Volume 3: Those Who Should Think Think Chapter 150: Enlightenment (II)
The thirty-two people in the back followed steadily, and the seventeen people in front were all masters, and suddenly accelerated towards Baoyu. Unexpectedly, Baoyu also suddenly increased his speed, and Xiao Tian took off with four hooves and began to run wildly, and the military array still couldn't catch up!
One of the vice-captains shouted, "The thief is gone!" and a treasure was sacrificed. The treasure flew in the air without making a sound, and smashed into Baoyu's back at great speed. The speed at which the treasure weapon flies into the air with the method of imperial objects is much faster than when people run with all their might! Although Baoyu did not look back, he seemed to have sensed it, and his body flew forward abruptly.
The distance between the two was originally more than ten zhang, and Baoyu suddenly rushed forward, and the treasure flew a few zhang behind Baoyu and lost control. That vice-captain was a master of the Three Realms, and he had the skill of imperial weapons, but the magic weapon was beyond the reach of the divine sense, and it was uncontrollable, because that seemingly invisible hand could only stretch out so far.
He could have recovered the treasure, but he was a little unwilling, because it was already very close. The treasure weapon still flew forward by inertia, as if it had been thrown out of thin air, and continued to smash towards Baoyu.
As if it had been hit, the fighters all let out a cheer. But Baoyu's figure flashed to the side in an instant, and the treasure passed by, falling on the snow and rolling far away. The vice-captain chuckled in his heart, and secretly shouted that this was bad, he couldn't recover the treasure, and such a precious thing could be easily picked up by the murderer.
Unexpectedly, Baoyu didn't pay attention to the baby that fell to the ground at all, and still strode forward. The captain shouted angrily: "The future student in front, if you don't stand still, I'm going to hurt someone!"
Of course, Baoyu didn't stand, and the distance had already opened more than twenty zhang away. I heard a bowstring sound behind me, followed by the sound of feathered arrows breaking through the air. The captain did not carry a gun or a shield, he had come with a bow and arrow, and he was now standing still and shooting an arrow. Listening to the strength of the feather arrow breaking through the air, Baoyu knew that this person had cultivated martial arts and was extremely skilled in archery.
The feather arrow was accompanied by the strength of Wu Dinggong, and the range was very long, and the captain didn't shoot the killer, but only shot Baoyu's leg. The arrow was about to hit Baoyu's calf, but Baoyu jumped forward instantly, and the feather arrow shot into the air and plunged deep into the snow.
The captain roared, and his longbow galloped forward like lightning, and he stood still and shot several arrows in succession, each with great force. But the distance between Baoyu and him had been widened, and each arrow seemed to be just a little bit off, almost sticking to Baoyu's heel and sticking to the ground, but it didn't hit after all.
The captain was already a little annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Chase, chase at full speed!"
At this time, they didn't care about maintaining the overall formation, everyone was running at full speed, first catch up with Baoyu, and then the people behind could immediately rush up, in short, this murderer could not be the opponent of so many people. But this chase in the snow seemed to be endless, and the sergeant who ran at the front was always thrown away by Baoyu for a distance.
Baoyu's speed was exactly the same as that of the fastest runner among the pursuers. And the seventeen chasing soldiers behind are at least elite soldiers who have been trained to open the mountain, and their physical strength and endurance are far beyond ordinary people. But with such a chasing method, the iron-beaten man has to be tired!
They never caught up with Baoyu, but they didn't chase and lose, the "thief" with a dog kept running in front, but the magic weapon couldn't be smashed, the arrow couldn't be shot, and no matter how much he shouted, he didn't answer, he just ran hard. The three leaders of the army rushed to the front, and they were the fastest, gradually throwing off the other warriors.
The Three Realms monk suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly reminded the captain: "I think that thief is deliberate, this person's speed and endurance are extremely amazing, and obviously his cultivation is not low. He couldn't confront the military formation, so he deliberately let us spread out in the pursuit, waiting for the opportunity to turn around and break through one by one. Let's take a break and regroup, and don't be fooled. β
The captain was also tired enough, and he shot several arrows with all his might, and his physical exertion was greater than that of others, so he nodded and listened to the advice, and ordered to stop and stop for the time being.
