Chapter 42: The Bear Cub and Jiuli
Bears are terrifying creatures that are usually mild, but when provoked or in danger, they are prone to rage and are very ferocious in fights. The point is not only that, the bear is very fast, galloping at full strength is no less than a lion, and its endurance is extremely strong, and it can run all the time. The bear's sense of smell is also very strong, seventeen times that of a dog, and it is hard to forget the smell that it remembers.
These are the first lessons that the fire tree must remember, as for the lion, the dog, how many times these are not the point, the point is that the place where you hunt the bear will leave its own smell, and the bear's revenge comes from these smells.
From this day on, Huoshu's bear hunting plan was officially put on the agenda, and the targeted training also made Huoshu suffer enough.
In the blink of an eye, it was two years later, and the fire tree was fifteen years old and completely out of his youth, more than seven feet tall, his body was getting stronger and stronger, and he had a handsome face under the slightly dark skin. Perhaps because of what he wanted, the cultivation progress of the Fire Tree in the past two years was even faster, although he had not experienced large-scale killing, but the violent aura on his body was better than day by day. Li Deren's smile became brighter and brighter, but the figure beside him frowned. Lao Li is really satisfied with the current fire tree, although the benevolence and tolerance of his personality are not liked, but the cruelty and violence exuded by his body also have a bit of his demeanor.
As early as a year ago, the fire tree began to go into the mountains alone to find the whereabouts of the bear, and according to Lao Li's practice plan, it was perfectly implemented, but I don't know when it began, the killing practice became a pet breeding, and the woods also became a playground for bear cubs.
At first, the fire tree always returned embarrassed when he went to look for bears, and then gradually he was able to fight one-on-one with bears without falling behind, and then began to kill bears for meat, until recently, when he came back with one or two bear cubs every three or five days. With the progress of the fire tree, the number of bear cubs in the forest became more and more, and recently Li Deren had to order his apprentices to stop practicing in the mountains, and the original killing practice had to be stopped.
Lao Li was depressed and speechless, not knowing whether it was because he had made a mistake in teaching or because his apprentice loved him. The other fog was still silent, and it was very gratifying. Every time Lao Li saw his expression, he wondered who his disciple was.
Huoshu knew that the master was unhappy, but he still insisted on raising the bear cubs that he brought back. It's not that he is still childlike, in fact, Huoshu has his own plans in his heart. Although the bear plague is serious, it can be said that it does not offend each other with the tribe, but it makes the tribesmen live a little more embarrassed and eat less meat. The real crisis is not here, but the old enemy Jiuli.
The Jiuli Clan, a thousand-year-old tribal alliance that has grown in constant annexation, they advocate force and maintain their long-term development through constant conquest and plunder, although hateful but not terrible.
But I don't know when there has been a change in the Jiuli tribe, as long as you take the initiative to surrender and become a subordinate group, you can avoid the result of exposing the white bones. But there is something strange, no matter how other ethnic groups clamored for conquest, as long as they find that they are not as strong as Jiuli, Toucheng will be accepted in the past, but for the Youxiong clan in the northeast, Jiuli's attitude is very clear - never die. Even the families that defected from the bears were slaughtered, and they were never left alive.
In desperation, Youxiong had to continue to meet Jiuli's crusade, and over time, the tenacious Youxiong clan also became strong in the war, and could confront each other with the Jiuli clan, but this confrontation was mainly in the offensive and defensive places, Jiuli was the main attack, and there was a bear defense.
The terrain where Jiuli lived was relatively flat, separated from Youxiong by a hill and forest, which hindered Jiuli's offensive.
The advantage of having a bear is that it is difficult to escape on three sides, and there is only one way to defend it, so it has the momentum of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. But defense is not a long-term strategy, no one has ever doubted that as long as Jiuli is willing to accept Youxiong to surrender, Youxiong has already become a subordinate group of Jiuli.
Huoshu has followed his father since he was a child, focusing on the interests of the whole clan, and when he followed Li Deren's cultivation to achieve a small success, he knew that the bear plague could no longer threaten the clan, but Jiuli was the real mortal enemy. If you want to counterattack Jiuli, you need strong military support, because there are bears in the defensive camp for a long time, and the tribe is not as strong as the Jiuli people, so Huoshu wants to increase the strength of the tribe by domesticating the bear.
It's just that he doesn't dare to say this idea easily, he is very clear about the master's violent temperament, according to the master's words, as long as he cultivates Dacheng, he still cares about how many people are few, and a fiery technique is enough. Now Huoshu's cultivation has achieved a little success, but he still doesn't believe what the master says.
Although Huo Shu's careful thoughts were well hidden, in the eyes of the other mist, this was just something that was going to happen, and he only showed a very relieved expression.
"Fire Tree, do you remember the cave when you left the first time?" the voice that had not been heard for a long time came into the ears of Fire Tree again.
"Hmm. ”
"Bring your bear cubs there to raise them, and don't upset your master. He was afraid that Lao Li would be upset, but there was no reproach in his voice.
