Chapter 8 Barren Mountains and Wild Temples
To fight a snake is to hit him seven inches, so that he can be killed in one blow. Thinking of the teachings of the elders in the village, Wang Ping clenched the wooden stick in his hand tightly, and he wondered where his stick should hit if the snake took a step closer. In the face of such a behemoth, if he escaped, there would be no hope, and he knew very well that his small body would be caught up if he basically took a few steps. Wang Ping of this level is very glad that the oak stick in his hand is not the kind of small wooden stick, although it is smaller than the snake, but the oak tree is tight, and it is only a little worse than the iron stick.
If you don't go, you might have a chance to hit the snake in the deadly spot. For a long time when one person and one snake faced each other quietly, Wang Ping did not move, and the snake did not move. Little by little, time passed. Wang Ping's palms were slowly soaked with sweat, his eyes were wide open, and he slowly lightened his breathing.
The crows of chickens under the mountain became more and more intensive, one after another, one after another, and in the end, the sound became one. The big snake looked at Wang Ping for a while and then slipped away, Wang Ping felt very speechless: "You said you are a yellow-haired boy, what are you a cow, if it weren't for the fact that you don't have a few taels of meat on your body, I would have eaten you a long time ago! Big snake, did you think like this just now? Haha......
The moon disappeared into the clouds at some point, and the whole world was pitch black, and Wang Ping finally realized what it meant to reach out and not see his five fingers. After being nervous in the face of the big snake for a long time, the danger was suddenly lifted, and Wang Pingzhi felt a sense of weakness all over his body.
Su'er's figure has long been gone. When Wang Ping looked around, he found that the small temple didn't know when it was lit up a little fire.
The road was no longer visible, and Wang Ping didn't care whether there was a road or not, and walked wholeheartedly towards that little light.
I don't know how many wrestles I fell, but I finally came to the outside of the weedy starry temple. The moment he got out of the weeds, he realized that the spark had been extinguished again.
"Sister, sister, are you in there?"
Su'er didn't answer, and there was an echo in the valley.
"Sister, where are you!" Wang Ping shouted!
"Boom!" A thunderclap sounded, and a silver-white lightning bolt streaked across the sky.
"Sister, I'm in the small temple!" Wang Ping's heart tightened when he didn't see Su'er reply, and he raised his voice again.
"Boom!" The thunder sounded again, and Wang Ping's eyes lit up. I saw that the fallen leaves were swept up the roof by the strong wind, and two broken tiles fell.
"Sister...... Where are you ......"
There were echoes in the valley, but there was still no sound.
After the lightning and thunder, there was silence all around, and there were dark shadows on the road when they came. Immediately after that, the raindrops with copper coins fell down.
"It turns out that my sister is not here, so what is the fire here just now? Could it really be a ghost fire!" As soon as he thought of this, Wang Ping felt creepy, and the cool breeze outside the back of his neck blew over.
"Hmph! I don't do bad things in my life, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night! I, Wang Ping, have always been a frank gentleman, what is there to be afraid of!" He shook his head and strode in.
The sound of the wind and the rain came from the sky. The thunder was louder, the silver-white lightning was getting denser and denser, Wang Ping was tired and scared after searching for most of the night, only to feel that his body was weak for a while, and his steps were getting heavier and heavier.
After slowly walking into the temple, I found that the space in the temple is about three zhang square, not narrow, there is a pine incense case at the door, the pine wood incense case has accumulated layers of thick dust, the rusty incense burner on the case is full of incense ash, behind the case is a mud statue that can no longer see the face clearly, the cobwebs on the roof beams are dense, and there is a thick straw pile in the corner......
Suddenly, a pungent smell of blood wafted in.
Immediately after a flash of lightning, Wang Ping found that on the thick straw, there was a man in black lying there motionless.
"Are you a human or a ghost!" Wang Ping shouted, and the wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground. He wanted to turn around and run, but he didn't know why those two legs just didn't obey and couldn't lift up.
