Chapter 37 Avo
Ah Fu sat on a big rock in the mountain pass, staring at a big river not far away, and was stunned for an afternoon.
Why hasn't this old man come back? He said that he would go to the Death Wilderness to look for herbs, and let me help him with the wind here, but the sun was about to set, and the old man hadn't come back yet.
It can't be eaten by ghosts, right?
At the thought of the ghost beast, Ah Fu couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body, although in his tribe, every child thought that the ghost beast was nothing more than the story of an old woman deceiving a child.
But Ah Fu knew that the ghost beast really existed, and there was more than one.
Ah Fu, who had just turned 12 years old, had been following the old man out to collect medicine for more than half a year, and in this half year, he had seen countless rare and exotic beasts that could not be seen in the mountains in the wilderness, including ghost beasts.
To this day, he still remembers the first time he saw the ghost beast.
This is a kind of monster that only comes out at night, and the old man told him that these monsters are cultivated by the scum of the sun left behind after Agu opened the world, and they are like wasps running on land, swarming and devouring all living things.
It was about twenty days ago, and for the first time, Ah Fu and the old man ran down the mountain, looking for plants that could be used as medicinal herbs near the wilderness.
"The slender leaves with small white flowers are called Pu, which can cure wind and cold, and the broad leaves and thick stems with purple fruits are called Mao, and chewing can promote blood scabs."
This is the mantra taught to him by the old man, as the only apprentice of the old man, he must memorize the mantra of more than 100 sentences within a year, so that he can find an apprentice from the time after the old man dies to the time before he dies, pass it on, and then let the apprentice, before he dies, pass it on to the apprentice's apprentice.
This mantra is the magic weapon for their clan to survive.
That day, he was still immersed in reciting the mantra, and before he knew it, he was taken to the wilderness by the old man, and he suddenly found that there were no towering peaks around him to shade, no thick trees to climb, and no caves to hide, and for a moment, he suddenly felt like a poor man who had been stripped of his animal skins and taken away his stone spear, wandering alone on the verge of death, and that feeling of loneliness and fear was something he could never forget in his life.
Shortly after he had just adjusted to the dread of the empty wilderness, the old man suddenly pulled him uncharacteristically to his stomach, and buried himself tightly in the dirt, hiding in the half-man-tall dead grass.
Ah Fu thought that the old man had found some herbs, he just wanted to climb over to take a look, but suddenly the old man grabbed his arm desperately, so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, and he didn't move.
Through the dry grass swaying in the breeze, Ah Fu finally saw a few clusters of gray shadows faintly appearing in the clearing not far away, jumping back and forth quickly, and roaring...... Tearing sounds...... Swallowing sound...... And that disgusting smell of blood......
At the moment when Ah Fu was stunned, a strong wind blew, and the dead grass in front of him fell to one side, and he suddenly saw the scene behind the grass, several huge gray ghost beasts surrounded the large animals that had been dead, and were competing with each other to eat meat, flesh and blood were flying, and the picture was fierce and cold.
That picture, as a 12-year-old child, will definitely scare nightmares for several nights, although this ghost beast is not as big as the flowers and insects in the mountains, but also has a boar-sized body, the most terrifying thing is that these ghost beasts are dexterous, fast and keen, and have a big mouth full of sharp fangs, a pair of blue eyes seem to be able to see through everyone's soul.
The old man didn't say a word, pulled Ah Fu up, and crawled back cautiously, they didn't even dare to gasp, for fear that the ghost beast would find him.
If they were discovered, they would surely die, and Avo was sure of that.
Later, when they retreated to the mountain, the old man told them that the blue eyes of the ghost beast could not only see through the eyes of people, but also through the fog of the night god, even if it was a dark night without a moon, in the eyes of the ghost beast, everything in the wilderness would be as clear as the day.
On that day, they were fortunate to be downwind, and just in time for the ghosts and beasts to share their prey, otherwise, they would have died.
Since then, every time the old man goes out to look for herbs, Ah Fu said that he will not follow, and the old man has no choice but to leave him in the mountain pass to recite the mantra, and by the way, he will go out of the mountain to dig herbs by himself.
I'm so useless!
If not, Ah Fu is the descendant of Shennong selected by the high priest at the festival, I am afraid that the old man would have to replace himself a long time ago, and there are people in the tribe who want to be the old man's apprentice.
Ah Fu shook his head, it was useless for him to think about the things arranged by fate.
Once again, he stood on tiptoe and looked at the wilderness outside the pass, where the breeze blew and the endless green grass formed an endless green carpet, as if the whole world was a huge leaf, and Avo, the old man, and even their entire chieftain were just a small aphid on top of this leaf.
Ah Fu was surprised by his own idea, and he shook his head happily.
