In the afternoon, as Wei Zi had expected, dark clouds rolled in the sky, and a storm was about to descend.
Wei Zi walked alone on the way home. From time to time, he looked up at the sky, feeling very anxious. He looked around, trying to find a place to shelter from the rain.
However, as far as the eye could see, other than the wilderness and barren slopes, there were only piles of bricks.
There was a low mound in the distance. He knew that it was an abandoned brick kiln, so he ran toward the cave.
However, it seemed to be too late. In an instant, raindrops the size of soybeans fell from the sky and dripped onto his body.
Wei Zi hurriedly opened his school bag and took out his raincoat bag. At this time, he was alarmed to find that the raincoat in the raincoat bag had long disappeared.
He didn't have time to think and ran towards the cave.
Soon, the raindrops formed a curtain and turned into a downpour, lashing Wei Zi like a whip. Seeing that the cave was getting closer and closer, he wanted to speed up his pace, but his feet began to go weak, as if they were not listening to him. Grandma was right, the mud man was indeed afraid of the rainstorm.
He gritted his teeth and ran forward.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning streaked across his head, followed by a bolt of lightning. Before he could react, another bolt of lightning followed. Suddenly, he heard a loud bang. The bolt of lightning hit him. He fell into the mud without a sound and fainted.
The wet dry grass around him lit up, but it was quickly extinguished by the heavy rain.
A man in ragged clothes ran over from afar. He took off his wooden shoes and hit Wei Zi a few times. Wei Zi's body rolled forward a few steps. The lightning gathered on Wei Zi's body dissipated. He carried Wei Zi on his back and walked towards the brick kiln cave in front of him.
In the brick kiln, Wei Zi woke up groggily and opened his eyes slightly. It was dark all around him and he couldn't even see his fingers. He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but he felt a piercing pain in his left arm. He couldn't help but moan twice and struggled to get up. A pair of strong hands pressed on his shoulders.
"Don't get up yet. Your body is still very weak!”
The man lit up a faint flame. It was a lamp made of a dried oil snake.
Wei Zi narrowed his eyes and carefully sized up the man in front of him. Although his face was gentle, it was no longer unfamiliar. He opened his mouth and smiled slightly, revealing a set of yellow and black teeth, as well as that bright tooth. Wei Zi couldn't help but feel glad that he had met a good person.
"You're finally awake! Sigh, you almost lost your life. Why did you put a thunder stone in your bag?”
Weird, Wei Zi asked weakly in a low voice,"
"What did you say? Thunder stone? In my bag?"
"Yes, I found this thunderstone in your bag just now. No wonder the Thunder Guild hit you. This thunderstone guides lightning. It's extremely dangerous for you to carry it with you when walking in the rain!”
"I…didn't!"
Wei Zi argued, he had already guessed in his heart that the person who would do such a sinister thing, other than Wei Zi, would not be anyone else.
"Alright, you've finally escaped death. It's just that your left arm was burned by lightning!”
Wei Zi looked up and saw that the man was drenched. His long hair was still dripping with water, indicating that he was not afraid of the rain.
"Thank you for saving me. Aren't you afraid of the storm? So-you're not a dust man, you're not a mud man..."
The strange man seemed to have deliberately avoided Wei Zi's question and changed the topic."
"Do you go to school every day just to saw that piece of wood? Do you think that you can get a pass by cutting off that piece of wood when the ancient tree blooms?”
"How did you know?" Wei Zi was secretly shocked.
"Hehe, your grandma definitely didn't tell you that most mud people are as beautiful as summer flowers! When the first red flower bloomed on the Ancient Dragon Tree, the lives of many Mudmen had come to an end! Just like the Dust Man, he only saw the Ancient Dragon Tree sprout in his entire life! The Ancient Dragon Tree could not bloom, nor could the leaves fall, nor could the Ancient Dragon Tree be as magnificent as a silver tree!”
"What? What did you say? Ancient Dragon Tree? Is it the old tree in the school?"
"Of course not! The Ancient Dragon Tree was even older than that ancient tree, and it was even thicker and more luxuriant. It was the Tree of Life of the Far Valley Nation! Didn't your grandmother mention it?”
Wei Zi was shocked. How did this weirdo know his grandmother?
"You…who are you?"
"Hehe…"
The strange man didn't answer. He only let out a few low and strange laughter.
Suddenly, he put a finger to his lips, signaling Wei Zi to keep quiet."
"Shh-don't make a sound!"
After the man listened to the movements outside the cave, he immediately blew out the lamp in his hand. Darkness instantly enveloped the entire cave. Wei Zi's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know what was going to happen, but the storm outside had stopped.
"The rain has stopped…"
Wei Zi couldn't help but say something. The man suddenly reached out his hands and covered Wei Zi's mouth.
" Shh! There are robbers outside!"
"Robbers?" Wei Zi was so shocked that he forgot about the pain in his arm.
"Stone Golem bandits!"
The strange man said softly. Wei Zi was as quiet as a cicada in winter and held his breath.
He had heard from his grandmother that after some Stone Golems degenerated into bandits, they would trample on the rules of survival in the Far Valley Kingdom. They would be unscrupulous, burning, killing, robbing, and committing all kinds of evil.
At this moment, the sound of messy footsteps and a man's shouting came from outside the cave. It was getting closer and closer.
