Chapter 10: The Purpose of the Third Training
I only heard Xiaofeng talk about this, as if he remembered something, and didn't say any more. Just staring ahead with painful eyes.
I wanted to ask him about the rest of the story, but looking at his eyes, which were full of painful memories, I finally endured.
Seeing it remain silent in pain, I really couldn't bear it. Reaching out and touching his head as it had comforted me.
Sensing my actions, the painful expression eased a little, nodded to me, and then said to me bitterly, "Thank you! My experience with Ah Tu is too painful, let him tell you." ”
Then it regained its kind expression and asked me, "What's your name, little one?"
In my original world, few people asked my name from the bottom of their hearts. And when I came to this world, my name was asked for the first time. Even though it was a tiger, the long-lost feeling of being recognized still made my heart sweet.
I smiled and replied, "My name is Wang Tiancheng." ”
Looking at my smile, it froze for a moment. Maybe it's been a long time since I've seen it, but I guess it's a heartfelt smile. Seeing that I can smile because I am being named by others, its heart also has a touch of traction.
Then it said to me, "Okay, Xiao Tiancheng, now we know each other." In return for comforting me just now, this time I will let you ride to the river for free. ”
After listening to it, I was a little embarrassed at this time. Howling Wind is just too big. This tiger is more than two meters tall when it stands up, and even if I squat, I can't jump on it, let alone ride it.
Just when I was at a loss, suddenly I felt like something was entangled in my waist. I looked down, and it turned out that Howling Wind had seen my embarrassment and wrapped his tiger tail around my waist. Then he gently lifted the tiger's tail and dragged me up and put it on his back.
When I first sat on the back of the Howling Wind, it felt hard at first, but then it softened for some reason. His back was so wide that even if I could only sit on my feet, I couldn't ride at all.
When I was looking for a position to hold me in so that I wouldn't be thrown off by the howling wind. I only heard the voice of the whistling wind coming: "It's going to start!"
Before the phrase "I'm not ready" was uttered, it was already running.
I was still sitting cross-legged on his back, thinking, "This is over, this time I'm going to be in touch with the earth again." ”
But after a while, what I feared didn't happen. And at this time, I was on the back of the howling wind, and I couldn't feel the wind blowing in front of him running fast. Sitting on its soft back, you can't feel the range of movement produced by its body when it runs. If it weren't for the shifting maple trees in front of me and the sparks rubbing against the purple-eyed panther's feet, I would have thought I was sitting on a still couch right now.
But it didn't last long. In the blink of an eye, I was back at the river.
Because the maple trees in the forest were too dense at that time, there was no light to shine through. I only know that Xiaofeng has white and black lines all over his body, and I can't see anything else at all. At this time, he walked out of the forest and looked at it by the moonlight. I saw that Xiao Feng was two meters tall and more than five meters long, like a car. The black markings, all over the body, look particularly mysterious. And the word "king" composed of his black spots, with its deep blue eyes and majestic tiger head, is very domineering, quite a bit of a kingly demeanor that is not angry and arrogant.
I've never seen such a domineering tiger, and I can't help but be fascinated when I look at the howling wind at this time.
When I came back to my senses, I looked at Xiao Feng, who was throwing a strange look at me at this time, and said, "Brother Xiao Feng, with your appearance, you are definitely at the level of a handsome guy in the tiger circle." No wonder you're so good, and you can run like that panther and get out of the fire. ”
Howling Wind was very happy to hear what I said. But when he heard this, his expression suddenly became very twisted, and then he said to me helplessly: "Please don't compare me with that black panther who is not yet a mysterious beast. There's also a fire on the ground, in fact, you can too. ”
I didn't pay much attention to what he said earlier. He just asked it in amazement, "Can I also make fire on the ground?"
Howling Wind said, "Yes. The Fire Maple Mountain Range where we are located is filled with a faint fire element. This fire element not only affects the entire Fire Maple River that does not freeze all year round, but even the maple trees that are covered with the Fire Maple Mountain Range also lose their leaves regardless of the season. ”
"And how can the forest be full of maple leaves?" I asked it
"Although the element of fire makes the maple leaves of these maple trees unaffected by the seasons, it affects the internal structure of these maple trees. These maple leaves become the fruit of the maple tree, and will fall naturally like other ripe fruits. ”
"Because these maple trees are affected by the fire element all year round, the maple leaves that grow as fruits also contain some fire elements, so the friction of these maple leaves will cause fire. Because these maple leaves are very easy to catch fire, they are widely used as ignition supplies in Longchuan Province, and these maple trees are also figuratively called fire maples. ”
After listening to it, I thought about it for a moment. "It turns out that this is the reason why it was so easy to ignite the fire before. ”
And I just thought about the stupidity of the sense of accomplishment that I had achieved by lighting a fire. Xiao Feng interrupted my memory, only to hear it say: "Xiao Tiancheng, I only remembered when I mentioned Huo Feng." This fire maple still has something to do with your training. Remember the trap in you?"
Seeing me nodded, he continued, "The woods along the way from you to the town are full of traps made of soil. And the activation method of these traps is the fire maple leaf switch, which means that as long as you step on these switches, you will be trapped. In fact, at your current speed, you won't be able to run the town in one night. Only when you go into the woods to stealthily find these mechanisms, and hide effectively, can you continue to escape, which is the purpose of this training arranged by Atu. ”
After listening to this, I became more and more confused, breaking the ground. If the daytime training is to send me to the ordinary army, I believe that these ordinary physical exercises are arranged. These hidden whereabouts that night, the discovery of traps and the effective concealment of these "escape" training contents, are a bit unreasonable. Could it be that the soldiers of the armies of this world can run away at any time on the battlefield?
With such a question, I want to ask Howling Wind. But at this time, there was no longer a figure of Howling Wind beside him.
His name was called a few times immediately, but no one next to him responded, and finally figured it out. Howling Wind appeared here purely because it helped me increase my mental strength, and he wouldn't have appeared if it hadn't been for this encounter. After saying all this this time, it shouldn't be like this in the future. And even if he had been with me, I don't think he would have brought me to town for begging, because he was half an instructor after all.
Experiencing tonight's experience has brought me peace of mind, and that peace is the product of mastery of my current situation and understanding of my future life.
The kind moon accompanied me, paving me with a soft glow in front of me. Looking at the moon-lit path ahead, I embarked on a second round of escape.