readsfreenovel Chapter 395: Crossing the Stream and Being Harassed
Chapter 395: Crossing the Stream and Being Harassed
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "Brother Dianzi, don't you just want the command arrow from the Beast King? How about this, leave it to me, and when I return to Bu Jian Peak, I will definitely get one for you."
Leopard Dianzi said angrily: "Who do you think you are? Why should my king listen to you?!"
Chu Xiaomu said: "Anyway, I will do what I say, so don't worry." In fact, he didn't have any idea in his mind. He said this just to appease Bao Dianzi to prevent him from going crazy and doing harm.
Leopard Dianzi's anger dissipated a little, and he said, "Okay! I'll wait for you to return to Bujian Peak. If you don't give me a command arrow, I will kill you for not keeping your word!"
Chu Xiaomu laughed, turned around and rode the yellow horse, and flew away.
Cheng Huang walked very fast and soon came to a gentle road four or five feet wide.
Chu Xiaomu thought that this road should be the Chuike Road that leads directly to Bicheng, so he stopped his horse and looked around. He saw that there were some withered old trees on both sides of the road, with branches growing everywhere, densely covering the top of the road. There was not a single leaf on the branches, and he thought that it was the beginning of winter, and the leaves had probably fallen. He looked at the road, but there were not many fallen leaves, so it seemed that these were all dead trees and branches.
At first glance, he couldn't see anything special. Fearing that he would be discovered by the Chisha people passing by, Chu Xiaomu didn't dare to delay any longer. He whistled and rode on his Huang horse to continue forward.
Then we came to a big river, which was the mighty Kun River that started from the Black Mountain of the Claw Clan in the south, flowed northward through the Beast Mountain, Green City, and Jinyang City, and finally flowed into the Jihai Sea at Anfeng City. The river water was rushing, sometimes slow and sometimes fast, and it didn't look too deep.
This is the upper reaches of the river, so naturally the water level is not as high as in the middle and lower reaches.
Chu Xiaomu followed Bao Dianzi's instructions and indeed found footprints of people and horses at a place on the river bank. The riverbed at this place was at least seventy or eighty feet wide, and the water seemed to be only one or two feet deep, so it was completely possible to wade through.
To be on the safe side, he went down into the river and walked carefully to the center of the river. Sure enough, the deepest part was not higher than his thighs.
Just as he was about to wade back and pull Chenghuang across the river, he saw it suddenly raise its two front hooves, lightly push off the shore with its hind hooves, and leap into the river like an arrow, raising a misty splash of water behind it. It seemed to be running on the water, and reached the other side in the blink of an eye.
Cheng Huang stood on the shore, looking up and barking, as if mocking Chu Xiaomu for his unnecessary actions.
Chu Xiaomu laughed and scolded, "You are such a heartless guy. Why do you have to wait until I wade to the middle of the river before using your real skills?" After three leaps, he clumsily landed on the other side.
After landing, I felt a slight pain in the wound on my back. I thought to myself that I really shouldn't use the Force too much. I should not use it if possible and wait until the wound is completely healed.
Turning around to look at the strange forest in front of me, which was sometimes dense and sometimes sparse, I realized that I had now entered the territory of West Beast Mountain. I wondered what the temperament of the beasts here was like, so I had to be careful.
After riding for half an hour, a steep and deep ravine more than 20 feet wide suddenly appeared in front of them. Even Chenghuang could not cross it.
When Leopard Dianzi was telling him the route to Zichen Peak, he didn't mention this deep ravine, which made him a little at a loss.
Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to order Cheng Huang to walk along the edge of the stream, hoping to encounter a bridge or a gap so that they could cross to the other side of the deep stream.
After walking for a while, he suddenly heard someone sigh. He had very good hearing and knew that the person who sighed was in the direction he was walking, but he was still far away.
Chu Xiaomu thought: "There are very few people coming to this deep mountain forest. Could it be a beast spirit? It's great. I can ask him how to get to the other side..."
Just as I was thinking about it, the man sighed again, and I don’t know what big trouble he had encountered.
Even if this beast spirit was as ferocious as a rhinoceros or a tiger, Chu Xiaomu had his full strength unleashed, and with Cheng Huang, the best divine horse in the world, under his crotch, he naturally would not be afraid of him.
So he continued to move forward, first to ask questions, and second to find out what was going on.
As we walked, we could hear the man sighing one after another, with the intervals between them being very regular.
After walking about four or five miles and turning a corner, I saw a man in dark green clothes standing by the stream. He was staring in a daze at the deep stream, which was still about fourteen or fifteen feet wide, and then he let out a long sigh.
Chu Xiaomu thought to himself, "From the time I heard the first sigh from this person, I am nearly two miles away from here. Although my ears have become much more sensitive after activating the Force, it is impossible for me to hear such a far sound. This person sighs one after another. Could it be that he is here to lead me here on purpose?"
Thinking of this, I suddenly became alert.
The man in green sighed again and said, "What should I do? What should I do?" His voice sounded quite sad.
The man stood sideways, and Chu Xiaomu couldn't see his front, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether he was a human or a spirit.
Chu Xiaomu asked loudly: "Brother, why are you sighing here?"
The man in green didn't answer, but just sighed and said the same thing: "What should I do? What should I do?"
Chu Xiaomu suddenly remembered that Yingdan and others had said that some people who suffered from unbearable illnesses or great disasters would not be able to bear it and would seek death. Among them, some would find a high and steep cliff and jump off to die. It was said that such a death was quick and refreshing. After a burst of severe pain, they would know nothing and it would not attract the attention or ridicule of others.
He hurriedly shouted: "Brother, you must not do this. You must not commit suicide here!"
The man turned around and looked at Chu Xiaomu, looking him up and down, and suddenly cursed: "You are the one who wants to die here, and your whole family wants to die here!"
Only then did Chu Xiaomu see his appearance clearly. He had a pointed mouth and a thin face. The outer half of his face and the upper forehead were covered with thick and coarse hair, like sharp thorns. He was obviously a beast spirit.
This beast spirit was not like the Golden Bear, the Crazy Leopard and the others who were all dirty. Its exquisite dark green silk clothes were washed spotlessly clean without a single stain.
However, this man's curses were so vicious that Chu Xiaomu couldn't help but feel angry. He thought to himself, I was only asking you that because I was worried that something might happen to you. You're a weird thing that's neither human nor beast. If you say yes, then say yes. If you say no, then say no. Why do you have to curse so harshly?
However, this is the West Beast Mountain, and this beast spirit is naturally on the Queen Mother's side. Chu Xiaomu had to hold back his temper and said, "It's good that it's not. I was presumptuous."
He gently pulled the reins, signaling Cheng Huang to go around the green-clad beast spirit.
But after walking about 70 feet, the green beast spirit shouted, "Boy, where are you going to die?!"
Chu Xiaomu didn't reply, thinking to himself, where I go, what's your business, why do you have to say something so unpleasant about me "where I'm going to die"? So he ignored him and continued walking on his own.