Chapter 6: Strange Beasts
Early the next morning, everyone set out in full gear.
A group of thirty-six people, An Ruoxi saw the appearance of the twenty-four people clearly at this time. Except that they are all darker, all of them are full of energy and their eyes are like torches, but they all look so kind, sincere and simple. At least that's how they felt when they greeted An Ruoxi.
Climbing to the top of the mountain, everyone was mesmerized by the scenery in front of them. The beautiful morning mist is like the daughter of the mountain, embracing her mother's arms, swirling, gathering, and clustering between the mountains, forming a spectacular sea of clouds, stretching from the front to the sky. The vast sea of clouds is illuminated by the red light of the rising sun, colorful, like a dream, like a Penglai fairyland, like a mirage.
In this situation, An Ruoxi couldn't help but sigh, "Fanggu this mountain gets the sun first, and the peaks have clouds without rain!" What a Luoxia Mountain, it's really an eye-opener! ”
"I didn't expect that Miss An was not only born beautiful, but also had such a poetic talent, which is really the envy of the big guys."
"Captain Shao's words are serious, I'm just borrowing it, this is someone else's poem."
"Even if someone else writes it, the girl will always be better than those of us who don't know anything."
"Captain Shao is sorry! All of you are iron-clad men, all heroes and heroes, Ruoxi has always respected a flesh-and-blood, bright and upright husband like you, you are the loveliest people! ”
"Hahaha......, Miss An, don't say it, you see that this group of big men can't stand the praise, they are all a little shy, hahaha...... But in fact, it's still quite cool to be praised by others, isn't it, brothers? ”
"Yes! ......" everyone laughed in unison as everyone shouted in unison.
Under their introduction, An Ruoxi finally knew about the seven highest peaks in Luoxia Mountain.
At present, it seems that the largest one in the middle is Luoxia Peak, and next to it are Qixia Peak and Yingxia Peak. Behind those three peaks there is a sunset peak, which looms because it is the farthest away. Next to the left front of Luoxia Peak are Tianjian Peak, Ethereal Peak, and Zhuyang Peak.
An Ruoxi looked in the direction of Shao Bing's finger, in the distance, in the vast sea of clouds, seven strange peaks stood tall, standing majestically in the sea of clouds with the momentum of "pulling out the earth and reaching the sky, holding the sun in his hand", and the peak was submerged into the sky, like seven pillars supporting the sky, running through the heaven and earth.
This scene reminded An Ruoxi of Huangshan. I still remember that there is an article when I read that Yellow Mountain is the hometown of clouds and mist, with the peak as the body, with the cloud as the clothing, its magnificent and magnificent "sea of clouds" is famous for beauty, victory, wonder and fantasy in ancient and modern times, where you can appreciate the situation of "the sea is the shore at the end, and the mountain climbs to the top of the peak". And the scene in front of me is probably more than that.
"These seven peaks are towering into the sky, which peak is the sect you are talking about?"
An Ruoxi's words asked everyone, and they didn't know how to answer for a while. Shao Bing remembered the scene that Yan Ziwu explained to him before leaving: Yan Ziwu said to him at that time, "At that time, the young city lord did not say why he asked Miss An to find him, nor did he say where to find him. Luoxia Mountain is so big, you can only adapt to the situation and act at the opportunity, if you really can't do it, you can only launch the signal flare of my Muyang City. ”
Thinking of this, Shao Bing was slightly embarrassed, "Miss An doesn't know, the fact that there is indeed a hidden master in this mountain was confirmed only five years ago. But the sect has only been passed on by word of mouth, and it is not known whether it really exists, let alone where it is. ”
Yao Kai was also a little surprised when he heard this, "Captain Shao, could it be that the young city lord didn't explain which mountain peak to let Miss An go to find him?" ”
"Not really!"
Seeing Shao Bing's frank confession, everyone didn't know what to say.
