Chapter 2 The Old Man of the Mountain Village
The night is getting darker!
Under the cloud peak, this small village of seclusion gradually calmed down, only the oil lamp at the entrance of the village was still swaying with the wind, and the flames were looming as if they would be extinguished at any time!
Bang ......
A rush of footsteps came from the entrance of the village, and a man and a dog walked in a hurry by night!
"Lao Huang, hurry up, I'll be home soon, if I insist on it, I'll give you meat when I go back." The shadow of the young man under the lamp was stretched for a long time, he looked at the old yellow dog behind him and muttered: "I am really a little bold today, I ran to the top of the cloud and mist peak, although there is a good harvest, but it is too dangerous, well! Go back and ask grandpa, he knows a lot and may know the origin of those demon beasts!"
"Lao Huang, let's go......" the young man turned around and urged again.
The night was dark, and only one or two houses in the village were still lit, and the cries of the children in the house echoed in the empty night.
The boy and the dog walked through the middle of the village, and walked down a stone path, and under the thatched hut in front of the path stood a rickety figure, an old man, who was wearing a cane and a green shirt, and looked so thin in the night. As if he heard the movement of this man and a dog, he asked, "Luo'er, is it you? Why is it so late, Rhubarb...... Did you obey today?"
"Wang, Wang!" The old yellow dog's ears were very sensitive, and his eyes were not bad, and he knew who this figure was at a glance, so he ran over and pounced on the man's legs, and his tail shook very much!
Seeing this, the young man smiled and said: "Lao Huang, pay attention to you being so fat, you will knock your grandfather down, if your grandfather is injured, you will have no meat to eat!"
The old yellow dog heard the young man's words, stopped his movements, and just licked the back of the old man's hand with his tongue.
"Luo'er, why is it so late today?Did you encounter something and not get hurt?" the old man touched Lao Huang's head and walked towards the young man!
The young man walked up to the old man in three or two steps, helped the old man, and replied, "Grandpa! I'm fine, I've run a little far today, so I'm a little late, but I saw something incredible, go into the house and it's cold outside!
The young man supported the old man, and Lao Huang followed closely!
On a cracked wooden table, an oil lamp was shining, and the young man helped the old man to sit down slowly, and put the basket aside.
"Grandpa, you drink saliva first, grandson cooks, you must be hungry, today's harvest is good, I'll make something good, I'll tell you slowly!" The young man picked up a porcelain cup on the table, poured it full of water and put it on the old man's hand, the wrinkles on the old man's face were very clear under the candlelight, and the corners of his eyes were even more squeezed.
"Lao Huang is gone, cooking...... You have to make a good fire today, and you won't eat it when the rice is burned. The young man dragged Lao Huang and walked to the stove room, "Even if I am not hungry after running for a day, my grandfather who has been waiting for me for a day will be hungry!"
In the stove room, the boy quickly prepared his things, and soon a puff of cooking smoke floated out of the roof and disappeared into the night.
Lao Huang at the stove is really burning the fire, it bites a piece of firewood with its mouth, puts it into the stove and pushes it in with its claws, the action is skillful and in one go, it is not smeared with mud and water at all, and it looks like a veteran.
"Grandpa has eaten!" After a while, the young man took a few full plates, walked out of the stove room, and placed them on the wooden table, which creaked and looked a little overwhelmed!
"Luo'er has worked hard! If it weren't for grandpa's inconvenient eyes, I should have come here. The old man's tone was full of helplessness!
"Wang, Wang, Wang!" Lao Huang suddenly shouted from the side.
The old man quickly understood, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes!
The young man looked at Lao Huang, picked up a large piece of freshly made and steaming cloud rabbit meat, put it on a plate and put it in Lao Huang's mouth, and then ate it himself!
A few mountain dishes, a bowl of Yunshan game, two people and a dog eat very happily, Lao Huang also barked a few times from time to time, causing the old man to laugh.
"Luo'er, you said that you saw something incredible today, what do you mean?" the old man ate very little, and he actually wanted to talk to his grandson.
While eating, the young man said: "Grandpa, I picked a total of five cloud bamboo shoots today, and I also got a complete red refining fruit, but just when I finished picking the red refining fruit and was about to look for the next one, suddenly there was a big movement from the top of the cloud and mist peak, I carefully touched it, and I was startled when I saw it, it turned out to be two demon beasts fighting!"
"Wait!Luo'er, you said it's a demon beast, are you sure it's a demon beast?Cloud Mist Peak is located on the periphery of the Great Cloud Mountain Range, not to mention demon beasts, even wild beasts are rare, how can there be demon beasts?" the old man thought hard and didn't have an answer.
