Chapter 14: The Death of Nanshu Root
"Nanfeng!"
Zuo Tian gritted his teeth and roared angrily in his heart.
No wonder he rescued so quickly yesterday, I'm afraid I didn't expect Nanxiu and Xiaozhi to be there.
Originally, Zuo Tian was not suspicious that Nanfeng was in the back mountain, because he was frightened by the sudden attack of the tiger in the hunting team Nanfeng, if he hadn't found it and pulled him away in time, he would have died in the tiger's mouth.
Since then, Nanfeng has developed a phobia, he is afraid when he sees large beasts, he is afraid when he sees blood, and the people of the hunting party laugh at him for being timid, and he is not suitable to stay in the team anymore.
Later, Zuo Tian was kicked out of the team, but Nanfeng taught him to make traps, and even instructed him where to dig traps in order to catch prey and not be stepped on by the teenagers who went up the mountain to play.
No wonder he knows where my traps are.
Zuo Tian's eyes flashed, and he suddenly remembered that yesterday Nanfeng did not hesitate to carry the blood-stained Xiao Zhi on his back.
It turned out that his phobia had been cured.
But why didn't he go back to the hunting party, and why did he attack himself?
Just because it's rumored to be a youkai?
Zuo Tian didn't believe this reason.
He just wanted to find Nanfeng now and ask him why.
If it was really him who did it, then no wonder he was ruthless!
Spotting the direction, Zuo Tian was full of anger.
Along the way, he saw many villagers running towards the square in the center of the village.
Strange as it was, he didn't take it to heart.
Until I heard the whispers of two people passing by.
"What kind of sin did you say this Nan family has done, my son is still lying on the hospital bed, and Lao Tzu is about to die. ”
"What else could it be? If you want me to say, it's all because they took in that youkai. ”
"Didn't you say that he was an immortal? I heard that he used immortal magic to save the kid from the Nan family, and now it has spread in the village, don't you still know it?"
"Bullshit immortal, if he is an immortal, what is he doing in this ravine and ravine of ours? He must be a monster, ready to kill everyone and do that soul-seducing deed. ”
"Huh, why don't you speak? ”
The visitor looked at his companion who was standing stiffly, and followed his gaze, but saw a young man.
The momentary embarrassment made this person react instantly, laughing and patting his companion on the shoulder: "Zhou Zheng, what did you just say? You met that crazy woman again? and brought him home?"
"I ...... Zhang Mazi, I warn you, don't talk nonsense!" Zhou Zheng's face was flushed, and he thought about it for a long time before he reacted, and said to the pock-faced man beside him.
"Let's go, no, no, I can't trust you anymore? Let's go to your house for a drink." Life, how can this work without wine, if there is another beauty......"
"Stop!"
The scolding from behind them made the two of them tremble and stop.
"What did you just say?"
"What did we just say? What can we brothers say, it's not just to drink flower wine. Zhang Mazi tilted his left sky, looking angry.
"Zuo Tian, I...... We're not afraid of you......"
Zuo Tian looked at these two people with disgust, they had never entered the mountains because they were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they wandered around the village all day long, teasing other people's yellow flower girls.
They have been approached several times, but they have been covered by a good father, but the poor two old men have reached the age of retirement and are still working hard in the hunting team all day long.
"What's wrong with Big Brother Nan!
The two looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was looking for trouble because he heard them say he was a youkai.
"We don't know, we just know that the roots of the South Tree look like they're dying......"
With Zhou Zhengyi's finger, before he finished speaking, there was no trace of Zuo Tian.
"Phew! Looking at Zuo Tian's back running towards the square, Zhang Mazi scolded indignantly.
Zuo Tian originally thought that the crisis he sensed came from Nanfeng, but from the moment he saw Nan Shugen, he realized that he was wrong.
Escape!
Run away!
There seemed to be a voice urging him to leave the square, and something terrible was going to happen.
Over the years, even when they were in the hunting team, they were surrounded by wolves and did not feel as strong as this time.
"Brother Nan!"
Zuo Tian exclaimed.
