inspire-indiana Chapter 274 Bird's Nest on the Tree
Chapter 274 Bird's Nest on the Tree
"As long as the old man likes it." Chu Tian said, and took out a small piece of barbecue from his arms, "And more."
Ye Luo was not polite and took the barbecue and continued to eat it, while he said vaguely: "Boy, do you really want to learn hunting?"
"Yes!" Chu Tian said firmly. He desperately needed to survive, and in this world, hunting was the best choice.
Ye Luo narrowed his eyes and looked at Chu Tian, "You have amazing talents and are a good candidate for martial arts. It's a pity..." He shook his head and didn't continue.
"What a pity?" Chu Tian asked.
Ye Luo smiled, "Nothing. If you want to learn how to hunt, you must first learn how to observe." He pointed to a big tree in the distance, "Do you see the bird's nest on that tree?"
Chu Tian looked in the direction where Ye Luo's finger pointed, and sure enough, he saw a bird's nest hidden among the branches.
"I saw it."
"How many chicks are there in that nest?"
Chu Tian observed carefully for a moment and said, "Three."
Ye Luo shook his head, "Wrong, there are four."
Chu Tian was stunned, and looked carefully again, but still only saw three chicks. He looked at Ye Luo in confusion, "Old man, I'm sure there are only three."
Ye Luo smiled mysteriously, "The fourth one is hiding. It is more alert than the other three and knows how to hide itself better. This is its survival instinct."
Chu Tian was shocked. He didn’t expect Ye Luo’s observation ability to be so sharp.
In the following days, Chu Tian followed Ye Luo to learn hunting skills. Ye Luo not only taught him how to track prey and set traps, but also taught him how to identify herbs and how to survive in the wild. Chu Tian made rapid progress. In just a few months, he went from a hunting novice to an experienced hunter.
However, as time went by, Chu Tian discovered that Ye Luo had many strange things. He was energetic during the day, but always drowsy at night, and he always had a faint smell of herbs on his body, but he never said what the herbs were for.
One night, Chu Tian sneaked into Ye Luo's room while he was asleep. He found a wooden box hidden under Ye Luo's bed, which was filled with various herbs and some strange spells. Chu Tian picked up a spell curiously, which had some symbols he had never seen before.
Just then, Ye Luo suddenly coughed, waking Chu Tian up.
"What are you doing?" Ye Luo's voice was hoarse and low, with a hint of barely perceptible anger.
Chu Tian was startled and quickly put the talisman back into the wooden box, "I...I..."
"Are you curious about my secret?" Ye Luo slowly sat up, his eyes sharp, "I knew you would find out sooner or later."
Chu Tian swallowed nervously, "Old man, who... who are you?"
Ye Luo sighed and said, "I was originally a cultivator, but because I violated the sect's rules, I was expelled from the sect and ended up here."
"A cultivator?" Chu Tian was full of doubts, "Then...what are those spells..."
Ye Luo did not answer, but took out a palm-sized jade bottle from the wooden box and handed it to Chu Tian, "Drink it."
"What is this?" Chu Tian asked vigilantly.
"A medicine that can make you stronger." Ye Luo said lightly.
Chu Tian hesitated for a moment, but finally took the jade bottle and opened the cork. A strange fragrance came to his nose. He drank it all in one gulp, and felt a warm current flowing through his body, full of strength.
"What kind of medicine is this?" Chu Tian asked in surprise.
Ye Luo did not answer, but said meaningfully: "Now, you are my disciple."
In the following days, Ye Luo began to teach Chu Tian the way of cultivation. Chu Tian discovered that what Ye Luo taught was not an ordinary way of cultivation, but an extremely strange method that required absorbing the essence and blood of various animals to improve cultivation.
Chu Tian was somewhat resistant at first, but as his strength grew, he gradually became addicted. He began to hunt all kinds of animals crazily, even at the cost of killing innocent creatures.
A year later, Chu Tian had changed beyond all recognition. His eyes were filled with killing and desire, and he no longer had the kindness and innocence he once had.
However, Ye Luo was becoming weaker and weaker, as if his vitality was being sucked away bit by bit by Chu Tian...
One day, Chu Tian asked Ye Luo for the elixir that could improve his cultivation again, but Ye Luo shook his head and said, "My life is almost coming to an end. You don't need my help anymore."
"No, Master, I need you!" Chu Tian roared, his eyes full of madness, "I want to become even stronger!"
Ye Luo looked at Chu Tian who was completely consumed by desire, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, "You have gone astray, Chu Tian."
Chu Tian suddenly attacked and grabbed Ye Luo's neck, "Transfer your power to me! Otherwise I will kill you!"
Ye Luo was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, his face flushed, but he was powerless to resist. He looked at Chu Tian, his eyes full of disappointment and sadness. "You... you really... have changed..." He uttered a few words with difficulty.
Chu Tian's eyes flashed with madness, "Stop talking nonsense! Pass your skills to me!"
Ye Luo smiled bitterly, "My skills... cannot be taught... It requires you... to comprehend it yourself..."
"Understand?" Chu Tian roared, "Do you think I'm stupid? You obviously don't want to give it to me!"
He exerted force on his hands, and Ye Luo's breathing became weaker and weaker.
At this moment, Chu Tian suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his dantian. He screamed, loosened his hand that was pinching Ye Luo's neck, and rolled on the ground, holding his stomach.
"You...what did you do to me?" Chu Tian asked in pain.
Ye Luo coughed violently a few times, took a breath, and said, "I knew... this day would come... so I... poisoned your medicine..."
Chu Tian's eyes widened, full of disbelief, "You...you actually..."
Ye Luo laughed bitterly and said, "I would rather... kill you with my own hands... than... see you... become a... devil..."
Chu Tian's body began to twitch, his face became paler and paler, and his vitality was rapidly draining away.
"You...you will not die well..." Chu Tian cursed with his last bit of strength.
Ye Luo closed his eyes, and two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes. He lay on the ground powerlessly, feeling the passing of life.
Chu Tian's body gradually stopped twitching, and his eyes opened wide, filled with unwillingness and fear.
he died.
Ye Luo also died.
The cave was completely silent, with only the sound of the wind howling.
……
Ten years later.
A young hunter came to the cave.
His name is Lin Feng, and he is a hunter from a nearby village.
He heard from the old people in the village that there was an old immortal living in the cave who could teach people how to practice Taoism.
Lin Feng has always dreamed of becoming a powerful hunter, so he decided to try his luck.
He walked into the cave and found it empty except for a pile of bones and a dilapidated wooden box.
Lin Feng opened the wooden box and found it was filled with various herbs and some strange talismans.
He picked up a talisman out of curiosity, on which were some symbols he had never seen before.
Suddenly, he felt a powerful force surge into his body from the talisman.
He felt his body filled with strength and his senses became unusually sharp.
He could hear the breathing of animals in the distance, and he could smell the scents of various plants in the air.