Chapter 969: Colt
"This horse... seems to have something to say." Xiaohu whispered softly. He slowly reached out his hand and gently stroked the horse's forehead. At this moment, a picture flooded into his mind like a tide. He saw a distant and dilapidated old house, which was filled with a decaying atmosphere. An old woman with a haggard face was lying on the bed, dying. And the horse was pacing around the old woman anxiously, with pain and helplessness in his eyes.
Xiaohu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at everyone in shock: "This horse has become a spirit. It is asking me for help. Its owner, its mother, is in danger." The villagers looked at each other, some were skeptical, some were amazed, but Xiaohu's expression made everyone realize that this matter was by no means ordinary.
Under the guidance of the horse, Xiaohu, Li Xin and several brave young people decided to embark on a journey to find the old house. Along the way, the horse was like a loyal guide, looking back from time to time to make sure they were not lost. They crossed the barren fields, climbed over the rocky hills, and finally found the old house in a valley covered with weeds.
The door of the old house was half-closed, making a creaking sound, as if telling the vicissitudes of time. Xiaohu and others walked into the yard carefully, and a strong smell of medicine hit them. They followed the smell to a dim room, and saw an old woman lying on the bed, her face as pale as paper, and her breath was weak.
Ma walked quickly to the bedside, rubbed the old woman's hand with his head, and tears flowed from his eyes. Xiaohu walked up and asked softly: "Old man, what happened to you?" The old woman slowly opened her eyes, saw Xiaohu and others, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes: "Save me... my child, in order to save me, it... it used a taboo method."
It turned out that the old woman was seriously ill and there was no cure. The horse was originally a spirit colt in the mountains. After years of cultivation, it had acquired human nature. In order to save its mother, it risked its life to enter a mysterious cursed place and stole a magical herb that was said to bring the dead back to life. However, the magical herb was cursed by the evil creature that guarded it. After the spirit colt came back with the magical herb, the old woman took a little of it, but her condition did not improve, but became worse. The spirit colt also suffered the backlash of the curse because of violating the taboo, and its magic power gradually dissipated. If the curse could not be lifted in time, both it and the old woman would lose their lives.
Xiaohu frowned, thought for a moment and said, "We will definitely find a way to save you." He thought of Master Chen in the village, who might know how to break the curse. So Xiaohu asked Li Xin to stay and take care of the old woman, while he and the others hurried back to the village with the spirit horse.
Master Chen frowned after hearing what happened. "This curse is extremely vicious. To break it, we need to find three treasures. One is the Ice Soul from the thousand-year-old snow mountain, the second is the pearl made from the tears of the deep-sea mermaid, and the third is the pistil of the underworld flower. Each of these three treasures is extremely rare and has a powerful protective power."
Xiaohu said without hesitation: "No matter how difficult it is, we have to try." So, they set out on an adventure again. The first stop was the thousand-year-old snow mountain. The snow mountain was cold and windy, and the blizzard was raging. Every step forward was extremely difficult. Xiaohu and others struggled to move forward in the snow, and their hands and feet had already been frozen and numb. Just when they were about to give up, the spirit horse suddenly exerted its strength. It used its body to open a path for everyone, and with its keen perception of spiritual energy, it led them to find the location of Bingpo.
Bing Po was sealed in a huge block of ice, surrounded by a biting cold. Xiao Hu picked up the "Sword of Light" and chopped at the ice. At the moment when the sword collided with the ice, a strong recoil force came, and Xiao Hu almost lost his grip on the sword. But he did not give up, swinging the sword again and again, and finally, the ice cracked and Bing Po appeared.
After getting the Bingpo, they rushed to the seaside without stopping, ready to look for the pearls made from the tears of the mermaids. At the seaside, they waited for a long time and finally attracted the mermaids. The mermaids have beautiful faces and fish tails, and they are very wary of humans. Xiaohu told the mermaids about the experience of the spirit horse and the old woman. The mermaids were moved by their kindness and courage and were willing to help them. One of the mermaids dived into the deep sea, and after a long time, he surfaced with a pearl emitting a soft blue light.
The last treasure is the pistil of the underworld flower. This means they are going to the underworld, a place full of danger and unknowns. Under the guidance of a mysterious wizard, Xiaohu and others found the entrance to the underworld. The entrance was filled with black mist, which made people shudder.
They walked into the underworld cautiously. There was a dead silence around them, with occasional screams. Along the way, they encountered attacks from various ghosts and evil spirits, but with Xiaohu's "Sword of Light" and everyone's courage, they escaped danger again and again. Finally, they found the red spider lily in a blood-red flower bush.
Just as Xiaohu was about to reach out to pick the stamens, a huge evil ghost suddenly jumped out from the flowers and rushed towards them with its fangs and claws bared. The evil ghost was so powerful that they could not resist it for a while. Just when Xiaohu and others were in trouble, the spirit horse suddenly neighed, and it rushed towards the evil ghost regardless of the danger of its own magic power dissipating. Its body emitted a faint light, and it fought a desperate battle with the evil ghost.
Xiaohu took the opportunity to pick the stamens of the red spider lily, and then joined the battle with everyone. With the power of the "Sword of Light" and the three treasures, they finally defeated the evil spirit.
With the three treasures, Xiaohu and others returned to the old house. According to Master Chen's instructions, they combined the ice soul, pearl and the pistil of the red spider lily to make a pill. After the old woman took the pill, her face gradually returned to rosy and her breath became much more stable.
As the spirit colt had used up its last bit of magic power, its body gradually became transparent. It looked at Xiaohu and the others with gratitude in its eyes: "Thank you, I... I'm leaving." After saying that, it turned into a beam of light and disappeared.
Just when everyone was feeling sad, the old woman suddenly pointed out the window and said in surprise: "Look!" A huge toad appeared in the yard, with a familiar light flashing in its eyes. Xiaohu's heart moved, he understood that this was the spirit colt willing to turn into a spirit toad in order to continue to accompany his mother.
The toad jumped to the bedside and gently rubbed the old woman's hand. The old woman was in tears and gently stroked its head. Xiaohu and others watched this scene with a lot of emotion in their hearts.
After returning to the village, Xiaohu told the villagers about his experience. This story about the spirit horse and the spirit toad became a new legend in the village and was passed down by word of mouth.