chewing dragon

Chapter 20
Qi Jingzhi could clearly see that on the ground not far from his feet, there was a rib of a large animal such as a cow or horse lying randomly. It must have been used by the foxes to "saw trees" earlier.

About three feet away in front of him, stood a short crimson figure, estimated to be less than a foot tall, even thinner than the one last night.

However, the moment Qi Jingzhi saw the other party, he had already concluded that this was the old fox, because the other party exuded an aura of aging and decay from inside to outside.

It is red all over, except for a tuft of very conspicuous white fluff growing in the middle of its forehead, which is longer than the surrounding red hair, and is gently shaken by the breeze in the forest.

Seeing the boy, the old fox didn't say a word, but stared at the murderer in front of him with those brown fox eyes full of hatred.

The eyes of one person and one fox just met, and Qi Jingzhi's eyes suddenly blurred, and he felt that the sky was filled with colorful lights, and it was hazy and chaotic.

Almost at the same time, a strong wind hit the right side of his neck violently, and the disgusting smell rushed into his nostrils.

At this time, Qi Jingzhi's eyes could no longer see anything, and he immediately lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, stepped forward without hesitation, bent his knees and squatted down, and his feet stood on the ground like roots.

Immediately afterwards, he borrowed strength from his feet, and his limbs stretched out suddenly. With his right foot as the axis, his whole body turned sideways to the right and rear, driving his right arm to swing the knife back fiercely, and even more fiercely Spit it out, and at the same time let out a short and intense whistling.

"careful!"

It wasn't until then that the scream of the red old fox reached the young man's ears.

What it reminded was naturally not Qi Jingzhi, but unfortunately it was too late.

In the blink of an eye, the gust of wind just missed the blow, folded on the trunk of the ancient tree, and rushed towards Qi Jingzhi's back again. blade.

Amidst the shrill screams, blood splashed in the air, and a snow-white fox paw fell to the ground.

After Qi Jingzhi exhaled and opened his voice, the messy colors covering his eyes suddenly dissipated.

He raised his eyes suddenly, and the corner of his eyes happened to catch a snow-white figure.

"I heard that it was the second girl, but I didn't expect it to be a white fox... I don't know if it went and returned without telling the old fox, or it was originally a link in this trap."

Qi Jingzhi turned this thought in his mind, and without even looking at the red old fox, he immediately took big steps and chased after the white fox with a broken claw.

During running and jumping, the young man's breathing naturally operates according to the method of singing cranes. When he lands, he swallows his breath when he sinks and sinks, and exhales when he lifts his feet to float and float, just like a big bird gliding close to the ground. Lighten it up, and the whole person will jump forward a lot, and after a few ups and downs, he will catch up to him.

Feeling the bad wind coming from behind, the white fox, who was trying to escape with three claws, instantly realized the danger.

In a hurry, it turned its head back suddenly, its big charming eyes were filled with tears, full of pain and pleading.

Unmoved, the mountain boy put his foot on the fox, and immediately raised his knife and dropped it!
The sharp knife pierced through the white fox's neck from top to bottom in an instant, nailing it to the ground neatly.

"Second sister!"

The red old fox watched this scene, and let out a desperate wail.

Qi Jingzhi kicked on the white fox's corpse, pulled out his knife, and turned to face the old red fox.

His eyelids were lowered, and he made up his mind not to look into the other's eyes.

The red old fox didn't hesitate any more, and immediately turned and fled.

Qi Jingzhi didn't say a word, picked up the fox carcass from the ground with a short body, and chased after him with a knife.

This old fox is not young, and his speed is extremely fast, like a scarlet lightning, he can often turn suddenly, east and west, in the grass or on the tree with a little help. will be lost.

Fortunately, Qi Jingzhi also has amazing speed and keen five senses, so he can always stay behind and not be thrown off by the opponent.

This chase and escape was like a cup of tea.

Qi Jingzhi jumped up and down, overcame thorns and thorns, ran for a long time in a dense forest, suddenly felt the sky brighten in front of him, and his vision suddenly widened.

I saw a half-collapsed black tile and white wall between the barren mountains and wild grass in front of me, and a red tail flashed away at the gap in the wall.

