Chapter 3: Life in Xiling

Tie Zhu got up, took a large wooden box from the grass hut, and opened it. I saw that there were ten weapons and two sets of protective gear in the wooden box. He took out a dagger and handed it to Zhang Mo, and then took out a heart shield and put it around his neck.

Tiezhu took out a curved bow and carried the quiver behind his back.

"Young master, come with me!" he said as he walked towards the waterhole at the bottom of the hillside, followed by Zhang Mo.

The two stopped twelve meters away from the waterhole.

"Young master, go up to the tree!" Iron Pillar signaled.

It's just that the trunk is large, and Zhang Mo's hands can't hold it. Tie Zhu had no choice but to push Zhang Mo up the trunk, at this time Zhang Mo understood that he was a drag oil bottle, and he complained in his heart that he was too small and his hands were not long enough, otherwise he would not be able to climb the tree.

Lifted by the iron pillar, Zhang Mo climbed the ten-meter-high branch and stopped. The iron pillar was beside him, and the two of them sat on the branch of the tree in a ninety-degree position.

"Young master, the left belongs to you, and the right belongs to me, and when you find the beast, you will remind me in a whisper. Iron Pillar gestured.

"Uncle Tie, I can't see it clearly, it's too dark!" Zhang Mo wanted to help the other party, but he could only see things within ten meters in his eyes, and this was still with the help of a little starlight, if there was no starlight, he would be smeared in front of his eyes and he would not be able to see anything.

"Young master, calm down, sometimes what your eyes see is not necessarily real, you must learn to use your ears to distinguish all the changes around you. Tiezhu stretched out his finger and pointed to his ear to remind.

Zhang was silent, he tried to open his eyes to investigate, but the night was getting darker and darker, and what he could see in his vision was even more blurred. He tried to distinguish the sounds around him with his ears, the sound of insects, birds, animals, and the rustle of the wind, these sounds were mixed together, and Zhang Mo couldn't tell when his prey arrived, let alone where they appeared.

Fortunately, there are not too many dark clouds over Xiling tonight, and it seems that it will not rain for a while and a half. The sky is dotted with stars, and the moonlight shines through the clouds, appearing and disappearing.

Tie Zhu stared at the location of the waterhole with the help of the moonlight, as for Zhang Mo couldn't count on it, the little guy pretended to look at the jungle on the left. Soon wild animals came out to feed, and the first to come out were herbivores.

There are quite a few hares in Xiling, but they are very cunning and do not go near the waterhole, and they are small, and the water on the blades of grass is enough to replenish their water for a day.

However, large herbivores such as wild deer, roe deer, and wild boars must go to the waterhole to drink, so many herbivores gather near the waterhole.

These herbivores drink from the spring vigilantly while observing the changes in their surroundings and will quickly flee if danger comes.

The grass near the waterhole was very high, and it was difficult for herbivores to spot the beasts hidden in it, but the iron pillars on the trees and Zhang Mo had already detected them.

"Young Master, do you notice anything different in that grass?"

"Uncle Tie, the insects in that grass stop screaming, as if there is something hidden in it. ”

"Hehe, the young master is so smart, you can sense that the insects in the grass are no longer calling, which shows that you are observing more carefully. That's right, there are a few wolves hunting in that bush, and there are some wolves in the other bushes, so you don't have to be afraid, just watch how the wolves hunt. ”

"Uncle Tie, aren't we hunting?"

"Young master, don't worry, we must know how to wait for the opportunity to hunt, there is a saying called 'praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind', we will do a yellow finch once. When the wolf has caught the prey, we can take the prey from the wolf's mouth!"

Zhang Mo gave a thumbs up, and then the two stopped whispering.

Sure enough, as the iron pillar said, the wolves in the grass were waiting for the opportunity, and after the herbivores were full of food and drink, they were about to leave, and at this moment the wolf king took the lead.

Then more than a dozen wolves followed the wolf king and culled the other herbivores, and the well-fed prey was unable to move at this time, and the speed of the wolves was slowed down by one section.

I saw that the wolf king was culled and took the lead in biting the neck of a wild deer, and the other wild deer were so frightened that they immediately fled. As for the roe deer and the wild boar, when they saw the danger, they immediately fled desperately.

But the other wolves followed, and the wild deer was the fastest and fled quickly, and the wolves followed the roe deer and the wild boar.

The wolves are very cunning, they chase the roe deer and wild boars, first pick the weaker ones and kill them, and then chase the young roe deer and wild boars.

After the wolves chased the roe deer and the wild boar, the wolf king was left to eat the wild deer alone by the waterhole.

Compared with roe deer and wild boar, wild deer is not only delicious, but also greatly replenished. The wolf king is not stupid, he eats wild deer first in order to maintain his throne. The law of the jungle is that the strong are kings, but this time the wolf king did not expect his prey to be targeted by humans.

Shout!

Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot at the wolf king, who turned his head to the side with his senses, and then a bloody mark was cut on his ear.

Roar!

The wolf king let out a low roar, and it sensed that a human was nearby. A low roar can scare away the enemy, but the iron pillar is not afraid of the wolf king at all, and then another arrow is fired.

Shout!

The sharp arrow went straight to the wolf king again, and at this time the wolf king knew that the prey in his mouth could not be saved, so he ran away.

Woohoo!

Suddenly, two sharp arrows followed the wolf king, and the wolf king was so frightened that he didn't dare to turn back. Soon Zhang Mo found that the wolf king had escaped without a trace.

"Uncle Tie, the wolf king has escaped!Will it come back?" Zhang Mo asked with some excitement, after all, this was the first wild hunt he had participated in.

