Ji Yuan cursed Zhang Shilin and his family for all their generations. Although he was thinking about his own life, he saved them after all. Why the hell did they leave without taking him with them and without even saying hello? !
The most infuriating thing was that Ji Yuan didn’t dare to yell even though he wanted to curse. He could only hold it in, and his face turned red.
It took a long time for Ji Yuan to calm down.
"Hoo...Hoo..."
After calming himself down, Ji Yuan sat dejectedly beside the statue of the mountain god.
'Damn it, what should I do now? Should I risk going down the mountain?'
Ji Yuan looked at the food and water beside the mountain god statue. Fortunately, those guys still had some conscience and left some food for him.
After calming down a little, Ji Yuan remembered that he seemed to hear Zhang Shilin calling him when he fell asleep just now, but he was sleeping soundly at that time and perhaps he didn't respond at all.
"You are my savior after all. Can't you wait until I wake up to thank me in person before leaving? Otherwise, you can just shake me awake..."
Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh. The departure of this group of traveling merchants had disrupted all his plans.
After all, they had come to an unfamiliar world. Ji Yuan originally planned to go down the mountain with the traveling merchants. It would be best if he could use his status as a savior to ask them to help find a place to stay, and then make plans.
Since there are tiger spirits in this world, there must be real masters, maybe even immortal cultivators or even fairies. In that case, my eyes may not be uncurable. If I am lucky, I may be able to embark on the path of cultivation.
Things like time travel have happened, and Ji Yuan has encountered a tiger demon head-on. This can be said to be a continuous encounter with low-probability events. From a probabilistic point of view, this is considered to be very lucky.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan actually felt a little excited.
He picked up the small sack of food from the ground, took out a steamed bun and put it in his mouth, then picked up the hemp rope on the bamboo tube and hung it diagonally on his body. Ji Yuan then carefully groped his way out of the mountain temple.
His eyesight was barely usable, not to mention the details. At least he could see the outline of the surrounding scenery, but he had to be extra careful where he stepped.
“Roar~~~~”
Just as we arrived at the temple gate, we heard the roar of a tiger from the distant mountains.
Ji Yuan shuddered, and the excitement he felt was immediately gone. He stepped back reflexively, and then suddenly stepped on something round, and his body instantly lost balance.
"Wow..." "Bang~"
"boom…"
"Ouch..."
Ji Yuan stepped on a candle and fell backwards, hitting the altar in the mountain temple, then fell down again, and fell all the way to the ground.
"Hiss... Hoo... Damn it... I'm so unlucky. Even drinking cold water can cause my teeth to get stuck!"
Ji Yuan struggled to sit up, and carefully touched the back of his head following the pain. He found a big bump, which hurt every time he touched it. Fortunately, the pain was only on the surface, and there should be no problem with his brain.
After resting for a while, Ji Yuan felt better and stared blankly at the small sack and bamboo jar at hand.
This fall eased Ji Yuan's urge to go down the mountain. If he accidentally did this while climbing or going down the hill, wouldn't he be in danger of dying
Ji Yuan has always been a person who cherishes his life, and one could even say that he is afraid of pain. He lost his life in his previous life, and although his life didn't start well in this life, at least he still has hope.
"Boom..."
Thunder rumbled, and silver snakes danced across the sky once again. Ji Yuan was not startled this time, but seeing that a storm was about to come, it seemed inappropriate for him to go down the mountain half-blind.
As the saying goes, it's easier to go up the mountain than to go down. How true it is!
'How about... we take a break?'
“Hua La La La…”
Not long after, the raindrops began to fall heavily. The weather in the mountains changes so quickly. There was no need to worry about it. If I went out now, I would definitely die.
Fortunately, Ji Yuan was sitting in front of the altar, closing his eyes, focusing his mind and calming himself.
Sure enough, as my mind calmed down, the colorless beautiful picture in my heart slowly emerged with the sound of rain, and the vivid beauty bathed in the mountain rain slowly unfolded.
