Chapter 4: The Twin Leopards

Huipeng Building is located on the most prosperous street in Qiman Town, the building is divided into two floors, each full of 20 guest tables, each table is full of eight people.

The shopkeeper also dispelled her doubts after seeing that Anu was carrying leftovers in her arms, and obeyed the arrangement of the shopkeeper to keep He Xiu.

He Xiu changed into the same outfit as Anu, looking more energetic and more confident in his future life.

Anu doesn't feel lonely either, and she is extra diligent in her work.

Since He Xiu had just come into contact with this industry, the shopkeeper asked him to follow Anu to learn from serving tea and pouring water.

Near the morning, the first floor was nearly full, and there were all kinds of people sitting at the guest table, He Xiule tirelessly greeted one by one, completely integrating himself into the role.

The shopkeeper standing in the cash drawer was comfortably sipping melon seeds, and He Xiu's performance made her very satisfied, and Lian Lian praised the shopkeeper for his vision.

He Xiu saw three shirtless men sitting in the corner of the north wall, and the content of their chat made He Xiu very curious.

One of the bald men said, "It's a goddamn pity, I've been chasing this beast for a month, and I can't find where to go, hateful." After saying that, a bowl of spicy wine was poured into his stomach.

"Damn, I don't believe that it can disappear in the hiding mountain, and then go up the mountain at night to find it after filling its stomach, I don't believe in this evil. Said the bearded man sitting across from the bald man.

The big man with a pleated face sitting in the middle also took a sip of spicy wine and said, "Could it be that this beast has already run down the mountain?"

The bald man waved his hand and said, "No way, this beast doesn't know that the cub is in our hands, and besides, the beast has a great appetite, if he really runs down the mountain, the people in this town are not enough for him to eat for a month, I have heard it in the yamen, and no one has reported that there are people missing." ”

When He Xiu heard this, he glanced at it and saw a small cage covered with a white cloth curtain and placed at the feet of the bald man.

The big man with a wrinkled face said, "Otherwise, let's sell this cub, I'm really not sure about hunting that big one." ”

The bearded man slapped the table suddenly, raised his voice to the decibels, and said, "What are you afraid of, we have an artifact in our hands, make sure that beast obeys." ”

The bald man smiled heartily and said, "Well said, our prosperity and wealth in the next life will depend on it." ”

Hearing that they said that there was an artifact, He Xiu secretly observed, but saw nothing, judging by their words, He Xiu guessed that the beast they were talking about would not be a fierce beast that almost ate themselves, right?

Thinking of this, He Xiu was even more sure that it was right to bury that fierce beast.

The big man with a wrinkled face interrupted, "Wouldn't it be equally profitable for us to hunt down a beast that is a little smaller than that beast?"

The bearded man immediately denied, "No, we have worked hard to lure the leader of those two spirit leopards out of their ranks, so can we just give up?"

"Twin Spirit Leopard?".

He Xiu thought back to the appearance of that fierce beast, it really looked like a leopard, could it really be it?

He Xiu understood, the leader of the double spirit leopard must have run down the mountain to find the cub on the mountain, but unfortunately he was bumped into by himself.

He Xiu, the skill of that double spirit leopard, has seen it with his own eyes, and ordinary human beings can only be swallowed at all, unless they really have the artifact they said in their mouths. But how could a mortal possess an artifact? A bold idea appeared in He Xiu's heart.

"The second brother is right, we must catch that brute, and after this vote, we will wash our hands and live freely. The bald man said with golden eyes.

The big man with a wrinkled face was moved, and he said with determination, "Okay, just listen to the two elder brothers, and gather at the foot of the mountain at sunset tonight." ”

It was almost late at night, after the Huipeng Building blew out the lights and closed, He Xiu said hello to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper, and then drove with Anu and the two on the way to pour the leftovers.

He Xiu said the thoughts he had figured out during the day and said to Anu in the same way, "Do you want to see the true face of the immortals?"

The horsewhip in Anu's hand stopped in mid-air, his face was full of excitement, and he asked puzzledly, "Where is it?"

"Hidden Mountain!" He Xiu squeezed out three words from his mouth.

