Chapter 1: The Beast Emerges
The scorching sun, which seemed to roast the earth, slowly fell from the west.
The temperature of the earth gradually decreased.
The scorching heat of the north is the most beautiful at this time, the sunset reflects the last rays of the sun's brilliance in the sky clouds, forming a colorful spectacle, plains, valleys, and forests are bathed in the glow.
There is a majestic Tiger Mountain in the north of Yanbei, there is a canyon at the foot of the South Mountain Range of Tiger Mountain, and the mountains and rivers gather into a small stream to cut the canyon from it, and slowly flow to the south.
Along the creek, industrious people built houses that represented civilization. One household, two households, and a large-scale village of about 1,000 households has been formed so far.
Although the village is located in the poor mountains and rivers in the north of Yanbei, it has become thriving because there are no evil officials and tyrants, and there is no war.
Under the turbulent situation of wars raging in Shenzhou, civil wars between princes, and foreign invasions, this place is like a paradise, and it is indeed an outlier!
Today, the village is also exceptionally quiet and peaceful, with the sound of chickens, ducks, dogs, sheep and other poultry from time to time, and smoke rising over the canyon.
The villagers are about to start the main work of the day - hunting, and the best time to hunt is in the evening and evening, and most of the wild birds in the mountains will come out at night to feed.
The name of the village is Hunter Village, and its villagers have lived by hunting since their ancestors, both men and women.
Many residents who have no name or surname or change their names simply take "hunting" as their surname, and finally "hunting" the surname family, which becomes the largest surname in Liejia Village.
Liejia Village belongs to the north of the barren and scorching heat, more than 200 miles to the south, after crossing the Hundred Beast Mountain Range, which can be regarded as a natural danger, and then crossing the Tasa Desert, which is known as the "Sea of Death", there is Yunzhou County and County set up by the Great Shang State, so Liejia Village basically lives an isolated life.
Yin Xiaoqing cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and at this time, a wild cat called outside the house, she was slightly shocked, secretly glanced at her father who was reading the bamboo book, slightly straightened her coarse cloth clothes, walked to her father's side, bowed her head and said softly: "Dad, I'll go outside for a walk, don't stay up too late to read, go to bed early!"
Old Master Yin nodded in agreement and continued to immerse himself in the world of the book.
Yin Xiaoqing left with a slightly hurried brisk step, and her father put down the book, looked at her delicate and beautiful figure, and smiled, his face full of fatherly happiness. secretly thinks that being an ordinary girl may be the greatest happiness of her daughter.
Thirteen years ago, he took his newborn baby girl, went through nine deaths, crossed the Sea of Death, the Tasa Desert, climbed over the poor mountains and bad waters, and fled here, he had a bright feeling, no one could have imagined that after crossing the ugly and dangerous Tasa Desert and the Hundred Beast Mountains, there would be such a beautiful and peaceful village, it is a gift from God to mankind!
Attracted by the simple villagers here, and attracted by the mountains and rivers here, he knew that he had finally found a home for his life, and he was willing to spend the rest of his life here in an ordinary way, and became the second foreigner in Lijia Village for more than 100 years.
Yin Xiaoqing came to the wind tree outside the fence of the house, looked left and right, and called softly: "Brother Little Tiger, Brother Little Tiger!"
"I'm here!" a figure came out of the branches of the wind tree, and a somersault landed beside Yin Xiaoqing, startling Yin Xiaoqing.
The person who came was a slightly older boy than Yin Xiaoqingji, he was dressed in a spotted tiger skin, a beast hair rope tied around his waist, a belt with a blade, a long bow on his shoulder, and an arrow bag on his back, which contained nearly ten arrows, which was the dress of the hunter in Hunter Village.
Although he is just over 14 years old, he is quite tall, his hands and feet are longer than his peers, his appearance is handsome and slightly immature, his eyes are smart, full of vigorous vitality and curiosity and yearning for life, coupled with his innate strong self-confidence, forming a unique temperament that is wild and uninhibited.
This baby is by no means a person who abides by the old rules, and he is brave and flexible, if he was born in the war-torn Central Plains, he is not a generation of overlords, but also a famous general.
This is exactly what Old Master Yin thinks of him, so he didn't prevent his baby daughter from contacting him. In Hunter's Village, among the teenagers of similar age, this son is the only one worthy of his daughter.
The boy is a member of the "Hunting" clan in the first surname of Liejia Village, named Hunting Xiaohu!
There is an unwritten rule in the Hunter's Village that the animal skin worn by each adult hunter must be hunted by himself, otherwise he cannot wear it on his body, which is a symbol of becoming a hunter in the Hunter's Village.
Half a year ago, he was only thirteen years old and his brother and sister went deep into Tiger Mountain for the first time to hunt, and with the help of his brother and sister, he hunted a juvenile tiger.
