Ashes Record

By Lindgren

Legend has it that there is a "Notes of Creation" in the world, which records all the secrets since the creation of the world. However, due to some unknown reasons, the notes are scattered all over the world. If those who are destined can obtain the fragments, they may be able to participate in creation, or they may be able to understand the sec

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lindgren
• Release date: Apr 23, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869340412

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Chapter 1 Father and Son in a Mountain Village

The cool breeze is blowing, winter is coming, and fallen leaves are flying all over the mountains and fields.

Although Zhoushan Town in the southwest of Panshi Country is located in a remote area and is surrounded by mountains, it is difficult to find wealthy businessmen. However, the game resources are quite abundant, and the people can be self-sufficient.

At this time, there were only a few customers in a tavern three miles away from the mountains, and the shopkeeper was sitting in front of the counter, drowsy. Suddenly the waiter rushed out of the door and shouted: Stop! Stop! The floor has just been mopped, don't come in again!

The shopkeeper was slightly annoyed: This guy is so rude. I open the door to do business. It's rare for customers to come in. How can I chase customers away? He looked up and screamed in pain. He waved and shouted: Tell him to get out! Get out of here! ! Oops, there’s someone eating inside. Don’t let him in."

The waiter pushed and pushed and blocked a person at the door. The man was about mid-year-old and wore old clothes. Although he was not a beggar, his left hand and right foot were wrapped in thick bandages. There was a strong smell of medicine permeating his body, which was indeed off-putting. The waiter said: Cang Laizi, why are you here again?

Cang Laizi was leaning on a cane in his right hand, shaking a wine gourd on the head of the cane, and said: I'm here to buy wine. Buy me a pound of apricot flowers.

The waiter waved his hand and said: No, no, no. Return Xinghua. Can you afford Xinghua?

Cang Laizi said: I taught arithmetic to people today and earned some money. He leaned back against the wall, freed his hands, fumbled in his pocket and found two pieces of broken silver, handed them forward and said, No.

The waiter rolled his eyes and said: Do you know how much a pound of apricot blossoms cost? You can't even buy one tael with your little bit of silver. Cang Laizi, don't I know your family background? With your little knowledge , Rich people won’t hire you. How much money can you get from teaching? Unless our store doesn’t sell it to you, it’s really a loss-making business. If you really want to buy it, just buy it. I can give you some wine in exchange.

Cang Laizi shook his head and said, The wine is too weak to satisfy my craving.

The waiter said: You don't have much money, but you are still picky. Come on, come on, don't hinder our business.

While they were pushing, suddenly a beast roared in the sky, a big black shadow fell down, and a gust of wind blew up on the ground. It was actually a huge flying beast. The flying beast fell prostrate on the ground, and three people got off its back, all dressed in blue and plain clothes. Although flying beasts are not rare in the Rock Kingdom, it is difficult for ordinary white men with flat heads to have them. What's more, this place is isolated and isolated, and the people who usually visit it are familiar neighbors from nearby, and there are not many outsiders all year round. The waiter in the tavern knew that the distinguished guests had arrived as soon as he saw them. He left Cang Laizi behind and went up to greet the three of them into the shop.

    The three people ordered the dishes, and the leader, a man named Zhou, asked: Excuse me, shopkeeper, how far is Zhoushan Town from here?

The shopkeeper said: Our store already belongs to Zhoushan. If you want to go to Zhoushan Town Government Office, you can just walk thirty miles straight to the west after taking a rest.

The guest surnamed Zhou nodded and said: My three brothers came from afar and wanted to do some business in Zhoushan Mansion. They heard that Zhoushan has hidden dragons and crouching tigers, but they didn't know the details. I wonder who the heroes are in Zhoushan Mansion? Can the shopkeeper tell me something?

The shopkeeper said: I don't dare to take it seriously. All I know about matters in Zhoushan Mansion is that, apart from the governor, the Luo Hengluo family has the final say. I don't know much about the rest.

Guest surnamed Zhou said: Well, since you even know about this remote place, it shows that the Luo family is very powerful.

The shopkeeper said: I don't understand this kind of thing. I just sell my food and wine.

The guest surnamed Zhou said: Well, thank you. After taking two sips of wine, he turned his head and looked at the door. He saw Cang Laizi leaning his neck, staring at the wine in his glass from a distance, his Adam's apple squirming, and he kept swallowing saliva. . The guest named Zhou smiled and waved: Brother, do you like this wine?

Cang Laizi licked his lips and nodded. The shopkeeper was afraid that the customer would be angry, so he personally grabbed Cang Laizi and pushed him outside. The guest surnamed Zhou said: Shopkeeper, it's okay. I just heard that my brother wants to drink this Xinghua Chun, so you can give him two jins and settle the bill on me.

The shopkeeper said: This...

The guest surnamed Zhou said: Go ahead. Your money will not be lost.

The shopkeeper had no choice but to ask his waiter to fill Cang Laizi's gourd with wine. Cang Laizi thanked him repeatedly. Guest surnamed Zhou said: We met by chance, and it was fate. I originally wanted to have a few drinks with my brother, but I have something important to do in my lower body, so I can't accompany you.

Cang Laizi bowed with one hand. If you are not polite, just support him with a crutch. His hands and feet were disabled, half of his torso was wrapped in bandages, he walked unsteadily, and looked very strange and slovenly. Everyone who met him would take a detour. Some children even threw stones and spat at him on the road. But his face was blank, as if he had become numb to all kinds of humiliation, and he only tightly protected the wine gourd. Returning to Hongxia Village at the foot of the mountain, the villagers could only shake their heads and sigh when they saw his unkempt appearance.

