novelhk Chapter 239: Elephant Power (1)
Chapter 239: Elephant Power (1)
The horses seemed to be frightened and started to panic. However, Xiao Qisheng jumped to Chu Xiaomu's side, stroking his calves and biting his sleeves, still looking innocent.
Chu Xiaomu stroked its head and said, "I've only heard of beast spirits coming out of Beast Mountain, but never heard of evil spirits coming out of Beast Mountain. Beast Mountain and Bicheng are on good terms, and we are all friends, so there is no need for us to run." At this critical juncture, let's see if getting close to them will work first.
The man laughed loudly twice and said, "What a joke! When did Shoushan become friends with Bicheng? "The man came much closer.
"We all belong to the same Cangmu country, so naturally... naturally we are all friends." Chu Xiaomu secretly said in his heart, "Oh no!" From what the person said, it seemed that Shoushan and Bicheng had some grudges, let alone friends. However, he was afraid of provoking the person's anger, so he could only say nice things.
The man said, "Go back and ask your Spirit King Bi Ye if he still considers my king a friend..."
Chu Xiaomu suddenly said, "Are you Xiangli, one of the seven beast spirits under the throne of the King of Ten Thousand Beasts?" He had heard Sihu talk about the seven beast spirits under the throne, and guessed that their king was the King of Ten Thousand Beasts; and the first person Sihu mentioned was Xiangli, and thinking of the thunder-like sound and the huge spiritual power that made the ground tremble slightly, he thought of him first.
The man was indeed very surprised. He exclaimed, "Have you seen me or heard anyone talk about me?" The voice still came through the forest, approaching the crowd step by step.
Everyone was frightened, and Su Mishun hid at the back, not daring to look in the direction of the person coming.
Chu Xiaomu thought that he had guessed correctly, but he had no idea how to beg him to let his team and horses go down the mountain. He could only take it one step at a time. He might have to scare him by bringing up the title of the general. He said, "I have seen a friend of yours, the beast spirit called Sihu. He mentioned you. He and I are also... good friends."
The man said, "You have seen a tiger, so that's it." Then he heard a continuous "crackling" sound, as if huge trees were breaking and falling. The man suddenly said angrily, "You are talking nonsense. If you have seen a tiger, how can you still be alive and well and talk to me here?!"
I saw the big trees on the top of the mountain opposite the valley shaking continuously, and then they fell down one by one. A fat and huge figure appeared on the top of the mountain, and it was obviously the person who talked to Chu Xiaomu.
Everyone couldn't understand why the beast spirit's voice was so clear and easy to understand even though it was so far away, almost no different from talking to a person face to face.
Su Mishun asked, "Xiao...Xiaomu, what should we do now...now?" His voice was trembling, and he was obviously very scared.
Xiangli was huge and his movements seemed a bit clumsy, but he was not slow at all. He walked down the mountain step by step, not avoiding any trees, big or small, but moving straight ahead. The trees that blocked his way, no matter how big or small, were pushed down or stepped on one by one, and they were no different from dead trees.
Everyone was so shocked that they stood there for a while, not knowing whether they should run away. They all looked at Chu Xiaomu, waiting for him to make a decision.
Chu Xiaomu didn't know what to do either. He whistled, called his horses to his side, and said, "Everyone, get on your horses quickly and go down the mountain first." He thought that as long as they could get down to the flat valley below, the horses would be able to gallop freely, and you, a monster, would definitely not be able to catch up.
Everyone whistled to call their mounts over, then mounted their horses and walked quickly down the mountain. The hillside was a bit rugged and there were a lot of weeds and bushes, so the horses couldn't run at all.
Xiang Li said, "What a waste of time! I said you can't escape, so what's the point of getting on the horse?" Although he moved slowly, he was almost twice as tall as an ordinary person. One step he took was equivalent to two or three steps of an ordinary person, so his speed was not slow.
Everyone was frightened and kept urging the horses.
Just as we were about to reach the flat valley at the foot of the mountain, we suddenly heard a sudden crackling sound from the opposite hillside.
When he looked up, he saw the elephant shrink into a big ball, rolling down the hillside at an extremely fast speed, knocking down and breaking all the trees he encountered along the way.
Everyone was shocked and quickly turned around and ran up the hillside.
Unexpectedly, the elephant's strength did not diminish after it rolled to the bottom, and it continued to roll up the hillside towards Chu Xiaomu and the others, rolling straight in front of the horses.
The horses were frightened and started spinning around, unable to get down or up. Chu Xiaomu and the others were squeezed in the herd and could no longer escape.
He was wearing a gray, crude "clothes" made of straw and bark, with thick arms and a round waist, and a big, bulging belly. The "clothes" could hardly cover his belly button. His appearance was even more strange, with a long nose, small eyes, and big ears, which really looked like an elephant. But he didn't look very ferocious.
Xiang Li said, "You evil people who set fire to the mountain, just stand still and let me trample you to death one by one!" As he said that, he squeezed through the herd of horses and walked towards the crowd step by step.
Everyone whistled, and the horses gradually calmed down and began to run slowly in another direction, intending to bypass Xiangli and reach the valley below.
But Xiangli took a deep breath, shouted suddenly, and stomped his left foot on the ground with a loud bang. The dirt and rocks on the ground flew everywhere, and he actually stepped out a big hole.
The hillside shook, and the horses were startled and jumped up together, making long "whoosh" sounds, even the military horse under his crotch was no exception.
Everyone lost their grip, and except Chu Xiaomu, they all fell off their horses and were almost trampled by the horses. Only then did they realize that the beast spirit was not trying to scare people, and that it was impossible to escape on horseback. If he stepped on them a few times in a row, both the horses and the people would be injured.
When Chu Xiaomu saw that the other nine people had fallen off their horses, he also jumped off their horses.
Xiang Li walked up to the crowd, scanned their faces one by one, and asked, "Who is Chu Xiaomu who just spoke to me?"
Chu Xiaomu saw that his face was not as ferocious as that of a tiger, and his fear was slightly reduced. He said, "I am Chu Xiaomu. It was my idea to set fire to the mountain. If you want to fight or kill, just find me. Please let my brothers and these horses go."
Xiang Li frowned and said, "You have some of the spirit of Bicheng. Let's put aside the burning of the mountain. Let me ask you first, why did you lie to me and say that you had seen Sihu? You want to use him to get close to me, that won't work. You want to deceive me, that's even worse!"