Chapter Thirty-Eight: Crossing the Village River, Threatened
"Quack, quack......" Listening to the crows in the sky above the village in front of him, it felt like Ren Tanyu had returned to his own village. Could it be that all the crows and cats in his own village have moved to this village?
Although the other party didn't let him come here, he had to stay because of his deep sense of responsibility. Since he entered the onmyoji industry, he firmly believes that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved, and there is no reason for him to shirk it.
Maybe this thick black fog has something to do with this so-called cat demon, otherwise this voice would never be so poignant, if it weren't for the many things that have happened, Ren Tanyu, who is now alone, will probably pee his pants in fright.
Walking around the village, this is obviously not a big village, but it is full of strangeness, let alone electric lights, even ordinary candles are not a single family willing to light them.
Ren Tanyu, who was never willing to admit defeat, of course refused to stop there, and finally let him find a breakthrough after going around the village twice. In fact, the ancient village is like an ancient city, the city has a moat, the village also follows the style of the town, there is also a small river around the village, under normal circumstances, you can only enter through the village gate. Li Village is a very conservative village at the foot of Wudang Mountain, and the customs and customs of ancient China are well preserved.
The gap that Ren Tanyu found was that there was a crooked-necked tree behind the right side of the village, and this crooked-necked tree happened to cross the village moat, and the trunk was thick and low enough, and the low one was almost next to the water. So he carefully climbed the tree and walked slowly to the other side of the tree.
But the more you walked, the more branches on the tree, because of the perennial being in the middle of the river, the evaporation of the river water caused the trunk to grow a thick moss. There were a few times when Ren Tan almost slipped into the river.
He was about to reach the other side of the river, but at this moment he was blocked by a reed that had grown. Just as he was about to push away the reeds and move on, suddenly several large birds that could not be named flew out of the reeds, and saw that the beak of this bird was very long, like a big awl, and the black feathers all over it looked extremely frightened.
Fortunately, the bird just flew away, and he didn't feel embarrassed, patted his chest, and continued to pull away the reeds and walk forward. Something he did not expect happened again, for he saw several large bird's nests on top of the trunks of the trees crossed by the reeds, and although it was dark, he could see clearly with Ren Tan's eyes when he got closer.
The nests are filled with young birds waiting to be fed, and eggs larger than eggs. Looking at those bird eggs, Ren Tan's stomach growled, eating raw eggs was commonplace for him, and now he hadn't eaten for almost half a day, and he couldn't care so much when he was already hungry, so he crossed the nest with young birds in front of him and went directly to the nest with eggs.
Holding it in his hand, he felt that the egg was so big, I am afraid that the five eggs together were not as big as it, and there were strange patterns around the egg. There are some weird looks like it. But he can't care so much anymore, and now his stomach is screaming louder and louder, and it is estimated that his stomach has also seen this delicious food.
So Ren Tanyu held the bird egg with both hands and knocked it to the tree, but no matter how hard he tried, the egg just didn't break, even if it was a slanderous Ren Tanyu had no idea for a while.
When he was very helpless, the dream soul knife in his wrist suddenly trembled, could it be that he encountered some danger, so he shook his wrist in a panic, and then the knife fell into his hand, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't find any danger, he shook his head helplessly, smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that this dream soul knife is becoming more and more unreliable, you said that you didn't have anything to do! Suddenly, his wry smile froze instantly, yes, since you can't break this egg, why not try it with this knife. Maybe it will relieve hunger in the stomach.
Holding the treasure knife that sharpened iron like clay, the Dream Soul Knife gently knocked into the colorful bird egg, the eggshell broke in response, looking at the egg yolk in the eggshell, Ren Tan's greedy saliva flowed out, so he didn't care about the thirty-seven-twenty or twenty, he directly took the bird's egg as a wine gourd, held the eggshell and raised his head, and dried it in one breath. This taste is really not blown, the entrance is sweet, and the eggshell is hard, easy to carry, it is really a must-have meal for home travel.
Patting his bulging belly again, looking at the eggshell floating on the river like a big gourd, Ren Tanyu licked his lips with his tongue and was about to continue walking forward, but where did he know that the unknown big birds that flew away just now flapped their wings and came back. He wanted to leave, and he quickly squatted down, and with the fact that he was flapped off the cliff by the crow with his wings in the last dream, he would never make the same mistake again this time.
Hiding behind the reed leaves, Ren Tanyu saw a large bird circling around its nest a few times, and then screamed a few times, and the sound was extremely terrible. It's chilling to listen to.
A moment later, several more large birds flew in from afar. And they formed a straight line, and flew straight towards Ren Tanyu. He was hiding from the theater and was taken aback by the sudden change. The beaks of these birds are like diamonds, and if they are pecked, they will be pecked at their thin little rods, but they will be pecked to breathe.
In a hurry, he showed the life-saving Dream Soul Knife again, but this time it didn't hurt those birds, they seemed to be very spiritual, and the Dream Soul Knife that flashed cold light turned around when it was close to its mouth. Then the birds dispersed, and then formed a circle around Ren Tanyu, and screamed a terrible sound, as if they wanted to kill Ren Tanyu to avenge his eggs.
Looking at the several birds hovering overhead and the long beak, Ren Tanxiao's pressure instantly increased. Even if he was pecked by a bird, it is estimated that he will be seriously injured, not to mention that there are several of them at this time, it is estimated that those birds are afraid of the power of the Dream Soul Knife so they did not dare to rashly fall down and attack Ren Tanyu, but it is not a way to be surrounded by people like this, if he is slightly distracted, it is estimated that he will be attacked.
Ren Tanyu looked around in horror with the Dream Soul Knife in his hand, ready to meet the attack at any time. Which only to such a confrontation did not last long. Because the birds flew lower and lower, and the long beaks of the low ones were almost next to Ren Tanyu.
Ren Tanyu held the knife in his hand, and was forced to lift it back again and again. In his panic, he suddenly felt his feet slip, and even more like he was being pulled by something, and he slipped off the mossy trunk at once.
The water in early autumn was actually very cold, at least that's what Ren Tanyu thought, because not only did he drink the cold river water, but his clothes were also soaked with the water. He shuddered, and before he could scold, he saw the long beaks of the big birds pecking from the top of the water to the bottom of the water, and from time to time they fished into the water with their claws.
In fact, Ren Tanyu, who grew up by the river since he was a child, is not afraid of water, on the contrary, he is very good at water. In addition to the inconvenience of cold and flying knives in the water, he is much more at ease than in the trees, at least a few big birds are less threatening to him.
So he collected his mood and prepared to swim to the other side, and then planned to borrow a garment from someone in the village. But the accident happened again. yes, that's the feeling, there's something pulling at my foot and neck behind me, well, that's what I felt on the trunk of a tree just now.
When he looked behind him through the murky water, it startled him enough. I saw that the thing looked very much like a fish, but it had tentacles like a squid, and it was the antennae of the fish that grabbed Ren Tanyu. If you look closely, the fish has big eyes, very round and bright, like two lanterns, and it has a big mouth. I only felt that the fish was pulling itself harder on the one hand, and the mouth was open on the other, but the round eyes could not see any waves.
It's really unlucky, drinking cold water and stuffing your teeth, this next Ren Tan is completely understanding, he is short of life, that is, his life will be threatened at any time, if one is not handled well, then he will die early, not glorious. He didn't know when he would stay away from the days when he put his life on the tip of a knife and suffered.