His eldest brother is the recognized number one hunter in Hunter Village, Hunting Dragon, who is only twenty years old. Hunting Xiaohu also has an older sister named Hunt Xiaofeng, whose parents went to Tiger Mountain to hunt once when Xiaohu was about five years old, and never returned, so Xiaohu was raised by his brother and sister.
Xiaohu deftly landed beside Yin Xiaoqing, smelling the faint girlish fragrance on Yin Xiaoqing's body, but he only knew that he was smirking and scratching his head. He is usually articulate, he doesn't know what to say at all, and his brain, which can calmly judge even in the face of a fierce tiger, is blank, and he doesn't know what he's thinking at all, or he can't think of anything.
As long as he is by Yin Xiaoqing's side, Xiaohu's strong heart will beat extremely violently, but his body is pouring out uncontrollable excitement and excitement, and there is a sweet feeling that is soft and soft to the bones!
Yin Xiaoqing saw Xiaohu's stupid appearance, smiled "poof", and gently stroked the broken branches and leaves hanging on Xiaohu's body, revealing the girl's delicateness, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaohu, you promised to take me into Tiger Mountain to hunt, this time you are not allowed to Laipi!"
Xiaohu's heart beat even more sharply, he had a strong desire to hug the girl he liked in front of him, but he didn't dare to blaspheme the fairy in his heart, he was shocked when he heard the words, regained his consciousness, calmed down, mustered up his courage, and said in a trembling voice: "Xiaoqing, give it to you!"
"Ahh Brother Xiaohu, thank you!" Yin Xiaoqing poked his little head into the flower and sniffed it in a big gulp.
Seeing that the girl liked it, Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally let go of the previous fear of the girl's rejection!
The three-color flower is so named, there are three colors on its flowers, its flower fragrance has the effect of soothing people's spleen, calming the mind, and can also repel mosquitoes, it is indeed the favorite of the girls in the hunter's village, but it is also quite difficult to pick, only the deep tiger mountain that is very dangerous can grow.
Therefore, the boys of the hunter village used to give this flower to their lovers, to show their mentality, and also to show their lovers their bravery!
At this moment, Xiaohu was like an ordinary hunter boy, patting his chest and saying proudly: "What is this, next time I will pick the legendary colorful flowers and give them to you!"
Yin Xiaoqing raised his head and said happily: "Really, is there really a colorful flower in Tiger Mountain?" Legend has it that the colorful flower is an immortal thing, and mortals can't see it!"
Xiaohu looked at Yin Xiaoqing's delicate and small face, and his heart was indescribably comfortable, he felt that even if he watched it for a lifetime, he would not get tired of it, and muttered in his mouth: "My Xiaoqing is a fairy descending to earth, I will definitely find colorful flowers for you!"
Yin Xiaoqing's heart was overjoyed, and she said sweetly: "Brother Xiaohu, you are so good." Then let's go find the colorful flowers together! By the way, we will hit a unicorn to replenish my father's body. ”
The unicorn is also a strange beast in the Tiger Mountain, which is fire-loving by nature, very timid, has excellent hearing, and can almost escape when it hears the wind, which is extremely rare and difficult to find. Its flesh and blood are greatly replenished, beneficial to the effect of longevity and longevity, when the old master Yin went through hardships and arrived at the hunter village, he was already seriously injured, and there was only one breath left, and the reason why he could be saved was the flesh and blood of this beast.
Xiaohu's whole body was shocked, and he was embarrassed, not only because unicorns are extremely difficult to catch, but also because there is a rule in the Hunter Village.
There are rules in the village that no one is allowed to enter Tiger Mountain without the leadership of two or more adult hunters! In fact, for hundreds of years, there have been many outstanding hunters who have entered Tiger Mountain alone, and most of them have been buried in the belly of fierce beasts.
And now that it was dark, only the elder brother of the first hunter in the village, Hunting Xiaolong, dared to enter the mountain alone at this time. But in this kind of situation, he must not ask his brother to escort him, so that the beauty looks down on him, not to mention that his brother will not agree to such a risky move.
He really didn't understand how the weak girl in front of him could be so interested in the terrifying Tiger Mountain!
Xiaohu is very worried, although his qualifications as an official hunter have been recognized by the clan, but after all, he is small and lonely, and if there is danger, he is afraid that it will be difficult to protect the beauty. But he didn't want to sweep Yin Xiaoqing's interest, he felt that as long as it was the wish of the girl in front of him, he dared to agree and do it.
He was about to politely refuse, but when he touched the girl's bright eyes containing anticipation, he couldn't help nodding his head violently, and he agreed, he firmly grabbed Xiaoqing's soft slender hand, and strode towards Tiger Mountain.
