Follow Taotie to eat meat [Traveling]

That day Taotie chased the snake and ran under the water, both sides were extremely fast in the emergency, and there might be a shortcut under the water, Xiao Yan didn't feel that it had been a long time since he was dizzy on the verge of drowning.But now that I got out of the cave, looking at the mountains and the mountains, the road looks extraordinarily long.

Anyway, as the sun gradually moved westward from high overhead, the direction Taotie was pointing at didn't seem to get much closer.

Compared with the hilltops in the past, there are many more traces of people here.Except for some scattered footprints and occasional hunting traps, Xiao Yan even saw a few small settlements in the open area between the two mountains.The houses are made of bamboo and wood, a bit like simple stilt buildings, scattered in twos and threes along the highland beside the river, there are adults and children doing something by the river, and some people return with prey on their shoulders.

Still pretty original.

But Xiao Yan thought of that strange old man known as the undead man. Although his clothes looked dusty and rolled thousands of times on the ground, the workmanship was quite excellent, and the bamboo boards and stone strips in his hands were also very particular. In this world where transportation is still quite underdeveloped, the development of various regions is also quite uneven.

Xiao Yan would probably be very excited if he saw human beings at the beginning of time travel.After all, waking up after taking a nap and turning into a white fox, and being chased by wild animals in the wilderness is too absurd. If you meet a former kind at this time, it is no different from meeting your relatives.Even if he dare not approach because of his fox appearance, he is very close psychologically.

But after staying in this world for these few days, experienced a few small and big adventures, made friends with some monsters and beasts, and spent every day playing around, seeing these again suddenly, he suddenly felt like a world away .

The intimacy still exists, but it is faint, because he has integrated into another life and has a group of different friends.

If there is an opportunity in the future, he may travel around and see different customs in different places.But now, Xiao Yan looked at his big tail that he couldn't get back, his pointed ears that turned up, and the two small fangs that could be retracted and sometimes exposed—forget it.

As the strange old man said, there are many people on the nearby mountains recently. Even Xiao Yan, who has never seen his third form, feels that his ability to control the wind has been restrained. A few tricks become ineffective at times.Taotie took a lamb at the mouth of the bear's den and turned into a prototype, and could only switch between the cub and the human form. He seemed quite unhappy, and when he saw the settlement in the distance, the sparks above his head were crackling.

Xiao Yan was particularly worried that he would burn himself bald.

Fortunately, although the tongue of this guy is very delicate, the other parts are extremely strong, and the little Martian did not catch fire in one fell swoop.As for how Taotie managed to breathe fire from his mouth without burning his tongue, well, this is an unsolved mystery.

Uncle Taotie was very upset, and when someone saw the Heixiong family from a distance, they threw all kinds of flying spears in horror, so the group deliberately walked to a remote place.Fortunately, they are all non-human beings. Not to mention one or two of them have great physical strength, their feet are also fast, and they can more or less use some monster power. It is not difficult to climb up and down.

But even so, it is still impossible to avoid those who enter the mountain to worship the gods.In just half a day, Xiao Yan and the others had already met four or five people, ranging from a dozen people to dozens or even hundreds of people. Passionately dancing a very similar entertainment dance.

This kind of mysterious interaction with the gods seems to produce a strange power, which makes people's influence a hundred times stronger.Anyway, Taotie's face became more and more stinky.

Xiao Yan was a little puzzled: "Why did everyone choose to enter the mountain to worship today? Could it be some special day?"

Taotie rolled his eyes: "Who knows those strange behaviors of human beings?"

Papa Xiong scratched his head in some doubts, and smiled naively: "It's strange, at this time in the past, it was very difficult to see people in the mountains except for a few hunters occasionally. It's very strange to sacrifice to the mountain god with such a big fanfare." It happened a long time ago. Now most of them are scattered, some have persisted for many years, some have never appeared, and some want the blessing of the mountain god but are reluctant to give tribute, so they use the pigskin and sheepskin to cover it on the wooden frame. Those who came in as offerings... Hey, it's basically not so uniform, and the offerings are real."

Xiao Yan listened interestingly, and asked Father Xiong a few more questions. While speaking, a gust of wind suddenly brought a familiar voice.

"Do you usually use this herb to treat stomach pains? What is it called? Wait a minute, let me remember..." Various bamboo boards collided, and then the sound of stone strips being scratched on the board, "Okay, okay , Finished memorizing, then read this again... Hey, big witch, your movements are wrong again, Yushenwu must not be wrong a little bit, stop, stop, forget it, if you go down, it will be dark, and I will be beside you Jump, follow along."

