deer

While Zhao Jingyan was wondering where the ape-man came from, Li Pingan was deep in thought. She looked down and saw the green trees and mountains, and the human figures on the ground were so small that she couldn't see them. But Li Pingan knew that Sister Hua would never let go.

The four of them flew from early morning to night until they saw the words "Blackwood City" under the moonlight. This time, the man did not stop outside the city, but flew straight into the city with the three of them.

"Wow~" As soon as they entered the city, Li Pingan and the other two screamed like bumpkins.

Li Ping'an's eyes widened. He thought that the Flower City was beautiful enough, but he didn't expect that the Black Wood City could be even better. There were mountains and rivers, and misty clouds. Even though it was already night, he could still see rows of colorful lights at the foot of the mountain. Under the lanterns were small vendors hawking their wares and a constant stream of pedestrians.

Just as Li Ping'an was immersed in the beautiful scenery, a scream was heard from a distance. Li Ping'an looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man with a white background and green stripes standing on a sword, swaying unsteadily, rushing towards Li Ping'an.

Seeing the boy getting closer and closer, Little Grape consciously changed direction without Li Ping'an saying anything, trying to stay away from the boy.

But who knew that the boy's sword might have been equipped with a radar. Even though Little Grape took Li Pingan to change positions several times, they were unable to escape the out-of-control boy.

Seeing that the distance between the boy and her was getting closer and closer, the man flying in front turned around and blocked Li Ping'an. Li Ping'an peeked behind him and saw that the expression on the boy's face gradually changed from panic at the beginning to horror. His eyes widened, his legs began to tremble, and then he closed his eyes and fell down with the sword under his feet.

Li Ping'an looked at the height from the ground in mid-air. He was a little anxious and thought that if he fell down, he would probably die. "He fell down." As he said that, he was about to ride Little Grape to chase him.

The man stopped Li Pingan, looking worried, "You are so kind-hearted."

"Don't worry, he won't die."

Sure enough, Li Ping'an saw that when the young man was about to fall to the ground, he suddenly regained control of the sword. After landing steadily, he raised his hands above his head, as if to express his apology to them.

I thought I could just hand over the things to my employer after entering Blackwood City, but unexpectedly, the man brought Li Pingan and the others to a courtyard halfway up the mountain and said, "You will stay here tonight."

After saying that, the man was about to leave.

Li Pingan quickly called out to him. Looking at Zhao Jingyan who was looking over here in the courtyard, Li Pingan breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his speculation, and said, "Thank you for what you did just now."

"Do you know where Wanmen Peak is?"

The man looked at Li Ping'an for a while, then turned to look at the Zhao Jingyan and her sister in the yard. He seemed to understand something, raised his eyebrows, smiled, turned around and left without saying a word.

Watching the man walk away, Zhao Jingyan came to Li Ping'an's side and asked, "How is it? Did you find out?"

Li Pingan didn't want to involve Zhao Jingyan and her sister, so he nodded when he heard this. "I've asked. I'll go find them after I get my reward tomorrow."

"Okay, we will go with you then." Zhao Jingyan patted his chest.

"No need, I can go with him."

Zhao Jingyan wanted to say something else, but Li Pingan suddenly said loudly, "I'm so hungry. You just left us here and didn't even care about feeding us?"

"I just looked and there is a small kitchen over there. Let's go and take a look." As he said that, Li Ping'an pulled Zhao Jingyan over.

The small kitchen doesn't look big from the outside, but when you go inside you'll find a different world, clean and tidy, as if it were daytime. The table is filled with delicious food, and even better, the food is all steaming hot.

"This place for cultivating immortals is indeed different." Li Ping'an sighed.

After eating and washing up, Li Ping'an went to one of the three rooms, one for each of them. He lay on the mahogany bed, unable to sleep for a while, and then he heard a burst of "meh" sounds.

Li Ping'an's eyes lit up when he heard this. Where did the sheep come from? So he turned over and sat up, opened the door and walked out.

Standing at the back door of the yard, Li Ping'an saw two deer, one big and one small, through the gap in the fence. They must be mother and son or mother and daughter.

The doe was holding a piece of grass in her mouth and scratching the ground in a small area with her front hooves. Although she had no intention of attacking Li Ping'an, Li Ping'an could sense her anxiety. The fawn next to her stared at Li Ping'an with wet eyes and bleated twice. It seemed that the sound just now was made by it.

After seeing Li Ping'an coming out from the back door, the doe turned around and started walking. The fawn jumped twice on the spot, then held Li Ping'an's clothes in its mouth, motioning her to follow.

It was so cute. Li Ping'an reached out and touched the deer's head. When the deer felt it, it stuck out its tongue and licked Li Ping'an's palm. It felt wet and itchy.

There must be few people in the woods, as the ground is covered with knee-high grass. The deer next to it is almost buried in the grass, but it must be used to it and is jumping around in the grass.

Gradually, the doe's speed began to increase, and Li Ping'an had to jog to keep up. The doe behind was getting faster and faster, and Li Ping'an could only try his best. Very good, this is the marathon training.