But after they stopped, Baoyu also stopped. So he found a large flat rock on the side of the road, swept away the snow and sat down to breathe, and the dog sat upright as a man, just within range of the captain's bow.
After a while, fourteen other elite warriors arrived to join the three leaders, and the captain ordered them to rest in place. After another short time, the remaining thirty-two warriors also arrived. With the exception of the three warriors who had been left behind to guard their spears and shields, the army regrouped here.
Baoyu seemed to be very patient, as if he planned to stop chasing him as long as the army was no longer chasing, he would not continue to walk, and still sat far away from the side of the road to rest. The vice-captain with the highest cultivation level whispered to the captain: "I think this is a little wrong, we are already far away from Shuangliu Village. This thief seems to be deliberately trying to lure us away, could it be that there are still people behind to attack Shuangliu Village?"
The captain was also taken aback, but shook his head and said: "With the scale of Shuangliu Village, there are also masters in the village, and a small stream of rogue people want to attack in broad daylight, how easy is it to say!"
Another vice-captain also said, "Don't you think we've chased too far?"
The captain looked at Baoyu in the distance and said, "We are tired and need to rest; Even if he is a monk, how many realms of cultivation can he have at a young age? If he only fights for physical strength and endurance, he may not be able to compare to the elite warriors who have trained to open the mountain, but he just runs by relying on mana, and when his divine energy and mana are exhausted, he can't run even if he wants to.
Let's rest well, as long as he doesn't move, we won't move, and then concentrate on the elite pursuit when we have fully recovered our strength. As for the others, they hurried back to Shuangliu Village to guard against the thieves' tricks!"
The captain then gave another order, ordering a deputy captain to lead thirty-two soldiers back to Shuangliuzhai, but when these men rushed back, it would be at least after dark. The captain himself and another vice-captain led fourteen elite soldiers, who remained in place to rest.
The sergeants thought that Baoyu was also tired and resting. In fact, Baoyu is really not tired, just now he was running and walking on the flat road, he didn't do his best at all, just to move his muscles and bones, and he could even exercise and regulate breath while walking, which is equivalent to another cultivation.
In three days and three nights, Baoyu traveled back and forth between Lu Village and the Taihao ruins several times, all of which were deep mountains with no road in the wilderness, and on the way, he had to climb over the towering snowy peaks. Running such a little road with an army formation today is nothing at all, and even Xiaotian doesn't feel tired.
After a while, it was estimated that the sergeants were almost rested, and Baoyu stood up and shouted: "How are you feeling, have you rested?
What does he mean by this, humiliating everyone and not being able to catch up? The captain jumped up and shouted angrily: "Housheng, who are you? Don't rely on your own cultivation to dare to provoke the military formation guarding the city, I'm afraid it will be too late to regret it later!"
Baoyu smiled from afar: "Aren't you trying to arrest me, why don't you even know who I am?" The military formation guarding the city outline, can you arrest people casually without asking for a reason?" After speaking, he led the jumping dog to walk away again, this time walking unhurriedly, because the military formation had not yet gotten up to pursue.
One of the soldiers said, "Captain, there is a village not far ahead, and when he passes through the village, he can't be too fast." We shouted in the back and told the villagers in the village to intercept him and catch him if they delayed for a while. β
The captain nodded, "Then we can spend the night in the village today." β
The sixteen men got up again to pursue Baoyu, and as soon as they moved, Baoyu began to speed up. The sergeants had just rested for a long time, and at the moment they were running fast again. There is a village not far ahead, and you can already see the fields in the distance. Unexpectedly, Baoyu suddenly turned to the left. Entered the mountains and forests.
The sergeant also chased into the forest, and Baoyu climbed the mountain in front. It was followed by a group of people. The sergeants pulled out their waist knives and cut through the thorns and branches that blocked their vision from time to time, sometimes they couldn't see Baoyu's figure clearly, but the footprints on the snow were very clear, and this person would definitely not be able to escape!
