Among the few beasts that I encountered, there were those that Lu Heng had seen in Hanyu Mountain, those that Lu Heng had never seen but that Xiao Ai had heard from the elders, and those that Xiao Ai had never heard of... In this treacherous world, beasts like ligers and tigers are not the top of the food chain.
Above the liger, there are many more terrible things.
In the previous wilderness, Lu Heng also saw many more strange beasts. Many evil beasts even made Lu Heng dare not speak, for fear of getting sick from eating them.
However, there are also several kinds of evil beasts that are fierce and violent, but after the meat is roasted by Xiao Ai, the taste is really indescribable.
Even the current Lu Heng couldn't help but miss him a little, hoping to meet those kinds of evil beasts on the next journey.
Chapter 71
After the Grain Rain, the weather became more and more hot.
But in the heat, the rainfall gradually increased, and sometimes it even ushered in rain that lasted for ten days.
When the rainstorm hits, the gradually hot earth will return to the cold again.
On the edge of the desolate gallop, stood an uninhabited post, almost integrated with the dark forest.
There are not a few such post houses in the Fire Pass Country.
But this kind of area far away from the city has always been where no one dared to live. If anyone dared to live in this lonely wilderness, in a few days, ferocious beasts would enter the house and eat people.
But there are high mountains and long roads between the cities, and the merchants who come and go need a place to shelter from the rain and rest for the night.
Therefore, on the road, there will be such unmanned stations along the way.
Although uninhabited and managed, the house looks like an empty space for business travelers to rest.
When business travelers check in, they will also consciously maintain the facilities of the inn, and they will clean it before leaving, so the inn is not dirty.
At this time, it was already evening.
Dark clouds shrouded the sky, and pale lightning flashed in the dark clouds.
The light between the mountains was gloomy, and it was not yet night, but the road was already dim and dim. A gloomy and gloomy wind whistled in the wilderness, a precursor to the impending rainstorm.
But in such bad weather, on the desolate road, two figures appeared far away.
A little girl about ten years old, carrying a dark blue ancient sword, with a serious face. The long silver hair fell down, but a pair of pointed animal ears grew on the top of his head.
Although she is young, but the little girl is looking forward to it, she has a cool and glamorous temperament, like the faint and cold plum blossoming proudly in the cold wind of winter, which makes people dare not ignore it.
And beside the little girl is a huge white wolf. Much taller than the wild wolf in the mountains, walking with the little girl carrying the sword on this barren road, in the dark golden eyes of the beast, there is a faint majesty that is not dare to look directly.
The appearance of this person and beast broke the tranquility in the wilderness.
The little girl looked at the inn in front that was almost integrated with the night, and asked, "Lord Wolf God, there is an inn in front of us, do we want to go in and rest?"
The huge white wolf nodded and said, "It's going to rain heavily. It would be great to have a place to shelter from the rain. Let's rest here tonight."
With that said, one person and one wolf walked towards the post house.
This post house does not have a courtyard wall, and the house is built directly on the side of the road.
After pushing the closed wooden door and entering, the space inside the house is huge, and the beams and domes are extremely high. If you are not picky, it will not be a problem to squeeze forty or fifty people overnight.
And behind this house is a beast pen with a roof to cover the rain.
When I walked into the main house, I saw traces of charcoal fire on the ground. It seemed that someone had lived in this post a few days ago, and there were a lot of them.
Xiao Ai found a relatively clean corner and cleaned it up, and placed two green banana leaves on the ground, not wanting Lord Wolf God to sit directly on the dusty ground.
Then, before the rainstorm fell, she went to the barren forest by the roadside, cut down a pine tree and dragged it back. Under the eaves, the little girl waved her hands and the cold light flickered, and the tough tree trunk was cut into pieces by the sharp and slender nails and turned into firewood.
After doing all this, the sharp nails growing out of her slender fingers were silently retracted.
Afterwards, blue smoke rose from the house, and the light of the fire illuminated the dark and uninhabited main room.
Lu Heng lay beside the fire, closed his eyes and rested, like an ordinary wolf asleep, nothing strange appeared.
Outside the house, the wind was howling, the white thunder and lightning pierced the night sky, and the terrifying rumbling sounded from time to time.
The torrential rain has already fallen among the wild mountains. The cold rain kept hitting the eaves of the post house, making a crisp sound.
