The people on the mountain are carefree and have no idea of the years in the world. They only live the cold and summer spring and autumn. But at the foot of the mountain, people's hearts are changing, as diverse as clusters of flowers.
Especially since I don’t know when it started, rumors began to spread in the villages around the Dabie Mountains that there were monsters living in the mountains.
Some people say that the monster is a big yellow wolf, and its body is not much smaller than a buffalo in the field.
Some hunters who went into the mountains even said in eloquent words that they had seen a big yellow wolf fighting with a big insect, saying that the big yellow wolf was a demon who had gained enlightenment. To ordinary people, the scary big insect was under the claws of the big yellow wolf. Even if you don't live up to the triple union, you will die.
Some people say that the demon is not a yellow wolf, but an old yellow dog that escaped to Wang Qi's house in the mountains.
It is said that the old yellow dog has been blessed by his master. He speaks human words and can announce his own name, and his movements are not like those of beasts.
As the rumors spread more and more widely in Xiaowang Village, hunters often entered the mountains.
What is good at the top must be good at the bottom. The emperor of the Song Dynasty liked the Taoist priests and immortals. Naturally, the people of the Song Dynasty also liked Taoism.
Regardless of whether it was a big yellow wolf or an old yellow dog in the mountains, more than one hunter who entered the mountains saw the monster.
The hunters who were able to enter the mountains also had many interactions with hermits or hermits in the mountains.
According to what the hermits said, a big demon, who didn't know whether it was a wolf or a dog, has been roaming the mountains since April. At first, this demon just hunted in the mountains and had nothing to do with humans.
But starting from mid-May, this demon, who was suffering from some unknown illness, began to visit the hidden house in the mountains.
At first, these hermits were extremely afraid of things that were beyond common sense. After all, no one had ever really seen a demon after living for so many years, right?
This demon knows etiquette and rules. He often brings pheasants and rabbits from the mountains to his door. He is friendly to people, but he also asks about the dynasty of this world, who is the emperor, and who is in the temple.
A hermit in the mountains was talking to a hunter and guessed that this demon might have gained enlightenment in an unknown year and month. Asking them about things down the mountain might mean he wanted to leave the mountain.
Another hunter visited a hermit who was practicing Taoism in the mountains. The hermit said that Wang Qi and his family were the ones who had truly attained Taoism.
That was not a yellow wolf, but the old yellow dog of the Wang Qi family.
Just because Wang Qi's family gained Taoism, this old yellow dog followed fate, opened up his spiritual wisdom, understood human language, and realized himself.
The hermit pointed to a mountain in the distance and said that the mountain was where Wang Qi and his family lived in seclusion to avoid disasters.
The hunter followed the direction of the hermit's finger and looked at the place pointed by the hermit. He felt a sense of vastness and wilderness rushing towards his face.
They have also seen the road to this mountain before, so they naturally know what the mountain looked like in the past. But I haven't seen it for more than a month. Not to mention the lush green mountains, each tree seems to have been growing for a hundred years.
"Sigh, sigh, I have been searching for immortals for thirty years, and then I turn around and realize that thirty years of practice is not as good as an old dog's fortune!"
The hermit pointed at the mountain and sighed, his brows filled with despair.
When the hunter went up the mountain again, he saw the hermit dead facing the green mountain.
Also, the Orions never cared about the accidents in the mountains. They only thought that the yellow monsters in the mountains were just rumors spread by their peers. Under the clear blue sky and in broad daylight, the stories of strange monsters and monsters only existed in the stories of storytellers.
Until the hunter was chasing a deer in the mountains and found a deep pool. He saw with his own eyes a calf-sized yellow wolf hanging its tail into the pool. It looked like it was using its tail as bait. To catch fish in the pond.
The yellow wolf didn't panic when he saw people. He just frowned and scolded the hunter for being so impolite, which frightened the hunter so much that all his fish ran away.
The hunter was so frightened that he had to accuse him again and again. Finally, he went into the pond and caught a dozen big fish for the yellow wolf.
According to Orion, the yellow wolf gave him a few wolf skins before leaving, and asked Orion to go to the city to replace the wolf skins, make some clothes for his young man, and exchange them for some salt and vinegar.
However, the hunter was frightened when he saw the yellow wolf. He spent half a day fighting in the pool and fell ill when he returned home. Fortunately, a wolf's skin was exchanged for three to five taels of silver, and he got well after taking medicine.
This hunter was also particular about people. He made clothes with the remaining silver, brought salt and vinegar, and waited for two days at the valley pool before handing over the things in his hands to the yellow wolf.
Three different rumors spread more and more widely in Xiaowang Village, especially the last hunter who got a good tiger skin in the past half a decade, and went to the county to resell it for twenty taels of silver.
By June, the hunters in Xiaowang Village were all keen on looking for the yellow monster in the mountains.
Combined with the hermit's last words before his death and what the hunter said about a young man in the Yellow Wolf family, the people in Xiaowang Village all knew that the yellow demon in the mountains was probably not a yellow wolf. It was just like what the hermit said. , it was the old yellow dog of the Wang Qi family who got good luck.
Wild monsters naturally make people feel awe and fear, but if it is a domesticated yellow dog, even if it becomes a monster, it will not make people afraid of it.
Not to mention that this yellow demon has done no harm to anyone, and he is not arrogant in his words or actions.
Under such circumstances, none of the hunters in the village wouldn't want to find the Yellow Demon in exchange for those precious things in the mountains.
