Chang'an returned home, Ah Yan had already fallen asleep, he hesitated at the door for a while, but finally did not go in, just stood on tiptoe, leaned on the window and looked at the woman's back for a while, then wiped her face with his sleeve. Wiping the ashes on his face in the fire, he whispered: "Mom, I'm leaving."
He just left without saying a word to Ah Yan.
Changan walked through the familiar forest, passed the training ground where he often ran to peek, and then got into the crack of the door. After a while, he picked out a scrap-like blade, held it in his hand, and continued to run up the mountain without stopping. go.
The continuous and fast running made his chest feel tight and painful, like a long needle, and the energy was stirring and blending in it for a long time. He was so daring that he trotted all the way to Yufeng Mountain, which was usually regarded as a forbidden place by people.
The old people who know Yufeng Mountain say that it is a real mountain that eats people, a place where only true gods and devils can live. From the moment they walk up the mountain, ordinary people can't help but want to worship, and they can feel it from the depths of their souls. and hear my own tremors and fears.
However, perhaps because Chang An was too young and his soul hadn't had time to fully grow, he actually held his breath and rushed to the forbidden area. He decided to go to the man who had taught him a trick.
It doesn't matter if he is a true god or a devil.
There is no difference between the top of Yufeng Mountain and the bottom of the mountain. There are still dense forests, but it gets sparser and colder as you go up the mountain. When you reach the top of the mountain, there is only white snow.
The sweat on Chang'an's thin clothes was quickly dried by the night wind. He shivered fiercely and clenched the rusty iron piece in his hand.
Chang'an went up the mountain, but stood still. He looked up at the peak that could not be seen at a glance, inserted into the clouds, and he was very dazed. He suddenly realized that this mountain was too high, too steep, and too big. He couldn't even tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. Let alone a person, he might not even be able to find a big lion in it.
However, he couldn't go back.
Burning the carpenter to death and running away from Ayan's house, Chang'an felt that he had completely betrayed Zheyan's last words.
Repay kindness with kindness, revenge with revenge, you can't take back what you say, and you can't go back on what you say when you nod your head.
This is what Zheyan has taught him since he was a child—Zheyan probably lived a very useless life, and he always wanted to cultivate Chang'an into a tough guy. These words are settled every morning and evening, and he always recites them to Chang'an like chanting. Otherwise, it feels like something is missing from the day.
Changan grew up with such an education, thinking that he nodded his head first, and now he has turned his back on his promise and committed an unforgivable crime. He decided to go up the mountain with such a "felony" and find that person to learn swordsmanship. He made a solemn promise to himself, If you shrink back and give up at this time, isn't it another back and forth
Seven-year-old Chang An didn't know what "conscience" was, but he already felt that he had been condemned by something mysterious.
Thinking of this, he heaved a sigh of relief and continued to walk up Yufeng Mountain without thinking.
The night was getting dark, and the sound of "rustling" came from all around, as if there was a shadow chasing endlessly behind him.
Under the moonlight, Changan looked back, and his heart skipped a beat—I saw that behind him were densely packed pairs of small red eyes, which had been stalking him in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, and they were staring at him drooling.
Chang An stopped in his tracks, not sure whether he should run or what to do.
As soon as he stopped, those things also stopped, and the leading one took two steps forward, and its body was exposed to the moonlight.
That thing is about as long as a large lizard, with a long tail, slender limbs, and sharp teeth. Its body reflects colorful lights, but it walks very lightly. Each of them is as thin as a snake ant, but it bears the weight of its head. A huge head, staggering and overwhelmed when walking, as if it might fall over at any time.
Very funny.
But when they lined up one by one, looking at Chang'an with red eyes, as if they were thinking about how to speak well for this delicious meal, it was not funny at all.
What kind of monster is this? Chang An has never heard of it before. He took half a step back, and those things had to follow him forward, forming a semi-encirclement, surrounding the child in the middle.
