Chapter 39: Encountering Wolves
The location of Zhangjia Village is indeed remote, even with the map given by the kind hunter before, Xu Yang and Gao Chong searched in the mountains for nearly half a day before they found a small village in a smoky mountain col.
"My lord, there is something mysterious about this village. The surrounding fog seemed to be some kind of special maze, and we should have wandered here a few times before, but we didn't see any sign of the village...... It's better for your subordinates to go and investigate......" After searching for a long time in this generation, Gao Chong said with some unease.
Looking at this rather strange small village, Xu Yang guessed that he had found the right one. If you want to say that Zhang Tianshi's ascension is not so easy to find, even if it is a clue, it must be extraordinary.
"Don't panic, what we are looking for is Zhang Tianshi's place of ascension, and this village is a little mysterious, it must be related to the place of ascension, let's go and have a look!" After speaking, Xu Yang walked directly with Gao Chong.
Walking in this small village, Xu Yang found that all the people living here were ordinary people. The strength is mediocre, there is nothing special, and after a little inquiry, I know the location of the hunter named Zhang Xiaoer.
He is one of the few hunters in the village, and Zhang Xiaoer is also notoriously bold in the village. His house is located just outside the village. An old yellow dog guards the door, and there are a few animal skins and some simple hunting tools hanging in the courtyard, indicating that this is a hunter's home.
As soon as Xu Yang and the others walked to the door, they saw a young man wearing animal skin clothes walking out of the house.
"Two? You don't seem to be from this village, but you are lost in this mountain. The young man smiled with a simple smile on his face.
"It's not that we're lost, we want to go into the mountains, and we need a hunter who is familiar with the mountain roads to help guide the way......," Xu Yang said his request, and said that he was willing to pay a certain amount of money as a hardship fee.
I have to say that Zhang Xiaoer is a simple hunter. Compared with the gold that Xu Yang wanted to give, he was more concerned about why the two of them went into the mountain. After all, the mountains are dangerous, in addition to very poisonous insects and beasts, there are many mysterious and unknown dangers, as an adventurous hunter Zhang Xiaoer is very qualified!
Immediately, Xu Yang took out the sketch he had drawn.
After Zhang Xiaoer took the sketch, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Are you two sure you want to go to this place?" What animals were hunted in the past? Maybe I can find a replacement somewhere else? ”
Sure enough, things are not so simple, I'm afraid that this place is really not something ordinary people can go to. But Zhang Xiaoer's words also prove one thing, and that is that it knows this place.
"This is a place we have to go, and we can't find a substitute or something...... If it's really dangerous, show us the way! The two of us can go on our own, or ......," Xu Yang said with a slight step back.
Zhang Xiaoer just shook his head, and said helplessly: "There is nothing here, but the location on this map is very strange, and someone has been lost there before." If you two have something important to do nearby, I'll show you the way, but you don't know about that Jedi, so I'll tell you when you get there. ”
So, they rested for a night at the home of the enthusiastic and simple Zhang Xiaoer, and the three of them entered the mountain on the second day.
This way, I still have to say that Zhang Xiaoer is really a hunter who is familiar with mountain roads, and he took Xu Yang and others to take shortcuts, and also took the two of them around many places where poisonous insects and beasts wandered. From time to time, Zhang Xiaoer would tell the two of them some ways to identify the territory of beasts in the mountains.
For these methods, Xu Yang is naturally willing to learn. Who knows if you will go into the mountain alone one day, this kind of place is not something that you can survive with high force, you must know that there are some inconspicuous poisonous snakes or highly poisonous mosquitoes, which are often not strong, but they can hurt you unexpectedly.
Once you are bitten by a poisonous snake in the mountains, your final fate will become very miserable, and you will either be slowly poisoned or reduced to food for other wild beasts. This is the power of nature, in this world of beasts, no matter how strong you are, you have to follow their rules, and Xu Yang is now learning the rules in the mountains.
