Text Chapter 1 Lousang Village and Bear Demon Mountain

The drizzle has been falling continuously since noon, and unlike before, the drizzle seems to be mixed with a slight chill, so that the whole sky has become a little hazy because of the cold rain.

Located at the foot of the Devil Bear Mountain, Lousang Village is also shrouded in the slowly rising white mist, which disappears from time to time under the shroud of endless clouds and mist, and the beautiful Lousang Village is named after the Lousang River that flows through the village, and the quiet Lousang River water feeds the villagers of Lousang Village.

The villagers who live in Lousang are the most experienced hunters in the area.

The population of Lousang Village is not large, less than one-tenth of some large villages nearby, one of the reasons is that the location of Lousang Village is too bad, in addition to being surrounded by large and small hills one after another, the fastest horse to go to the nearest market from the village has to walk half a day to arrive, but these reasons are not enough to cause the population of Lousang Village to be too sparse, you must know that Lousang Village is surrounded by hills, But these hills are not barren land, the hills are full of green all year round, often there are all kinds of animals in it, the foothills, wild boars, pheasants, wild ducks, all kinds of birds and animals, everything, of course, also rich in all kinds of herbs, the villagers like to hunt these animals the most, skilled hunters often can return with no effort, some can be used to feed the family, the rest can go to the market to sell, in exchange for some money or something to save for a rainy day, you must know that there will be a lot of merchants in the bazaar, they often come from some big cities, what they like is the fur of some animalsThe merchants are very willing to pay a lot of money to buy these furs and then return to the city to resell the people they need, often in short supply, of course, there is an endless stream of people who buy all kinds of herbs, which also leads to the hunters of Lousang Village not only practice a good hunting skill, but also familiar with all kinds of herbs, the real reason for the small population of Lousang Village is still this Devil Bear Mountain.

As the name suggests, its appearance looks like a big dog bear lying on the ground from a distance, hence the name, Lousang Village and the hills surrounding it, at the foot of the Devil Bear Mountain, it seems a little insignificant, the towering Bear Demon Mountain is smoky all day long, it is difficult to get a glimpse of its whole picture.

Many years ago, Lousang Village also belonged to a large village, the population was more than some large villages around, and there were many villages of the same size nearby, because the hills around Lousang Village were rich in various herbs and specialties, and even often in some specific seasons there would be some small markets, all kinds of merchants and speculators, adventurers came in an endless stream, buying all kinds of unique specialties from the hands of the surrounding villagers, sometimes the Demon Bear Mountain is also a place frequented by hunters and adventurers from afar, the deepest impression of the hunters and adventurers who go to the Demon Bear Mountain is that the mountain is dangerous and abnormal, the interior is also far larger than people imagine, the mountains are full of abysses, all kinds of fierce and abnormal beasts, ambushed in the hidden places in the mountains, some beasts, even if the vision is broad, the knowledgeable old hunter is unheard of, unseen, over the years, there are often hunters and adventurers into the Bear Demon Mountain, often there is no return, over time people respect the Bear Demon Mountain, most of the stories spread by the nearby villagers specially used to scare children come from the Bear Demon Mountain, and it is most effective to deal with the children who cry endlessly.

But people will still go to the Bear Demon Mountain in an endless stream, of course, at least three or five groups of people go together, the team or experienced hunters or martial arts adventurers, most of the adventurers are not locals, some are hunters from afar, some are peerless masters walking in the rivers and lakes, they are entrusted to come here, spend money to hire local experienced hunters as guides, the so-called take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, no one and money can not get by, these adventurers are the same, they are entrusted by their employers to come here, often the more dangerous the place, the more adventurers get the employer to give commissions, sometimes do that once, maybe you will have to eat and wear for the rest of your life.

