Chapter 12: The Debut
The spring breeze warms up, the snow melts, and the earth gradually returns to its original color. The coniferous forests on the high hills of the Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info are still verdant, and the broad-leaved forests are showing new green leaves, but the gray fog that is fueled by the spring breeze day and night has been infected with other colors overnight.
Often when the sun sets, it is still a new green, and by the next morning it has changed its appearance, or purple, or crimson, or purple with gold, or so on, in short, it has lost its original color.
The shrub belt is slightly better, but it is also mottled. Only in the low-lying leeward area can the grass that emerges from the ground keep its original tender green. But these new greens are a delicacy loved by the cats and the surviving herbivores after the winter. But they are very tough, and today you eat a young leaf that is out of the ground, and tomorrow it will grow a new leaf.
The snow has melted, the sun has become warmer, Wu Mazi came as scheduled, and after some politeness, Wu Mazi said: "Old friend, we will leave tomorrow." Bring the three offspring with you. The tone is beyond question.
Ji Laosan: "Okay, it's just that we're going to dispatch eleven people." ”
"I don't know how to do spells, so why bother the people of your village. Wu Mazi looked unhappy.
"No, brother, you misunderstood, these eleven people are all sons of my Ji family, and there are no outsiders. ”
"Could it be that they have all practiced the magic and failed?" Wu Mazi was a little uneasy.
"That's true, it's the same cultivation as the four of us. ”
"Well, my old friend is so generous. Wu Mazi was surprised.
"Big brother, you see, we have so many people, this... Is this issue of harvest distribution discussed again?" Ji Laosan asked Ai Ai pretending to be in the period.
"Hmph, old fox. No matter how many people you come out, you still haven't done it to me. Wu Mazi scolded in his heart.
"Well, well... Negotiable. In this way, I will give way, I will take forty percent of what I get, and you will get six, but don't forget that I provided those spells. Wu Mazi was silent for a while, and said with some pain.
"Well, thank you, brother. My brother is a noble man of my Ji lineage. We will never forget your kindness. Ji Laosan said solemnly.
"Hahaha.... My brother loves to hear this. Wu Mazi laughed.
"Departure after sunrise tomorrow. Wu Mazi stopped laughing.
"Good. "Ji Lao three times.
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The two discussed some details, and Wu Mazi left Jijiazhai.
Nothing was said all night.
The next day, eleven members of the Ji family met with Wu Mazi at the mountain pass, leaving the fourth sister and the three convicts to take care of the small courtyard.
Wu Mazi still carried a big bow and a small arrow on his back, leading the way in front. After crossing a few high ridges, a large river runs in front of you, and on the other side of the river is a vast plain that stretches as far as the eye can see. "Cross this river, and the other side is where the Mao people and monsters haunt. Wu Mazi looked into the distance, with a hint of excitement in his eyes.
"There are also Mao people in the hills and valleys here. "The Ji family is a posterior interjection.
"Stupid, how can these initial Mao people who have just been infected by foreign qi from various cottages want to mention it with the Mao people on the other side of the river. Wu Mazi replied indignantly.
"Dare to ask, is there any difference between the two?" Nineteen asked lightly.
"At first, the Mao people only acted through the instinctive desire for food, while the Mao people on the other side were able to swallow the gray mist at night to cultivate. After cultivating, Mao Min has a certain degree of self-awareness, whether it is physical strength, agility, etc., it has been greatly improved, and some leaders even use some small spells. It's just that they don't use spiritual power but strange qi, and the large Maomin community is more terrifying than the demon beasts. Wu Mazi said.
"Can an ordinary bow and arrow hunt them?" asked Wuyue worriedly.
This is also the question that everyone in the nineteenth rank wants to ask, everyone only has the second layer of qi refining, and the dantian mana can only cast a maximum of fifty ice archery techniques or fire bomb techniques without replenishment. If you encounter a large group of Mao people or demon beasts, I'm afraid that the mana will be unsustainable.
"Ordinary bows and arrows can kill anyone below the chief, but they are quick to be quick. Wu Mazi said.