Chang An glanced at this group of unknown monsters who were waiting to eat his flesh, but he didn't know what he was thinking, looked down at himself, and thought incomprehensibly, "Are these all here to eat me?"
Then he looked at the big heads on the slender bodies of those monsters, and he was in a hurry: "I only have a little meat, and it's not enough to eat!"
These big-headed monsters don't care if he has enough to eat or not. They smelled the scent of flesh and blood wafting from the little guy's skin and tender flesh, and decided that even if everyone rushes forward and only grabs a mouthful of blood, it's not in vain. It has grown into this face!
run
Chang An thought to himself, but he didn't dare to turn his head to look at the way out, he could tell that if he just lost his mind a little bit, the biggest monster in front of him would pounce on him and bite him to death. Chang An clenched the handle of the knife, and finally felt a little scared at this moment.
But he came up the mountain to find that person to learn swordsmanship, how could he die on the way
This little fear, on the contrary, made his mind sober like never before, but although he was sober, it was a pity that he hadn't had time to learn any skills, and his mind was still sober and empty—except for the trick that the strange person taught him.
He only knows this trick, and only this method, and he doesn't know how long he can last, but he doesn't want to die here, so he can only try.
Chang An silently lowered his center of gravity, and lightly adjusted the angle of his wrist.
He showed his knife, but it didn't have any deterrent effect on the other party. The monster stretched out its long tongue and flicked it in the air quickly. Chang An could see clearly that the tip of its tongue was covered with barbs. , a large piece of flesh will be torn off.
The sound of rustling filled his surroundings again, Chang An's feet were firmly planted on the ground, thinking about the man's movements that day, he moved his feet back by another half an inch without a teacher - this made him feel even stronger .
The moment he clenched the handle of the knife, the fear in Chang An's heart miraculously disappeared, as if he had a great support, as if the broken copper and rotten iron in his hand were some kind of magical weapon for killing gods and demons.
However, his divine weapon was useless at this time.
At the moment when the big-headed monster was about to rush over, suddenly, there was a sharp cry from afar—like the chirping of a crane, and it was much sharper than the chirping of a crane. Like the sky.
The big-headed monsters around Chang'an heard this, and immediately took a step back at the same time.
Then, the sound of flapping wings sounded, and a huge black shadow came down in the air. Chang An didn't even think about it, and didn't even see what the black shadow was, so he took advantage of the gap where the big-headed monsters retreated, and slammed forward Run - he was already running very fast, but he was still swept away by the wind that fell from the wings of that unknown giant bird, and slammed into the root of a big tree.
This blow almost knocked Chang'an's not-so-sturdy body apart. His eyes were darkened, but he still gritted his teeth and groped for the big tree roots behind him. Climb up the tree frantically.
After a long while, he finally slowed down a bit, and only then did he see clearly what the thing that jumped down was.
It was a strange big bird, about seven to eight feet long, with two wings spread out. For Chang'an, it could already cover the sky and block out the sun. However, it only has flesh and feathers on one wing, and the other side is a row of dense skeletons.
As it shook, the skeleton rattled.
The big bird's beak has a hook, which is made of steel, and when it nods down, it can poke three or two big-headed monsters to the ground at the same time, which is extremely majestic.
Chang'an stared blankly at the big bird, then lowered his head to look at his little hand in a strange way, and suddenly felt as if he was going to be beyond the reach of the dust. , and then learned a wing-spreading movement-this made him almost fall from the tree.
For the first time in his life, he thought about this question - why am I so weak
Those who fly in the sky and those who run on the ground are all so powerful, and they can eat them if they want to. When encountering such a lone big-headed monster, he may still have the courage to fight, but what if he encounters such a big bird?
When it flaps its wings, it will fall three or four battles away; if it lowers its head and pecks, its head will explode!
Those big-headed monsters that were majestic just now receded like a tide. It can be seen that they are foreign powers who can only bully children, but the weird big bird did not pursue it. Wherever it passed, countless monsters of all sizes turned into ugly corpses. Standing on the ground, let others cook.
