Zhuxian Ertianhuo

The next morning

The morning sun is rising, the sky is full of clouds, and the morning light like tulle gently passes through the wooden window and sprinkles on the table in the center of the brick and stone house.

There are two side dishes and two bowls of rice on the table.Yan Hui was sitting by the table, playing with the strange piece of jade while waiting for Yan Xiaoan to finish his training.

Not long after, the door of Yan Xiaoan's room opened, and Xiaoan walked out slowly.

"Eat quickly, it will be cold in a while." Yan Hui quietly put the jade back into his arms.

"En" Xiaoan responded.The two started together and ate all the food in a short while.

Yan Xiaoan didn't go to the store after eating as usual, but sat quietly beside his uncle. He watched his uncle pack up the dishes and put them in front of him, without turning around to wash the dishes.Although the Miao people have the custom of washing dishes at the next meal, he and his uncle are from the Central Plains. Even though Yan Xiaoan has been living in Qilidong since he was born, it is difficult for his uncle to change some of the existing habits, which also affects Xiaoan. Similar to him.

Yan Xiaoan quietly sat up straight, he knew that his uncle was going to give him the task he mentioned yesterday.

Sure enough, Yan Hui looked at Yan Xiaoan, and said in a deep voice: "There are many monsters in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and the deeper you go, the more tyrannical they are, but fortunately, the monsters nearby are not so powerful. There is a group of white-backed demon wolves in the village, but they have left now, but one of the lone wolves stayed." Yan Hui paused and said: "The task I entrusted to you is to hunt and kill this demon wolf. Set off tomorrow and come back within three days, can you hear me clearly?"

Yan Xiaoan took a deep breath.He is familiar with the white-backed demon wolf, who live in groups, ranging from a dozen to dozens, with a tough and ferocious personality.If an ordinary person encounters it, even a group of warriors of the five races holding weapons will be hard to beat, and they will definitely flee.But for those who practice Taoism, they are nothing more than chickens and dogs, but Yan Xiaoan is only 11 years old although he has practiced Taoism since childhood, and due to his physical fitness, he has not made any major breakthroughs until today. He doesn't even know how to use imperial weapons, but it's just that he knows a little more spells than ordinary people.

Yan Xiaoan thought to himself again: This group of white-backed demon wolves may be difficult to deal with, but a lone wolf may still be possible, but twenty miles to the south of Qilidong, the hunters of the five tribes usually form a group. Dare to enter the mountain for about ten miles, and now it is dangerous to go deep into the depths of the mountain where no one has been and the situation is unknown.I secretly feel that this trip is really not easy!

Yan Hui continued: "Don't underestimate this lone wolf, it may not be easier to deal with than a pack of wolves. The pack of wolves has to hunt together, but it can survive alone."

Yan Xiaoan nodded heavily, and suddenly asked curiously: "Then why did it leave the wolf pack?"

Yan Hui smiled and said: "Naturally there is a reason for it, and outsiders don't know about it."

"Oh." Yan Xiaoan scratched her head thoughtfully. "Then, I'll go get ready first."

"En" Yan smiled back and nodded.

Yan Xiaoan couldn't wait to open the door and left, because he didn't have anything at home at all. Unlike other people in Qilidong, his uncle neither hunted nor farmed. If he wanted something for spiritual practice, he might have it. , but some weapons and equipment used by ordinary people are absolutely out of reach.

It was almost noon when Yan Xiaoan came back, and she was sweating profusely because of the heat or tiredness.

He borrowed a plain knife from A Lei's house, and a pair of wooden armor from Uncle Xiao's house, and went back to the house to get a leather water bag, and filled a large bag with water.Yan Xiaoan raised his head and thought for a while, and asked for some dry food from the neighbors, because his uncle did not prepare dry food, and Yan Xiaoan neither knew how to cook nor wanted to ask his uncle.

All preparations are almost complete, but the wooden armor is too big, and the plain knife is too heavy and too long.Yan Xiaoan found another animal skin coat, removed the wooden armor, and tied the wooden piece of chest protector to his chest.Then he put on the animal skin coat, carried the water bag on his back, and picked up the simple knife.

But the Pu Dao is too heavy. Even though Yan Xiaoan has cultivated since childhood, his constitution is too weak, so he can only swing it barely.

Yan Hui has been watching silently from the side, but he has no intention of helping, until he sees Yan Xiaoan struggling to wield the knife, and then put it down heavily, as if there is nothing he can do about it.

Yan Hui raised his hand suddenly, and Pu Dao swished towards Yan Hui, hanging in the air three feet away from him.

