Chapter Seventy-Three: The Skinners (I)
The cry of the pheasant is similar to that of the domestic chicken, except that the pheasant can fly, but the domestic chicken cannot fly, and I dare not go too fast, nor do I dare to move too much, for fear of scaring the pheasant away, then my dinner will be ruined. I picked a few small stones and began to find the best place to throw, and the pheasant seemed to have a nest in a large dead tree behind him, and would not leave it, and I was even more satisfied, for I was afraid that it would run away.
Carefully finding the best position for me to see the pheasant's entire trajectory, I weighed the rocks and thought to myself that I had to hit them, and that I had to hit them in one hit, otherwise I would scare it away and it would be difficult to find it again.
Seeing the pheasant's head, I grabbed a stone and smashed it hard, I can confirm that the angle, strength, and speed of my throw are just right, but the stone is dangerously close to the pheasant's neck and smashed on the trunk of the dead tree behind it, yes, so startled, the pheasant suddenly flew up, but fortunately it looked left and right, and did not see me, that is, although it was aware of the existence of the crisis, but when it did not find the enemy approaching, the vigilance was not enough to let it fly away from this area quickly.
In this way, I have a second chance, licked my dry lips, I am so hungry, I have drunk a few sips of water during the day, I haven't eaten seriously, if I can't catch this pheasant tonight, I'm afraid I will be angry if I don't starve to death, this opportunity is really rare, I have to grasp it!
But I was about to throw it a second time, but before the stone was raised, I saw the pheasant turn and burrow into the hollow beside the branch, and it turned out that the trunk of the tall dead tree had been hollowed out, and since it had burrowed into the hollow, wouldn't I have quietly blocked the entrance to the hollow, and I could catch the pheasant? Thinking about it, I hurried to the trunk of the dead tree, and I measured the trunk of this tree, and it was enough for a person to hold it so thick.
Just about to climb up, I suddenly found that there is a tree hole at the bottom of the dead tree trunk, and this tree hole is not small, dare to love the upper and lower two tree holes are connected, that is better, I ran to the top to block the tree hole above, and then slammed the tree trunk, then the pheasant had to fall, from the bottom of the tree hole to escape, I just need to wait for the rabbit, I can catch the pheasant. Come to think of it, I'm so smart.
Loaded with a large handful of dead grass, I quickly climbed up the trunk, don't look at the thickness of the trunk, it is still not enough for me to climb three or two times, and after a while I went up to the branch, fortunately the solidity of the branch can bear my weight, I saw the hole in the tree, I did not look at it more, for fear that the pheasant will come out again, my range of activity on this is too small, I really come out of here I can not catch it.
I quickly blocked the hole in the tree hole above with dead grass, and then I jumped off the ground with a smile on my face.
Now I'm going to find some soft and strong bark, split it into thin threads, weave a rope sleeve, and put it in the hole in the tree below, and once the pheasant escapes from here, I only need to rein in the rope to catch the pheasant, which is wonderful!
In order to save time, I simply made a rope noose, but it was still strong, and placed it at the hole in the tree hole below, and then turned to find a wooden stick, and struck the dead trunk hard, and the empty muffled sound came out, and the more I listened, the more excited I became, and imagined what a wonderful thing it would be when I roasted the pheasant and feasted on it.
"Huh?" I was knocking on the trunk of the tree, I was surprised to smell a fishy smell, this smell was very much like some kind of bloody smell, and the smell was very much like the smell of rotten something, the two together, fishy and smelly, it was so bad, I hurriedly covered my nose, and looked around to see where the smell came from, but looking around, I was surprised to find that the smell was actually floating out of the hole in the tree hole below, and the smell was getting stronger and stronger, I didn't even dare to breathe, every time I breathed I felt like ......vomiting" What's this stuff in there? Could it be that some other critter died inside? The smell of decomposing corpses? Maybe it was the pheasant that fell and hit the rotten thing that stirred up the smell so much, huh! ”
I reluctantly agreed with my idea, but soon I couldn't stand it anymore, so I turned slightly to the side, thinking that as soon as the pheasant came out, I would pull the rope at once, so that the smell would not be so strong when I stood behind the trunk of the tree.
"Stepped on!" Suddenly, I screamed and pulled the rope, and I just felt that the rope was touched by something, but when I pulled the rope, it was a shock, because I found that I couldn't pull it, uh...... What's going on? Could it be that pheasants are heavy? No, how much a pheasant can weigh, not so much that I can't pull it, I hurriedly dragged it with both hands, and my body came to the tree hole step by step.