An old and hoarse voice with a strong accent asked bitterly: "Old Zhi, can't you help dance?"

A familiar voice said: "Of course not. You have lived at the foot of the mountain for a long time, and your every move has fallen into the eyes of the mountain god. You are a great witch blessed by the gods. How can you just find someone to replace you?"

The elder witch seemed a little frustrated, and lowered his voice: "But before me, how many generations of elder witches have not seen miracles... We don't know whether there are..."

"Shut up! The power of the gods all comes from the word of faith. If even the priests have doubts, how can they pray for blessings? Don't worry..." The former poured bowls of chicken soup for the soul desperately.

Xiao Yan and the others climbed up to the top of the mountain and looked down, and saw a dark and shabby little old man dancing with a big witch who looked much older than him in front of a strangely shaped big rock.The big witch's face was full of folds like old bark, his eyes were cloudy, and his half-open mouth unconsciously had front teeth leaking from the air, and he followed the little old man's movements clumsily with his hands and feet.

Underneath are more than a dozen people who participated in the sacrifice, offering two jars of wine, a pig and a sheep, all of them were skinny, and a colorful jade was hung on the big stone.The fineness of the jade is not very good, the color is mottled, it looks dry and not moist at first glance, and there are some cracks when you look closely, but it is big enough, it is estimated to be wider than a palm.

Well, looking at the little old man who dances so well, why so many people choose to sacrifice today seems to have the answer.

With the gradual completion of Yushenwu, Taotie, whose ability has been suppressed a little, said that the undead people must have a fate against him!

Xiao Yan is a little funny, this old man who is suspected to be called "Zhi" is quite versatile.

The little old man had good eyesight. When he raised his eyes and saw a few "old friends" half hidden behind the bushes on the top of the hill, his small eyes narrowed into a line with a smile, and he jumped a lot more vigorously.He lifted his feet vigorously and stepped on the ground, his hands danced wildly like drunk, his messy hair flew up and down with excitement, and his forehead was black and golden in the setting sun.This style of painting... is really a bit eye-catching.

Taotie's face darkened, Xiao Yan looked away in horror.

Snakes and black bears have different aesthetics than ordinary people, but they think they are pretty.In fact, more people have the greatest impact on high-level monsters, and have little impact on middle and low-level monsters. Yushenwu's way of communicating with the gods of heaven and earth is quite comfortable in the eyes of snakes and black bears.

The snake could not help but swayed from side to side following the old man's movements, and swung its tail intoxicatedly: "Ha, this old man knows a lot... Ha, boss, I was wrong! This old man is really annoying! "

Following Taotie's cool look, the snake's long tail froze, and immediately hurriedly separated the relationship, saying, "What did I say? I didn't say anything at all. I hated that old man from the beginning to the end." It's like a child".

The Heixiong family, who were planning to follow along, wisely stopped their ready-to-move bodies, and quietly took two steps back.Aw, it's really not their fault, the little old man's dance is much more contagious than other priests' big witches.

The sky was getting dark, and the last ray of red light in the sky was still clinging to oneself. The crowd of worshipers dispersed, and the little old man followed them to nowhere.Displeased all over, Taotie went into the woods and went hunting.Hua Snake and Hei Xiong's family walked for a long time, and they were already thinking about food. Now that the boss moved, they immediately scattered away screaming.

The winged snakes aimed at a few big fat birds perched on the treetops, and the black bear chased away a group of deer-like animals with extremely long tails.

It seems that the animals in the mountains will be tortured a lot.

Xiao Yan saw that there were toon trees everywhere on the mountain, so he ran to the shade to look for them.Although most of the toon leaves have grown and become old at this time, the toon seeds have fallen to the ground in bunches, and the seedlings grown in the damp place are still very tender and can be eaten.I also found a few bird eggs covered with beautiful dots in a hidden bush, and there was a small side dish for dinner-scrambled eggs with Chinese toon.

Xiao Yan has long been a skilled worker for picnics.Even which kind of branches are resistant to burning, which kind of stone slabs are not easy to be cracked, etc., I have a general understanding after several failed experiences.

