Chapter 8: The Ranger's Ambition
At the foot of the mountain, a grass house is settled.
The interior was poorly furnished, with only a few stones to form a simple stove, with a clay urn on top, and a straw mat woven of reeds in the corner, and thatch underneath, which became a bed.
The only iron weapon in the entire dwelling was an iron bar with an irregular shape that looked like a sword.
A tall young man in a coarse linen shirt sat cross-legged.
Scold! Scold! Scold! …
He looked focused, and at this time, he used a piece of bluestone in his hand to meticulously polish the iron tool, and the iron and stone rubbed against each other, bringing a very rhythmic popping sound, and the edge of the iron tool gradually sharpened.
With a light breath, blowing away the stone chips, Chen Fan raised the iron tool and looked at it intently.
"There is still a gap between it and the real sword."
As he spoke, there was an unconcealable sense of loss in his tone.
The iron was sharpened, but the texture was too soft, and the sword was uneven, which Chen Fan spent a lot of energy to get from a craftsman, although it was unbearable, but he loved it like life.
"Last time I was in the mountains."
"I saw a big white ape, dressed in clothes, like a real samurai, armed with a sword."
Chen Fan muttered to himself, and there was a hint of thought in his eyes: "I heard from the predecessors of the countryside that there was a son of a woodcutter in the past, and he met the inheritance of ancient warriors in the mountains, learned swordsmanship from it, and inherited the sword weapon of that warrior, and finally served the princes and was awarded a hundred households!" ”
"This great ape may be the retinue of a real samurai, and because of an accident, he was stranded deep in the mountains."
"It must have the inheritance of a true samurai!"
"The worst of them are also real sword weapons."
Saying this, Chen Fan's expression was full of excitement. If the conjecture is true, this is an adventure, and it may not be impossible to become a real samurai as the legend says, and be awarded the title of a hundred households.
"I just don't know if the lord of this ape is still alive."
Chen Fan frowned, although his eyes were hot on the other party's sword weapons and inheritance, he also knew the stakes, the ape's clothes were extraordinary, and the master he followed must also be extraordinary.
"It is also possible that the great white ape has obtained the inheritance of a dead samurai, put on the clothes of a samurai, took away the sword, and learned to behave like a human being, and swagger in the mountains and forests."
"Anyway, I'm going to have to take another look."
At this time, it was still early in the morning, and the sky was just brightening, thinking like this, Chen Fan took the simple iron sword, put on a pair of straw sandals, and walked out.
At the foot of the mountain, there is a wide range of farmland, and from time to time you can see farmers in linen clothes working in the fields early in the morning.
Seeing Chen Fan passing by with a sword, most of these people were a little afraid.
Chen Fan is a famous ranger in the countryside, advocating force, emphasizing righteousness, and fighting bravely all day long.
His greatest dream in life was to become a true samurai, respected by the world, to serve the princes of the world, to obtain his own food, and to work hard for this goal.
But he came from a poor background, had no way out, and didn't even have a real sword.
All day long, he can only wander between the countryside, and when he sees injustice, he will help him, and in the eyes of the villagers, he can be regarded as a hero, who can protect them from the entanglement of ruffians.
Chen Fan walked towards the depths of the mountain, and soon disappeared from the sight of the villagers.
There are fierce beasts in the mountains, but it is good outside, there is a path that the woodcutters have walked out, and the deeper it goes, the more inaccessible it becomes, and it has become a world of animals, and its danger has also increased.
Most beasts of prey have a habit of lying in the day and out of the night.
Chen Fan was highly concentrated at this time, stopping from time to time to listen to the movements around him, and he chose to enter the mountain at this time, also based on the consideration of risk avoidance.
But even so, he still had to maintain a high degree of concentration and walk carefully in the depths of the mountains.
Keep it as silent as possible.
Now this distance is very close to the place where he last found the great white ape.
After a while, Chen Fan walked into a valley, where the forest was deep and the leaves were lush, and the water vapor in the mountains was steaming up with the morning sun, like a fairyland.
Chen Fan walked around the inside and found no trace of the big white ape.
He stayed in the valley for a whole day, until the sun set and heard a strange cry faintly coming from the mountain, Chen Fan didn't dare to spend the night in the deep mountains, so he returned the same way with a depressed mood.
For the next few days, he took enough dry food every day and went to this valley to wait.
In addition to this valley, Chen Fan also explored along the surrounding area.
In the end, the white great ape did not encounter, but encountered several life and death crises, in the deep mountains and old forests, either big wild boars, or jackals, tigers and leopards, so that he did not dare to walk around, only guarded this valley, hoping to meet the white great ape he saw that day.
This situation has been going on for more than a month, and finally there is a turnaround.
As usual, Chen Fan prepared the boiled plant tubers and a piece of dried meat as dry food, and came to a higher position in this valley, where the view was excellent and he could see most of the situation in the valley.