After taking a few steps, Xiaohu's whole body was shocked, and he realized that he was boldly holding the fairy's hand!
The girl's soft little hands brought Xiaohu an impact and happiness that they had never had in 14 years, and this was their first time holding hands.
Although the palms of the little tiger were oozing sweat, his courage increased greatly, even if there was the most ferocious beast waiting for him in the tiger mountain in front of him, he was confident that he would shoot it with one arrow!
In front of his favorite surname, no matter how high your wisdom is higher than the sky, you will lose your mind and do extraordinary things.
Xiaoqing was also shy, her heart was like a deer, but she didn't have any anger, she bowed her head shyly and let the brave boy in front of her take her into the forbidden area of Hunter's Village-Tiger Mountain!
Walking to the entrance of the village, Xiaohu suddenly woke up from the sweetness, he was different from ordinary people, and was praised by his brother The hunter was keenly sensitive, and gave birth to an alarm, and suddenly looked back, a black shadow like a hill flew in the sky, and the fishy wind was blowing.
Xiaohu is worthy of being the brother of the first hunter in Hunter Village, and his reaction is far better than that of his partner in the same year, he didn't think about it, picked up Yin Xiaoqing and flipped to the left, avoiding the black shadow's pounce, before he landed, the longbow was already in his hand, and a pair of sharp eyes came out, and he looked at the huge fierce beast that leaped over his body without fear.
After seeing it, his heart was shocked, and with his calmness, he was also shocked by this fierce beast in a cold sweat, his hand trembled, and he almost couldn't even hold the longbow that was almost integrated with his body!
What is it? How is this possible!
At the same time, a hurried gong sounded in the village.
The huge fierce beast jumped over the two little tigers, still flew out of a distance of more than ten zhang, and landed lightly, only to hear a light sound when they landed, which was completely beyond Xiaohu's expectations, such a huge monster with such a huge body would have such light movements, which completely subverted the beast common sense he learned from his brothers and sisters.
Yin Xiaoqing in Xiaohu's arms still didn't figure out the situation, her heart was like a deer, the girl was surprised, happy and ashamed in her heart, and was about to speak, but Xiaohu covered her mouth.
The monster turned around, staring at the two little tigers with a pair of strange red eyes, as if considering whether to swallow the two little tigers as snacks, but it seemed to be worried about the firelight and shouts and gongs lit up in the hunter village, it raised its head to the sky and let out a strong howl, the roar shook the night sky, and the ears of the little tiger and Yin Xiaoqing in the vicinity shook faintly painfully.
The giant beast turned its head and made a few sharp long-distance ultra-high leaps, and disappeared into the depths of Tiger Mountain in an instant with unimaginable speed and movement of the little tiger.
At this point, Xiaohu Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and found that his clothes had been soaked with sweat, and at the same time, he also gushed out strong self-blame, in the face of his prey, he actually forgot his duty as a hunter, and the winding arrow could not be shot.
In fact, he can't be blamed at all, he is only fourteen years old after all, and in the face of this sudden danger and the huge monster that he has never seen or heard of, he can protect the woman from escaping, which is already considered amazing.
Yin Xiaoqing heard the earth-shattering terrifying howl in front of her, and her body trembled, only then did she know that her sweetheart had just saved her life, and her slender body curled up and wrapped around Xiaohu.
Xiaohu looked at the direction where the monster disappeared and was still in a daze, afraid, such a giant beast had already shocked his young heart, and at this time there was a sound of familiar footsteps behind him.
Xiaohu was shocked, his heart was overjoyed, he stood up with Yin Xiaoqing in his arms, and greeted the comer: "Brother, you, you came just in time, just now, just now, one, a monster, a huge ......"
He still hadn't recovered to normal, and his speech was a little flustered, which showed the shock that the monster had caused in his heart, and he was not sure what the monster he saw.
The first hunter of Hunter Village, Hunting Xiaolong's heroic and majestic body quickly ran to Xiaohu's side, this gentleman's appearance is seven points similar to Xiaohu, but he looks more mature, and his whole body is full of manly charm that Xiaohu does not have, he did not look at his younger brother, but looked at the depths of Tiger Mountain with deep thought and solemnity, with a trace of grief between his eyebrows.
He reached out and copied the ten arrows in the quiver on Xiaohu's back in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Protect Xiaoqing and return to the ancestral hall hall, before I come back, don't come out, and let them not chase them out!"
While speaking, Hunt Xiaolong has already chased into Tiger Mountain alone!
Xiaohu hurriedly promised to the figure of his brother running away, and he never dared to disobey his brother's words. But since he was a child, his brother, who is also calm in the face of any danger, this time his expression was extremely grim, and his tone to himself was even more stern than ever, which made Xiaohu irresistible.
