Chapter 203 Diao Chan's Beast
Xi Zhicai's heart moved and was asking again. Suddenly he heard a rushing sound outside. His expression changed, he shook his clothes and stretched out his hand, and the red light was shining brightly, reflecting the whole hut.
"Don't be nervous." The old man chuckled and waved his hand, "It's okay, sit down and drink."
Xi Zhicai glanced at the old man, hesitated for a moment, sat down again, and returned the sword to the sheath. The red light converged, but the old man's eyes lit up, and the originally turbid eyes suddenly became clear and transparent, revealing a rare curiosity.
"This sword..."
"Chixiao."
The old man blinked and stretched out his hand. Xi Zhicai smiled, held Chi Xiao upside down, and handed it to his hand. The old man took the sword, held the hilt in his hand, took a deep breath, and the Chi Xiao sword trembled slightly, and the red light illuminated his old face.
Xi Zhicai's eyes shrank and he couldn't help but be shocked. The old man who even forgot his name seemed to be above him.
"The old legend says, isn't the magic weapon of the butcher's knife a single sword? When did it become a sword?" The old man returned the sword to Xi Zhicai, returned to his uncontested appearance, and murmured: "Is it because I am old and remembered wrong?"
Xi Zhicai raised his eyebrows: "Old man, you remember correctly. It should have been a knife. However, that knife... is not in our hands, so he had to replace it with Chixiao."
"That's right." The old man responded, without saying anything. Xi Zhicai didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and asked back: "Old man, what kind of magical thing was he just now, and the movement was so great."
The old man smiled and said, "It's nothing. It should be that the Xianbei divine beast was alarmed. No one can make such a big noise except it."
"The divine beast of the Xianbei people? What kind of divine beast is it?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it either." The old man laughed: "I have only heard its sound, but it's still a few mountains. It sounds like a drumbeat, and it's quite scary. The tigers, leopards and other beasts in the mountains are so scared that they shivered."
Xi Zhicai Daqi: "The Xianbei people have such divine beasts?"
"Yes, that's what the old people said. However, after the Xianbei people walked out of the Dandaling, the divine beast did not follow and stayed here. It turned out that it was fine, but there was no movement for decades. After August last year, I don't know what happened, but suddenly became jubilant. Recently, it was even more troublesome. It seems that the Xianbei people may have encountered trouble. The divine beast sensed it."
When Xi Zhicai heard the word August, he felt a little numb. He concluded that the abnormality of the divine beast was related to Liu Bian's awakening. Just as Guan Yu, Dian Wei, Sun Jian and others realized it at the same time. Xun Yu once guessed that Liu Bian's awakening interfered with the vitality of heaven and earth, and a large number of people realized it one after another. Now it seems that Xun Yu is far from aware of the seriousness of the danger.
Not only are there many people who have realized it, but there are also many strange beasts that have awakened. As for enemies or friends, it is not certain at the moment. However, he knew that the emperor Liu Bian was fighting against the Xianbei people on the grassland. The Xianbei people's divine beasts were uneasy. Is the Xianbei people going to be unlucky or Liu Bian? Liu Bian's dragon was not around, so he rushed to the Xuanming Sea to slaughter the dragon. If the dragon died, the Xianbei people's divine beasts came out of the mountain to help. Does Liu Bian still have a chance?
Will the Xianbei people enter the Central Plains because of this?
Xi Zhicai was silent for a long time and made a choice.
"Old man, where do that divine beast usually appear?"
...
There are several small hills around Xuelang Lake. The hillside is not high and the slope is relatively gentle. There is only a gap at the southern end. The Abugai River flows in from here and gathers into a lake. Some unknown plants and trees grow by the lake. If it is in spring and summer, it may be considered lush. It is late autumn now, and the leaves have already fallen, leaving only dead branches and leaves, trembling in the cold wind.
Liu Bian led more than thirty Guards to the hillside on the north side, where Lu Bu found the traces of the giant wolf. Under Lu Bu's guidance, Liu Bian saw the footprints. The footprints were nearly twice as large as other footprints, and the depth was unique. They were unique among the many footprints and could be seen at a glance.
"This wolf is not small," said Dong Bai: "It's twice as big as an ordinary wolf."
"Yes, judging from its stride, it's almost the same as an ordinary horse." Lu Bu was moved: "If this wolf could be conquered as his natal beast, the wolf rider might be able to surpass the dragon rider."
"You think so beautifully." Zhang Xiu glared at Lu Bu in dissatisfaction: "No matter when, the dragon cavalry is the strongest cavalry."
"Hehe, I admit that the soldiers of the Dragon Rider are all warriors, but unfortunately you are not a dragon." Lu Bu was in a good mood and started fighting with Zhang Xiu: "If Xu Huang commanded the Dragon Rider, I believe he is better than you. However, even if Xu Huang commanded the Dragon Rider, he still has problems that he cannot solve. I can find a giant wolf as his natal beast. Where will he find the Dragon?"
Zhang Xiu was speechless and could only spit out a mouthful of disdain.
Liu Bian ignored them. He closed his eyes and injected his mind into the sea of consciousness of the eagle. The eagle shook its feathers, flapped its wings, rushed into the sky, spread its wings and soared. After hovering in the air, Liu Bian discovered the giant wolf.
