Chapter 24: The fight with the stick

The mountain god didn’t touch the wine I had spilled on the ground. It didn’t speak to me, but I could feel its meaning. It probably meant that you’re not from the mountains, I won’t drink the wine you offered, you’re not in my sphere of influence, we don’t owe each other anything.

This mountain god is interesting. He has a sense of integrity. You are not someone I protect, so I can’t take advantage of you.

At this point, what else could I say? I could only calm down and wait for it to finish eating and leave. But at that moment, for no reason, I felt a sense of dissatisfaction in my heart. Where did this dissatisfaction come from? Before I could even think about it, I heard a tiger roar from within my body, deafening and loud. It wasn’t anger, it was just dissatisfaction!

When did this stupid tiger wake up? What is it dissatisfied with? As soon as this calf woke up, it made me feel uncomfortable, didn’t it? Because we once fought together, its emotions have a great influence on me. To use an analogy, it used to have an influence on me of 10%, but now it has at least 40%!

But now that it has woken up, I can also investigate its situation. When the little devil was broken, it absorbed so much “energy” and recovered what it had lost. However, I must first apologize to the “mountain god.”

I thought to myself, I don’t want this guy to fall asleep again. I looked up at the Mountain God and it actually revealed a look of fear. What was it afraid of? Before I could react, it grabbed a wine glass from where it had just poured the wine and a ghostly image of a wine glass appeared. Inside was slowly wine and it drank it respectfully.

Then, I felt another meaning from it. I didn’t know it was you who came here, but now I know that I must drink this wine! I protect this forest and all the creatures in it, and I protect the son of this mountain. I always give guidance to whoever gets lost, but that’s all I can do. The fighting of all things is the way of nature, and it’s not within my scope of duty, but after drinking your wine, I can only say, leave here quickly. There will be a fight later, and that’s all I can say.

Faced with this sudden meaning, I was a little stunned for a moment. Who are you? Could it be referring to Shatu? It’s quiet here. What kind of battle is there? Is it dangerous?

I was about to ask again, but I didn’t want the mountain god to leave quickly. The figure became more and more faint as he walked, and gradually, it seemed to blend into the mountains!

I suddenly remembered what Old Shen told us this morning. There will be a fight for the “stick” here. My heart suddenly felt enlightened, and suddenly a sense of danger exploded from my heart, causing goosebumps to appear all over my body.

At this moment, Lao Zhang suddenly woke up from his nap, stretched himself, and said in a daze, “Why did I fall asleep? Haha, I don’t know if the mountain god came. I tell you, there is a legend in our old forest. The mountain god does not want to collide with the world. It has to follow the rules and cannot easily show its face. Therefore, when people offer tributes, they will always avoid napping when they encounter it occasionally to come and eat the tributes. Haha… This legend has been around for a long time.

Lao Zhang said this in a joking tone. Obviously, he was in awe of some of the legends left by the ancestors, but he didn’t believe them completely. But I was shocked to look at Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang was completely right.

Looking at me with that look, Lao Zhang was completely shocked. He suddenly said, “Chengyi, what do you mean by looking at me like that?”

I didn’t have time to explain anything, and I didn’t want to explain it to Zhang. After all, Zhang is an ordinary person who lives an ordinary life. Knowing too much about this is not necessarily a good thing. I could only urge him, “Zhang, we have to go. It will be dangerous here later! Old Wu, go wake up Ruoxue and Chengxin.”

My voice was a little panicked. After all, it was a strange environment for me. After all, I had never come into close contact with ferocious beasts. Could I not panic?

Old Wu obviously knew the ins and outs of the situation. He responded, quickly floated into the tent, and woke up Chengxin and Ruxue. Old Zhang frowned, grabbed me and said, “Chengyi, what are you panicking about? This hillside is a leeward slope. Our scent won’t travel far, so we’ll be safe. We’re keeping a fire burning tonight, so we can’t easily put it out. The fire is our guardian. Besides, where are we going in the middle of the night? It’s very dangerous. It’s a deep forest ahead.

I didn’t have time to explain, and there was no way to explain it. Could I tell Zhang that it was the mountain god who said it?

