Chapter 38: The picky Mountain God (1/2)
The Human-face Bird rushed to the place where it caught the little Two Legged Monster. Where are those people? Where are you at?
Yuan Meng who was hiding in the branches keeping watch looked up saw the face bird appearing, and immediately blew a loud whistle on his lips.
When the Human-face Bird heard the whistle, it aimed its eyes at the big tree, and soon it found a Two Legged Monster hiding there.
But the canopy of the tree was very annoying, and it was very large. The Two Legged Monster saw that the bird was coming at him and he shrunk to the middle, and when The Human-face Bird dove down it failed to take him out of the branches.
A fierce whistle rang, and the ground on the upper end of a nearby hillock suddenly broke a hole and a head poked from it.
Yuan Zhan looked up at The Human-face Bird, and his face immediately became awkward. He turned back: ”It's Jiu Feng bird! It came again!”
Lie squeezed from the side and looked out, ”Jiu Feng bird is The Mountain God of Tianshang Mountain and thats where is its hunting ground is, how can it still come here?”
”It seems that the meat of the little slave is delicious, and the God Mountain Bird remembered us.” Yuan Zhan looked gloomy at the scene before him he had only heard the name of the Human-face Bird, but he has never seen it. He saw it for the first time two days ago. Because the little slave was caught, his the anger and urgency at retrieving his slave exceeded his fear, and he even chased the God Mountain Bird a long way.
When he observed flock of sheeps he found his wooden spear. After he came back, he told Lie about the appearance of the bird and the shape of the Human-face Bird. After listening to it, Lie face was full of fear and he immediately told him that The Human-face Bird is probably The Mountain God of Tianshang Mountain called Jiu Feng, a thing that they absolutely cannot provoke.
”It is also the blessing of the child to see The Mountain God. We shouldn't go out. It will leave if it can't find the prey.” Lie went back into the hole.
This hole was not temporarily built. The former tribal warriors often went to this piece of hunting lands. Because there was no safe place to settle down, they simply dug a hole in the suitable hillock. The hole was not big. Eleven people would make it already full, and they can't even lie down and sleep. They can only take turns standing.
The inside if the cave was also quite rough, and the grass roots were everywhere on the walls, and some roots were dragged to the ground.
But at least it can shelter from the rain and the wind, and it is not easy for the carnivore to discover the cave opening.
Yesterday, it was raining heavily. Eleven people started to work together and they managed to expand the hole a little bit, but they didn't dare to dig further. They used to dig up the caves, so even if they were crowded and smaller, they also endured. After the cave was slightly enlarged, the ditches on both sides were dug deeper, so that the infiltrating rainwater can flow out of the cave
Yuan Zhan stood in the cave and clenched the wooden spear. Since he came back and told everyone that his little slave was caught by The Mountain God Jiu Feng, everyone did not have hope for Yan Mo's life, and their lookswere numb, and they seemed to take it for granted. Cao Ting and Yuan Meng looked a little sad, but did not say that they wanted to save him.
Yuan Zhan knows that the reaction of the tribesmen and slaves is normal, that is, Yan Mo was taken away by The Mountain God Jiu Feng bird and everyone knows that he will not save him. Because first, Tianshang Mountain is located in the southwest of the tribe, and the place was very far away. No one has ever been there. Secondly Lie orders means no one will be going to be an opponent of The Mountain God Jiu Feng, even the 4th Rank warrior like The Chief can't even last a minute in battling it.
Seeing The Mountain God, the only thing they can do is not to attack, but to hide and pass the time.
Yuan Zhan also understood these reasons, but this situation makes him very unwilling to sit calm he is eager to become stronger and eager to do something.
”Zhan!” Yuan Lie called him.
Yuan Zhan looked up.
”Don't think about your slave anymore. After you find the Yanshan tribe, you can take the salt and trade again. If you like The Yanshan/Salt Mountain People, you can exchange for another slave from The Zhi/Swine Tribe.” Yuan Lie also likes the The Yanshan/Salt Mountain Priest Disciple, that was a very good child, but after all, it is a tribe and a slave. It is nothing to lose, and they have a mission and that is about finding salt.
Yuan Zhan also told himself, but... the slave was in front of him and was robbed from his hands. This made him feel shame and unwillingness to swallow his pride, as well as his anger at his incompetent , made him unable to let it go, at least not now.
”Zhan, the stone in the place you said has a salty taste?” Shan squeezed out of the hole, because he needed to breathe. It was dawn, they were preparing to go to the place where Zhan had said.
The day before yesterday, because The Stingers tribe found them, they had a fight with The Stingers tribe and did not manage to go. Yesterday it rained again, they still didn't go to find it. Lie thought that today they could go butThe Mountain God Jiu Feng bird actually came out again. Now they can't go out, they can only wait for the other party(bird) to leave.
Yuan Zhan nodded. ”Yes, I am pissed off by it. If it was not a big stone, I would come back with it and give it to you so you can taste it.”
Going by what Zhan said it must be a big stone, it must be very huge, there are several warriors on the other side. There is still an impression on the terrain. As soon as Yuan Zhan said, the scene of the huge rock wall standing on the ground immediately floated together in the brain.
”Ah-!” Meng was imitating the clear and urgent whistle of the birds.
Yuan Zhan immediately looked out of the cave
”It's bad! Meng! Don't get down from the tree!” Yuan Zhan stood in the cave opening and shouted.
The color on Yuan Meng face changed, and he immediately squeezed in the canopy and looked around.
Outside the cave, on the water god tree, there was no other than the Human-face Bird hovering. Jiu Feng refused to leave, and was circling the water god tree. Just now it found a gap, with a little push, its claws broke thebranches that are there.
The branches were broken and the gap on the canopy became larger.
Unexpectedly, this terrible big bird would be so smart, no wonder Yuan Lie said that this bird is a Mountain God shouldnot be provoke, wow, it wanted to catch him!
Anyone who saw such a huge and strangely murderous bird at a close distance will feel fear, this warrior is no exception, he begins to move his body and wants to escape Jiu Feng.
”Meng! Don't move!” Yuan Lie face changed dramatically. The Mountain God was so smart that they knew that they could use the claws to break the branches that stood in the way.
However, it is the most dangerous to get down from the tree. From the tree to the cave, there is a distance that can't be reached by a flying spear. Although the cave hole was close to the god water tree Meng running speed would not match up with the legendary Mountain God Jiu Feng.
”It's too dangerous for Meng. We have to think of a way to scare the face bird away!” Yuan Zhan said.
Yuan Lie suddenly turned back, ”Bing, give your slave to me, I will pay you back.” Bing did not say anything, he got up, grabbed the Yang Wei and dragged him to the hole.
Yang Wei was dragged, and he did not even have the time to take his walking stick. His injured foot was dragged on the ground, and even his heart hurts after being stressed.
But Yang Wei did not beg for mercy, because he knew that it was useless to ask for mercy.
The warriors are like this. When they are in danger of being unable to fight beasts, they will throw out the slaves as fresh meat. Without slaves, the oldest and weakest warriors will be thrown out first.
When The Mountain God Jiu Feng appeared outside the cave, it can be said that all the slaves in the cave have already prepared themselves for the possibility of being the bird appetizers.
Yang Wei was pushed out.