Chapter 21: Little Wolf
Zhou Changsheng quickly finished gnawing on a wolf's leg, touched his round belly and said: "Old man, master, I just killed three snow wolves with my bare hands, each of them is like a calf, you won't praise your apprentice? Besides, you are not afraid to summon the snow wolves with such a strong smell of blood? At that time, I won't be able to run." ”
Zhou Changsheng was completely in the state of mind that the sky had fallen high, and when he saw that the old man was back, the last trace of vigilance in his heart was thrown into the sea. Satisfied, he lay lazily on the wolf's corpse, as if lying on a large loose and soft blanket, and watched the crackling bonfire with no match.
Zhou Changsheng didn't know whether to tell the old man or not, because when he was fighting with the last wolf, there was a scene like being stabbed by Deng Youqian on the beach, and the feeling that the world was slowing down. For the first time, he had always thought it was a delusion, a ridiculous dream he had in a coma. And this time, that feeling came again.
When he fought with the last snow wolf, he was already exhausted, and if it weren't for the sharpness of the green dragon dagger, he might have died in the wolf's mouth. Despite holding the green dragon dagger, in the end, he still couldn't defeat the increasingly cunning snow wolf.
It's just that at the moment when the snow wolf bit his neck, his heart was full of anger when he couldn't accept that he was trying to fight against fate but to no avail, which was a silent rebellion against the injustice of fate. In the next moment, Zhou Changsheng found that he seemed to have broken some kind of barrier again, and the world slowed down again! Zhou Changsheng raised the green dragon dagger in his hand and stabbed it towards the snow wolf's neck.
The end result, of course, was that the circumference lived down. Zhou Changsheng, who was paralyzed on the corpse of the snow wolf, thought a lot, and what happened recently made him have to look at himself and ask himself why? One accident is a coincidence, what about many? Whether it is the master, the master, or Su Yue, it seems that there is something to hide from him, so it is not his fault to hide anything from them, right? Zhou Changsheng looked up at the master who was barbecuing meat, and said secretly in his heart.
Gongsun Shanqing turned the barbecue so that the two sides were heated more evenly, and then said: "We are still far from the living range of the snow wolf, and we will not encounter the snow wolf pack at all." And these three snow wolves were obviously expelled from the wolf pack because of old age and infirmity. The expelled snow wolves must stay away from the range of their original group, probably in order to survive, they will haunt the area so close to Coldwind City. This is the outer edge of the snow field, and generally speaking, there is no danger. ”
Zhou Changsheng hurriedly teased: "Of course the three old snow wolves are not dangerous, right, Master!"
The old man cleared his throat and said stiffly, "Uh...... Of course not, haven't you already solved them!"
Zhou Changsheng teased again: "It turns out that the famous snowfield is not a dangerous place in the eyes of the master, it seems that those who regard the snowfield as a forbidden place are not good at it!" After speaking, he deliberately blinked.
The old man glanced at Zhou Changsheng and said, "Then how do you think the master survived from the snow field back then? After speaking, he turned his head to the side, obviously too lazy to talk to his apprentice.
As soon as the words fell, a snap came from the snow nest not far away, as if something had broken through the snow shell.
Zhou Changsheng and the old man were still talking about no danger and safety just now, but at this time, the two of them were like frightened rabbits, and they jumped up, all on guard, for fear that something would rush over.
I saw a round animal covered in snow crawling out of the snow nest with great difficulty, looking up and sniffing, as if smelling something, and happily crawling towards the campfire. But the little creature was so small that it was like an oversized caterpillar crawling towards the two of them at a "super-fast" speed in the snow.
Zhou Changsheng and the old man, you look at me, I look at you, and then at the big caterpillar, and laughed out loud, but the embarrassment in the laughter could not be concealed.
When he got closer, Zhou Changsheng found that it was a young snow wolf that crawled over, but the little snow wolf was too fat, round like a hairball. It was obviously attracted by the aroma of the barbecue, but it was so small that it couldn't even tell the danger from the danger, so it could only follow its instincts and try to keep itself alive and not starve to death.
