"When I go back, I have to ask my mother if Xiaopeng is their biological child and I am the orphan picked up under the old willow tree? Otherwise, why did Niu Yao only pass his skills to Xiaopeng and not to me?" Niu Dawa was very depressed. He murmured to himself, watching Zhang Xiaopeng fighting the black wild boar alone, showing off his power, with a look of envy and jealousy on his face.
Of course, he only dared to mutter such rebellious thoughts to himself, otherwise if his father knew about it, he would definitely be hung from the eaves and beaten with a belt by his father.
"Hehe, isn't it the same as passing it to me?" Niu Dawa suddenly grinned and smiled maliciously at Zhang Xiaopou. He didn't take advantage of him because he used to use belts and canes to reason. , it’s unreasonable, but he is very capable of dealing with Zhang Xiaopeng.
Niu Dawa was in a good mood, and suddenly felt that what he knew was all a trick, and he didn't even want to learn anything he taught him. Look at the pawns, they are like tigers, powerful and domineering. Only with such sword skills can they be worthy of it. His Niu Da Wa, oh no, is worthy of his Niu Letian.
"Oh, what a pity." Zhang Youxiong looked at Zhang Xiaopou who was showing off his power and shook his head with regret, "If he hadn't been that--that one with a closed military background, he would definitely have become a great man in the future."
"Who says it's not the case?" Li Dajiang also expressed regret.
Zhang Xiaopou was very good at playing with a hunting knife, and his three-step "Three Steps to Kill" knife skills could not be said to be superb, but he was at least very handy. The furious black wild boar was suppressed by him and was unable to fight back, but he did not cause fatal damage to the black wild boar because he had been practicing his sword skills with the black wild boar. At this time, he had become proficient in sword skills, and he had murderous intentions.
As if smelling danger, the black wild boar turned around and ran away. This was the food Zhang and Liu villages needed to survive. How could Zhang Xiaopeng let him go? He slashed hard with a slash through the air. This slash was aimed at the scar left by the previous knife, easily breaking through the thick skin of the black wild boar. The skin, with a hiss, blood spattered three feet, and a deep bloody gash was torn open on the back and abdomen of the black wild boar.
The black wild boar screamed in pain, seeming to have used all its strength to escape at a faster speed. Zhang Xiaozu couldn't help being surprised, and immediately pounced on him. Unexpectedly, the moment he pounced on him, the black wild boar suddenly turned around. He didn't know how it did it. Instead of rushing forward due to inertia, its huge body did not move forward. , instead, he crashed into Zhang Xiaopou at a faster speed.
Zhang Xiaozu had no idea that the black wild boar was so smart. He pretended to run away, but actually secretly prepared a killing move, catching him off guard. In the midst of the stone fire and lightning, Zhang Xiaopeng had no time to dodge, so he simply shouted loudly and slashed out.
The hunting knife drew a cold line in the air, smearing the two eyes of the black boar, and the black and white eye paste spurted out, spraying Zhang Xiaopeng's face. Then there was a bang, and Zhang Xiaopou was unable to avoid the collision of the black wild boar. His body immediately flew out like a kite with its string broken, hit a tree trunk, and fell to the ground.
Zhang Xiaozhu felt like his stomach was churning, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his throat. He then became dizzy, his vision went black, and he fainted.
His IQ was crushed by a black boar, this was his last thought before he fainted.
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In a dense valley, there is a cold pool.
Layers of ice crystals were piled up around the cold pool, spreading hundreds of steps outward. Due to the extreme cold, not a single flower, grass or tree survived within the area covered by the ice crystals, and no animals dared to approach.
Strangely, the water in the Cold Pool did not freeze. The water in the pool is waveless, as blue as ink, and seems to be ten thousand feet deep.
What's even more strange is that every fifteenth full moon night, the mist in the valley will disperse and weaken, leaving only a faint white mist of water vapor lingering around the cold pool. And a graceful figure will float on the surface of the cold pool, stepping on the water with slender feet and dancing gracefully. It's foggy and it's hard to see clearly. I don't know if it's a person or a phantom.