Yan Hui's sudden attack surprised Yan Xiaoan, and he looked at his uncle with an aggrieved expression.

Yan Hui smiled at Yan Xiao'an, his right hand flickered with blue light, and waved lightly at Pu Dao, Pu Dao broke into two sections immediately.The front end let it fall to the ground naturally, and the other end floated back to Yan Xiaoan.

"Try again this time."

"En..." Yan Xiaoan took the knife, it was indeed much lighter, and the size was very suitable, and he danced much more freely.

Yan Xiaoan suddenly poked the knife on the ground, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, stared at his uncle with a smile, and said, "However, how can I return it when the time comes? I said a lot of good things when I borrowed it."

Yan Hui was taken aback, "Hahaha", and laughed together with Yan Xiaoan.

After a while, Yan Hui stopped laughing, touched Yan Xiaoan's head, and said, "It's nothing, I'll explain."

"Well, but uncle..." Yan Xiaoan suddenly looked at his uncle expectantly.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I want to leave now." Yan Xiaoan said firmly.

Yan Hui pondered, and after thinking for a while, said: "That's fine, go early and come back early."

"Definitely!" Yan Xiaoan put the saber on his back without any hesitation, turned around and ran southward along the path.

Yan Hui watched silently until he was no longer in sight, but he didn't move a step.After an unknown amount of time, I heard him let out a deep sigh.

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That night, Yan Xiaoan had already left Qilidong and walked [-] miles towards Shiwanda Mountain.The range of hunting activities of the five tribes probably ends here, and further inside is the territory of monsters, and almost no one dares to go deep.

Yan Xiaoan didn't take advantage of the night to rush in, but found an ancient tree with four people hugging each other, and climbed along the vigorous lines on the tree until the trunk was only as thick as two people hugging.He found a tree branch, sat down cross-legged, ate some dry food with cold water, and practiced exercises silently.Although it is the end of summer, there is a little bit of residual heat from midsummer, but the branches and leaves in the mountain forest cover the sky and the sun, so it is cool.But now that it's night, it's not only cool, it's cold.What Yan Xiaoan hates and fears the most is the cold!But as a warm aura slowly flowed through his body, the cold air outside his body could no longer penetrate the slightest bit.The night passed so quietly, without encountering any beasts or insects or snakes.

next day

Yan Xiaoan drove south without stopping, overcoming obstacles and thorns all the way.Yan Xiaoan calculated that he would be able to reach the twenty miles to the south that his uncle said before the afternoon.Hunting wolves during the day is much easier for wolves without the cover of night.

As expected, at the end of the afternoon, he arrived twenty miles south of Qilidong as scheduled.But when I arrived, I realized that I had forgotten an important thing, and I was dumbfounded!

Looking up, you can see the undulating mountains in front of you, the grass is overgrown, the forest leaves are dense, and the stream flows low.There are no fewer than a few valleys, big and small, and the wild is vast. Finding a wolf here is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Yan Xiaoan had a headache, she was too impatient, if she had known about it, she would have asked about it before coming back.

Um?Suddenly, I felt that what I was thinking seemed to be wrong. I am afraid that even if I asked my uncle, my uncle would not tell me, right?Yan Xiaoan nodded secretly, the current problem still needs to be solved by himself, otherwise how can it be called a trial task?

Uncle said that there used to be wolves here, and the wolves had a wide range of activities, but all the monsters in the [-] mountains in southern Xinjiang have their own territory and range of activities, so I have to gamble on my luck and find their activities around here first. Trace it.

Yan Xiaoan made up her mind, walked directly into a valley in front of her, and started searching.An hour later, I was so lucky that I actually found something.

Yan Xiaoan found a wolf cave under a pile of rubble.Yan Xiaoan checked around the wolf cave carefully, and found that there were only a few weeds on the pile of rocks, but there were several dead beasts not far from the wolf cave.

Looking at the corpses, Yan Xiaoan couldn't help frowning.It wasn't because of the blood, he had already trained his heart like a rock in the butcher shop, but because of the weirdness, the corpse was full of white bones, but the meat on it was not completely eaten, and nearly half of the meat was still there. And the degree of decay is not very deep.

This is very unreasonable, not to mention the location of the few animal carcasses used as food, it is against common sense that there is still meat left on the bones. In Xiaoan's memory, the white-backed demon wolf will never waste food of.And judging from the degree of decay, it seemed that the pack of wolves left in a hurry.

Yan Xiaoan yawned, didn't bother to think about anything, walked all the way, and now that the wolves had left, he rested on the pile of rocks.

The time is flowing, it is almost dusk, the sky is turning night, the mountain wind is blowing, the shadows of the trees are whirling, and there are ghosts crying and howling all around.

