Chapter 17: Nightmares
"When I go back, I have to ask my mother, is it their own pawn, and I am the orphan I picked up under the old willow tree? Otherwise, why does Niu Yao only pass on his skills to the pawn and not give it to me?" Niu Dawa muttered very depressedly, looking at Zhang Xiaopaw fighting the black boar alone, playing all his majesty, and his face was full of envy and jealousy.
Of course, he only dared to mumble to himself with this kind of rebellious thought, otherwise if he Lao Tzu knew about it, he would definitely be hung under the eaves by his Lao Tzu and beaten with a belt.
"Hehe, isn't passing it on to the pawn the same as passing it on to me? Niu Dawa suddenly grinned, and showed a malicious smile at Zhang Xiaopu, he didn't withdraw his Lao Tzu, because he Lao Tzu used to use belts and rattan to reason, unreasonable, but he had a very good way to deal with Zhang Xiaopaw.
Niu Dawa was in a good mood, and suddenly felt that his Lao Tzu would be full of fist embroidered legs, teaching him that he didn't like to learn, look at other people's pawns, that is called a tiger and tiger, powerful and domineering, so the knife skills are worthy of him Niu Dawa, oh no, it is worthy of him Niu Lotte.
"Oh, that's a pity. Zhang Youxiong looked at Zhang Xiaopu, who was showing his might, and shook his head regretfully, "If he wasn't the one - what kind of battle door was closed, he would definitely become a great man in the future." ”
"Who's to say it isn't. Li Dajiang also regretted it.
Zhang Xiaopaw played a tiger with a hunting knife, and the three-style "three-step killing" knife technique made it impossible to say that it was exquisite, but at least it was already handy. The enraged Black Boar was suppressed by him and was powerless, but he did not cause fatal damage to the Black Boar, because he had been practicing his knife skills with the Black Boar. At this time, the sword technique had been perfected, and he moved to kill.
As if sensing the smell of danger, the black boar turned around and ran. This is the food of Zhang Liu's two villages, how can Zhang Xiaopu let him go, a slash out of the air, this slash aimed at the knife marks left before, and easily broke the thick skin of the black wild boar, snorted, blood splashed three feet, and tore a deep bloody wound in the back and abdomen of the black wild boar.
The black wild boar screamed in pain, as if he had sacrificed the strength of his whole body, and the speed of his escape surged upward. Zhang Xiaopu couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately pounced on it, but at the moment when he pounced on him, the black wild boar suddenly turned around, and he didn't know how it did it, instead of rushing forward because of inertia, the huge body crashed headlong into Zhang Xiaopu at a faster speed.
Zhang Xiaopaw didn't expect the black boar to be so smart at all, pretending to escape, but in fact, he secretly brewed a killing move, which caught him off guard. Between the stones, fire, and lightning, Zhang Xiaopaw had no time to dodge, so he simply shouted and slashed out.
The hunting knife drew a cold line in the air, smearing the two eyes of the black boar, and the black and white eyelash squirted out, spraying Zhang Xiaopu's face. Immediately after the bang, Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't avoid the impact of the black wild boar, and his body immediately flew out upside down like a kite with a broken string, hit a tree trunk, and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xiaopaw only felt that his abdomen turned into the river and the sea, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his throat, followed by dizziness, and he fainted in front of him.
IQ was crushed by the black boar, this was the last thought he fainted.
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In a dense valley, there is a cold pool.
Layers of ice crystals were stacked around the cold pool, spreading out hundreds of steps, because of the extremely cold, not a single flower or tree survived in the area covered by the ice crystals, and no animals dared to approach.
Strangely, the water in the cold pool is not frozen. The pool water has no waves, blue as ink, and seems to be ten thousand feet deep.
What's even more bizarre is that on the night of the full moon of every fifteenth, the mist in the valley will drift away and weaken, leaving only a faint white mist of water vapor, swirling around the cold pool. And a graceful figure will float on the surface of the water of the cold pool, treading water with slender feet and dancing. Misty water, I can't see it really, I don't know if it's a person or a phantom.