Baoyu really didn't run far, his walking speed in the mountains and forests had slowed down significantly, and someone had to be able to keep up, and he didn't want to exhaust the sergeants. But the people who followed him were very uncomfortable. If you chase it any further, it's going to get dark. The captain gritted his teeth and said, "After dark, it is not convenient for him to travel in the mountains and forests, we will definitely be able to catch him." β
But after chasing, the sergeants also noticed that something was wrong. Because Baoyu circled around a mountain for most of the time, he looked at the direction and walked back. That is to say, he left the road and went around in the field, regardless of whether there was a road in front of him, but according to the direction, he went to Shuangliu Village again.
The vice-captain said, "Look at the direction of the thief." It seems that he still wants to go to Shuangliu Village, but he does not choose the road through the wilderness. β
The captain muttered: "That's fine, we can block him in Shuangliu Village before and after, and it will save us from chasing him like this all the time." ...... But today we have to spend the night in the mountains, so everyone should be vigilant. β
When the last rays of golden sunlight disappeared into the distant mountains, the soldiers once again saw Baoyu's figure. They came out of the forest. In front of it is a downward ravine, and beyond the ravine is an open hillside, surrounded by hills on both sides, which is a shelter from the wind. Baoyu found another flat rock to sweep away the snow and sat down, and a fire was lit next to it.
It's getting dark. Baoyu is obviously also preparing to camp, and of course she has to make a fire to keep warm in the mountains and snow. At this time, all the sergeants were also tired enough. It takes more physical energy to climb mountains than to run on the road, and they really can't run. Although the boy looked very close, it was quite a long way to go down to the ravine and climb up the hill.
I've already chased it here, and it's impossible to go back today. The captain ordered to camp on the hillside on this side, sweep away the snow on the flat ground, and light three fires, and everyone rested between the fires, and took turns to watch the movements of the murderers there.
There was only one murderer, and if he fell asleep in the middle of the night, he might be able to sneak over and catch him, and he could have dealt with the dog with a bow and arrow in advanceβthat's what the captain thought when he gave the order.
The army went out of the village to pursue it as a temporary action, and I didn't expect to run to such a ghost place beforehand, and although I lit a fire in a sheltered place, I still felt very cold, because everyone was hungry. The military array was originally stationed in Shuangliu Village, and it was impossible to bring dry food when chasing it out, after such a great physical exertion, the stronger the man, the hungrier he felt, but there was no way, he could only endure it temporarily.
They saw only Baoyu, but the dog did not know where to go, and some of the tired sergeants had already begun to sleep by the fire with their clothes. Then he heard a few dog barks in the forest on the other side of the ravine, and Baoyu stood up and walked over, and after a while dragged a beast out of the forest again.
The sergeants were taken aback, the dog had actually run to find prey, and summoned the murderer to hunt a roe deer in the forest. It made people feel angry and depressed, everyone's stomachs were rumbling with hunger, but they could only swallow their saliva and stare dryly.
But Baoyu dragged the roe deer down the hill in the snow, and walked across the ravine to the sergeant's camp. The sergeants jumped to their feet, drew their long swords, and the captain nervously picked up his bow and arrows.
Baoyu stood still outside the range of the captain's bow and arrows, threw the roe deer forward, and said, "You should be very tired after chasing for a day. The snow is cold, and if you stay hungry for the night, you may get sick. I just hit a roe deer, so you can eat it, and you don't have to be polite to me. β
With that, he turned and walked back, went down the hill unhurriedly, and sat down peacefully by the fire on the opposite hillside. And the sergeants looked at each other, holding their weapons for a long time without reacting, they probably couldn't imagine that they would encounter such a thing today!
One of the warriors whispered, "Captain, that roe deer...... Can we drag it over and bake it? You see...... Is it possible that he was poisoned?"
The captain held a longbow in his hand, and stamped his feet in some anger, saying, "What kind of business is this! Let us chase after us for a day, and then beat a roe deer and ask us to eat, is he walking the dog?"