Could it be that my brother will be in danger?
Xiaohu quickly shook his head, driving this terrible thought out of his mind, in his heart, his brother, who has always been omnipotent, is unlikely to be in danger, and his brother will definitely be able to hunt that giant beast!
But the elder brother came in a hurry, with no blade in his hand, only a longbow and an arrow. Although he borrowed ten arrows from his quiver, the quality of the arrows was only average due to his young age and weak strength and lack of skill.
Although Xiaohu is quite satisfied with his arrows, compared with the arrows made by his brother, they are definitely a few levels weaker, and the quality of the arrows will directly affect the range and rate of fire, as well as the most important penetrating performance.
Also, what happened in the village? That monster seems to have escaped from the village, can a monster commit murder in a hunter's village where there are thousands of hunting dogs? This is absolutely unacceptable! This monster must have just infiltrated the hunter's village and was frightened by the hunting dogs to escape, yes, it must be so.
Xiaohu was initially settled.
Yin Xiaoqing, who didn't see the real body of the monster, said happily: "Brother Xiaolong is chasing the beast, right? Brother Xiaohu, let's take a look, I really want to see the ability of the first hunter, the sisters in the village have to talk about Brother Xiaolong's magical archery every day." ”
Xiaohu shook his head, rejected the proposal from Yin Xiaoqing for the first time, looked at the dark Hushan and said in a deep voice: "Let's go back first, brother will definitely bring us good news!"
While speaking, more than 100 skilled hunters in the village chased to the entrance of the village with torches and blades and bows and arrows, Xiaohu hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and said: "Uncles and brothers, my brother has caught up, he asked us to wait for his news in the village, the mountains are dangerous at night, everyone is still waiting for my brother in the village!"
"Hmph!" Two cold snorts sounded in the hunter's hand, and Xiaohu heard the prestige, it was the two hunters in the hunter's village who were able to chase after his brother, one of them was Xiaohu's cousin Hunting, and the other was Yuan Fei, who was as thick as a black bear, and the surname Yuan was also a big surname in the hunter's village, and these two plus Hunting Xiaolong were the best hunters in the village.
It is said that the old patriarch intends to choose an heir among the three of them, so in recent years, there has been a lot of competition between the three, and from time to time some of them hunt fierce beasts in the depths of Tiger Mountain.
Yuan Fei snorted coldly: "Ah Long is always so arrogant, let me go and help him!" As he spoke, he ignored others and walked away.
Hunting was not far behind, and said to Hunting Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, you go back with everyone, we will come back soon!"
Xiaohu didn't have time to agree, Yuan Fei and Hunt Zhan had already entered Tiger Mountain, they didn't carry torches, and only the three of them in the village had the ability to see at night.
The other hunters, who had always believed in the abilities of these three people, saw that the three of them went out together, so what were they worried about, and they returned together.
Hunting Xiaohu clutched Yin Xiaoqing's hand tightly, not daring to let go, sweating all over his body, obviously witnessing the powerful impact of the giant beast on his mind.
When the group walked into the village, there was a shocking sound of "dong dong dong" from the ancestral hall of Hunter Village.
The hunters were stunned.
An old hunter's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he was shocked: "This, this is the sound of the divine drum!"
The drum has existed since the establishment of the village of Hunter Village, and the legend is that it is made of dragon skin keel, which is more than zhang long, half a zhang high, once it sounds, it is earth-shattering. It is a symbol of the supreme power of the Hunter Village, so it is regarded as a divine drum by the Hunter Village, this divine drum has not sounded for nearly 50 years, and it has not involved the life and death of the whole clan.
In the entire Hunter Village, only the patriarch has the power to ring it.
The last time it sounded was fifty years ago, when the Hunter Village was attacked by tens of thousands of sand wolves that had migrated from the Tasa Desert, causing countless casualties and not recovering until today.
Hunting Xiaohu, who has lived for 14 years, is the first time to hear the sound of this drum!
Everyone was stunned, what made the patriarch beat this divine drum, and someone shouted: "Something big happened, let's go to the ancestral hall!"
They rushed to the ancestral hall one after another.
Hunting Xiaohu grabbed Yin Xiaoqing's little hand tightly, and as the clansmen rushed to the ancestral hall located in the center of the village, his whole body suddenly shook, and he stopped, he let out a strange thing, and looked around in surprise!
Nothing could be seen but the people, and nothing was heard except the sound of the earth-shattering drums, which were filled with a special rhythm. This is so unreasonable, at least this is extremely abnormal for the Hunter Village!
Xiaohu gasped, such a strange thing, extremely weird, unheard of, he finally had a worry about his brother in his heart, the monster he had seen before was definitely not an ordinary giant beast!