"Hiding Mountain?" Anu's excitement swept away, and then he said, "That's the place where the dead are buried, and the residents of Qiman Town who have died for hundreds of years are buried there, are you sure that the immortals live in such an obscure place?"

He Xiu denied, "Immortals are no better than mortals, maybe they really live in the pile of the dead. ”

Anu thought of the scene of the graves on the hiding mountain, and instantly lost interest: "Forget it, just dictate it to me after reading it." I won't be with you!"

He Xiu never made it difficult for others, and made up his mind, "Okay, in that case, I'll go alone, and the shopkeeper still needs you to help me." ”

Anu gritted her teeth and said to him, "All right, but you have to be safe. ”

"Don't worry, I'll come when I go. ”

He Xiu jumped out of the carriage and was about to leave, but was stopped by Anu and took out something from his arms: "I hope it can bring you good luck." ”

He Xiu had tears in his eyes, and said affirmatively: "With this shoe, the demon is not close, so let's go." ”

He Xiu followed the path he had inquired about during the day, and arrived one step ahead of the three big men.

He Xiu hid behind a large rock at the foot of the hiding mountain, waiting for news. Looking up from the bottom of the mountain, I didn't feel any horror, but the eerie chirping of birds and beasts hit my heart, He Xiu clenched the shoes in his hand, and felt a lot more steady.

When I was young, I heard the three big men communicating in the Huipeng Building during the day, He Xiu could distinguish from the voice, it was the bald man who spoke, "The cub has been hungry for a full day, and he will definitely be unable to help but scream for food when he goes up the mountain, let's wait for the mother beast to take the bait, second, has the artifact been brought?"

He Xiu heard the bearded man reply, "Bring it, if the female beast dares to come tonight, it will not return." ”

He Xiu heard the big man with a wrinkled face speak for the third time, "Big brother, second brother, isn't it too dangerous for us to do this?

The bearded man said, "Third brother, if you are afraid, you can go back, if I make a fortune with my eldest brother, don't say that we are not righteous." ”

In the middle of the ring, He Xiu heard the wrinkled man speak again, "Okay, let it go, don't stop until you fall into the pool." ”

After He Xiu heard the hurried footsteps of the three people going up the mountain, he followed closely behind, and the three of them were so confused by the money that they didn't even notice that someone was following.

He Xiu stepped on soil, weeds, wild flowers, plants and other debris along the way, and if he didn't identify it carefully, he wouldn't know that it was a tomb.

As soon as he was halfway up the mountain, He Xiu suddenly heard a familiar voice that made him startled.

The neighing of the double-horned leopard.

He Xiu stopped walking, and two cold sweats flowed from his sideburns. He crouched down, his mouth trembling, and cautiously looked around, for fear of encountering the twin leopards.

Obviously, the cry of the twin spirit leopards just now made him regret following him a little.

But if you go back now, won't your previous efforts be wasted? He Xiu plans to bite his heart and follow him to the end.

At this time, laughter came from He Xiu's ears, and He Xiu heard the bald man say, "Little cub, you finally can't bear it, don't worry, as long as I can call your mother, I will definitely entertain you with delicious food and drink, haha..." ”

He Xiu patted his chest, exhaled, and wiped off the cold sweat from his sideburns after relaxing a little, thinking to himself, fortunately, it was a cub in the cage.

I don't know how long I walked, He Xiu vaguely saw a forest, but due to limited vision at night, he couldn't see the type of tree clearly.

He Xiu heard the footsteps of the three people stop, and he guessed that this must be the place where the Twin Spirit Leopards often haunt.

He Xiu lay on the edge of a deserted grave, hid himself tightly with weeds, held his shoes in both hands, and kept secretly praying for the protection of the immortals.

The chicks hissed faster and faster, sounding like a child's cry. He Xiu's heart rate is also getting tighter and tighter, and he is breathing deeply.

Just when He Xiu was extremely nervous, suddenly his eyes lit up, and the three big men actually lit a bonfire, talking and laughing.

He Xiu was not only impressed by the courage of the three of them, but also hateful to add a fire to the knots and eyes that burned his eyebrows.

The chatter and laughter gradually faded away, and under the light of the bonfire, He Xiu saw that the three of them had fallen asleep.