"Don't worry, I know you're worried about running out of mana, our first goal is to find the nest of the monkeys. According to my estimate, there is a high chance of finding the spirit stone vein, and with the spirit stone, you can replenish everyone's mana in the wild. Wu Mazi added.
"After crossing the river, we went up the little tributary. ”
"Time is precious, so let's talk as we go. Ji Laosan said.
"You can also..."
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"I tracked the Monkey King twice, and the monkeys all went up the river from this tributary and escaped my tracking. ”
"How could you have lost it. ”
"It's just that there are countless wild wolves on both sides of this tributary, which is why those monkeys take the water route instead of the land route. It will be difficult for me to fight my way through this area alone, and now with you, great things must be expected. ”
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Oh....
After leaving the estuary for more than ten miles, the wolf howled. From time to time, you can bump into wild wolves foraging for food alone, and of course they are all shot to death by the fast-eyed forwards. In this way, more than 100 miles of land rushed upstream, and the howl of wolves began to intensify, and it was almost impossible to see the wild wolves acting alone. But strangely, after climbing over the hill at his feet, the wolf howl disappeared.
"We're probably surrounded by wolves. Ji Laosan said gloomily.
Hearing this, everyone's hearts tightened, but they were all old hunters who were used to hunting, and they were not too flustered.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a wolf, kill as many as you want. Wu Mazi laughed, as if he had a sense of superiority.
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Picking up the branches of the bushes in front of him, "Nineteen, you see a silver wolf on the stone cliff in front of you. "No moon was surprised.
Nineteen raised his eyes, and sure enough, on the straight stone cliff stood a huge wild wolf with a whole silver body, and the silver wolf seemed to
I also saw the people marching, turned around and disappeared behind the cliff.
The mountain cliff in front is more than five zhang high, the whole body is bluestone, the front and back are almost at a ninety degree angle, only a few places are full of vines, when everyone crosses this cliff with the help of vines, is marveling at the magic of nature.
Oh....
Whew...
The long-lost wolf howls came and went, "It seems that this is the battlefield that the wolf king has chosen for himself." "Nineteen.
Twelve people lined up, drawing their bows and aiming at the bushes in front of them. Whoa... Whew... , gray wolves squeezed out of the dense forest, bypassed the bushes and pounced on everyone. Whoa... , puff puff ... , twelve gray wolves fell. That's right, it's twelve, and Wu Mazi is also attacking with an ordinary bow now.
Oh...
The death of the twelve wolves did not make the wolves in the rear feel the slightest fear or hindrance, and continued to pounce on everyone. Whoa... Puff puff... The sound continued, round after round of gray wolves died, and the wolves advanced little by little.
After more than 20 rounds of casualties, the wolves finally advanced from more than 50 steps away to more than 20 steps. At this time, in addition to the wolf corpses underground, there were more than a thousand wild wolves all over the eyes. Wu Mazi finally pulled out the big black bow and released the small black arrow, only to hear a bang, the black arrow left the string, and the next moment it appeared in the wolves, and a continuous pop sound. In an instant, the overwhelming array of wild wolves in front of one hundred and ten wild wolves were pierced by black arrows.
Whew......
The wild wolves in the rear turned around and hid in the dense forest.
At this time, the small black arrow had been returned to the quiver, Wu Mazi intentionally or unintentionally flicked the quiver and said: "Everyone has cleaned up the battlefield, recovered all the arrows that can be used, and by the way, mend the wolf cub that is not dead." ”
"Let's recover all the arrows, this wolf pack retreats strangely, maybe it will be of great use in the future. Ji Laosan commanded.
After the group had recovered the arrows, used some jerky, and continued on.
Oh...
