The sight of the giant python failed to stir any panic in Li Fan.
There was simply no need for it.
It was just a snake.
An ordinary python, he reasoned, just an uncommonly long and massive one. Its head alone was nearly half the size of a man. The sheer weight of its coils could surely crush him, but Li Fan was a mortal doctor who had seen his share of the mountains. He had hunted before; he was experienced.
Even Xiao Xi, curled on his lap,
10