Jiang Shuo and Mahayan settled down in the cabin. Although it was warmer here than outside, the hibernating nature of the horse bear would not change. The plateau horse bear was different from bears elsewhere. It had long forelimbs and short hind legs, and stood on all fours. It seems to shrug its shoulders at all times. Because its forelimbs are extremely strong, it is very good at digging holes.
The golden bear quickly found a sunny hillside and dug a deep hole. Soon after he and his two cubs slept in, heavy snow came as expected, almost burying the entrance of the hole. After Ma Xiong hibernated, Jiang Shuo and Maha Yan lost a lot of fun. Jiang Shuo couldn't move, and the places Maha Yan could go were limited to a small, slightly warmer area less than a mile around the Freezing Spring. place.
The two were bored, so they chatted about everything. Mahayan told Jiang Shuo many customs, anecdotes and anecdotes about Tochara and even Khorasan to the west of Congling. Jiang Shuo talked to him about the poetry and poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Rui's "Long and Short Classics", the two volumes of "Long and Short Classics" gifted to him by Zhao Rui, have been kept in the leather bag on Hayao Yudinghuang's body. Jiang Shuo often took them out and looked through them, but at this time Long Xiangma didn't know what to do. Naturally, there is nowhere to look for those two volumes of scripture.
Fortunately, Jiang Shuo had an extraordinary memory and could remember most of the content in the scriptures. After listening to Mahayan a lot, he couldn't help praising Master Zhao for his ability to understand the world, but what he was most interested in was the "animal language". .
Many people want to learn the art of bestiality. Jiang Shuo does not hide his secrets, but he has taught Dugu Xiang, the Khitan hunter Hang Han, and the Japanese Jing Zhencheng. All of these people are intelligent people, but they also Without exception, they cannot learn bestiality.
But Mahayan became an exception. He followed Jiang Shuo to learn animal language, and within ten months he had already achieved some success. There used to be many small beasts in this valley, and now there are many migratory birds that can't fly away. Take refuge here. Mahayan used them for practice, and soon he was able to attract some birds and beasts. There were often birds coming and going inside and outside the cabin, and small animals came in and out, which made the boring winter a lot more lively.
However, when the spring warms next year and the three horses and bears come out of their hibernation cave, Mahayan will not dare to call the birds and beasts to come again. After a whole winter, Jiang Shuo can already sit up straight.
Mahayan was very clever with his hands. He took a four-wheeled vehicle and let Jiang Shuo sit on it. Then he could move around on the flat ground inside and outside the hut. It was not so boring. The three horses and bears also knew that Jiang Shuo's body was changing day by day. When he got better, he was very happy and shouted around Jiang Shuo.
After three months of hibernation, the three horses and bears were already skinny and skinny. They couldn't help but get excited when they saw so many bird and animal tracks near the hut. Although Mahayan firmly believed in Buddhism, he was not interested in hunting wild beasts. It does not stop natural behavior, it will only stop when the horse and bear take pleasure in killing in addition to eating.
There are many medicinal herbs in the valley. After the snow melted in the spring, Mahayan went around to collect herbs. During the day, no one could be seen around the cabin. He left early that day. Jiang Shuo sat on the four-wheeled car and looked at the gold. A bear teaches two cubs to hunt birds.
Although the upper limbs of the horse bear are longer and they are much more agile than the average brown bear, it is still difficult for them to hunt birds with speed. Their method is to "wait for the rabbit" and lie on their backs on the grass. The fur on the belly of the horse bear is light and soft, and it is also in the belly. Sprinkle grass seeds on the bear, and an unsuspecting bird will land on the bear's belly and peck at the grass seeds. At this time, the horse bear will suddenly burst out and use its two flexible long arms to catch the bird.
Of course, the possibility of such a success is very low. For horses and bears, the joy of games is greater than the need to feed themselves. If Mahayan was around, he would often stop them from doing such bird-attacking behavior, but Jiang Shuo ignored them and instead Watching it with gusto on the side.
