Chapter 444: Phantom of the Barren Mountain
After that, Feng Ren took a pair of chopsticks and put wild vegetables into his mouth and chewed slowly, nodded and said: "It's a familiar taste, but it should be a geographical problem, and there is still a gap in taste after all." You can also try it, in fact, it has a special flavor. ”
Yin Yuexin also tasted it first, her brows furrowed slightly, and she was silent, these wild vegetables were simply boiled in water, and a small amount of salt was added, the taste was a little astringent, numb, and it was really difficult for people who had never eaten it to swallow.
Yun Qingkong's reaction was even greater, but they all swallowed it all and didn't spit it out. At least, this level of patience is not a problem for them.
Suddenly, Shen Yuehan reacted and asked, "Wait a minute, you seem to have said it just now...... Familiar taste? Did you ever ......?"
Speaking of this, she quickly stopped. She was the only one in the audience who knew about Feng Ren's grief in the past, and naturally she didn't want to reveal the pain in his heart that he didn't want to recall.
Feng Ren didn't care, but said lightly: "When I was a child, I was more playful, and I was often punished by the elders for not allowing dinner. Although some friends will secretly send some, but still not enough to eat, when I sleep at night, I am hungry, so I have to go to the foot of the mountain alone to find some wild vegetables, cook and eat. In a tree hollow, there is a pot that I used intermittently for half a month to weave out of thick bark, and it has been with me for several years, and I have been able to fill my stomach. It may be a bad taste for you, but it's the hardest taste ever for me. ”
"Ahh In comparison, my brother and I are fine, but occasionally we ask people to redo it because the food tastes unpalatable...... Now that I think about it, it's a long way off...... It would have been nice if you had met us at that time. Yun Ruoshui said that there seemed to be some tears flashing in her eyes.
"I finally understand why I am inferior to you, I was born in a much worse environment, and hardships can hone your will even more. We are naturally slacking off a lot. No, it should be that we also have a lot of different opportunities to sharpen, but we are greedy for enjoyment and avoid them. Yun Qingkong sighed and ate another bite of wild vegetables.
At this time, the old woman also put a large bowl of steaming fried eggs on the table, the fragrance was sour, and they said the same as before, the eggs laid by the chickens raised in the mountains were different.
However, no one moved chopsticks except Yun Ruoshui. I am afraid that these two old couples may not be willing to eat such a delicacy once a month, but they will be taken up by their arrival.
Yun Ruoshui tasted a large piece of golden omelette, nodded and applauded, and when he wanted to continue stretching his chopsticks, he was stopped by Yun Qingkong and said softly: "Enough, keep the rest for the master." ”
Although the old woman didn't hear what Yun Qingkong said, she obviously understood what was going on when she looked at the scene in front of her, and shook her head again and again: "It's okay, you can eat more." Since this little girl likes to eat, she just let go of eating, and she is not old enough to do it. Besides, we eat these every day, and we have long been tired of the taste, so you have never tasted them at all, so hurry up and try them. ”
Feng Ren suddenly got up, and swept past the old woman to the back kitchen, just in time to see the man holding a broken bowl and eating something. When the other party saw him, he hurriedly put down the bowl and hid it behind him, stood up and replied: "This guest, I hope you forgive me for any inconsiderate greetings, it's too messy here, you better go back to the front hall." ”
Another afterimage flashed, Feng Ren had already shifted behind the man, picked up the broken bowl and glanced at it, only to see some rough wild vegetables and vegetable stalks, not many vegetable leaves. Looking at the corners of the side, there are some thicker vegetable stalks that I may not be able to bite at all.
In his heart, everything was understood.
In order to entertain them, the owner of the house took out all the wild vegetables that he had prepared for his own consumption, and went back to find some relatively good ones from the vegetable stalks he did not need, and boiled them, so that he could barely satisfy himself.
"Look, guest, I'm just throwing it away. The people in the mountains are very economical. The owner of the house quickly explained.
Feng Ren held the bowl in one hand and grabbed the man's wrist with the other, dragging him to the front hall. The latter only felt that the other party was not grasping tightly, but he couldn't break free, so he could only drag him away, as if there was an invisible force pushing behind him.
Putting the broken bowl on the table, he picked up a pair of chopsticks and a bowl containing fried eggs and handed them to the owner, Feng Ren said in a commanding tone: "Eat this, eat it all." And you, too. ”
Later, naturally, it refers to the old woman.
Shen Yuehan also poured the wild vegetables in a bowl into the broken bowl, picked some relatively good ones and put them in the bowl, and handed them to the old woman along with chopsticks.
"Guest, these are all entertaining you, how can I ......" The owner of the house still wanted to refuse, but a pair of tenacious and somewhat cold eyes couldn't help but tremble, so he had to bow his head and eat fried eggs, he had been hungry for a long time and had not tasted such a fragrant delicacy, and he ate most of the bowl in a few gulps at once, and suddenly remembered his gaffe, and hurriedly handed the rest to his wife.