Along the way, with Zhang Xiaoer's explanation, the journey became very pleasant. When night fell, Zhang Xiaoer also took Xu Yang and the two to a hunter's hut in the mountains.
These hunters' huts are actually huts made of solid trees where hunters who often go into the mountains spend the night at night. This will not only avoid sleeping in the mountains, but also defend against the fierce tigers and grizzly bears in the mountains.
Before coming to the hut, Zhang Xiaoer actually pushed aside the vines that covered most of the hut, found the door from an extremely hidden location, and then patiently handled the vines on the side, and cleaned up the water in the kettle on the periphery before taking the two into the house.
The furnishings of the room were simple, with only a dusty table and a bed. With a blanket made of worn animal skins on the bed and hunting bows and arrows hanging from the walls, the hut apparently was also a place for the hunters to get supplies.
"Let's rest here tonight, this is where our hunters go into the mountains. There is a cellar inside, there will be some stored dry food, I'll take a look......" Zhang Xiaoer finished speaking, and lifted the animal skin blanket on the bed, and suddenly there was a secret compartment underneath.
After searching inside, Zhang Xiaoer took out some sun-dried meat. The three of them hastily ate something, and night had already fallen into the mountains.
In the deep mountains, Gao Chong originally wanted to make a fire in the house, but was stopped by Zhang Xiaoer. His reason is that once a fire is lit, the light of the fire will attract some animals to come, and sometimes even wolves.
It's not terrifying, but with the Hunter's Hut they're not in danger. But wolves are a very patient species, and if there is still a pack of wolves outside tomorrow morning, there is no way for them to continue their journey.
So, at the insistent request of Xu Yang and Gao Chong in the quiet night, Zhang Xiaoer rested on the bed, and the two sat cross-legged on the side to meditate and practice. After all, the strength of both of them has reached the emperor level, and only Zhang Xiaoer, an ordinary hunter, will not be able to bear it if he doesn't sleep!
In the mountains, as night falls, hunters come out to hunt one after another. Even though there is a good hunter like Zhang Xiaoer leading the way, and there is a rest point like the hunter's hut, it is a pity that the god of luck still does not favor Xu Yang and the others.
Woohoo......
Just after midnight, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, a long howl of a blue wolf spread throughout the mountains......
Swish!
Zhang Xiaoer, who was originally asleep, immediately opened his eyes and vigilantly picked up the hunting bow beside him.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Xiaoer, who got up suddenly, was naturally sensed by Xu Yang, and hurriedly stopped cultivating and asked.
Zhang Xiaoer said with a solemn expression on his face: "We are in trouble, I'm afraid these wolves are from us!" ”
Wolves? Xu Yang also heard the wolf cry just now, according to the sound Xu Yang heard, how could it be more than ten kilometers away from him. Don't think this is impossible, the mountains are unusually quiet after nightfall, and it is very normal for a sound to come out for several kilometers.
"Wouldn't it? The cry was so far away from us...... How can you be sure that this pack has spotted us and is not hunting another animal? Regarding Zhang Xiaoer's words, Xu Yang asked with some questions.
Along the way, he believed that Zhang Xiaoer was a very professional hunter, and from his actions such as leading the way, it seemed that he had very strong survival skills in the wild, which may be the hunter's specialty, which is the so-called specialization in the art industry. Regarding Zhang Xiaoer's words, Xu Yang was still a little puzzled in his heart, so he had this question.
"This is the wolf king, the wolf king who killed my father in the mountains! I'm familiar with its call, and I can tell it from a distance. Moreover, the breath that this wolf king knew, the cry it had just made was to call its companions again...... It's going to come and kill me......" Zhang Xiaoer said with a firm look in his eyes.
Well, looking at this young man with an extremely resolute expression, if it weren't for the fact that what the other party said involved life and death, the tone was really like talking about other people's things. Moreover, Xu Yang is also curious about what kind of enmity your family has with this wolf king? Ten kilometers away, you can hear its voice, and it can sense your presence, is this the legendary love and killing?
