Chapter 1: Gods, Humans, and Demons
The sky is getting brighter, and the soft sunlight shines on the periphery of the mountain forest, and only the grass and trees occasionally move, and it is quiet and peaceful.
Further down, there is an abyss as black as ink, at a glance, the fog is shrouded, and there is no bottom to see, isolating the two sides of the world.
Looking in from the periphery, there are several strange stone forests, in which fierce beasts roar and crawl among the mountains and rocks; in the sky, all kinds of sharp-clawed demon birds wander away, circling and soaring; on the edge of the mountain cliffs, there are strange plants and delicate plants that extend their roots, pierce the mountains into the rocks, and are all over the high cliffs, which are extremely strange.
This is the depths of the mountains, the mountains are handsome and overlapping, the trees are vigorous, and only a few small villages and towns stand sparsely populated, quiet and harmonious.
At this time, in the outer mountains and forests, a petite figure flashed by, as if chasing something.
After a while, a "bang" was heard, and then there was a moment of calm, and after a few gasps, the petite figure slowly approached a tree.
Under the small green tree, a sika deer hangs from it, and the blood on its antlers stains the arrows red. Half of the short arrow entered the wood, leaving only the tail tip outside, which shows that the arm strength of the person who took the bow and shot was extraordinary.
In front of the tree, a good-looking boy stood pretty, he straightened his slightly messy coarse linen clothes, and scratched his smooth black hair, and his delicate and lovely face was full of unbearable.
The boy blinked his big smart eyes, his small mouth opened slightly, and he said softly: "One arrow, poor fawn."
"Xia Chu, don't have the kindness of a woman!" This is a young man's voice, not like Xia Chu's soft and cute children's voice, a little more cold and arrogant, this voice came from Xiao Xia Chu's heart, only he can hear it.
After being silent for a while, Xia Chu didn't say much, because he was begging someone to do something.
Xiao Xia Chu didn't know where the boy in his heart came from, he only knew that he had multiple souls, and the boy had no ill will towards him.
After some cleaning, Xia Chu took down the burlap bag around his waist and put the deer in, it was already dark, and he was ready to go home.
On the path in the middle of the forest, Xiao Xia Chu walked slowly, he was not in a hurry, he was thinking about things, and he was a little distracted.
On the quiet path, there was no one else, only Xia Chu walking, very quiet.
Suddenly, a shout came, Xia Chu looked back habitually, and what came into his eyes was a strange stone forest, the inner surrounding mountain range! His heart trembled, but he didn't have time to turn.
Inexplicably, Xiao Xia Chu was attracted, his eyes lost their brilliance, and he walked towards the inner mountain range mechanically, and in front of him was the abyss! The young man in Xiao Xia Chu's heart shouted his name coldly, but he couldn't stop it.
Just when Xia Chu was about to step into the Heavenly Abyss Forbidden Land, a coquettish cry sounded in his heart, Xiao Xia Chu came back to his senses, he looked at his feet in horror, there was a circle of blood-red and dark purple viscous liquid squirming in front of his toes, terrifying.
Xiao Xia Chu looked at the liquid, his face turned pale and pale, and then he turned around decisively, pulled his legs and ran, and ran for a quarter of an hour before stopping, he touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and couldn't help but be afraid.
Just now, Xia Chu almost stepped into the ten-foot forbidden land, and the old man in his village had warned him: It is better to meet Yama in the mountains than to enter the ten-foot ghost gate, which means that there is still a glimmer of life when encountering Yama, on the contrary, when he reaches the ten-foot forbidden land ghost gate, the immortals will not be able to turn back.
I don't know when it exists, I don't know where it came from, I don't know what it is for, I only know that the other side of the abyss and even within ten feet of it is a forbidden place of life, and even the fierce beasts and ghosts are afraid and dare not set foot on it.
Xiao Xia Chu felt that he had fallen into an evil spirit? Usually hunting is to seek safety, wandering in the outermost place, but today he inexplicably entered the outer inner mountains.