At first, He Xiu hung his heart, lest he have an accident and lose his life, but when he saw the three of them sleeping, he hadn't slept a single night recently, so he relaxed his vigilance and fell asleep.

"Boom... Boom..."

The sound of ten thousand horses marching suddenly shook through the mountains, as if to redivide heaven and earth.

He Xiu was suddenly startled, and saw dozens of double-horned spirit leopards in a circle, which had surrounded the three big men in the middle, each with their blood mouth wide open, their front hooves digging and shaving, and Huo Huo wanted to pounce.

He Xiu polished his eyes, swallowed a mouthful of cold saliva, pinched his discolored cheeks with both hands, and saw that these dozens of double-puffed spirit leopards were about the same size as an adult tiger, far less huge than the one he buried, but what surprised him was that these double-puffed spirit leopards actually had a dense blue body hair, why did the one he buried have no body hair? The incident happened suddenly, and He Xiu didn't have time to think about it.

Fortunately, the immortal's shoes were still in his hands, and He Xiu thought of what his grandfather had told him before his death, and his mind gradually calmed down, and he began to think about countermeasures.

I saw the three big men standing back to back in a triangle pattern, and the six pairs of eyes scanned the fierce beast in front of them.

The bald man said, "Third brother, you only hit half of what you said, and the group of twin spirit leopards has not arrived. ”

The wrinkled man said eagerly, "Big brother, don't forget, these beasts are social beasts, and the rest will definitely come quickly. ”

The bald man held the cage in his hand and said excitedly, "Don't worry, do you see, the cub in my hand is our talisman, as long as it is in hand, plus the artifact of the second child, what if their leader comes." ”

The bearded man held an inconspicuous walnut-sized bell in his hand and shook it.

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

Sure enough, after these double spirit leopards heard the bell, they seemed to be very afraid of this seemingly ordinary bell, and they all maintained their formation in an orderly manner, and their steps shrank and retreated, but the murderous aura in their eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

The big man with a wrinkled face said hurriedly, "These fierce beasts have already become essences, what if we take wheel warfare and die with us?"

When the bald man heard the analysis of the wrinkled man, he suddenly became frightened and stammered, "Three... Brother, usually you... The most idea, you... Sure... There is a way. ”

The wrinkled man was silent for a moment and said, "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to let go of the cubs in exchange for their trust, and then cooperate with the artifact in the second brother's hand to escape." ”

The bearded man immediately objected, "Are you crazy? Don't you see the murderous aura in the eyes of these fierce animals? If we really let the cubs go, we will have to make them belly food." ”

As soon as the bearded man's voice fell, there was the sound of beasts trampling on the mountain, and after a while, He Xiu saw the double spirit leopard coming from behind, trapping the three big men in the center one by one, there were sixty of them, and they surrounded the city five times.

Tonight, He Xiu's concept of seeing everything with the naked eye was refreshed again, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "The world is so big, there are no wonders, if possible, you should go to a wider place to fight." ”

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

The big man's eyes swept back and forth abruptly, and he felt bad in his heart, "Big brother, let go of the cubs, I promise to take you out safely." ”

The bald man was frightened by the current formation, and couldn't come up with an idea, so he asked in a hissing voice, "Old... Two, you say, put... Still is... No... Put?"

The bearded man was completely enraged, snatched the cage from the bald man's hand, lifted the covering curtain, quickly took out a dagger from his waist and pointed it at the cub, and shouted at the beasts, "Phew! ”

He Xiu saw that the twin spirit leopard cubs in the cage were only the size of adult rabbits.

After speaking, the formation of the beasts let out a provocative scream, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the cage, and the formation began to expand outward.

The big man with a wrinkled face was inspired and said, "Second brother, you try to report three numbers, and we will move in the direction of the mountain step by step." ”

"One. ”

"II. ”

"Three. ”

After the bearded man finished reporting the numbers, the three of them cautiously took the first step, and the formation of the beast herd remained unchanged.

In this way, the bearded man took a step back every time he reported three numbers, and the herd followed closely behind, and the formation remained the same.

The formation was still about twenty meters away from He Xiu, and he began to worry about his situation.

He Xiu had neither cubs in his hands to blackmail, nor any self-defense weapons, let alone artifacts that could suppress the fierce beasts, so he was suspicious of the shoes in his hands.

