Chapter 65: Up the Mountain
"Are you going back now? When verifying that outsiders couldn't see themselves, Mi Die's courage became bigger, and she actually sat on Zhao Yulong's shoulder and spoke in this bustling neighborhood.
"Please, don't come out where there are people! others can't see you, but others can hear me when I speak. If you make me talk to myself on the street, what will other people think?"
"You'll think you're crazy!" she chuckled.
Zhao Yulong was also speechless to the Lost Butterfly, this girl was inevitably too much! Zhao Yulong was even thinking that Emperor Wu letting her be a machine spirit was the most wrong decision he had ever made in his life.
But after all, she is already a machine spirit, and she can't get rid of it if she wants to. So Zhao Yulong still has to endure her girlish nature.
"Wait! Why are we talking about this? You haven't answered my question yet! Where are you going if you don't go back?" But Lost Butterfly also has a habit of retracting and releasing freely, which at least Zhao Yulong can bear. Otherwise, if she has the same character as Hu Yun, I'm afraid Zhao Yulong will even have the heart to lose "barrenness".
But she still had to answer her words, otherwise she would probably babble on and on for a day, and she didn't know why her curiosity was so heavy.
However, Zhao Yulong still sold a pass: "When you arrive, you will naturally know." ”
Of course Midie was not satisfied with Zhao Yulong's attitude: "If you don't say it, you won't say it! I'm angry and ignore you. After saying that, she really ran into the "barrenness".
Regarding her temperament, Zhao Yulong still has a thorough understanding. Knowing that her temper is the same as that of a child learning things, she only has three minutes of enthusiasm, so Zhao Yulong is naturally not worried that she will be really angry, anyway, it won't be long before she forgets about it. And now it's good to not have her in your ears, at least you don't have to talk to her from the different eyes of passers-by.
This city is not big, and in less than half a day, Zhao Yulong has already arrived at the outskirts of the city. He went to the west, which is now very close to Qianjun Mountain.
"No, you're going up the mountain again? Please, can't you stay in a civilized city? "Midie, this little girl is forgetful, it's only been half an hour, and she has talked to Zhao Yulong.
"You don't understand! Nature is the home of all things, and those so-called cities are just cages that bring people together. It's like a house no matter how big it is, it's not called home. So I prefer the tranquility of the mountains to the noisy crowds. Zhao Yulong's mood is very good, his mind will only appear so calm when he absorbs the breath of the mountains and forests. This is more or less related to the fact that he grew up in the mountains.
Because the village chief of Juli had told him many times that nature was sacred, and he should be treated with love for his homeland. In terms of respect for nature, orcs are indeed superior to other races.
But Mi Die is not an orc, let alone living with an orc, she naturally does not have this kind of belief, so what Zhao Yulong said in her opinion is a big truth that is nonsense, and she doesn't pay attention to it.
"Please, I don't understand what you're saying! To put it bluntly, you just want to fool me with nonsense, so I don't believe it! I don't care! The mountains are not as good as the cities, anyway, I have the final say. ”
Zhao Yulong was also accustomed to the scoundrels of the butterfly, and he said casually: "Okay, good, you have the final say, the food in the city is better than the game in the mountains." In that case, I'd better have that kind of inferior food to myself. Alas, what a pity, I wanted to ask you to eat with me. ”
As soon as she heard the food on the mountain, the heart of the butterfly melted, this little girl didn't know why she loved to eat barbecue the most, and it had to be made by Zhao Yulong herself. It's not uncommon for her to eat what she buys outside, anyway, she is not a living body, and she won't die if she doesn't eat it.
But in the face of food, she couldn't help it: "Oh! No, I'm wrong, can't I? I admit that the mountains are better than the cities." ”
After speaking, she also looked very aggrieved, as if someone had abused her. Seeing her like this, Zhao Yulong couldn't help but want to laugh.
But before Zhao Yulong could laugh, a tiger roar came.
"Eighth-Order Fierce Beast - Junshan Tiger!" Zhao Yulong knew what this voice meant, this was a tiger species unique to Qianjun Mountain, and it would only let out this kind of roar when facing hostile forces.
This is actually very common in this mountain, and there is nothing strange about it. But this is just the foot of the mountain, where a high-end predator comes here to fight his enemies?
According to common sense, how could there be hostile creatures of military tigers at the foot of this mountain. If there were, the little beasts at the foot of the mountain would have been extinct long ago.
Therefore, Zhao Yulong looked in that direction, not for anything else, but just curious.
It was not far from where Zhao Yulong was, and in fact, the roar of the Junshan Tiger was not far away, and if it could be heard, it meant that it was very close. In less than a few breaths, Zhao Yulong arrived.
He picked up the leaves and looked there. Soon I saw the five-meter-tall giant beast, which had already shown complete aggression at this time. As soon as the timing is right, it will deliver a fatal blow. However, it is very physically taxing, and most hunting animals do not do this.
So Zhao Yulong looked curiously in the direction of its fierce gaze, Zhao Yulong hoped to see a fierce beast whose strength could match it.
