Facing my master's accusation, the old man blushed a little. Fortunately, his skin was a little yellowish and dark, so it was not so conspicuous. However, he was also obviously a little anxious, with the veins on his neck bulging out. He said anxiously: "I I won’t trick you, but it will be more dangerous if you change the way up the mountain.”
The master said with a half-smile: "Is it possible that there are still man-eating tigers on this mountain? Is there any danger here?"
The old man was stunned by my master. In short, I have never heard of tigers in Xiangxi area, but he became more anxious and hesitated for a long time before saying: "If... if it is more dangerous than man-eating tigers, How terrible?"
"What's that? A python?"
"Black blind man?"
"Could it be a pack of wolves?"
Master is totally talking nonsense, just saying that a black blind man (a bear) can hang out in a place with this kind of climate? The old man just shook his head and didn't answer. In any case, he took a few steps forward and insisted on stopping in front of us.
Seeing the old man's performance, the master sighed, and then said helplessly: "I understand..." Then he put down his mountaineering bag and took out a bag tied with clinker paper from the bulging mountaineering bag. The bag was tightly wrapped, and then slowly opened, it was full of yellow tobacco leaves.
Pretending to be reluctant to give up, the master took out a small part of it. Regardless of the old man's dumbfounded expression, he took the old man's tobacco rod and stuffed it into the bag of the tobacco rod. Then he had no choice but to He said: "Brother, don't say I don't know how to do it. If you go beyond others' territory and benefit others, in this world, you can still seek peace."
After saying that, the master turned around. He didn't even have time to pack the bag, picked it up, pulled me and squeezed away from the old man and left.
The old man shouted hurriedly behind us: "Outsiders are not allowed to go up the mountain, they are not allowed..."
His anxious voice changed. It was difficult for his hoarse voice to become so sharp. The originally somewhat jerky Chinese became even more jerky, with a hint of the local Miao language.
It's a pity that Master and I would not listen to him at this time. We just kept our heads down and strode forward towards the mountain in a muffled voice.
Master and I were already in good health, but when we deliberately speeded up at this time, the speed was even faster. Ordinary people may not be able to catch up with us when running, let alone the stairs going up the mountain. In short, we walked forward for a minute and didn't hear anything. The footsteps of the old man catching up.
I was feeling strange, and suddenly a creepy feeling surged through my body, and all the hairs on my body stood up. Before I knew what was going on, I heard a dog barking in our ears... .It's just a normal dog barking, but the sound is not real at all, but extremely ethereal, so it seems weird.
If I had to describe it specifically, it's like a ghost 'talking' to a person. The sound reaches directly into the person's soul, without a real 'feeling of landing', as if it is coming from the depths of the void.
Although this barking is weird, it is still barking after all. But when it barks like this, I can't help but make my legs weak, but how can I kneel down? He took two steps back and leaned against the mountain next to the bluestone path.
Master's situation was not much better than mine. He had to support me to stand up straight.
Not only that, I just leaned against the mountain wall when a tiger roar came from the depths of my soul... It was the silly tiger who had been sleeping for a long time suddenly woke up, and every time the silly tiger woke up, I It was able to penetrate into the silent space deep in my soul, where I saw Silly Tiger lying on his stomach suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes like torches.
Compared with the silly look in his eyes before, this look is too smart... That's not all. As soon as it wakes up, the hair all over its body stands up. When it stands up, its back is slightly arched and its tail is also upright. Straight up, this posture is clearly one of fear!
Because cats also behave like this when they are frightened. As for Silly Tiger, no matter how powerful he is, he is actually just a big cat.
What is Silly Tiger afraid of? I was suddenly dragged back to reality from the silent world deep in my soul. Less than a second passed. At this time, I heard the continuous barking of dogs, just like in the mountains. That kind of wild dog barking, I don't know which direction it is coming from.
It's obviously just a dog barking. Why? Why? I was in an inexplicable cold sweat. I couldn't help but turned around in a panic and looked around. But I was stunned and saw that the sky in front of me seemed to be dark... Before I could figure out whether it was my hallucination, I saw that black patch. Disappeared.
