Chapter 2: The Night Quarter Moon
readx;?? In the early hours of the morning, it was dark under the bright starry sky, and the earth was shrouded in night. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yu Lingtong, who is accustomed to wandering, has difficulty adapting to the life of living in peace, and it is difficult to fall asleep again after waking up from sleep.
Yu Lingtong, who had nothing to do, originally planned to secretly cultivate spiritual power, but his yellow spirit ring was too conspicuous in the dark night, exuding a dazzling light, just like a star in the night that could dispel the darkness, and it was inevitable that people would notice.
The darkness of the night obscures the eyes that see everything, but it does not block the ears that can hear everything. Yu Lingtong sat quietly outside the door, listening to the sound of darkness.
The leaves of the trees beside the house rustle in the wind, the river in the distance washes the stones on the shore, and there is the sound of rustling nearby, which seems to be the footsteps of people.
Near the river, not far away, a man was walking towards the river.
Yu Lingtong opened his eyes, groped for the darkness, and tiptoed towards the man.
The man walked to the river and stopped, crouching by the river, not knowing what to do. Yu Lingtong carefully hid behind a boulder by the river and peeked at the man.
The reflection of the starry sky through the river surface shone on the face of the man, who was the child who was alone yesterday. His neat black hair drooped naturally, and his thin body seemed to be weatherless. I don't know if it's because I'm being excluded or if I'm deliberately staying away from others, but he's always alone, as if he's not in the same world as everyone else. Not sure what happened between them.
He squatted by the river with a bamboo basket on his back, picked up the water and splashed it on his sleepy face, then took out a kettle and filled it with water, and immediately stood up and walked towards the mountains to the east of the village.
He looked like he was going up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, but why did he go up so early? Why didn't he wait for dawn to go up with everyone? Or was there some other purpose?
Yu Lingtong quietly followed behind him and followed him up the mountain.
The mountain road is difficult and steep, full of potholes, and Yu Lingtong, who can't see the road clearly, staggered, and almost rolled down the mountain several times. But that person was not affected by the darkness and the terrain at all, and walked like flying and walking on the ground, probably accustomed to walking this way. This made Yu Lingtong, who was going up the mountain for the first time, unable to keep up with him, and lost people soon after he went up the mountain.
The potholed mountain paths, the inky darkness, and the scattered and irregular trees make it a huge maze. Yu Lingtong, who was wandering in the dark, lost his sense of direction, and could not clearly determine the direction by relying on the surrounding references.
"Why are you following me. ”
A crisp and immature voice suddenly appeared behind Yu Lingtong, and when he looked back, he saw that the person before was hanging upside down on the tree with his chest crossed, his black hair drooping naturally, revealing his eyes hidden under his bangs, and his inky pupils emitted a light that was darker than the night, like a black hole that could swallow everything.
"Hello, my name is Yu Lingtong, and I want to make friends with you. Yu Lingtong said.
The man hung upside down on the tree, carefully looking at Yu Lingtong. Yu Lingtong didn't know what the other party was looking at, anyway, he couldn't see the other party clearly, and could only vaguely see the location of the vague outline.
"Friends? I don't need friends. You don't have to follow me now. As he spoke, the man tumbled down from the tree and walked again towards the darker mountains.
"Hey, wait. Why do you say that, everyone is a very good person......" Yu Lingtong eagerly stepped forward and grabbed the man's clothes and said.
He stopped abruptly and interrupted what Yu Lingtong was saying. "You're a newcomer, you don't know anything! Keep saying that you are good friends, and they will share whatever good things you get, and let us go when you are in danger, is there anyone who is so a friend?" he suddenly shouted, as if he hated those people, and should have been hurt. "Living in this world, as long as you can live, it's good no matter what. I overheard last night that you were going to the mountain this morning, so I was going to come earlier than you, I want to keep the good to myself, I'm not like you, you still have a mother to take care of you, I can only rely on myself. I advise you to stay away from them, the reason why they asked you to go up the mountain with them is to push you forward when you meet a spirit animal. ”
Hearing the word spirit beast, Yu Lingtong was shocked, but he didn't expect the rumors in the village to be true, and there were really spirit beasts in the mountains. "Spirit beasts, are there spirit beasts in this mountain? Since there are spirit beasts, why do you still go up the mountain? Aren't you afraid of danger?" asked Yu Lingtong.
"What is so terrible about spirit beasts, people's hearts are much more terrible than spirit beasts. I still remember the scene vividly, a spirit beast suddenly appeared in front of us, but those people pushed my sister over, and then took the opportunity to escape, I fought with the spirit beast in order to protect my sister, and then the spirit beast was bitten to death by me. Seeing me and my sister go down the mountain alive, those people looked at us like spirit animals, and from then on, those people rarely came to bully my sister again. He told his story to Yu Lingtong, and the past was like a dream, a dream that he didn't want to recall. In the end, it is still a child, no matter how much it goes through, it is just a child.
Yu Lingtong was silent, he didn't expect that something like that would happen, and it would not be easy for anyone to be different. Nowadays, human beings are very fragile, and if even the most basic trust and unity are lost, it is only a matter of time before human beings will be conquered by spirit beasts sooner or later.
"Forget it, I see that you are different from them, and I feel very close to seeing you. Let's make you a friend, my name is Nightmoon. Ye Xianyue confided in Yu Lingtong about her past, and after thinking about it, she finally decided to accept this friend and report her name.
"Hmm. Yu Lingtong was extremely excited, he believed that the person in front of him would not ignore his friends like those people, he had been abandoned by his friends, and knew that it was not pleasant, so he would not abandon his friends easily.
"Come with me, it's easy to get lost in the mountains. The wild vegetables in the neighborhood were all harvested, and we had to go further afield. ”
"Uh-huh. ”
Yu Lingtong followed the night moon all over the mountains and fields, the distant east has gradually brightened, the dawn of the light dispelled the darkness of the night, a touch of fish belly white appeared in the east of the sky.
Ye Xianyue took Yu Lingtong to the top of a mountain, condescending to a bird's-eye view of the entire mountain stream, although the morning air was foggy, but you can still vaguely see a green plant growing all over the mountain stream.
"This is a place far away from the village, and the people in the village dare not go deep easily because they are afraid of spirit beasts, so this place belongs to us. My sister and I have always eaten wild vegetables here, no worse than people grow them themselves. Nightstring Moon panted.
The two of them walked along the trail of the night moon into the mountain stream.
In a pile of grass not far away, a pair of hungry eyes were staring at the two of them, quietly approaching the two. However, the two did not perceive the danger of approaching.
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