"No, no, there must be something fishy in this. I have to return to the capital of the ancient country immediately and ask that boy for a clear explanation." The weirdo in the bamboo hat was filled with doubts, and he immediately gave up the idea of staying outside, turned around and walked towards his hometown. .
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In Sangzhu Village, Guan Heng chatted with everyone about the past. After midnight, everyone became tired and went to the guest rooms to sleep. After an unknown period of time, the Moon Palace bid farewell to the old night, and the morning light rose in the east again, and it was dawn.
After Guan Heng and the others got up and had breakfast, they said goodbye to Chief Diliang and the others of the Sangzhu Village. They walked through the back mountain of the village and headed straight towards the Bainan tribe in Shijian Mountain.
Along the way, the words were long and short. When it was near dusk, everyone was preparing to stay overnight in the wild, but unexpectedly encountered two people in rags, howling and running for their lives.
"Help, everyone, help!" One of them stumbled and thoughtlessly wanted to throw herself into the arms of Shang Tianlin who was nearest to her, but Guan Heng suddenly stopped her.
"Bang!" This person felt as if his head had hit a stone. He screamed and sat down on the ground. At this moment, another young man stepped on the stone in panic and fell to the ground with a thud. The ground fell to the ground, causing ghosts to cry and wolves to howl.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" It was too late to say it, but at that moment, several wild dogs with long and narrow tails came rushing towards them. It seemed that they were chasing the two of them.
"Woo!"
Seeing that there were several more living people in front of them, these wild dogs suddenly burst into orange aura, and they were about to pounce and bite everyone. However, the ghost-eating tiger walking back with a few hares in its mouth happened to appear. When those wild dogs saw the giant tiger that was half a mountain peak compared to them, they immediately picked up their tails and ran away in despair.
"Oh, Ghost Swallowing Tiger, how many times have I told you not to scare those poor little monsters." Guan Heng laughed at this time and said: "This is bullying the small, which is a bit unethical."
"Woo!" The Ghost Swallowing Tiger was already used to being ridiculed by Guan Heng anyway, so he didn't take his words seriously at all. After seeing the other party standing up in embarrassment, Shang Tianlin was asking about the origins of those two people.
"We are traders selling goods in more than a dozen nearby villages." The older man said, "I am Li Da, and that is my son Li Xiao."
"I see that you are in such a state of embarrassment that you are not being chased by a few wild dogs and monsters." Guan Heng looked at the Li family and his son up and down, and he asked: "What is going on?"
"Alas, this is what happened..." Li Da sighed, and then told what happened to his father and son today.
It turns out that the Li family and his son were selling goods in the mountains and forests, and they never got lost because they kept a small monster called the "Road-picking Owl" at home.
The road-selecting owl was small and exquisite, no more than a foot long, but it had a hooked beak and black feathers. Its beautiful feathers made it look particularly energetic. Moreover, when it was still a fledgling, the Li family and their sons brought it back and raised it, so this The little bird is loyal and responsible and leads the way for the two of them.
After hearing the Li family's father and son talking about the benefits of the road-choosing owl, Guan Heng said to the snake-like bird next to him: "Listen, that bird I raise seems to be stronger than you."
"Quack!" Hearing Guan Heng's words to tease him, the snake-like bird suddenly fluttered its feathers in dissatisfaction, and then stopped landing on Guan Heng's shoulder and flew to the head of the ghost-swallowing tiger.
"Hey, you have such a bad temper. It's a shame that I often treat you to good food, you ungrateful little thing."
Guan Heng shook his head secretly at this time, and then heard Li Da say: "Earlier today, we were about to go out to deliver corn to the east village fifty miles away, but several people broke into the house and said menacingly. Let us lead the way to 'Panmo Ridge'..."
"I know those people are the Lu brothers who live nearby, Lu Wanshan, Lu Jie and Lu Qing." At this moment, Li Xiao chatted and said, "These outsiders moved near my house years ago and said they were We were looking for some kind of 'Stone-skinned Stalker', we were going to catch this kind of monster, and then take its guts and mix it with some antidote, so we stayed like this for more than half a year."
"Brother Guan, I have heard of monsters like the Stone-skinned Zhan. They look very similar to monster wolves, but they are more ferocious. Their fur is stronger than rocks. Their feet are extremely fast and they are good at running long distances."
When Shang Tianlin said this, she paused for a moment and continued: "The stone-skinned deer usually lives alone, but this kind of monster is very strange. They usually only make a living by preying on fresh fish in the water source, but when summer comes, At the end of the year or when autumn and winter take over, they will hunt another kind of monster, eat its flesh, and drink its blood..."
Li Da said at this time: "Yes, that's right, the Lu brothers said that the name of the other monster that the stone-skinned beast wants to hunt is 'Shangao'. Therefore, if you want to find the stone-skinned beast, you must first look for it." Shan Gao’s whereabouts.”
"Normally, the Lu brothers are afraid of getting lost when they go into the mountains, so they occasionally borrow path-finding owls from us. Although we are reluctant, the Lu brothers are all strong men at the peak of Qingqi. There will be no good end for resisting them."
Li Da sighed at this time and said: "And they will also pay some compensation, so everyone is always in peace, but today's things are different. We originally wanted to refuse to go to Panmoling, but who knew that the Lu family brothers At that time, he turned his back and beat Li Xiao and I severely, and said that if we didn’t leave immediately, we would kill my father and son.”
"Dad and I are both timid people, so we had no choice but to take the road-selecting owl and walk with them to Panmoling. On the way, I occasionally overheard the conversation between the Lu brothers. It turned out that they were trying to escape What kind of enemy would come here to live in seclusion and capture the stone-skinned deer?"
Li Xiao continued: "But when Lu Wanshan was out shopping for items, he found that spies from his enemies came to his door and asked about their whereabouts. So he decided to find the whereabouts of Shipi Jian no matter what today and then escape. They also conspired, Once the road-selecting owl finds the whereabouts of the mountain or stone-skinned owl, it will immediately kill me and my father to silence them, lest we spread the word about their whereabouts."
"Well, when my son told me the news, my legs were so scared..." Ruotao and Agou heard what Li Da said and asked in unison: "Then how did you escape?"
"Speaking of which, what we saw was absolutely terrifying! My father and I knew that they wanted to kill people and silence them, so we deliberately slowed down to find an opportunity to escape."
Li Xiaolian gestured and said: "Who knew that at this time, a group of people appeared out of nowhere and started fighting with the Lu brothers without saying a word. Lu Jie and Lu Qing were knocked to the ground on the spot. They didn't know whether they were alive or dead. Lu Wanshan fought with all his strength. After injuring several people, they also ran away. With the help of the path-selecting owl, my father and I escaped into the forest, but we were chased by wild dogs again, and then we came here."
————(To be continued.)