Huoshu replied before he remembered something, and asked with some uncertainty, "Is that cave very big?" but the stone crevice outside is too small. ”
Hearing this, Lao Li quit, and said angrily: "Lao Tzu has taught you for so long, and a few broken stones will make it difficult for you to become like this? As soon as he finished speaking, a fist-sized fireball flew towards the fire tree.
I don't know if it was a shot in anger that missed the level, and the fireball flew from the right side of the fire tree's body, hitting the stone wall in the distance. There was a loud "boom", the stone wall shattered, dust and smoke rose everywhere, and a stone cave with a diameter of almost two meters appeared on the stone wall. There wasn't even a crack on the edge of the cave.
Huoshu was startled by the suddenly angry master, turned his head to look at the stone cave a hundred steps away behind him, and beat a drum in his heart, if this hit him, the consequences would ......
The fire tree didn't dare to think about it any longer, so he picked up the two bear cubs who were trembling with fright, and disappeared into the shadows of the trees in a blink of an eye.
After a helpless sigh, the voice sounded again: "A good demonstration, you made it intimidated, and you are also a talent." ”
"Lao Tzu just wants to scare him, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Lao Li's scoundrel appearance blowing his beard and staring, he suddenly remembered the old man who was also a bit of a scoundrel - Wei He.
Yes, how long has it been! Just floating motionlessly, although you can feel the outside world through soul power, but when the soul power consumption is too large, the fog will fly away, for a long time, in order to maintain the current form, he and Li Deren have been practicing diligently and unremittingly every day. Li Deren cultivated the fire attribute exercises, and receiving the nourishment of wood qi in a place like the woods, although it could not be said to be beneficial, it could also be maintained. But the cultivation of soul power is much more troublesome, after losing the body, the sea of consciousness is in turmoil, and the absorbed heaven and earth aura is like entering a funnel, the front foot goes in and the back foot goes out, there is no way to condense the soul power crystallization.
The most important thing is that he doesn't know any exercises, and the only thing he has learned is a set of door methods for soul power to gather and release, yes, the figure in this fog is Ding Cong.
Fortunately, there is an old Li beside him, although he is not a good person, he is not a villain. So the two referred to each other and came to a conclusion that Lao Li could last for a long time, but Ding Cong would slowly dissipate. Of course, this process of dissipation was delayed with the help of Lao Li.
Ding Cong also thought about practicing Lao Li's exercises, but unfortunately the exercises can only be deeply imprinted in the soul when there is a body, through the operation of countless meridians. However, Lao Li can also be regarded as a strong person who has achieved some cultivation, although there is still a certain gap from the great power, he can also be regarded as a well-informed person, he knows a lot of secret techniques, coupled with his own perception, so that Ding Cong has learned a lot of things.
Ding Cong slowly comprehended, digested, and learned from it, and finally successfully smelted it into a set of soul cultivation methods. It's a pity that the soul is the soul in the end, and it will always dissipate, and Lao Li can insist, if there is no good way in the end, it is also the result of returning to nature. Just when the two were about to give up, a little boy broke into the woods, so Lao Li later set fire to attract the fire tree.
"Why do you want the fire tree to go to that cave? Actually, I don't object to raising bears here. At this time, Lao Li asked with some confusion.
Ding Cong woke up from his memories and said quietly: "The soul condensing beam that guided the fire tree out back then did not dissipate immediately after reaching the designated location, but flew towards the cave uncontrollably. Later, I explored the cave and found that there was a power emanating from the cave, and it was very attractive to the soul. It's a pity that I only found a short distance inside the cave, and my soul power couldn't support it. Now take this opportunity to let the fire tree take a look, maybe there is some chance. ”
Lao Li snorted very dissatisfied. Then he whispered, "Are you sure there is no danger? That's my apprentice, and he won't say a word to me before he is called." "Having said that, Lao Li is still very confident in the fire tree, after all, the three-year practice is not in vain.
Unexpectedly, Ding Cong's next sentence choked Lao Li and frightened him.
"I don't know if it's dangerous or not, it's just that the bears who can build houses go there a lot. ”
After Lao Li was silent for a while, he jumped like thunder and scolded. However, the fire tree has disappeared, and it is impossible to call it back, so I have to hope that the baby apprentice will not meet those spirits.
Yes, those are bear spirits, bear spirits with a certain amount of wisdom, only when a beast can practice, will become essence!
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The fire tree carried the two bear cubs to the stone crevice three years ago before stopping, I have to say that the fire tree has a good memory, except for once three years ago, it has never set foot again. Now that I can find it, the fire tree itself is a little surprised.
After putting down the bear cub, Huoshu looked at the small stone crack that he had worked hard to get into, and smiled bitterly, did he want to smash open the entrance by himself? What did the master think?
Suddenly, Huo Shu thought of the fireball thrown by the master after he got angry, and instantly understood, shook his head after laughing, and muttered in his mouth: "Master, master, even if you remind you, you don't have to make so much effort!"