85_85978After some conversation, Qin Xianyu realized that the gray ape was a murderous thing.

Unlike other mountain ranges, there are often some beasts with red eyes and dull hair, and these beasts are collectively known as ferocious beasts.

Not only the gray ape from before, but also tigers, wolves, bears, and even goats and deer.

But all the beasts with red eyes and dull hair are fierce, fierce, and bloodthirsty and ferocious, and sometimes even rabbits will hurt people and eat meat, and they are full of ferocity.

"Our ancestors lived in the mountains, many years ago there were often people who were eaten by these fierce beasts, and later found that these fierce beasts were afraid of the red sun stone, so they beat the red sun stone into powder, sprinkled on the arrows, the blade, and finally able to drive away these fierce beasts. ”

The Orion sighed: "Actually, even with the Red Sun Stone, these fierce beasts are very powerful, and if you are not careful, you may be attacked by them from the shadows, and you will lose your life before you have time to react." ”

This group of hunters, led by this one, is named Li Ying, and he is also the most experienced in hunting, setting traps and chasing prey, all of which are first-class masters.

Although Qin Xianyu is an outsider, Li Ying and others see him as not very old, he is also handsome, and his attitude is quite kind.

Hearing Li Ying talk about this fierce beast and mention the red sun stone, Qin Xianyu couldn't help asking, "What is the red sun stone?"

Li Ying said with a smile: "It is a red stone in the mountain, although this thing is a stone, it has a pungent smell and is not harmful to people." But for a fierce beast like the gray ape, it is as powerful as poison. ”

At this time, a young man behind him said: "Hongyang Stone specializes in restraining these fierce beasts, and it is not poisonous to other animals, but it is highly poisonous to fierce beasts." Not long ago, Uncle Li sent an arrow that hit a red-eyed black bear, and within two or three days, he saw that the black bear was dead by the tree, and the place where the arrow was hit in the shoulder was all rotten. ”

Qin Xianyu was secretly surprised.

The black bear has a huge body, rough skin and thick flesh, and if an arrow hits it, it will not be fatal, not to mention that it is only the shoulder, and it is not the vital point? But Li Ying's arrow can only injure the black bear, and within a few days, the shoulder rots and dies, which shows that this red sun stone is indeed highly poisonous.

Listening to what they say, it seems that it is only poisonous to ferocious beasts.

"It's just that it relies on the poison of the red sun stone. Li Ying said with a smile: "But you have to be careful, these red-eyed beasts with gray hair or black hair are much more powerful than ordinary similar beasts, and they have rough skin and thick flesh, and arrows that are generally not coated with red sun stone powder may not be able to shoot and hurt, even if you have a sword, it is estimated that a sword will not be able to cut these fierce beasts." ”

Qin Xianyu smiled secretly, and said in his heart: "This Brother Li doesn't know that I have true qi cultivation, and I also have a secret sword, even a rock can be split, let alone a beast? But listening to what he said, these fierce beasts have rough skin and thick flesh, and ordinary people can't cut them with sharp weapons in their hands? How can there be such a fierce beast?"

If you think about it carefully, the gray ape before was indeed weird, not to mention full of ferocity, just its appearance was weird.

Now that I think about it, this gray ape is indeed much more ferocious than ordinary apes, and it is not unbelievable to say that the fur is thicker.

followed Li Ying and the others all the way back to their village.

The village was built on a hill, surrounded by a fence, one person was high, and there were some large rocks piled up outside, presumably to prevent wild beasts from attacking. If you look closely, there are about more than 100 families in the village, and each house has some dried meat, or some bows and arrows, and some hunting knives hanging in front of the door.

Every family has hunters, and they are all good hunters.

Qin Xianyu had long heard that some villages were built in the mountains, isolated from the world, and supported themselves, just hunting and fishing, and did not contact the outside, but it was the first time he had seen such isolated villages.

This village is quite curious about an outsider, but it is not so mysterious, there are mountain roads nearby, and people often pass by this area, so the outside world knows about this mountain village.

For example, Xiangye, on the topographic map, such a village is marked.

"Although we are isolated from the world in the eyes of outsiders, sometimes when people walk on mountain roads, they occasionally come to our village by mistake. In addition, sometimes when we need something, we will go out and buy some back, but we are used to living in the mountains, and we may not go out once a year and a half. ”

Li Ying explained to him with a smile, and then led him into the village.

The folk customs are simple, and everyone is not wary of such an outsider, but is a little enthusiastic. Especially since this outsider is a teenager, he seems to be relatively close, which makes everyone discouraged.

In the eyes of older people, teenagers are just slightly older children.

Children are always easy to get close to.

Qin Xianyu figured this out and smiled bitterly to himself.

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That night, Li Ying was hospitable, and the fish soup and bacon were all good.

Outside, bacon is also rare, more expensive than ordinary meat, not much bigger, it costs dozens of silver, nearly one or two silver. Ordinary people can only eat two pieces during the New Year's holidays, and those who are a little poorer are reluctant to eat once in this life.

