Chapter 2: Dreaming back to a thousand years, a strange beast descends
Time traveled back to a thousand years ago, it was 1085, in the north, in the Jurchen tribes, the heavy snow in winter had just fallen, fluttering, the weather was still warm, and the air was still moist.
The shaman of the Jurchen tribe is a gray-haired old man, he walks slowly in the snow, with a cane, and the people who come and go bow to him, he is the only shaman of the Jurchen, highly respected, and deeply admired by everyone.
He walked out of the tribe and slowly walked into the mountains and forests, I don't know what happened today, he always felt that there was a voice attracting him, making him involuntarily move towards the mountains and forests.
He walked slowly through the mountains and forests on crutches, and the voice was getting closer, closer and closer.
In front of him was a tall bush, and he couldn't see what was in front of him, so he continued to move forward, pushing away the bushes with his hands, and suddenly he found that there was a big hole in front of him, more than 100 meters wide, but he couldn't see how deep it was at a glance.
He immediately stopped, and was almost about to fall into the hole, when a few broken stones fell into the hole, but there was no sound, and his heart was so frightened that he almost fell.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flew in front of the shaman, and the shaman was startled, and the bird stopped on a tree not far from the shaman, and the shaman looked up and looked closely, but saw that the bird was ugly, with the head of an owl and the body of an eagle, but he did not know what kind of animal it was, and the bird shook off the rain and dew on its feathers, and at the same time made a hoarse and ugly chirp.
The shaman didn't know what kind of bird it was, but he felt that this bird was the culprit that attracted him here, maybe it was the will of God, he slowly approached the tree, trying to catch the bird, but just about to get close to the tree, he saw that the bird seemed to sense something, and immediately flew away.
The shaman standing under the tree sighed, shook his head in disappointment, and left the forest, where he quickly returned to his courtyard.
Entering the house, getting on the kang, and hurriedly flipping through the scrolls of ancient animal skins left by his ancestors, he searched nervously, because he knew that this might be what his ancestors wanted to tell him, and this might be a warning.
The ancient animal skin books he was reading were said to have existed when the Jurchens were just emerging, and they have been passed down to the present day, and they have been passed down from generation to generation by shamans, and it is not known how many generations have passed.
Finally he turned to a page that recorded a kind of bird, the kind that the shaman had seen in the forest, and it said:
This bird is called the Bird, does not drink spring water and well water, only when the rain wets its feathers, can drink water, it is a creature that has been extinct since ancient times, he has an ugly appearance, the cry is extremely ugly, it is an ominous bird.
If future generations see this bird, they should be extremely cautious, because the appearance of this bird is a bad omen.
An ancient person once said that if you see this bird again, the beast will reappear in the world, and there will be a great calamity, this calamity is not the calamity of my Jurchen clan, but the calamity of the world, unless there is a hero of the world, you can't save all things from fire and water, if there is a mistake, the world will be destroyed, and the world will become an ice and snow purgatory, and it will be reborn after hundreds of millions of years.
The shaman looked nervously at the animal skin scroll, frowned, and muttered to himself, "Could it be that there will be a great calamity in my lifetime?" ”
"No, how is that possible?"
At this time, he heard a sound outside the door, the shaman slowly walked out of the yard, and saw that it was his adopted child Tianci, who was almost 15 years old, wearing a light gray somewhat shabby leather jacket, wearing a gray-brown shabby felt hat, not very old, but also a height of one meter in his early sevens, with good facial features, delicate eyebrows, and a strong figure.
I saw that the child, Tianci, was carrying two flower deer on his shoulders and a few pheasants in his hands.
The shaman was happy in his heart, he was lucky to be able to hunt two flower deer and so many pheasants, and he smiled and said, "God, it seems that today has been a good harvest." ”
Tianci also smiled and said, "Yes." ”
Then he threw all the prey in the yard.
At this time, a little guy appeared behind Tianci, who suddenly got into Hualu's stomach and wanted to eat Hualu's meat, but Tianci was quick-eyed, grabbed the little guy's little black tail, and took it out for him.
