II. Chapter 48—The Demon
The sound of rumbling water seemed to be whistling in my ears all the time, and in this huge chaos, the whole person was turned upside down, and he couldn't even breathe, he could only hold on to anything around him, but he still faintly felt that he was heading towards an unknown place.
In the drowsiness, a heat was born from the body, but it could not penetrate the cold in the heart, as if it was tossing back and forth in the fire cave and ice cellar.
A cold hand brushed his forehead, and a strange and vague voice sounded in his ears: "Ah, my head is so hot, why do you still have a fever......"
Then there was another sound of rushing water in his ears, which continued to hit his mind like a tidal wave, as if he was still in the merciless and turbulent water, which made him spin around, and he could only grasp firmly, grasp.
He used all his strength, but the sound of the water never stopped, drenching into his skin bit by bit. In this panic, Jiang Ming opened his eyes suddenly, but what came into his eyes was not the turbulent water, but a kind and worried face.
"Ah, you're awake. ”
The person next to him was obviously relieved when he saw Jiang Ming wake up, twisted the towel in his hand, and put it on Jiang Ming's forehead.
The horror in Jiang Ming's eyes gradually dissipated, but it was replaced by a blank look, looking at the old woman sitting on the edge of the bed, and said, "I...... Where am I?"
"This is my house, hehe, did you have a nightmare just now?"
Jiang Ming glanced at it, he was indeed in an ordinary and clean wooden house, and at the same time, he noticed that his hands were tightly clutching the futon on his body, which was about to tear, so he quickly let go.
The old woman didn't blame him, but smiled kindly, "You have a lot of wounds on your body, and you have a fever all the time, I thought you wouldn't wake up." ”
Jiang Ming recalled his experience along the way, and he also had a feeling of being out of the world, and felt bitter in his heart, but fortunately, there was still life in the end, no matter what, he had to sit up and thank the old woman in front of him at the moment, but as soon as he moved, he felt that his whole body was sore and cracking, and he couldn't use his strength.
Seeing this, the old woman hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop him, and said, "You are very weak now, and your fever has not subsided, so lie down well." ”
Jiang Ming relaxed and lay down, and said with a sigh of relief: "Thank you, old woman." ”
The old woman smiled, her wrinkled face was full of kindness and kindness, and then she wet the towel on Jiang Ming's forehead and said, "You can rest assured, this is in my house, you can recuperate with peace of mind, I will go and cook some porridge for you first." With that, he walked out of the room and closed the door.
In the empty room, Jiang Ming looked at the ceiling in a daze, lost his mind for a while.
I don't know how long it took, the old woman pushed the door in with a bowl of porridge, helped Jiang Ming up and leaned against the bed.
Jiang Ming didn't know how long he had been in a coma, his stomach was naturally extremely hungry, so he ate immediately, and after eating more than half of it, he asked the old woman, "Old woman, how long have I been in a coma?"
"You've been in a coma for almost two days, well, by the way.......," said the old woman, suddenly remembering something, and went to the corner of the room.
Jiang Ming stretched out his head to look, only to see the old woman walking over with the Qianchen Immortal Sword in both hands, putting it on the side of the bed, and said, "Child, this is yours." I found you when I was washing clothes by the river, and my wife had no strength, so she called out to a few people in the town and carried you back, and you were holding on tightly all the time!"
Jiang Ming felt a lot of warmth in his heart, but when he turned his mind, his face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly asked, "Old woman, have you ever seen a bird?"
"You mean the blackbird with broken wings, locked up in the chicken coop in the yard. The old woman looked at Jiang Ming, who was vaguely breathing, and really didn't understand what was important about a bird, and said slowly: "That's an ominous bird, and it is rumored that it will bring bad luck and suffering." If it weren't for the fact that you were carrying a sword, it must have been a fairy character who had this strange habit, otherwise the bird would have been thrown away. ”
When Jiang Ming heard this, his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say, but he couldn't help but think of the desperate time when he waited for death with the raven, as if people were easy to feel emotional in a desperate situation.
"By the way, where is this old woman, and how far is it from Wutong City?" Jiang Ming came back to his senses and suddenly asked.
"Wutong City, that's a big place...... the old woman frowned, then looked at Jiang Ming and said, "Child, where are you from, it's far away, it takes two or three months to walk!"
The old woman had a sigh in her words, but Jiang Ming was a person who cultivated the truth, and ordinary people's walking naturally could not be the same as flying with a sword, so she probably calculated it in her heart, and it was only a dozen days away, so she was quite calm. It's just that the recuperation will be delayed for a few days now, and I don't know what happened to the senior sister?
Jiang Ming sighed quietly, and time passed slowly like this.