After eating dry food, Yan Xiaoan finally figured out a way to find the lone wolf.

I can't find it, let it come to me!

The biggest difference between humans and beasts is wisdom. Humans can use fire and tools, while beasts can only drink blood.Even if monsters are stronger than wild beasts, they cannot change the nature in their blood.

So Yan Xiaoan picked up a lot of dry firewood, lit a fire next to the wolf's den, took off the simple knife, put it behind him, covered it with gravel, sat cross-legged, and filled firewood from time to time.

There is a small stream in the valley, and the water source is abundant, so it is impossible to sit and wait for rabbits at the water source, so he intends to use this fire to wait for work.All that's left now is to wait.

The woodland closest to the pile of rocks is also ten feet away, and the pile of rocks is open so there is no need to worry about burning the forest, let alone the sudden appearance of monster wolves.

Night fell at last, and the flame on the pile of rocks was a bright light in the dark night.Like a bowl of delicious rice placed in front of the hungry people, it constantly tempts the existence in the valley.The flames danced and moved in the wind, teasing wantonly.

There is a huge risk in doing so, perhaps, other monsters will be attracted, the weak ones will be frightened away, and the strong ones will provoke them.

But Yan Xiaoan is not afraid, the white-backed wolf is very territorial, and now it has just left strangely, he bet that there will be no other powerful monsters nearby in a short time, so he dared to carry out this bold strategy.

It was past midnight, and there was still no movement in Siye except the sound of the wind.But Yan Xiaoan didn't dare to relax at all, instead he became more vigilant.Due to years of practice, the power of eyes and ears is far superior to that of ordinary people, and now it is applied to the extreme, turning his head and ears from time to time, watching every move nearby.

However, the sky failed as people wished, and the night passed quickly, but nothing happened.

In the early morning, Yan Xiaoan put out the fire and ate dry food.When it was almost noon, he fell asleep cross-legged on the spot.

Yan Xiaoan is well aware of the cunning and suspicious nature of wolves, so she never thought that she could lure it out once, and she was already prepared to fail.If you fail once, do it again,

But on the second day, it was still the same.

The longer the time dragged on, the greater the possibility of attracting other powerful monsters. On the night of the third day, when Yan Xiaoan was about to give up this plan, finally, something happened!

It's night, the ugly time has just passed, and it is the most sleepy time for people.Yan Xiaoan still did not dare to let go.

The night wind is tight, the flames are dancing wildly, and the moon is covered by dark clouds.

There was a sudden sound of footsteps in the woods ahead, slow and powerful, making dead branches and leaves creak.There was also the sound of something being dragged, and a low growl, which sounded like the panting of a dying beast, but the wind was too loud but it was inaudible.

Soon, a faint smell of blood entered Yan Xiaoan's nose in the air.

Here comes the lone wolf!

It is impossible for a lone wolf to have no connection with the pack of wolves. Now that the pack of wolves has left strangely, strange things have happened in the pack's residence, and there seems to be only one young, fat and juicy prey here. How could the lone wolf not come?

Yan Xiaoan immediately changed from sitting cross-legged to squatting, with his right hand stretched behind his back, and his left hand gesturing ready to go, staring fixedly at the dense forest in front of him.

Yan Xiaoan almost never let down his vigilance, wolves like to attack when people are most relaxed.At this moment, his brows were deeply frowned. He had already spent two days and two nights on the pile of rocks. The demon wolf had just arrived, and his physical strength was exhausted. He took a deep breath, and he cheered up and concentrated.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a soft sound that ordinary people could not detect from the treetops in the forest on the left. Yan Xiaoan was too tense, looked sideways, and his body was about to move, but there was nothing there. Take a breath, or some birds.

The dense forest in front is the closest to Yan Xiaoan, about ten feet away, no matter how fast the monster wolf is, there will still be a certain buffer time. Yan Xiaoan slowly soothes himself and constantly adjusts his breathing.

Time slowed down, and a quarter of an hour had passed, Yan Xiaoan was even more surprised, there was still only a deep panting sound in front of him, no matter how concentrated his ears were, he couldn't hear it clearly.Accompanied by the sound of the wind, Siye seemed to be even more silent, and the silence was a little scary!

All of a sudden, Yan Xiaoan felt chills running down his back, and he was fooled!Huo Ran drew the knife and turned around, the simple knife brought up gravel and dust all over the place.

Yan Xiaoan's eyes were slightly fixed, and he was terrified at once, only feeling a chill passing over his body, and he held his breath involuntarily.