Feng Ren sat down again, pushed the remaining bowl with different wild vegetables forward, and said, "We've eaten enough, and I'll give you all the rest, eat more, it looks like you're hungry." ”
The owner hurriedly shirked and said, "This is not good, if it is spread that the guests are hungry and the host's family is full, other people in the mountains will scold us to death." ”
Feng Ren smiled: "If you don't say it, if I don't say it, who will know? We are all martial cultivators, so it's okay to eat less." ”
After hearing this, the master slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, this little brother, your hand just now is amazing! So, can I ask you for one thing, and I hope you will never refuse." ”
At this point, he even knelt down, as did the old woman with the bowl in the back.
Seeing this, Feng Ren raised his hand and waved, and a force helped both of them up, and when he wanted to kneel down again, he found that his legs were invisibly bound and could not be bent at all.
"Oh, this little brother is really a master, I didn't expect it to be so powerful. In this way, Hu'er may be saved!" The master was so excited that he almost burst into tears, and he and the old woman glanced at each other, full of surprise.
Feng Ren also heard some fame, and couldn't help asking: "If the two of you have anything to help, just say it." As long as we can do it, we will spare no effort. ”
The owner of the house nodded again and again, telling the truth.
This small mountain village is called Gaojia Village, it is said that more than 100 years ago, a small country collapsed, a surviving general with his family and royal orphans and a few generals fled here to live in seclusion, all with his surname "Gao" to change his name, itself wanted to find a chance to return to the country, and later found that there was no chance at all, so he simply gave up and multiplied here.
Due to its remote location, the people in the village rarely interact with the outside world, and the small scale makes it impossible to find it on a map. They also basically rely on a whole mountain goods, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc., and if they are lucky, they can catch hares, roe deer and even wild boars. However, out of an instinctive sense of fear, they didn't dare to go too deep into the mountains and forests, if they ran into a demonic beast, they would really be dead.
The mountain village itself is self-sufficient, although it is not rich, but it is not poor, until more than a year ago, everything has changed.
At first, it is said that a few people went out to pick bamboo shoots, and some people heard the crying of a woman in the distance, so they ran to the depths of the jungle to see it, and several people who came with them also followed. Except for a timid one who went back to report the news, no one returned.
Later, several girls from the village went to pick mushrooms at the entrance of the village, but they also disappeared inexplicably.
It has also been discovered that many dry goods that are hung outside to dry are always missing. There are so many people in this small mountain village, everyone knows each other, and if anyone can't get by, everyone will definitely support them, and there is no phenomenon of stealing.
It wasn't until one night later that there was a thick fog in the village, and a very dull footsteps could be heard in the fog, and through the window, you could faintly see a large figure walking through the village, and the wild animals and mountain goods in captivity were all screaming and being dragged away.
This kind of thing happens every half a month, and as time goes by, there is less and less food to eat. Some people ran a little farther into the mountains and forests but could not come back, and there were fewer and fewer people in the village, and no one dared to go too far anymore, so they could only dig some wild vegetables around to satisfy their hunger.
Later, the young people in the village couldn't stand it anymore, so they came out together, and after more than ten days, they only came back less than halfway, saying that they had been attacked by some unknown creature on the road and many people were dragged away. But when they came back this time, they brought back a few people who seemed to be high-ranking people, ready to uncover the truth when the fog rose again.
However, after these people heard about the origin of the mountain village, they became ill-willed, snatched all the treasures left by their ancestors, and also spoiled several yellow flower girls. It's just that when they left at night, it happened to be foggy, and they also lost their traces in the screams, along with a dozen young people who went out to chase them.
Hearing this, Feng Ren already understood what the master wanted to say, and couldn't help but scold: "Those people who have been found are really scum! You want to ask us for help, you just want to see if you can rescue those missing villagers, right?"
The host nodded, "Yes." Among them is my Hu'er, the two of us are old, very baby, he is only nineteen years old this year. Please, save him. ”
Yun Qingkong smiled: "Wrap it up on us." I'd like to see who is pretending to be a ghost. ”
And Yinyuexin said more directly: "As long as the master says a word, whether it is a god or a ghost, I will kill it the same." ”
While everyone was talking, night had fallen, and suddenly Yun Ruoshui pointed out the window and shouted, "Look, it's foggy!"
When Feng Ren heard this, he saw that there were indeed bursts of white mist floating outside the window, and for a while he became extremely hazy, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Faintly, there were indeed bursts of dull footsteps from far and near, and it seemed to be mixed with a very rough wheezing sound, as if some kind of giant demonic beast was slowly approaching.
"I didn't expect it to happen to bump into us, so let's wait for the show to begin. ”
The cold light flashed, and stardust tears appeared in his hand, and the light on the blade surged.
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