Chapter 20: The Innocent Child (Part I)
The sheep's hoof prints in the sheepfold are still very distinguishable, and at first glance they are going to the woods behind the house.
Luo Xian confidently walked around the back of the house to take a look, and then he was dumbfounded, there was no concept of weeding near the log cabin where the male witch doctor lived, and all kinds of plants and weeds near the hut were at least calf high, and after the sheep's hoof prints were submerged in the grass, they disappeared completely.
Luo Xian originally wanted to observe whether there were any goat-chewing tooth marks on these grasses, but after looking at them for a while, he found nothing.
After thinking for a long time, Luo Xian finally spoke, "Master, the disciple has a bold idea. ”
The red raven on Luo Xian's shoulder glanced at his disciple, "Do you think it's possible? This kind of thing can be solved by yourself, the treasure is in hand, but you have to ask for it." ”
Luo Xian was speechless.
Just now, Luo first wanted to ask the master to help him find the lost goat of the male witch doctor, which was a matter of thought for the master who was about to become an immortal, but unfortunately he was ruthlessly rejected by the master.
Then you can only rely on yourself, what do you have?
Of course, it's the Jizo Honsutra.
After thinking for a while, Luo Xian had a plan in his heart and walked towards the depths of the woods.
It was already close to five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was setting, and the canopy of the trees was covered with a layer of gold, but the further you went, the more dense the vegetation became, and the dappled sunlight falling through the canopy alone could not penetrate at all, there was no road here, only the ubiquitous weeds and bushes.
Luo Xian cast a spell on his body, and a red light flashed all over his body, and then disappeared without a trace. As he walked forward, the weeds near Luo Xian's side avoided one after another, revealing gaps to avoid the difficulty of his journey.
Those villagers were supposed to be the witch doctor's house who arrived after noon, and the sick companions were still waiting for them to get the medicine back, so the goat's loss was between two or three hours, according to the goat's footsteps, and the distance while eating was at most, within two or three kilometers.
But this is in the dense woods, the ubiquitous shrubs and plants block Luo Xian's vision, it is very difficult to rely on human eyes alone, and it is better to rely on animals to find lost animals.
It's a pity that Luo Xian doesn't know beast language, but he has his own methods.
A point of light rose from his fingertips, circled in mid-air a few times, and then headed in one direction, and Luo Xian immediately followed.
The point of light shuttled through the bushes, moving forward purposefully, as if searching for something.
It didn't take long for the point of light to spot his target, emit a red light, pounce forward, his face was happy, and he immediately hurried over.
It was in a mountain stream, the scene was in a mess, blood was everywhere, a small corpse with a broken bear skin had fallen nearby, it looked like it had been gnawed beyond recognition, and six or seven crows were cleaning up the scene around the corpse.
The point of light finally flew over the stream, did not fall above the bones, and disappeared.
Looking at the plants lurking everywhere next to him and the messy footprints on the dirt by the stream, Luo Xian knew in his heart.
A male bear in heat encountered a female bear with a cub, perhaps because the male bear was hiding upwind, and the female bear did not notice the male bear lying in ambush nearby. When the mother bear was drinking water by the stream with her child, the male bear took the opportunity to rush out and bite a cub first, and the mother bear immediately fought back.
I don't know why, maybe the female bear was injured, or the male bear was too strong, and after the two big bears fought fiercely, the mother bear left the badly injured cub and ran away without hesitation, and the male bear chased after him.
The injured bear cub died by the stream without being treated, and then other predators came and gnawed at the bear's carcass, leaving only a few scraps of flesh and bones on the stream.
That's about it, this is the story of nature, it plays out every day, Luo Xian sighed, crossed the stream more than ten meters wide, came to the opposite bank, startled those crows, and landed on the nearby trees to stop and watch. Luo Xian knelt down on one knee next to the bear corpse, stretched out a hand to attach it to the bitten bear's head, and chanted words in his mouth.
I saw a vague white ball of light, the size of a pea, slowly floating from the bear bone, Luo Xian stretched out his hand to drag it, finished chanting the mantra in his mouth, and pointed his other hand on the ball of light.
After a few seconds, Luo Xian's eyes lit up, and it turned out that he had guessed a lot.
The bear cub was attacked because it was too playful and away from the bear, while the other cub was safe and sound because it was not too far away.
Except for a small part of the blood stains on the ground belonging to the bear in front of him, most of the rest turned out to be the male bear, and the female bear was very angry, and in the case of little difference in size, the strength actually overwhelmed the male bear and hurt it. The male bear saw that the opportunity was not good, and immediately fled, but the female bear did not dare to pursue because there was another cub beside her, so after a few screams, she gave up on the seriously injured cub.
The smell of blood attracts other prey, and the woods are in danger, so the attacked mother bear has to hurry away with the rest of the cubs. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a few wild wolves to come and eat the bear carcass, and all this happened in the early hours of this morning.
Luo Xian looked at the bear soul in his hand that would be dispersed after a while, thought about it, and said, "Master, I'm offended." ”
A white flame gushed out of Luo Xian's body, and there was a faint blue light embedded in the white, blue inside and white outside, floating in front of him.
As soon as the white flame came out, countless points of light suddenly appeared on the white bones and flesh of the bear corpse by the stream, as if they were alive and threw themselves into the white flame.