After finishing the preliminary preparations, the fat birds brought back by the snake and the strange prey brought back by the black bear were piled up around him in twos and threes.Xiao Yan simmered what should be simmered on a low fire, grilled what should be grilled, and took some hot oil that dripped from the roasting when it was boiling hot with a stone board. Add chopped Chinese toon, and amidst the chirping sound, a tangy fragrance spread instantly.

"Okay, it smells so good..." Hua Snake couldn't help drooling.

"The smell is so strange!" The bear boy shrugged his nose. He felt that the smell was a bit strong, but it was still very fragrant. He couldn't help poking his head out of the mother bear's arms.

It met a wild beehive in the woods, took a bite, and was chased by a large group of wild bees for a long time. It was stung on the face several times, and the bridge of the nose and eyelids were all swollen.Looking back at this time, one eye is big and the other is small, and there is a bulging bump on the nose, which looks a little funny.

There was a noise in the bushes, the branches parted, and Taotie came back.The brat, who wanted to steal some food, immediately retracted his head, and continued to lie half-dead.It is not afraid of heaven and earth, but it is afraid of the king of the mountain who is super powerful and merciless.

Xiao Yan turned over the omelette with two long branches, and waved to the young man who was carrying a pile of prey with a smile: "It's just in time to eat... Poof, what are you holding in your hand?" ?”

The prey full of prey hanging from the shoulders was thrown to the ground, revealing the two familiar jars held by the young man.The belly is big and the mouth is small, made of pottery, the surface is a little rough, the shape is a little crooked, and some naive patterns are drawn-these are not the point, the point is!

Isn't this the wine that the group of people sacrificed to the gods just now? ! !

Take a closer look, okay, the prey brought back by Taotie also contains private goods, there is a pig that has been washed white and clean, but it is so skinny that it looks like there is no meat!

"Do you dare to carry back the things that people worship the gods?? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!!!" Xiao Yan was almost driven crazy by this amazing guy.

This feeling is almost like breaking into a temple and eating the melons and fruits offered in front of the Buddha, okay?Unless you are extremely hungry, most people will not do it easily even if they don't believe in ghosts and gods.Moreover, this world is obviously still a place that cannot be inferred according to common sense. The theory of ghosts and gods is obviously not nonsense. Xiao Yan does not want them to go in the future. faint resentment...

Taotie put one jar on the ground, lifted the other jar high, and poured a few mouthfuls of it nonchalantly: "Isn't he just a little mountain god? He doesn't have the ability to strike lightning, how dare he come to me for a try? ...Although humans hate it, this wine is really good, do you want to taste it?"

Xiao Yan watched helplessly as he picked up a roasted bird and ate the wine and the meat. At the end... he was greedy: "Yes."

You know, although he is not addicted to alcohol, it is also a very good thing to enjoy a skewer with a can of beer in the summer. It has been too long since he has enjoyed it.There may not be the technology of using koji to make wine here. Two jars of wine, one jar of fruit wine and one jar of sweet wine, have extremely low alcohol content and are easy to drink. Like a drink, it is exactly what Xiao Yan wants.

Anyway, they were all together, and ghosts and gods came to settle accounts together. Xiao Yan resignedly took a sip of sweet wine, shared some of the four monsters who were staring at him, stuffed some toon eggs into his mouth, and asked Taotie: "Hey, if the mountain god really comes, are you really not afraid?"

The young man with an unruly face was very interested in today's honey barbecue. While tearing it up, he pointed in a certain direction and said vaguely, "Isn't he staying over there? Do you think he dares to come over..."

"Pfft..." Xiao Yan spit out a mouthful of wine, the emotional pain has already come to the door?

He hurriedly looked in the direction he was pointing at, and saw a little light behind a big tree, which looked like the reflection of moonlight falling on the leaves at first sight, very inconspicuous.But if you take a closer look, there is a translucent child with a big head and a small body. You can't see the facial features clearly, but it makes people feel pitiful for no reason.

"Amitabha, sin, sin! You said that if I return something now, can he take it?" Xiao Yan was very guilty.

"He won't be able to eat it even if you go back. At most, he can only smell it. This is Shi Zhongling, which is different from the tree spirit we saw this morning." Taotie disagreed, "It's useless for him to smell it, why don't we drink it? .”

"Bah, bah, how can it be the same? It's someone else's property, and it's the master's business if it's ruined." Xiao Yan retorted, packed up the remaining wine and some barbecue, added a small portion of toon omelette, and carefully sent the past.

