Chapter 5: The Trail of the Wolf King
Qinhu Village is only thirty miles away from Sheep's Head Mountain, but it takes a whole day, which shows the ruggedness of the mountain road.
There are many villages scattered in the mountains of these thirty miles, most of them are as small as Qinhu Village, there are few fierce beasts in the mountains and forests in this area, but there are many birds and game, Qin Yu is already familiar with this road, and he has not encountered any danger along the way, but has encountered many hunting teams from other villages.
As the night approached, Qin Yu finally arrived at his destination, and there were three more hares on his body, which were all the masterpieces of rhubarb, and they would also be its food.
In front of it is a stretch of mountains, two outward sloping peaks into the clouds, towering in front of it, it looks like a sheep's head from a distance, so the locals name this mountain is Sheep's Head Mountain.
After Sheepshead Mountain, it is a savage forest, and when you enter the savage forest, you really enter a no-man's land. Sheepshead Mountain is like a natural dividing line, separating man from beast.
He found a tree hollow in the forest at the foot of Sheep's Head Mountain and took out the dry food he had brought with him and ate it. It's best not to light a campfire when you're alone in the jungle, as this is likely to cause unnecessary trouble.
Rhubarb is a hunting dog, knowing what to do and what not to do, it squatted beside Qin Yu and looked around vigilantly.
After a stick of incense, it was completely dark, and the sound of insects came from the grass, highlighting the extraordinary silence around the surroundings. Looking ahead, the tall Sheep's Head Mountain is faintly visible, and in the sky behind the Sheep's Head Mountain, several bright purple stars rise, bright and mysterious at the same time.
Qin Yu stared blankly for a while, until a few birdsong sounded in the forest to wake him up, he took out a few vials from the cloth bag, and sprinkled some near the entrance of the cave, there are many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the forest, and sulfur is very restrained against these things, so that he can sleep peacefully.
At that moment, a little light came up in the woods, and it was a group of people with torches, about twenty of them, who were moving very fast.
He frowned, he didn't want to make a fuss, it was a very dangerous thing to meet a stranger at night in the jungle, who knew if the other party had bad intentions.
He made a gesture to the rhubarb, and the rhubarb burrowed into the depths of the forest without making a sound, Qin Yu quickly climbed onto a tree, without making a sound, and his body completely disappeared into the shadow of the tree trunk, quietly observing the other party.
"Whew...... Stop, it should be safe to walk here, the wolves will not cross Sheep's Head Mountain. Set up camp on the spot, let's spend the night here, guard the surroundings, pull Ertie over, and see if the injury has worsened. ”
It was clear that this was a hunting party that had just returned from hunting, and it was a wounded man in the opposing team.
A person in charge of guarding walked under Qin Yu, his nose suddenly sniffed, and he raised his head and shouted, "Who is in the tree!?"
Qin Yu was suddenly startled, and realized that this person's nose was really spiritual, and a little sulfur could smell it.
Reluctantly, he turned over and got off the tree, the person in front of him was dressed in black, and there was an ugly scar on his face, and when he found out that it was just a little ghost, he couldn't help frowning.
"Sixth, what's going on?" the campers gathered around.
"It turned out to be a child, what are you doing in the tree so late?"
Qin Yu pointed to the tall tree hole: "It just so happens that I also spent the night here." ”
The firelight illuminated everyone, and Qin Yu suddenly found that this team was extremely wolfless, and almost everyone had injuries on their bodies, as if they had just fought a brutal defeat. There was also something resembling a stretcher in the distance, and the man's injuries were noticeably worse.
"Are there any wounded among you? I can take a look......"
Qin Yu walked towards the camp, but was stopped by the two of them raising their hands.
"I'm a healer!" Qin Yu glanced at a few people coldly.
Everyone was stunned, and everyone's eyes were focused on a bearded man. The bearded man thought for a moment and waved his hand.
This man was seriously injured, and there was a strict claw mark on his abdomen and chest, which almost disemboweled him, and he was afraid that this claw mark was not something that ordinary beasts could leave. The wound turned outward, and the surrounding area was festering, not a single blood was coming out, and there were some black herbs pouring out.
Looking at the man's face again, he was so pale from the loss of blood that he was dying, and it became difficult to even speak.
Qin Yu sighed and said, "Bear with it, it might hurt a little." Boil some hot water. ”
This time, no one was ambiguous, Qin Yu took out the cowhide pouch wrapped together from his waist and spread it on the ground, revealing a sharp knife inside, a skillful hook of the little finger, and a small knife had been pinched between two fingers, and no one saw how he did it, the knife burned on the fire, and began to clean up the rotten meat along the man's wound.
Qin Yu's movements caused the wound to rupture again, and the man snorted and almost fainted, but he gritted his teeth and survived. He handled it with great care, and it took him a full meal to get it done, and then he hurriedly stitched up the wound with sheep intestines and applied herbs to it.
After dealing with this qiē, there was already a trace of sweat on his forehead.