When the old man saw the little snow wolf, his face softened, obviously he understood something, and sighed softly: "Do you know why you are attacked by three snow wolves so close to Cold Wind City?" ”
The old man slowed down and said, "You know the Snow Wolf King." ”
Zhou Changsheng pursed his lips and said, "Isn't the Snow Wolf King the leader of the wolf pack, the most powerful one in the wolf pack. ”
The old man said again, "But do you know how the Snow Wolf King was born?"
Zhou Changsheng was stunned, he really didn't know this.
The old man threw a piece of roasted wolf ribs to the little snow wolf, looked at it and said, "Every generation of wolf kings has a special ability to predict the time of their death, and this innate ability is both a blessing and a curse. After the death of the old wolf king, the wolves will experience a brief scuffle, and the winner will be the new wolf king. And the first thing to do after becoming the new wolf queen is to kill all the bloodlines of the old wolf king. Therefore, after the old wolf king predicted that he was about to die, he would dismiss all the young wolves who were related to him, and would also send his old subordinates to protect the young wolves, just to prevent his bloodline from being slaughtered by the new wolf king after his death. ”
Zhou Changsheng looked at the little wolf who was viciously biting the ribs, and he was very emotional. In order to survive, even the bones of their own relatives are spared, the survival instinct of wild beasts is really terrifying, and perhaps it is this instinct that allows them to survive in such a harsh environment.
Zhou Changsheng frowned and said, "The new wolf king will let go of the dismissed cubs so easily?"
The old man moved his buttocks, changed his comfortable posture and said, "How come, the new wolf king is also afraid that the cubs of the old wolf king will compete for the throne when they grow up, so it will lead the wolves to patrol the territory to find and kill all the cubs it encounters." This is also why the three old snow wolves would run so far away, even if they were close to Cold Wind City. ”
Zhou Changsheng wanted to touch the little wolf, and as soon as he got closer, he saw the little wolf cub staring at him viciously, baring its slender and sharp teeth, and making a whimpering and threatening sound, as if if I would bite you to pieces if you went any further.
Zhou Changsheng was very bored, and began to tease the little wolf, deliberately luring the little wolf to bite him but couldn't bite it. At this time, Zhou Changsheng, who was shouting, suddenly reminded Gongsun Shanqing that he was just a teenager.
Zhou Changsheng teased the little wolf for a while, and suddenly turned his head to Gongsun Shanqing and said, "Old man, can I keep it?"
Gongsun Shanqing pondered for a moment and said: "Yes, yes, there have been many people who have tried to domesticate snow wolves before, but none of them have succeeded. The snow wolf's natural instinct drives it to return to the pack when it reaches adulthood, become a member of the pack, and reproduce. That's why people call ungrateful people "immature wolf cubs." If you don't mind running out of water at the end, you can, but don't blame me for not reminding you. The old man looked at Zhou Changsheng playfully, thinking about Zhou Changsheng's jokes in the future.
Slowly the sky gradually darkened, and the clothes on Zhou Changsheng's body had long been tattered, and the cold wind blew, freezing Zhou Changsheng's face turned pale, shivering, and shrunk into a ball.
The old man glanced at Zhou Changsheng and said, "Aren't you quite talented in practicing boxing, don't you go to such a good opportunity soon, you have to wait for me to urge you!"
Zhou Changsheng looked at his rotten robe aggrievedly, and began to walk the pile pitifully. After a few trips, the cold on his body slowly dissipated, in exchange for the warmth of the whole body. After coming a few more times, Zhou Changsheng suddenly felt a wave of heat rolling under his skin, and his skin tightened and loosened, and it went on like this several times. When his body calmed down, Zhou Changsheng clearly felt the changes in his body, and his skin seemed to have become firm and flexible.