The little girl disemboweled a hare under the eaves, peeled its skin and shaved it, and drained the rainwater to wash off the blood on the rabbit's flesh, before wearing it with a stick and bringing it back to the fire for roasting.
Lu Heng opened his eyes and took a look. After seeing the little girl roasting rabbit meat, he closed his eyes again.
This rabbit was caught by Xiao Ai near Chidao in the morning, and the little girl carried it for a day. Lu Heng thought that the little girl was overflowing with childlike innocence and wanted to raise this rabbit.
After all, children have no resistance to cute little animals.
But I didn't expect that Xiao Ai walked all the way with this rabbit, so that she could use it for barbecue when she settled down at night...
In the fire, the burning bonfire made a beeping sound from time to time.
Outside the house was the whistling storm, lightning and thunder, giving the illusion that the roof of the inn was about to be blown away by the strong wind.
The little girl earnestly roasted the rabbit meat in her hands and prepared dinner for Lord Wolf God.
She doesn't need to eat every day, and Lord Wolf God must be the same. But during the journey, Xiao Ai found that Lord Wolf God is very interested in food.
So every time after dark, the little girl would prepare some food for Lu Heng. It's just that because of limited conditions, it's basically just some barbecued meats.
The little girl was a little regretful. She knew that Lord Wolf God likes to eat, so she should bring a small pot when she travels. In this way, you can change the taste for Lord Wolf God from time to time.
With this in mind, she decided that if she passed by the city next, she would go to the city to buy a pot and carry it with her.
Lu Heng, who was beside the fire, still closed his eyes and didn't know what the little girl was thinking.
The quiet bonfire burned for a long time, and the rabbit meat in Xiao Ai's hands had been roasted until it was shiny and fragrant.
But at this moment, in the rainstorm outside, dull footsteps suddenly sounded.
thump-thump-
The dull footsteps sounded like a heavy beast walking in the rain. Although it was obscured by the sound of rain and it was far away, both Lu Heng and Xiao Ai heard it.
The little girl looked in the direction of Chidao and frowned slightly.
About a quarter of an hour later, a business team appeared in her field of vision.
The number of people is not small. The merchant team of about twenty people appeared from the rain with five huge alien beasts.
The alien beast was fat, with stubby limbs, rough and hairless skin, and sharp horns above its thick nostrils, which looked a bit ferocious.
Xiao Ai has seen this strange beast, named Rhinoceros, with a huge and heavy body, and a relatively docile personality. Even if it encounters ligers and beasts in the wilderness, this rhino will not panic and fear like an ordinary packhorse, so many traders will raise it as a pack beast.
Now that rushing over the five rhinos is an ordinary business team.
They were all clad in minnows and scurried through the torrential rain. But the wind and rain were violent, and even though he was wearing a scorpion, he was soaked all over by the rain. No one was surprised when they saw the fire in the post in front of them.
After all, in this kind of roadside post, it is normal to meet travelers.
The traders drove five rhinos to the door of the inn, and were about to dismantle the goods on the back of the rhinos, but they saw a man and a wolf inside the house.
The huge white wolf was lying beside the fire, his eyes were slightly closed, and he seemed to be asleep. But that huge size, people dare not ignore.
Beside the white wolf, the young girl was carrying a dark blue ancient sword, quietly turning the barbecue on the fire. When everyone stood outside the door, she just glanced coldly and looked away, as if she had no interest in everyone.
But the girl's indifferent glance made everyone's breathing stagnate, and they felt a huge pressure.
In such a wild rainstorm, such a strange man and a wolf appeared...
The merchants looked at each other, a little uneasy in their eyes.
The leader of the caravan hesitated for a few seconds, and finally walked into the door and cupped his hands, "I'm waiting for a passing businessman to go to Baishicheng. But it's raining today, and it's hard to travel in the wilderness. I wonder if the girl can make it easier. Let me wait inside to avoid the rain?"
The leader of the caravan kept his posture very low, for fear of offending the little girl in front of him.
When encountering such a strange person and a wolf in such a wilderness, normal people know that the other party must be extraordinary.
If it wasn't for the storm, they wouldn't dare to ask, but just drove the pack beast away.
The rules of the trade have always been that they would rather be troubled by camping than provoke people of unknown origin.
