057, a strange world (II)
The villagers of Baixi Village not only raise chickens and cattle, but also cultivate fields to grow various crops, including sweet potatoes. Of course, the world's earliest crops came from the wilderness, and after generations of artificial cultivation and selection, the most fruitful and full-bodied plants were selected as much as possible to continue to breed.
Sweet potatoes don't pick the ground, they can be planted in the barren slopes and fields near the village. Even if there was a value around the village, in those days, the material was always not abundant, and it was certainly better to dig more in the mountains farther away. And the history of growing yams in Baixi Village is not long, just in recent decades. Tian Xiao gouged out the fattest rhizomes and brought them back to the village to plant, so that they could be bred from generation to generation, leaving the best plants.
The old man had already changed his name in his speech, and instead of calling Huwa "child" and calling him "little gentleman"; Xiao Bo's impression of the tiger baby is also very good, this young man does not look big, but he has a lot of eyesight, and his cultivation should not be low, and he should be noble, but he does not have the reserve or arrogance of many monks, and his words and deeds make people feel very easy-going and kind.
The two chatted for a long time, and then Tian Xiao said: "Mr. Xiao is from afar, and he should be hungry, if you don't dislike it, let's eat something together." ”
Tian Xiao washed a few of the fattest yabas in a nearby stream, and then built a fire on the flat slope and roasted the yams in leaves in the soil buried under the fire. The old man took out a bag of wheat noodles from his arms, sprinkled it into the jar and boiled it into a batter soup, and put a little salt in the soup, and invited the tiger baby to eat it together.
The tiger baby has not eaten the world's grains for a long time, the roasted potatoes and the boiled noodle soup smell very good, the tiger baby is not hungry, but it does feel greedy. These were things he had never eaten before, so he said thank you and began to taste them. The soup was served in a clay pot, and the two of them took turns drinking it, and then peeled the roasted yams, and it felt unusually sweet in the mouth.
The tiger baby's perception of both external objects and itself is very subtle, this thing does have the wonder of nourishing the qi, and can also moisten the lungs and relieve asthma, but it is suitable for Tian Xiao, the old man, to eat often.
There is also a dog next to him, Pan Gu has stood up when he smells the aroma, sticking out his tongue and looking at the tiger baby, very greedy. The tiger baby took out a yasca under the fire and threw it to the pang. It's like once taking a lotus root in a lotus and throwing it to it. The dog ate a little anxiously and burned his mouth.
When Huwa took the clay pot and drank the noodle soup, she also fed the gourd. The dog licked its mouth when it ate it, and the tiger baby fed it a few more bites, and Pan Gu smacked his lips happily.
Although you can cultivate in the valley with the cultivation of the four realms, you still have to eat after all. The tiger baby has taken so many five-colored divine lotuses, as long as she exercises to refine and absorb its spiritual effects, if there is no accident and there is not much consumption, she can even go without eating for ten years. But that doesn't mean he doesn't like to eat. Especially when a person walks such a long way and tastes food that he has never eaten before, it feels delicious.
Tian Xiao saw that the tiger baby was eating very well, and he also smiled happily. When I saw the tiger baby feeding the noodle soup to the dog, I felt a little surprised, but I just frowned secretly and didn't say anything. It seems that this child is indeed from an extraordinary background, and he has cultivated well at a young age and dares to travel alone. Even the dog next to him is very noble, probably used to feeding good things.
The yams are just that, they have just been dug out of the field anyway. When the dog is hungry, he will feed it with his hand, but this batter soup is not often eaten even by the inhabitants of the city. Tian Xiao was very generous and sincere, but the tiger baby fed the dog with batter soup, so Tian Xiao frowned a little.
But looking at the appearance of this young man, it was not intentional, so Tian Xiao didn't say anything. And the tiger baby has no disrespect, because whether it is a sweet potato or a noodle soup, he himself eats it as well as the dog. Tian Xiao was relieved in his heart, but after being relieved, he felt that he had just thought too much.
And just when Tian Xiao was secretly frowning, the tiger baby also felt or sensed, and there was no need for the old man in front of him to say anything intentionally, people's subtle expressions and changes in their aura could reflect a certain mood. Huwa has been playing with Pan Gu who can't speak since he was a child, and his intuition in this regard is quite keen, he noticed Tian Xiao's surprise and displeasure, and after thinking about it, he somewhat understood the reason, and then he didn't continue to feed Pan Gu with noodle soup.
There are many things that people don't understand or miss, often because they just don't pay attention. Although the mountain god introduced various people and things in the world to Huwa, he still needs to experience it personally to understand, so as to prove that he can stop and be in harmony with his body and mind. It seems that the way of the imperial weapon in cultivation is also in line with the principle of treating people in the world.
