There was a creaking sound, and the wooden door was pushed in from the outside. Snow was flying heavily outside the house, and the wind was howling.
The person who entered was a young man of about fifteen or sixteen years old. He shook off the white snow and couldn't help shivering. He warmed his hands in the hot air, his face turned pale, and he walked slowly towards the earthen stove in the house.
The sparks scattered, the boy added some firewood, and then the stove started to burn again. The boy poured out the herbs in his hands in a familiar manner, fanning the fireworks from time to time, concentrating on it.
I don't know how long it took, until a medicinal smell spread in the kitchen, which was refreshing but slightly bitter. The young man wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, looked softly, held the boiled herbs in his hand, and walked towards the back room.
"Mom, are you awake?" The young man walked into the room and said softly to an old woman on the bed.
Hearing this, the woman who was lying tiredly slowly opened her eyes and looked sideways. Her eyes, which were full of vicissitudes of life, were full of tenderness. She smiled lightly at the young man and said, "Yuan'er is back."
"Mom, are you feeling better? This morning, Uncle Zhang, who was hunting, and I went into the mountains and collected a lot of herbs. I heard from Uncle Zhang that these are curative for my body. When I came back, I boiled the herbs into soup. Mom, now Drink the medicine while it's hot." The young man said as he placed the wooden bowl in front of the bed and helped the woman up. His movements were agile and his thin figure was full of perseverance.
The woman looked a little decadent, looking at the boy's every move, her eyes blaming herself, as if she was annoyed that she was being dragged down. I suffer from cold disease, and every winter my whole body becomes numb and stiff, making it difficult to move. Nowadays, it is snowing heavily outside, and the woman is ill and can only rest in bed every day. Everything in the family has fallen on the young man. The young man has shouldered everything by himself, and it has been seven years now.
The woman's husband went hunting in the mountains many years ago and accidentally fell off a cliff and died, leaving the mother and daughter dependent on each other.
"Yuan'er has really suffered for you. It's my mother who is useless. It's my mother who has caused you trouble." The woman looked at the young man's appearance with tears in her eyes.
"Mom, it's been so many years, why do you still say these things every time? You're not tired of saying it, my ears are getting calloused." The young man pretended to be angry and glared at his mother, which was quite funny.
He didn't want his mother to worry, but he couldn't dispel the self-blame in her heart, so he had to pretend that the young man named Yuan'er was already sensible and well-behaved. His biggest wish was that his mother would get better and survive this cold winter, so that next spring the flowers would bloom and her mother would be able to get out of bed and walk around. She could fold the most beautiful paper kites for him and fly them in the mountains and forests.
The young man's face was filled with warmth as he fed the herbs one bite at a time. The two of them whispered, laughing and talking about the coming and going of the next year.
Late at night, the bright moon shines into the house through the wooden fence above. It is dark and desolate, the heavy snow has stopped, and the chill is deep.
The young man was lying on the bed tightly wrapped in the quilt, tossing and turning, breathing low from time to time. He didn't know why the young man suddenly became like this. Just hearing a cry from outside the house, the young man suddenly sat up from the bed, and a jade pendant with a green light falling from his chest fell to the ground with a crisp clang. However, there were no signs of being broken on the jade pendant. Instead, the light became brighter and brighter, seeming to echo the sound just outside the house.
The young man hurriedly picked up the jade pendant, as if he was worried that the blue light would be too dazzling, so he couldn't help but put it under his underwear, but in his panic, he accidentally cut his finger.
Blood flowed down instantly. But before the boy could react, the bleeding part of the wound was sucked in by the jade pendant in his hand. No trace of blood could be seen. The cyan light flashed for a few more times, and the cut on the boy's hand healed without any reason, leaving no trace.
This ancient green jade not only has the ability to suck blood, but also has the effect of instantly healing injuries! However, the young man didn't realize it. He looked out the window nervously. For a long time, he didn't see anything strange. Just as the young man breathed a sigh of relief, he saw a dark shadow quickly passing by outside the house, running towards the mountain, followed closely by an old man with white beard and hair, who also followed. The young man didn't dare to look any further and lay down on the edge of the wall, shivering.
After all the movement disappeared, the young man felt as if he had just experienced a big battle. He was sweating profusely and leaned against the wall in exhaustion, panting slightly. He spread out the sapphire in his hand again and looked at it curiously, as if he was feeling something. The ancient jade flickered again, but the light was less intense than before. The young man felt waves of heat coming from his hand, and his whole body felt much better. .
Half a month ago, he went into the mountains alone to search for medicine, and accidentally picked up this jade pendant under a rock on the top of Qianzhang Peak. However, strange things happened one after another.
The boy's village is called Luoxing Village. It is located at the northernmost point of the Kyushu territory. It is so remote that it can be said that no outsiders have been seen for many years.
At that time, the young man only thought that the ancient jade was beautiful. It was covered with dragon patterns, teeth and claws, and it looked very delicate. He didn't think much about it, and put it into the bag on his waist. However, not long after he left the place, an avalanche suddenly appeared for no reason, covering up the whole place. There was a huge momentum at the time, and birds were flying across the sky at the top. The young man thought he would die, but somehow he landed at the foot of the mountain without any harm. The next few days were fine. It was not until a few days ago that he suddenly heard the screaming and shrill noises in the middle of the night. The young man realized that things were getting weirder and weirder. The ordinary ancient jade, except for the beautiful patterns, actually glowed for no reason. , and the closer the neighing and harsh sound gets, the brighter the ancient jade's light becomes, as if the two are sensing something.
The boy once asked his mother and the adults in the village if they heard any strange noises at night, but everyone agreed and there was nothing unusual about it. The young man thought he was hallucinating, but after a few days of verification, he discovered that only he could hear the sound! The young man could conclude that it must be related to the ancient jade he picked up.
The strange noises in the past few days have already made the young man very upset. He fantasized that it was an ancient jade in his hand or an ominous object left by a certain god in the mountains in the past. He mistakenly took it and it caused some supernatural phenomena. However, he had never thought about it. There were times when I wanted to throw it away, as if the ancient jade was something that belonged to me. Someone went to the mountain tonight, and it must be related to this ancient jade. The young man sat for a long time, as if he had made up his mind. His eyes looked firmly at the ancient jade in his hand, and he held it tightly.
The next moment he stood up, put on his coat, quietly opened the wooden door, and ran out of the house.
The ancient jade was carried into the young man's arms, and the disappearing light lit up again, filling the young man's chest with lines all over his body, like meridians extending, clear and transparent. At the young man's elixir, a group of dark green light quietly penetrated him. In his body, the young man still didn't notice anything strange and hurried forward.
In the distant mountains, a snow wolf roared, echoing in the empty space.