It can be seen that the doe seemed to want to speed up, but seeing that Li Pingan could not keep up, she had no choice but to compromise.

"I can't run anymore. I, I need to rest for a while." Li Ping'an really couldn't run anymore. He leaned against a tree and said breathlessly.

The doe walked up to Li Ping'an, looked at her gasping for breath, turned her head, and gestured for her to sit on its back.

"This, this is not good." Mainly because the doe was not very big, and Li Ping'an was afraid that he would be crushed to death if he sat on it.

But the mother deer persisted, and the fawn used its head to push her onto its back, so Li Ping'an had no choice but to climb up.

After getting on, before he could sit firmly, the doe started running again. Looking at the flowers, plants and trees flashing by, Li Pingan was now certain that these two deer had really accommodated him a lot.

After lying on the doe for a long time, Li Ping'an felt sleepy at an inopportune moment.

Just when she was half asleep and half awake, the doe slowed down. Li Ping'an noticed it, opened his eyes, and saw the doe kicking the fawn with her hind hooves, signaling it not to go over.

The fawn thought the mother deer was playing with it, and jumped around. Finally, the mother deer put down the grass in her mouth and made a few "yo" sounds, and the fawn reluctantly stayed where it was.

After making sure that the fawn would not catch up, the mother deer continued running with Li Pingan.

This time they didn't run for long and stopped at a cliff. The doe looked back at Li Ping'an on its back, and Li Ping'an was very considerate and climbed down immediately.

The doe put the grass in her mouth aside and stepped on it gently with her hoof. Then, she called out "Yo Yo" a few times towards the cliff. Her voice was not loud and carried a hint of sadness.

Then, a response came from the bottom of the cliff, a very childish "baa" sound, which must be a fawn, and the voice was very weak.

Hearing the fawn's cry, the mother deer became obviously anxious. She scratched the ground with her front hooves and kept making "yo yo" sounds from her mouth, as if trying to comfort the fawn.

Then, the doe knelt down on both knees with its head lowered, kneeling towards Li Pingan. Li Pingan knew that some animals could understand human nature, but he didn't expect this doe to be so human. He immediately stepped forward and pulled the doe up, "Let me try, let me try."

As if the doe understood that Li Ping'an agreed, she stood up and looked at Li Ping'an with the same wet eyes as the fawn just now.

Li Ping'an scratched his head and sighed to himself, wondering if this doe thought he was an immortal cultivator. He regretted that he agreed so quickly.

Li Ping'an took two steps toward the edge of the cliff, feeling the wind blowing up from the bottom of the cliff, and felt his legs shaking a little.

Walking to the edge of the cliff, Li Ping'an mustered up the courage to look down. Not far from the top of the cliff, there was a protruding rock, and a plum-spotted fawn was lying on the rock.

Li Ping'an estimated the distance, which was about ten meters high. If he was climbing alone, this height would definitely not be a problem, but now he had to carry a fawn with him, which would be a bit difficult.

It would be great if Little Grape were here, Li Pingan sighed, but looking at the little deer at the bottom of the cliff, Li Pingan felt that it probably wouldn't survive the night.

Forget it, let’s give it a try.

Li Ping'an pulled the vines on the tree beside the cliff, picked two thick and strong ones, and then slid down along the vines. Li Ping'an was originally worried that the fawn would run around and fall off the cliff because of fear of him, but the fawn must have been warned by its mother, and lay quietly on the rock.

Li Ping'an stopped on a stone around the deer, stepped on it, and found it was quite solid, so he let go of the vine and looked at the deer beside him.

Li Ping'an originally thought that the place where the deer was lying was a protruding rock. When he got closer, he found that there was a hole inside. With the help of moonlight, Li Ping'an took a look inside. It was dark and deep, and he couldn't see clearly what was inside.

From time to time, there was a cold wind blowing out, making people feel cold to the bones.

Li Ping'an stared at the black hole with his eyes wide open, as if he wanted to get in. The deer beside him bleated and woke Li Ping'an up.

She shook her head, feeling that this place was somewhat evil and she had to leave quickly.

Thinking that if it weren't for the deer's cry, he would have gone in, Li Ping'an touched its head.

Li Ping'an was a little surprised. He thought this fawn should be about the same size as the previous one, but he didn't expect it to be much smaller. At the same time, its plum blossom spots were a little blood red. Li Ping'an thought it was the fawn's blood. He touched the pattern on its head and found that it was its own color.

The little deer was very well-behaved. Even when Li Ping'an reached out to touch it, it didn't move. When he moved a little more, it just made a soft "mea" sound.

After picking up the fawn, Li Ping'an discovered that its right hind leg was severely scratched. The wound had not yet scabbed over, and the bones seemed to be a little crooked.

Li Pingan thought for a moment, took off his coat, and wrapped the fawn in it. He then tied it tightly with a vine and carried it on his back. "Be good and don't move. I'll take you up."

The little deer bleated obediently.