On this day, the mother and her son failed to attack several times, and Jiang Shuo couldn't help stroking his hands and laughing. The golden bear had a bad temper and got up angrily like humans and stopped playing. The two cubs showed no frustration and were still lying on their backs on the ground, exposing their soft bellies, waiting for the birds to fly again.
These two cubs are already two years old. Their coat color is lighter than that of the mother bear, and they are covered with a layer of golden brown. They look very cute, but they stand about five feet tall. They can no longer be called cubs, but their experience After three months of hibernation without eating or drinking, he still had a huge frame, but his weight was much lighter than in the autumn, weighing less than 100 kilograms, not much different from the weight of a young man.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a yellowish-brown thing falling towards a cub. This was undoubtedly a bird, but this bird was also too big. Its wings were spread over a foot wide and its body was four or five feet wide. The long, sharp claws clawed at the soft belly of the cub. If the cub hadn't rolled on the spot in time, it would have been disemboweled. Even so, there was a gash several feet long on the side. Bloodstains.
The giant bird missed a hit and flapped its wings, whipping up a burst of flying sand and rocks, and then grabbed another cub. The cub had already turned over, but saw the giant bird's claws like hooks, clasping towards its eyes. It was so frightened that it held its head with both arms and protected its eyes with its thick palms. The giant bird spread its legs, its sharp claws dug into the shoulders of the cub, and it flapped its wings and tried to fly away with the cub.
The female bear had already arrived. She stood up, roared and rushed towards the giant bird. The giant bird let out a long cry, and suddenly took off into the sky with the cub. The cub was terrified and screamed repeatedly, clawing and kicking. However, the giant bird seemed to have no difficulty in grabbing the cub, which weighed more than a hundred pounds. Higher than the height of the giant bear's paws, it was about to flutter away.
Seeing that the situation was urgent, Jiang Shuo raised his palm and struck the giant bird in the air without thinking.
Jiang Shuo's body was still unable to move flexibly at this time, but the internal strength in his hand had recovered to some extent. At this moment, he struck out in the air, bringing up a fierce aura. The distance was so far that he could not hurt the giant bird originally. Yes, but the giant bird only felt a rush of heat. It was frightened, loosened its claws, and threw the cub down.
The cub screamed and fell straight down. Although Jiang Shuo was anxious, he could not save him. Fortunately, the mother bear lay down on the spot and caught the cub with her belly.
The giant bird lost its prey and couldn't help but became furious. It abandoned its cub and pounced on Jiang Shuo. Only then did Jiang Shuo clearly see the appearance of the giant bird. It was covered in dark brown feathers, with a ring of white under its spread flight feathers. The feathers on its head turned golden brown, its beak turned golden, and its tip turned black. Sharp Hook - turns out to be a huge golden eagle.
The golden eagle's claws each had three toes, which were like six small curved hooks and were grabbing at Jiang Shuo's chest. Jiang Shuo was not afraid. He waited for the golden eagle to pounce and suddenly pushed out with both palms, knocking the flat-haired beast into the air. He turned somersaults, but after all, his Governor Vein had not recovered and he was unable to gather all his internal strength. The golden eagle was only frightened, but not injured.
The eagle's eyes are so sharp. The golden eagle had already noticed that Jiang Shuo was unable to move easily, so it jumped up in the air and glided to the side. This time, it pecked at Jiang Shuo with its sharp beak like a steel hook. Jiang Shuo pretended not to notice, and squinted from the corner of his eye when the golden eagle was flying very close, and then he swatted it with his palm. Unexpectedly, the golden eagle was extremely agile. When he saw Jiang Shuo slapping his palm, he hurriedly flapped his wings upward. He jumped up and avoided it again.