The blue light in the white flame came into contact with these points of light, and quickly turned into blue silk threads, which were entangled and condensed with each other to form ice-blue bones with ghostly light, and at the same time, the appearance of the white flame also changed, turning into a bird.
Soon after, a white crow the size of a finger took shape in front of Luo Xian, the white feathers glowed with blue light, translucent, and the whole body looked like a piece of ice jade carving, more than ten times smaller than the red raven on Luo Xian's shoulder, but it was just lifeless.
Then, with a flick of his fingers, he flicked the scattered bear spirit into the white crow, and suddenly the white crow's eyes and claws turned into a red jade-like color, and then his eyes turned and suddenly became vivid.
As soon as the white crow spread its wings, it immediately flew up, and its whole body emitted a ghostly light, which was faintly visible in the setting sun, and flew around Luo Xian silently twice, opening its mouth and whispering, but no sound came out.
Luo first beckoned to the white crow and said, "To borrow Master's words, you and I are destined, stay by my side in the future, go, help me find the goat first." ”
The white crow seemed to have a spiritual connection with Luo Xian, fluttered its wings and flew low, and suddenly disappeared into the forest.
"Why?" the red raven said.
"Master took me to practice, and I don't dare to forget it in the slightest, but Master is busy and will eventually leave the disciples. This bear spirit is innocent, I can't bear to dissipate it, the disciple has a flash of inspiration, it is better to stay by my side and watch it from time to time, it is a miss. It's just that the appearance imitates the things that the master has transformed, and there is a lot of disrespect, and the master is asked to punish him. Luo Xian replied respectfully.
"It's not the light, it's the light. In the previous world and here, you encountered the impermanence of life and death, befriended the demon hunter and heard the good and evil from the heart, and learned that wish to go through many days, and felt that there is a difference between good and evil above life and death, so that you can use the soul fire to shape your body, and the wonderful method of consolidating the spirit with one hand has exceeded the expectations of the teacher, which is very good. The idea is good, if you can make persistent efforts and cultivate it, it can be a phantom beast that can be cultivated, and it can be relied on as a partner. As for the appearance, it doesn't matter if you are a teacher, it's just a false name, this is your chance. Well, with this beast, the search for the goat will be smooth, and don't waste time. ”
"Hmm!" Luo Xian didn't say much, and followed the direction of the white crow.
Relying on the heart-to-heart connection between Luo Xian and the white crow, the lost goat was quickly found.
Luo Xian was too lazy to use any bell, so he directly picked up the goat and rushed back, and the white crow pounced on Luo Xian's body and turned into a tattoo on his body, but this is not a long-term solution, this kind of phantom beast must have a special space to store or take it with him, which can grow, if it is attached to Luo Xian, both will be affected, and it is more unfavorable to the phantom beast.
When he was about to reach the cabin, Luo Xian put down the goat, and the red raven flew away.
The bleating sound caused the witch doctor to go out and look for it, and when he saw the goat, he shouted happily, "Princess, my dearest and lovely princess, you are back!"
The witch doctor squatted down and stroked the goat's face, seeing that Luo Xian was a little embarrassed on the side, he hurriedly coughed a few times, "Ahem, cough, then, the princess is back, I'm very happy for you, but I asked you a little anxious before." Anna and the Baron's daughter had been missing for a while, most likely in danger. ”
"The Warrior has helped the Witch Doctor, so the Witch Doctor will repay him! Blood! Now we need blood, human or animal. The witch doctor turned and led the goat into the hut.
Blood is easy to handle, Luo first walked around the woods, and then caught a pheasant and came back, just used to make dinner, not indiscriminate.
When he returned, he saw the goats grazing in the house, and the witch doctor was busy milking the goats.
"Is this okay?" Luo Xian gestured as he picked up the pheasant.
The witch doctor did not object, nodded, got up with a pot of goat's milk, then came to the center of the wooden house, took out a handful of wheat from his body and sprinkled it on the ground in a semicircle, and then poured the goat's milk in his hand evenly on the wheat, and then motioned to Luo to hand over the pheasant first.
As soon as Luo Xian handed the pheasant to the witch doctor, he was motioned by the witch doctor to stand farther away. Then the witch doctor carried the pheasant upside down and shook it up and down, making circles in the air and chanting words in his mouth.
"This is witchcraft from another world?" Luo Xian watched with relish.
After a while, the witch doctor took out his knife and slashed open the pheasant's chest and abdomen, and the blood dripped between the white goat's milk and wheat, roughly forming a strange symbol.
There was not much blood on the pheasant, and the symbol was very simple, and it was completed quickly, and the witch doctor threw the pheasant aside, and then knelt in front of the symbol.
"I don't want the pheasant, I'll give it to you~" Luo Xian thought to himself.
Suddenly, a gray light lit up from the ground surrounded by a semicircle, and the black qi visible to the naked eye rose from the body of the witch doctor kneeling on the ground, which steamed and rolled in the wooden house, condensed, but was firmly fixed in the middle of the semicircle, and could not escape from that range at all.
Luo Xian's eyes lit up, and he touched his chin and thought to himself.
At this moment, a voice rang out from the kneeling witch doctor, obscure and muffled.