The retreating wolves went and returned, and continued to attack, this time not only countless wild wolves pounced in front of them, but also found wild wolves in the rear. After some deliberation, they decided to fight and retreat in the direction of the river, so as not to be ambushed on all sides. When everyone retreated to the river, in a short time, the wolves surrounded them from three directions. This time, forty steps away, Wu Mazi used a black arrow. After killing a hundred and ten wolves at a time, the little arrow flew and the quiver paused for a moment. This repeatedly, coupled with the hunting bow shooting of the eleven members of the Ji family, the bank of the river has been covered with wolf corpses, but the wolves still refuse to retreat.
Oh... Oh.... Oh...
It depends on summoning wild wolves farther away to participate in the encirclement. When the wolves were thin and dense, and the arrows carried by the people were used up by two-thirds, there was a quack from the upstream direction of the river.... Squeak squeak... sounds.
"Haha, God help me. Wu Mazi was overjoyed.
"I'm kao, it's really time for the horse monkey group to appear, and it's really worthy of sending the treasure monkey king. Nineteen muttered to himself.
Several members of the Ji family didn't know where to go, and they all asked Ji Laosan, Wuxi, Wuyue, and Nineteen.
"The target of this trip is that the group of horse monkeys has appeared..."Ji Laosan explained.
Oh.. Whew... Oh... Whew...
When the sound of the monkeys came, the wolf howls became shorter and more anxious, and the wolves attacked more and more frantically.
"Why don't we attack and advance upstream?" proposed.
"Makes sense. Wu Mazi responded.
"That's it. Ji Laosan agreed.
The Golden Retriever Monkey King led the monkey group to tear apart countless wild wolves, marched downstream, and met everyone unexpectedly.
The Monkey King was screaming and directing the monkey cubs to fight the enemy, and a small black arrow appeared in front of its eyes again. The monkey king showed a look of panic, opened his big mouth, and gah. Chirping... , turn around and run. The monkey cubs, who were tearing wolf meat and besieging a wild wolf, were stunned when they heard the king's order, and they also followed upstream one after another.
Wang Mazi shouted, "Chase after it, don't let the monkeys run away." As he spoke, he strode forward and hurried after him.
The horse monkey king was repeatedly frightened by Wang Mazi, and his soul was about to fall, so he desperately climbed and jumped, and everyone held tightly behind the monkeys. Maybe the losses were too heavy, maybe the wolves didn't want to fight the monkeys again at this time, or maybe the wolf king knew that the monkeys were withdrawing from their territory at this time, and the wolves didn't chase in this direction again.
After about an hour of escape, the Monkey King finally saw his home, and the towering mountain in front of him was his lair. I saw this mountain peak rising from the ground, the dense coniferous forest full of mountains, verdant and dripping, a small river several zhang wide and the mountain peak passed by, the mountain peak towards the small river is a cliff, there is a huge cave several zhang high in the middle of the cliff, dozens of zhang wide, at this time the horse monkey king is running towards this cave.
Nineteen ran and speculated: "The mountain peaks in front are really rare, and the abrupt rise from the flat ground is secondary, and from this side there is no arbor forest belt, and the coniferous forest is too dense." ”
After half a pillar of incense, everyone had dragged the monkeys up to the mouth of the cave. The Horse Monkey King climbed on his throne, scratching his ears and cheeks, and he couldn't figure out how this group of people could persistently chase him to the cave. It's really annoying that these people are blocking the road now, and I have to drive them out, this is my own territory, and there is such a beautiful throne.
Quack quack.. Quack quack...
The Monkey King made up his mind to defend his territory and throne to the death, and issued an order.
Chirping... Chirping... Chirping..
Countless monkey cubs responded to the Monkey King's orders. Gathered in a group, crowded and pressed towards the entrance of the cave.
Wu Mazi was about to use his housekeeping skills, "Brother, rest, let's come first." Ji Laosan said.
Wu Mazi stopped his movements, nodded, and agreed, "I have killed a lot of wild wolves along the way, and the mana has gone from ten to seven or eight, but the mana of more than a dozen of them has not lost the slightest loss, so it's good for you to fight first." When you consume seventy-seven-eighty-eight, I'll make a final decision, hehe. ”
"Three-three. After Ji Laosan saw Wu Mazi's approval, he spit out two words.