Qi Jingzhi's expression changed, and he slowed down immediately.

He raised his eyes and saw towering old trees in the ruined walls in front of him, a section of eaves covered with blue and black tiles could be vaguely seen in the gaps between the leaves, and there were a few incomplete roof beasts on the towering eaves.

Qi Jingzhi had only seen this style of eaves in the county government office and the Town God's Temple, but the eaves in those two places were not as high as in front of him, and the number of roof beasts was even smaller.

Qi Jingzhi saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.His family lived on the outskirts of Xiaosong Mountain, and he had never heard of such a place deep in the mountain.

"Xiaosong Mountain is not a famous mountain. This temple is so grand and its specifications are extremely high... If it is a temple, it is probably not the mountain god mentioned by Master Meng. Which god, built the temple here, not to mention the waste of money, will someone really come to worship?"

"This place looks like it has been abandoned for many years, maybe it has become the nest of foxes, or... it is because of the existence of this temple with no incense that there are so many foxes?"

Qi Jingzhi became more and more vigilant, but he did not stop because of this.Now that he has found the other party's lair, there is absolutely no reason to pass the door and not enter.

Holding the knife, he carefully walked in through the gap in the courtyard wall.

The courtyard is deep and weeds are everywhere. A huge Chinese rose tree is growing unscrupulously, occupying a small half of the courtyard. There are hundreds of pink flowers blooming in full bloom.

This courtyard seems to have been a small garden, but apart from the Chinese rose, it is completely impossible to see what other flowers and plants have been planted.

Not far behind the rose tree, a zigzag verandah passes through the courtyard. The red paint and green tiles on the corridor have faded.

Judging from the direction, this veranda seems to lead to the tall blue tile palace.

Qi Jingzhi looked around silently, seeing that there was no red fox in the small garden, he immediately used a knife to cut through the grass, bypassed the rose trees, and jumped into the Chaoshou veranda.

There are still some vague colorful paintings on the inner roof and beams of this corridor. The young man looked up and found that most of them depict the same goddess.

The goddess has her hair loose and only wears a light white gauze dress, her graceful figure is looming.

Sometimes she is surrounded by many suspended luminous spheres, sometimes she wears these spheres in a string and hangs them around her neck, and sometimes she stands in the water, as if she is bathing the spheres.

Qi Jingzhi counted carefully, and there are no more or no less spheres in each painting, all of them are twelve.

"This represents the twelve months of the year?"

Seeing the soft light and light color of the balls in the painting, which resemble the full moon in the sky, and the number is exactly twelve, Qi Jingzhi inevitably had a guess in his heart: "Could this goddess in the painting be Bazhuli?" Moon Lord?"

Thinking of this, the young man shook his head secretly: "Everyone in Daqi knows that the Lord of the Moon is also known as the God of the Moon, the God of Guanghan Qingxu, and he will patrol the sky every night. How can there be as many as twelve moons in one moon?"

While thinking about it, Qi Jingzhi suddenly remembered the legend of the sage king mentioned by Master Meng, and had a guess in his heart: "The dress in the painting is so simple and ancient, could it be the moon god in ancient times? Wu Chengsheng After the king sealed the god of the eight masters, this ancient god was replaced by the moon master, and the incense was sacrificed, so why did he gradually disappear into obscurity?"

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi's expression immediately became serious.

If this place is as he guessed, then this ancient god is undoubtedly an evil god, and his temple is of course an adulterous priest. Once the government finds out, they will definitely destroy the god statues, raz the temples, and kill all the witches. No wonder This temple is going to be hidden in the deep mountains and old forests.

As for those secret believers who build temples in the mountains and make offerings to evil gods, although they may not all be bad people, they are by no means good.

After all, the Daqi government has issued a decree long ago, and the government offices of prefectures, counties and counties in various places have to post notices every year to reiterate: "Anyone who worships evil gods, creates disgusting charms, speaks evil books, and spreads them to confuse the public will be executed!"

Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help becoming more vigilant: "I'm afraid this place is not a good place, it seems to have been abandoned for a long time, maybe there are remnants lurking in the dark, or there are some institutions to guard against foreign enemies, I have to be careful! "

(End of this chapter)