Alternative Jianghu Adventures

"WTF?"

Xia Yunqiao Anyue hurriedly rushed down with the nearby kid, only to feel that the big bird was brushing his head and passing low in the air, and after a burst of birdsong, it soared high in the air.

A shoulder-length shadow fell on top of Xia Yun's head. She subconsciously looked up, and the first thing that caught her eyes was a large piece of blue and red.

Green red?

Qiao Anyue also raised her eyelids at this time, and following the direction of the big bird, she saw two pieces of bright color split from the middle, green on the left and red on the right, quite like a lingering butterfly.

two birds

Qiao Anyue subconsciously thought so, but when she took a closer look, she was horrified to find that the bird had two songs!The two wings took up the color of each side, circled a few times above the head as if inspecting, and then let out a long cry, and plunged into the deep forest!

Yuan Chong and Yuan Hua opened their mouths wide - the creature in front of them was too weird, it had seriously exceeded the tolerance of the two little ghosts, but this time they couldn't even express their admiration.

The little girl tugged at the corner of the master's clothes that she had just recognized, Yuan Chong wanted to hide behind the two adults, but he insisted on standing still and not saying a word, thinking of the old saying that men and women should not be intimate.

If it was said that when he first came out of the palace, he still had the temper of a prince, but after encountering such unlucky things one after another, even Yuan Chong has learned what it means to restrain himself.Although it was a little slower compared to Yuan Hua, it was not reckless anyway.

"Where is this place?" Qiao Anyue frowned slightly, and looked at the scene of ancient trees in front of her.

Coiling dragons are intertwined.

The roots of the ancient tree twisted in a weird manner, even more imaginative than the giant trees seen in the Linyun Mountains.The leaves are comparable to two palms, and countless roots are exposed on the ground, and some even extend into the air.The whole forest was woven into a huge net by the hanging vines, and the people standing in front of the net were like moths about to jump into the flame, vulnerable to a single blow.

On the huge branches, creatures that looked like apes but not apes gathered in twos and threes, holding coconuts or bananas in their hands, staring at Xia Yun, the "uninvited guest" with fiery eyes.

Xia Yun looked at the creature in front of him and found it familiar. When Qiao Anyue put on a defensive posture, he stretched out his hand unconsciously to stop him, and said hesitantly, "No, this...doesn't hurt anyone."

"You know him?" Qiao Anyue was surprised.

Xia Yun bit her lips lightly, and suddenly a few pieces of paper that she turned over torn out of her mind.

She, Xia Yun, couldn't be more familiar with the picture book that prompted her to decide to learn Chinese characters.Almost every dot of ink on every page is engraved in her mind, even if she is given a blank sheet of paper, she can copy it exactly.

Comparing the beast in front of him with the portrait in the illustrated book, Xia Yun nodded with a strange expression.

"Yashan Beast."

She said these three words.

On the other hand, Qiao Anyue didn't react immediately, and asked instead, "What?"

Yuan Chong was stunned for a moment, and the little devil's eyes flashed with surprise, and he added hesitantly: "... three hundred miles to the south, it is called Mount Yan, there is no grass and trees on it, and there is a lot of water below it, and there are many fishes in it. There is a beast, its shape is like Kuafu and its hair, its sound is like hu, and when you see it, there will be floods in the world."

Facing the questioning eyes of the other three people, Yuan Chong swallowed his saliva and explained: "Before I came out... the teacher at home just explained it. This passage comes from "Shan Hai Jing", but... Xia... Master Xia, this What is the relationship between monsters and "Shan Hai Jing"?"

He pursed his lips, and continued: "Ya Mountain... There is no vegetation on it, but it is surrounded by giant trees in the sky."

A gleam of envy flashed in Yuan Hua's eyes—although she would secretly read these gossip books in private, but in the end she was just figuring it out for herself.At most, it was familiar, but because there was no request from my husband, I also felt that these myths and legends were just for fun, and I didn't take them to heart.

"That's right, it's The Classic of Mountains and Seas."

Xia Yun was still immersed in the sound of "Master Xia" and didn't come back to her senses. She nodded, but her thoughts slipped to Xia Cunxiu - she was raised by Xia Cun since she was a child. "Master" and "Master" were called out, and later, people who were close to ink were black, and "disrespectful" titles such as "bad old man" often popped up.

But no matter what, the strange title of "Master Xia" has been said from other people's mouths, and she has never mentioned it herself.And most of them are street people in the small alleys in the capital, and the gangs in the Jianghu who come to look for them are mostly "heroes".

——"Master Xia, are you making little Xia stand up again?"

——"Master Xia, do you know how to read? What are you writing?"

——"Master Xia, you are being polite...Look at what you said, we also want to thank you for helping to take care of the little ones at home when you are busy... I heard from my Huzi that you are telling them stories? What are you talking about so exciting?"

Xia Yun has always dismissed these trivial things, but now that they are hooked up, they are slowly attracting her attention.

Unexpectedly, Xia Cunxiu would tell her "Shan Hai Jing" as a coaxing story at such a young age.Before he died, he asked Shen Gongze to bring her the book full of martial arts techniques.

Before, she always thought that these were just Xia Cunxiu's bad tastes, but now when she first saw the beast in front of her, it looked almost the same as the one in the picture book!

"Shan Hai Jing" is a myth and legend, and no living things have ever been seen.I thought it was just the imagination of the ancients, Xia Yun was still dismissive of the vivid birds and beasts in the book, thinking that Xia Cunxiu was so boring that he would give the appearance of legendary things... Obviously it was just this. The decorations on this book, all the real value is the sword intent hidden between the lines.

These ridiculous conjectures are now severely slapped in the face by what they see.Xia Cunxiu was not joking, and the myths and legends are all true.