Fifty feet away in front of him, there is a ferocious wolf face, with sharp teeth and fangs, and its eyes are gleaming. Its body is about half a person tall, with white hair on its back. It looks like a wolf, but it is far more ferocious and stronger than ordinary wolves. It was the "white-backed demon wolf".

Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, the demon wolf grinned, bared his teeth, roared, and rushed towards Yan Xiaoan with all his strength!

Yan Xiaoan forced himself to calm down, and in front of Heng Dao's chest, a fireball about the size of a walnut ignited with a "poof" three inches from the tip of his left finger.With a flick of his finger, he went straight to the wolf with a swish.

Startled, the demon wolf hurriedly dodged sideways.Perhaps it was Yan Xiaoan who was very nervous when he was fighting a monster for the first time, but the fireball went wrong.It just so happened that the shot was skewed. If it went straight to the door with the speed of the fireball, it might not be able to hit the wolf. The wolf probably thought that the fireball would come straight to it, so the moment it turned sideways, the fireball hit it steadily. on its hind legs.The fire took advantage of the wind, and with a whoosh, the wolf's hair was instantly ignited.

A wolf howl resounded through the valley.

I didn't want the demon wolf to rebel against the pain.The flames all over his body were like a ghostly beast that had been killed from the darkness of hell. Under the night, it was frightening, and it rushed towards Yan Xiaoan at an even faster speed with a roar, and the distance was less than one foot in an instant!

Without even thinking about it, Yan Xiaoan took a quick step back, raised the knife above his head with both hands, his eyes were red, he was about to slash, and he looked like he was desperately waiting for the wolf to pounce.

Unexpectedly, the demon wolf rushed forward, did not open its bloody mouth, but bumped directly from the side of its body.

Yan Xiaoan shrank his pupils, took another step back, and slashed down with his knife.

The monster wolf was approaching ferociously, Yan Xiaoan didn't intend to dodge it anymore, he was far less swift than it, but saw his strong body bumping into it fiercely like a mountain.

Yan Xiaoan flew backwards, only to feel a dull pain in his chest, and a creaking sound.With a sweet throat, he spat out a mouthful of blood.However, he still held Pu Dao tightly in his hand, and did not let go of it.

The demon wolf took advantage of the situation to roll over, extinguishing the flames on its body.By the light of the flames, one could see a deep cut on the forelegs of the scorched body of the demon wolf.In the dim light, the demon wolf turned over and pounced again, its big mouth and fangs brought out a gust of wind.

The body floating in the air just landed, "Ah!" Yan Xiaoan roared, half-squatting and half-kneeling to stabilize his body, using the last bit of strength in his body, without even looking at it, he straightened up the simple knife and stabbed upwards fiercely.

Life and death, at this moment!

I don't know how long it has passed, as if time has stopped.

Yan Xiaoan panted heavily, and when she came to her senses, she felt that her head was bleeding downwards as if someone was watering flowers.He smiled, he knew that he had won, he pierced the wolf's artery with a knife.He was exhausted, put down the knife, and lay on the pile of rubble, gasping for breath, but his chest hurt like a tear.

Suddenly there was an abnormal gust of wind, and a tall, ghostly figure suddenly appeared beside Yan Xiaoan.A Taoist robe fluttered with the wind, and black air surrounded him.

A clear breeze in the sky passes by, the moon breaks through the dark clouds, and a ray of bright moonlight shines on the people coming. In the darkness of yin and yang, there is a tall specter with a blurred face, only two piercing eyes, frightening people's hearts and souls.

Yan Xiaoan's heart was shocked, but he only had time to take a look. Before he could make a move, the man in black waved his sleeves, and the black air rolled towards Yan Xiaoan's face.

Yan Xiaoan didn't have time to hide, and didn't even have time to let out a scream, and passed out directly, unconscious.

Amidst the black air, the man looked at Yan Xiaoan, who was covered in wolf blood all over his face, and muttered to himself: "Could it be that he is a disciple of a wizard from Southern Border? The young disciples of Fenxiang Valley, although their cultivation level is not good, but they can hunt and kill this strange wolf by themselves in their teens, and their temperament and aptitude are quite good."

Immediately, his eyes narrowed, and he glanced around coldly, "Hmph, Fenxiang Valley really has hidden evil intentions and has been preparing for a long time. A disciple can do such a big job." The black-robed man unconsciously sighed, looking to the north, his expression seemed slightly There is a slight worry.It's just that there are countless big and small aristocratic families in the northern Central Plains, and he doesn't know where he is looking in his heart.

He slowly withdrew his gaze again, and smiled darkly: "However, this child can just be borrowed by me."