His son Canghai had already cooked a meal and was waiting at the door of his home. He saw his father's figure in the distance and shouted, Dad, where have you been? You can't be found in the village.

Cang Laizi's numb face finally showed a smile, even a little proud, and said: I earned two kilograms of good wine today.

After entering the house, Canghai helped his father sit down. Cang Laizi pulled out the stopper of the gourd, and the aroma of wine filled the air. Cang Hai shouted: Good wine! This is the aged Xinghua Chun from Lao Du Tavern? How did you get it?

Cang Laizi told the story of meeting the noble man. Canghai said: Is this happening? I'll have to thank them properly next time I meet them. It just so happens that there are still half of the hares I shot last time, so I'm going to make some extra vegetables.

Cang Laizi said: Exactly. If there is no meat, this wine is a bit cheap. Go and call the mistress over and drink together.

At that moment, Canghai fried rabbit meat and went to the back of the house to call Ji San. The three of them drank to their heart's content. Cang Laizi's original name was Cang Baichong. It is said that when he was young, he went hunting alone in the mountains and encountered a big beast. After a fierce fight, although he escaped with his life, half of his body was destroyed. As a result, the ability to work was also lost. Thanks to the kindness of his neighbors, who chipped in for food and clothing, he was able to survive until now. Canghai has been sensible since he was a child. He knew how to follow the villagers to the mountains to learn hunting when he was six or seven years old. At first he didn't know how to do anything, so he helped the adults carry things and pick up prey. The adults taught me carefully. Now at the age of eighteen, he has become a first-class hunter and can begin to take on the responsibility of being the head of the family. Ji San Da Xiao was the best to him and treated him like his own brother. Therefore, if there was any good thing, Cang Hai would look for him immediately.

After drinking to his heart's content, Cang Baizhong looked up and looked outside and said, I saw migratory birds flying south today on the road. I'm afraid the snow will come earlier this year than in previous years. I don't have much food stored at home, so I need to make plans early. "

Canghai said: That's right. In two days, Brother Ji and I will go hunting in the mountains.

Ji San nodded and said, I have this plan for a long time. I heard that the hunting team organized by Wangjiacun next door has rushed into the mountain. I'm afraid there won't be many prey in the front mountain.

Cang Baizhong said: We can fight as many as we can. There are many ferocious beasts in the back mountains, and you two are weak, so it is not advisable to take risks. At worst, save some food this year, or you will starve to death. We can fight again in the spring next year.

Both of them nodded in agreement.

Chapter 2 Entering the Mountain

In the evening, Canghai moved the hunting thing out, carefully inspected and polished it, and worked until midnight. Finally, everything that needed to be prepared was ready. After finishing, he picked up the shiny knife in his left hand and the sharp arrow in his right hand, and sighed: Old friends, whether my father and son will eat meat or drink wind this year depends on you. Don't be like last year. Let my dad paint pancakes for half the winter to satisfy his hunger.

He looked back and saw that there was still light coming from Cang Baizhong's room, and he shouted: Dad, why aren't you sleeping yet?

Cang Baizhong said: There's no rush. Just go to sleep first.

Canghai walked into his room and saw Cang Baizhong leaning on the edge of the bed, holding a few arithmetic chips in his right hand and looking intently at a piece of paper on the ground in front of him. The paper was densely covered with numbers. Canghai said: Are you calculating this thing again?

Cang Baichong didn't even raise his eyelids and said, I'm a useless person. Besides earning some money by teaching arithmetic, what else can I do?

Canghai felt sad and said: My son is useless, you have to earn your own wine.

Cang Baizhong said: You are only an adult. If you work hard, you will have a chance. He scratched the paper in his hand and said: Fate is unfair to me. I don't believe that my son is like this.

Canghai clenched his fists, raised his chest and said proudly: If fate is unfair to you, my son will change this fate! If fate is also unfair to me , my son will break this destiny!

Cang Baizhong said calmly: Hey, it's really childish, but it's easy to say it. What do you use to change it? What do you rely on to break it? Do you rely on your hunting knife for killing rabbits?

Canghai was suddenly speechless and his face turned red with embarrassment. Cang Baizhong said: Go to bed and don't worry about me. Tomorrow I will go to Daniel's house to teach his son arithmetic. He asked his son to sell silkworms. His son's arithmetic was one or two taels short, which made him very angry.

Canghai agreed and stood watching him draw the piece of paper, feeling dizzy and unable to understand why. He was born with a distaste for arithmetic, and his father never took the initiative to teach him. Therefore, even though he had watched him do arithmetic for more than ten years, in the end he knew nothing about it. He shook his head and went back to his room to sleep.

Early the next morning, at dawn, Ji San came over and called the door. Canghai picked up his sword and arrows, went out and saw him alone, and asked: Third brother, aren't the others in the village going?

Ji San said: They say that if there are more people to fight, there will be more people to divide, and there won't be much more. Besides, some people contribute more, and some people have less credit, but things have to be divided equally. Those who contribute more will inevitably feel uncomfortable. Forget it. We brothers will score as many points as we want, so we don’t have to worry about it that much.

Canghai smiled and said: That's true. My family is out of food, so I can't help you eat and drink every day.

Ji San said: As a family, we don't talk about life and death.

