Chen Zhi and Pang Wei hid in the canopy of the tree, hugging the trunk tightly and not daring to make a sound. They looked at the tall and weird minotaur orcs running and roaring along the river bank in front of them, searching everywhere. These orcs seemed to be extremely powerful.
The boat tied to the shore was raised high, looking at the water below, as if looking for Chen Zhi and Fat Wei.
These orcs searched for a long time on the shore. After they could not find Chen Zhi and Pang Wei, they gradually began to search in the woods.
At this moment, Chen Zhi was secretly complaining. These orcs, with heads and bodies of oxen and human bodies, looked very much like artiodactyls with high olfactory sense. These creatures have very strong sense of smell and tracking ability, and can be found by smell alone.
Traces of prey, if caught by them, with the number of these orcs, it would be difficult for Chen Zhi and Fat Wei to compete with them.
The overwhelming orcs began to enter the woods in large swaths. When they passed by the area where Chen Zhi and Fat Wei were, Chen Zhi deeply realized the power of these orcs.
This is a primeval forest, with tree trunks as thick as three or four people hugging each other, standing tall into the sky. However, such a thick tree trunk is actually vulnerable to these orcs. The big tree was knocked by these orcs, making a roaring sound, and the branches and leaves swayed.
, even many towering trees were broken by these powerful orcs, and the forest was suddenly in a mess.
Chen Zhi saw from the tree that tall orcs were punching the rocks in the forest. Their fists were the size of sandbags, and they could smash the rocks into pieces with one punch. It is conceivable that if a human collided head-on with these orcs,
What will happen? He will definitely be smashed to pieces.
But fortunately, these orcs did not find the tree where Chen Zhi and Pang Wei were hiding. There are large areas of fragrant fruit trees in this forest. This fragrant fruit is a wild fruit from the south. It tastes dry but has a very strong smell.
The richness, coupled with the fact that it had just rained, spread the aroma of moisture and fruit in the air, completely covering up the smell of Chen Zhi and Fat Wei.
These orcs ran rampant in the forest for a long time, but failed to find Chen Zhi and Pang Wei. They broke many big trees in annoyance. The roar echoed in the forest for a while, making Chen Zhi's brain hurt. Finally, a tall orc
There was a roar in the middle of the forest, calling all the orcs back, and they all retreated from the forest.
After the orcs walked far away, Chen Zhi and Pang Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, they were holding their breath in the tree. They were so nervous that they didn't even dare to take a breath. Now the life crisis has finally passed for the time being.
After those black orcs rushed to the bottom of the ancient tower, they gradually disappeared. Smoke and dust rose up all around the ancient tower. After the smoke and dust dissipated, the area around the ancient tower returned to tranquility. The sunlight still shone brightly and was colorful.
, as if nothing happened.
But Chen Zhi and Pang Wei still did not dare to get off the tree easily. The long-term mission taught them to be cautious. They hugged the branches and hid in the thick leaves, silently waiting for the darkness to fall.
When it was just getting dark, Chen Zhi saw through the telescope a small boat floating in the distance of the river. The boat was slightly larger than the one Chen Zhi was sitting on, and it was drifting closer and closer.
Chen Zhi and Pang Wei quickly took out their folding telescopes and looked forward, only to see Granny Jiu sitting on the bow of the boat, her legs crossed, holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, meditating silently.
Next to her were two orcs more than two meters tall, standing behind her like guards, and in the middle of the boat lay a tied-up child. The child's face was full of tears, his eyes were turned up, and his face was ashen. He had obviously been beaten.
I was so frightened that I lay motionless on the bed.
Although the distance was far away, the folding telescope equipped by the madman was very powerful. Chen Zhizhi clearly saw the face of the child. It was the boy named Yazai who was running around them at the village banquet yesterday.
Ya Zai is only ten years old this year and has only one mother. He likes Fat Wei very much and often hangs around Fat Wei, shouting that he wants to go out with them to see the scenery in the city. At this time, he is tied up and thrown in for some unknown reason.
On the boat.
"What the fuck!" Fat Wei immediately became excited when he saw Ya Zai on the boat.
"Why are these bastard monsters catching children? Could it be..., could it be for..." When Fat Wei said this, he swallowed the second half of the sentence. His face was ashen, and he was a little unwilling to face his suspicions.
.
But Chen Zhi said the second half of what he had not said, "You are right, I guess this child was caught and eaten. This is certainly not the first time this has happened. This is also what Grandma Jiu has been doing since her death."
The reason why they all stay in this village.
These monsters must have used the identity of the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox to steal children in the village over the years, and then captured them and ate them in the mountains. These must be man-eating animals. I remember that when I saw the body of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox in the tomb of the god, I realized
Its mandible is too long and pointed, and its teeth are slanted and very sharp. It is different from the biological structure of our human era. I guess that when these gods and beasts appeared, there were no humans. Their biological structure is more like
It is an animal from the ancient Ice Age, or even earlier.
The facial bones of these cow-shaped orcs are very primitive, and their skin is very special. This kind of skin and fur can only grow in an environment without sunlight for a long time. If I guessed correctly, these orcs should be very old.
It is ancient and has lived in dark places for a long time, such as the underworld.
"You mean, these things are actually..." Fat Wei's eyes opened wide, very surprised.
"Yes," Chen Zhi told Fat Wei with certainty, "these orcs are most likely the legendary bull-headed and horse-faced beasts in the underworld.
The bull-headed horse-faced figure is a character in Chinese legend, and has always been considered the seducer of spirits in the underworld.
The "Tiecheng Mud Plow Sutra" once recorded the first bull-headed horse-faced person: When A Pang was a human, because of his unfilial piety to his parents, he was transformed into a bull-headed person in the underworld after his death, and served as a government servant patrolling and hunting down escaped criminals.
In the earliest times, the image of a bull-headed horse-faced figure actually only had a bull's head. Because the folk emphasized symmetry and pairing, horse faces were added. Over time, the appearance of the bull-headed and horse-faced faces was associated with professional myths. But in the beginning, they were a real
Creatures, but their lifespans are very long. Like gods, they are ancient creatures that originated before human civilization.
Fat Wei became puzzled when he heard this. He carefully looked at the scene in front of him through the telescope, "That's really strange. If he is such a powerful guy with a bull's head and a horse's face, how could he listen to Grandma Jiu's orders? And for hundreds of years
How could that monk named Dan Chi bring so many bull-headed and horse-faced beasts out of the underworld? And bring them into this deep mountain. How did he control and drive them?
"You have to ask Danchi yourself," Chen Zhi looked at the rickety boat in the distance and said, "I'm afraid the real Granny Jiu has died long ago. That thing is just wearing the skin of Granny Jiu and is sitting on it now.
The people on that boat are probably the monks from hundreds of years ago."