Yao Kai thought for a while and said: "Actually, we have been here for almost ten days in Luoxia Mountain, and during this time, we also went to the bottom of the Seven Peaks with curiosity to explore. But don't look at the seven peaks seem to be close at hand, but in fact, we only arrived at the foot of Zhuyang Peak, and we all walked for a day to arrive. And the Ethereal Peak, which now seems not far from Zhuyang Peak, we have walked for three days without reaching it. ”
Not to mention that An Ruoxi couldn't help but feel a little strange when she heard it, even Shao Bing was curious, "Three days? This doesn't seem to be very far, your leg and foot skills must be above a few of us, how did you walk for three days? ”
"Hey, who knows, it feels like the ethereal peak is moving, as if it's in front of you wherever you go, but it just can't be reached. And the further you go, the more beasts you encounter. There is basically no danger under Zhuyang Peak, but as long as you go further inside Zhuyang Peak, there will be more beasts, and the more ferocious they will be. We have also encountered the bones of several groups of people who have come to explore the mountains, all of which are the remains of severed limbs. If you don't know the exact location of the young city lord, it's really hard to find. ”
As he spoke, he asked An Ruoxi: "Miss An, since you are a friend of the young city lord, you should know something about him, can you give me a suggestion?" ”
Hearing Yao Kai's words, An Ruoxi suddenly felt embarrassed. She also heard what Yan Ziwu said that Mu Shaoyang came to him after he recovered, she didn't know who the young city lord was, what he looked like, and she didn't know why she was asked to go to him, let alone understand his affairs, and she couldn't make any suggestions.
But at this time, it was obvious that she couldn't explain it to these people, after all, even Shao Bing and the others thought that she was Mu Shaoyang's friend, because that's what Yan Ziwu said.
Shao Bing saw An Ruoxi's embarrassed face and hurriedly played the round, and the group officially entered Luoxia Mountain and decided to go to the foot of Zhuyang Peak first.
The journey was smooth, and I didn't meet anyone else on the way, except for a few wild deer that hit one easily, and I didn't encounter any aggressive beasts. At An Ruoxi's insistence, the group did not rest, and finally near the evening, Zhuyang Feng looked close in front of them.
Because Yao Kai and his party had been to Zhuyang Peak before, they were familiar with the road, and the group walked in the dark for a while. It wasn't until he walked to a spacious place that several tree sheds made of tree branches appeared in front of him, and Yao Kai stopped.
"Further on is the foot of Zhuyang Peak, we came to this place for a day, and we rested here that night. Although we came once, there were more people this time, and there were no fierce beasts at that time, but after all, most of the man-eating beasts generally come out at night to move, and this is Luoxia Mountain, there must be a lot of fierce beasts, so everyone should be careful. ”
When Shao Bing heard this, he looked around, "Miss An, it's getting late, why don't you come here tonight and continue tomorrow?" ”
An Ruoxi is an easy-going person, and she has always followed the team's opinions when she went to a picnic with her friends in Lanxing, and at this time she also said that everything was arranged by Shao Bing and Yao Kai.
Shao Bing and Yao Kai immediately began to assign tasks, cutting branches to build sheds, sentry, pathfinding, collecting firewood, dealing with wild deer captured before, etc., after the assignment, except for An Ruoxi, who had no task, the rest of the people performed their duties.
After a while, several brothers who went out to explore the way hurriedly came back, and seeing that they looked nervous, An Ruoxi and the others hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the situation.
"A mile or so ahead, there are obvious traces of a fight, judging from the situation at the scene, or a battle between a group of tigers and another beast!"
"Tigers?"
Hearing this word, everyone obviously felt a little incredible. The tiger is a typical mountain forest animal with a strong predatory ability, so it has a typical feline habit and chooses to live alone, and it is no wonder that everyone finds it strange.
When Shao Bing and the others came back from their investigation, An Ruoxi only knew the general situation when he heard them talking. It turned out that there was a valley more than a mile away from the tent in the direction of Zhuyang Peak, where it was obvious that there had been a fierce fight not long ago. There were four tiger carcasses at the scene, just two males and two females.
"It's really a fucking evil door, as the saying goes, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, unless there is one male and one female! It's good now, two males and two females, do you think it will be a fight between two sons and two sons? ”
"You have a lot of imagination! Even if it's two people and two people, will the four of them die together? ”
"That's it! Besides, the wounds on their abdomen are like knives, and the internal organs are all taken out of the body, except for the heart, and it is obvious that the four tigers were killed by very sharp claws that cut through the abdomen and took out the internal organs, and the tiger's claws are not so sharp at all! ”
"It must have been an animal with very sharp claws that killed them, but what animal is so powerful that it can hold down such a strong tiger and cut through his belly? The strength of the tiger is so great, if you want to keep it from moving, how much strength is it? And kill four tigers at the same time? That's a must, too! ”
"Yes, the point is that there are no clues about it left at the scene!"