The two got ready and set off. Hongxia Village relies on the vast mountains. Because the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, the locals call them Yunwu Mountains. As the saying goes, you can eat mountains if you rely on mountains, and you can eat water if you rely on water. There are many birds and animals in Yunwu Mountain, which have fed generations of people in the surrounding villages. However, the Yunwu Mountain is extremely deep, and the deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes, surrounded by layers of ferocious beasts, poisonous insects, and miasma. Most hunters only hunt in the front mountains, and only a few dare to go deep into the back mountains. As for the deeper areas behind the back mountains, most of them dare to go in. It will never come out.

The two of them wandered around the front mountain for a long time, but gained little and only shot one pheasant. There are many traces of traps in the jungle. Ji San said: As expected, the front mountain was hunted by the neighboring village. The animals that escaped the trap probably also escaped into the back mountain.

Canghai said: Killing them all like this really leaves no one with a way to survive.

Ji San said: There is no way, you can't go back empty-handed. Just walk further inside. If the number of roads is wrong, just retreat quickly.

The two of them continued walking deeper into the mountain. At first, there were trails opened by hunters to lead the way. As we walked, the surrounding trees became thicker, vines entangled, and clumps dominated the road. Gradually, no trace of human activity could be seen. Occasionally, when poisonous insects passed by and smelled the smell of yellow medicine on their bodies, they would retreat but never attack. When passing a mountain col, there was no wind, and the surroundings were quiet, except for the footsteps and breathing of the two people, there was no other sound. Even though the two of them were born to be with the jungle, they couldn't help but feel panic at this moment.

Fortunately, I later hunted a yellow sheep and found a prey, so my uneasiness subsided. The two cleared a clearing, disemboweled the goat, lit a fire and roasted it until they were full. They cut the remaining meat into small pieces, dried the outer blood, and put it into a backpack.

At this time, the sun was setting and the fog in the forest was getting thicker. The two set up several animal traps near the fire, then climbed up a big tree nearby, cut off the vines, and sprinkled yellow medicine everywhere to drive away insects and ants. A resting place was built among the branches.

There were no dangers as imagined along the way, and the two of them felt relieved. As night falls, the gloomy scenes during the day are lost in the darkness, making them seem less scary. The two of them lay on the big tree and chatted about home affairs. Canghai said: Third brother, have you ever thought about going outside to make a living?

Ji San said: My ancestors have been living in this mountain for generations. I don't know what it's like outside, and I don't want to go. Wherever my roots are, I will be there. You are different. I heard the older generation say that your father He’s a migrant, so he must have worked outside.

Canghai said: Well, he did mention it, and he didn't stay out for long. Later, something happened while hunting, so he stayed in the village. It was in this forest that he encountered an evil beast and was bitten to death. Hands and feet.

Ji San said: Uncle Bai Zhong would have been an excellent hunter if this had not happened.

Although the resting place chosen by the two was high, there were many beasts in the forest that could climb trees and hunt for food. That night, the two took turns to keep watch, Canghai kept watch for half of the night, and planned to get up again in the second half of the night to take over. During this period, we could hear the roars of beasts in the forest from time to time, and there were even animals scurrying under the trees. Ji San gripped the handle of the knife tightly, not daring to relax for a moment.

When the darkness gradually faded and the sky was about to light up, Ji San breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to go down the tree to explore, Canghai suddenly woke up and exclaimed: A big guy is coming.

Although the morning light was already falling, the fog in the forest was still very heavy, and it was not clear beyond five steps. Ji San listened for a moment, shook his head and said, Where? I'm afraid you heard wrong.

Canghai said: That's right. About two hundred steps ahead, that thing walked very carefully and slowly, and now it has stopped.

Ji San knew that his sense of facial features was different from ordinary people. When he was a child, he went hunting with adults and could see the prey that was difficult for adults to see. Therefore, he did not dare to take it lightly, and slowly leaned down and watched its changes.

The mist stirred as the two breathed, the birds chirped in the morning, and there was a faint crisis in the air where the sun was just beginning to show.

After a while, there was still no movement. Ji San couldn't help but said: This guy is so quiet, but what kind of beast is he?

Canghai made a hissing gesture and said, Here he comes.

There was a bird in front that was frightened and flew into the air, but it wasn't until the thing approached to a distance of twenty steps that Ji San actually saw the opponent's figure. It was a huge four-legged animal, more than three meters tall and an unknown length. At first glance, it looked like a tiger, but it had sharp horns on its head and its steps were very light, which was very different from a tiger.

The beast slowly walked to the big tree where the two of them were hiding, and suddenly stood still. Their hearts were beating wildly, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, feeling a sense of foreboding coming over them.

I saw the beast resting its front paws on the tree, standing up, and roaring for the first time toward the tree!

Ouch——!

Ji San shouted: No, it found us!

Chapter 3: Fighting between man and beast

In the midst of the roar, a fishy smell spurted out, making the person vomit, and the mist in front of him was dispersed. This time I could see clearly that the beast only had one eye, which was located across its large face. The cross-shaped pupil could be turned from the left side of the face to the right side of the face. There is an inverted horn on the forehead. When angry, the tip of the horn blooms like a flower bud, revealing an air hole and spewing out puffs of smoke-like gas. The claws were extremely sharp, causing large pieces of bark to fly away. When a person stands up, he is more than four meters tall. Canghai said in shock: What kind of monster is this?

Ji San said: I once heard from the old people in the village that there are many monsters in the mountains, and among them there is a kind of one-horned beast. I'm afraid this is it.

Canghai said: No wonder there are few other wild beasts nearby. This is its territory. We brazenly barbecued and slept in its house. It's no wonder it's not angry.

