Taoist students

Chapter 2 Strange Fragrance
Xiaodao's name is Dongfang Mo. His mother died when he was born, and his father followed suit two years ago. Since then, he has become a veritable loner, living a life where one person feeds the whole family without hunger.

According to his deceased father, he was a direct descendant of the 750th generation of the Eastern family in ancient times. The Eastern family has been passed down for more than 3000 generations.However, if such nonsense comes from his father's mouth, just listen to it, and he will really blame it.

And when his father died, he left him a tattered Taoist robe and a whisk that had been used for more than ten years.In addition to a stool carried on his body, a dozen gourds and a few stacks of torn books, this is all his belongings.

Dongfang Mo has no other skills, but his father's mantle has been completely passed down, and even the green is better than the blue, and the tricks of the rivers and lakes are more than one step better than his father.

On weekdays, he makes a living by storytelling, and occasionally does fortune-telling, word testing, and marriage fortune-telling for others.Sometimes when luck comes, I can help people pray for rain and bring back their souls.

In such a day, in his words, life is cheap, living is too tiring, wanting to die but reluctant.

Because of this, Dongfang Mo was not heartbroken over the death of his parents. Perhaps his parents were destined to enter reincarnation and have a good pregnancy in the next life. From then on, he should be happy.

For the future, Dongfang Mo still has his own dream, that is to drink the most fragrant wine, eat the best meat, marry the most beautiful ladies, and live like a fairy.

Every time Dongfang Mo saw those rich masters go out, they sat in sedan chairs carried by eight people, wore brocade hats and mink fur, and wore gold and silver around their hands and necks.Some lead cages in their hands, while others lead ferocious beasts.There are not only a few sturdy attendants beside him, but also pretty little girls serving around, serving tea and water for snacks, that's called style.

"Grumble!"

Thinking of food, Dongfang Mo's stomach growled, touched his stomach, and then remembered that he hadn't eaten for a whole day. People are like iron and rice, and if they don't eat a meal, they will be hungry.

Penniless, he wanted to solve his stomach problem, but it was a little more difficult than when he was rich.

These years of stealing things, I have been practicing since I was five or six years old, except that in the first few years, the sheep did not steal, but caused a lot of trouble, now I am very familiar with these things.

However, there is a field around the city, and it is difficult to see a single family, so naturally you can't do things like stealing chickens and dogs.

Fortunately, there are a lot of pheasants and rabbits in this field, so it is not difficult to catch a few at random.

Thinking of Dongfang Mo, he looked around and chose a direction with lush mountains and forests to go quickly.

After entering the mountain forest, he found a hidden place and swiftly hid his belongings.

Suddenly, Dongfang Mo's slender eyes became sharp, and he scanned the surroundings, refusing to let go of the slightest clues.

He is very familiar with everything in the forest, as long as any wild beast passes by, it will leave some traces.

A footprint, a fallen leaf, or a strand of hair can all bring him a lot of clues.

Through the size and depth of the footprints, one can see the size of the animal; one cut branch and one fallen leaf can tell how long it has been away from here, and in which direction it is going; and through the hair, it can be more clearly judged the specific shape of the animal. what.

But not long after he entered the mountain forest, a strange smell suddenly came.

Sniffing his nose, it wasn't the smell of vegetation, let alone the body odor left by any animal.It is a kind of fragrance, but there seems to be a trace of fishy smell in the fragrance, which is particularly weird.

Dongfang Mo has lived wild in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and this is the first time he has smelled this kind of smell.

And just as he followed the smell, after a while, the smell became more and more intense.

In the next moment, he turned his head suddenly and looked at a branch of a tree beside him.

On this branch, there was a drop of dark red liquid. Seeing this, Dongfang Mo couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

It can be seen that the fishy smell in the fragrance comes from this liquid.

Upon closer inspection, the dark red liquid seemed to be the blood of some kind of beast.

After looking around and finding nothing abnormal, he dipped his finger in the blood on the branch and wanted to put it close to the tip of his nose to smell it.