In this mountain village, there is no idea of money, they hunt and fish every day, and there is plenty of food, and they don't care much about the meat.

After thanking Li Ying that night, Qin Xianyu talked to him and inquired a little about the fierce beast and the nearby leylines, but Li Ying didn't know much about these things, only that the old people in the village knew a lot.

So, Qin Xianyu found an elderly man in the village and asked him about it.

The old man had gray hair and was over 90 years old, but he was in good health, and sometimes he would go out hunting with a bow and arrow. He likes to lean under a tree outside the village every day, so many people call him Chengshugong.

"Your doll actually met a gray ape? Well, it's luck that you were able to survive. ”

Cheng Shugong glanced at him, took a sip of wine, and said: "Our village, there were hundreds of years ago, when the ancestors wanted to escape the war, so they found a mountain forest to live in seclusion, and gradually, there were hundreds of families, of course, there were more than these people, but from time to time there were people who wanted to move out of the mountains and settle outside. For example, a few months ago, there was a kid from the Li family who dragged his family to live in the city outside. ”

Qin Xianyu coughed lightly and said in a low voice: "Cheng Shugong, in fact, I want to know about these fierce beasts. ”

"Oh, old man, I'm out of the way. Cheng Shugong grinned and said, "These things, if you forget it, should have appeared decades ago. Originally, the village hunted and fished for a living, but it was passed down from generation to generation, but it was also peaceful. Just a few decades ago, a red-eyed gray wolf, suddenly jumped over the fence in the village, took away a child, when the bow and arrows were fired together, it was shot into a hedgehog, but it did not expect it to shake its body, and the arrows were shaken off, everyone knew that it had rough skin and thick flesh, and even the arrows could not be injured. ”

"After that, it was not uncommon for people to go out hunting and not return, only to find out later that there were several species of wild beasts, all of which had turned red and their fur had changed color. ”

"This beast has a fierce temperament, and loves to hunt for food, and its flesh is thick, and it is difficult to be wounded by arrows, and it is not as deep as it used to be when cut with a hunting knife, but only on the surface. ”

Cheng Shugong sighed: "In fact, before the gray wolf, there were often people hunting, and they couldn't come back. But after that, everyone knew that it was because of this fierce beast. ”

Qin Xianyu listened quietly, and said secretly: "There has been no such fierce beast for hundreds of years, and it suddenly appeared decades ago? Could it be related to the leyline? It is said that the leyline has evil qi, and it is a place that cultivators dream of, if there is any abnormal movement, it should have been discovered a long time ago, but Xiangye gave this reward to Qin Tianjian, and Qin Tianjian attached so much importance to it, obviously he had not discovered this place before." ”

Qin Xianyu just listened to Cheng Shugong quietly, but did not interject.

Cheng Shugong was a little embarrassed when he talked about what happened back then, and said: "If it wasn't for the discovery of the Hongyang Stone, everyone would have moved out of here, but later it was found that these fierce beasts were afraid of the Hongyang Stone, so they could find a way." Later, he crushed the red sun stone into powder and sprinkled it on the weapon, and found that as long as it hurt the beast, the beast was like poisoning. ”

"With something like Hongyang Stone, this village can be considered preserved. ”

Cheng Shugong looked at the sky and said: "At that time, there was still a war outside, I heard that the Great Chu Dynasty was going to fight the Great Virtue Holy Dynasty, if it had moved out of this mountain and gone outside, maybe it would have been affected by the war, and it would have been gone." As for now, with Hongyang Stone, he is not afraid of fierce beasts, so he has lived again, and it has been decades now. ”

When Qin Xianyu heard this, he finally asked, "What is that red sun stone?"

Cheng Shugong said: "It was dug up in the mountains, and there was originally a family that wanted to pick up soil to fill the ditch, but the red sun stone was dug up. The hill was behind, and the red sun stones all came out of there. ”

Qin Xianyu became interested and said, "Hongyang Stone, I want to take a look." ”

"Want to see it?" Cheng Shugong smiled: "Don't bother, I have it here." ”

He pulled out a stone from his bosom, red all over, and it looked a little red in the gray sky.

Qin Xianyu took the red sun stone, and suddenly felt a little hot, but it was very familiar.

Cheng Shugong watched the young man play with the red sun stone, and said with a smile: "This thing is ground into powder, mixed with some water, and smeared on the weapon, and you will not be afraid of fierce beasts." I saw that your doll was carrying a sword, so I will give you a little. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a small packet of powder from his bosom.

Qin Xianyu took it respectfully, opened it and looked at it, only to feel more and more familiar, he twisted up some red powder, sniffed it at the end of his nose, frowned and thought for a long time.

"Cinnabar?"

A word flashed through Qin Xianyu's mind.

Isn't this cinnabar?

But this bag of cinnabar is actually purer than the cinnabar from Qingcheng Mountain?

How is this possible?

How did the stones dug out of the mountains turn into cinnabar after being ground into powder? Even if it is natural cinnabar, it is purer than the cinnabar of the Taoist ancestral mountain of Qingcheng Mountain, what is the matter?

Qin Xianyu was shocked