But before Xu Yang could ask the question again, he could see through the cracks in the cabin that strange figures had appeared outside, revealing murderous eyes!
"Here it is, here the wolves are!" Zhang Xiaoer said very calmly, and at the same time picked up his bow and arrows and bent the bow in the vent reserved by the wooden house to prepare to shoot.
Xu Yang could see that Zhang Xiaoer should have some grudge against this wolf pack. If it was a normal time, he would definitely explain the precautions to Xu Yang and the others, or what they should do in case of an accident. But now Zhang Xiaoer's eyes seem to only have wolves, and Xu Yang and the two of them are only reminded of him.
A dark green spear appeared in Gao Chong's hand, found a direction where the wolf had not yet appeared, opened the window, jumped out directly, and looked for the wolves outside and killed them.
This move surprised Zhang Xiaoer, who was obsessed, and immediately shouted: "Come back quickly, there is a whole pack of wolves outside, at least tens of thousands, it will be dangerous for you to go out like this!" ”
However, as soon as Zhang Xiaoer finished speaking, Xu Yang also jumped out. Originally, Xu Yang wanted to go out first, but Gao Chong said that he would let him follow behind, and he said that he wanted to protect the lord. With such a high hat, Xu Yang can only be obedient, and there is no way who can make himself the lord!
After jumping out, Xu Yang found that the situation was not as optimistic as the two of them imagined. Although the two of them are emperor-level strength, these wolves are also ordinary sixth-order beasts, but the problem is that it is dark in front of them, and these wolves hide their bodies in the dark, which is extremely difficult to find.
And Xu Yang's peeping eye, which Xu Yang has always been proud of, has no way to launch, so it falls on the fact that the two of them can only defend passively with their martial arts.
Whew......
A terrifying howl, with a terrifying effect. The wolves opened their eyes to bloody killing......
Sou! Sou!
Two figures attacked the two of them from the darkness, silently, and in an instant.
Xu Yang only felt a chill coming down his spine, and the subconscious he cultivated as a military general made him instantly return his hand, and the beginningless lance appeared in his hand out of thin air and directly returned the carbine!
Poof......
The sharp beginningless lance pierced directly through the wolf's body, and a sixth-order beast was lifeless. Similarly, Gao Chong's side is also a move to defeat the enemy, directly killing the sneak attack wolf.
But the battle has just begun, and the wolves are terrifying, they are one after another, not afraid of death, and they charge wave after wave!
With the two wolves killed in the wolf pack, the bloodiness of the wolf pack was instantly stimulated.
Woohoo......
The whole wolf pack rushed to the two like a tide, in the eyes of the wolf pack, these two people are their prey, no matter what their strength, no matter what means they have, the moment they meet the wolf pack, it indicates that they have been taken as prey!
Bursts of wolf wind roared, and the weapons in the hands of Xu Yang and Gao Chong were impenetrable. However, as time progressed, the physical strength of the two was constantly consumed, and they were more energy than physical consumption!
For half an hour, the two of them held on outside for half an hour, both of them were covered in blood, and there was a mess all around.
The corpses of wolves were everywhere, but in the distance, more wolves were coming. Within half an hour, the two of them were in danger several times, and if it weren't for the support of arrows in the wooden house, the two of them might have been injured by the wolves!
Zhang Xiaoer, the hunter in the house, was also a little dumbfounded at this time, he didn't expect that the two people who were traveling with him would have such strength, but there were wolves outside. When they saw the hunters, they could only flee in vastness, and it may not be difficult to kill a wolf, but to fight the wolves, that is not something ordinary people can do.
Looking at the two people back to back outside, a burning heat also appeared in Zhang Xiaoer's eyes. If he could, he also hoped that he could have such strength......
"My lord, I can't hold on anymore...... You enter the house, and your subordinates are queens! Gao Chong wiped the blood stains of the spear with the cloth on the inner armor, and said with a solemn face.
