"Xiaoqi, how many arrows do we have left" The young man leaned close to the boulder beside him, staring at the prey in front of him, and said softly.

Mink, born extremely fast, ordinary bows and arrows can't be shot at all, so they have to rely on enough bows and arrows to force them into a desperate situation, so that there is a possibility of capturing, the mink in front of him, the fur is as white as snow, and it is decorated with a faint snow pattern, only white light is seen between the speeds, and now it is hard to stop, how can he miss this opportunity, the young man thought.

"Little Brother Mo, let's go back, there are only two arrows, there are enough beasts to hunt today, and your injuries are not healed"

"Stupid girl, it's just a few wild beasts, it's all skin wounds, just rest for two days. ”

Looking at the little girl's tearful eyes, the boy touched the little girl's head with a helpless expression.

"Well, that's all for today, and come back another day. Since you like this ferret, I'll definitely help you catch this little guy next time!"

In the afterglow of the setting sun, through the dense forest in the mountains, two figures, one large and one small, dragged the heavy corpses of beasts along the forest mountain road, slowly moving away.

Although he relaxed his vigilance a little, he still had some vigilance, which was a necessary vigilance among the beasts hunting in the deep mountains all year round, and it was not until he got close to the village that he took a breath and did not have to worry about the wild beasts around him.

The young man is Mo Ran, who has lived in the mountains since he was a child, is already sixteen years old, and according to the customs of the village, he will become an adult in a few months.

The little girl who followed the boy was his sister, Mo Xiaoqi.

Listening to Mo Ran's grandfather, he was adopted on the way to Qingshan Village, two years younger than Mo Ran, and followed him since he was a child, and the two often went out of the village to play secretly and catch some beasts, after all, in this big mountain, beasts are the most common, especially Xiaoqi, who often asks him to catch some cute little beasts.

"Well, the earth water python, the spirit spotted rabbit, the red rock wolf, and a few finch eggs, you can have a full meal again"

Mo Ran looked at a mess of beast corpses, but the work on his hands did not stop, not every beast needed to resist back to the village, after all, there were only two of them, and the many beast corpses had to be dealt with, so that they could be brought back.

"This python skin is rare, Xiaoqi, wait a minute, send this, and this, to Aunt Zhao next door, and make up for the eldest lady's body"

"Little Brother Mo, I can't take it anymore" Mo Xiaoqi puffed out her cheeks and complained angrily.

"Ha, forget, every time I get stupid at this time" Mo Ran touched the back of his head and smiled, "Xiaoqi, tell you to eat more, you are as strong as those two girls, and it won't be that we can't move back every time we hunt so little"

"Whoever wants to be so fat, they can be girls" Xiao Qi didn't say a word, holding a pile of loot, turned around and walked towards the village.

The mountain, called Qingshan by the villagers here, is here that the four seasons are evergreen, the spiritual grass is everywhere, and there are more wild beasts that often haunt the mountains, and there is no shortage of rare and exotic beasts.

There is only one village in this mountain, called Qingshan Village, and every once in a while, the adult strong men in the village will go out to hunt in a group and bring food, and the women will weave cloth and sew clothes at home, pray for the spirit of the mountain, and wait for the people who go out to come back.

"Shh, Xiaoqi, wait for grandpa to ask, don't say that I took you out, wait until grandpa knows that I took you out again, and it will inevitably be a reprimand" Before entering the village, Mo Ran told him.

"I know, little Brother Mo, you've said it several times, and I don't want to think about which time I didn't help you hide it, really!" Mo Xiaoqi hugged so much food angrily, finally rested, and scratched her little ears that were calloused by Mo Ran.

Qingshan Ancient Village, since more than ten generations ago in the here to breed, the ancient road between the mountains, a stone and a step are set up by the villagers themselves, take the higher ground, but also to prevent the invasion of wild beasts, the village has also been arranged around a lot of protection.

Many stone houses and wooden houses in the village have gradually deteriorated over the years, and you can often see people repairing them, although so, the most important thing in Qingshan Village is joy, and there are often children playing in the village, which adds a lot of fun to the small number of people in Qingshan Village.

"It's Xiao Ran, why did you send so much food here today, and secretly ran out of the village again, how dangerous, the eldest lady is so old, she has to leave sooner or later, you don't need to come every time, alas" Aunt Zhao, on crutches, touched Mo Ran's head, and sighed softly.

Two years ago, Zhao Hai, that is, Mrs. Zhao's son, never came back after she went to the mountains, and Mrs. Zhao's eyes began to cry and swell, and she gradually couldn't see anything.

Mo Ran and Xiaoqi would bring some food every day, and accompany Aunt Zhao to chat about trivial matters, and the bows and arrows in their hands were also left by Zhao Hai before his death, because no one used them anymore, Mo Ran also took them.

After the two visited Aunt Zhao, they went back to their hut.

In front of the door of the small stone house, a young man poked his head out, looked around, and then tiptoed open the door, but just after entering, his face changed and he smiled bitterly.

"I'm almost an adult, and I'm not sensible yet, and today I kidnapped your sister out of the village to mess around with you, right?"

An old man in the room blew his beard and stared at the two figures at the door.