There is a kind of medicinal herb abundant in Bear Demon Mountain, called Ecstasy Grass, it is also strange to say, this kind of medicinal herb is only produced in the damp and gloomy dense forest, between the extremely dangerous cliffs, although it is not a unique herb in Bear Demon Mountain, but you can see the place where this herb grows, all of them are dangerous and abnormal places, and this herb can hardly be planted, even if it can be planted successfully but the cost is too great, it can not be planted if it is not rich in the world, and the effect of artificially planting herbs is also very weak, it can not be satisfactory, the herb has a peculiar effect, that is, to reduce people's suffering, and can make people who take herbs have incomprehensible pleasure and hallucinations for a long timeIf a normal person often takes this herb, it will produce serious dependence, often do everything for this herb, although it can not make the dependent person die, but it will make the long-term user once he knows where this herb is, he will get it recklessly, and even take his own life at the expense of it, in some places people jokingly give it a common name, "addicted to death and then death" In addition to the peerless masters who often circulate in people's mouths, they can live longer, and they will not be too embarrassed to sigh when they die, knowing that their lives are short, they will find a quiet place, sit and die, the world is called sitting, of course, there are also the mysterious ones that are passed on, what to say about the immortality of the gods in the sky and the like, the listeners often laugh at it, thinking that it is just that people sigh after tea and dinner, sighing about the hot and cold dream words of the world.

"Addicted to death again" After all, there are few people who are about to die, most of them are sick like a mountain, and they die in great pain, and it is estimated that there are too many things to do without virtue, so that the Ecstasy grass will not only make the user feel any pain, but also produce the illusion of fluttering immortals, even if the old man who has entered the twilight years and has no desire, he can also produce that kind of incomprehensible pleasure, than when they were young, after having sex, they came more refreshing and exciting, The trend of gradually hoarding ecstasy grass slowly spread in these rich and noble families, and finally the royal family and the landlord hoped that they could use ecstasy grass to reduce their pain when they died, but fortunately, the ecstasy grass was very well preserved, and as long as it was not rotten or burned after getting it, the medicinal effect would exist.

However, the Ecstasy grass circulating in the market is too scarce, and with the passage of time, this situation is becoming more and more serious, people know that the Ecstasy grass is produced in dangerous places, so those who are in urgent need of Ecstasy grass and rich and powerful people and some speculative businessmen spend a lot of money to entrust people to go to some dangerous places to find Ecstasy grass, many people who walk in the world, and people with high martial arts will be attracted by high commissions and are willing to go to dangerous places.

Bear Demon Mountain is a place that people know is rich in ecstasy grass, and there are even rumors of people who have come back from Ecstasy Mountain, they have seen with their own eyes that in a valley of Bear Demon Mountain, the mountain is full of ecstasy grass about a zhang high, those in the know know that the longer the ecstasy grass grows, the better the medicinal effect, the longer the effect of the medicine lasts, of course, the price is not the same as ordinary ecstasy grass, but after the rumor, after going to the valley of Bear Demon Mountain again, he never came back, and there were about fifty people who followed him, including many experienced hunters, peerless masters with high martial arts reputation, but there has been no news since he went again, it is already more auspicious.

There are many beasts in the Bear Demon Mountain, although it is terrifying, but there is still a long distance from Lousang Village, where there are a large number of human settlements, for hundreds of years, the beasts in the mountains and the humans living at the foot of the mountain have not committed any crimes, unless humans intentionally enter the Bear Demon Mountain, there is generally no danger, but decades ago, it was not long after the rumor and the fifty or so people who went to the Bear Demon Mountain again to find the Ecstasy Grass disappeared, Lousang Village suffered a drastic change, not that something happened to Lousang Village, but from several large and small villages near Lousang Village, overnight became a dead place full of corpses, and there were few survivorsMost of them were unintentionally hiding in an unknown place to get away with it, but even then most of them were already scared into a state of mind, and one of the slightly normal survivors recounted what happened.

A huge black wolf, much taller than an adult horse, led the ferocious wolf pack, bloodied more than a dozen villages around it, they did not eat or take anything, only killed everything they saw in front of them in the most cruel way, it was not an ordinary black wolf, it had two heads, one with red eyes, the other with blue eyes, its whole body was shrouded in darkness, like a black flame emitting an invisible light to swallow the space around it.

"It looked at me sarcastically, and deliberately spared me, as if it had deliberately told me to report the news," according to the only normal witness, who soon found the only normal witness to die in his own home, as if torn to pieces by a monster.