The big bird didn't care if the living ones ran away, the dead ones could already give it a full meal.
However, just as it opened its stomach and ate heartily, Chang An suddenly felt that something behind him brushed against him suddenly, causing a sharp wind, and the blades brought up scratched his neck, creating a slash. Shallow blood mouth.
Chang An didn't even see what it was, the bird's shrill chirping sounded again, and he hurriedly looked around, only to see that it was a big double-headed snake, and it didn't even look at the big bird when it rushed towards it. Take a look at Chang'an - because one of its heads is as big as three or four Chang'an, which lion would have nothing to do with stepping on ants
Two ferocious snake heads bit the big bird fiercely at the same time. The big bird screamed in pain, fluttered its wings, leaped high, and was pulled back into the distance by the double-headed snake. The bird and the snake quickly fought each other. Together, the wind and dust brought up Chang'an's face.
The big bird crazily pecked at the snake's body with its beak, and the gurgling black snake blood dripped down the snake's body, but it didn't let go, and the huge fangs embedded into the big bird's body.
The big bird tried to soar into the sky again, and it just jumped towards the direction where Chang'an was hiding. One of the two-headed snakes let go, and at this moment, its scaly body rose into the air, and it suddenly opened its mouth wide, It was several times bigger than its own head, so it bit off the bird's head at a distance of less than two feet from Chang'an.
The hot blood sprayed, and the Chang'an man was on the tree, so he had no time to dodge, and was sprayed all over his head and face, turning into a little blood man.
The bird blood was a little hot, so he quickly wiped it with his hand, wiped it on the tree trunk, and looked down.
The big snake and the big bird fell to the ground together, and the whole ground trembled. Within a radius of several tens of feet—except for Chang'an, all living things ran away, lest they would be affected by the war between these two.
The bird twitched all over, and finally died completely. It was slowly rolled up by the two-headed snake and swallowed by both. The bird's bones were deformed by the snake's head.
Chang An did not expect that the big bird, which was showing off its power just now, would become someone else's food so quickly. He couldn't understand the reason for this, but he felt a little awed after knowing it. When the big snake was full and turned into a hill to sleep, he slowly slid down the big tree, circumvented the two-headed snake carefully, and ran forward.
But the dangers on Yufeng Mountain are far more than that. The little Changan ran and stopped suddenly. The child who lived in the jungle tribe since childhood felt something was wrong—the sound of insects and ants disappeared. The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Chang An stopped, the blood on his face and body had dried up, which made him a little uncomfortable, he rubbed his hand twice casually, and squeezed his most loyal partner tightly again.
Like a vigilant little wolf, he walked forward cautiously while looking around and listening to all directions.
However, even if he is a wolf, he is still a wolf cub, his ears, eyes, claws and fangs are not yet fully grown. Changan walked less than ten steps, and a huge shadow fell from his head unexpectedly. This time, the child failed to react When he came over, his whole body tensed up in an instant, but he only had time to tense up—before he had time to dodge, he was engulfed in that thing.
He was turned upside down and fell headfirst.
In a blink of an eye, Chang An instinctively stretched out his hand, but touched a handful of extremely smooth mucus. The mucus rubbed against his delicate skin, causing burning pain. Chang An subconsciously waved his hand to the side, and the blade was inserted into something. His falling body stopped.
There was blood all over his hands, and a layer of skin had fallen off, Chang An could feel it.
When the blade was inserted into the surrounding "wall" covered with mucus, Chang An felt a visibly trembling around him. He looked down and saw that it was dark below, and something could be vaguely seen flowing, rattling, like an unknown pool. No matter how deep the water was, it was less than two feet away from his dangling feet.
There was something rising and falling in it, and Chang An's eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, took a closer look and recognized that it was a piece of bone.
Then he understood—something he had swallowed alive.