However, the deputy captain spoke very truthfully, and whispered: "Just wash and peel the roe deer in the snow, and after it is cooked, order one person to eat it first, and if there is nothing to do, then everyone will continue to eat to their heart's content." β
Someone asked, "So who eats first?"
The captain said hatefully: "I'll eat it first!" It's obviously a roe deer that he just hunted, and he can't poison it. ...... When I'm full of food and sleep, I'll catch up with him tomorrow no matter what, otherwise I'll be one of the captains of the Feihong Six Formations!"
The sergeants did not dare to say much, so they quickly dragged the roe deer over and skinned it, there was no water nearby, but it was enough to scrub it with snow. The roe deer meat is worn on the branches of trees and stuck in long knives, and it is quickly roasted to the point of oil, giving off an enticing aroma. Everyone was already very hungry, and they all had a great appetite when they smelled the smell, and they didn't let the captain eat first, so they all took a big bite of it.
And the captain cut off some of the fattest pieces of meat with his waist knife, put them on the shaft of an arrow, and walked down the hill with his bow to the place where Baoyu camped. Baoyu seemed to be in a settled position, but when the captain approached, he opened his eyes and smiled: "You came here at night with barbecue, do you want to sit down and have a good chat?"
The captain kept his face calm but did not answer, stood still and shot an arrow with his bow and arrow, which happened to be inserted next to the fire that Baoyu had lit. Baoyu couldn't help but nod and praise: "Your archery skills are exquisite, your skills are amazing, and you are wearing several pieces of meat on the shaft of the arrow, you can actually shoot so far without losing your head!"
This was clearly a compliment, but the captain listened to it like a harsh mockery, and without saying a word, he turned and went down the hill, and returned to his camp. A soldier leaned over and whispered, "Captain, why do you want to give him meat to eat?
The captain said in a sullen voice: "The roe deer was originally hunted by others, but they were sent to us to eat. How can we come and not communicate, the meat is cooked, of course we have to send it to others. As for the rest, we'll talk about it until we catch someone!"
Over there, Xiaotian ran to the fire, sniffed and sniffed the meat on the shaft of the arrow, looking a little greedy. Baoyu nodded and smiled: "They are eating meat, so let's eat meat too." β
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The sixteen elite warriors in the army had an astonishing amount of food, and they ate a roe deer cleanly. Someone spread the skin of the roe deer on the ground and asked the captain to lie down on it and rest. The meat was full and warm, and the sergeants were tired all day, and soon fatigue hit, and except for those who took turns to keep watch, the others slept soundly as soon as they lay down, and snoring one after another.
Baoyu and the group of sergeants looked at each other strangely across a ravine, and there was no word for the night, neither anyone took advantage of the darkness to sneak up on Baoyu, nor did Baoyu touch to attack those sergeants. When the sun rose the next day, Baoyu stood up and moved his muscles around the extinguished fire, all of which he had pondered himself, as if he were imitating the various beasts in the wilderness.
The sergeant on duty woke up his companions and called to the captain, "That man has gotten up, can we chase him?"
The captain had been tossed by Baoyu and felt like he was going crazy, and shouted angrily: "Chase, of course you have to chase, catch up with all your strength as fast as possible!" As he spoke, he strode down the hill with a bow and arrows on his back, and the warriors also rushed behind him, and a soldier silently rolled up the roe deer leash and held it beside him.
Baoyu saw that the pursuers were rushing over again, and summoned Xiao Tian and walked into the mountain forest. Today's pursuit is very interesting, the military formation that followed behind, especially the captain, was obviously angry, gritting his teeth and having to catch up with Baoyu, everyone gradually opened the distance, and only the captain rushed to the front alone.
As fast as the captain was, Baoyu was always out of range of the bow and arrow. Yesterday they set out from Shuangliu Village at noon and pursued them until dark; today they set off at dawn and walked through the mountains, forests and fields, and went in the direction of Shuangliu Village again.