Since then, several surviving villages around have all moved away from this place overnight, and the same is true of Lousang Village, and soon there were rumors that there was a peerless master who killed the two-headed wolf on the Demon Bear Mountain, and then this rumor spread ten, ten and hundred, and the more and more mysterious, and finally it was passed on to the god, what to say that the peerless master killed the two-headed wolf on the day, the lightning and thunder on the Bear Demon Mountain, the sound shook the sky, and many people could hear the voice of an old man resounding in the sky, "Evil animal, you dare to kill mortals privately, the old man can't spare you today." Then the wolves howled miserably, resounding through the heavens and the earth.

Of course, people don't believe this rumor, even if it is true, people will never dare to go to Xiong Mo Mountain again, but there are people in this world who are not afraid of death, this person is also a legendary figure in a radius of thousands of miles, surnamed Gan Mingqiu, people give the nickname Ganqiu, but he is an out-and-out negative character, born in the early years of a rich and noble family, from the grandfather's generation at home began to make a fortune, specializing in speculative business, in the village near Xiong Mo Mountain, from the hunters to buy all kinds of goods that are in short supply in other places at low prices, all kinds of animal fur, herbs, everything, of course, reselling Ecstasy grass is their favorite to do, if the resale is goodThe profit is not doubled by one or two times, but by more than a dozen, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times at a specific time. Ecstasy is indispensable in the home, and it is often treasured, and a shrewd businessman will not only see the current value of the commodity, but also anticipate the value that the commodity may have in the future.

This Ganqiu is the only son in the family, although the grandfather and father are masters of business, but they are short-lived ghosts, in the prime of life for various unsightly reasons, a whimper, and finally the huge wealth accumulated by the family is all handed over to the young Ganqiu to take care of, as a result, this Ganqiu does not want to move forward the industry accumulated by the family for two generations, but is obsessed with this ecstasy grass, and it is out of control, and when people reach middle age, they have all lost all the wealth of the family, and finally they are penniless, in order to be able to take ecstasy grass again, greedy for the pleasure of that moment, and even finally do something to steal chickens and dogs , reduced to a laughing stock.

When Ganqiu was penniless, he still wanted to get a Ecstasy Grass all the time, when he heard that there was a large amount of Ecstasy Grass growing on this Bear Demon Mountain, and in a trance, he heard that the two-headed wolf was killed by a peerless master, where can he manage so much, even if there is a black dragon entrenched on the Bear Demon Mountain, he has to go, now he can't take care of so much, nothing is as important to him as a Ecstasy Grass. As a result, Ganqiu entered the Bear Demon Mountain alone desperately, and everyone else was surprised, Ganqiu returned with a full load, and then entered the Bear Demon Mountain alone several times in a row, and brought back more and more ecstasy grass every time, not enough for his own use, just one time into the Bear Demon Mountain, he got back all the property that he had squandered before, and made a lot of money, which surprised everyone.

Soon some people couldn't do it, and began to sneak to Bear Demon Mountain in groups of three or five, and the result was overjoyed, and they returned with no dissatisfaction, and then groups of people went to Bear Demon Mountain to find more ecstasy grass, and most of them also returned with a full load, but there were also many unlucky, and when they encountered fierce beasts in the mountains, they went and never returned, but no one ever met the two-headed wolf that made people smell and change.

Slowly, a small number of residents of Lousang Village moved back to Lousang Village, most of them were experienced hunters, and hunters from other villages moved to Lousang Village, although there are hills on all sides, the transportation is inconvenient, but it will not be directly exposed to the wilderness, in case of a monster as ferocious as a two-headed wolf, it is good to escape, at least it will not be driven out.

Over the years, Lousang Village has slowly regained its former vitality, and the population has become more and more numerous.

Quinta leaned down, trying to calm his pounding heart, but this deliberate approach made his heart beat faster. He heard an eager roar not far in front of him.

A huge ancient tree stalked in front of him, its canopy obscuring the sky, twisting and hovering, surrounded by only a few dwarf shrubs. and a few abrupt boulders, standing irregularly everywhere.