"Young master, the wolf king is very cunning, let's hurry up and take the prey away, and soon it will come back with the wolves!" After speaking, Tie Zhu took the lead in getting down the tree, and then motioned for Zhang Mo to jump down.

The two of them came to the side of the carcass of the wild deer, and then took the two sharp arrows away, and carried the wild deer on their shoulders by the way.

Less than a quarter of an hour passed, and sure enough, the wolf king returned with the wolves.

When the wolf king saw that his prey was taken away by humans, he was very angry and let out several roars to express his anger.

You must know that all wolves are very vindictive, and at this time they can't wait to tear Tie Zhu and Zhang Mo apart.

The wolves smelled the blood of the deer, and then successfully found the grass hut of the two.

Oh!

The wolf king let out a defiant roar, signaling the humans to come out and fight.

It's just that the iron pillar motioned for Zhang Mo to hide, and then took out his bow and arrows to prepare for the battle.

At that moment, two lead clouds in the sky suddenly collided together, and then lightning and thunder rang out.

Syllable!

Thundered!

A white lightning bolt the size of a little finger pierced the night sky, startling the wolf pack that had come to provoke him.

The wolf king saw that the division was unfavorable and did not dare to be careless, so he roared at the wolves, and then quickly retreated. Tie Zhu originally wanted to kill a few wolves to make leather clothes for Zhang Mo, but now it seems that he can't.

"Hey, you're interested. Tie Zhu grinned, put away his bow and arrows, and then signaled, "Young master, come out!"

"Uncle Tie, what's the situation?" Zhang Mo was also startled by the sudden thunder and lightning just now, and said a little in a daze at this time.

"It's okay, it's just a bolt of lightning! The air flow in this mountain is very changeable, and it is inevitable that the clouds in the sky will collide, and then it may rain. Tiezhu explained.

Zhang Mo responded, and didn't care so much. As long as the wolves don't come to harass them, otherwise it will be hard to sleep this night.

Sure enough, not long after the thunder, a light drizzle drifted in the sky, and the previous flames, which had not been much, were quickly extinguished.

"Young Master, the fire is out, rest early! Tomorrow we will continue to practice!" Tie Zhu reminded.

Zhang Mo was a little scared, and wanted to sleep with Tie Zhu, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it, so he stiffly said: "Uncle Tie, good night!"

After speaking, Zhang Mo walked into his grass hut, and then closed the door.

It was a little cold in Xiling at night, and he was a little tired from a day's practice, so Zhang Mo hid in the futon and fell asleep unconsciously.

In the following days, Zhang Mo repeated the life of the previous day. Riding horses during the day and hunting at night, slowly, Zhang Mo began to get used to this monotonous life.

Zhang Yuan and his wife secretly saw their son four times in the first month that Zhang Mo came to live in Xiling, but seeing that Zhang Mo was able to persevere, in the following days, the couple seemed to see Zhang Mo less and less.

Five months have passed in the blink of an eye, Zhang Mo sat alone by the flames, thinking back to the scene of the spiritual vein test half a year ago, and felt a little naΓ―ve at this time.

In the past five months, Zhang Mo has begun to transform, he no longer runs away from difficulties, no matter whether he is walking or hunting, he has persevered.

In the first month, Zhang Moza still needed to rest for a while, otherwise he would be exhausted after tying the horse. In the second month, after an hour of continuous walking, he had no need to rest.

In the next third month, Zhang Mo was able to walk for two hours in a row, although he was a little tired, he was still able to persevere.

In the fourth month, Zhang Moza's horse steps were as stable as Mount Tai, and the chassis kung fu was very stable.

In the fifth month, Tiezhu no longer asked Zhang Mozha to step on the horse, but asked him to live with weight, and after a month, the little guy did not have much discomfort with ten pounds.

"Young master, what do you want? You are reluctant to take off the weight for a day?" Tie Zhu asked curiously when he saw Zhang Mo carrying the weight on his back and staring at the flames with his eyes. What the child was thinking, Tiezhu couldn't guess. At least Zhang Mo's mind he couldn't guess that in the days he spent with him, Tie Zhu found that the little guy would not easily tell him what he thought.

"No, nothing. Uncle Tie, aren't we hunting tonight?" Zhang Mo covered his thoughts and diverted the topic.

Tie Zhu didn't press to ask, and responded: "I won't hunt tonight, the prey we hunted a few days ago has been hanging, and there are still a lot of things that have not been eaten, so we will eat first and then go hunting." ”

"By the way, a few days ago, your father came to see you quietly and let me bring you this. ”

After speaking, Tie Zhu stretched out his hand and opened his fist, and five white stones appeared in Zhang Mo's eyes.

"Uncle Tie, what is this?" Zhang Mo said curiously.

"This is a spirit stone, but it's just a low-grade spirit stone. Your father and mother are reluctant to use it, so they leave their two pieces for you to use. There is also a piece that your second brother gave you, he knows that you are from martial arts, and he will save a spirit stone for you, hoping that you can grow quickly. Your second brother said that the barracks are a good place to train soldiers, and I believe that the two of you brothers will be able to meet in the barracks. Tiezhu explained.

Zhang Mo took the spirit stone, and the corners of his eyes suddenly moistened. I saw him clenching his fists and vowing in his heart that after the age of fourteen, he would definitely go to the barracks to meet his second brother.

"Okay, don't think too much now, since you choose to practice martial arts, then daily exercise is essential, you don't want to be protected by your second brother in the future, you have to work harder, otherwise it will be a shame to go to the barracks, and at that time, not only your second brother's face will be lost by you, but your parents' face will also be gone." Tie Zhu deliberately said something exciting, but the little guy's face did not change, which was unpredictable.

"Uncle Tie, I'll rest first!" After speaking, Zhang Mo got up and returned to the grass hut.