When I looked down, I was so frightened that I almost peed my pants, only to see that what I was covered with was a bloody human head, and the head had no hair, no face and no scalp, not even on the neck, only ...... Only bloody rotten corpses, what the hell is this? No skin!
"Ahh I screamed, and suddenly realized that I was still using a rope around the ghost's neck, and hurriedly threw away the rope, but the skinless ghost's bulging eyes stared at me, the pupils were blood-red, and the neck and mouth seemed to be rotten to the point of decay, but shouldn't the ghost be a vain thing? Could this be some kind of zombie or something? Soon I realized that I was wrong, because the figure of this ghost appeared from time to time, and I could be sure that it was a ghost, a living ghost!
As soon as I let go of the rope, the skinless living ghost suddenly opened its bloody mouth, and a smell of extreme fishiness suddenly hit my face, and I screamed in fright and turned to run, shouting loudly as I ran: "Master! Master, help! ”
"I want skin...... I want human skin...... "Although I ran frantically, it was difficult to run fast in such a rough place, and not far away, I could still clearly hear the hoarse and low ghost cry of the skinless living ghost, and the creak of squeezing the flesh as it burrowed out of the tree, and the more I listened to it, the more terrified I became, and goosebumps fell layer by layer. Mother, if you want to grow your own skin, I will never give you my own human skin!
I scolded in my heart, but my mouth kept shouting for help, I never thought that in such a place, catching a pheasant would lead to a skinless living ghost, the skin of this ghost must have been peeled off by someone, the death is really terrifying!
"Master, help! There's a skinner! I exclaimed loudly, and soon I seemed to hear that the skinning ghost had come out of the hole in the tree and was chasing me like a lightning bolt, and I was so frightened that I bared my teeth and strode away, thinking to myself why I didn't come out alone and take the spiritual whisker whip that Master had sacrificed for me. It's so stupid, I can't do anything without the whisker whip, but unfortunately the master said that the whisker whip can only be used unless it has to, otherwise the damage to innocent beings will be great, even if you can kill demons and subdue demons, it will create a lot of killing karma, so the master put the whisker whip into the yellow cloth bag for me, and the yellow cloth bag is on the master's body, I am so aggrieved, I can not have been so embarrassed, but at the moment it is extremely embarrassing......
As soon as I shouted Master, I only felt that my feet sank, and the whole person fell like a dog eating, and soon, a cold and piercing cold claw, slimy appeared on my ankle, that, the skinner actually grabbed my foot, I screamed and kicked and picked, but the cold claw was like a spike, deeply pierced into my flesh, and suddenly I screamed in pain!
"Mother's! What are you doing?! I looked back in horror, and saw that the skinner, whose whole body was covered in blood, began to peel my skin after piercing my flesh with both hands, and I was suddenly frightened, but no matter how hard I tried to kick it, it was indifferent, and soon tore a crack in my ankle so hard that I almost fainted...... "Get out of here!" Master! Master, save me, Master!! ”
"I want skin...... I want human skin......"
The terrible sound that seemed to come from hell, like a heavy stone, hit my heart again and again, I gritted my teeth fiercely, kicked it hard again, and sure enough, I kicked the bloody skinner, but my ankle had also been cracked a big wound, and the blood flowed, but I didn't care so much, I got up and ran quickly, and the slightest rapid sound behind me also seemed that the skinners were chasing after me.
After running more than a dozen steps, I turned back sharply, but I saw the skinner's low scream and rush up, my whole person suddenly stiffened, just when the skinner was about to throw me to the ground, a peachwood sword blocked in the air, and the sword body slashed at the skinner's arm with a strong wind, but the strange thing is that the peachwood sword split on the skinner's arm, it was like cutting into the cotton, and it fell into it all of a sudden, and the appearance of the master made me feel that I had returned to the world from hell at once, but the master frowned at the moment, and shouted in surprise: " Why can't the peachwood sword be pulled out after slashing in?! ”
The skinners suddenly screamed in pain, and the other bloody arm slammed into the master's chest, which actually knocked the master back a few big steps, and even the peachwood sword was lost, and it was now deeply embedded in the flesh and blood of the skinner. The skinner screamed violently, swung his other bloody palm, slapped the peachwood sword away, and dodged onto a tree branch not far away.