Chapter 95: The Heavenly Pond Water Monster
Jiang Feng looked up, and saw two people, an old man and a young man, coming in from outside the cave, both of them were wearing gray and old cotton jackets and dogskin hats on their heads, and they were tightly wrapped, revealing only one face.
In the hands of the young man, he also carried a medicine basket containing some mountain ginseng, as well as hunted rabbits and pheasants.
The old man and the young man also looked at Jiang Feng, the young man's eyes showed jǐng tizhi sè, bent down to make a defensive gesture, his eyes stared at Jiang Feng without blinking, as long as Jiang Feng dared to make a slight move, he would rush up and knock Jiang Feng to the ground as soon as possible.
Instead, the old man smiled slightly, patted the young man's shoulder to make him relax, stepped forward and walked up to Jiang Feng and said, "Little brother, you have finally woken up." ”
"You saved me?" Jiang Feng asked.
The old man nodded with a smile and said, "We were chasing a rabbit the day before yesterday and accidentally entered this valley and found you on the edge of the waterfall. ”
Day before yesterday?
Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, didn't that mean that two days had passed, and he had been in a coma for so long? Immediately after that, his heart tightened, he understood, if they hadn't saved him, he would have been in a coma in the ice and snow for so long, he would probably be dead by now.
And listening to their words just now, and looking at the medicine basket in the young man's hand, Jiang Feng knew that they should be the real ginseng pickers, no wonder his injuries would be slightly eased, it seems that they fed him mountain ginseng, otherwise even if his body functions repair itself, it would be impossible to achieve such an effect.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in a low voice, he only killed a few fake ginseng pickers, and was saved by the real ginseng pickers.
"Thank you. Jiang Feng said gratefully.
"No thanks, this is the right thing to do, as long as you're okay. The old man waved his hand and said, "Little brother, forgive me for asking more, why did you come here alone?"
"I'm here for tourism and I got lost by accident. After thinking about it, Jiang Feng decided that it was better not to tell the truth, listening to Pei Yuanshan's statement, Gu Wu was a taboo in this world, and in the lives of ordinary people, there was no such concept, and he didn't want them to know too much.
Moreover, he didn't know if the girl in purple was looking for him now, if so, it was very likely that it would affect the father and son, and he didn't want to affect them.
When the old man heard him, a thoughtful smile appeared on his face, and he said to the young man, "Huling, get something to eat, everyone is hungry." ”
The young man was still very jǐngti, put the medicine basket aside, glanced at Jiang Feng a few times, and then reached out and took out a sharp knife from his pocket, lifted the two ears of a rabbit, wiped it next to his throat, and quickly put the blood away, and then quickly peeled the skin and removed the internal organs.
Jiang Feng watched a series of actions of the tiger and secretly praised it, he could see that the father and son were just ordinary ordinary people, but when the young man named Hu Yan was killing rabbits and skinning them, he faintly had the demeanor of curing cattle and looking very beautiful.
Practice makes perfect, but at the age of a young man, it is not easy to have such a technique.
About twenty minutes later, the rabbit meat on the fire came out with a sizzling fragrance, the old man took out a small bag from his pocket, carefully untied it, grabbed a little and sprinkled it evenly on the rabbit meat, and immediately, the meat was fragrant, causing Jiang Feng to swallow a large mouthful of saliva.
The old man looked at Jiang Feng and smiled slightly, cut off a rabbit leg and handed it to Jiang Feng, and said, "Little brother, you taste it." ”
He originally planned to stew a pot of soup for Jiang Feng, but since Jiang Feng could eat when he woke up, it was much more convenient, so he invited at this time.
Jiang Feng was not polite, took the rabbit leg, took a big bite, and said: "The outside is charred and the inside is tender, and it melts in the mouth, and the spices you sprinkled just now are not simple." ”
The old man laughed, and the young man also had a little more smile on his face, and said: "That's not a spice, but a kind of herb, after the herb is dried and ground into powder, it is not sweet and spicy, but when mixed with oil, it will exude a strange aroma." ”
"Oh, there are such herbs, I wonder if you can show them to me?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.
