Both sides of the path on the left are covered with grass that reaches the knees.
The tiger servant walked ahead with a vigilant expression, sniffing his nose from time to time.
Xu Chong followed. For safety's sake, he scattered a handful of mung beans and once again transformed into dozens of Tsing Yi soldiers.
This time, there were more than sixty soldiers behind him, guarding him firmly.
Being protected by so many people makes me feel extremely safe.
After walking a few hundred meters along the winding path, I discovered an abandoned and deserted village.
Xu Chong came to the deserted village and observed it carefully for a moment.
I found that this abandoned village was not big, with probably less than ten households in total.
It feels like there was a fire here before? As a result, many houses were messy and charred.
Many houses have collapsed, but two of them are still intact, but most of their roofs are missing.
At this time, Xu Chong raised his head and looked at the sky.
I found that the sky was starting to get dark, and I guessed that it would get dark soon.
Since there is a deserted village right in front of us, I might as well spend the night here tonight.
Anyway, it is rare to find a shelter from the wind and rain in this barren mountain.
Xu Chong chose a decent shabby room to sit down, and ordered a few Tsing Yi soldiers to pick up some firewood and come back, ready to light the fire first.
At this time, the tiger servant stood outside the door, his nose twitching non-stop.
Seeing this scene, Xu Chong asked casually: "Did you find anything?"
The tiger servant nodded, "There seems to be someone on the mountain behind this deserted village."
"Is there anyone nearby?"
Xu Chong's heart moved, and for the sake of safety, he hurriedly ordered: "Go and investigate to see if there is any problem."
The tiger servant nodded and immediately ran towards the back mountain.
Soon, several soldiers in green came in carrying a lot of firewood.
At this time, the sky also started to get dark.
As the fire burned, Xu Chong felt a lot warmer in an instant.
Not long after, the tiger servant also came back, looking a little strange.
Seeing this, Xu Chong immediately asked: "How is it?"
The tiger servant said: "I just found a black dog and a girl hidden in a secluded cave in the back mountain."
"That's it?"
Xu Chong was stunned for a moment.
The tiger servant nodded, "I only saw the dog and the child. However, the child looked quite pitiful. There were many scars on his body. He must have been burned before."
Xu Chong frowned, "How can there be children in this barren mountain?"
Then he thought carefully, many houses in this deserted village had been burned down, could they be from this village?
But how did a little girl survive here?
Thinking of this, he always felt that there was something wrong, so he said to the tiger servant: "Go and bring the girl to see me."
"Okay!" The tiger servant didn't hesitate, turned around and left.
As the fire burned brightly, Xu Chong's stomach began to growl.
He took out the dry food from his backpack and put it next to the fire to bake. At the same time, he took out a pickled elbow, held it and began to eat it slowly.
These things were prepared for him by Chen Captou from Wu'an County. In addition to a lot of dry food and meat, he also prepared some golden sore medicine to treat trauma.
I have to say that Chen Zhong's work was really thorough.
Not long after, there was a frantic barking of dogs outside.
Immediately afterwards, the tiger servant came in with a child in his arms.
"Master Immortal, it's this girl!"
Looking at the girl in the tiger servant's arms, Xu Chong was shocked on the spot.
I saw that this girl was thin and undressed, with tender red scars everywhere on her body, especially on the left side of her face, where the skin and flesh were completely tangled together, giving her an extremely horrifying appearance.
She is said to be a human, but she actually looks more like a ghost.
The tiger servant put the girl down, and she didn't cry or fuss. She just lay on the ground like a dog, looking straight at the pickled elbow in Xu Chong's hand, her eyes were like a hungry beast.
Xu Chong was so stared at that he felt numb. He tried to talk to her, but found that she couldn't understand him at all and had no response at all.
"I don't know if it's a human or a ghost?"
For safety reasons, he took out the ghost-killing stick from his Qiankun bag and touched the girl lightly.
As a result, the girl still had no reaction at all.
"It seems that he is really a human, not a ghost..."
Seeing this scene, Xu Chong was completely relieved.
Woof woof woof...
Outside the dilapidated house, the sound of barking dogs kept coming.