Suddenly, a strong big hand put on his shoulder, and his body, which was already close to the ground, was pressed down a few points, he couldn't resist this sudden force, like a mountain rock pressing on his body, so that he couldn't move, he turned his head with difficulty, only to see a man whose face was covered with dirt and grass on his head, who was looking at him with serious eyes at this moment, only to see this person withdraw the powerful arm that was pressing on his shoulder, put his ring finger in the middle of his mouth, and gestured like him. Then he pointed to the grass in front of him, which was making a sound.

Quinta nodded, signaling understanding, he looked back again, and a dozen people with dirty faces and grassy heads like the man in front of him gave him a thumbs up, and then patted his chest lightly, as if to assure him of something, he cracked his mouth and smiled, and nodded his head in the same way to show understanding.

Then he turned his head, staring motionlessly at the grass in front of him, one hand pulled out a black and shiny arrow feather from his waist, and in the other hand held a crimson wooden bow, and put the arrow feather on the bowstring, slowly pulling it away, except for the creaking sound of the bowstring when it was pulled to a certain extent, his movements did not make a single sound.

The person who put his hand on his back slowly lowered his hand, nodded to him again, and then slowly pushed away the grass in front of them, and several silver-gray figures appeared in front of him, it was a gray wolf, he breathed a sigh of relief, he had seen this kind of wolf more than once, often in groups of three or five, hunting prey, not too much, He carefully counted the three, if they didn't flee immediately, it would only take ten seconds to kill them all, but today he didn't dare to be careless, and even a little panicked in his heart, although he knew that there was his father beside him, and there were more than a dozen of the best hunters in the village behind him, but today he came to Bear Demon Mountain for the first time, he grew up listening to all kinds of terrible stories here, and the two-headed wolf that spread in the mouths of the villagers decades ago, now he will break out in a cold sweat when he thinks about it, although he has not seen it with his own eyes, but there are many relatives in the village who are from the original villages, and now they have nothing except the relatives of Lousang VillageShe never doubted the existence of the two-headed wolf, because his mother's family was all brutally murdered by the legendary two-headed wolf.

Like the other people who came to the Bear Demon Mountain, their purpose today is also to find the Ecstasy Grass, people's hearts are floating, when the people around them have a common pursuit, then it will definitely affect the people next to them, no one is far behind, the price of the Ecstasy Grass is still skyrocketing, no one thinks it is less, "It's really a strange plant", and in an instant Quinta thought of a lot of things.

"There's something strange about that wolf," Quinta noticed, and they all looked up at the tree with greedy expressions, there must be something on the tree that was attracting them, but the tree was too big to see the other side of the tree, and his vision was completely obscured.

Now if you want to continue to move forward, you must cleanly deal with the three gray wolves that are in the way, he glanced at his father next to him, and saw his father nodding to him, so he immediately turned his head, slightly adjusted the direction of the arrow, and in an instant a black shadow shot in the direction of the farthest gray wolf, and then he quickly got up and shot two arrows in a row without thinking, the action was done in one go, the three gray wolves were looking up at the canopy greedily, where could they react, and suddenly the three black arrow feathers hit the eyebrows of the three gray wolves, and they didn't have time to scream and whimper。

After quickly doing these actions, Quinta did not rush forward to investigate the situation, but immediately flashed to the side of the hidden place to observe the situation, while his father flashed to the other side, and the few people behind him immediately bent their bows and arrows, and some clenched various sharp weapons and prepared.

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Quinta's father first walked out of the grass, walked in the direction of the gray wolf who had been dead for a long time, kicked the wolf's corpse, and then nodded in the direction where everyone was hidden, Quinta and some of them with sharp weapons walked out first, and some of them still remained quietly in place, most of them were armed with bows and arrows.

Instead of immediately looking at the results of his work, the three wolf corpses, Quinta immediately went to the other side of the tree and looked up in the direction of the canopy, wondering what was it that attracted the attention of the three wolves.

This sight surprised Quinta to see that there was a dying man hanging on the canopy, yes, he had received his father's most rigorous hunting training since he was a child, and he thought that those who claimed to be peerless masters would never be able to withstand an arrow in his hand, and his eyesight would never deceive him, this man was still alive.