But now the torrential rain is pouring, this post is the only place to shelter from the rain, and the leader of the caravan has to bite the bullet and ask for it.
After listening to his request, the little girl by the fire just glanced indifferently and said, "This post is built here to facilitate the travel of merchants. Uncles can do whatever they want, don't worry about me."
After speaking, the little girl ignored her and continued to look after her barbecue.
The caravan leader breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked them, and then asked everyone to quickly unload the pack beasts, move them into the house, and then drive the pack beasts to the beast pen at the rear to avoid the rain.
After all this was done, the merchants returned to the main house and carefully lit the firewood.
During the whole process, the merchants kept their footsteps and conversations as low as possible, for fear of disturbing the person or the wolf next to them.
Chapter 72 Yunmen Huo Feng (1)
The campfires of the traders were quickly lit.
They took the firewood they carried from their bags and lit a campfire, then gathered around the fire to keep warm.
At this time, everyone in the caravan had changed out of their wet clothes, wrung out the wet clothes, and hung them by the fire for roasting.
After rushing all the way in the rain, everyone was very hungry.
While they were roasting the fire, they took out the pots in their suitcases and put them on the fire, and began to cook porridge.
Some people went to the animal pen at the back and began to feed the pack animals forage. The division of labor, and soon the smell of rice porridge wafted in the house.
When you go out, it is good to have a hot porridge. What's more, some minced meat and vegetables are added to this rice porridge, and the taste is not bad.
When everyone in the caravan was filled with hot porridge, the leader walked towards the corner with two bowls of hot porridge and came to the person and the wolf.
His face was full of smiles, "We are friends when we go out. Do you want to have some hot porridge together, girl?"
The little girl looked at the white wolf beside her. Seeing that the white wolf still closed her eyes and said nothing, obviously not interested in this hot porridge, she shook her head and said, "No need, thank you."
She didn't say much, and with a simple refusal, the team leader could only go back obediently with the porridge.
However, the team leader just asked politely and released goodwill. He would not accept food from strangers even if he was in another place, so the little girl's rejection did not surprise him.
It's just that the little girl's action of first looking at the white wolf before answering made him a little confused.
After returning to his companion, the leader couldn't help but look back at the white wolf over there.
Under the dim light of the fire, the white wolf lay beside the fire and seemed to be asleep. Although it is much larger than an ordinary wild wolf, in the wilderness, there are many beasts larger than this white wolf.
A little girl who can walk alone in the wilderness with a magical white wolf is not surprising.
But judging from the little girl's actions just now, it seems that the white wolf is the dominant party between the two.
And this little girl's silver-haired beast ears, her silver hair and pointed beast ears, are similar to this white wolf...
The leader bowed his head silently, daring not to look again, for fear of causing misunderstanding.
As a businessman, everyone in the caravan is very skilled. As long as they don't encounter evil spirits, most beasts can't eat their caravan.
And even if they encounter evil spirits, they still have a guarantee in their team.
It's just that the one is not here for the time being...
The team leader looked out of the house subconsciously, a little worried.
If this white wolf is really... Lao Huo, how long are you going to stay...
The team leader was anxious, but in order not to scare everyone, he didn't even dare to say what was in his heart, but sat in the middle of the crowd pretending to be nothing.
Outside, the wind and rain became more violent. Although the thunder and lightning have stopped, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the gloomy wind is tearing everything in the mountains.
In the station with the door open, the cold wind blows in from time to time, making it feel cold, but no one dares to close the door.
Because before they came, the gate of this inn was open, and there was a man and a wolf sitting inside.
If the few of them just entered and closed the door... Who knows if such a move will anger the one person and one wolf next to you
Going out, it is better to do more than less. Everyone in the caravan is not a weak woman, and it will not be good if they are exposed to some cold winds.
By the fire, as the body warmed up and the hot porridge was eaten, everyone gradually relaxed. Although he still didn't dare to make a loud noise, he whispered in a low voice, talking about his plan to go to Shiraishi Castle.
Occasionally there was a low chuckle.
In such a gradually relaxing atmosphere, a dull drum sound suddenly sounded in the dark rainstorm in the distance.
thump-thump-
At the moment when the drum sounded, Xiao Ai looked up and looked outside, frowning slightly.
On the other hand, the group of merchants on the side recognized the voice and all smiled.
"Old Huo is back..."