In the heavy rain, Ji Yuan’s favorite sound was the sound of animals running around. The scene was very lively and even reminded Ji Yuan of the smell of barbecue.
Suddenly, Ji Yuan heard a small animal running in a panic in the rain. It seemed to be running towards the mountain temple, and then it trotted into the eaves of the temple.
Water was still dripping from the little animal's body. It walked carefully into the mountain temple under Ji Yuan's hearing, but it stopped as soon as it entered the temple gate, as if it had noticed Ji Yuan sitting in front of the altar.
Ji Yuan opened his eyes and saw a blur of light and shadow in front of him. The appearance of the little animal was also a vague outline, and it was smaller than a local dog.
Through observation in the rain just now, Ji Yuan knew that this should be a fox.
This kind of animal is rather timid and will not attack humans, so Ji Yuan feels relatively at ease.
Strictly speaking, this abandoned mountain temple belongs to animals most of the time, as can be seen from some animal feces in the temple. Ji Yuan and the traveling merchants are just passers-by.
They were all hiding from the rain, and Ji Yuan had no intention of chasing the fox away. It would be boring to be alone.
This was a red fox with relatively bright fur. It stood at the temple gate and stared at Ji Yuan. Seeing that the people inside had no reaction for a long time, it relaxed a little. After hesitating for a moment, it walked into the temple gate, stuck to the side of the front wall, and then began to shake its body.
“Patta, patta, patta…”
The rain on the red fox's fur was thrown away as its body swayed rapidly, and a lot of it flew onto Ji Yuan who was a few meters away, forcing Ji Yuan to cover his face with his hands.
However, when the fox shook off the water, Ji Yuan could hear the details of the fox more clearly, and its fluffy hair was clearly visible. It was obvious that this was a very beautiful little animal.
The fox was quite well-behaved. After shaking off the water, it lay down against the wall of the temple gate to rest, and from time to time it would vigilantly observe Ji Yuan's reaction.
There were a man and a fox, one was unable to move temporarily, while the other took shelter from the rain in a temple. They lived in peace and harmony without saying a word.
At this moment, Ji Yuan finally felt a little hungry. Of course, there was nothing good to eat, but at least he had a small bag of dry food to fill his stomach.
I fumbled to open the bag and squeezed it with my hands. The dry biscuits were as hard as rocks. The steamed buns were not soft but much better than the dry biscuits, so I took out one.
I tore a small half of it and put it close to my nose and sniffed it. There was no moldy smell, so I stuffed it into my mouth and started eating. The more I ate, the hungrier I felt. The whole bun was finished in less than ten seconds.
Ji Yuan couldn't help but take another steamed bun, wolfed it down, and then forcibly stopped the urge to eat another one.
The bag was not big. After taking out the two steamed buns, the bag became deflated. I reached in and counted it carefully. There were only two steamed buns and three dry biscuits left.
As a young man living in the 21st century with a legitimate job, although everyone always says that they are worried about their livelihood, they have never worried about whether they will starve to death. Therefore, they were a little slow to react in this regard before. At this moment, Ji Yuan suddenly realized that his food reserves were not sufficient!
And even if I go down the mountain, I probably don't have any relatives or friends to rely on, how can I make a living? What can I do now, beg
“Oh my god!!!”
Ji Yuan couldn't help but blurt out something neurotically.
The fox outside was frightened and stood up alertly.
It did attract Ji Yuan's attention.
"Hey, little fox, I, a blind man, didn't bring anything to feed you. I did have some steamed buns and biscuits, but firstly, you didn't want to eat them, and secondly, I didn't want to give them to you. If you could eat me, it would save me some trouble."
"hiss…"
The fox's fur exploded slightly, its limbs tensed, and it grinned and hissed at Ji Yuan.
"Just kidding! It would be nice if you could just catch a field mouse or a rabbit..."
Ji Yuan spoke in a gentle manner. He felt that his voice and actions just now must have irritated the fox. Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry. Don’t treat the fox as a wild beast!
For a long time, neither the man nor the fox made any movement. The fox carefully lay down in the corner again. Ji Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lean against the altar in a daze.