Wei Zi was so nervous that his heart was about to jump out. He pressed one hand on his chest and grabbed the strange man's arm tightly with the other.
In the darkness, the strange man took out a stone from somewhere and handed it to Wei Zi. He whispered to Wei Zi,"
"Take this. If the robbers come in and find us, use it to defend yourself!”
Wei Zi immediately took the stone and held it tightly in his hand, staring at the entrance of the cellar. Judging from the footsteps and voices outside, there were at least five or six robbers.
He thought that even if they each had a long spear in their hands, they would probably not be able to defeat the robbers who had the advantage in numbers, not to mention that he was only holding a stone in his hand and was still lying on the ground.
In the darkness, he felt a blue light flash from the stone in his hand. He blinked and looked down at the stone in his hand. He stared at it for a while, but the blue light was no longer there! Perhaps it was an illusion caused by his nervousness.
Messy footsteps came outside the cave, and a man's voice could be heard.
"I heard that there are hundreds of mud people living in the small town ahead. Why don't we go there and have some fun?”
"That's right. Why do we have to rest in this broken cellar?”
"Alright, that town isn't far from here anyway. Let's continue on our way!”
"Cut the crap! Hurry up and leave! When I get there, I want to slaughter them to my heart's content and eat and drink.”
"Haha…"
The voices and footsteps gradually faded away.
Wei Zi, who was in the cave, let out a long sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat off his forehead, and his heart calmed down. He casually put the stone into his bag, turned his head, and said to the strange man,
"That was close! Do we have to leave this place?"
"Yes, if you can hold on, go home quickly! Those robbers might come to your town and do evil! Be careful on the road!"
"My arm still hurts! However, I can walk. I have to rush back! How is father? Are you coming with me?"
"No, I have to stay here!"
Wei Zi looked at the crude and dark cave dwelling and asked curiously,"
"This cave doesn't even have a door. Aren't you afraid that the robbers will come back?”
Grandma had once told him that the Stone Golem robbers visited the town mainly to capture the reclusive and fleeing Mountain Hermit. If the man in front of him was Mountain Hermit, then his situation would be very dangerous! If he stayed in this broken cave, it was very likely that he would fall into the hands of those robbers at any time.
The strange man grinned, his sharp teeth shining in the darkness.
"Do you know what the Stone Golems are afraid of?”
Wei Zi answered without hesitation,"
"I heard Grandma say that Stone Golems are afraid of pressure!”
"Yes, they are afraid of pressure, but they can't live without pressure! Just like how the mud man was afraid of water, but could not live without water! Look, you've been drenched in the rain, but after you pulled yourself through, your bones have become even stronger!”
"Why do the Stone Golems need pressure?”
" If the stone people lose the effect of pressure, their bodies will quickly lose the gravity to survive, just like how calcium deficiency leads to bone thinning. Their bodies will easily fall apart, and then they will become mud people, and some even become dust people.”
"Why do some Stone Golems become ferocious robbers?”
The strange man with bright teeth had an extraordinary way of talking, so Wei Zi couldn't underestimate him. He wasn't as terrifying as he looked, and he seemed to know a lot of things. He was not an ordinary person-he might be Chongshan.
"All Stone Golems look forward to leveling up one day and becoming a Great Mountain Master. If they want to become a Great Mountain Master, they have to increase the gravity of their own survival. Some Stone Golems will use evil ways to increase the pressure of survival in order to achieve their goals quickly.”
The strange man reignited the lamp. Under the flickering light, his face looked even more terrifying, but Wei Zi was no longer afraid and stared at his face.
He noticed that Wei Zi was carefully sizing him up, so he pointed outside and urged,"
"Heh, it's getting dark and your vitality has recovered. You can get up and go home.”
"But you still haven't told me who you are.”
"When the time comes, you will naturally know everything!”
"When?"
"When you don't want to know!"
"What is it? I don't understand what you mean!"
"Hehe, until you know everything without wanting to know, possess everything without wanting to possess, enjoy everything without wanting to enjoy, and achieve everything without wanting to achieve!”
As he spoke, he ruffled his messy hair with his hand and pulled out a louse from his hair with two fingers. He looked at it and saw that the louse's stomach was bulging.
He put the louse into his mouth and chewed it lightly with his teeth. It was like chewing melon seeds. With a crisp sound, the louse was chewed to death.
Wei Zi looked at him in a daze. His behavior was indeed strange, but his profound words made Wei Zi respect him.
"If you don't leave now, you'll have to stay here tonight. It just so happens that the female lice on my body are about to give birth, and I'm looking for a place! Perhaps she will take a fancy to your body! Hehe!"
When Wei Zi heard this, his scalp went numb. He immediately jumped up from the ground and walked towards the cave entrance as if his feet were covered with a layer of oil.
"Thank you for saving me! I have to go! I'll come here to visit you tomorrow morning!”
Wei Zi carefully walked out of the cave and found that the night was falling on the ground. The surroundings were quiet and there was no sign of the robbers. He let out a long sigh.
The air after the rain was fresh and cool, with a hint of the fragrance of flowers and plants. He took a deep breath and his nervous heart immediately relaxed a lot.
He quickly walked home, praying silently in his heart as he walked. God bless the town from being robbed! May my father be safe and sound!
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