Chapter 5: Shadows
At night, Chu Xiaowen couldn't sleep, in fact, since the last time he spent a night in the mountains, he couldn't sleep well these few nights, every time he fell asleep, he would see the perfect woman in his dreams, after opening the Heavenly Pulse today, he found that the situation had become more serious, and now even if he opened his eyes, that face kept shaking in front of him.
And the legend of the witch's ghost flashed in his mind again, Chu Xiaowen was very wild when he was in the village before, but now thinking of the witch's ghost, he inexplicably gave birth to a sense of courage, and suddenly his heart was ruthless, and he jumped out of bed.
He tiptoed out of the door, Ah Niang has always been in poor health, and it is difficult to get up as soon as he sleeps, but Chu Xiaowen is still very careful, and when he leaves the house, he spreads his legs.
The Chu family will not restrict the actions of their family members in their spare time, and as for Chu Xiaowen's mother and son, no one will pay attention to them.
And at night, most of the people in the Chu family rested, so Chu Xiaowen ran all the way out of the villa without encountering a single figure.
After entering the mountain and walking along the path, you can still see the traces of the day's competition from the grass and trees that fell on the side of the road and the high mountain that lacked the peak.
Children are afraid of the dark, but Chu Xiaowen is obviously not in this ranks, he is the youngest and most courageous child in the village, and now among those of the same age in the family, this is even more so.
After walking for a stick of incense, Chu Xiaowen left the path and walked into the mountains and forests, he didn't know why he knew the road, it stands to reason that in this deep mountain, there is no thing to identify the direction, even if he walks through it a few times, it is impossible for a child to remember the road, but Chu Xiaowen still appeared in front of the small waterhole without any mistakes.
Chu Xiaowen grabbed the wooden stick he picked up on the road, and as soon as he rushed out, he yelled, waved a few sticks, and then said loudly: "Demon girl, come out, I'm not afraid of you." ”
The surroundings were quiet, as if even the mosquitoes had avoided this place, no matter how bold he was, Chu Xiaowen was still scared of the legend of the witch.
"Demon girl, you come out for me, I will duel with you. ”
Chu Xiaowen made a splash with a wooden stick, as if screaming louder would improve his courage.
Coo~
A night owl flew overhead, bringing the only unusual sound in the silence of the night.
"Ah~" Chu Xiaowen was startled by the sudden appearance of the voice and fell directly to the ground.
When he realized that it was a night owl, Chu Xiaowen's face turned red, fortunately, there was no one here, he was not afraid that someone would see it, but he was still very angry, so he picked up a stone and threw it at the place where the night owl flew.
The moonlight sprinkled down, the surroundings were very quiet, and the water in the small pool was also very quiet, reflecting the moonlight, which was the brightest existence in the night, and seemed to be a little brighter than the moon in the sky.
However, Chu Xiaowen was not old enough to pay attention to these small details, he picked up the wooden stick, and found that he was really stupid to rush out to find the witch like this, how many years has the Chu family been here, and there has never been an accident, how could he just see the witch's ghost when he ran over.
Chu Xiaowen had some doubts that he had just had a dream that day, and that perfect woman was just a fantasy of himself.
And why do you have the courage to go up the mountain? Not to mention the witch, the beasts that infest the mountains alone are not something that I can deal with now, and my courage is really getting bigger and bigger.
Chu Xiaowen looked at the pool for a while, looked at his wooden stick, and then looked around.
Chu Xiaowen remembered that he had opened the Heavenly Pulse today, and suddenly wanted to try this new power.
However, he only knew the luck method taught by the incense sect today, and as for how to use the mysterious power, he had not yet learned it.
So he used a stick as a sword and practiced the only swordsmanship he had ever learned.
Very ordinary swordsmanship, just horizontal slashing, straight slashing, stabbing, receiving, blocking, avoiding, that's it, it's so simple that it can't be regarded as a sword "method" at all, but it's just this simple action, Chu Xiaowen knows that even the chief teacher has to practice it several times a day.
