Chapter Eighty-Eight: Wandering as You Like
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Several white fish swimming on the surface of the lake dived under the water with a "whoosh", leaving a cloud of ripples and rippling away.
By the lake, a dark-skinned teenager, dressed in coarse cloth and shirtless, stepped on the soft sand.
He walked aimlessly, and occasionally stepped into the lake, the warm sand and cool water made him feel very familiar and comfortable.
Walking past the lake and across a field of velvet grass, he sat down in a pile of rubble in front of the bamboo forest.
The vines flooded the broken hedge, a section of loess still had a little texture of earth, and a few clusters of green wheat grass grew around it.
He sat quietly from morning to sunset, and from morning to sunset. It was a place that made him feel familiar and safe. It's just that there is a faint emotion that has been haunting him, he doesn't like it, but he can't get rid of it.
Gradually, as if he felt that he had stayed here long enough, or wanted to stay away from that emotion, or realized that there was a direction in his heart, he slowly got up one cool morning and stepped on the path that had long disappeared behind the bamboo forest.
A few months later, Beast Mountain City.
Beast Mountain City is located in the southwest of Yunwu Prefecture, and further west is the endless Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, where many brave hunters transport the prey caught in the mountain to sell, and the flesh, fur, claws, and fangs are all very popular commodities. As a result, Beast Mountain Castle became prosperous.
On the long border line of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, there are dozens of such inhabited trade cities, large and small, and the Beast Mountain City is the largest of them.
Beast Mountain City has a long history that can be traced back to thousands of years ago, the city walls are dozens of zhang high, are built by solid boulders, legend has it that when the city was built, there were immortal masters to help, and the reason why the city was built so tall and strong is to resist the attack of the demon beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
However, the people living here for hundreds of years have never heard of a demon beast attacking the city, at most there have been one or two ordinary beasts that have fainted from hunger. And as soon as it appeared, it was cleared by the guards at the head of the city.
When it comes to these guards, the people of Beast Mountain City are all in awe, these guards are all from the hunting team of the Zhang family in the city, and all of them have the cultivation of breaking stones and breaking gold.
The master of the Zhang family has to enter the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain every year to hunt demon beasts, and that is a demon beast! Legend has it that a terrifying existence that can smash houses with a casual wave of the claw. And the fact that these guards can hunt demon beasts shows how powerful they are, and everyone is very relieved that these people are in charge of guarding the city. And many young hunters in the city also strive to become a member of the Zhang family's hunting team.
On this day, Master Zhang supervised the training of the hunting team in the house, and more than a dozen sturdy men fought with each other in pairs on the martial arts training ground, although they did not send out the essence bullet, only covered the essence on the fists and feet, but it was also full of power, and every collision made a drum-like sound.
"Be energetic, practice hard, next month is the day to enter the mountain, and those with poor strength will stay and defend the city, and when the time comes, I can't complain about others if I can't share the demon beast bones and demon beast meat." Mr. Zhang is nearly fifty years old, but his voice is like a bell, and many men have worked harder after hearing it.
At this time, a thin man who looked like a family man trotted over and said:
"Sir! The guards have caught a boy in the city who doesn't buy food and brought it to the house. ”
"What! I really ate the gall of the tiger bear, and I dared to come to Beast Mountain City to do such a thing! Doesn't he know who is in charge of this beast mountain city now? You bring him over to me to see if he has three heads and six arms, and dares to be so arrogant. When Master Zhang heard this, he was furious and said.
"Yes, sir!" The man shouted his order and trotted away.
After a while, two strong men each held one arm, and with great difficulty, they slowly dragged a young man in.
At this time, the men of the hunting team on the field also stopped training and sat under an old tree to rest in the shade.
Old Man Zhang sat under the pergola with a golden knife, frowned and glared at the two strong men and said:
"Didn't you eat? Why is it so slow! ”
"I... We... This kid is heavy! One of the strong men turned red and said hesitantly.
"Humph! What a rubbish! It's just a child, is it a tiger bear? I think you're doing too much work to defend the city, and the muscles on your body have become fat! Believe it or not, I told you to go to the city to collect the toilets? Master Zhang said angrily.
"Old... Sir, he's really heavy! Another strong man also said.
"Hahaha... The men of the hunting team who were enjoying the shade not far away laughed when they saw the performance of these two.
"Wang Lao Liu! I heard that your wife gave birth not long ago? I think you better go home and feed the children, our hunting team doesn't want you to be a coward! A man in the crowd shouted.
"Oh oh oh... Hahaha... There was another burst of laughter.
When the strong man named Wang Lao Liu saw that the big guy didn't believe him, his face was as red as a monkey's ass.
"That's it! Come on! Don't be lazy, get up and keep practicing! Master Zhang pointed at the group of people and scolded.
At this time, Master Zhang carefully looked at the young man.
When the boy was brought in, he didn't say a word as if he had been frightened.
He has slightly dark skin, strong muscles, and looks like a child of a village in a coarse cloth shirt, but Master Zhang carefully found that there is no callus on his hands caused by labor, although he is barefoot, there are no traces of long-term walking on his toes and soles.
"Where's his shoes?" Master Zhang asked.
"He didn't have shoes on when we caught him." Wang Liu replied.
Master Zhang frowned, and asked again, "What did he eat and didn't pay the bill?" ”
"It's dirt haggis, sir!" Another strong man rushed to speak.
"Well," Master Zhang nodded, and said, "Wang Liu!" You go to the butler's and take five silver wolf teeth, and pay the haggis shop's account, Niu Er! You go and take this kid to the dining room, hand it over to Hua Fatzi, and let this kid do some chores in the dining room, don't embarrass him! ”
"Yes! Master" The strong man named Niu Er agreed. Said to Yun Shan: "Let's go, boy!" Come with me to the dining room, I don't want to be hungry. "Strange to say, Yun Shan, who couldn't take a step when he came in, actually followed Niu Er out slowly this time.
"Drink! Ha! Hey! "A group of men from the hunting team in the courtyard began to continue training again.
Master Zhang watched Yunshan and Niu Er walk out of the courtyard, shook his head with confusion, seemed to feel a little tired of sitting, got up and stretched, but found that Wang Liu was still standing in front of him and did not leave.
He wondered, "Why are you still here?" ”
Wang Liuzhi said: "Old... Master! The boy ate a whole pot of dirt haggis, and a whole basket of wheat cakes, and five silver wolf teeth. It's not enough to check out! ”
When Master Zhang heard this, he slapped the table and said angrily:
"Fart! You're my three-year-old! Don't be clever in front of me! Fuck me off! Believe it or not, I'll kick you to death! ”