Hearing Jiang Feng's homely routine, the young man relaxed his vigilance a little, reached out and grabbed a handful from the medicine basket, and said, "This kind of herb is usually difficult to find, this time I was lucky, I picked a little, you can take a look." ”
Jiang Feng stretched out his hand to take it, his brows were slightly furrowed, this herb was red, he had never seen it before, but it smelled a little familiar, but he couldn't remember when he had come into contact with it.
When the old man saw him like this, he asked, "Little brother, do you also understand pharmacology?"
"I understand a little. Jiang Feng smiled and nodded.
The old man said, "Do you know the name of this herb?"
Jiang Feng said, "Please also give advice." ”
The old man smiled and said, "I don't know if the little brother smokes, do you think the taste of this herb is a little similar to the taste of tobacco." ”
Jiang Feng suddenly realized, no wonder he felt that the taste was so familiar, and then laughed, and the old man continued: "Of course this is not tobacco, the name is Xinkui, it is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which can invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and has a miraculous effect on the treatment of dampness within rheumatism. ”
"I see. Jiang Feng sighed, he thought that he had read countless ancient Chinese classics and already knew almost everything about this world, but now it seemed that what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg.
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Jiang Feng and the father and son of the ginseng picker got along for two days before leaving, he was not worried about the purple-clothed girl catching up now, four or five days had passed, if the purple-clothed girl had chased and killed him, it was estimated that she would have caught up long ago.
It doesn't show up now, and it's obviously long gone.
But Jiang Feng still had other thoughts in his heart, he didn't think much about it when he met Shui Qingqian and Xu Zhikuan, but the purple-clothed girl he met was a powerful ancient martial arts cultivator, which made him a little strange.
Moreover, the purple-clothed girl still had three tokens on her body, which made Jiang Feng have a lot of associations, you must know that when he was in Yanjing, he had never seen an ancient martial arts cultivator except for the people from Qihuangmen and Pei Yuanshan, but this trip, in just a few days, he met several people in a row.
When did the ancient martial arts cultivators become so many? Jiang Feng didn't think that he was too lucky, it was very likely that he had unknowingly fallen into some unknown incident.
In such a situation, it deepened Jiang Feng's sense of crisis.
Although it was delayed for a few days, Jiang Feng still decided to go to Tianchi to have a look, the father and son of ginseng usually go out early and return late, Jiang Feng didn't say hello to them, left some things and left straight away, walking in the direction of Tianchi.
It took three hours for Jiang Feng to appear at the edge of the Heavenly Pool.
Changbai Mountain Tianchi has been developed as a natural forest scenic spot for many years, leaving too many traces of human activities here, although the heavy snow covers the mountain, there are still many tourists coming and going.
Jiang Feng walked around Tianchi for a short time, but he didn't find anything, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he still decided to take another look, if he didn't find anything, he left here.
Suddenly, I heard a girl who was taking pictures on the edge of the Tianchi let out a sharp scream, stretched out her hand to point to the calm water, and said tremblingly: "Look, look, there is something in the water." ”
The girl was frightened, this sentence was extremely high-pitched, and the people around all looked at the water when they heard the sound, Jiang Feng also turned around in shock, and saw a dark-haired, hideous water monster like a brown bear, lying behind a craggy rock by the Tianchi, with burning eyes peeking at the crowd close at hand.
When Jiang Feng glanced at it, the water monster seemed to feel his cunning, and let out an angry roar from his mouth, suddenly jumped up, poofed, and jumped into the water, in the calm and waveless Tianchi, a herringbone ripple suddenly rippled, and the water monster disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Seeing the legendary Tianchi Water Monster in broad daylight, the tourists were excited and frightened, and they took out their shooting tools to shoot at the disappearing ripples.
Jiang Feng frowned, feeling that something was not quite right, when he looked at the water monster at a glance just now, the water monster seemed to be able to feel a certain aura on his body, giving him a feeling that he was about to pounce on him.