Hearing their conversation, An Ruoxi also beat a drum in her heart, that is a tiger, the king of beasts, so easily I don't know what to disembowel. Is this Zhuyang Peak really so dangerous?
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At night, the words of those people kept echoing in An Ruoxi's ears, and she was also so scared and curious that she couldn't sleep for a long time. The tiger's chest was cut open except for the heart, indicating that the only thing that killed the tiger was the tiger's heart.
But the tiger is full of treasures, I have heard that tiger skin can be used as a coat, tiger meat can be eaten, can tonify the spleen and stomach, invigorate qi, strengthen muscles and bones, cure spleen and stomach weakness, nausea and vomiting, malaria.
Tiger bone soaking wine is one of the precious and rare animal medicinal materials in the Blue Star, which has the effects of strengthening the kidney, strengthening the muscles and bones, prolonging the life of the intellectual, relaxing the muscles and invigorating the blood, clearing the blood vessels, strengthening the muscles and bones, etc. Tiger bones can also be carved into a variety of craft jewelry.
Tiger whip is a Chinese herbal medicine that nourishes and aphrodisiacs, and its main effect is to warm the kidneys and strengthen the yang, and to nourish the essence and marrow. It is used for low sperm and blood, soreness of waist and knees, impotence, scrofula, etc.
Tiger whiskers can also be used to treat medicinal herbs, even tiger dung and tiger urine are very useful, tiger dung is very good for the skin, and water is very effective in preventing and treating chilblains.
But I have never heard of the effect of a tiger heart? Is it a cure for heart disease?
Four tigers died at the same time, which is heavy news in Blue Star. It seems that this Luoxia Mountain is really dangerous, if it weren't for the clues to find out the burning of Luoxia Villa, An Ruoxi would not have made up her mind to survive. And she went to find the so-called young city lord she had never met, hoping to find out some clues about Luoxia Villa. After all, Yan Ziwu said that Mu Shaoyang was not only the first person to appear in Luoxia Villa after the fire in Luoxia Villa, but he also practiced on Luoxia Mountain, and he was the first person to find out that Luoxia Villa was on fire.
Thinking of the days when she was in Lanxing before, An Ruoxi missed the people in her heart even more, and wanted to know where they were? Is it life or death? I also want to know what happened to the relatives of the Blue Star after I came to this world, and what if they found that An Ruoxi and the others had disappeared out of thin air?
"Ahh ……”
Suddenly, a few screams resounded in the night sky like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, An Ruoxi hurriedly wiped the tears on her cheeks, got up and just walked out of the shed made of tree branches, she saw a person who didn't know what was slapping over.
With a scream, the man smashed the greenhouse behind him. An Ruoxi was frightened and hurriedly picked up the branches, only to see a few bloody wounds on his chest, spitting blood, although he did not faint, but the painful appearance showed that the injury was serious.
Shao Bing and Yao Kai commanded everyone's defense and rescue while locking down the whereabouts of that thing.
Although they had fires all around the greenhouse, and although it was night, they could see things by fire, but the speed of the thing was too fast, and they could only see that it was very large, like an elephant, and they couldn't see what it looked like at all.
"This should be the monster that cut the tiger's belly, everyone scattered and hidden!"
As Yao Kai shouted, everyone hurriedly dispersed, each looking for something to cover. But that guy seems to be able to see things at night, no matter how everyone hides, there are always people who are knocked or slapped out by it, and for a while the wailing and screaming are continuous, resounding through the valley!
"Fly!"
Yao Kai shouted, and the two flying ropes in his hand then threw them out and grabbed the thing, he struggled to pull the steel rope in his hand and turned around the big tree beside him, and kicked the big tree hard with his feet, trying to tie it with the power of the tree pole.
only heard a beast roar like a thunderous roar, Yao Kai was directly pulled and hit on the tree, he couldn't pull the steel rope anymore, and he was about to get rid of it in an instant!
Seeing this, Shao Bing leaped over and cooperated with Yao Kai to hold the steel rope, and shouted at the same time, "Everyone grabbed him with Fei Lao and wrapped him around the big tree!" ”
As soon as the words fell, he and Yao Kai had been dragged to the ground, but even after sliding for a few meters, the two still did not let go of the steel rope in their hands.