On the way here, Xia Chu didn't encounter any wild beasts and supernatural spirits, and now that he thinks about it, he can only avoid the evil spirits in the inner forbidden area, and any fierce beasts and monsters.
"At first, I didn't care about that thing, I didn't want it to be so weird" Mo Shao said coldly, as if he had been deliberately tricked, entering the inner forest, Xiao Xia Chu rolled his eyes, if it wasn't for the heavenly girl in his heart to stop in time, he was afraid that he would have passed away for a long time.
The two people in Xia Chu's heart seemed to be extremely powerful people, at least, he had never known that there were even stronger people.
The young man is heroic, covered in black flames, full of evil spirits, and his momentum is about to break through the sky, according to the most knowledgeable Jiu Bo in the village, this is a demon, as for what a demon is, Jiu Bo did not say.
In Xia Chu's opinion, the young man should also be strong in the devil, and the young man is usually cold and arrogant, like the little young masters in the town, so he named the young man Mo Shao.
And the other one in Xiao Xia Chu's heart is a girl, and his first impression is beauty, the kind of beauty that can not be carved out of the power of the sun and the moon. It's intoxicating, it's obsessive, and although he doesn't know how to express it, according to the old people, that's pretty much what it means.
This girl was only wearing a light veil, and except for her peerless face, everything else was shrouded in smoke, and she couldn't see it really.
Qingsha is also the first time Xia Chu saw her, he looked at the part that he vaguely saw for an afternoon, he thought that such a person should be called a fairy, and he should still be the lady of the sky among the fairies, so he called her the heavenly maiden.
Although Xia Chu and Tiannu are not very familiar with each other, every time he encounters a big problem, she will help solve it, unlike a certain Shao, who is unreliable.
Xiao Xia Chu silently thanked the Heavenly Maiden in his heart, and then ran down the mountain with a coarse cloth bag, and he didn't encounter a beast or anything like that on the way, it is estimated that he had just been unlucky, and no beast dared to touch him.
After walking for a while, Xia Chu finally arrived at the entrance of the village, he waved his little hand to greet the villagers, "Hello Third Master, Uncle Tiger is early, what about Aunt Lin's cooking?" The villagers also nodded with a smile when they saw Xiao Xia Chu, and greeted him.
Xia Chu is beautiful, and he can hunt at a young age, and more importantly, Xiao Xia Chu's mother is the only pharmacist in these small mountain villages.
The people in the mountains can cure some diseases, but when they encounter incurable diseases, they can only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, depending on their luck, since Xiao Xia Chu's mother came here, it has improved, and any disease can be cured.
Uncle Tiger greeted him with a fan-like palm, and shouted at his son in a loud voice: Look at Xiao Xia Chu, he dared to go into the mountains to hunt when he was just six years old, and look at you again, you don't have strength to eat!
"Xia Chu is born with divine power, is intelligent, handsome and plump like a young man, how can I compare with him?"
"The stinky boy still talks back" The tiger baby grunted away from Uncle Tiger's palm, then turned her head and ran, and shouted, "That's Aunt Tiltyin's son, born with a vision, I was born, and the chicken crowed a few times"
Xia Chu looked at the father and son with a smirk, and continued to say hello, halfway through each family took the breakfast they had just made and wrapped some hard stuffed for Xiao Xia Chu.
didn't refuse, Xia Chu took it all, because his mother was busy making herbs and taking care of some patients every day, and often only had a little time to cook, and he ate a lot.
Over the years, almost every family has someone who has been saved by Xia Chu's mother, the mountain people are simple, and they will repay their kindness, this little care, he can't always refuse.
After walking for a while, it was until he reached the middle of the village, Xiao Xia Chu stopped, in front of him, there was a large cyan courtyard, all built of bluestone, a total of five houses, the house facing the door was the largest, and the other four small houses were uneven.
Originally, this was the house of the village chief Liu Ye, but since Xiao Xia Chu's mother came to this village, Liu Ye said that he would give this place to Xiao Xia Chu's family.
As a village head, Liu Ye is very competent, and he feels that this place should be given to Xia Yaoshi, so that Xia Yaoshi can treat the villagers.