At this time, around the cold pool, where it was not covered by ice crystals, hundreds of beasts gathered, temporarily put aside disputes, and obsessively watched the light dance on the surface of the cold pool. There are fierce beasts, such as the eye-catching tiger, the black bear, the giant ape, the python, the eagle, etc., with their strength to resist the cold of the cold pool, stepping on the ice crystal, only hoping to get closer to the cold pool and see a little more clearly.
At this moment, their hearts were clear, and they forgot about hunger, cold, fear, hunting, fighting, and other sufferings, and seemed to have infinite joy rippling in their hearts.
It wasn't until the mist rose again and the graceful figure disappeared on the cold pool that the beasts would reluctantly retreat. On this night, within a radius of thousands of miles from Hantan, hundreds of beasts coexisted peacefully, and there was no fighting.
There is a black wild boar, which comes to the valley early on the night of the full moon, occupies a good position with a good view, and quietly waits for the graceful figure to float on the cold pool, dancing.
At first, it was just a small and thin boar that had been separated from the herd.
That night, he was chased into the valley by a pack of wolves, and just as he was exhausted and collapsed on the ground, thinking that he could not escape the wolf's mouth, the wolves bypassed him and did not even look at it. It later realized that the wolves were not chasing it, but were rushing to the valley.
That night, it saw for the first time the graceful dance on the cold pool, when the figure on the cold pool disappeared in the mist, it woke up from the obsession for a long time, and then it was surprised to find that the hungry stomach was not only no longer hungry, but the body was full of energy, as if it had inexhaustible strength. It ran a few laps with great pleasure, feeling that its limbs were much stronger and more flexible than before.
It thought about it for a long, long time, and finally looked at it, guessing that it was the graceful dance that caused its body to change magically. This guess made it can't wait to see the graceful dance again, so it found a hidden place to hide, and then stared at the mist in a daze, expecting the mist to disperse and the dance again. But it waited until it was dark, and then dawn, until its stomach was so hungry that it growled, and the mist did not go away.
As a last resort, it went to find something to eat, and when it had filled its stomach, it ran back eagerly, and waited all night, still not waiting for the mist to dissipate.
It persevered.
Finally, it saw again.
When the mist rose again, and the graceful figure disappeared, it was pleasantly surprised to find that its body was much stronger and more flexible, its guess was right, the dancing posture in the mist could strengthen his body, no wonder all the beasts would gather, even the most powerful tigers, giant apes, etc., all put away their ferocity and quietly crawled on the edge of the cold pool.
Twice, three times –
It finally found the law of dissipation, that is, every time the moon is full.
It is very envious of fierce beasts such as tigers and giant apes, and is not afraid of the biting cold of the cold pool, and can be so close to the cold pool and see so clearly. And it can only be seen from a distance, through the fog, hazy, and nothing can be seen clearly.
So it began to desperately look for food, to become stronger, to polish its skin desperately, so that it could not be afraid of the cold, and it would be closer to the cold pool, and a little closer.
Now that it had grown into a sturdy boar, it could walk a hundred steps forward on the ice crystals, but it was still hazy and could not see the dancing figure clearly, and it was determined that it must make itself stronger, and strive to be able to go some distance further, at least catch up with the fierce tigers, giant apes and other fierce beasts in front of it.
Just a few days after the last full moon night, the black boar felt that it was a little stronger again, especially the sharp fangs, which became sharper and more lethal, and it believed that even if it encountered tigers, black bears and other fierce beasts, it was not afraid at all. Except, of course, the beasts that danced with him in the valley and walked in front of him, for every time the moon passed by them, it would tremble with fright, and lay motionless on the ground.
The black boar is very fond of its snow-white sharp fangs, and from time to time it will run to the creek and admire the water.
When he woke up this morning, he felt that his fangs seemed to grow a little longer, so he ran to the brook and poked his head out to see the reflection in the water.
