There are endless mountains, peaks and ravines, strange mountains and mountains, and countless others.

Legend has it since ancient times that there are ancient demon beasts in the endless mountains, which can swallow the essence of the sun and the moon, feed on the aura of heaven and earth, contain their own bodies, and can fly to the sky and the earth, and can do anything. Between the gestures, you can turn over the river and the sea, tear the sky and the earth, and be a great terror in the world.

However, the world is hard, and there are always some cruel lives that force people to have no way out, and in order to be able to continue their lives, they have to risk their lives.

There are several villages in the northern part of the Endless Mountains, where they have lived by hunting and gathering medicine for generations. Now the court has no way, the faint monarch is in power, the world is in chaos, the people are not happy, many people in order to escape from the troubled times, to avoid being caught by the strong men and move their families into the border wilderness, many people are buried in the belly of the beast.

The mountains are majestic, the mountains and rocks are steep, and in the darkness of the dense forest, two figures, one large and one small, are moving slowly.

"Grandpa, how far are we from here?" asked a childish voice, wheezing.

At the age of seven or eight, he carried a small medicine basket on his back, in which were placed a few herbs such as yellow essence, as well as a water bladder and a few pieces of dry food.

With a pair of bright big eyes on his slightly dark face, sweat dripping down his sideburns, the little boy held the arm of the old man next to him, and followed by his side. His legs could barely take a step, but he didn't say a word, insisting on following the old man, his dark eyes and bones rolling, and he was very curious about what was going on around him.

The thin old man straightened his back and gasped deeply, his cloudy eyes cautiously looked around, and he thought for a moment: "Don't worry, it's coming soon, I remember to see it by bypassing the big rock in front of me." ”

The boy looked up, and in the distance of a hundred zhang ahead, a stone the size of a house was halfway up the mountainside, in the dim and damp dense forest, like a bloody mouth, dark and deep, which made people a little frightened.

"When my grandfather was about the same age as you, I went up the mountain with your grandfather and saw the hundred-year-old ginseng, which was as thick as your little hand at that time, and now it is estimated that it is almost two hundred years. Usually no one comes to such a far place, they should still be there. ”

The old man's eyes were shining, flashing a hint of gloom, and said: "I originally wanted to save it until you grow up to dig it up, and give you a good daughter-in-law as a dowry, but I didn't expect your father to be ......."

"Grandpa, Komatsu doesn't want a daughter-in-law, as long as Daddy comes back. The boy blinked and said seriously.

"Hehe, Komatsu, your father will definitely come back. The old man's withered palm gently stroked the child, his eyes looked at the distant northern sky, painful and confused, only the young man beside him was his only reason to live.

The sun was shining, and the fine light was like snowflakes, scattered through the dense leaves one by one, and the two of them climbed the grass and trees and walked towards the mountain step by step.

The mountain road was difficult to walk, and half an hour later, the two of them came to the boulder, soaked with sweat and panting.

The boy wiped a handful of sweat, he was too tired to walk, and he gasped for breath on the ground, and suddenly found that there were traces of carving on the two-zhang stone.

A dark red groove the thickness of a bucket was three inches deep, similar in color to brown stone, and could not be seen from a distance. The strange mark swam like a dragon and snake on the surface of the boulder, and stopped at the root in amazement, as if it had been broken alive by a sharp weapon.

"Grandpa, what is this?" asked the boy as he stretched out his little hand and pointed to the pattern on it.

The old man smiled and said: "This, your grandfather said back then, this is the immortal script, and we mortals can't understand it." ”

"Immortal family?" the little boy muttered, his eyes suddenly lit up, and said, "Grandpa, are there really immortals in this world?"

"Hehe, of course. The old man said: "Immortals can fly around in the sky, faster than horses and higher than eagles, they can blow down the mountains as long as they blow a breath, but they are amazing." ”...

"Really, do they all live in heaven?" asked the boy earnestly, blinking his bright eyes.

"Then grandpa doesn't know, but I heard that there are a few immortals living in our imperial city, and they have great powers to call for wind and rain, but only the royal son of heaven can meet on the big day of the sacrifice, and our people can't get in touch. ”

The old man stood up and said with a smile: "Xiao Song has rested enough, let's walk a few more steps, and we will be at the place soon." When the old ginseng is dug up, we will go down the mountain immediately, and we should be able to reach the foot of the mountain before dark, and we will be able to return to the village at noon tomorrow. ”

The boy cheered, jumped up, and followed the old man with a small medicine basket on his back.

After going around the boulder and walking dozens of zhang away, I saw at a glance the verdant green among the scattered forest leaves, palm-sized leaves, showing a little snow white underneath, and a thin red line around it.

"Found it. The little boy cheered, helped the old man to step forward quickly, and took out a small medicine hoe more than a foot long to remove the fallen leaves around.