Every time at this time, all kinds of animals gather around the cold pool in the areas not covered by ice crystals. They put aside their disputes for a while and watch the light dancing on the water of the cold pool. There are ferocious beasts, such as eye-catching tigers, black bears, giant apes, giant pythons, eagles, etc., who rely on their strength to withstand the cold of the cold pool. They step on the ice crystals, hoping to get closer to the cold pool and see more clearly.
At this moment, their animal hearts were clear, forgetting the hardships of hunger, cold, fear, hunting, fighting, etc., and seemed to have endless joy rippling in their hearts.
Until the mist rises again and the graceful figure disappears on the cold pool, the beasts will reluctantly retreat. That night, within a thousand miles of Hantan, all beasts coexisted peacefully without any fighting.
There is a black wild boar that comes to the valley early every full moon night, occupies a good position with a wide view, and quietly waits for its graceful figure to float and dance on the cold pool.
At first, it was just a small, thin wild boar that got separated from the group.
That night, it was chased into the valley by a group of wolves. Just when it was exhausted and collapsed on the ground, thinking that it was impossible to escape from the wolf's mouth, the wolves bypassed it without even looking at it. Only later did he realize that the wolves were not chasing him, but were heading towards the valley.
That night, it saw the graceful dancing figures on the cold pool for the first time. When the figure on the cold pool disappeared in the mist, it took a long time to wake up from its obsession. Then it was surprised to find that not only did its hungry belly not Instead of feeling hungry, the body is full of energy and seems to have endless strength. It ran a few laps happily, feeling that its limbs were much stronger and more flexible than before.
It thought for a long time, and finally looked at Yun Yun, guessing that the graceful dancing posture had caused magical changes in its body. This guess made it eager to see the graceful dance again, so it found a hidden location to hide, and then stared blankly at the mist, hoping that the mist would dissipate and the dance would reappear. But he waited until dark and then dawn, until his stomach growled with hunger, but the mist did not dissipate.
As a last resort, it went to find some food. After filling its stomach, it couldn't wait to run back. It waited all night, but still didn't wait until the mist dispersed.
It persists.
Finally, it was seen again.
When the mist rose again and the graceful figure disappeared, it was pleasantly surprised to find that its body was much stronger and more flexible. Its guess was right. The dancing posture in the mist could strengthen his body. No wonder all kinds of beasts gathered here, even the most beautiful ones. Powerful tigers, giant apes, etc. all put away their ferocity and crawled quietly by the cold pool.
Twice, three times——
It finally found the law of dissipation of mist, which is every time the moon is full.
It envied ferocious beasts such as tigers and giant apes. They were not afraid of the biting cold of the cold pool. They could get so close to the cold pool and see so clearly. But it can only be viewed from a distance, through the mist, hazy and unable to see anything clearly.
So it began to search desperately for food. It wanted to become stronger and polish its skin desperately, so that it could not be afraid of the cold and get closer to the cold pool, and then get closer.
Now it has grown into a strong wild boar. It can already walk a hundred steps forward on the ice crystals, but it is still hazy and cannot see the dancing figure clearly. It is determined to make itself stronger. Try to go some distance further, at least to catch up with the tigers, giant apes and other ferocious beasts ahead.
Just a few days have passed since the last full moon night, and the black wild boar feels that it is stronger again, especially its long and pointed tusks, which are getting sharper and more lethal. It believes that even if it encounters tigers, black bears and other ferocious beasts now, it will Not afraid at all. Of course, except for the few ferocious beasts that watched the dance of the cold pool with it in the valley and walked in front of it, because every time when these ferocious beasts passed by it on a full moon night, it would tremble with fear. , lying on the ground and not daring to move.
The black wild boar likes its sharp white tusks very much. From time to time, it will run to the creek and admire the water.