By mid-June, some hunters were not even willing to look for traces of the Yellow Demon in the mountains. They wanted to go directly to the mountain where the hermit said Wang Qi attained enlightenment to see Wang Qi himself.
After all, they all came from Xiaowang Village, and these hunters were lucky enough to realize that they were related to Wang Qi on the mountain, so they would not be rejected.
But these people who went to that mountain to look for Wang Qi came back disappointed one by one.
According to those who wanted to see Wang Qi, after entering the mountain, they suddenly entered another world in a trance.
Countless ancient trees stand among them, and even the air seems to be particularly fragrant, but helplessly, countless vines and thorns block all the ways up the mountain.
A stubborn hunter tried to carve a path up the mountain with his hatchet, but at dusk, the clearly opened path up the mountain turned into a path down the mountain.
In the next few days, another hunter who did not believe in evil wanted to continue going up the mountain.
But this time, after they entered the mountain, the fog suddenly filled up in the mountain. In the fog, there seemed to be some terrifying existence staring at them from the dark.
After this incident, everyone in Xiaowang Village knew that the hermit never lied, and Wang Qi was probably really enlightened and learned the Dharma. This Fengshan disappeared, clearly not wanting to have anything to do with these people at the foot of the mountain.
A woman stood at the entrance of Xiaowang Village and taunted those who wanted to go into the mountains without knowing what they were doing.
Although these women are talking nonsense, what they say is very reasonable.
When Wang Qi's family suffered the disaster, everyone turned a blind eye. Don't blame Wang Qi for not recognizing their relatives who are beyond the reach of eight poles.
And those who entered the mountain looked at each other in disbelief, and then set their sights on the largest house in the village.
They were all from the same village, and these people knew very well why Wang Qi and his family had fled to the mountains.
Especially two months ago, when a drunkard came back late from the city, he saw a strong servant covered in blood walking into the door of Mr. Wang's house.
There are only so many people in Xiaowang Village. Drunk people don't know how to keep secrets when they are drunk.
Within three to five days, everyone in Xiaowang Village knew that the strong servant of the Wang family's mansion returned late at night stained with blood.
Thinking about the villagers in Xiaowang Village, Wang Qi and his family may all be in trouble.
Now it seems that Wang Qi's parents probably did suffer a disaster, but Wang Qi probably met a god and was lucky enough to save his life, and he even gained enlightenment.
Even the old yellow dog that once looked ordinary became a blessing.
After remembering this incident, the villagers in Xiaowang Village felt sad and did not dare to go to the mountains to look for Wang Qi again. After all, no one knows whether Wang Qi will resent them for standing by and turning a blind eye if he masters the art of chess.
But when the villagers in Xiaowang Village came to think of it, the one who was most worried all day long was Mr. Wang and his family, who had become domineering in Xiaowang Village.
No one has doubted that yellow dogs have become monsters. Now that all the yellow dogs in the Wang Qi family have become monsters, what kind of character should Wang Qi, the master, be like?
Could it be that he has become an immortal?
If he hadn't become an immortal, how could Wang Qi have trained the yellow dog that had become a demon into obedience?
At this thought, everyone in Xiaowang Village was both looking forward to and nervous.
What I'm looking forward to is that if Wang Qi becomes an immortal, relatives like them will be able to take some advantage.
The nervous thing is that Wang Qi has become an immortal. I am afraid that he will ask Mr. Wang and his family to avenge the blood of his parents, and those who stood by and watched at the beginning may also be blamed.
As for Mr. Wang's family in Xiaowang Village, although his family has a house in Xiaowang Village, the family has already moved into the county town.
It's just that the houses in Xiaowang Village are still inhabited by strong servants and maids. The rumors that are getting stronger and stronger in Xiaowang Village naturally fall into the ears of Mr. Wang following the reports of these strong servants and maids.
"The yellow demon in the mountains?"
"Wang Qi has attained the Tao and cultivated the Dharma?"
"What kind of unflattering rumors are these?"
"Not to mention that Wang Qi and his family were all confirmed to have lost their breath by Zhuang servant. According to what Wang Er said, Wang Qi even had his neck wiped with a knife."
"If Wang Qi was lucky enough to survive, his two unscrupulous parents should have passed on the inner strength and mental skills to Wang Qi."
"And what happens in the mountains is not about attaining the Tao. It's probably because Wang Qi has learned martial arts."
Mr. Wang in the county town only had a sneer on his face when he listened to the strong servant's report.
But looking at the cowering strong servant in front of him, he couldn't help but kicked him, and then spoke lightly.
Naturally, it is impossible for Wang Qi's family to suffer a disaster for no reason. The fundamental reason is the Wang family's inner strength and mental method mentioned by Mr. Wang.
"As for the so-called yellow dog talking about people, if that Wang Qi is really alive and has learned the internal skills and mental methods, he can indeed be a ghost."
"But there is no need to panic. Even if Wang Er makes mistakes, it will only last for seventy days."
"Even if Wang Qi is a martial arts prodigy, what can he do without the guidance of his master for more than seventy days?"
"In this way, you take the strong servants in the village and go to the village to pick up a rake and a bamboo fork, and then go for a walk in the mountains for me."
"If the little thing is really alive and pretending to be a ghost, I will definitely kill you this time."
"My Chun'er didn't even get the internal skills and mental skills. Why did you get my son's internal skills and mental skills because you were born with a mud-legged background?"
After Mr. Wang pondered for a while, his eyes flashed with viciousness, and then he gave instructions to the strong servant in front of him.