Originally, there was only one big house, and the four small houses in the back were built by the villagers spontaneously going up the mountain, picking stones and slowly building them, all of which used bluestone blocks, which were sturdy and durable.
Before Xiao Xia Chu entered the house, he heard Niu Sanniang's shout, "Hurry up for me, get up for me, go home and lie down, put this here and pretend to be dead, and make trouble for the girl who is listening."
"Oh, my mother, I have a broken leg, not a twisted leg."
"Then I'm still waiting for the girl to serve you, hurry up."
"Ancestor, don't talk nonsense, otherwise Liu Ye will hear it and won't directly unload my legs."
Xiao Xia Chu was speechless for a while, Niu Sanniang is like this, she doesn't like to cause trouble to people, Uncle Niu is also miserable, he broke his leg yesterday, and he was forced to walk home not long after taking the medicine.
However, Xia Chu is not too worried about Uncle Niu, his mother's medicine, if it is only a leg injury, it can be healed in a few days.
Xiao Xia Chu watched Uncle Niu being dragged away by Niu Sanniang, a little unbearable to look at directly, after entering the kitchen, he looked at the pot as usual to see if there was anything to eat, the pot was empty and clean.
After a while, Xia Chu silently ran out to deal with the deer, first silent for three seconds, he doesn't like to kill very much, but people will kill when they are alive, it is difficult to avoid, he is not the Buddhist family that Jiubo said, he does not allow killing, and purifies all sentient beings.
Under normal circumstances, as long as others don't provoke Xiao Xia Chu, he will behave very docile and really interact with others like a child. However, once someone bullied him, he would never talk much if he could do it.
After dealing with the sika deer, Xiao Xia Chu trotted to the kitchen with the deer, his mother was still tinkering with herbs, and she didn't come out in the small room, so Xia Chu could only do it by herself.
Although Xiao Xia Chu can cook, no matter how he does it, it is not as delicious as what his mother makes, half roasted, a little soup, a little stir-fry, and then make some white chestnut rice.
White millet seeds can be used for cooking and porridge, and are the main food of mountain people, which can be grown by themselves and can easily survive.
After about half an hour, Xiao Xia Chu finally made all the meals.
"Mother, let's eat" Xia Chu set the dishes and chopsticks, ran over and wiped his face with water casually, and then sat at the table obediently, waiting for his mother to come over.
After a quarter of an hour, the food was a little cold, and a beautiful figure slowly came out of the room, she was dressed in a blue coarse cloth with a few small patches on it, her delicate body moved with the wind, she walked slowly, as if thinking about something.
Xia Chu secretly looked at his mother, his mother was like a grown up goddess, although she was not as beautiful as a goddess, but she had an extra temperament, like a fairy in the Nine Heavens Cold Palace, obviously she didn't do anything, but she was elegant and dignified, and her majesty was natural.
On the small stool, Xia Chu watched his mother sit down, and then saw her holding her cheeks and thinking for a while.
"My mother is wearing a veil, and I don't know what the expression is," Xia Chu thought.
In the end, Xia Tianyin finally thought about it, she slowly picked up the chopsticks and ate a mouthful of food, Xiao Xia Chu saw this and immediately started eating, gobbling it up, like the reincarnation of a starving ghost, and was despised by the demon in her heart for a while.
"Hmph, it's better to despise than to starve to death," Xia Chu thought.
After eating for a long time, Xiao Xia Chu saw that there seemed to be no more vegetables, he took out the steamed buns and gnawed them again, and after eating a few, he felt that something was wrong, he raised his eyes and found that Xia Tianyin was looking at him, "Mother, isn't the food delicious?"
"No, it's delicious, you slow down" The voice was like a clear spring and flowing water, soft and warm, Xiao Xia Chu felt that he was healed in an instant, and his mood was very natural.
After eating, Xia Chu felt a little tired, so he silently ran to the big house to sleep, Xia Tianyin smiled, she said softly, "No matter how mature he is, he is still a child, it is time to accompany him."