Closer, closer, He Xiu was only about fifteen meters in the formation, and he began to panic.

The formation stopped retreating, and the wrinkled man said, "Big brother, isn't it, it seems that something is missing?"

"Chief, their leader hasn't appeared yet!" the bearded man snapped to his senses.

"There can't be any treachery, right?" the bald man had completely lost his prestige before going up the mountain.

"Don't worry, they're worried about the safety of their cubs, and if they want to eat us, we'll already have pus, so we'll just go down." ”

The wrinkled man said, "Even if we go down the hill and into the town, aren't we still trapped in this formation, and we still can't escape, as long as they trap us to death, they can still save the cubs." ”

The bearded man laughed and said, "If we can really return to the town like this, what will happen to these beasts when they see humans?"

The bald man said, "They... will go to catch... Others, we can take advantage of... Haha, second, it has to be your idea at the critical moment. ”

The bearded man began to count again.

"One. ”

"II. ”

Before the three words could be spoken, I heard a scream from the bald man.

When He Xiu heard the prestige, he saw that the cub bit the back of the bald man's neck, and the bearded man and the wrinkled man reacted quickly, moving back three steps with their backs to the guard.

After a while, the bald man fell to the ground with his balance on his back, convulsed a few times, and the blood vessels in his eyes burst and died.

Without the cubs to threaten, the twin spirit leopard groups also reacted at the same time, and the formation moved closer to the center point.

The twin leopard cubs stood on top of the bald man's corpse, their mouths covered with blood, and shook their heads and roared three times, as if they were challenging the remaining two, and seemed to be ashamed of what they had been in the cage for so many days.

The bearded man couldn't care so much anymore, and he waved the bell in his hand vigorously.

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

The cub took a step back and expanded the formation one step outward.

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

The cub took two steps back, and the formation spread out two steps.

"Suzu... Bell... Bell..."

The cub took three steps back, and the formation spread out three steps.

He Xiu witnessed the bald man lying in a pool of blood, and guessed that the remaining two would follow in his footsteps if nothing happened, and he was powerless to save him, so he had mixed feelings in his heart.

And to think that they had just tried to lure the beasts into the inhabitants for their own safety, what a despicable villain, and for that alone, they all deserved to die.

But He Xiu is kind by nature, and in his eyes, any living being is worthy of respect, let alone his own kind.

Just as He Xiu was thinking about rescuing the two, the bearded man dropped the bell to the ground in a panic, and immediately, the six fierce beasts in the first circle swarmed up, and the two were eaten in an instant.

When He Xiu saw this scene, he had no other thoughts in his heart, and immediately turned around and ran away.

As soon as he ran fifty meters away, He Xiu froze in place, trembling all over his body. What caught his eye was another group of twin spirit leopards, about twenty of them.

He Xiu understood, this was their tactics, the soldiers were divided into two ways, charging all the way and ambushing the other.

He Xiu was amazed, there was such a psychic beast in the Yang World, from formation to tactics in an orderly manner, completely fighting with humans.

After a long roar, the cub arrived with a charging team, and surrounded He Xiu in the center as if they were besieging the three people.

He Xiu held his breath, closed his eyes, his whole body muscles tensed, his hands clenched his shoes, and he didn't dare to move a step.

The cub slowly stepped forward, sniffed around He Xiu's feet, and suddenly jumped on He Xiu's shoulder, making a "whirring" panting sound, and sniffed on his head again.

He Xiu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his shirt was close to the back of his shirt, and his legs trembled.

The cub let out a long roar, and He Xiu's eardrums were almost deaf. Then, he felt the cub jump on the ground.

He Xiu raised his courage and wanted to take a look, he saw that the formation of the beast herd changed from a circle to two neat rows, and the cub walked in the middle, letting out a long roar, as if issuing an order, and in this way, the beast herd disappeared from He Xiu's field of vision.

He Xiu sat on the ground with his buttocks, and it took him a long time to come to his senses. The heart said, it seems that I shouldn't doubt this shoe, the IQ of this group of fierce beasts is really perverted, does anyone believe it?

He Xiu felt that he had been out for some hours, so it was better to go back earlier, and not let the shopkeeper find out the clues.

So, I went down the mountain in the dark.