"Don't move tonight, it's okay to sleep all night. ”
"Yes, thank you, what's your name?" the man asked weakly.
"My name is ...... Qin Yu. He thought for a moment, but then gave his name.
He turned to find that the look of vigilance in people's eyes had vanished.
"Thank you for saving my brother's life, I will repay my kindness!
He tore a pendant from his neck, on which hung several stones of various colors, such as agate, and a great wolf's tooth.
"That's not necessary, I'm a ......"
"What's not necessary, take it!" Zhuo En interrupted him and shoved the charm into Qin Yu's pocket.
Qin Yu smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Then I have no choice but to be respectful and obey my fate." ”
He glanced around, and suddenly blew a whistle, and Zhuo En didn't know why, but he saw a huge figure popping out of the grass beside him, and when he looked at it, it was a huge hound, and he couldn't help but be startled.
Rhubarb let out a roar in his throat, staring at everyone with a fierce light, Qin Yu stroked its hair, which made it quiet.
"What a hound! I didn't even notice it. Little Brother Qin, did you raise this?" Zhuo En exclaimed.
"That's right, it's called Rhubarb, and it's my buddy. ”
Zhuo En was stunned when he heard the word "partner", savored it for a while, and then laughed heartily.
There are many dangers in the forest, and the hunter and the hound are interdependent and support each other, and over the years they have long been no longer simple masters and servants, but partners in life and death.
At this moment, Zhuo En was really like a bosom friend, and almost dragged Qin Yu to sit down by the bonfire.
Above the campfire were several fire forks, on which were inserted pheasants and hares. Under the scorching flames, the aroma was overflowing, and Qin Yu, who was not hungry, was also moved by the index finger hooked by this fragrance.
Djourn deliberately broke off a rabbit and untied a wine bag from his waist and stuffed it into him.
"Eat and drink!"
These people are all injured, drinking alcohol is very harmful to the body, Qin Yugang wanted to persuade a few words, and everyone had already taken out the wine bag and poured it violently.
The casualty rate was high, and the bare arms of these men were somewhat scarred, most of them from the fight with wild beasts. The hunters carry the hope of a village on their shoulders, they have been fighting wild beasts for many years, and they have long regarded life and death as insignificant.
The meat was very fragrant, but Rhubarb was indifferent, and Zhuo En threw a whole roasted rabbit to it, but it just glanced at Zhuo En lightly, and then lay on the ground again, provoking Zhuo En inexplicably.
"Rhubarb is cautious by nature, and he never eats what people give him. After that, he picked up the roast rabbit on the ground and handed it to the rhubarb's mouth, and it ate it slowly.
Everyone was in good spirits, and they became familiar with each other after a meal.
"Brother Zhuoen, Brother Ertie's wound doesn't look like it was left by an ordinary beast, what did you encounter over there?"
When Qin Yu asked, everyone was silent, as if they didn't want to recall.
After a while, someone replied.
"It's red-eyed!"
"Red-eyed?" he was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed.
"Red-eyed Wolf King!"
He hadn't really seen the wolf king, but the legend about it was already familiar. It is rumored that the red eyes are a black wolf with black hair, and those red eyes are his unique logo, which is extremely strong.
Every year, a few hunting teams disappear completely in the savage forest, and they are said to be its masterpieces. Especially in recent years, wolves have been extremely rampant, and rumors about it have spread almost all over the forest.
"You can actually escape from the hands of the wolf king, amazing!"
Zhuo En shook his head, his expression seemed to be a little frightened, and said: "To be honest, my hunting team is the strongest team in the village, and I and Lao Liu are both masters of internal strength, but even so, when we encounter the red eye, there is almost no power to fight back, and the wolves led by it alone are not something we can parry, and the three hounds we brought are also dead, if it weren't for Lao Liu's decisive decision to drop the four corpses and all the prey, I am afraid that we will all be wiped out!"
Qin Yu glanced at the scar man in the distance in surprise, it was this unattractive guy who found him hidden in the tree.
Zhuo En didn't seem to want to say more, and Qin Yu didn't ask more. After this question, everyone's feelings were obviously much lowered, and after hastily eating, they camped and rested.
It was much safer to stay overnight with the hunting team than to be alone, Qin Yu was arranged in the center of the camp, and he slept extremely sweetly this night, and woke up refreshed the next day.
After Zhuo En knew that Qin Yu was actually going to enter the Savage Forest, he had persuaded him for half an hour, but it had no effect, he entered the Savage Forest to save his father Qin Fang, not to mention an old wolf, even if it was a sword mountain and a sea of fire.
Seeing that he insisted, Zhuo En sighed: "Little Brother Qin, I can't persuade you, but you must be careful when you enter the savage forest this time, if you run around when you encounter the wolf king, you may still have a chance to live." Got it?"
"Don't worry! I'm so young, I don't want to die yet!
Waving goodbye to everyone, Qin Yu embarked on his own journey.