Chapter 3 The Lotus Flower

The sun rises, and the sky is bright.

Donkey Mountain has experienced a night of light rain, the air in the early morning is unexpectedly fresh, filled with the smell of some rocks, it is a good place.

The young man turned around in three steps and looked at the small temple with a respectful expression.

In order to prevent his cough from affecting the cleanliness here, the young man always held the handkerchief embroidered with pear blossoms in his hand, and covered his mouth and nose in time before coughing.

"How did you sleep last night?"

Heiwa was still holding the back of her head, relaxed, and only after she couldn't see the small temple did she seem to ask casually.

"Heiwa, I dreamed of Kui Xingye yesterday!"

Shan Shuang suddenly stood on tiptoe and whispered in Heiwa's ear.

"Master Kuixing?" the black baby roared in surprise.

"Shhhh Shan Shuang hurriedly covered Heiwa's mouth.

"Who is here in this barren mountain and wilderness? It's just you, a little fool, who comes to worship every year and sweep the temple every month. Heiwa sneered.

"Don't say that, Master Kui Xing also taught me a little secret, saying that it is good for my illness. Grandma Wu is right, sincerity is spiritual!"

Shan Shuang is full of energy, that kind of hope, is the look that Heiwa has never seen in Shan Shuang.

Maybe in the eyes of this little fool, Grandma Wu's words are always right.

"Sincerity is spirit, God blesses! ”

Heiwa whispered insults, and the only thing that responded to him was an embarrassed cough.

"Heiwa, are you sick?"

Shan Shuang, who was still immersed in the small temple, suddenly asked with concern.

"How can I be sick in this body?"

Heiwa straightened her thick chest, raised her head without fear of heaven and earth, and was proud, "If someone is weak-hearted, I'm afraid that my conscience won't be able to get by." ”

Heiwa's words are both confused. wanted to tell Heiwa the secret that Kui Xingye taught him, but Heiwa couldn't listen to it, and waved his hand again and again.

After thinking about it, Shan Shuang decided to find another opportunity to talk to him again. Kui Xingye said that the secret is very remarkable.

After getting off Donkey Mountain, Heiwa ran away, saying that she was going to catch up with the morning work of the carpentry workshop.

Sometimes Shan Shuang is really envious of Heiwa, obviously a hard-working child like him, fatherless and motherless, but Heiwa is in Dilonggou to get into the wind and water. I heard that the old foreman of the carpentry workshop planned to accept him as a closed disciple.

At this time, Shan and Shuang should also go to the store to work. But now, it seems, he has nowhere to go.

After thinking about it, Shan Shuang still went home and carried a basket. Heading towards the depths of Dilonggou, it is different from the bald Donkey Mountain, which is densely covered with jungles and close to the mountains.

According to the old man, there are wild beasts inside, and if it weren't for the experienced old hunter, it would not be a good place to go.

Shan Shuang naturally didn't dare to go deeper, let alone what kind of fierce beast, even a slightly larger wild boar could accept his little life for Lord Yama.

Grandma Wu once asked for a home remedy that could help Shan Shuang relieve some coughs. It's just that the home is empty, and gradually I can't go to the pharmacy. Fortunately, Shan Shuang is accompanied by medicine all year round, and he also knows a few flavors.

At the edge of the jungle, you can also find some. In recent years, the medicinal materials have not cost much silver.

It's just that the bones of the single and double bodies can't stand the toss, and they come and go, and they are always tired and half dead. Sometimes I encounter some wild things, but I am scared to death.

Before entering the dense forest, Shan Shuang smeared some juice on Mai again. It feels a little slimy and uncomfortable, but it can also keep yourself safe.

Thinking that he entered the dense forest for the first time, before he could collect the medicine, he was already targeted by the wild wolf, if it wasn't for the black baby who arrived in time behind, I am afraid that there would be nothing behind.

Heiwa was a frequent visitor to this dense forest, and he had been to the depths of the dense forest, where there were wild beasts like mountains, which the old hunters had never seen before.

It's just that after going to the woodworking workshop, Heiwa rarely drills into this forest. has taught Shan and Shuang a lot of skills, and in this periphery, you can also save your life.

Pulling through the grass, the single and double rushed in. The cat bends its waist and tries not to let itself go out. As an old herb picker, Shan and Shuang still remember some good places.

In the morning, there were really a lot of medicinal herbs in the back basket.

In addition to their own use, there are also some bulk goods, although miscellaneous, but the pharmacy has always accepted them. It's just that the price is lower, and I can barely give some subsidies for single and double.