The handsome young man in front of the fire curled his lips in disapproval, and looked at Xiao Yan's leaving back, but did not stop him.This nine-tailed fox really doesn't look like a ferocious high-level monster, a mother-in-law's, easy to soften her heart.

However, it's not annoying.

Looking at the little meat left, the young man domineeringly rowed all of them to his side, glared at the other four beasts who dared not speak out, and parted out a little more.After thinking about it again, I allocated another share and waited for the stupid fox to come back.

The bear boy gobbled up his own meat, and then went to grab the bear's father and mother.Papa Xiong was about to hand it over unprincipled, when Taotie said coolly from the side: "Anyone who thinks there is too much meat and can't finish it can take the initiative to say, and share less every day from now on."

Papa Bear was confused.Although they will have a full meal first when they go hunting, the taste is completely different from Xiao Yan's. If you share a little, there will be less forever... This deal seems to be very uneconomical.

"Ooooh~ I want to eat!" The bear boy refused, and yelled at his father and mother.

Taotie raised his eyebrows unhappily, and stared at him: "How old are you? Do you still want to breastfeed next to your mother? Aww, aww, what's the matter? Don't you know if you don't have enough food to catch yourself? Throw you away with a yell again." Believe it or not?!"

A brat with parents pampering him indefinitely is really the most annoying thing!Feel itchy hands!

The bear boy retracted his head cowardly, ever since he fell in love with Xiao Yan's food, he has lived a life of pain and happiness.

Papa Xiong happily ate a big mouthful of the meat, in fact... he was also reluctant to give up Xiao Yan's roasted meat!

As Xiao Yan got closer, the shadow behind the tree shrank back uncomfortably, and then poked out half of its head timidly, with the faint light on its body flickering.At this moment, the facial features are more clearly seen. The legendary mountain god is indeed a soft, soft and cute child.It's a bit unexpected, but I can think of the cute mountain elves in some animation works, and it seems that they should look like this.

He didn't rush to get too close, but put the things some distance away from the tree, and waved to the little guy friendly: "My companion is more playful, it's not that he has a bad temper. If possible, can these things be used as an apology for you?"

The little guy seemed a little confused, tilting his head and being attracted by the food on the ground.

Xiao Yan backed away slowly, and he couldn't help but come forward, leaning on the barbecue and smelling it intoxicated.Wherever you smell it, all the heat seems to disappear in an instant.When Xiao Shanshen approached the wine at last, he hesitated for a moment, looked up at Xiao Yan, stretched out his little hand, and pushed the wine jar in his direction.

The little body moved, and slowly disappeared in place.

"Is this wine... for me?" Xiao Yan turned back to Taotie with some uncertainty.

"Yes, in fact, the so-called mountain gods are nothing more than some old trees, stones, or ordinary animals. They have been worshiped by people for a long time by accident, and they have spirits. Although a little mana can protect them a little bit. It's a bit of a shame, but it's no match for many powerful monsters in a fight, and it's common for sacrifices to be robbed. It's just you, a rotten and kind fox, and you foolishly apologize for him." The young man said He looked at the meat that had completely lost its heat with some regret, "The tree spirit can still absorb some energy, and the stone spirit just absorbs it for fun. It is enough for him to have that not-so-good jade..."

Once enjoyed by the mountain gods, the taste will be much worse, and the gluttonous mouth is completely uninteresting.

While speaking, a thin and long rope swished out from a certain branch not far away, hooking those flesh precisely, the little black old man who lingered and said with a smile: "Little nine-tailed fox Ah, I really didn't expect you to have such a skill, seeing that you are all full, the mountain god will use the leftovers for the old man, okay?"

Although it was a questioning tone, he ran extremely fast, and when Taotie and Hei Xiong rushed over together, he disappeared again: "Oh, isn't it just to eat some meat that you don't want? It's really evil... my little old man Hei has only eaten one sacrificial sheep so far, and he is already hungry—do you understand respecting the old and loving the young?"

"..." A large drop of sweat dripped from Xiao Yan's forehead.Thinking of the wine and pigs brought back by the young man, did the old man unknowingly walk away with the remaining sheep?

Regardless of human beings or monsters here, they are really... informal.

Holding the wine jar given to him by the mountain god, Xiao Yan smiled slightly as he watched the small translucent figure looming in the mountains and then disappearing into the big stones that were sacrificed during the day.