The endless wolves are still coming, and the two of them have not seen the wolf king in the battle yet, so it is necessary to save their strength at this time!
"Gao Chong, you go in first! This is an order...... "Xu Yang knew that now was not the time to be brutal, but Gao Chong's arm had just been bitten by a wolf, and it would be very dangerous if he was left to break it.
After fighting for so long, Xu Yang found that these wolves were extremely intelligent, and they specifically picked out the places where your defenses were weak or injured to attack. If he retreats to the house now, then Gao Chong will inevitably be bitten by the wolves and attack his wounds desperately, if Gao Chong really has three longs and two shorts, how will he explain to the Purple Void Master!
"Lord, let's go!" Gao Chong gritted his teeth and said, he knew that the lord had made up his mind, and the order was below, but as a minister, how could he leave the lord and withdraw by himself at this time.
So the two of them used their weapons to harvest the incoming wolves back to back, while trying to get closer to the wooden house.
Zhang Xiaoer in the house also saw the actions of the two and responded at the door of the house.
As soon as the two of them stuck to the wall, they immediately opened the door!
Swish! Swish! ……
The moment the door of the wooden house opened, several figures rushed into the house! Before Zhang Xiaoer could react, he saw Xu Yang and Gao Chong waving the weapons in their hands and nailing several wolves that entered the house together directly to the wall.
"Whew...... Gao Chong, is your wound alright? After entering the house, Xu Yang asked while panting.
The long and high-intensity battle, coupled with the need to discover the existence of every wolf in the dark, made the two of them consume their energy very quickly. Now, as soon as I relaxed, the feeling of exhaustion swept over my body in an instant.
Zhang Xiaoer, who was on the side, closed all the windows to prevent wolves from taking advantage of the situation.
Gao Chong looked at his wounds, took out the gold sore medicine that was a specialty of Mingyue City, put it on, and began to exercise and breathe.
Xu Yang, who was watching this scene, knew that Gao Chong should be fine, but he just consumed too much and needed to rest.
His strength was stronger than Gao Chong, and Xu Yang didn't suffer any obvious injuries, so he put away the Beginningless Lance and asked Zhang Xiaoer: "Is this wooden house strong enough?" How long will it be able to resist the wolves? ”
After checking the defense of the wooden house, Zhang Xiaoer replied: "The wolves in this wooden house can't get in, but our food is limited, and if we are trapped here by them, I'm afraid it will be a little bad......
"Will these wolves hold out for so long? How long do we have enough food? Xu Yang frowned, he really didn't understand why these wolves were so obsessed, couldn't there be anything else to hunt in the mountains?
In this regard, Zhang Xiaoer shook his head slightly and patiently explained: "The wolf is very persevering, and once it is targeted by them, it will bite to death." It's a hassle to get rid of them. In addition, these wolves are also led by the wolf king, I am afraid it will be very difficult to deal with...... In the end, we only had enough food for three days! ”
Three days!
This time is not enough for Xu Yang, unless the Golden Wing Kunpeng can wake up within three days, he and Gao Chong will go out to summon the Golden Wing Kunpeng and then he will be able to leave with Zhang Xiaoer. After all, no matter how powerful a wolf is, you're only a land creature, so you can't fly, right?
In addition, Xu Yang couldn't think of any other way for a while. And the wolves outside are indeed organized and disciplined, as Zhang Xiaoer said. Seeing that Xu Yang and the others had hid in the wooden house, they did not continue to attack, but hibernated in the nearby grass one after another, waiting for the opportunity!
Even Zhang Xiaoer wanted to find an opportunity to shoot one or two wolves with a bow and arrow, but found that it was simply impossible. Because the beasts were so good at hiding that the cats seemed to know how to dodge the arrows in the grass.
In this way, the two sides were in a stalemate for half a night, until a touch of fish belly white appeared in the east, announcing the end of the night in the mountains and the arrival of day! However, this was the beginning of another battle......