If you're lucky, you can change a few flavors at the pharmacy. It's just that the pharmacy is a business after all, and what goes in and what comes out is not at the same price.

Nibbling on the prepared potato cakes, Shan Shuang is also thinking about the harvest in the back basket. It's just that after calculating it, it's still two tastes worse.

With a soft sigh, he finished the last bite of the hash brown. Shan Shuang still decided to continue walking inside, and if the last two flavors were changed in the pharmacy, I was afraid that he would have to ask for half of his net worth.

Of course, the reason is that he doesn't have any possessions.

The familiar swamp made Shan Shuang a little panicked, the edge of the dense forest, this is the place he is most reluctant to approach, but in the last two flavors, the rehmannia lotus is really only here.

Climb up a slightly tall cangtree, and from a distance, you can see piles of emerald green lotus leaves. The distance is not far, only about 20 steps from this shore, but Shan and Shuang have not done it for a long time.

Instead, he retreated, continued to look around, and still found a small shallow place that required more than twenty steps.

Although there is a place closer to the shore, there is a fallen green tree hanging on the swamp, which can save Shan and Shuang a lot of trouble.

Choosing a good place, Shan and Shuang are still not busy picking. This yellow lotus belongs to yin, and it is the most popular to provoke some negative wild animals. Among them, there is a kind of earth snake that likes to live in the ground lotus.

If you don't have any experience, just dive headlong into it. Once discovered by the ground snake, it is difficult to move an inch in this swamp, and it is not the meat of its mouth.

I found a piece of vine and tied it up, and then I took out a dirt mouse that I had just caught on the road and threw it out.

The rat fell into the swamp and quickly struggled, squeaking constantly.

The sound of Si Suo Suosuo swimming began to be heard from the emerald green lotus leaves, and the heads of two fist-sized flower snakes slowly poked out.

Shan Shuang couldn't help but congratulate himself on his caution, otherwise the two earth snakes would be surprising if they didn't die.

Fortunately, these two goods have no IQ, and a big meal is about to come, so they crawl out around.

Shan Shuang also raised his right hand, carrying a Xiuzhen's crossbow arrow on his wrist, which is also Heiwa's masterpiece in the woodworking workshop.

At the moment when the snake pounced on the mouse, the crossbow arrows were also shot out in succession. The strong ejection force made the crossbow arrow penetrate the scales of the ground snake, although it did not hit the fatal seven inches, it was enough for the two earth snakes to suffer, and suddenly the swamp became chaotic, and muddy water splashed.

At this moment, Shan Shuang jumped out of the branches, and stepped on the green tree hanging on the swamp and went straight to the Yellow Lotus.

I didn't have time to choose, so I grabbed a bunch of foxglove lotus stems and leaves, pulled it and ran back.

Seeing that he was about to return to the main tree, the big tree trembled suddenly, and it turned out that when the ground snake struggled, a tail was thrown on the green tree.

The center of gravity was unstable, and he fell straight and fell into the swamp. More than half of his body was swallowed by the swamp in an instant, and half of his snake body struggled around him.

The impact made Shan Shuang's mind dazed, and his eyes were black, but he was in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to think about it, so he pulled the vines tied to his body and leaned on the shore.

The swamp was stickier than the lake, and by the time you reached the shore, you were exhausted. But more and more voices around him urged him to say that there were more than these two serpents in the swamp.

I didn't look at the scene behind me, so I ran with the basket on my back. He was afraid that his feet would be weak when he turned around, and he could already imagine the "beautiful scenery" of a group of hundreds of snakes.

When Shan Shuang came to his senses, he lay down in the nest that he had prepared before he started.

Put some carnivorous beast droppings around, just to avoid being targeted by some beasts. Escaping death can make Shan Shuang afraid for a while.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of rehmannia lotuses, and that one actually pulled up seven flowers, which is enough for him to use for a while.

Tear off a leaf of the rehmannia lotus, put it in his mouth, and lay down again. After his body eased up a little, Shan Shuang got up again and hurried out of the forest.

When he entered the dense forest, he was already trying his best to control his cough, but when his body weakened, he couldn't control it.

Be sure to run out before you get out of control, or the beast will attract more than just a snake by coughing.

It's just that the weak body bones are always a problem that can't be solved alone. After all, he coughed slowly before running out of the jungle, and it became more and more violent.

The surrounding forest trembled slightly, and some fiery breathing began to appear. But there were no wild things in Shan Shuang's field of vision, which not only did not make Shan Shuang relax, but even more worried.

