Volume 3: The One Who Should Think Thinks Chapter 86: The Beast
This incident caused a stir in the two villages, and the final outcome was that the monkey was driven out of the village and lived alone in the mountains, and was not allowed to approach these two villages, within ten miles, which was a relatively good ending.
When Shui Gu heard this, she deliberately said to Ruoshan: "It's too cheap, that guy is too cheap, the barren mountains and wilderness, and the arrows have left the string, so it is clear that he is plotting to kill Baoyu! If it were me, he would never be spared." It's a pity that I got the news too late, otherwise I would have thrown that monkey off the cliff halfway, and he would have died anyway!"
Ruoshan persuaded: "If the people of Huahai Village don't deal with it, we can come to the door to ask for the guilt." But the Huahai patriarch expelled the monkey on the spot, and Baoyu was indeed fine, which was already the most severe punishment. If he is really executed, the people of Huahai Village will also be dissatisfied with the patriarch of Huahai Village, and we have nothing to say, if we continue to pursue anything, it will also cause disgust among the people of Huahai Village, which is not conducive to the current situation. This is the most reasonable and the best result. ”
Shui Gu said hatefully: "That's a good point, in that case, the Huahai Patriarch can only do this." But if I were on the spot, I would have killed the monkey, and no one would have anything to say!"
Ruoshan sighed helplessly and said, "If you arrive on the spot, even if you kill the monkey, no one will be able to say anything, but it's a pity that you weren't there at the time." ...... The monkey is a small matter, but the recent movement of the fish village is a little unusual, and it is likely that something big will happen, so we must be prepared. ”
Ruoshan and Shuigu have different tempers. As the patriarch, Ruoshan is very thoughtful and usually generous to others. But Aunt Shui has been taking care of the clansmen in the village for many years, and she treats the clansmen's illnesses, and even many children are delivered by her, so she is very protective of the calves in her heart.
The matter passed, but Shui Gu still felt uneasy, and privately gave Baoyu a bamboo pipe she made with her own hands, a few inches long and very small, which could be carried around. Blowing this bamboo pipe vigorously will produce a clear, sharp, and penetrating sound. If Baoyu encounters any unexpected danger, she can warn with a whistle.
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The day after the expulsion of the monkeys from Huahai Village, the patriarch Ruoshan returned to the village from the central valley, and Bo Zhuang also led the hunting party back. Ruoshan also specially took someone to Huahai Village to inquire about the situation, and at dusk, Shuigu gave Baoyu the bamboo whistle. After yesterday's events, Baoyu became more interested in another thing, which was picking stones and eggs.
Baoyu has many years of experience in picking stones like eggs, and it can be said that among the tribes of the wilderness within a radius of two hundred miles, there is no one better at this than him. At the beginning, Baoyu focused on shapes, and the best was of course exactly the same as eggs, but later he saved more and more stones, and his cultivation in the initial realm became more and more profound, and he began to pay attention to other things.
Stones are not the same as stones, they are different in weight, texture, softness and hardness, and they all feel different, so he began to focus on selecting those stone eggs that are the most comfortable to play with.
After repeated cultivation of the nine turns of the initial realm, the movement in the stillness and the stillness in the movement can clearly perceive everything about oneself, as if forgetting the world around oneself, and have a clear sense of the world around oneself, as if forgetting one's own existence. In the end, not only is the inner light clear, but also there is a mysterious sense of everything around him, which is called the consummation of the nine turns. Baoyu did this when she was five years old, not to mention that she had been practicing for all these years.
Those inanimate stones also have different sensations and perceptions in his hands, as if they all have their own unique physical properties. When Baoyu stepped into the second realm and began to inadvertently refine his muscles and bones, his perception of external objects was no longer limited to what they looked like on the surface, and he began to gain insight into their characteristics.
Baoyu has collected a lot of stone eggs, whether they are held in his hand or experienced with an extended feeling, they are the most comfortable and pure characteristics for him, and these characteristics are also different. Some pebbles give Baoyu a special "feeling", but they are often not in the shape of an egg, and Baoyu picks them back. He had seen his people polishing stone tools, and he thought to himself that when he grew up stronger, he could also process these stones into the shape of eggs.
But it is very difficult to meet a stone egg like this that feels particularly good and has particularly pure characteristics, and Baoyu does not force it, but every time she finds it, she will be inexplicably happy.
Since there is a bridge on the cliff, Baoyu can often go to the shore of flowers to play, and there are more places to pick stones and eggs. The sea of flowers is formed by the confluence of streams in the mountains, and there are many streams around the large lake, some of which only appear during the rainy season, while others that flow all year round. During the flood season, a lot of rocks are washed down, and the river is full of pebbles of all sizes, and places like this are the paradise of Baoyu.
On this day he went to Huahai again, but did not enter Huahai Village, and went around the other side of the lake to a higher place in the mountain, and climbed up the valley from which a stream was rushed, looking for the stones he loved. Pan Gu also followed behind with his tail wagged, staring at a pair of dog eyes and searching intently, and closing his eyes from time to time as if sensing something.
