Chapter 13 Yonghe
Behind me was only four or five meters away from a dense forest, and the fire did not shine there, it was dark, and a strange shadow shook as the flames flickered. In the midst of these shadows, a huge face hung there expressionlessly.
I was startled, grabbed the knife and tried to stand up, but somehow my feet were so weak that I couldn't do it, and after several efforts, I didn't stand up!
I said in my heart that this is over, and I have always been proud of my boldness, but I didn't expect to be scared soft. I just hope that Liu Dongxi was telling the truth before, and he can help me at this time.
Looking back at Liu Shi, this kid's demeanor had returned to normal, and he sat there peacefully, not even changing his posture, just looking at that face with such a relaxed demeanor, just like looking at a Chihuahua.
I looked at his appearance of being unmoving in the wind and rain, and wondered in my heart whether this kid was scared silly or was he silently reciting a spell to prepare for a thunderous blow? Before I could figure out a clue, Liu Shishi whispered something to me.
I was very puzzled, he didn't even move his mouth when he spoke, these two sentences were very vague, and I didn't even hear a word. When I looked at him again, he was still staring at that face, ignoring me.
I simply turned my head and stared at that face like Liu Shifu.
The face was more than a meter long, and it was not clear in the dim light, only the skin was burnt yellow, the lips were blood-red, a pair of crimson eyes flashed in the dark, and a huge head hung in the air without any support. The more I looked at it, the more terrifying I felt, and my heart was flustered, and I felt that there were drops of cold sweat running down my spine on the fire side of my back. This face is definitely not human, in this evil place, it is not necessarily some mountain spirit and wild charm.
It was unusually quiet, and there was the occasional sound of firewood crackling in the fire. Liu Dongxi and I confronted that face one after the other, and I had to spend at least half an hour on it, and that face didn't move. My neck hurts, and I thought to myself, could this be a dead thing? Otherwise, why didn't you move for so long? I wanted to go over and see if my legs couldn't work, and Liu didn't have any movements, so I didn't dare to move, so I supported it stubbornly.
Just when I felt like I couldn't hold it anymore, the face suddenly moved and began to flutter downward. I thought to myself, I'm going to move my mouth when I've seen enough, although I'm still terrified in my heart, but I'm a little used to watching it for so long, I just hate that I can't stand up, I grab the knife in my hand, and I just wait for it to dare to come over and give it a try.
I saw that the face moved very quickly, and suddenly it almost hit the ground, and I only heard a chaotic sound of the Suosuo, and the face actually retreated, slowly disappearing into the darkness.
I stood up sharply, and I was holding the dagger and pulling out of the stance, and the movement was so fast that I startled myself. I didn't even feel when my strength was restored, and the effect of my legs suddenly breaking free was like a computer feigning death.
I held my posture and watched my surroundings warily. Maybe this thing won't have a chance to lower its mouth for a while, and then we'll come out and bite when we let our guard down.
I held this position for twenty minutes.
I never thought I would be able to stay in this position for so long without feeling tired, but I later found out that my body was as stiff as wood.
Liu was even more miserable, his feet were limp all the time, and it was only when he regained his strength that he came to wake me up from this preset stiff vigilance.
I looked at Liu Shi, who was rubbing my legs, and felt that I was losing my temper in front of a prisoner, which was very embarrassing. Liu Shixin lowered his head and thrashed, but as if he knew what I was thinking, he said: "Brother An, you don't have to feel ashamed, seeing this guy, you are already enough for you." ”
When I heard him say this, I asked him, "Do you know what that thing was?" ”
"That thing is called Yonghe."
I was stunned, I didn't expect him to really know, let alone that such an ugly and terrifying monster would have such a luxurious, similar name to a private room in a Chinese hotel.
"Passed down from your ancestors?"
"Hmm!"
This time I didn't envy it, I'm glad that my ancestors didn't have a relationship with this kind of monster.
"Doesn't this thing have a body? Just floating there? ”
"I have a body, but it's smaller than my face, and my neck is very long. The one we saw just now is probably lying on a tree, and he only sticks his face out, so we see that he is floating. ”
After he said this, a mysterious and terrifying monster suddenly became quite ridiculous in my impression, but it was really not reassuring for such an unknown thing to wander around, so I asked him with a smile: "Does this thing bite?" ”
Liu Shixi stopped, looked at me very seriously and said: "Yonghe is very smart and dangerous, although he looks bulky and slow, but he can make people afraid when they see it, and he is so afraid that he can't move, he can easily come over and eat people alive." ”
By the time of the last few words, Liu Shiwu was simply gritting his back molars, and his voice became cold, matching the surrounding atmosphere, which reminded me of the terrifying feeling just now, and I couldn't help but shiver, and my eyes couldn't help but glance at the surrounding bushes again.
Liu Shixi continued: "Just now I told you not to be afraid, and stared at him as if he was fine." He thinks that if you are not intimidated by him, you will retreat. ”
Damn, I was so frightened by such a cowardly and incompetent beast that I couldn't move, and I felt more and more ashamed, and my face turned red.
Liu Shifu looked at me and comforted me very understandingly: "Brother An, you are much stronger than me, I am so old for a while to recover, you can move at that time." Besides, throughout the ages, no mortal can still act as usual in front of this Yonghe, no matter how good a man you are, when you see this Yonghe, there is no one who is not soft. ”
This is not scientific, it is simply spiritual magic! I then asked him, "Why do people see it weak?" ”
"It's not just people! When the birds and beasts see it, they are all frightened and unable to move! Liu's eyebrows began to flutter again.
"Okay, okay, what's the point of pride? It's not your homegrown! I interrupted him impatiently, "Does that make sense?" ”
"Makes sense! I'm just scared! Brother An, you know Longwei! That's it. ”
"Come on, you! Stop! "I saw that the more he talked about it, the more he didn't score, so I simply ignored him. Figure it out for yourself.
Long Wei I have heard that the dragons of the West and the dragons of the East seem to have this hand, but the dragons of the East are more peaceful and are not often used. But this is a legendary thing after all, and I shouldn't have encountered it! Liu Shi doesn't understand science, it's understandable to think so, I'm a very rational person, I don't believe in hypnosis, let alone such a fantasy thing.
I picked out a stick from the fire as a torch, and went to the place where Yonghe appeared just now to take a look, Liu Shishi was right, there were indeed traces left by animal claws on the tree, and there were still a few pinches of withered yellow hair hanging on a few broken branches, and there were no other traces. I turned back and sat down, pondering whether this thing could either release some gaseous anesthetic, or some physical method like infrasonic waves, or even the so-called dragon power might also be the effect of infrasound.
I was so cranky that I fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, I woke up once and saw Liu Dongxi's solemn expression and I didn't know what I was thinking.