At this time, Ruoxue and Chengxin had already woken up and were coming out of the tent a little dazed, while I was still organizing my words and thinking about how to explain to Zhang, but it was already too late.

Suddenly, a long, loud howl came from the nearby hillside. The sound was distant and loud!

Lao Zhang’s face suddenly changed. Looking in the direction of the sound, on a nearby hillside, under the bright moon, a large figure as big as a calf was howling at the moon. Looking at the shadow, Lao Zhang said in a trembling voice, “Oh no, a wolf, a wolf king, a demon wolf! You can’t fight it alone, you have to summon a pack of wolves.”

I knew that prairie wolves would travel in packs, but because of over-harvesting and disturbance by humans, there were fewer and fewer wolves in the old forest. I didn’t expect there to still be packs of wolves in the forest!

“They should be in the deep forest,” Old Zhang added with a trembling voice, and then said, “Don’t worry about the things first. Climb the tree. Go to the tree first. You can’t run away. It’s provoking the ‘stick’ here. It will fight soon. And it seems that it will fight nearby. It may have already smelled our scent!”

“Can’t run away?” I have never lived in the forest and don’t know the rules here. I don’t know what to do, and I can’t help but ask.

“If you follow your scent, how can you outrun a wild animal? Whoever wins will have to kill something to show off their prowess. We’re not small, so we’re the perfect target! Let’s get to the tree first! Don’t bother packing up your things!” Zhang spoke faster and faster, picked up his shotgun, tied up the bag on his waist, and urged us on.

Wu Lao Gui was also anxious on the side. It was not in danger, but we were in danger, and its hope was gone. Now everything could only follow Lao Zhang’s actions!

Old Zhang did not hesitate, did everything, turned around and left. We followed Old Zhang closely, walking in the snow, deep in one foot, shallow in the other. Perhaps because of the urgency and confusion, all four of us fell several times in the snow!

Lao Zhang was looking for a tree, and when he looked back, the wolf king was no longer standing on the hillside. It was estimated that it had already rushed here, but in this dark forest, where could we see its figure? However, this wolf king was too ‘sexy’, running all the way and calling all the way.

This situation is definitely not the worst. The worst thing is that I heard movement in the forest on the other side, a very loud and deep roar, a little bit like a dog barking, but not exactly, at least much more majestic than a dog barking. I held a flashlight and saw that in that forest, the snow on the trees was falling down in a “soughing” sound, which showed how shocking the sound was.

“Shit, the bear is awake. Damn it, I knew this guy wouldn’t stop. This tree, let’s climb it!” Old Zhang roared, then climbed up first, afraid that we would misunderstand him as selfish. He said, “I’ll go up first to help you. It’s not easy to climb a tree in winter. You city people can’t climb it!”

We had crampons in our backpacks, but even if we had, we wouldn’t have had time to change our shoes. Or maybe we deserved to be unlucky, because I noticed that the movements on both sides were all heading towards where we were!

But Zhang was really agile. He climbed up the tree in a few quick movements, sat on a thick branch, threw down a rope, and shouted, “Let the girl come up first.”

It was obviously impossible for Ruoxue to climb the tree. Old Zhang pulled, and Chengxin and I pushed from below, and it was only with great difficulty that we got her up the tree!

I was the last one to go up. While I was still climbing, I heard Wu Laogui blurt out, “It’s over, here it comes.”

I was so scared that I almost fell, but I was held back by the rope that Lao Zhang was holding. I looked up and saw that Lao Zhang was almost falling to the ground to pull me up. Ru Xue and Cheng Xin were too lazy to scold Wu Laogui, and Wu Laogui was too embarrassed to bow to me.

I was sweating profusely, but I finally made it to the tree. It was more than five meters above the ground. We sat on several large branches. At this time, I was able to calm down and look around. I didn’t dare to use the flashlight, it was too obvious.

However, not using the flashlight did not prevent me from seeing a pair of small, bulbous green eyes appear less than 50 meters away from us. The trees here are sparse, and I can see by the moonlight how big this wolf is. It was just a calf from a distance, and I underestimated it!

I suddenly thought of Xiao Huo. I wanted to tell him that I had seen a wolf that was much bigger than the “demon wolf” you summoned.