Fortunately, the place where the two of them were nesting was very high from the ground. The horned beast was unable to do anything to them for a while and could only dig at the trees with its claws. After scratching for a while, he suddenly roared loudly and slammed his horn against the tree. The century-old tree, which needed to be surrounded by several people, was shaken from side to side by the impact, and its leaves fell like rain.

Canghai said: This beast is really strong. If this continues, sooner or later this tree will not be able to bear it.

The one-horned beast bumped into it for a while, then it seemed to understand that the tree was too thick to break, so it started to use its teeth and claws together again. Its sharp teeth and claws were like knives and axes, and the gap at the bottom of the tree was getting wider and wider. Ji San stood up, drew his bow and shot an arrow down.

The one-horned beast tilted its head slightly, and the arrow hit its neck. But its skin was rough and its flesh was thick. Although it hit the target, only half of the arrow went in. With a touch of its front paw, the arrow feathers were knocked off. In pain, it roared loudly, became more violent, and beat the tree trunk until it cracked.

Canghai shouted: Shoot it in the eyes!

The two of them fired arrows at the same time, aiming at its eyes, one on the left and the other on the right. Unexpectedly, the monster was on guard, and with a wave of its long claw, it knocked away the two arrows. The two of them fired several more arrows, but they were all blocked one by one. I saw that the big tree was crumbling, and the bottom was about to be hollowed out by it. Canghai said: If you can't beat me, escape from above!

He took out a long rope flying hook from his waist and threw it towards the branch next to him. He hooked it with a click, grabbed the long rope with both hands, pushed hard with his feet, and swung straight over. Then he threw the rope back to Ji San, who followed the same pattern and swung it to the tree next to him.

The monster never expected that the opponent would fly away in the air. It tilted its head and stared here for a while, then suddenly roared and slammed into the big tree with all its strength. Just hearing the loud roar, the tree finally broke and fell towards the sea.

The two of them had just taken a breath when they suddenly saw the big tree above turning into a huge black shadow with its branches and leaves, and they couldn't help but feel stunned. The tree had been growing for hundreds of years and was tens of meters tall. It was unstoppable to press it down like this. But the sound of branches breaking could be heard constantly, and the broken tree fell straight down the trunk of the tree. The tree where the two of them were was almost split into two.

At this time, it was too late to swing to other trees, so the two of them could only subconsciously branch to both sides to dodge. The branches and leaves above the head kept falling down, a strong wind passed by, and there was a loud crash. The broken tree was too long, and the end was caught by other trees, and it stopped.

Ji San climbed onto a branch and luckily escaped. When he looked back, he was shocked. Although the branches on his side were fine, the branches on the other side that Canghai jumped over were bare and had been smashed down, and no one knew where they were. Ji San said anxiously: Canghai! Canghai! Where are you?

There was a crashing sound on the ground, Canghai crawled out from a pile of broken branches and leaves, and responded with a disgraced face: I'm here.

Before Ji San had time to rejoice, the one-word horned beast had discovered Cang Hai who had fallen to the ground, turned around and pounced on him. Ji San shouted: Run!

But the monster was very close to Canghai. When Canghai reacted, there was no time to escape. He was about to be thrown down by it when he heard two clicking sounds. The monster pounced and seemed to be grabbed by something underground. , and rolled several times.

Canghai took the opportunity to escape. Hearing the roar of the horned beast was extremely painful, and it opened its mouth and tore at both of its own feet as it rolled. It turned out that the collision was accidental, but it was caught by two animal traps buried by Canghai at night.

Canghai's method of burying two animal clamps side by side is called Mother-and-Senior Chain clamp. When a hunter is hunting a tiger, if the tiger passes by and misses the first clamp, he will step on the second clamp with the next step, which is extremely precise. It's just that this one-horned beast is much bigger than the tiger. Even though it won two dollars in a row, each clamp can only hold its two toes. Canghai shouted to Jisan: Its legs are caught. Let's move quickly now.

Ji San hurriedly slipped down the tree. By this time, the one-horned beast had calmed down. It stepped on the ground with its big claws, leaned over and bit the upper teeth of the trap, pulled it upwards, and tore the trap in half. The two of them felt their scalps numb at the sight. Canghai thought to himself that he still couldn't outrun each other, so he pointed to the left and said: This way.

The one-horned beast tore off another beast but couldn't catch it, and then chased after it. After chasing for more than ten meters, he suddenly stepped on the ground and fell into a pit with a rumble. The bottom of the pit was filled with sharp wooden sticks, which only caused the horned beasts to scream. It turned out that Canghai had once again lured him into the trap he dug last night.

The two of them knew that the trap could not hold it for long, so they did not dare to stop at all and ran as fast as they could. I don’t know how long I ran, and my body was cut many times by thorns. I could only hear the sound of horned beasts behind me, which shook the forest, full of humiliated anger.

While running away, Cang Hai suddenly stumbled over a vine. Ji San behind him couldn't stop his momentum, so he bumped into him and the two of them rolled into a ball. When I looked closely, I was shocked again. The thing that tripped them was squirming. Where was the vine? It was a tail of a giant python.

The giant python's tail was dragging on the ground, and its body was spirally coiled on the tree. It was at least twenty meters long. The snake's head was raised in the air, and it hissed like a sword. Ji San's face turned green and he stammered: It's over... it's over. I just provoked a monster and ran away... to the snake's nest. What should I do?

At this time, there was a rustle in the trees behind, and the one-character beast was approaching again. This time it's really a disaster. Cang Hai said fiercely: If you don't do it, you will never stop! Ugly monster, take an arrow from me!