His whole body was snow-white, as big as a foal, standing on a huge rock, looking south.
More than thirty wolves were scattered in the shadows of the mountain beside it, which seemed completely irregular, but when you carefully identify them, you can see that these wolves were just surrounding a guard circle, just like the guard camp around it.
The wolf stood quietly on the huge rock, motionless. When the big eagle flew over its head, it seemed to sense something. It raised its head, looked at it, shook its neck, and its snow-white hair flew in the night wind. It lowered its head, turned around and walked for two steps, stopped again, and looked south again.
At the end of its sight, it was the hillside where Liu Bian and others were. It seemed to be particularly attractive to it, making it reluctant to leave.
"It's a good wolf." Liu Bian praised: "It's still very spiritual."
"Is that right?" Lu Bu was ecstatic, wishing he could fly into the sky like Liu Bian and see the snow wolf with his own eyes.
"It dared not come, maybe because it knew we were here and was reluctant to leave, and the same water source might never be found nearby."
"What should I do?" Lu Bu was stunned. He was so far away. He couldn't conquer the wolf. Even Liu Bian had to conquer the eagle. "Or what if I lead the wolf rider to round it up?"
"Don't be anxious." Liu Bian comforted: "Wait a little longer, if you can wait for it to come by itself, that's the best."
Dong Bai suddenly said: "I think it may not be the only thing attracting it. If it is just for drinking water, it can go around the south without taking such a big risk."
Liu Bian was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement: "It's reasonable."
With Liu Bian's permission, Dong Bai laughed and turned his head. He was about to show off with Diao Chan, but he saw Diao Chan's face turned red, white, and biting her teeth. Her eyebrows were slightly frowned. She seemed to be holding back something. She couldn't help but blurt out, "What's wrong with you?"
"I..." Diao Chan covered her chest, and she wanted to speak but stopped.
Liu Bian also noticed Diao Chan's strangeness and frowned. He reached out to pat Diao Chan's back, but found Diao Chan trembling.
"Are you cold? Tell you not to follow me, you have to come."
"No, I'm not cold." Diao Chan raised her head and looked at Liu Bian with charming eyes. Liu Bian smiled bitterly, thinking that at this time and place, it seems that it is not appropriate for you to look at me with this look. He was about to speak, but Diao Chan suddenly turned her head and looked at the calm lake. Liu Bian followed her gaze and saw a few ripples on the lake surface slowly rippling. If he hadn't had his extraordinary eyesight, he would have almost no idea of the existence of this ripples.
Liu Bian immediately understood the reason for Diao Chan's abnormality: "Is there something in the water?"
"Yes." Diao Chan nodded, subconsciously moved closer to Liu Bian, and her body trembled even harder.
Liu Bian immediately reminded: "Everyone is far away from the lake."
When the Kogus heard this, they rushed over immediately, surrounded Liu Bian in the middle, and retreated together. Liu Bian took his mind back from the big eagle, pulled out the black knife, and walked step by step to the lakeside.
With a light "slam", a black shadow jumped up from the lake and fell into the water. This time Liu Bian saw it clearly. This was a thin little animal, not a beast, with a black body, but there seemed to be a white line on his back. The moment he jumped out of the water, it seemed to look at the lake, looking at something, but not daring to get close.
Liu Bian pondered for a moment and raised his hand: "Diao Chan, come."
Diao Chan was puzzled, but she didn't dare to disobey. She carried her skirt and walked over tremblingly. Liu Bian held her hand in reverse and chuckled, "If I guess well, this thing should have something to do with you."
"Me?" Diao Chan pointed at her nose in surprise, looking disbelief. She had just heard Liu Bian talk to Lu Bu about his natal beast for a long time, but she didn't expect that she might have a natal beast, and was shocked by Liu Bian's words.
Liu Bian didn't say much and ordered: "Close your eyes and relax your mind. No matter what you see, don't be afraid."
Diao Chan nodded and closed her eyes. Liu Bian put the black knife into the water, and a thought penetrated into the lake along the black knife.
Liu Bian saw a pair of small eyes, a pair of blurred and spiritual eyes. In the dark lake water, only these eyes emitted a faint light. When Liu Bian adapted to the dark environment, he vaguely saw a small beast, a small beast about the same as a squirrel. Its body was round and slender, with a long and large tail, which was gracefully slashing slowly in the water. Its whole body was pitch black. If it weren't for Liu Bian's extraordinary eyesight, he would not have noticed its existence.
Diao Chan's body trembled, and her face showed incredible joy.
Dong Bai and others were stunned, watching a black shadow appear on the lake surface. The black shadow cut a wave of water and swam towards the shore, carefully climbed up the shore, leaned on the dead grass on the shore, looked up timidly, and gently shook the tail in the water. On its back, there was a white line from the end of its nose to the tip of its tail. In the darkness, people could not see its body clearly, as if they only saw the white line shaking gently.
After a while, it seemed that everyone on the shore had no malice. The little beast lies on the ground and walks to Diao Chan's feet, bit Diao Chan's skirt, rubs it, and screams with a "squeak". Diao Chan opens her eyes, looks at the little beast under her feet, and squats down involuntarily and stretches out her hand. The little beast cries again, climbs up along Diao Chan's arm, leans on her shoulder, sticks out her tongue, and licks Diao Chan's face.
Chapter completed!