Chapter 2 Into the Forest and Out of the Forest
The young man in white and the man walked out of the hole, and they were all the same. I hurriedly came looking for the tooth light, and I can't remember how far I had traveled for a while. Looking around, I don't know where the road is going? Just as they were hesitating, a white wolf rushed to the two of them. He looked at the two of them, barked a few times, and then ran in one direction. The young man in white knew in his heart that this wolf was going to lead the way for the two of them. The wolf ran fast and slowly, as if looking for direction, and the two followed the wolf for a distance, and sure enough, they came to the place where the fight had just taken place. Then the wolf scurried into the grass and vanished.
In this way, at night, it was dark in the forest.
The young man in white shuttled through the forest, fought with the wolves, and found another wolf tooth, feeling a little tired, and even more so the man, although his body was fine, he was frightened for a while and desperate for a while, and finally he couldn't walk! So the two stopped and sat on the ground to rest.
The two sat down, and when the young man in white saw that the man was in a hurry, he asked, "Big brother, can you tell me why you ran into this wood? Why is it in such a hurry?"
The man is honest in appearance and quite honest in temperament, and the young man saved himself twice, so he naturally has one thing to say.
"Alas, I'm also forced to be helpless!" replied the man, "they all say that there is no way out of this forest, I have my parents to support me, and I have a younger sister to take care of, where would I risk my life in this forest and ignore them!"
"Who forced you, and why you?" asked the young man in white.
"It's a long story, more than ten years ago, we had a group of strangers in our town, and these people were strange-looking and unusual. But they all seemed to be wounded. Limped. Each of them took some weapons. It seems that they are all martial arts practitioners. The people in the town didn't know where they came from, and they all stayed away.
But strange to say, although they look evil, they never hurt the villagers. And they were very reasonable, thinking that they would leave the town after they recovered from their injuries. I didn't expect to live until now.
In the second year after they came, there was a 'jousting tournament' in the town, and once a year, the winner was given a hundred taels of gold. Moreover, the competition stipulates that you cannot use mystical methods such as spells and Taoism, and you can only use weapons such as axes, hooks and forks, or fight with your hands. Therefore, some capable people who are familiar with the occult law and can write and recite mantras can only watch from the wall. In fact, those who have the ability at the moment are people with spell abilities. Those people just need to recite a spell and use a few spells to subdue those of us who can only do kung fu. Over the years, there have also been some people who know these skills who want to get some money, and those who hide their mysteries participate, but in the end, they are all identified by them and beaten half to death.
We all feel a little weird, those who have the ability can't go up, but only these flesh kung fu go up to fight. But there was a lot of money to be won. So people from all over the villages around the town came to participate, and I thought in my heart that if I got it, it would be great to be filial to my parents and take care of my sister.
Since I was a child, I have been practicing martial arts diligently, and I know some skills, so I go every year, and finally this year I won everyone. I thought I would get a hundred taels! Who would have thought that those people said that in order to get the prize, you have to go into the forest to be eligible for a hundred taels of gold. I grew up in the town, and I knew that the forest was strange since I was a child, and no one had been in or out for more than ten years. If I can't get in or out, who will support my parents? I refused at the moment, but these people only said, I have to go, and if I don't go, I have to go. I couldn't do anything. So they took my parents and my sister and told me to walk through the woods and see what was going on behind the woods, what was it, and if I didn't come in, I would kill my relatives. If they can't get in or out, they will be killed. So I ran as hard as I could. Let's see, I came back and saved them! So I ran in like crazy. The man explained the reason, and then he had doubts in his heart, so he continued: "Actually, these people are very capable, why don't they come in, but let me only know what kind of medicine I bought in the gourd?"
"Oh, I see!" said the young man in white, nodding. I thought to myself: "When I first came down from the mountain, I didn't know anything about the world, these people coerced others, and they must not be good!"
"Well, I don't know what happened to my parents and sister now?" the man sighed with anxiety in his heart.
The young man in white replied, "It's easy to save your relatives! Just tell them what the scene is behind the forest!"
"But I haven't seen it, how do I know?" replied the man.
"I'm coming out of behind this forest, I'll tell you. Lin Hou is a village, called 'Linxian Village', the village is peaceful and quiet, there is no strife, everyone is of good character, humble and peaceful, and..."The young man in white said with a smile, thinking of the quiet and peaceful.
"I'm ......," the man tried to interrupt the boy, trying to say something, but choked back.
"Why, you don't believe me?" asked the young man in white.
"Faith, of course believe, just...... It's just that I don't see it with my own eyes. I don't know what to say!" the man said in embarrassment.
"Well, then, you can go and see for yourself, it's only a day's walk out of this forest, lest there be any omissions in what I said!" said the boy.
"But I ......," the man slurred.
The young man understood his concerns in his heart, there were many wolves in this forest, if he was so separated, if he went to Linxian Village to see what was going on, he would definitely be attacked by wolves again. I'm only afraid that there will be more luck and less luck.
"You hold this fang, I already have one to defend myself, and there is no need to put this one on my body. You go back quickly, and I'll go outside the forest to inquire about your relatives. If anyone does harm, I will rescue them. The young man in white said this, and took out the fangs that had been removed from the wolf's skull.
"I really don't know how to thank the benefactor!" the man was in a complicated mood, and tears flowed from his eyes. Took the fang.
"You're tired too, rest and go again!" the boy took some food out of his package and shared it with the man. The man seemed to have not eaten for a long time, and he ate quickly, and unconsciously ate the boy's food. Only a few rations were left for one meal. The man was ashamed, but he was hungry, and when he saw what he had eaten, he forgot about anything else.
The young man saw that his food was gone, pursed his lips, licked his lips, and looked at the smile on the man's face, so he had to smile faintly.
The man patted his stomach when he was full, burped, and lay on the ground ready to sleep. I don't know if I was full of food and survived, or because I was worried about my relatives, I couldn't sleep. So he stood up and said goodbye to the young man.
"Benefactor, wait for me in the town, I will thank you from that end! I can't put my mind at ease, it's better to find out as soon as possible, and leave it at that. The man bowed.
"Big brother doesn't have to be like this, the journey is smooth, you can go by yourself!" replied the young man in white.
The man answered, and was about to turn to leave, when the young man hurriedly said, "Big brother, wait! My name is Eleven, I don't know what to call Big Brother?"
The man turned around and said, "Benefactor, I am a great friend." Blame me for being impatient, I really forgot!"
The boy smiled: "Brother Zi"
"Don't call it that, you're my benefactor, just call me Otomo. The man said hurriedly.
"Okay, Brother Otomo, then you can do it quickly!" the boy returned.
"Well, then don't pass by, it's about three days away, the road is thorny and difficult, benefactor, be careful!" the man said, turned around and left!
When the boy saw him leaving, he felt a little tired, so he meditated cross-legged and slept with his eyes closed.
On the second day, he woke up and ate the rest of the last night's rations, and set off to run out of the forest, saying to himself, "This three-day journey seems to be going to be hungry!"