The old man picked up the surface of the soil with his hands, and the exposed part was the thickness of a wrist, which was about the size of a baby's arm, and it was definitely a treasure in the world, and its value was immeasurable.

The old man was very excited when he dug up the soil with a hoe, and the ginseng was nearly a foot long, holding it in his hand, and his wrinkled face was like a blooming flower.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, cold and biting, the forest leaves rattled, and a fishy smell filled the humid air.

The old man's face changed greatly, showing a hint of panic, and he hurriedly took the ginseng directly into his arms, pulled up the little boy next to him, ran to the rear, and said in a very low voice, "Xiao Song, go quickly, there is a fierce beast coming." ”

But before they could run to the boulder, they suddenly stood still, their bodies trembled, their faces were pale, and they looked ahead with horror.

I saw that next to the brown boulder, I don't know when a big blue and black snake came, hovering and standing, the body of the thickness of a bucket, five or six zhang long, two turquoise triangular eyes like two bright lights, shooting out a faint light, terrifying.

The snake's mouth opened slightly, and the red tongue kept swallowing and hissing, and a fishy smell came to the face, making the two of them dizzy and tumbling in their stomachs.

"Grandpa-" The boy was so frightened that he almost burst into tears, and a pair of small hands grabbed the old man's sleeve tightly, and his legs trembled, and he was about to collapse to the ground.

Although the two of them also lived in the mountains, where had they seen such a huge python, they instantly thought of the admonition handed down by their ancestors: There are demons in the mountains, don't go deep.

The old man looked up to the sky and sighed, his eyes were full of despair, he looked at Xiao Tong, and said with a miserable smile: "I didn't expect you and my grandfather and grandson to die in the hands of this beast today, grandpa can't stand you, you didn't even see your father and died like this." ”

The python had blue eyes, opened its sharp fangs, and was about to pounce as soon as its body moved, but the old man resolutely stood up in front of the child, and when he was closing his eyes and waiting for death, a loud roar suddenly exploded in his ears.

"Moo-"

The huge bull's roar was deafening, the mountains and forests trembled, the leaves fell, the two of them fell to the ground as soon as their feet were weak, and they saw a snow-white bull suddenly appear on the boulder.

The pure white cow's hair brocade is as smooth as a brocade, the hair is shiny and shiny, the knotted muscles are bulging, the limbs are thick like heavenly pillars erected on a boulder, and the two black horns are more than a foot long, reaching straight to the sky.

The jewel-like black eyes were incomparably deep, like two bright lights, shooting out two brilliant divine lights staring directly at the serpent, frightening it to the ground, constantly hissing and whispering, as if it was pleading.

After a while, the white bull swept the eyes of the black snake, two white smoke erupted from its nostrils, and with a low snort, the snake was pardoned, and as soon as it turned around and burrowed behind the boulder, the sound of the snake's belly rubbing against the ground gradually faded away, until no sound could be heard. ...

At this time, the old man was already stunned and at a loss, he had never seen such a big bison at such a young age, and with a loud roar, he actually scared away the big snake that seemed to be a sperm, this white bull is probably not simple.

Only the boy poked out half of his head, and his two eyes looked curiously at the big white bull on the boulder, full of surprise.

At this time, the white cow seemed to be very interested in the two of them, and even the old man even saw a trace of emotion in his eyes, and there was a little reluctance, which was complicated and difficult to understand.

As if hesitating, the cow lifted a leg, threw an object, smashed it in front of the old man, turned and jumped off the boulder, and disappeared.

The old man froze for a while, as if he understood that he had been rescued, let out a long breath, and his body collapsed to the ground as if he had collapsed. At this time, I found that the clothes all over my body were soaked with cold sweat.

Instead, the boy took two steps forward, stared at the ground, and without waiting for the old man to stop him, leaned over to pick it up. A faint fragrance wafts away, and when you smell it, your whole body seems to be full of strength.

What kind of treasure is this?

The old man looked at the object in his grandson's hand in surprise, more than half a foot long, like a thick radish, but the upper part disappeared, leaving two huge tooth marks, and now only the lower part remained, two bifurcated thin strips were intertwined, similar to the baby's thighs, and there were many broken tiny roots next to them, and a little milky white gushed out.

The old man has been dealing with herbs all his life, and he recognized it at a glance, and what he saw in front of him was the legendary rare elixir in the world, at least for more than 500 years, and it was definitely a divine object.

"Grandpa, did that cow save us just now?" asked the little boy with his head tilted.

"Yes, this must be the appearance of the sacred cow that the ancestors said. Hurry up and kneel down and kowtow to the sacred cow. The old man fell to his knees, full of excitement, muttering in his mouth, pulling the little boy to bow in the direction of the white bull.

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