I subconsciously wanted to rub my eyes, but I saw a... beast? appeared on the road not far ahead. No, it's not a beast at all, it should be a monster to be precise... It looks like a cow, but its head looks like a tiger, and its whole body is fiery red... This is... .
Before I could react, and before I had time to see the details clearly, I felt that this monster looked so illusory and unreal, yet so in your eyes, I saw the monster staring at me with a half-smiling look. .. .That expression was so humane... I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my throat. Then, I saw a red lightning bolt, which suddenly rushed towards me and Master.
Master and I didn't have time to react at all, and we saw a bloody mouth opening towards Master's head, with sharp fangs... It seemed that he wanted to swallow my Master's head in one bite!
"Teacher..." I could only shout this word subconsciously, and when I stretched out my hand, I didn't even have time to give Master a hand.
I seem to have had a premonition that as long as this illusory monster's big mouth just wants to bite my master's head, part of my master's soul will be swallowed up... What can I do? At this critical moment, I almost forgot to be afraid.
And the stupid tiger deep in my soul, who was originally extremely afraid, seemed to sense my anxiety from the depths of my soul at this time, and my willingness to face this danger on behalf of Master, and suddenly I roared out, and the next moment it was about to burst out of my soul.
That stupid tiger roar was something I had never heard before. Although I was afraid, I still had the courage to roar. Maybe there was still a little bit of dissatisfaction in the middle and I wanted to challenge... At that moment I clearly feel that I am Silly Tiger, Silly Tiger is me!
The monster was about to bite my master, but suddenly it turned its head as if it heard the roar of a silly tiger. Just like that, its eyes and mine met. Those eyes were the first I have ever seen. His most indifferent eyes were also filled with some inexplicable evil spirit, which made people's hearts palpitate, and had a strange magic power, as if it was draining all the energy and courage out of people.
I wanted to be impressed by these eyes and kneel down... But an inexplicable will supported me, I just forced myself to stand, and I was stubborn enough to look at them!
"It's interesting." Such a faint comment sounded in the depths of my soul. It was supposed to be a melody, but it was said in such a calm tone. It was particularly weird... It must be that guy from Daodongzi.
I thought I was saved, but the guy just made this comment and fell silent.
In less than two seconds, I thought I was hopeless... Because Silly Tiger didn't even have time to come out, but I didn't expect that the figure of the fiery red monster suddenly stopped, and then quickly became lighter and lighter, until Completely disappear.
"I told you not to wander in, and I won't be polite if you do this again. If you can see the ancestral spirits, you must be cultivators." At this time, the old man's voice came again, still hoarse, with a jerky tone. The difference in Chinese is that people can clearly feel that he is angry.
I didn't have time to wipe the sweat from my forehead. I turned around and saw that the old man had walked up to the strange carving again. He was looking at me and Master with cold eyes. His hand was on the piece. On the carving, I clearly saw blood overflowing from my palm, but as soon as it came out, it disappeared... It was like the carving was sucking blood strangely.
At this time, I suddenly remembered that the image of the monster was very similar to this sculpture. The only difference was that the monster didn't have the hair that stood upright like a hedgehog, and it didn't have those weird wings.
I don't know if it was my imagination, but I saw this sculpture flashing a red light, and then disappearing. At that moment, the sculpture, which was originally just weird but actually ordinary, seemed to be filled with a lot of energy. This evil, cold-blooded aura carries a strange majesty, making people feel infinite spiritual oppression.
Just at a glance, my legs were weak again, even worse than before, and I could only rely on the mountain wall... Thinking back to the monster just now, I felt that compared with the sculpture, it seemed much more immature... . An indescribable feeling.
'Huh', I took a long breath, because the sculpture only gave out such a breath for a moment, and it obviously made me feel incomplete. If it was in its prime... When I looked at it again, I had regained my composure. The appearance has turned into a weird but not special sculpture again.
"Yes, we are cultivators...but we never expected that your village would..." The master took two steps towards the old man and said something incomprehensible.