Although he was recuperating at the old woman's house, his heart could not be still, and he faintly felt as if something was pressing on it, and his heart to go back was even more urgent.
By the third day, his injuries had improved a lot, and his body was not so weak, so he decided to leave.
During this period, his original clothes were already bloodstained and quite tattered, and then they were soaked in water, and it was difficult to get in, so he took out the only remaining silver and asked the old woman to buy one, and most of the rest was left for the old woman to talk about the kindness of these days, and he himself only kept a small amount of money for the journey.
The clothes of this remote ancient town are naturally not as luxurious and bright as those in other places, and the materials are also simple burlap clothes. But Jiang Ming is a person who cultivates the truth, even if there is still a weak look on his face at the moment, but the inner aura is very incomparable, even if he wears the simplest clothes, in the eyes of the old woman, he is extraordinary, he can't help nodding, and sighs: "You can't imagine that you can stand up in such a short time with such a serious injury, hehe, Xu is in good health!"
"It's still the old woman who takes good care of it. Jiang Ming smiled, he can move around now, partly due to the old woman's good care, of course, the other part is due to cultivation.
When the old woman heard this, she smiled happily, as if the wrinkles on her entire face had been relaxed, but after that, she glared at Jiang Ming slightly, and said, "I can say something nice, do you think that my wife is living in vain at a very young age?"
Jiang Ming was slightly stunned, and the old woman glanced at the sword in his hand and said with a smile: "You come from the largest giant city in the world, and you carry a sword with you, you are definitely not comparable to us ordinary people, and you are more or less a fairy-like character." ”
When Jiang Ming heard the words "fairy character" again, he was immediately ashamed, and he didn't know what to say. The old woman seemed to remember something, her expression was straight, and she said, "These days, our town is not very peaceful, you should be careful if you are in a hurry!"
"What?" Jiang Ming was puzzled.
The old woman had a very solemn look on her face, and slowly explained: "Two days ago in our town, there were also a few immortal figures like you, as if they were trying to catch a monster!"
Jiang Ming's brows furrowed.
"I heard that the monster came out of Canghai Town in the west, disturbing people's livelihood, cruel and vicious, chased all the way here by those immortals, and has not been caught, and now the people in our town don't dare to go out and run blindly, and people are ........panicking" Speaking of this, the old woman suddenly stared at Jiang Ming, and said with some hesitation: "Child, if you don't hurry up, it's better to avoid the limelight with me before leaving." ”
Jiang Ming hesitated slightly, but quickly shook his head, "Thank you for your kindness, I really have something very important." ”
The old woman's eyes seemed to dim, and she said no more, "Well, then you should be careful." ”
Jiang Ming somehow, he couldn't help but think back to the bits and pieces of the past few days, and he actually had the sadness of parting, took a deep breath, and said: "Old woman, you have a life-saving grace for me, this kindness, there is no way to repay it, if there is a fate to see you again, I, I ......." Speaking of this, he didn't know what to say, and he didn't know what could be worth this kindness, so he simply bent down and bowed heavily to the old woman.
The old woman smiled kindly at his appearance, then looked at the sky, and said in a harmonious voice: "It's noon now, and there is still some time before it gets dark, so hurry up!"
And just like that, under the gaze of the old woman, a teenager walked out of town.
The town may really be infested with vicious monsters as the old woman said, and most of the doors and windows are closed along the way, and only scattered pedestrians are seen on the road.
Jiang Ming wasn't too scared, after all, he had seen the "Millennium Tree Spirit".
In the past few days, the raven's wings have not recovered, and it still can't fly, but Jiang Ming holds it in his hand, and it doesn't reject it, and sometimes it can even stand on its shoulders and flutter a few times.
Jiang Ming also has a special affection for this bird, one person and one bird, and he left the town like this.
Outside the town, Jiang Ming wanted to try to control the sword, but after a few days of ordeal, his body was still weak, and as soon as he was lucky, he felt like a needle prick in his body, so he had no choice but to walk first.
Lonely wilderness, long ancient roads, the sun is gradually fading.
Jiang Ming hurried for almost half a day's journey, and found that there was a tea stall in front of him, which was next to a big tree, so he walked over and asked for a bowl of tea, and rested by the way.
On a table in the east, there are three men sitting, although their clothes are not luxurious, they are much better than ordinary people, their manners are quite measured, and there are magic weapons on the table.
Jiang Ming sat in the middle of them, and after the tea stall owner brought the bowl of tea, he didn't think about anything else, so he drank it carefully.
Not only was he armed with a sword, but he also carried a blackbird, and others were also curious to look at him a few more times. The three men at the east table didn't pay attention to his young age, coarse cloth, and where he came from.