Immediately, the eleven members of the Ji family divided into four groups and began to prepare for the attack. In the first group, the first group of three ice arrows shot at the approaching group of monkeys, poof... Burst.. Burst...
Because the monkeys were so close, each ice arrow harvested six or seven lives before dissipating into the body of the last hapless monkey. Then three more ice arrows were fired, and so on three after three, one of which was two, and after a few rounds the monkeys were so frightened that no matter how quacked the Monkey King rattled the order, he flinched.
Wu Mazi looked at all this and couldn't help frowning.
Ji Laosan saw the effect, "Stop." And the people did not attack any more. After seeing that they all stopped, "Four-four forward." With Ji Laosan's command, the eleven people formed a small formation and slowly advanced in the direction of the Monkey King's throne in front. While advancing, four ice arrows were shot at the monkey group in front of them, and after the four ice arrows in the first round were fired, the monkeys in front of them were chaotic, some retreated to the left, some squeezed to the right, and some retreated sharply to the rear.
In just a few rounds, the eleven people had advanced to the Monkey King's throne more than fifty steps away, and no monkey cub dared to stand in the way in front of them. The golden horse-monkey king, seeing that he could no longer command the monkey group, was so anxious that he quacked. In the end, he reluctantly glanced at the throne under his feet, and jumped up and rushed towards the Ji family. How could it pounce closely, four ice arrows instantly hit its two thighs, and the monkey king fell into the dust with a bang.
"Don't kill it. Wu Mazi hurriedly shouted.
"Brother, don't worry, I won't want it to die. Ji Laosan said.
Seeing that the Monkey King was also invincible, the monkeys completely lost the courage to stay, squeak... Chirping... They fled from both sides to the outside of the cave, leaving behind a corpse of monkeys and an injured monkey king.
"A lot of spirit stones. Wuyue stroked the spirit stones inlaid on the throne of the Monkey King and said happily.
"Let's divide the spirit stones on this throne, and you have also contributed a lot this time. Wu Mazi said.
"Uh, that's good. Ji Laosan was stunned.
"Let's let you taste some sweetness, and then you can help me kill demon beasts in the future. The cooperation just now is still a bit doorway. It's a pity, my exercises... , otherwise I will pull up a team in Wujiazhai, it will not be better. Well, it's better to rob them of their exercises.... Hmm, it's not proper, looking at the appearance that they have been refining the second layer of Qi for more than half a year, it is definitely not a good exercise. If you spend time cultivating the people of Wujiazhai, the daylilies will be cold when they are cultivated. Besides, seeing that their cooperation just now is very tacit, and it is not easy to succeed without the slightest injury. It's not bad to continue working together like this, so let's make plans when that thing is over. Wu Mazi pondered.
Thirty spirit stones were knocked down on the throne, Wu Mazi received twelve pieces, and the rest of the people got one piece, and the rest was handed over to Ji Laosan for safekeeping. Wuyue looked at his spirit stone happily for a while before he was willing to put it away. The others were also smiling, this was the first time in their lives that they had obtained their own spirit stones.
"Look at the material of this throne, it is very similar to the stone of this cave, could it be that the depths of this cave are spiritual stone mines?" said Nineteen, looking at the stone slag on the ground.
It's almost in this cave where this spirit stone mine is, Wu Mazi is likely to come for this, but he is alone, and he finds that the spirit stone mine is not to rely on us, there are many people on our side, although it is said to be four or six points, but when it comes to mining, can you take care of it alone.
"Let's go, let's do some searching. ”
“.....”
As a result, everyone was disappointed, and they searched and searched, and found spirit stones at the bottom of the cave, but they were not found on the cave wall, but on the stone slabs of different sizes in the middle of the cave. It can also be seen from the gap in the stone slab that the stone slab of the Monkey King's throne was also knocked down from above. Although no spirit stone mines were found, the number of scattered spirit stones collected was still unsatisfactory. In the end, everyone got more than a dozen yuan, and of course Wu Mazi made a small fortune.