"Luo'er, what kind of demon beasts are they, what are the characteristics?" the old man was puzzled, trying to find the answer from the demon beast itself.
"Like a tiger but not a tiger, like a wolf not a wolf, there are very beautiful patterns on the body, and the patterns are still bubbling with flames, and you can feel the heat from afar!" the young man described simply!
"Like a tiger but not a tiger, like a wolf but not a wolf, pattern, flame! I know it's the Red Flame Demon Tiger, a fifth-order top-level demon beast, with infinite firepower by nature, and is the overlord of the fifth-order demon beast!" the old man clicked his cane and exclaimed.
"Luo'er, did you smell anything when you saw them?" the old man seemed to realize.
The young man thought for a while and said, "Yes, there is a faint sweet fragrance, it smells very pleasant, what's the matter, grandpa?" The young man was also very smart, and from the old man's words, he understood something.
The candle flame flickered, and the old man's expression was very deep and shallow After taking a sip of tea, he said: "Yes! There is a deep connection, you yourself said that it is impossible for there to be demon beasts in Cloud Peak, but since they appeared, it means that there must be a reason for them to appear." ”
"The faint sweet fragrance you smell is the key, presumably there is a sixth-order top-level medicinal herb Phantom Demon Flower nearby! Phantom Demon Flower, a demon is like a flower and a dream, and high-level demon beasts need Phantom Demon Flowers if they want to break through their own realm, bringing them a dream demon effect, in the dream they can change their form at will, until the most suitable one appears, they can wake up from a dream! ”
"Sixth-order top-grade medicinal materials, but what about tens of thousands of taels of white crystal! If you can pick one plant and sell it, then it will be a big step away from me to participate in the entrance assessment fee of Taixu Gate!." The young man's expression was excited, and his thoughts were overflowing.
"Grandpa, is there any way to pick it!" the young man looked at the old man with a hopeful look in his eyes.
Hahaha......
The old man understood the young man's mind at a glance, and said with a smile: "Luo'er, are you still working hard for the Taixumen assessment fee?"
When it comes to the Taixumen assessment boy, he seems to have changed a person, "Yes, grandpa! My grandson is still working hard, as long as there is hope, I will not give up, that is my dream, I will never have to stay in this small village again, I can see the outside world." ”
"Isn't the village good? The villagers are kind and simple, and a rare blandness is so good!" the old man said in a low tone, as if he remembered something unhappy.
"Grandpa, is there a way?" the boy asked.
"The snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman is profitable, this is the best way, and if you seize the opportunity, you may have something else to gain." The world of young people does not understand ......!" the old man muttered as he walked to the inner room on crutches and went to rest.
Only the boy was left thinking hard!
"The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman profits! Seize the opportunity? What does grandpa mean by this? Is it that when two demon beasts are fighting, I will secretly pick them out while they are not paying attention, but if I am discovered, my life will be gone!" The young man's face was full of sadness and it was difficult to make a choice! Except for the old man who had just wagged his tail when he passed by, Lao Huang beside him kept drooping his eyes, as if he was asleep.
Ahem!"Luo'er, go to bed early, you want to know if the grapes are sour, just taste them yourself after dawn, as long as you pay attention to safety and don't take the initiative to provoke them, they won't surrender their identity to you!" The old man's voice reached the young man's ears through the wooden door.
"That's it! Grandpa is right, I'll go and see for myself when it's dawn, I'll pick it if I have the chance, and my life is important if I don't have a chance!"
Burst!
The candles went out, the village disappeared into the night, and all that could be heard was the snoring of the house and the sound of insects!
The village is peaceful!
At the top of the cloud and mist peak, the battle here has just entered the climax, the two demon beasts have been testing each other for a noon, and finally moved their claws in the night, and for a while the mountains and rocks splashed, and the ground trembled non-stop!
A colorful flower next to the two demon beasts, under their deliberate avoidance, bloomed very brightly and dazzlingly!
The sweet scent in the air is even stronger!
Roar!
The beast roared and roared, and the battle between each other became even crazier under the stimulation of the rich taste, and the blood of the beast was splashed with life, and it seemed that for the sake of the desire in each other's hearts, the fight would only end after one of them completely fell.
Roar! Roar......
"Don't bother me at night......"
Suddenly, a golden light rose from the location of the small village of Yunshan, targeting the top of the cloud mist peak, two overlord-level demon beasts. The golden light flashed in an instant, and a terrible wound appeared on each of the two demon beasts' heads, and they died!
Ahem!
"I can finally sleep peacefully!" The old man in the hut had not yet slept, and he was still worried about the young man.