After eating, Huwa thanked him repeatedly, and then he had to move on. Tian Xiao said again: "Follow this road to Baixi Village, it's not early, you can stay at my house at night, just go into the village and mention my name and say that you have met me on the road." ”
Tian Xiao himself does not plan to return to the village today, he often goes to this area to collect the products of the mountains, and he also knows where to spend the night, and he will pick more yakavas tomorrow before going back. Huwa smiled: "I won't live in your house, and I want to continue to rush to Feihong City." ...... I don't know how to repay you for eating such a good thing, so please accept a little of my heart. ”
Huwa was very grateful to this kind old man, Tian Xiao was the first person he met outside the mountain, which completely dispelled the uneasiness in his heart about the strange world. However, the tiger baby was wearing light kudzu cloth clothes, and at a glance, she knew that Lu Dao did not have any large items on her body, although there were many things in the beast tooth artifact, but it was not appropriate to take out the jerky, cloth, animal skin and other things to thank Tian Xiao.
The mountain god had told him not to reveal that the beast's tooth was a spatial artifact in front of others, so he couldn't explain why he was able to take those things out of thin air. So the tiger baby reached into her arms as if she wanted to dig something, but she took out a small piece of gold from the beast tooth artifact. Huwa could have taken pottery coins, but he felt that this old man treated him so sincerely and kindly, and he was the first good person he met outside the mountain, and it was too slight to thank him with pottery coins.
Tian Xiao, on the other hand, was startled when he saw this piece of gold, and almost immediately shrank his shoulders and jumped back, waving his hand again and again: "Little sir, this is unacceptable! It's just a wild meal, how can I accept such a valuable thing from you? We have very few outsiders passing by here, and it is natural for us to help each other. There are always inconveniences when I go out, and I have been out walking and receiving help. ”
Tian Xiao resolutely did not dare to accept this piece of gold, and also grabbed the tiger baby and told him. He thinks that this little gentleman is of noble birth, and he may not have been far away before, so he probably doesn't know the value of this piece of gold outside, and he can't easily take out this kind of thing in the future, let alone thank him in gold because of a few sweet potatoes and a can of noodle soup, so it is easy to be targeted by bad people.
The tiger baby had no choice but to put away the gold and nodded modestly again and again. Tian Xiao let go at this time, and told Huwa not to leave the road and enter the wilderness further from Baixi Village, especially not to go deep into the mountains to the north, because there is a demon clan entrenched there.
That demon clan is called the Mountain Paste Clan, not only has a strange appearance but also has different habits from ordinary people, and it is very fierce when it goes berserk. Although they rarely interact with outsiders in the mountains, they do occasionally encounter danger when they are in the area. Although the tiger baby has cultivation, after all, she is only alone, so she tries not to get involved in danger.
Huwa expressed his gratitude again, and when he set out on the future again after saying goodbye to Tian Xiao, he felt much better. This vast Ba Yuan no longer seems so unfamiliar, and it seems that there are familiar people and things everywhere.
The Mountain Paste Clan, Tiger Baby has heard the mountain god mention, it is one of the few situations that the mountain god in the area of Feihong City has specifically mentioned. "Mountain Paste" is the name of a strange beast, and the so-called strange beasts are different from ordinary beasts, they should have undergone some kind of special evolution or mutation, and some kind of transformation will occur when they become adults, and if they can successfully survive, they can be spiritualized.
The mountain paste looks a bit like a wild boar, its fur is red, and legend has it that it can speak. According to the analysis of the mountain god, in fact, this is just an ability that he has after cultivation, not that the mountain paste itself can speak. And the so-called Mountain Paste people living in this area are not alien beasts, they are actually human beings compared to beasts, and they are the descendants of a cultivated Mountain Paste Demon.
The origin of the demon clan in the world is probably like this. Hundreds of years ago, that mountain paste not only cultivated into a demonic human form, but also broke through the cultivation of the Eight Realms. It is said that this mountain anointing demon is very lustful, and he abducted a woman in a nearby village and returned to the mountain as a wife, and the demon of the realm has been for a long time, and he has done this kind of thing more than once, and many of the descendants he left behind have the same characteristics.
These descendants married and multiplied with each other, and gradually developed into today's Mountain Paste Clan, who live in the wild and deep mountains in the northern border of Feihong City. Just as the feather people are born with wings on their backs and can fly, the people of the mountain paste tribe also have natural peculiarities, and because they are the descendants of alien beasts, they also have some natural instincts that are different from ordinary people.
They have thick skin, stubby limbs, and a pair of fangs sticking out of their mouths, and when they are angry, they run and rush like wild beasts with their hands and feet, and they can break even trees with thick bowls, and they will bow their heads and dig deep trenches in the ground, which is very fierce and dangerous. But their usual appearance is very simple, all of them have fat heads and big ears.
Just like the Yu Nation also produced a monk like Da Mao, the people of the Mountain Paste Clan may also enter the initial realm and be able to cultivate, but this is more difficult for them than ordinary people, but if they are successful in cultivation, they will also have the same natural supernatural powers as the strange beast Mountain Cream. These are the things that the mountain god told Huwa, and the old man Tian Xiao reminded him not to go deep into the mountains, especially not to approach the territory of the mountain paste clan to prevent accidents. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you Xiling Xuedongwu Boat and the apple that you bitten for your continuous encouragement!