Just because too much time has passed, or because the distance is too far away, those realities gradually become history, and history turns into legends in the memory, and finally becomes an untouchable myth.

During the period or in the word of mouth, it is distorted and out of shape, but there is always a part of it that really exists.

Just like the record in "Shan Hai Jing" that "there is no vegetation on the mountain", but the reality is that it is full of trees, and this "mountain" is just a small island. The theory of cannibalism is even more ridiculous in Xia Cunxiu's comment talk.

The strange bird that was circling above his head before let out a long cry in the depths of the jungle. Following this train of thought, Xia Yun quickly found the name of this big bird.

"Lovebirds."

Xia Yun pointed to the big bird with a shadow in the clouds and explained to Qiao Anyue and the others.

There are many talks in the market that "I would like to be a lovebird in the sky, and I would like to be a Lianli branch in the earth". The reason is that in the legend, "it is a blue bird and a red bird, and the two birds match their wings."

How many talented men, beautiful women, idiotic men and women are attracted by this beautiful description, so it has become a good story among countless people who stay together and love each other.

The scene in front of them was too shocking, and the group of people took a long time to digest before proceeding cautiously.

The thick fallen leaves are spread under the feet, and they are soft and soft when stepped on.

After walking a few steps, Xia Yun heard a slight "click" sound - like the sound of dead wood breaking.

She followed the sound and looked down, but suddenly saw a piece of white.

Qiao Anyue's expression changed, and Xia Yun and Xia Yun took the two children a few steps aside calmly.

Yuan Chong's face turned pale, and he tightly covered his mouth with his right hand to prevent the acid reflux in his stomach from vomiting out.Almost at the same time, he stretched out his left hand to cover Yuan Hua's eyes—obviously his sister didn't accept this kind of favor——Yuan Hua pushed Yuan Chong's hand away, and stared at her big dark eyes so that everyone was amazed. something that changes color.

It's a pile of bones.

Qiao Anyue squatted down, and in full view of everyone, peeled off the rotten leaves covering the pile of bones.Soon, two complete human bones appeared in front of everyone.

Staring at the two hollow holes in the skull made Yuan Chong shudder.

"There are signs of biting on the bones, which should have been eaten by some wild animals on the island."

Qiao Anyue observed it sternly, and then said: "The extent of the leaf cover is not deep, it must have happened in the past few years."

These few years……

Xia Yun didn't even need to think about it, he naturally connected Xia Cunxiu together - his running to this small island can be regarded as "recent years".

What the hell happened to him here?

Qiao Anyue looked carefully up and down several times before confirming that she couldn't find any more information. Just as she was about to raise her head, she felt a cold and sharp gaze coming from the top of her head like a light behind her!

Strange and familiar.

"Yue'er, back up!" Xia Yun yelled, stepped forward, and stretched out his hand to pull Qiao Anyue back.

I saw that Qiao Anyue was originally standing above her head, and there was a big scarlet python coiled around the length of one person!

The snake's eyes were like torches, and the stare in the yellow eyes made Yuan Chong and Yuan Hua simply retreat behind the two adults.Xia Yun touched the tip of his tongue lightly, thinking about how to dodge from the sight of this giant python without a weapon.

While worrying, Qiao Anyue asked softly, "Zhuyeqing?"

"Huh?" Xia Yun thought he had misheard.

Qiao Anyue shrugged, and said uncertainly: "This python feels... quite familiar to me."

Xi Gu's intuition is terrifyingly sharp!

And just when Xia Yun said that he didn't believe in Qiao Anyue's "intuition" that fell from the sky, who would have thought that the scarlet python spit out a long letter by mistake, blinked at Qiao Anyue, and even nodded. nod!

Zhuyeqing that can be coiled into a bracelet, now you tell me it's the red python in front of you... Liar!

However, Qiao Anyue was obviously willing to be this "ghost".

The red python slowly climbed down from the tree, and roared and opened its mouth wide at the Yashan Beasts who were watching the excitement behind it. After successfully scaring away the "idlers" who were in the way, it was quite spiritual. Standing in front of Qiao Anyue.

It is also very kind to maintain the same height.

It showed its fangs coldly at Xia Yun, but it didn't show any hostility. It seemed that it just wanted to frighten this "villain" who was idle all the way and had nothing to do with it.Immediately opened the distance with the four people.

Qiao Anyue was very familiar with this action.

It was the same way that Zhuyeqing was led to this small island on the sea.

... No wonder the snake disappeared after landing on the shore, and the feeling was that it shrank aside and changed its shell?

Xia Yun noticed the dry blue snake skin that was abandoned in the grass not far away, and his hanging heart seemed to drop a little bit—although it is impossible for an ordinary "Zhuyeqing" to achieve such a level according to common sense. It works miraculously, but with the previous Yashan Beast and Lovebird leading the way, Xia Yun feels that the change of this little snake can be called a "little witch" who has met a "big witch", which is not worth mentioning.

The two looked at each other, and tacitly led the two little ghosts to follow behind the red python step by step.

Compared to Xia Yun's good luck, Cheng Zhe has suffered a lot.

In the dark corridor, you can't see your surroundings clearly.

His legs are useless, and now he can only use his arms to climb up the stone steps step by step.

It looks like a strange snake.

His palms, which had been soaked in sea water and turned white, were ground by the rough stone steps, and they were full of blood.Cheng Zhe counted silently in his heart, and he had already climbed 680 steps, but there was no end in sight.

While he was slandering the evil deeds of the late first-year junior high school student, and kept muttering "If he is alive, he must have first first-year junior high school to work for him for free for another three years", Cheng Zhe suddenly touched a cylinder with both hands. shaped things.

It has temperature and toughness, and it is separated by layers of fabric.

It's a human arm.