Before Taotie and the others came back from "digesting food after a meal", he sat down on the spot and drank the rest of the wine bit by bit facing the moonlight.Although it is fruit wine, it is slightly on the top.In the hazy sight of the stretching mountains, huge lights and shadows emerged one by one. On each mountain there was a huge light group with a dragon's head and a horse's body, moving slowly along the mountains.From here to there, and from there to here, it seems that they are patrolling something dutifully.

As they moved, wisps of faint black smoke separated from the vegetation and animals in horror, and floated into the air, condensing into distorted faces.Some just hit the oncoming huge light ball, and disappeared in smoke as if they were burned before they could dodge in time.Xiao Yan even vaguely felt that he could hear unwilling neighing from that twisted mouth.

As the black air dissipated more and more, the air in the mountains seemed to be much clearer, the moonlight seemed to be brighter, and the dark blue night sky seemed to be washed and extremely clear.

"People are really the darlings of heaven. Enjoying their worship, wood and stone can become spirits. You can dance a dance to entertain the gods, and you can communicate with the world through the mountain gods." I don't know when Taotie came back first, sitting next to Xiao Yan, watching with the same concentration. Looking at those huge light clusters.

"What are those light clusters?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

"Their beliefs are transformed into the appearance of mountain gods. Look at the appearance of the dragon head and horse body, which is the appearance of the gods they imagined. A long time ago, the 'gods' who appeared after entertaining the gods could stand up to the sky, but now they can't, even this Even the little evil spirits can't be cleaned up."

"Is there fewer people nearby?"

"God Nuwa created man, and a breath of fairy air opened the seven orifices of the heart, but because of the turbid air on the ground, it was blocked a lot, and he could see many things but couldn't see through them. Over time, the heart was blocked and blind, so he couldn't see the gods. It’s there. If you haven’t seen it for a long time, you won’t believe it.”

Although Taotie looked like an irritable young man at first glance, he had lived for an unknown number of years, and was feeling a little emotional when he suddenly felt his shoulders sink.After walking for a long time and drinking for a long time, Xiao Yan regained his stamina and couldn't hold on anymore.

"I... I seem to be a little dizzy." The pointy ears rubbed against the man's ears, and a thin layer of red appeared on the stupid fox's face, making it even more hazy under the bright moonlight.

Taotie was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly thought of the alluring back that he had seen in a glimpse when he turned his head during the day, and suddenly that thirsty feeling came up again.

"Hey, hey, are you okay?" the young man said in a rough voice.When Xiao Yan's warm breath sprayed unconsciously on the side of his neck, goose bumps all over his body.

"It's okay..." Unexpectedly, the stamina of the fruit wine was so strong, Xiao Yan felt his face getting hotter and hotter, shook his head and bent his knees, buried his head on his knees and stopped talking.

Taotie looked at it for a long time at a loss, and tried to reach out and pat Xiao Yan: "Hey..."

With one slap, Xiao Yan's whole body shrunk in size, gray fur emerged, and the big sheepskin wrapped around his body was emptied, turning into a sleeping furry fox in a ball.

Taotie: "..."

He didn't want to take the opportunity to touch the stupid fox's back, absolutely not!

small theater:

In the market of the undead people, all the black and thin undead people showed their treasures with great reluctance.There is no way, there are too many treasures at home, and I can't put them down at all.

One person yelled with tears in his eyes: "The ax used by the Great God Pangu when he created the world... the mushrooms growing out of the handle, don't miss it when you pass by~"

Another person had tears in his eyes: "The straw rope used by God Nuwa to shake mud and turn it into a monster. Take a look~ Hey, hey, be careful, don't touch it. It's a sacred object from many years ago. When you touch it, it all falls apart..."

The little old man Zhi came late carrying a huge package.

"Come, come, Shanhai Gossip Weekly, we will broadcast the latest monster trends for you~"

"Come here, Handbook of Mountain and Sea Animals and Plants, can you instantly recognize local monsters wherever you go? Your first choice~"

"The scales on the snake's tail, the broken claw of the giant bear that has been rare for hundreds of years, the tail hair of the nine-tailed fox, I want to proudly tell my companions that you have defeated a snake/giant bear/nine tails Fox? Buy it and place it in the most prominent place in your home, and everyone will be impressed by you~"

"..."

After the market ended, none of the others' collections were sold, and the little old man happily left with an empty package on his back.

Ah, sure enough, I hired a bunch of little kids to help me copy Gossip Weekly two days ago, drawing handbooks of animals and plants was the right choice.Well, you can still think of a way to ask Xiao Yan for more.