He drew the bow to full length and shot an arrow towards the giant snake, hitting the snake's head.

Ji San was stunned. Canghai picked him up and ran away. The giant python had already regarded them as food in its belly, but how could it have thought that this food was so different that it would actually attack? It twisted its long body and was about to pounce on the food. Suddenly, the wind blew up from behind, and the horned beast leaped forward. When I arrived, I thought it was in the way, so I slapped it to the ground with my paw.

The giant python was so angry that it swung its long tail and wrapped it around him. This time the giant python is entangled, it is no better than two small beast traps. The one-horned beast couldn't move for an instant. In desperation, he bit the snake's head as it turned around.

The giant python wanted to bite it, but it bit back and bit the upper and lower jaws of the snake's mouth tightly. The giant python couldn't break free and was so frustrated that it had no choice but to use its body to tighten its grip tighter and tighter. A python and a beast were in a stalemate in the blink of an eye.

Canghai only hoped that the giant python could hold back the one-word beast so that he could escape. The two of them ran away desperately, regardless of the direction of the east, west, or west. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he hurriedly stopped his steps, unable to help but scream in pain at the same time.

But seeing the clouds and mist ahead, it was like a fairyland, but the road suddenly stopped, and it turned out that we had reached the edge of a cliff. Looking around, except for the solid soil from the direction we came from, the other three sides are all abyss. The place where the two of them stood was just a protruding part of the cliff.

Chapter 4 Black Cloud Abyss

The place where the two of them stood was faced with cliffs on three sides, and the only way they could walk was the way they came. But on the way here, the pythons and beasts were fighting fiercely. No matter who won or lost, they would be enough to drink from the encounter. The two walked around the protruding cliff. There were many jutting rocks and overhanging trees between the cliffs. Climbing down was not a problem, but this was only a scene that could be seen with the naked eye. The abyss under the cliff is of unknown depth, and most of it is hidden in the clouds and mist. It is hard to say whether there is any place to climb on the cliff below.

Ji San was so anxious that he asked, Is this... going to happen?

Canghai lay down on the edge of the cliff, threw a stone down, listened quietly for a moment, found nothing, and said: I don't know where this place is. This abyss is wide, deep, and majestic. It is located deep in the Yunwu Mountain, with thousands of It’s impossible that no one has been here over the years. If someone comes to visit, there should be a name. Third brother, has the old hunter in the village mentioned it?

Ji San said: I have mentioned that there is a black cloud abyss in Yunwu Mountain. But what does this matter have to do with us now?

Canghai said: If this is the Black Cloud Abyss, I think the older generation should know what it's like down there. If they can get down, we can get down.

Ji San said anxiously: Ahem, now that things have come to a point, what will happen if we go down? What will happen if we don't go down? Do we have a choice? How about we fight back?

    The sea is pondering and it is difficult to decide. Suddenly, I heard a roar coming from the place where the pythons and beasts were fighting behind me, and the sound was smooth. The color changed on both of their faces. Ji San said: Is this... the sound of that monster?

Cang Hai was silent, resting his right knee on the ground, drawing his bow and arrow, pointing tightly in the direction he came from.

Ji San knew his intention and immediately took out the long rope from his bag and tied one end to the rock on the cliff and the other end to Canghai's waist. He also tied one on himself. Be prepared to escape, then walk to the other side, nock an arrow, and just wait for the monster to show up.

The trees were rustling, and the one-worded beast seemed to know that the two of them had reached a dead end, so he didn't hurry and walked out slowly step by step. It was seen that it was holding a piece of snake tail in its mouth, and the broken part of the snake tail was still bleeding. The hair is messy, but there are no visible injuries. Obviously, this battle with the giant python is not an even contest.

Thinking that such a huge python could be torn apart by it in a moment, Ji San couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart, and the hand holding the bow trembled slightly. The one-word horned beast let go of the snake's tail in its mouth, stretched out its tongue and licked the blood around its mouth, its narrow horizontal eyes glowing coldly. Just staring at it made Ji San feel panicked. He couldn't hold his hand, and with a whoosh, he let go and shot the arrow.

The one-horned beast didn't dodge this time. It opened its mouth and bit, with a click, the arrow was bitten off before it even stopped.

On the other side of Canghai, seeing that the situation was not good, he also shot an arrow. Before he could reach it, his right hand had already drawn out a second arrow like lightning, nocked the bow, pulled the string, and shot out with a whoosh. He knew that he must not leave any room for the one-character horned beast to react. His hands were like wind, shooting arrow after arrow, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish. Shoot out all the arrows inside. As soon as the arrow was shot, he turned around without hesitation and ran to the edge of the cliff, shouting: Jump!

This chain of arrows was extremely fast. The horned beast had just knocked down the first two plants, and there was a pop-pop-pop sound, and more than twenty arrows were inserted into its body like a hedgehog. The one-word horned beast was extremely angry, twisted its waist, and rushed towards the two of them.

The two people ran close to the edge of the cliff, grabbed the rope around their waists, and were about to jump down. Suddenly, the fog broke up, and a huge red shadow flew up from the bottom of the cliff. The strong wind it brought knocked the two of them to the ground.

The one-character horned beast was as powerful as thunder. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of the two of them. It opened its bloody mouth and its sharp teeth were only a short distance away from the sea. Suddenly seeing the huge red shadow like a mountain, the horned beast suddenly stopped as if it was a natural enemy. Its four claws scratched a deep scratch on the solid rock, and it stopped at the last moment.

Then, under the stunned gazes of the two people, they turned around and ran away without hesitation.