Although he waited to no avail, he was not discouraged and waited as before.
It may be that the emperor lives up to his wishes.
In a sharp and high roar, a white figure burst out from the depths of the mountain, its pure white hair as snow, reflecting the sunrise and morning glow of the first rise in the sky, as if covered with a layer of golden light, with an indescribable miracle.
At this moment, Chen Fan felt a great emotion in his heart.
He didn't know if it was the joy of finally reaping the rewards after persevering with himself, or because he was about to come into contact with the adventure and the hope of becoming a real samurai from now on, and for a moment, he had the urge to cry.
"Here! Over here! ”
Chen Fan danced and shouted.
The great white ape obviously noticed him as well, and it leaped and jumped in the forest, and in a few steps, it reached the place where Chen Fan was.
Getting closer, Chen Fan suddenly felt his heart tighten.
The figure of this ape is really tall and burly, and it looks terrifying.
Chen Fan's body is also tall, but when he gets up with this ape, he is at least a head lower than it. On the ape's body, he also wore a pure white samurai suit with no visible fabric, such as silk.
On its shoulders, it carried two sheathed swords.
Chen Fan just saw the complex and exquisite patterns on the hilt of the sword, and concluded that this was definitely not an ordinary sword weapon!
What amazed him the most was the ape's eyes.
Full of spirituality, extremely humane, with a cunning and sharp light as a knife inside, looking at Chen Fan at this time actually made his eyes have a faint tingling feeling.
Chen Fanqiang stabilized his mind.
Originally, he may have had strange thoughts, such as following the vine and inheriting the samurai lineage, but after seeing this ape, he completely dispelled all strange thoughts.
It's a demonic beast!
He couldn't be defeated, he could only outwit him, and suddenly another thought quietly rose from the bottom of his heart, was infinitely magnified, and madness occupied his entire body and mind.
Bang!
Chen Fan suddenly knelt down on his knees.
He held the simple, potholed iron sword in front of him with both hands, his face was respectful and serious, and he kowtowed: "Please take me as an apprentice!" ”
The great ape's eyes were full of surprise and a little thoughtful.
It squeaked, and seeing Chen Fan's dazed face, it picked up Chen Fan's simple iron sword with some impatience, slashed the dragon and snake on the ground, and wrote a row of square-like words in a few clicks.
Chen Fan looked down, although he was illiterate, he also knew the general appearance of the words.
At this time, the row of square-shaped fonts on the ground was very different from the words in his impression, and Chen Fan felt that he was completely reading a book from heaven.
Seeing that he was still at a loss, the big ape scratched his ears and cheeks in some distress.
Immediately, his eyes lit up, he squeaked, stretched out his hand and pointed at the iron sword on the ground, then pointed at Chen Fan, and finally pulled out a long sword on his back, posed in a sword style, and pointed at himself with the other hand.
"Senior wants me to learn swords from you?" Chen Fan's eyes widened with surprise.
The big ape shook his head, nodded again, and squeaked in his mouth, motioning for Chen Fan to pick up the iron sword.
Chen Fan didn't know much about it, so he picked up the iron sword without much thought, but the next moment, the big ape jumped forward, his eyes were full of coldness, and the long sword in his hand suddenly roared violently, turning into an afterimage.
Syllable!
Chen Fan was so shocked that he didn't have time to react.
Subconsciously swung the long sword and struggled to block, but there was a phantom in front of him, and he couldn't see the opponent's long sword clearly, only hearing a metallic trilling sound under the impact of steel.
Then the iron sword flew out of his hand and fell to the ground, splashing some dust.
With disappointment in his eyes, the big ape withdrew the long sword that had stopped at Chen Fan's neck, inserted it into its scabbard, shook its head, and squeaked at Chen Fan.
"Senior, please take me as an apprentice!"
Chen Fan knelt down on his knees again, and after seeing the swordsmanship of the great ape at this time, he was eager in his heart, and he was even more determined to worship the other party as a teacher.
The big ape's eyes were pensive, and it seemed to see itself as it was from Chen Fan's body.
At that time, did he kneel and prostrate in front of a person, with a warm heart and a strong desire to forge ahead, hoping that one day he could control his own destiny?
In the end, it was taken into practice and saw this vast world.
And now, there is also a man who kneels in front of him and prostrates.
The great ape's expression softened, and it looked at the creature in front of it, who was of the same race as the man, and knew that this was the legendary human according to what it had learned.
It's all about human beings.
Whether it can be taught to Chen Fan still needs to be approved by one person.
Thinking like this, the big ape had an idea, and it found that it could not communicate normally with Chen Fan, whether it was language or writing, so it was ready to take Chen Fan back and let that person make a decision.
Squeak squeak!
The great ape monster screamed and motioned to Chen Fan, and it would take him to the depths of the mountain.
Chen Fan has nothing to do, as long as he can practice advanced swordsmanship and become a real warrior, he is willing to go even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
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