The Rural Doctor of the Mountain Spirit

  That was a fluffy face, full of ferocity, with fangs in its mouth. This face was now facing the direction of me and Er Gou, two fierce eyes staring straight at us.

  His lower body was hidden in darkness and couldn't be seen. However, from this face, I could already tell that it seemed to be a human bear.

  In this mountain forest, there are not a few ferocious beasts. There are often tigers and wolves that appear, now although such beasts have decreased in number, but in this poor and remote small mountain village, there are still such beasts.

  At this moment, the wild beast next to Niu Dan is a human bear. The human bear is a very ferocious animal, I heard that villagers said that in recent years, no one has seen a human bear appearing on the mountain nearby. But today, how did a human bear appear here?

  The moment I saw the bear-like man, both I and Er Gou were stunned on the spot. The bear-like man was not someone to be trifled with, this thing had boundless strength and was extremely ferocious.

  I and Second Dog suddenly didn't dare to move, standing in place stupidly staring at that human bear. I was worried that if we made a slight movement, the human bear would pounce over, and then Second Dog and I would be done for.

  Two dogs stood still on the spot, and whispered to me in a low voice: "Xiao Sen, what to do? Is it a bear or a human?"

  I was also panicked for a moment, but still comforted Er Gou: "Don't worry, there must be a way, don't rush."

  As I spoke, I started sweating all over. I found that facing this polar bear was not a normal tension. My heart felt empty and my whole body felt powerless.

  Just then, the human bear began to move. It slowly walked out of the darkness, its bear face becoming clearer and clearer, and its lower body also appeared. Although I and Er Gou were forcing ourselves not to move, our hearts were racing as we watched the human bear get closer and closer.

  Suddenly, the second dog on the side could no longer bear it. He let out a loud cry and turned to rush out of the cave. However, this guy didn't have a torch and unexpectedly couldn't find the entrance, instead he crashed head-on into the wall.

  The two dogs let out a miserable cry and fell directly to the ground, fainting away.

  The actions of the two dogs thoroughly enraged the bear man. The bear man suddenly let out a loud roar, stood up straight, and slammed his front paws heavily on the ground before charging towards me.

  When the human bear was running, I only felt that the sky was falling and the earth was shaking, and the whole world was trembling. At this moment, I had no room for choice. Seeing the human bear running over, I turned around and rushed out of the cave frantically.

  Behind me, people and bears are chasing after me non-stop, I can feel it. Because of the rumbling sound of the earth, they have been chasing after me relentlessly.

  I quickened my pace and used all my might, but I felt the bear slowly closing in on me. The bear was a big fellow, while I was just a young child.

  Soon, I was caught up by a giant bear. I suddenly felt that my back was hit by a huge force, and then my body slammed directly to the ground with a bang.

  After landing, I immediately turned around. All I saw was the human bear behind me, frantically rushing out and pounding my body with both fists.

  Legend has it that the bear likes to tear its prey in half before eating. At this moment, I was scared.

  Next, the giant bear jumped up high. Its two paws were trampling towards me, and in that instant, my instincts made me retreat backwards. It was just a little short of being trampled by the bear.

  The man-bear stretched out his front paws and grabbed me, then he pulled my upper body, incredibly wanting to tear me in half. My face was facing the man-bear's face, I saw him staring at me tightly, with a series of roars coming from his mouth.

  And my body felt a huge pulling force that ran through my entire body. I felt my bones cracking, and my flesh was being torn apart.

  In an instant, a sense of mortal fear swept over me.

  But just as I was hovering between life and death, something flashed through my mind - the drum at my waist.

  I seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, frantically and recklessly raising my own hands.

  Then, bang.

  And in that instant, my body fell directly to the ground. I felt like my bones had been scattered all over the place and I couldn't move at all. My consciousness was barely still clear, I lifted my head to look, only to see that the human bear's mouth was actually letting out a string of terrified roars.

  Then the bear went crazy and ran away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

  This is the second time I've witnessed the power of this drum, I never thought that this drum was indeed a spiritual object as Wu Xianyi said, used by the villagers to protect their village from poisonous insects and beasts. And at this moment, it became my protector. In the nick of time, it drove away that human-bear.

  I finally returned to the cave and found Niu Dan, who was on his last breath, and Er Gou, who had been knocked unconscious. The two of them were not in danger of losing their lives, but they were frightened and a bit disoriented.

  As for the hunting dog, unfortunately, it had thoroughly run out of breath. There was a habit in the village where no matter what time it was, the villagers would never eat dog meat. The village used to make a living by hunting, and during the hunt, the hunting dogs made quite a few contributions, so the villagers treated the dogs as if they were their own brothers, and therefore absolutely would not eat dog meat.

  I finally buried the hunting dog and returned to the village with Er Gou and Niu Dan.

  After going through this thing, I became more curious about the drum at my waist.

  And then something really happened, which confirmed my guess about this drum in my heart.

  Not far from our village, there is a river. It wasn't until ten or so days after the encounter with the wild man that Er Gou and Niu Dan returned to normal. The two of them suddenly forgot about what had happened that day and started jumping around again.

  That day, the three of us came to the riverbank. Because of the bear's incident, the hunters in the village hadn't gone up the mountain to hunt for a while, as there was a bear on that mountain and it would be dangerous if they encountered one. And we kids were also strictly forbidden from going up the mountain during this time, so we went to the riverbank to catch fish instead.

  After arriving at the riverbank, Er Gou and Niu Dan returned to their true nature and suddenly jumped into the water. I stood on the shore watching them, but didn't rush to get in the water.

  The two of them held fishing spears in their hands and started stirring up the water non-stop, but after stirring for half a day, they didn't even catch one fish. And I walked to the riverbank, suddenly remembering that idea that had been in my heart for a long time.

  I think this drum is absolutely not just something that can intimidate me and pose a danger to me, I think this drum should have other uses. As for what use, I'm not too clear. However, I have an idea in my mind, wanting to experiment with it.

  I stood by the river and watched as Er Gou and Niu Dan continued to splash around in the water, so I called out to them: "You two stop messing around, is it worth the effort?"

  "Xiao Sen, you only know how to talk big. We've worked hard, what have you done?"

  I said to Er Gou and Niu Dan: "You two come up first, I'll let you take a look."

  Two dogs and Niu Dan looked puzzled, but still came ashore. The two of them approached me with a confused expression and asked: "What's going on?"

  At this time, I took out the drum from my waist and slapped it against the water surface with a loud "bang". In that instant, at least ten or more fish jumped up from the water, all of them extremely plump.

  I was shocked, staring blankly at the fish jumping out of the water. As I continued to beat the drum, the fish in the water also kept jumping up, and soon more than a dozen fish jumped onto the shore.

  Niu and Er Gou saw this, their mouths were almost big enough to swallow an egg.

  My heart has even more respect for this drum. In fact, I don't treat it as a tool, and I even think that this drum really has life and thoughts.

  But while I was having fun, something big was quietly happening in the village.

  Wu Xianyi had been locking himself in his room all this time. Today, when I came back home with the fish, Wu Xianyi finally came out of his room.

  But when I saw him, I was startled.

  Because I saw Wu Xianyi get old, he actually got old by a full twenty years in just over ten days.

  At this moment, his head was full of white hair, and his face was covered with wrinkles, looking extremely terrifying.

  And I was startled by him the moment I saw him.