However, Zhao Yulong was disappointed. It wasn't a beast, it was a man. And it was an old man who had only been forging for a few years, and he didn't pose any threat to the giant beast at all, and even the fierce beast didn't even bother to kill him. Because he has no nutrition at all, a smart predator will not do such a loss-making business, and Junshan Tiger is obviously not stupid.
Then the old man must have something to fear him, or something to make him want. Thinking of this, Zhao Yulong hurriedly looked at his hand.
"What? He doesn't want to die! He even dares to pick the Beast King grass!" a calm Zhao Yulong actually shouted, and this voice also alarmed Junshan Tiger at the same time.
In fact, this can't blame Zhao Yulong for making a fuss, it's just that this beast king grass is really special.
As the saying goes, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers. However, the area of this Qianjun Mountain is too huge, and it is inevitable that there will be many Junshan tigers, and with the reproduction, there are already thousands.
If there are more predators, there will be fewer prey, and there will naturally be a shortage of food on this mountain, so they will fight each other for food, and the victorious side can take it.
In this way, these military mountains and tigers were accustomed to the method of determining their status by fighting. Then later, for some reason, these military tigers gathered together to compete for a strange-growing grass, and the final winner could become the tiger king, and this grass would be taken back to the cave by it and put at the mouth to become a proof of its strength, and the prey was naturally to be enjoyed by the king. And this grass, which has no functional value, is also famous, and people also name it Beast King Grass.
So this kind of thing, generally people who go up the mountain to pick medicine will not pick it. The first is that this thing is relatively rare and troublesome to find, the second is because picking this thing means that you are the enemy of the entire army and mountain tigers, and the third is that this thing has no value in addition to ornamentality and is not as good as ordinary medicinal materials, so no one will want it except for the nobles.
That's why Zhao Yulong had such a huge reaction when he saw this old man carrying the Beast King Grass in his arms.
However, surprise to surprise, this person still has to be saved. What's more, the mountain tiger has already noticed itself, and because of its strength, it will also attack itself first.
Therefore, Zhao Yulong was ready to attack a long time ago, and when the army mountain tiger pounced on him, he immediately kicked the ground with both feet, bounced up, and hit its jaw with his right fist.
The tiger only felt a huge thrust, and its body involuntarily rolled backwards. The five-meter-tall beast was defeated in a single move.
The old man also looked at Zhao Yulong with great fear, as if he was even more terrifying than the tiger.
In order to ease the old man's heart, Zhao Yulong took the initiative to talk to him: "Old man, you don't have to be afraid, the tiger has been killed by me, don't worry! I will protect you from the mountain." ”
Speaking of this, the old man was relieved: "Then thank you, young man, I won't tell you that this mountain is really dangerous, and I almost lost my life several times." ”
"Since the mountain is dangerous, then why do you still want to go up the mountain?" The motive of an old man with no spiritual power to go up the mountain, Zhao Yulong was naturally puzzled.
"It's... It's not all about survival!" The old man sighed, and his eyes showed endless sadness.
"What? I said grandpa, you are so old, there should be a lot of children and grandchildren, don't they support you? How can there be such unfilial people in the world!" Hearing this, Zhao Yulong was also very angry, and so was Mi Die, so she said the latter sentence together with Zhao Yulong, of course, the old man could only hear what Zhao Yulong said.
Hearing this, the old man sighed again and again: "It's not what you think, my children and grandchildren are actually quite filial." It's just that... Alas, my three sons were dragged into battle and killed! My only grandson, who had been raised, was also taken into slavery. ”
"What!" Hearing this, Zhao Yulong couldn't help it at all, it had already violated his bottom line if there were slaves in a country, and it was even more excessive to let civilians be slaves for no reason. Now Zhao Yulong has the heart to kill those slave owners.
The old man was talking about being sad, so naturally he didn't hear Zhao Yulong's roar, and then said: "In order to keep my grandson from suffering, I can only find a way to replace him." And they don't want anything else, as long as this beast king grass, I have to do it in order to let my grandson live well. ”
"Such a big thing, don't you city lord care?"
"It was his idea to appoint slaves to build a palace for him, how could he care?" Zhao Yulong was surprised, and the old man was even more surprised.
"But, old man, if you pick this beast king grass, you are the enemy of the army and mountain tigers of the entire mountain range!
"What is there to be afraid of, it's a big deal to die, and I'm still afraid that half of the people who are buried in the soil will not die. And these military tigers will kill me, but they will not torture me, and my grandson he... Before he finished speaking, he burst into tears, and only recovered after half a sound: "Young man, send me here! ”
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the city, Zhao Yulong turned around and returned to the mountain, he still had to collect medicinal herbs. Although there are many medicinal materials in the Weng family, they are not fresh, and the medicinal effect is not necessarily good, so he also specially told Weng Fan about it.
Walking on the road, Zhao Yulong's heart was still echoing what the old man said: It is better to be killed by a tiger than to watch his grandson being tortured.
"What kind of society is this! Human nature is no match for beasts. Thinking about it, Zhao Yulong angrily hit the trunk of the tree with his fist, and a big tree collapsed.