Yu Jiao Xi once said that the sword is very simple, it is to split, cut, stab, receive, block, avoid, and that's it.
Those well-known swordsmanship is nothing more than using different methods to complete the actions of chopping, chopping, stabbing, retracting, blocking, and avoiding, which is the so-called inseparable.
The child's hand is unsteady, it is difficult to make every sword the same, only the strength becomes greater, after practicing thousands of times, can every action seem to be no difference, just like those oldest teenagers in the first class, and to make every movement exactly the same, not bad at all, it will be to the point of the teachers.
Here, the figure of the witch did not appear in front of Chu Xiaowen again, and Chu Xiaowen only practiced a few tricks before completely forgetting everything around him, and devoted himself to the wooden stick in his hand, and for the first time achieved the unity of mind and mind that even the teenagers and girls in the first class could not do.
The swing of the sword was still a little unstable, but it was very smooth.
The same swordsmanship, repeated over and over again in Chu Xiaowen's hands, forgot the tiredness, forgot the time, and did not hear the sound of the water plucking, and did not notice that a shadow was slowly stretching towards him.
Roar~
With the roar of a beast, the shadow suddenly retracted, and Chu Xiaowen was also called back to reality, completely unaware that there was something trying to get close to him just now.
He just looked at the deep trees around him with some astonishment, and suddenly a huge black shadow jumped out of the bushes and landed in front of Chu Xiaowen, causing him to scream in fright and sit on the ground.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, the true body was revealed by a huge monster, which had a horse-like body, but on top of a dragon head, and its four legs were thick and scaly, like a strange gray lion.
The monster showed its sharp teeth, its face was hideous and terrifying, and slowly stretched out to Chu Xiaowen's body, sniffing around, and the heavy snort blew the child's hair desperately back, and the copper bell-like eyes stared at the small, ball-like child on the ground.
Chu Xiaowen once saw this monster, it was in Chujiazhuang, it was a strange beast raised by the Chu family, named Pixiu, Pixiu is a pair, they are all mountain patrol beasts in this area, but I don't know which one of the male and female is in front of me.
Chu Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that this monster that suddenly jumped out was not a demon beast in the forest, but he still felt very scared, after all, he was too small for this hideous monster, and half of its head was bigger than Chu Xiaowen's entire body, which made the little boy feel a little weak, and he didn't dare to come out.
After Pixiu saw Chu Xiaowen from head to foot, he lifted the head that was very huge for Chu Xiaowen, and then Chu Xiaowen felt that the top of his head was dark, and Pixiu stepped over him and walked to the waterhole and sniffed continuously.
Chu Xiaowen's head finally came to life at this time, and he looked at this mountain patrol spirit beast strangely, as if it was looking for something.
It's just that Pixiu sniffed for a long time and didn't find anything, raised his head, and anthropomorphically showed a puzzled look.
In the end, it shook its head and turned its head to look at Chu Xiaowen who got up.
Chu Xiaowen smiled at the monster, smiling a little reluctantly, but he still tried to make himself as friendly as possible.
However, the other party didn't appreciate it, and suddenly opened his mouth and roared at Chu Xiaowen.
A fishy wind hit his nose, Chu Xiaowen's face shrunk into a ball, closed his eyes, and endured this extremely smelly strong wind.
Pixiu was obviously very unhappy that a child of the Chu family appeared here in such a late night, and with this roar, even Chu Xiaowen understood the meaning of expulsion inside.
The host has this intention, and the guest also has this intention, Chu Xiaowen is not polite to it, and immediately turns around and runs.
When he returned to the house, it was still very dark, and dawn was almost here, but Chu Xiaowen didn't feel sleepy at all, as if he had slept well in the mountains.
Chu Xiaowen was lying on the bed, his mind had calmed down, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, not to mention how he could run into the mountains so boldly, the Pixiu just now seemed to be looking for something, could it be that there was really a witch in that pool?
However, these things are too complicated for his little brain, and he only vaguely feels that things are wrong, but the prime minister is not going to go with the cause and effect of things.