Chapter 2: The Phantom of the Ancients

"Xueliang, come on. "Xiaodong, wait for me. "Oh, you run faster, my dad is going to take me to worship the gods today, and if you don't hurry up, you won't have to play." ”

"Where are we going today?"

"Eagle Stone"

As soon as he heard the three words Eagle Stone, Chen Xueliang's little face suddenly turned white with fright.

"Xiaodong, why don't we go to the village to find Xiuxiu and Long Fei to play, I heard Aunt Du say that a child died under the Eagle Stone, and he grew into a monster, and he likes to eat children the most, besides, my mother won't let me go there." ”

"Oh, what are you afraid of, my father said that the goblin is most afraid of the child's urine, and if it dares to come, I will soak it and pour it to death."

"However, my mother will be unhappy."

"What are you afraid of, you are still not a man, I heard that you are even afraid of the statue of Thor, coward, unproductive, afraid of mice, afraid of wolves"

"Let's call Long Fei and Xiuxiu."

"The two of them have no interest, they definitely don't dare to go, Xiuxiu is even afraid of caterpillars, I hate little girls the most, I speak softly, I'm afraid of this and that, if you don't go, I won't play with you in the future, I won't play with cowards"

There are few people in the village and not many children, and for eight-year-old Chen Xueliang, every friendship is precious.

"Then you'll have to testify to me that I didn't go to Eagle Rock. ”

"Okay, okay, adults don't ask about these things."

The Eagle Stone is on the hill to the east of the village, standing alone, like an ancient giant, opposite to the small temple across the mountain, full of desolate atmosphere.

Legend has it that the eagle stone was transformed by the dragon's frontal bone, when it was killed here, the dragon's body turned into a vast mountain, the dragon's head was cut off and taken away, and the broken frontal bone was scattered and turned into an eagle stone.

Legends, everything is legends, and the village is full of legends of all kinds.

Chen Xueliang still remembers that there is a very old eagle perched on the Eagle Rock, staring at the village all day and night, and catching the villagers' chickens while they are unprepared.

Yesterday Xiaodong's chicken was caught again, so Xiaodong came to him today and asked him to catch the hateful eagle together, Xiaodong is the eldest child in the village, 12 years old this year.

"The dead bird thief is very, it flew away when it saw the adults going, we are children, it won't run"

"But it can fly"

Chen Xueliang said weakly, "I have this"

Xiaodong proudly took out his slingshot, "I asked my dad to make it for me yesterday, and I will hit it first while the old bird is not paying attention, so that I can't run." Xueliang, you help me today, and tomorrow I will ask my dad to make one for you, a boy is a man only if he has a knife and a slingshot. ”

"Who said that"

"Of course I said it, who can say it if it makes sense, Xueliang, I look at it and it's not very popular."

"What is Pull Wind"

"Oh, it doesn't matter, it's very powerful anyway."

When he was five years old, Chen Xueliang once asked his mother why he didn't have a father, at that moment, he saw his mother's eyes were very gloomy, he was a sensible child, he had always been very obedient, but he didn't want his mother to be unhappy.

He envied that others had fathers, who could sharpen wooden swords for themselves, make slingshots, and take them to hunt together, which seemed very powerful to him, and he was afraid that his mother would be unhappy, so he never asked for it.

Having relied on his mother since he was a child made him a little sensitive, a little autistic, and very delicate, and matured earlier than children of the same age.

The ancient trees are horizontal, and the sunlight is scattered on the dead leaves through the gaps in the branches, reflecting different patterns, and even the sunlight looks gray and pale in this dense forest that lacks fireworks.

Although the Eagle Stone is in the east of the village, only two or three miles away from the village, the villagers usually don't go there, and they rush over to put down one or two trees when they are short of wood.

"Xueliang, do you think there will really be a goblin?"

"Mother said yes, goblins don't dare to go out during the day, and let's have child urine"

"Yes, we have the sun and the pee of the child"

But no matter how you look at it, it looks like you're comforting yourself, "Xueliang, you go to the front, my father said that beasts like to sneak attack people from behind, I'll go back to protect you"

"I'm not afraid of wild beasts, where do they come from in broad daylight"

"Oops, let you go, you'll go, I'm older than you, you have to listen to me"

"Then let's go side by side."

"Okay, walk side by side"

In the afternoon sun, the shadow of the eagle stone was stretched long, and soon the shadow drowned out the figures of the two children.

"Haha, I knew that this thief bird must have run away, in front of my wise and martial little brother, let it fly, climb, and run away from the wilderness"

Standing on the Eagle Stone, Xiaodong crossed his waist with his hands, and he had the courage to guide the world.

"Since the eagles aren't there, let's go, there's no point here."

"Go back, why go back, master, I decided to stay here and wait for the old bird"

The sunset shines on the stone wall, scattering a faint golden light, sacred and peaceful, beautiful and incomprehensible, at the other end of the stone wall, where the sun does not shine, at this time a gray mist gradually manifests, exuding a faint glow, and gradually becomes an old face, staring at Chen Xueliang "Walking on a road of no return, listening to my own funeral song, I have no regrets." Blood Demon, you'll pay the price. But this kid is hey."

At the end, the gray mist let out a thick sigh and gradually dissipated on the stone wall.

The sky gradually darkened, and where the sun shone on the other side, as the gray mist dissipated, a blood-colored mark began to appear, like an eye.

"Xiaodong, let's go home, half of the rock wall is dark, and the sun is about to set"

"What are you doing on the rock wall, you have a good memory, now look at me carefully, and go back to describe the heroic posture of the young master to those two cowards."

The Bai family's baby always feels good about herself.

Living in Longmazhuang since he was a child, Chen Xueliang ignored the strange family history of these families, in fact, no one knows the exact origin of these families, only that in the legend, there were originally many people here, but after thousands of years, other families gradually disappeared, leaving only the Bai family, the Zhan family, the Zhou family, the Du family and the largest Li family, and of course, the foreign family Chen Xueliang's family.

"Learn bright, look, the old bird is back"

Suddenly the voice interrupted Chen Xueliang's contemplation, he raised his head, the scene in front of him made him unforgettable, at the end of the sky, an eagle full of vicissitudes of life fluttered its wings and soared, behind it the sun is gradually falling into the mountain, the goshawk is in front, the golden light is behind, as if this bird brought the sky full of red glow, in a trance Chen Xueliang saw a bird that dominates the world, flying from the primeval times, flying to the ancients, flying to the Middle Ages, flying to the ancient times, and coming to the present.

"Xueliang, don't stand stupidly, hurry up and come to the ambush and get my knife. Xueliang, what's wrong with you today, stupid, I told you to ambush"

Seeing that Chen Xueliang was still standing stupidly, Xiaodong shouted dissatisfiedly, but he seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly became happy, "Well, that's right, you haven't gone into the mountains to hunt, of course you won't ambush, you are hiding behind that stone with a knife, no, stupid, it's that big one, yes, that's right, squat, you're exposed, what's wrong with you, will you squat?"

Seeing Xiao Dong's breath, Chen Xueliang realized that he was out of shape, and at this time, with the return of the goshawk, the blood-colored mark became clearer and clearer, and gradually the outline of one eye appeared.

Full of indifference and desire for life, the goshawk is getting closer and closer, the gray feathers on its body are already clearly visible, Chen Xueliang looked at the goshawk blankly, he didn't think of going home, at this time his mind was full of the eagle.

The goshawk landed on the rock, very quickly, not at all old, and as it fell, the last golden light on the horizon dissipated, and the red light became more abundant.