"If you say I'm a human being, I'm a human being, and if you say I'm a ghost, I'm a ghost!" The cold voice of the man in black floated into Wang Ping's ears without any sense of **.
"Haha......" Wang Pingqiang couldn't hold back the fear in his heart, laughed out loud, and forced himself not to think about those miscellaneous things. "If you're a ghost, how can you still talk to people!"
"Haha...... What guts!" The black clothes looked at Wang Ping, who was short in stature and still spoke in a childlike voice, and couldn't help but praise from the bottom of his heart.
"Hmph! I'm not uncommon, you praise me! Don't pretend to be a ghost and scare me!"
"Do you think I'm willing? I can't help it?"
I don't know why the man in black sighed, but after hearing this, Wang Ping suddenly felt that this man in black was also so pitiful. If it weren't for the poor people, how could they be seriously injured in this barren mountain and small temple on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.
"Uncle, why are you covered in blood, have you met a bad guy?" Wang Ping walked up slowly.
"Of course the blood is covered in bad people, are you afraid?" asked the man in black gently.
"Uncle, as long as you don't have bad intentions towards me, I am naturally not afraid!" replied Wang Ping pursed his full lips.
"Alas, now I just have the heart and the strength! The man in black said unwillingly.
"Will you die if you shed so much blood?" asked Wang Ping with his eyes closed.
The man in black did not answer Wang Ping's question, but asked, "Why are you here?
"Sister's sheep is lost, I'll help her find it?" replied Wang Ping.
"Are you afraid?" asked the man in black again.
"I'm afraid, but I'm afraid I have to find it back, if I don't find it back, my sister will be beaten by her father!" Wang Ping watched the blood of the man in black slowly flow out of his mouth and drip onto his chest, and couldn't help but quickly answer the question of the man in black.
"You call her sister, then why isn't her father your father?" the man in black asked, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"She's my neighbor! I think anyone older than me can be called my sister! Do you say so?" Wang Ping glanced at the man in black worriedly.
"I see!"
Hearing Wang Ping's reply, the man in black seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and trembled and took out a jade box from his chest and swallowed a pill he touched inside. He glanced at Nanyue Hengshan Mountain in the distance and took a deep breath.
It seems that I will never go back! It's not a pity to die by yourself, if you don't bring things back to the master, you really die in vain.
Looking at the dark world outside, the heart of the black-clothed man moved: "Although the child is young, fortunately, he is kind-hearted and courageous." It's better to gamble, and it's unknown if you can deliver something. If it weren't for that, wouldn't there be no chance? ”
Thinking of this, he pulled Wang Ping, who had his eyes closed, over to take a closer look. Although this child's qualifications are not good, fortunately, he still has the spiritual root of cultivation.
The man in black couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "As expected, I hope that the sky has eyes, and I bless this child to be able to deliver things safely." He turned his head and said, "Little brother! Everything was meant to be. I don't know if you would like to go to Zhuling Cave to learn skills. ”
Wang Ping said: "What kind of ability, how much money can you make a year?"
In Wang Ping's mind, as long as he has money, his father can go home, he doesn't have to go out to work, and Sister Su'er doesn't have to go out to herd sheep, and she can eat meat every day.
The man in black was stunned for a moment, and forced himself to laugh bitterly: "I don't know how much money I can make, but after I learn, I can be less bullied by some people, and it is not difficult to fly in the sky and walk in the water." But you should tell me one thing before you go, and don't tell anyone what I gave you, including your parents. ”
Wang Ping nodded and agreed, "What is it?"
The man in black said: "It's something that costs my life for me, and only you know about it before it is delivered, can you do it?"
Wang Ping nodded again with a resolute expression: "Don't worry, I won't say it if I die." ”
The man in black thought for a while and took out a fiery red card from his arms, and said, "After entering the mountain gate, hand over this jade card, and someone will naturally take you to see the master." Then you can hand him this jade box. Remember that you can't hand over the jade box if you don't see the master. ”
Wang Ping nodded solemnly again.