The shaman looked closely, but saw that the little guy was snow-white, like a newborn pony, but it was also too small, and there were horns on his head, which was really strange.
Caught by God, the little guy turned his pitiful big eyes, looking at Tianci, the little guy's eyes were very big, and tears came out of his poor eyes, very pitiful.
The shaman had an uneasy thought in his heart, this may not be a horse, but another strange beast, so the shaman said to the godsend: You just let the little guy eat, he is so small, how much can he eat, this little guy is not ordinary, you come in with me, I will take you to check the origin of this little guy.
When Tianci heard the shaman's words, he hurriedly let go of the little guy and followed the shaman into the house, and the shaman walked into the room on his right, opened the animal skin book left by his ancestors, and examined it carefully.
But he found that there was such a record in the book: the shape of an ordinary horse, but with a white body and a black tail, a horn, the teeth and claws of a tiger, and the sound it made was like the sound of a drum, and its name was barge, and it was a beast that could eat tigers and leopards.
The shaman muttered to himself, "Could it be that the little one is a newborn barge?" First came the appearance of the owl, and then the appearance of this little beast, could there really be something wrong in this world? ”
The shaman turned to Tianci and said, "How did you find this little one?" ”
Tianci stood aside and said: "I was hunting, but I found such a little guy, the little guy seemed to be wet by the rain, rolling in the dirt, I was curious, the little guy also looked at me, winked at me, I thought there was a hallucination, but I saw the little guy running up unhurriedly, I followed him, not long after, I saw him stop, but found that there was a flower deer in front of me, the little guy looked at me, I did not hesitate, an arrow shot over, After that, so many prey were taken by the little guy to me, I went down the mountain, and it followed me all the time, and I wanted to drive it away, but it followed again, and looked at me pitifully, and I had no choice but to take it home. ”
The shaman took a deep breath, nodded, and said: "This little guy is not ordinary, but a beast, don't underestimate him, when he grows up, he can eat tigers and leopards, it is not ordinary, you just take care of it, it will be of great use in the future, understand?" ”
Tianci nodded.
Tianci and the shaman walked out of the house, but Tianci saw that a flower deer had only bones left, and two pheasants, and only bones were left, and the little guy was covered with blood, and was lying comfortably on the ground, licking the blood on his body with his little tongue, revealing two tiger teeth.
Tianci was immediately furious and wanted to step forward.
The little fellow seemed to see it, and stood up in fright.
Tianci was stopped by the shaman, and the shaman smiled: "This little guy is not bad, you hunt with him, it can be regarded as cooperation, you two and a half have nothing to say, this little guy is very smart, I don't think it is an ordinary beast, it will be of great use to you in the future." ”
Tianci smiled bitterly, thinking that this is a flower deer, what a rare treasure, and it may not be encountered in a few months, but the shaman spoke, and Tianci nodded helplessly.
The shaman saw the heavenly thoughts, and said with a smile: "Manly man, how can you care about these little things? Besides, if you cooperate with this little guy in the future, how many delicacies will not be available? ”
Tianci thought about it, and suddenly smiled, and said, "What you said is also right. ”
The shaman said, "Name this little fellow, you picked him up anyway." ”
Tianci thought for a while and said, "Since this little guy is so small, I just call him the little guy." ”
The shaman laughed in his heart, if this child knew that the little guy in front of him had grown up but could eat tigers and leopards, but he had such a cute name, I don't know how funny it would be.
The shaman then said: "Okay, just this name, it's easy to remember, God's gift, don't be idle, do the homework that is given to you every day, do it now, martial arts, archery, don't practice every day, but it's not good." ”
Tianci nodded, and the shaman turned and left.
All that was left was the little guy and God.
Tianci pulled out the scimitar and began to dance, Tianci has practiced knives since he was a child, nearly 10 years of kung fu is not in vain, the scimitar dances like flying, it is really fast to the extreme, if he is seen, he must be surprised to call him a martial arts wizard.
But the little guy was disdainful, blinked his eyes, looked at the godsend with disdain, and was a little sleepy, so he lay on the ground, pillowed his little head on his lap, and fell asleep.