Just after escaping a few steps, a big beak fell from the air and caught the one-horned beast on the back of its neck. The one-horned beast roared fiercely, and its huge body was instantly thrown into the air.

The body of the one-horned beast is considered huge among beasts. It can easily knock down a century-old tree and kill a giant python, which shows its ferocity. But now in front of that giant shadow, he lost the ability to fight back in an instant, which shows the terror of his opponent. The one-horned beast was twisting and turning desperately in the air, but it had nothing to hold on to. Just as he was about to fall into the abyss, a red shadow suddenly passed by, holding a horned beast in his mouth, and with a slap, he was submerged in layers of thick fog in the blink of an eye.

At the last moment, the two of them saw clearly that the giant shadow was actually a big fiery red bird. I could hear the faint howl of a horned beast on the verge of despair coming from the abyss, and I couldn't believe that I had escaped with my life like this.

The two of them lay there for a long time, and there was no sound from the abyss. Only the snake's tail on the ground showed that what just happened was real. The two finally came to their senses and looked at each other, thinking: If the big bird had taken us instead of the horned beast, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to find the bones now.

Canghai said: No wonder the older generation regards the back of Yunwu Mountain as a forbidden area. If we were not lucky enough to be a horned beast, that giant python alone could kill us.

Ji San said with lingering fear: This place is extremely dangerous. In my opinion, it's better to go back quickly now.

Now the two of them turned back the way they came. Returning to the place where the pythons fought fiercely, they saw that the giant python had its head in a different place, its belly and intestines were broken, and its death was very miserable. The two took the opportunity to cut off a few large pieces of snake meat, which they considered as prey for this hunting trip.

The path that the two of them took was originally the territory of the horned beast and the giant python. Although they were dead at this time, no other beast dared to enter the territory. Therefore, they took advantage of their power and power on their way back. Instead, it was peaceful.

The two walked very quickly and returned to the village at dusk. The family was happy to see them carrying a pile of snake meat home. When Canghai walked in, Cang Baizhong was sitting at the dining table, drinking in front of a piece of drawing paper on the table. It's very satisfying to shake your head.

Canghai looked at the table curiously and couldn't help but feel funny. It turned out that there was a roasted chicken, a braised fish, a basin of broth, and some pancakes drawn on the paper. Cang Baichong took a sip of wine and took a chopstick at the dish in the painting. He felt as if he was really eating the food in the painting. He was very happy and hooked.

Canghai said: Dad, don't you still have some food stored at home? Why are you here eating air?

Cang Baizhong rolled his eyes and said: Nonsense, this is obviously delicacy in the world, how can it be confused with air.

Canghai smiled and said: Since it is a delicacy in the world, why don't you tell me what it tastes like?

Cang Baizhong said: This chicken is wrapped in three layers of mud, accompanied by the fragrance of lotus leaves, and simmered for an hour. The flavor is endless. Boy, let me tell you, the power of imagination is endless. Whatever taste you like, it will taste It has to be what it tastes like.

Canghai said: Okay, whatever you said it tastes like, it tastes like that. I think I'm full in my head, but in the end I'm still hungry. He put the package containing snake meat on the table and said, Look, I'll give it to you. If you take one bite of the meat of the thousand-year-old snake demon you brought back, you will live forever. If you take two bites, you will transform into an immortal."

Cang Baizhong reached out and turned over the snake meat and said, I thought your luck this year would be the same as last year, so you didn't dare to touch the food stored at home and kept it for the winter. After turning over it, he frowned and said, It's true. It's not an ordinary snake. There shouldn't be such a giant thing in the front mountain. Have you gone to the back mountain?

Canghai said: The front mountain has been raided by the hunting team. Isn't there nothing we can do about it? He immediately told what happened.

Cang Baizhong said in shock: You still went to the Black Cloud Abyss?

Canghai said: I just guessed that the place is Black Cloud Abyss, I'm not sure.

Cang Baizhong said: You are so brave. Twenty years ago, several villages formed a joint hunting team to go in, and almost the entire army was wiped out. You can come back alive this time, I really want to thank your grandfather for his spirit.

Canghai said: How many villages have united? What does this have to do with grandpa? Didn't grandpa die long ago?

Cang Baizhong said: Do you know why our village is so thin? It's because all the young and middle-aged people died in it. Including your grandfather.

Canghai said: What about you?

Cang Baizhong sighed: I just arrived in the village not long ago. But my disability was also left at that time.

Chapter 5 Meteor in the Night

Canghai said: The Black Cloud Abyss has existed for generations. How come you didn't know the dangers at that time and wanted to form a team to go in?

Cang Baizhong said: You silly boy, you need to form a team to go into the mountains because you know that this place is dangerous. There was a famine that year, and the grain was not abundant. People could only survive on the wild game in the mountains. They hunted every day. All the animals were killed. Some people were so hungry that they ran into the back mountains and ended up becoming food for wild animals.

Canghai said: Well, although we are hunters, once we enter the mountains, it is difficult to say who is the prey.

Cang Baizhong said: That's not true. But we were forced by hunger that year, and we really had no choice. Let's go in, because we are afraid, but don't go in, because we are hungry. After we discussed it, we thought that there would be greater strength in numbers, so No matter how ferocious the beast is, it can always be killed by everyone, right? So we united with the hunters from several villages and went to the back mountain together. Unexpectedly, no one came back after entering.

Canghai frowned and said, No one has come back? But aren't you still alive?

Cang Baizhong said: When they entered the mountain, I happened to have a cold and was bedridden, so I didn't go with them.