"And you, the girl's family, just stay at home, walk blindly with your brother every day, I'm really angry!"

"Grandpa, okay, don't be angry, I'm angry, wait until no one cooks dinner for us, we can come back with a lot of food" Xiaoqi stuck out her tongue, sat down next to her grandfather, and said coquettishly.

"Okay, you two still have me to eat! stand here for me tonight!" the old man widened his eyes in an instant, and threw the door away, leaving only two large, one small and one small.

Outside Qingshan Village, along the village road, a group of tall and strong figures, and the rough roar spread throughout the village and outside the village, full of joy.

"Village chief, fortunately, we are all back, some of the ingredients today are good, enough to eat for a while. ”

A swarthy strong man outside the village dragged a Jiao covered with knife marks and arrow wounds, threw it on the ground, and many people followed behind him one after another, and a hill full of beast corpses piled up on the ground in a blink of an eye.

"Okay, big pillar, call all the people in the village, let's divide these, remember to leave some sacrifices to the mountain spirits" The village chief stroked his beard and said with a smile.

The village chief of Qingshan Village, surnamed Zhang, is also responsible for the large and small things in the village and some sacrificial matters. Speaking of sacrifices, it is to sacrifice to the mountain spirits, in order to ensure the safety of one party.

"Lao Zhang, although the harvest this time is good, but the beasts in the outside world have also opened up a lot, and there are not many beasts around this village, I'm afraid I will have to get some food in the future, and I have to go far."

The old man who was more than a year old frowned, and he was worried about it, and he looked at some of the hunting this time, which were more peripheral places from the village, and the hunting took longer and longer year by year, and the last thing happened Fortunately, all of them returned to the village safely this time, and these ingredients were enough to last for several months.

When the old village chief heard this, he sighed softly, and he also knew it in his heart.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll ask Old Man Mo, maybe there is another way out, I can't watch the people in the village take risks and go hunting so far away, Zhao Hai's kid, we are sorry for him, if we didn't acquiesce back then, let him go out so far away, how could the tragedy happen today"

"Brother Ran, wait for me"

"Erniu, don't chase me, I'm a man who is determined to get out of the mountains" Mo Ran flickered the Erniu next door, took the opportunity to take a few animal legs, ran away, and returned to the house with a smoke.

"Brother Xiao Mo, hey, didn't you say that the second girl next door is strong and big, how good, I can help you carry a lot of food in the future" Xiao Qi took the roast rabbit leg handed over by Mo Ran with one hand and teased.

"Isn't it for you to get some food, otherwise I'll be entangled by this girl" Mo Ran snorted lightly, then nibbled on the rabbit meat and feasted on it.

The dilapidated hut, inhabited by three people, has been repaired for many years, but it has become more and more vicissitudes.

However, this small small room has carried more than ten years of worry-free and joy, and the small broken wall on the wall has also left many traces, of course, all from the masterpieces of the Mo Ran brothers and sisters.

"Hey, it looks like I can't go to the back mountain, and I have to continue to stand facing the wall, so as not to be found by my grandfather and scolded again" The young man by the wall looked depressed, and seemed to draw something on the wall with his hands, over the years, the two of them have scribbled a lot on the wall.

"Why can't I still feel it, what is the spirit, I remember my grandfather said, the mountain is pregnant with the great spirit, and it is called the mountain spirit. In the entire Qingshan Village, except for the grandfather, only the old village chief can feel it. It's strange that grandpa's codex is obviously written like this, am I so stupid, why can't I feel it at all"

A few years ago, he turned out his grandfather's codex in the house, and saw a few words, all things have spirits, and Jue Ling first understood the heaven and earth, called the feeling of the spirit, and recorded many wonderful uses of the spirit, but before he understood what the spirit was, he was taken away by his grandfather, and he has not seen it since.

On weekdays, Mo Ran often goes to the back mountain to practice his fists and feet, hone his muscles and bones, and occasionally be in a daze, thinking about spiritual things.

I hope that one day, like my grandfather and the village chief, I can communicate with the spirits of the mountains and bless the villagers.

"Alright, you two go to sleep. Mo Ran, you will be an adult in two months, and the coming-of-age ceremony is still indispensable, and a few old men in the village also estimated that during the coming-of-age ceremony, pick a few good daughters-in-law for you people, give birth to a few little babies, and be lively."

Grandpa Mo entered the door and watched the two of them graffiti on the wall again, and immediately knocked on the brains of the two.

"Who is rare, I don't want to find a daughter-in-law so early, or let the grandson of the old Li family, Li Lei, and the grandson of the village chief also become adults, they just go and pick it, it's okay to miss me" Mo Ran rubbed his head, looked like a bitter melon, and then returned to the room and lay down.

The night is as quiet as water, the moon is like a hook, the mountains are spiritual, the turbidity of the clear world, scattered with a little starlight, showing a piece of peace.

Bright green light, whenever the night comes, it will quietly envelop Qingshan Village and protect the villagers of Qingshan.

Mo Ran, who was asleep, didn't know that a little bit of green aura, whenever the night moon, melted into his body, bit by bit, for a long time, moistened his body and replenished his spirit.