However, when he just touched the blood, he withdrew his hand suddenly, showing a painful expression, and held back so that he did not exhale in pain.

Unexpectedly, the blood was as scalding as boiling water, and his fingers were all red when it stained his hands.

After a long while, the piercing pain gradually disappeared.

Dongfang Mo looked at his hand, the original redness gradually recovered, the blood seemed to have completely evaporated and disappeared, and he didn't feel anything other than that.

"Yes, this should be left by some strange thing."

its inner judgment.

Ben is a very curious person, and he has developed a strong interest in the things that left this blood.

Judging from his experience, a high blood temperature indicates that most of them are beasts with large bodies and sufficient vitality, like tigers and bears.

When his father was still alive, the two would dig traps from time to time and kill some tigers, people and bears, so they were no strangers to this.

However, there are exceptions to everything. Animals like tigers and bears have plenty of blood, but their blood does not appear delicate and sticky.

Although Dongfang Mo was burned by the dark red blood just now, he still felt the delicate and smooth feeling of the blood. That feeling is obviously only available to petite beasts, such as bobcats and minks.

Taking a closer look around the blood, there were no traces of footprints or the like.

From this, Dongfang Mo could judge that the thing either had wings and could fly, or it had a petite body and was as light as a swallow.

Comparing the two, Dongfang Mo believed that it was a smaller beast. If so, with his thin body, he should be able to catch it easily without digging a trap.

That kind of beast with full of energy and blood, small physique, extremely delicate meat, is definitely the best meat among good meat, even the master who is carried in a sedan chair may not be able to eat that kind of beast.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Mo licked his lips. When he was hungry, a good meal of meat was an absolute temptation for him.

Although this kind of petite beast is hard to catch, since the beast has been injured, and its blood has that unique smell, it shouldn't be too difficult to track it down.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Mo lifted the Taoist robe under his feet, sniffled, and after identifying the direction, he quickly chased forward.

……

And when he was chasing the prey all the way, it was dozens of miles away.

A man and a woman stood in mid-air.

The man was about twenty years old, dressed in a black short shirt, with a thick back and a waist, and was seven feet tall.Standing like an iron tower at this time, it looks mighty and extraordinary.

And that woman, only about thirteen or fourteen years old, her face was covered by a layer of tulle, only revealing a pair of agile eyes.

She was wearing a fiery red long dress, tied with a ribbon around her waist, and she looked like she could hold it tightly. Although she was in her cardamom years, she was showing a stunning temperament.

"Thirteen, is the medicinal blood beast near here?"

At this time, the woman spoke quietly behind her, her voice was crisp and clear, like jade beads colliding.

"Miss Jin, you probably won't run out of a radius of a hundred miles."

Hearing this, the man in black showed a respectful look in his eyes, and replied with his head bowed.

"Very well, this beast has suffered such a serious injury, and it can still run to this place where the spiritual energy is thin. Let's see where it escapes this time."

A cold light flashed in the girl's eyes.

"Miss, this medicinal blood beast was seriously injured when it was advanced. At this time, the blood all over its body is different from before. It emits a strange fragrance, which is easy to be discovered. In order to prevent others from getting there first, or I should capture it. live."

The man in black continued.

"No, I don't think there will be any monks in this corner, and ordinary mortals and beasts can't smell that kind of smell."

"Besides, this beast has a keen sense of smell. Although it was seriously injured, it took great effort to come to this remote place. It must be special here. You must know that this beast has a keen sense of smell, and it is often able to find some geniuses and treasures. Wait for a while. , catch it while it is recovering, maybe there will be unexpected gains."

"Miss wise."

The man in black complimented.

Hearing this, the girl was unmoved, and blinked a charming wink:

"Follow from a distance, don't get too close, that thing is very cunning, don't miss it this time, everything in that potion has been prepared, only the blood of this medicinal blood beast is missing, the family is wasting manpower After searching for material resources for so long, there is finally news about this beast, and it will have to wait until the year of the monkey to let it go away."

"Thirteen obeys." The man in black cupped his hands.

At the same time, the two stepped on their feet and walked towards the distance.

(End of this chapter)