It should be the black dog that Tiger Servant just mentioned.
Hearing the barking of the black dog seemed full of worry and anxiety, but because there were soldiers guarding the door, it didn't dare to come in at all.
Xu Chong stared at the ferocious-looking girl in front of him for a moment, feeling a little complicated.
She was burned like this and still alone in the wilderness. I don't know how she survived to this day?
Apart from anything else, the winter in the northwest can really freeze people to death.
This girl was naked and red from the cold. How did she survive the cold winter?
Thinking of this, Xu Chong was filled with doubts.
He shook the pickled elbow in his hand and asked the girl, "Do you want to eat it?"
The girl looked at him blankly, but still had no reaction.
"Here you go."
Xu Chong shook his head, smiled, and handed the elbow to her.
Like a beast, the girl quickly took the elbow, hugged her thin chest with one hand, and then used her hands and feet together, really like a beast, and quickly ran out of the house.
The moment she went out, the black dogs that had been barking around her suddenly became quiet.
Xu Chong was a little curious and hurried to the door to take a look.
I found a huge black dog standing on the path outside. At this moment, the girl actually took the pickled elbow and handed it to the black dog's mouth.
The black dog's eyes are extremely bright and seem to be very spiritual.
It stared at the elbow and sniffed it for a few times, then pushed it back into the girl's arms with its head.
Realizing that Xu Chong and others did not seem to have any ill intentions, Black Dog stopped grinning when he looked at Xu Chong and others, and his eyes became much gentler.
This dog is good and very humane.
Xu Chong picked out an old piece of clothing from his luggage and told the tiger servant: "Wrap it up for the girl."
"Yes, Immortal Lord!"
The tiger servant took the old clothes, went directly to the girl's side, and wrapped them randomly around her thin body covered with scars.
During the whole process, the black dog did not bark, and the girl looked at the clothes curiously and remained motionless.
After wrapping up the clothes, the black dog gently touched the girl's arm with its nose. In an instant, the girl understood and jumped onto the dog's back.
Just like that, under the gaze of Xu Chong and others, the black dog carried the girl and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The tiger servant stared at the direction in which the black dog was leaving, and twitched his nose a few times, "Immortal Master, the black dog just now seems to have gained spiritual intelligence."
"Yeah?"
Xu Chong responded casually, and then went into the broken house again to warm himself by the fire and eat.
Before it got dark, he ordered several soldiers in green clothes to go outside to find some hay, spread it on the ground, and made a temporary bed. This was how he would deal with the night count tonight.
Arrange tiger servants to keep vigil at night so that he can sleep soundly.
Although the roof of the dilapidated house was leaking, it was covered by walls and a fire was lit inside. As long as it didn't rain, sleeping next to the fire was quite warm.
At midnight.
When Xu Chong was sleeping in a daze, he suddenly heard the tiger servant calling him.
"Immortal Lord, Immortal Lord..."
Xu Chong immediately turned over and sat up, "What's wrong?"
The tiger servant pointed outside with a strange expression and said in a deep voice: "I would like to ask the Immortal Master to go outside and have a look."
"It's late at night, what's there to see outside?"
Xu Chong frowned and got up.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the broken house, he saw the black dog squatting on the road, staring at him with twinkling eyes, seeming hesitant and a little afraid.
Seeing this scene, Xu Chong felt a little confused.
What is the purpose of this black dog running to my door in the middle of the night?
Suddenly, the black dog seemed to have made up his mind, and his eyes were extremely bright.
Immediately afterwards, a strange scene occurred.
I saw the black dog resting its hind legs on the ground, and its whole body stood up like a trembling human. Then it looked at Xu Chong nervously, and said in a somewhat stiff voice: "You... you look at me like a human being."
no?"
Asking for silence?
This is a sign of evil!
Xu Chong's expression suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "You beast, you are so courageous, how dare you ask for a title from me!"
After saying that, he spilled a handful of mung beans, and in an instant, dozens of green-clad soldiers appeared out of thin air.
"Take it down!"
After giving the order, dozens of soldiers in green immediately drew their sabers and surrounded the black dog who wanted to be sealed.