Although the water monster finally left, Jiang Feng felt the hostility from the water monster.
After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Feng felt more and more that this thing was a bit strange, but he still left first without moving, this water monster gave him some clues, and he decided to come over at night to explore again, maybe he could find something.
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Cai Shen father and son returned to the cave at night, and found that Jiang Feng was gone, they were a little surprised, the two days of getting along, had made the two of them have some feelings for Jiang Feng, especially Hu Ling, who learned a lot from Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng also taught him a set of physical fitness techniques, he just started practicing from scratch, that is, he felt that his body had become much more flexible, and he was not very afraid of the cold, and he couldn't help but worship Jiang Feng very much, and he hated to worship Jiang Feng as a teacher.
"Dad, don't look around, I've looked for him, he's gone. Hu Yan said dejectedly, only to realize that he didn't even know Jiang Feng's name.
The old man smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay to go, he is not an ordinary person, and it can be regarded as fate that we can meet him." ”
"Dad, do you know something?" asked Huya curiously.
The old man smiled and shook his head, but he didn't say much, but said: "Let's light the fire first, speaking of which, we have been out for more than a month this time, and it's time to go home." ”
The tiger nodded, and went over to light the fire, and after the fire lit up the cave, the father and son found that there was a pile of things next to the firewood.
Hu Yan was curious to pick it up and look at it, and it was a scream: "Dad, look, this is mountain ginseng, God, it's been at least two hundred years, and there are so many, and there is still Xin Kui, Dad, what's going on?"
The old man's eyes lit up and he said, "He should have stayed." ”
"How can he be so powerful and find so many?" asked Tiger Ling, puzzled.
The old man's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said sternly: "Huya, have you remembered the boxing techniques he taught you?"
Seeing that Hu Ling nodded, he said in a deep voice: "Remember, you must practice diligently, maybe, you will benefit for life." ”
Although the old man didn't understand that set of boxing techniques, since Jiang Feng was able to find so many mountain ginsengs in a short period of time, he could also find the almost extinct Xin Kui, which further confirmed that Jiang Feng was not an ordinary person.
Perhaps, an occasional act of kindness by their father and son will bring them a great opportunity.
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At around ten o'clock in the night, listening to the mountain wind whistling outside, Jiang Feng got up from the bed, left the room quickly, and walked outside.
Ten minutes later, Jiang Feng appeared in the place where the water monster was found, the temperature of Changbai Mountain at night plummeted, and at this time, the temperature outside and near the ground exceeded minus 20 degrees, such a temperature has long exceeded the limit of the human body, and there is no trace of tourists here.
Jiang Feng walked to the place where the girl who saw the water monster was standing before, and looked at the water intently, and this look was a gasp.
I saw that on the craggy rocks next to the pond that day, there were no less than ten water monsters lying on the reef at this time, some of the water monsters were lying lazily on the reef, and some were leisurely invading the pool water, but without exception they looked up at the moon in the sky, making a big breath, and between the exhalation and inhalation, there were faint sights of white mist connecting their exaggerated mouths and the brilliance of the moon, which looked extremely weird.
Jiang Feng's scalp was slightly numb, although he felt that this water monster was a little psychic during the day, but he never expected that these water monsters, at this time, were actually sucking the moonlight jīng hua, looking like they were practicing some kind of strange exercises.
Although he had seen spirit beasts in the Tian Yuan Continent, on the earth, the unsuspecting appearance of this strange phenomenon still made his heart feel strongly shocked.
At this time, Jiang Feng also suddenly understood, why he was able to survive so many large water monsters when the fish and shrimp were extinct, there were no aquatic plants, and the meadows by the lake were not eaten. Because they don't need to eat at all, they rely on the jīng hua of moonshine to survive.
At this time, the water monster also discovered Jiang Feng's save, and one of them stopped breathing, revealing its fangs to Jiang Feng, and let out an angry roar in a low voice.
With this roar, the other water monsters all turned their heads to look at Jiang Feng, and the roars were connected, and under the miserable white moon, they were intertwined into a soul-stirring resonance.