waste any time. Seeing that the snake-shaped bracelet on Snape's wrist was gone, he took off his necklace and put it around Snape's neck.
"If you encounter danger, just run away. Leave the rest to me."
This is the first time I heard someone let him escape.
Snape was stunned for a moment, and felt a warmth flowing in his heart. He said slowly, "I understand."
He walked towards the open cave.
Myrtle looked at the two men in confusion, and felt that the two boys looked strange, just different from the other boys.
After Snape went in, Jiang Li followed without hesitation.
What a joke! She runs so fast that she doesn't need anyone to lead the way for her.
The moment I jumped into the cave, I felt a sense of weightlessness.
Jiang Li cast a spell to slowly descend until he stepped on solid ground.
"Fluorescence."
She saw Snape in front of her light up his wand, illuminating the way ahead.
I walked towards Snape and felt something hurting my feet. When I looked down, I saw densely packed bones, which looked like the bones of some animals.
"Are you OK."
Snape walked towards Jiang Li to check on her condition.
Although he knew that she was very strong, he was subconsciously concerned about Jiang Li's situation.
"fine."
Jiang Li lit up the magic wand and checked the inner wall of the cave. The wall showed signs of being worn and the edges and corners in some places had become rounded.
"The basilisk is probably nearby, we have to be careful," she instructed Snape.
She has thick skin and tough flesh, and the basilisk can't kill her in one go, but Severus is different. He is a ranged mage and is very fragile.
The corridor here was very quiet. Perhaps because of the presence of the basilisk, Jiang Li did not see any rats in the sewer.
The air was filled with a pungent stench of decay, the smell of decay and decline that had settled over a long period of time.
Occasionally, unknown sounds were heard, as if monsters lurking in the dark were ready to move, which made people shudder. The water flowed slowly in the darkness, making a low gurgling sound.
When the two were halfway there, they saw a huge snake skin that had just been shed.
The moment he saw the snake skin, Snape's expression became much more serious.
"This thing is good. It can be used in alchemy. Do you want it when you make potions?"
Jiang Li took out the dagger very skillfully and cut the large piece of snake skin without any tension.
Seeing her strolling around as relaxed as if she were in her backyard, Snape was speechless.
"Aren't you nervous at all?"
"Nervous. I'm really nervous."
Jiang Li said in a relaxed tone, handing the knife to Snape.
"Your cutting skills are better, so you do it. Let's quickly put these things away. If Dumbledore finds out, he will definitely say that these are Hogwarts' property and we have to take them back."
The snake monster skins that I bought from the market before were not of such good quality.
The originally tense atmosphere disappeared, and Snape could only work hard to cut and divide the snake skin.
I don’t know if I was lucky, but after collecting these snake skins, I didn’t encounter any danger.
The two walked forward, the sound of water becoming louder and louder, almost blurring out the sound of movement in the dark.
"Be careful."
Snape realized something and reminded Jiang Li loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Li had already moved away.
An extremely huge snake monster suddenly jumped out of the pool next to it and bit the place where Jiang Li had just stood.
The moment Jiang Li dodged, he hugged Snape's waist and kept some distance from him, taking out the sword of Gryffindor.
"You harass it, and I will attract its attention." Jiang Li whispered.
As she spoke, she was already facing the basilisk with her sword.
Snape did not hesitate, raised his wand and attacked the basilisk, slowing it down.
"Stop."
Jiang Li used the Parseltongue translator to give orders to the basilisk.
The basilisk's movements slowed down for a few seconds.
efficient!
Her eyes lit up and she ordered the basilisk:
"Close your eyes."
The basilisk hesitated, as if confused.
Its huge body stretches across the space, creating an extremely oppressive feeling.
"Close your eyes."
Jiang Li's voice was more resolute this time.
The basilisk seemed to sense some kind of call and actually closed its eyes.
Seeing this, Jiang Li walked quickly towards the snake with the sword in his hand.
Just as it was about to get close, the basilisk suddenly opened its eyes and attacked in her direction, biting through the ground where she was.
Snape immediately cast a Confusion Charm at the basilisk, and several other spells to block the basilisk's vision, making it unable to see anything.
Jiang Li flashed and rode on the basilisk's head, his black hair fluttering in the air. He raised the Gryffindor sword in his hand high, a cold light flashed, and the blade pierced directly through the basilisk's head and struck down heavily.
"His∽"
The moment the basilisk's head was stabbed, it let out a horrible hissing sound, its huge body twisted wildly, and its tail whipped everything around it crazily.
The walls and ground were hit, stones flew and dust rose up.
Snape reacted quickly and took a few steps back to avoid being hit by the basilisk's tail.
He cast several more restraining spells on it.
Huge rocks rose from the ground, blocking the direction of the basilisk's movement and preventing it from escaping from underwater.
Jiang Li calmly grabbed the sword stuck in the basilisk's head, without any panic in his eyes.