He's been targeted, and he's the king of the periphery, the wolf!

Bush wolves are very experienced hunters, very patient, they are waiting, waiting for the moment when they are exhausted.

Shan Shuang didn't dare to stop, let alone explore how many wolves were around.

The only good thing is that he doesn't have to suppress his cough anymore. In this jungle, being discovered by a bush wolf is equivalent to exposing yourself to the whole pack.

As for any other beast, they will not compete with the wolves.

Singles and doubles slowly accelerated and began to run little by little. The jungle followed him all the way forward, and according to the range of the jungle's tremors, he knew that at least three bush wolves were lurking around him.

From a high place, the boy shuttled through the jungle, and two jungles followed him on each side, and his greedy eyes kept concentrating on the young man, never leaving.

Syllable!

The hurried boy couldn't get out of the jungle after all, and the moment he fell, four jungle birds pounced in an instant.

Just as one was about to approach the boy, a crossbow bolt shot out from the boy's armpit, striking the wolf's head with precision.

It's just that the skull of the wolf is not comparable to that of the earth snake, and the crossbow arrow is only inserted into it for an inch and then there is no progress.

The crossbow bolts in their sleeves were empty, and the four bush wolves were still eyeing them. Without hesitation, Shan Shuang almost subconsciously took out the material knife on his waist and pounced on the wolf in front of him.

The feeling of fainting made Shan Shuang lose his clear vision, and he could only use the wood knife to hold the neck of the wolf, and in the panic, the hot blood was still flowing.

Odds and evens can't tell whether it's their own or a wolf's.

When the wolf under him gradually lost his movement, Shan Shuang barely opened his eyes, and a large, saliva-dripping wolf head had already occupied all his eyes.

Just the next moment, the wolf's head flew out.

What caught my eye was another blue-haired man wearing a Confucian costume and a hosta.

He smiled like a warm sun, and he was like a spring breeze.

"Hard-working people, what a hard life!"

Picking up the fainting Shan Shuang, the man sighed lightly. The three wolves fled in a hurry for some reason, and the blue-haired man didn't chase him, but just picked up the tattered little basket on his back.

"Still not leaving?" After taking two more steps, the man suddenly asked sideways.

On the opposite side of the wolf's escape, a bowl thick earth snake slowly came out, and the most surprising thing was that there was a pair of golden horns that had just emerged on the top of the head of the land snake.

The ground snake stared at the man, and it could feel a powerful sense of oppression. It was as if it had just come out of its shell and encountered a vulture, which made it uncomfortable.

But it has not retreated, and in the basket there is what it must have.

"You are already half-baked, and although this thing is of great use to you, it is by no means the key. ”

The man shook his head, but the snake still followed, and his eyes never left the small basket.

"That's it! Who made me that miserable man too!"

In the face of the persistence of the ground snake, the blue-haired man sighed softly after all. The right hand stretched out, and a drop of blood spontaneously came out, turning into a mark and drifting away towards the ground snake.

The ground snake swallowed it in one gulp, and then glanced at the fainting boy in the man's arms, and then slowly returned to the jungle.

"Speaking of which, you kid is also a good blessing. ”

Through the gap in the small back basket, the blue-haired man saw the dry yellow tree, if this kid can't meet him, the snake is the end of the world, I am afraid to catch up.

Shaking his head, the man carried the basket on his back and walked leisurely towards Dilong Town with his single and double in his arms.

After a while, he ran back and picked up the bush wolf that had been killed by the boy with a wooden knife.

"If it's someone else, I'm afraid you'll lose a windfall today!"

Touching the good fur on the wolf, the man nodded very gratifyingly. It seems that he is also glad for the boy who has fainted, this bush wolf is also a small fortune!

Before the man and the boy arrived in Dilong Town, they were intercepted by a black man who came in a hurry. The blue-haired man took a closer look, and this strong man actually had a young face.

Without saying a word, he carefully took the single and double from his hand, and before leaving, he did not forget to take the small back basket and the bush wolf that he fortunately brought out.

It's just that from beginning to end, the black man didn't even say a word. Not to mention any words of gratitude.

The blue-haired man thought, fortunately, he knew how to look at people's faces and knew that the relationship between the two was extraordinary, otherwise he would have thought it was a robbery.

But if you think about it carefully, this face is really not a good person!

This is the final conclusion.

But what does it have to do with him?

Under the setting sun, the blue-haired man walked towards Dilong Town step by step.

He smiled like a warm sun, and he was like a spring breeze.