In times of ancient In times forgotten A small white snake was saved By a shepherd by accident It swore to repay the favor One way or another Seventeen thousand years of practice Finally gave her a human form Seventeen or more reincarnation The shepherd became a pharmacist On that destiny rainy day On the Broken Bridge of West Lake They met Fell in love for the first sight Few days after their marriage Was the dragon boat festival Without alert She drank the realgar wine In front of her husband In broad daylight She turned into the snake she used to be Scaring him to death Realizing what she had done She broke into the paradise Against the all the rules |
Tried to robbed the elixir The impudence shocked the Mother Order was sent to kill the thief Thanks to the Buddha The snake got away with enough to save her husband Knowing her true identity They traveled together and help others Until one day a powerful monk showed up A monk who can’t tolerate any monster in human form He locked the husband in the temple And demand a showdown with the snake Accusing her of seducing innocent and stealing elixir She got pissed Tried all her power to get into the temple Yet the monk was stronger Sealed her under a tower The pharmacist was upset He never had a chance to say goodbye He begged the monk to exchange message with his wife Even once would suffice The monk agreed on one condition The pharmacist had to also be a monk For the rest of his life |
Solution code: the heart from the very bottom go clockwise (20 digits)
on 16. February 2021, 16:21 by HakanE
Very nice rule set within poem and a nice visual design.
on 28. January 2021, 02:34 by KarasuGamma
What are the rules?
on 26. January 2021, 16:06 by TunaSherriff
Ended with a deadly pattern across more than 2 heart cells. Does this definitely have a unique solution?
on 1. January 2021, 17:47 by bigger
add link
on 31. December 2020, 19:13 by panthchesh
Thanks for the puzzle! :)
on 31. December 2020, 18:50 by panthchesh
Penpa for you: https://git.io/JLQAD
on 31. December 2020, 12:52 by marcmees
Happy New year.
on 31. December 2020, 09:58 by bigger
If you seriously need a spoiler rule, plz comment so I would add that part.