At this time, more than a dozen people who could still stand up heard the order, and more than a dozen pairs of Fei Lao flew towards the behemoth, but when more than a dozen people saw that they were about to catch it, the guy actually stopped in place, and with a thunderous roar, more than a dozen pairs of Fei Lao all flew back upside down, but fortunately, everyone reacted in time and caught it smoothly.
Just when everyone was relieved and cautiously wanted to get close to this guy and find another opportunity, suddenly the guy roared again, deafening, and the sound waves carried a violent wind, which seemed to be substantial, and everyone covered their ears and had a headache, and for a while they were blown on their backs and smashed towards the downwind like an object!
Fortunately, An Ruoxi was far away, and she did not stand next to the collapsed greenhouse, but even if she covered her ears for the first time, she was dizzy and her blood was churning.
When everyone came back to their senses, the behemoth in front of them made everyone endure the pain and dare not scream.
I saw that it was gray and white, three points like a dragon, seven points like a horse, although it was as tall as an elephant, but it was very slender and well-proportioned. It has a golden horn on its head, blue eyes and golden eyes as bright as gems, and four claws longer than a tiger emitting cold light, and it is grinning at this time to show a mouthful of sharp teeth like tiger teeth, which is intimidating.
Everyone held their breath and didn't dare to come out, for fear that they would accidentally cut their chests with their claws.
"Captain Shao, do you know what this thing is?"
Hearing Yao Kai's whispered inquiry, Shao Bing's eyes were full of curiosity, and he handed it over, "Is your Fei Lao catching his hair?" ”
"I didn't know that this thing's hair was so strong, just now the two of us seemed to be pulling its hair on its back and rubbing it on the ground for a while!" Hearing Shao Bing's answer, Yao Kai was also helpless.
"I said, two captains, are you still in the mood to discuss this? It's something to keep an eye on! One of the team members' voices trembled.
"I don't think it's meant to hurt us." Although Shao Bing said this, he still stared at it motionlessly, not even daring to change his posture.
The guy sniffed forward, then stuck his front paws out.
Seeing the oversized tiger claw that wanted to see the same slowly approaching, the group subconsciously closed their eyes and turned their heads to the side.
But what was unexpected was that the big guy just flipped out a bloody heart-like thing into a collapsed tent, hooked it up with the big tiger claws and sent it into his mouth, and then swallowed it like a date.
When the people who had closed their eyes and could only hand over their lives to it were in charge, when they realized that things were not developing as they imagined, everyone opened their eyes with luck and curiosity, and happened to see the big guy turn over the collapsed greenhouse, find a bloody heart from it and put it in his mouth, and then swallow it directly like eating a fruit.
Suddenly, the big guy's body gradually glowed white, and then it became brighter and brighter, and in an instant the night was like day. Then, visible to the naked eye, a pair of wings grew on its body. When the white light dissipated, the originally gray guy was snow-white, spread his wings, flew straight into the sky, and disappeared into the night sky in the blink of an eye.
Everyone looked at each other, as if they were all dumbfounded by this sudden scene, and they forgot the pain in their bodies for a while.
"Captain Shao, Captain Yao, are you all okay? What kind of animal is this? ”
In the face of An Ruoxi's question, everyone investigated each other, but fortunately, no one was seriously injured and there was no major problem. But for that guy, no one knows what it is.
"Could it be the legendary refutation?"
Shao Bing's words aroused everyone's interest, "Refuted? What is that? ”
"I have heard that it is recorded in ancient books that there were many kinds of strange beasts in ancient times, and one of them is Refutation. Legend has it that it lives in the area of Zhongqu Mountain, has a single horn on its head, has a brutal personality, and its strength is very large, its head is like a dragon, its body is like a horse, its mouth and feet are full of tiger teeth and claws, its roar is like thunder, and it specializes in eating tigers and leopards and other fierce beasts. ”
Yao Kai was also surprised when he heard it, "Three points like a dragon and seven points like a horse, with a single horn on his head, isn't this the guy just now?" Is it really a legendary refutation? ”
Shao Bing also nodded slightly, "In the book, it is said that it uses violence to counter violence, and specializes in eating the hearts of tigers, leopards and other fierce beasts. It seems that this is what we should be across! ”