When he woke up this morning, he felt that his fangs seemed to have grown a little longer, so he couldn't wait to run to the stream and poke his head to look at the reflection in the stream.
At this sight, it was so frightened that its head turned into a human head.
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"ah--"
A horrified scream broke the tranquility of the night. Zhang Xiaozu sat up suddenly with a panicked expression. He touched his head eagerly with both hands, then looked down at his body and found that he had not turned into a human head. The pig-body monster suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Pawn, what's wrong? What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
The champion who was responsible for looking after Zhang Xiaopou was startled, and everyone who had not yet fallen asleep was also startled and hurried over to check the situation.
Zhang Xiaozhu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and replied: "It's okay, I had a nightmare."
Suddenly he remembered that he was knocked unconscious by the black wild boar when he was fighting with it, and he hurriedly asked: "Did you catch the black wild boar?"
Li Dahe sat down on the side, nodded and smiled: "I caught it. Thanks to your last knife, you cut off the two eyes of that beast, otherwise we really couldn't do anything about it. What about you, do you feel any discomfort?"
He and Zhang Youxiong had checked Zhang Xiaozu's injuries and found that he had no injuries, but was knocked unconscious.
Zhang Xiaozu stood up and tried to move his limbs, and replied: "It's okay, it's just a little sore. It'll be fine after a nap."
"No. 1 Scholar, go and bring the food." Zhang Youxiong ordered the No. 1 Scholar.
The champion responded, stood up and walked towards the bonfire in the distance. There was a large pot next to the bonfire. He opened the lid and took out a large black porcelain bowl from inside.
"It's specially reserved for you, a great hero. It's still warm. Eat it quickly." The champion handed the black porcelain bowl to Zhang Xiaozu's hand.
Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes suddenly widened and his mouth watered, because the black porcelain bowl was filled with a bowl of meat bones, and the fragrant meat smell went straight to his nostrils.
Gulu!
Zhang Xiaozhu couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva. He moved his eyes away from the meat bones with difficulty, looked at Zhang Youxiong and others, and asked: "Have you eaten?"
"We've already eaten. Eat it quickly. It won't taste good when it's cold. Ah - I'm so sleepy. I'm going to bed." Zhang Youxiong waved his hands, but his throat obviously moved twice when he spoke. , swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.
"Well, I'm going to bed too. You can go to bed early after eating."
"sleep."
Li Dahe and others all laughed and walked away.
Zhang Xiaopou knew they were lying at a glance, but he didn't point it out because there was only one bowl of big bones, which was too little to share. Anyway, they have enough dry food now. Adults who don't need to grow up can go eat dry food. They are growing up. Being such a young man, he had to take good nutrition, so he stopped the top picks, and without any explanation, each of them shared a piece of meat bone and said: "Look at how greedy you are, your eyes are shining like Shiba Inu dogs. Whatever you are looking at, eat quickly. There are so many prey in the Black Forest, are you afraid that there will be no meat to eat in the future? I won’t tell you about the soup, I’m really a little hungry.”
"That's enough, brother." The champion gave Zhang Xiaopeng a thumbs up, said nothing more, and began to bite the big bone with big mouthfuls.
The same goes for several other people, who are very grateful to Zhang Xiaozu.
These big bones were specially left by Zhang Youxiong to Zhang Xiaopeng. There was thick meat on each piece, which was a pleasure to chew.
"Where's the big baby? Where did he die? Why do I feel so quiet? It seems like something is missing." Zhang Xiaozu suddenly found that the loud-voiced Niu Dawa was not there.
"Back to the village." The champion said while eating: "The weather is too hot, and the salt we brought is not enough to marinate such meat. We were afraid that the meat would stink, so Uncle Zhang and Uncle Li assigned fifty people to quickly send the meat back to the village. deal with."
After finishing speaking, the champion pointed in another direction and continued: "There is a stream over there, and it has not stopped flowing. There are many traces of prey activity beside the stream. We will stay by this stream in the next few days, while Hunt while waiting for them to come back.”