Zhou Changsheng secretly rejoiced in his heart, he knew that he had unknowingly broken through the Skin Refining Realm, and now he was also a martial artist in the Blood Refining Realm. In order to surprise the master, Zhou Changsheng pretended not to care and came to Gongsun Shanqing.
"Master, it seems that I accidentally broke through the Skin Refining Realm. Zhou Changsheng said, but there was excitement on his face that he couldn't suppress.
The old man was peeling the wolf skin with his hands, and he was going to sew a wolf skin for his apprentice, and the little guy in the province was really frozen by the cold north wind. Practicing boxing is practicing boxing, but it can't replace clothes, and people can't practice boxing all the time, and their energy is always limited.
Hearing Zhou Changsheng say that he had broken through the first realm of martial arts, the realm of refining skin, Gongsun Shanqing wanted to say that he was unhappy, it was false. Who doesn't want his apprentice to be better than the blue? Not to mention that if Zhou Changsheng wants to be qualified to participate in that trial, the Skin Refining Realm must be reached.
The old man glanced at Zhou Changsheng, who was excited, and said with disgust: "The little martial artist is satisfied? If you were someone else, you would have broken through a long time ago, so why don't you have to wait until today. I don't want to practice a few more times, stabilize the realm, and save a skin refining realm that is not skin refining, which is embarrassing. ”
Gongsun Shanqing originally wanted to praise his apprentice for a few words, but when he saw Zhou Changsheng's excited face and deliberately pretended to be indifferent, he suddenly became angry in his heart, and the fire came out of his mouth, and he was reprimanded. Proud and complacent at a young age, so what's the deal?
Zhou Changsheng originally wanted to give the old man good news, but of course he was selfish to show off by the way, who would have expected that the old man didn't know what to do, and gave himself a good lesson! The angry Zhou Changsheng muttered in a low voice while practicing boxing, "Stinky old man, dead old man, when I reach the realm of the grandmaster, I will scare you to death!"
The old man sitting by the bonfire was handling the wolf skin that had just been peeled off, and looked at Zhou Changsheng who was practicing boxing from time to time, with a relieved smile on his face. The swaying bonfire dyed the old man's gray hair golden, and also illuminated the red face of Zhou Changsheng, who was practicing boxing. The well-fed little wolf not far away didn't know whether it was the greedy and warm bonfire or the smell of the old snow wolf, and he didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, but lay down beside the bonfire, looking at the old man with dark eyes for a while, and Zhou Changsheng for a while.
The old man finally sewed a wolf skin coat, although it was extremely simple, but it was more than enough to shield from the wind and snow, not to mention that the wolf skin coat was notoriously warm. The old man called Zhou Changsheng, threw the big dazon over, and asked Zhou Changsheng to try the size. The big one is a little big, but the Zhou Changsheng who is wearing it doesn't care at all. Zhou Changsheng, who was wearing a wolf skin, instantly felt warm, and looked like a standing snow wolf from a distance. I couldn't help but feel joy in my heart, Zhou Changsheng jumped and jumped around the bonfire, and kept complimenting the old man.
Although the old man had a straight face, the corners of his mouth that were getting more and more curled were obviously betraying him. The tired Zhou Changsheng wrapped himself in a wolf's skin and fell asleep against the bonfire. Since learning to refine qi, Zhou Changsheng has hardly slept anymore, and his routine meditation every night has long replaced sleep. However, no amount of benefits of meditation can replace real sleep. Despite being in the cold snowfield, Zhou Changsheng slept soundly this night. It is also strange to say that since Zhou Changsheng put on a wolf skin, the little wolf was no longer afraid of Zhou Changsheng, but crawled towards the sleeping Zhou Changsheng and snuggled him to sleep.
Maybe the little wolf cub thought Zhou Changsheng was wearing a wolf skin as a snow wolf.
At night, in the wind and snow, a bonfire, an old man on the night watch who sewed clothes, a sleeping teenager, and a sleeping wolf looked alternative and warm in the vast snowfield.
It was dawn, and on the way north, the original two people became the current two people and a wolf.