InLongLiveVillage,anisolatedmountainvillageinnorthernFujian,DongZhaoRu,theleaderofthefamilyrankedthird,wasdraggeddownandswallowedbyahugesnakethatsuddenlyemergedfromariver.Thepatriarch,DongZhaoJi,believeditwastheLongSnakeGodworshipedbythevillagers.Possiblybecausethevillagershadn’tbeenofferingsacrificestoitfortenyears,itwasirritated.Violenceandchaosfollowed.DongZhaoJiorderedpeopletoabductDongWenJuan,anorphangirlfromthefamilyrankedsecondwhohadnoonetorelyon.DongZhaoJidecidedtomakeherthehumansacrificetothesnakeinreturnforthesafetyofthevillage.Shewouldbedroppedintotheriverontheselectedauspiciousday.Tosavehissister,WenJuan’selderbrotherDongWenLinwasdeterminedtofindthesnakebeforetheritual.
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