“Second Brother, look, there’s a dwarf deer.”
Amidst the rolling mountains, two hunters, one older and one younger, both carrying bows and arrows, hid in the bushes, their eyes fixed on the dwarf deer grazing in the distance.
“Shh, I see it.”
The older hunter, Second Brother, took down his bow and arrow.
He drew the bowstring, pulling it back until it formed a full moon, and aimed at the dwarf deer.
Whoosh!
The arrow pierced the air, slicing through leaves before lodging itself firmly in the dwarf deer’s body.
But whether it was a bad shot or the deer was incredibly tough, the deer didn’t fall after being hit. Instead, startled, it bolted towards the deeper parts of the forest.
Seeing this.
Second Brother muttered “Damn,” and immediately leapt out from the bushes, chasing after the fleeing deer.
He ran and continued to draw his bow and arrow, attempting to kill the deer.
Another arrow.
A sure hit.
This arrow struck the deer directly in the neck, and blood gushed out like a fountain, staining the ground red.
Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, the dwarf deer’s escape became unsteady, and it finally collapsed, motionless.
Seeing this, the younger, slender boy let out a cheer:
“Second Brother, what a shot!”
Second Brother’s expression remained calm:
“Alright, we need to retrieve the deer quickly, and be careful of other beasts in the forest, they might smell the blood and come over.”
“Got it.”
The two happily walked towards where the deer had fallen.
This dwarf deer was a treasure trove.
The flesh and bones could be eaten, the blood could be used as a tonic, and the fur could be used to make clothes for warmth. Especially in recent years, winters were getting colder and colder, and the price of deer hide had skyrocketed.
As they approached the deer, Second Brother noticed that they were in a clear space with bare tree stumps all around.
He walked over and touched one of the stumps.
Smooth as a mirror!
It didn’t feel like it had been chopped off.
Something’s wrong!
Second Brother furrowed his brow slightly.
“Second Brother, come quick and look, there’s a strange torch here.” The young hunter pointed at a torch stuck in the ground, his face full of surprise.
Because he discovered.
This torch was unlike any they had ever seen before.
Although it was also stick-shaped with a ball of fire burning at the end, it didn’t feel scorching hot like a normal fire when they approached it. It only felt slightly warm.
The young hunter curiously reached out his hand.
“What are you doing? Don’t touch it!”
Second Brother stepped forward and slapped the young hunter’s hand away.
The young hunter wasn’t annoyed, but instead cheerfully pointed at the torch:
“Second Brother, it’s not hot at all, really. If you don’t believe me, you can try it too.”
Second Brother, with a hint of doubt, reached out his hand towards the torch stuck in the ground.
Huh? It really isn’t hot?
What kind of torch is this?!
Curious, he grabbed the torch’s shaft and pulled hard, but it wouldn’t budge.
Very strange!
Although he only used three-tenths of his strength, he was born with supernatural strength, so three-tenths of his strength was greater than the full strength of ordinary people. How could he not pull out a torch?
The key is, this torch wasn’t deeply buried in the ground, it was simply stuck there.
Could it be… a ghost?
Second Brother looked up at the sky. Since the trees around had been cut down, the sunlight shone directly onto him without any obstruction, making him feel slightly hot.
But that’s not right.
It’s broad daylight now, aren’t ghosts supposed to appear at night?
Suddenly.
A “嘎嘎嘎” laughter reached their ears, but they looked left and right and couldn’t find the source or location of the laughter.
Hiss…
We wouldn’t really have encountered a ghost, would we?
He had always heard from the elders in his village.
That there were heart-wrenching ghosts in the Taihang Mountains.
Ghosts were said to be intangible and ethereal, often chasing people with a blue ghost fire.
More than a year ago, two villagers were attacked by a ghost.
They fell off a cliff and were killed.
But he was always exceptionally brave.
Instead of running away when he encountered this situation.
He protected his younger brother behind him and carefully observed his surroundings.
At this moment.
A young man about twenty years old jumped out of a small pit in the corner of the clearing. The pit was about two square meters in size.
The young man was eight feet tall, handsome and elegant, with delicate skin like a handsome young noble.
He wore silver armor and carried a silver pickaxe in his hand.
But strangely.
Even though he had just emerged from the ground, his clothes were spotless.
Puzzling.
However, upon seeing the young man’s shadow, Second Brother couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It’s a person, not a ghost!
The elders had said that ghosts didn’t have shadows.
Yun Yi, whose backpack was stuffed full of various items, happily returned to the surface.
As he just hopped out of the pit, he saw two men dressed in linen clothes.
People! They’re people!
Hahaha, looks like I didn’t time-travel to the prehistoric era.
I don’t want to live with dinosaurs every day.
Yun Yi quickly swallowed his excitement.
Then he carefully observed the two young men in front of him.
To be precise, one young man and one boy.
The young man looked about twenty years old, tall and strong, about six feet tall, with handsome features. In the modern era, he would be a handsome sunshine boy.
The boy’s appearance was more ordinary. He was thin and small, not even five feet tall, thirteen or fourteen years old, with a thin, undeveloped appearance.
But both of them were dressed in rough linen clothes and carried bows and arrows.
Did I time-travel to ancient times?
Before Yun Yi could ask, Second Brother, the hunter, spoke first.
However, after a series of words.
Yun Yi was dumbfounded.
Bro, what are you babbling about?
Why is there a trill and a tongue click?
Foreign language? Dialect? Or some kind of otherworldly language?
That’s right, they couldn’t understand each other’s language.
Yun Yi, who had just speculated that he might have time-traveled to ancient times, now began to doubt himself.
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