Canghai said: Then why do you say that your body was bitten by a wild beast at that time?

Cang Baizhong said: Yes. But not with them. The hunting team has been in the mountains for many days, but no one has returned home. Women and children in each village are talking about it, worried that something will happen to the hunting team. After all, there are dangerous things in the back mountains from generation to generation. According to legend, everyone understands. After half a month, there is still no news from the hunting team, and the women and children can't sit still, and they are clamoring to go into the mountains to find their men.

Canghai said: So you volunteered and went into the mountains alone to find the hunting team.

Cang Baizhong said: Isn't it? All the young and strong men from several villages have gone, and I am the only one left who can carry a knife. All the people in the hunting team are gone. If even the women and children left behind run in, It would be a big sin for me to go to the mountain to die. Besides, your mother was crying so hard that I couldn't bear it.

Canghai laughed and said, I wasn't born yet at that time, right?

Cang Baizhong said: Your mother was still a young lady at that time, so how could you be here? I am an outsider. If your mother hadn't taken a fancy to you and insisted on marrying me, I wouldn't be here in Hongxia Village. Lived here for half my life.

Canghai laughed and said: What you said, if my mother was still alive, I'm afraid I would beat you.

Cang Baizhong couldn't help but smile and sighed: It's a pity that your mother died early. She didn't get to see you grow up today. She also had a hard life. When your grandfather was the head of the family, he never left after entering the mountain. Back."

Canghai said: Did you find them after entering the mountain?

Cang Baizhong sighed and said: I had recovered from the cold at that time, so I went into the back mountain by myself. After searching for a long time, I didn't see anyone, but I found a few human bones. Alas, I knew at a glance that this person It was indeed gone. I collected the broken bones and was about to go back when the wild beasts in the forest stared at me.

As he spoke, he touched his crippled legs and feet and continued: That was a huge beast, probably similar to the one-horned beast you encountered. That giant beast chased me all the way to the front mountain. I couldn't escape, so I had to Fight with it. No, even though its hands and feet were disabled, the giant beast was killed by me. It was by eating this giant beast that our village barely survived the famine that year. Even though I am useless, the people in the village are grateful and have helped me survive until now.

Canghai thought of the humiliation and humiliation of needing charity from others almost every day for twenty years. His soft nerves couldn't help but be deeply touched. He said sadly: One day, I will find the best doctor in the world to cure your injury. "

Cang Baizhong laughed and said: I've been injured for twenty years, and I'm afraid even the coming of gods won't help. It's better to find the best cook to cure my gluttony.

Canghai said: Oh, I almost forgot, I'm going to cook the snake meat right now.

Time flies, half a month passes in a flash. Late autumn has finally come to an end, and winter has belatedly arrived. During this period, Canghai occasionally went to the front mountain to hunt birds. Although the harvest was not much, it was enough to fill his stomach. As for the python meat that was brought back, it was mainly reserved for eating after the heavy snow closed the mountains. Winter came late this year, and I don’t know how long the heavy snow will last.

Every time I stand on the front mountain and look at the back mountain, Cang Hai is always filled with fear and curiosity. The giant bird that hunted the horned beast that day was rare in this life. I wonder what the scene in the black cloud abyss below was like?

Canghai didn't go to the mountains that day, but he caught a fat rabbit at the end of the village. He was very happy, so he killed it and drank with his father until midnight. Cang Baichong was so drunk that he fell unconscious. Canghai drank better than his father. After serving his father to bed, he poured the wine himself and drank it himself. When I was drinking my second cup, suddenly there was light outside the window.

Canghai stopped his cup and asked: Who?

    There was silence outside the window. Canghai thought he was drunk and dizzy, so he put away the wine and prepared to sleep.

Suddenly there was light outside the window again.

This time the light lasted longer and flashed for a few times before disappearing. Canghai rubbed his eyes and finally believed it was not an illusion. He immediately took out the knife in his hand, held it against the window and looked out.

There was silence outside the window, no one around.

Because every year in the winter, thieves often appear in the place, stealing chickens and dogs, and using cruel methods to kill the owner's family is not shocking. Therefore, Canghai was still worried. He gently opened the door latch and crouched to get out.

After checking around the house twice, there was still no enemy. Canghai was gifted with keen senses, sight and hearing, and had determined that no one was nearby. Full of doubts, he was about to go back to the house when suddenly the brilliance lit up for the third time.

Canghai looked up and saw that the light was shining down from the sky. I saw a burst of light in the sky directly above my head, instantly illuminating the originally dark night like day. Suddenly, the light turned into a meteor, drawing a long white line in the sky and falling towards the back mountain.

As the meteor sank into the mountain line, the world fell into a state of extreme darkness. Canghai had never seen such a scene before, and was shocked and confused for a moment.

After a while, a colorful light suddenly appeared behind the mountain line, shooting up from bottom to top, like a peacock spreading its tail, reflecting the beautiful night sky over there. However, due to the high mountain line, most of the sight is obscured, and only the tip of the iceberg is revealed.

Canghai didn't know what to do for a while. I ran back to the house to wake up my father and ask him. Cang Bai Zhong was very drunk, but how could he wake up? Cang Hai thought to himself: I used to hear old people say that there must be great changes when there are strange phenomena in the sky. Now this meteor falls to the ground, but I don't know whether it is bad or good?

After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth, took his bow and arrows with him, and then ran to knock on the door of Ji San's house and shouted: Third brother! Third brother!

After knocking for a long time, Ji Sanniang in the room asked: Who is it? If you knock on the door so urgently in the middle of the night, why don't you let people sleep?