What kind of wind is it, just this broken mountain pass where even wild boars don't come, what is there to control the wind, except for ghosts and beasts, no one will come at all, the old man really thinks that everyone is as desperate as him, and he doesn't wait for the safe mountain, and he has nothing to do in this mountain pass.
Ah Fu stretched and glanced back and forth at the valley.
Suddenly he froze!
On a large tree in the valley, a figure suddenly appeared.
He read that right, it was a man! That's right!
That big tree is used by Ah Fu to mark the route home, back and forth so many times a day, the appearance of the tree has long been engraved in his heart, not to mention many people, even if it is multiple birds parked on it, Ah Fu can find it.
The man, dressed in a brown-yellow animal skin, with a feather on his head, and a withered yellow look, looked like he hadn't eaten enough for a long time.
Avoteng stiffened and stood up on the boulder, holding the stone spear at his waist, and looked warily at the man in the tree.
The primitive man in the tree also clearly spotted Ah Fu, and the two looked at each other, but neither of them moved.
This is the rule of Avo's society, when two strange primitive people meet, the safest countermeasure is to stay still, because no one knows whether the other party will become a friend or an enemy in the next second.
They looked at each other for about half a torch, and Fu kept his standard posture, motionless, and suddenly, the one in the tree obviously couldn't hold on, and the other party shook his head, slid down the tree, and ran back to the mountain with a puff of smoke.
This time, Ah Fu won the victory, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, it seems that now, when they return to the tribe, Ah Fu has another thing to talk about proudly.
You know, a tribe in a remote area, what a thing to brag about when you see a foreigner and force them away.
"Avo! What are you doing?! ”
An old voice came from behind Ah Fu, broken! The old man is back.
An old man with a weather-beaten face climbed up the hill behind Ah Fu and waited for Ah Fu.
Ah Fu looked at the bulging skin behind the old man, and said happily:
"Old man! Haha, you've dug up such herbs again! I'll see, what's there...... Wow, this is Kan! I know I know, this can stop diarrhea, haha, the day before yesterday, someone from the Tu tribe came to change this, and it is said that their chief had diarrhea and bleeding...... This time, Kan can at least exchange him for three wild boars, no problem!! Ha ha!! ”
"Put it down!" The old man knocked Ah Fu's head and said angrily:
"Who made you move? I just asked you something! What were you doing? ”
"Huh?" Ah Fu touched his head and was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, and said:
"Oh, yes, yes, I was confronting a stranger just now! It was in that big tree that there was a man, a foreigner! ”
The old man's brows tightened, he hurriedly put down the skin behind his back, stared at Ah Fu's eyes, and asked:
"Are you sure you didn't look dazzled?! Are there aliens in our mountain pass? ”
"Yes, yes, I read that right!" Ah Fu replied seriously.
"It's broken!" The old man muttered to himself, "Isn't it a Tu? Or is it the Bai tribe? They have discovered the secret of our Shennong tribe's collection of medicines??? ”
The old man vigilantly grabbed Ah Fu and shouted:
"Where did that alien go? Where did you go? Tell me quickly!! ”
Ah Fu was startled by the old man's exaggerated reaction, and hurriedly pointed to the place where the alien had fled, just about to say that it was there.
Suddenly, his eyes froze, and he stared stupidly at the valley where the aliens had fled.
"What about you, stupid again?!" The old man touched Ah Fu impatiently, and then followed his line of sight.
Suddenly, the old man was also stunned, his mouth fell to his chin, and the boss of Zhang couldn't get along for a long time.
The hillside that Ah Fu pointed to, I don't know when, was already covered with primitive people, so many people that even a hillside could not stand up, and it was constantly coming down from the top of the mountain, a large area of black pressure.
The most terrifying thing is that so many primitive people did not make any noisy sounds, one by one, quietly, cautiously and steadily advancing.
You know, in the tribe where the old man belongs, more than 10 people go out hunting at the same time, they will keep chattering, you say a word, I say a word, I say a word, you can't hit the prey at all, all are scared away.
And this person all over the mountains and wilderness, when he approached, he didn't make a sound at all, which is even more terrifying than a ghost beast!
This is definitely a potentially huge threat to your own tribe!!
The old man's brows tightened, and he instantly felt that the future life and death of the tribe was in his own hands.
Suddenly, the crowd on the hillside stopped advancing, and six people came out of the crowd, who slowly walked towards themselves, and finally, stopped under the big rock.
They should be the chiefs of this migrating tribe, Ah Fu thought to himself.
"Avo! No matter what I say, don't interject later!! The old man whispered, and Ah Fu was stunned for a moment.
Among the aliens standing under the boulder, the man with the fairest skin suddenly spoke:
"Hello! We are a migratory tribe of the Yan tribe, and I am the chief of the tribe, do you know how to get out of the mountain??? ”