At this sight, it was so frightened that its head turned into a human head.
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"Ahh
A frightened scream broke the silence of the night, Zhang Xiaopu sat up suddenly, looked panicked, touched his head eagerly with both hands, looked down at his body again, and found that he had not turned into a monster with a human head and a pig body, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Pawn, what's wrong?
"What's going on?"
The champion who was in charge of taking care of Zhang Xiaopaw was taken aback, and the people who had not yet fallen asleep were also startled, and hurriedly ran over to check the situation.
Zhang Xiaopaw wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and responded, "It's okay, I had a nightmare." ”
Suddenly remembered that he was knocked unconscious by the black boar when he was fighting with the black boar, and hurriedly asked, "Did the black boar catch it?"
Li Dahe sat down on the side, nodded and smiled: "Caught." Thanks to you for slashing the beast's eyes with one last blow, we wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. What about you, do you feel anything uncomfortable?"
He and Zhang Youxiong had already examined Zhang Xiaopu's injuries and found that he did not hurt his muscles and bones, but was only stunned.
Zhang Xiaopaw got up and tried to move his limbs, and replied: "It's okay, it's just a little sore, just sleep well." ”
"Champion, go and bring the food. Zhang Youxiong instructed the champion.
The champion answered, got up and walked to the distant campfire, next to which a large cauldron was propped up, and he lifted the lid of the pot and brought out a large black porcelain bowl from inside.
"I specially left it for you, a great hero, it's still hot, eat it." The champion handed the black porcelain bowl to Zhang Xiaopaw.
Zhang Xiaopai's eyes suddenly widened, and his saliva flowed, because the black porcelain bowl was full of a bowl of meat and bones, and the fragrant smell of meat drilled straight into the two nostrils.
Grunt!
Zhang Xiaopaw couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva, his eyes took his eyes off the flesh and bones with difficulty, looked at Zhang Youxiong and the others, and asked, "Have you eaten it?"
"We've already eaten it, you can eat it quickly, it's not good if it's cold. Ahh Zhang Youxiong waved his hand, but when he spoke, his throat obviously moved twice, and he swallowed a large mouthful of saliva.
"Well, I went to sleep too. You go to bed early after eating. ”
"Sleep, sleep. ”
Li Dahe and the others all laughed and walked away.
Zhang Xiaopaw knew at a glance that they were lying, but he didn't break it, because there was only a bowl of big bones, too little and not enough, anyway, now they have enough dry food, and they don't need to eat dry food for adults, they are growing young, but they have to supplement their nutrition, so he stopped a few champions, and couldn't help but say, one of them divided a piece of meat and bones, and said: "Look at your gluttony, one by one's eyes are shining, like a chai dog." Look, eat it. There are so many prey in the Black Forest, are you afraid that you will not have meat to eat in the future? I will not distinguish you from the soup, I am really a little hungry. ”
"Enough bro. The champion gave Zhang Xiaopaw a thumbs up, didn't say anything more, and grabbed the big bone and bit it with a big mouth.
The same is true for several other people, who are very grateful to Zhang Xiaopaw in their hearts.
These big bones were specially left by Zhang Youxiong for Zhang Xiaopaw, and each piece has a very thick piece of meat on it, which is a pleasure to gnaw.
"Where's the big baby? I said how do you feel so quiet, as if something is missing. Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly found that Niu Dawa, who had a loud voice, was not there.
"Back to the village. Zhuangyuan said while eating: "The weather is too hot, and the salt we brought is not enough to marinate such meat, and we are afraid that the meat will stink, so Uncle Zhang and Li Erbo assigned fifty people to send the meat back to the village for processing." ”
After speaking, the champion pointed in a direction and continued: "There is a small stream over there, which has not yet been broken, and there are many traces of prey activities on the side of the stream, so we will stay on the edge of this stream for the next few days, hunting and waiting for them to come back." ”