I saw Nan Mu kneeling on the ground and sobbing quietly, Nan Shugen was lying in Nan Mu's arms, a deep bone scratch on his chest extended diagonally from his shoulder to his waist, blood infected most of his body, and his left hand was abnormally twisted behind him.
The wound looked scary, but Zuo Tian knew that it was not fatal, but the hand twisted behind his back, which made him suspicious.
"We saw him at the entrance of the village, and it seemed that something was chasing him. Zhang Tie's voice sounded beside him, and he explained to Zuo Tian.
The two of them glanced at each other, and both saw the confusion in their eyes.
At this moment, the sense of crisis in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and Zuo Tian couldn't think of anything else that could threaten them in the village.
"Escape...... Escape ......" a faint voice came from Nanshugen's mouth.
"Brother Nan, what are you talking about?" Zuo Tian leaned closer to his ear.
"Run—"
With a miserable shout, it came to an abrupt halt.
Zuo Tian's face changed drastically.
Zhang Tie withdrew the hand that was placed in front of Nan Shugen's nose, looked at Zuo Tian with a complicated face, and said, "He's dead." ”
"No!"
The feeling of the sky falling made Zuo Tian dizzy, and he stepped back step by step, as if he didn't want to believe this fact.
"Roots, roots, !!"
Nan's mother shouted again and again, and within a few days, after experiencing the drastic change of her son and the death of her husband, this woman finally couldn't bear the blow, and roared like crazy: "God, why are you doing this to me, why are you doing this to our Nan family!"
Nan Shugen's death was too sudden, and Zhang Tie's face was also covered with a layer of haze.
He had already examined it, and there were no more scars on his body except for the horrible-looking wound on his chest and his arm, but he was dead.
The surrounding villagers who were watching the excitement were also in an uproar, and some even pointed at Zuo Tian and scolded.
The whirlwind feeling was devouring Zuo Tian's nerves all the time, the voice in his ears gradually became smaller, and the scenes of the past were replayed in his mind.
"What! I can't remember the past? That's not easy. ”
"Otherwise, you will stay at my house. Let me introduce you, this is my lady, this is Nanxiu, and this is Ash. From now on, you will consider it your home. ”
......
"Brother in white, I'm a few years older than you, so you can call me brother in the future. If anyone dares to bully you when you go out, you will report my name. Nanxiu! Xiaozhi! In the future, you can't call Brother Bai Yi Bai, you want to call Uncle, do you understand! What! You stinky boy still dare to make a face at me, see if I don't beat you to death!"
......
"Zuo Tian, Brother in White, you remember your name! You can rest assured, one day you will remember the past, but when the time comes, you are afraid that you will have to leave our small mountain village, don't worry, even if you leave, your brother and I will not be sad." ”
......
"Brother Zuo Tian, how did you do it! It's amazing, with your talent, the village can reduce many casualties. It's just that the guys of the hunting team all hold their heads in their hands, and if you encounter a danger that we can't stop in the future, you can run for your life alone. ”
......
"Zuo Tian is my brother! If you dare to call him a monster again, I, Nan Shugen, will be the first to fight with you!"
......
Is this what pain?
Zuo Tian covered his heart, Nan Shugen's death made him feel like something had collapsed in his heart.
Pain, heart-piercing pain.
He couldn't help but fall to his knees.
"Ahh
"Youkai!!
A frightened voice rang out from the noisy crowd.
In the frightened gaze of everyone, I saw Zuo Tian's body changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His kneeling body was gradually elongated and raised.
Then it slowly stops.
"It turns out that every time you suffer, you grow a point. A cold voice sounded in his heart.
Zuo Tian stood up and stretched out his hands, these unfamiliar hands.
For ten years, he has hated himself countless times because he didn't grow up, and he also panicked when he watched the teenagers around him who were originally the same age grow taller slowly, and even when others called him a monster, he thought he was a monster.
The original friends also left him one by one, and when Nanxiu persuaded him not to care what others said, he smiled heartlessly and said that he didn't care, he liked not to look big.
But he dreams of growing up.
Now the moment he really grew up, he exchanged it for pain.
If it were to happen again, he would rather never have this kind of pain, not the death of Nanshu Root in exchange for his growth.
"Ah!!h
He smiled, full of bitter smiles.