This time it flew up high, and then shot down like an arrow, grabbing Jiang Shuo's skull with both claws. The claws of the golden eagle are astonishingly powerful, not inferior to beasts like ligers and tigers. If it catches it, the skull will also be scratched. Jiang Shuo felt a little scared after crushing it. He didn't have the opportunity to shoot upwards with his palms as before, and naturally the golden eagle easily dodged it.
Although the golden eagle was afraid of the scorching hot wind stirred up by Jiang Shuo's palm, it was very vengeful and refused to give up. It circled in the air and finally found the correct position. It struck from the back of Jiang Shuo's head. Jiang Shuo's spine was stiff and he could not rotate his body. Neither palm could hit the golden eagle.
Hearing the strong wind behind his head, Jiang Shuo knew something was wrong. He slapped his left palm on the armrest of the four-wheeled vehicle and let his body bounce sideways. At the same time, he waved his right palm to hit the golden eagle. Unexpectedly, The eagle's wings suddenly flashed, and the Jiangshuo man had no way to rely on his strength in the air, and was actually blown to the ground by the strong wind brought by his wings.
The moment before landing, Jiang Shuo struck out with a single palm. Relying on the force of the ground's throw, he spun sideways and landed on his back. However, the golden eagle had already pounced on him, its beak pointed at him like a sharp sword. The peck came, and Jiang Shuo could only block it with his palms, but he didn't have time to strike with his Qi.
At the critical moment, suddenly a white shadow flashed across the golden eagle's head, and it was hit hard by something. It was shocked, and it hurriedly flapped its wings to get up, but unexpectedly, the white shadow was faster than it, and had already crossed the ground. On its back.
A raptor like the golden eagle, whether it is its sharp beak, sharp claws or flapping wings, only attacks downwards. It never thinks that it will be attacked from behind. All the "weapons" on its body are useless and can only violently attack. Shaking his body, he tried to throw the sneak attacker off his back.
At this time, Jiang Shuo had clearly seen who was on the golden eagle's back, and shouted in surprise: "Brother Bai, why is it you?"
The visitor was the white ape brought by Jiang Shuo and Zhao Rui from Maoshan. After the white ape was frightened away by Quan Xingjian's palm thunder in Qishan that day, Jiang Shuo never saw the white ape again. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment It suddenly appeared and saved him.
The white ape was not polite on the golden eagle's back. He stretched out his hands and scratched randomly. He plucked out a lot of feathers from the golden eagle's back and threw the brown and white feathers into the air. The golden eagle couldn't bear the pain and became more and more angry. It fluttered violently and finally threw the white ape off.
The white ape stretched out his arms extremely vigorously. After landing, he rolled on the ground and held the bronze sword on his waist. His so-called "sword" was actually just a bronze paperweight, but there is no way to use weapons in a fight between wild beasts. of? This bronze paperweight sword is like a divine object in its hands.
At this time, the sharp claws of the golden eagle have been caught, but the white ape is not afraid at all, and thrusts the sword into its palm. The white ape's swordsmanship also comes from the Shenshu Sword contained on the golden wall of the Jijin Cave in Maoshan Mountain, but it does not understand it. In the art of internal strength training, the power of sword moves is not as powerful as Jiang Shuo's, but it is enough to deal with flat-haired beasts like the golden eagle.
The white ape's sword hit the golden eagle's palm. Although the copper sword was not sharpened, it also scratched a large piece of flesh, causing it terrible pain. The golden eagle roared angrily, stretched out its beak to peck, but was swung away by the white ape. The bronze sword hit him on the head, and the direct blow made him dizzy. How could he dare to fight again? He raised his head and wanted to fly away, but the white ape hit his wing with a sword, breaking the wing bone. The golden eagle let out a cry and fell down.
The white ape rode up with one step and tried to pluck its feathers again. Jiang Shuo had been staying with Mahayan for a long time and often listened to him talk about Buddhism. In Buddhism, the eagle is the protector of the Dharma. Jiang Shuo did not want to hurt the life of the golden eagle, so he hurriedly said : "Brother Bai, stop it and spare it."
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