Canghai said: I am Canghai, is third brother here?

Ji Sanniang said: Hey, it's Xiaohai. His uncle lost a few sheep today, and Xiaosan went to help find them and is not at home. Are you in such a hurry to find him?

Canghai said: Since...since he is not at home, forget it, I will bother you.

Before Ji Sanniang could ask again, the sea was already gone.

A solitary figure in Canghai headed straight for the mountain. At this moment, he had long forgotten the fear that the beast in the back mountain had brought him, and there was only one thought in his mind that kept spinning wildly: What on earth is that thing? What on earth is that thing?

Chapter 6 God! Come!

Canghai didn't stop, running through the night towards the black cloud abyss of the back mountain, as if there was a force in the dark guiding him there. After climbing over the front mountain, the light becomes brighter without being blocked by the mountain peaks. The rays of light penetrated every crack, as if they were integrated with the mountains and forests. Every leaf texture and every drop of fog particles could be seen clearly.

Not long after entering the back mountain, I suddenly heard the roar of a wild beast, and a large, colorful beast appeared on the road ahead. Canghai was startled, and then he realized that the mountain behind was an extremely dangerous place. He immediately slowed down his steps, held the knife in his hand, and bent his waist to go around to the right.

Quietly walking around to the side, I saw the beast prostrate on the ground, sometimes raising its head and howling, sometimes whimpering in a low voice, its whole body was weak and trembling, as if it had encountered something that frightened it. Even at a certain moment, Canghai's footsteps were a little heavy and the beast noticed him. The beast just turned its head and glanced at him and ignored him.

Canghai was very surprised and thought: Is this beast afraid of the thing in front? Look at this direction, it is over the Black Cloud Abyss. The Black Cloud Abyss is still dozens of miles away from here, and it is so far apart. If this beast is I started to be afraid because of it, what fell from the sky must be something big.

Continuing to move forward, I saw that no matter wild animals or evil beasts on the way, they were all prostrate on the ground, with trembling eyes, facing the direction of the black cloud abyss, as if worshiping.

That night, the birds in the entire Yunwu Mountain did not dare to spread their wings, the beasts did not dare to roar, and the insects and ants did not dare to eat. The scenery is spectacular.

At first Canghai was cautious and stayed away from wild animals. Later, when he saw that the wild beasts didn't even look at him, he became bolder and deliberately dangled in front of their eyes. Even in the end, he swaggered directly over the beast's body, but the beast turned a blind eye and listened. With the beasts looking so lost, Cang Hai could kill them with just a few swords.

But Canghai knew that this scene was different, so he didn't dare to mess around with his thoughts. I just wanted to run to the light source and find out. Although there are no fierce beasts to stop them at this time, the mountain road of dozens of miles cannot be completed overnight. Canghai ran and observed the sky, and estimated that it was almost dawn. But looking around, the night is deep. Except for Yunwu Mountain, the surrounding world is plunged into endless darkness. There is no trace of morning light on the eastern horizon. Where is there any sign of daylight?

After running for a while, the night became darker and darker. It seemed that the day had been eroded away, and the world entered a strange atmosphere of eternal night. Canghai was horrified and confused: Why is this night so long? It should be daytime already, why doesn't the sun rise? Am I dreaming?

There were two snaps, and he couldn't help but slap himself twice, which only made him grimace in pain. The scene in front of him didn't change at all. Canghai thought: It's not a dream! It's not a dream! Then why did all this happen? Is the end of the world coming?

I became even more curious about the place where the meteor fell in front of me. After running wildly for half an hour, Black Cloud Abyss finally came into view.

Canghai walked to the edge of the cliff, unknowingly slowed down his pace, opened his mouth wide, and stood there blankly. The shock brought to him by the sight before him could not be described in words.

The waves in the Black Cloud Abyss are treacherous, and the smoke is billowing. The mist in the surrounding mountains and forests swirls and flows like water, pouring into the abyss , gathering layer by layer, forming a huge vortex in the center of the Black Cloud Abyss. In the eyes of the whirlpool, a ball of brilliance was half hidden and half visible. The light radiated in all directions, making the layers of clouds and mists appear strangely colorful. What's even weirder is that the clouds and mist are flowing, but the trees on the edge seem to have turned into iron and stone sculptures, and even the leaves have not shaken. It's like time has stood still.

Canghai stood on the edge of the cliff, with endless colorful clouds at his feet. At this moment, I feel as small as an ant falling into the sea. It seems that it will be stirred into the clouds at any time, flowing into the chaotic universe and wild world, crossing the long river of history of hundreds of millions of years, and the changes of time.

All this is more dreamy than the dream world.

I don’t know how long it took, but Canghai finally came back to his senses. But I saw that the clouds and mist were flowing faster, and the vortex in the middle was getting bigger and bigger, and it was almost approaching the cliff. Canghai took two steps back unconsciously.

Suddenly, the light group in the center of the vortex shot upwards toward the sky, burning higher and higher like a flame, and then skyrocketed to form a pillar of light, directly connected to the clouds in the sky.

The sky was surging with wind and clouds, gradually forming a whirlpool similar to the one in the black cloud abyss below, but even larger. The two vortices moved up and down, connected by the light pillar, surging wildly. In an instant, the whirlpool of lightning flashed in the sky, like countless silver snakes, crawling down the light pillar.

When the electric light passes through the light pillar, it seems to be catalyzed and broken down into more dazzling light spots. Even with Cang Hai's naturally sharp eyesight, he felt that the light was beyond the limit and his eyes stung. There was only a loud