The widest part of the river where the stream rushes out is several feet wider, and where the current is gentle, there are trees growing in the middle of the river. There is not much rain this season, and most of the riverbed is already exposed to the ground, and thin streams of water flow through the rubble. The riverbed is steep in some places in a stepped pattern along with the mountain, and if the water is abundant, it may create a cascading lake landscape. At this time, there is not much water, only puddles and puddles in some gentle areas, most of which are knee-deep.
Baoyu likes to look for this kind of stream at such a time of year, because the gravel is exposed to the ground. He had been to this mountain stream several times, and had found several stone eggs that he particularly liked. The place downstream near the lake has been almost searched by him and Xiaotian, and there have been no new stones washed down recently, so one man and one dog gradually walked higher and farther, and never set foot in the deep mountains before.
This is very dangerous for a child, and the patriarch Shan Ye also told him that if Xiaotian is not around, don't go too far down the stream when picking stones. Baoyu was very obedient, but Xiaotian followed today, so he didn't pay much attention to it. Baoyu has recently felt that his strength has become greater and his energy is more energetic, which is a very normal phenomenon, after all, he is also growing up. As a result, he can walk farther, climb higher, move more agilely, and not get tired.
In fact, this is also a very good way to exercise the body, trekking in such a difficult terrain in the deep mountains and plateaus, but feeling relaxed and happy. Many beasts like to play games, chase and run in their early years, seemingly wasting their physical strength needlessly, but they are exercising their bodies in nature, which is a necessary process for physical growth and learning to survive, and Baoyu's current situation is also similar.
Entering the second realm of cultivation is not only to experience the invisible power in meditation, but also to operate in a timely manner in order to achieve the effect of refining the muscles and bones. Baoyu can climb steep cliffs and turn over large rocks in river valleys, but he works hard but not deliberately. The day's harvest was good, he picked up a stone that felt good, and he went to a high place and picked up another very special stone egg.
This stone is so standard, it is simply an egg, and the appearance is enough to make it real! Looking at the color and shape of the surface, it is exactly the same as the egg, and ordinary people can't tell it apart if they don't touch it in their hands. Baoyu smiled happily, happier than eating ten eggs, rubbing it in her little hand, feeling it for a long time, and very focused on extending her perception to experience.
Xiao Tian was also surprised, tilted his head and looked at the side for a while, and then also rummaged around. It didn't find the same stone egg, so it cried out into the forest with some dissatisfaction. Its cry at the moment is full of talent and roaring supernatural powers, it can be regarded as practicing its voice, Xiao Tian has long realized that his unique ability needs to be actively cultivated, not just used when hunting.
But Xiao Tian can't be called like that in the village, and the mountain master can't let him, so he shows his skills when he goes out hunting. To this day, even many people in Huahai Village don't know how powerful this dog of the tribe is. However, in the wild forests around the village, Ruoshan encourages Xiaotian to do this often, not only to practice his natural powers, but also to scare away the beasts that inadvertently approach the village, so that they do not use this area as a territory for settling and hunting.
The impact of the roar can control the direction, so what Baoyu hears is just an ordinary dog barking, but there are birds flying in the mountains and forests in the distance. At this moment, Baoyu suddenly raised his head and said, "Don't scream Xiaotian, something is wrong over there, it seems that a big guy has been alarmed by you." ...... Not only did it not leave, but it rushed towards us!"
Xiao Tian immediately sensed the danger in the distance, put down his front paws and landed on all fours, his back arched and looked at the mountain, it was gathering momentum, ready to attack at any time.
Before Baoyu could finish speaking, he saw a circle of ripples on the calm small waterhole next to him, because of the vibration in the distance. Immediately afterwards, I heard the sound of a behemoth running, and along the relatively open and gentle river valley, a rhino ditch beast rushed out of the high mountain forest.
This ferocious monster resembles the occasional yak in the mountains, but it has no long hair on its body and only a long sharp horn in the middle of the bridge of its nose. It is also much larger than the yak, with a height of about one zhang at the shoulder and nearly two zhang in length, like a moving hill. As the monster ran wildly, the valley was littered with gravel and roaring, breaking many small trees along the way, but the speed did not decrease in the slightest.
The rhinoceros usually moves in small groups of about a dozen or so, and it is rarely seen alone. The rhinoceros may have failed in the competition for mates or was expelled from the population, so it wandered alone in the mountains and wilderness, leaving its regular territory and running close to the sea of flowers. It was drinking water upstream just now, and was alarmed by Xiaotian's roar.
Normally, the beast's first instinct when alarmed is to leave, but this rhino beast, perhaps in a bad mood and in a state of irritability, took this roar as a provocation and challenge, and rushed down the valley with red eyes and madness. Judging by its approach, even the strongest wall can be smashed in one fell swoop, and if a hunting team of a certain tribe encounters such a situation, it will quickly dodge and will not collide with it head-on.
Don't say that such a beast is a teenager, even if it is a strong adult, when he sees this situation, the first thing he thinks about is to avoid his edge and avoid being injured by him, no one will choose to face a crazy rhinoceros head-on, but Baoyu just stood there, there was no movement for a long time, and he didn't know what the situation was, could it be that he was scared stupid?