Chapter 288: What could the household god be if not the Rabbit God?
You don't really think I'm a rabbit...
When Xie Yuchuan fell into a misconception, Tu Huan's first words brought his attention back.
"Xie Yuchuan:..."
Tu Huan glanced at the screen. Good, it finally stopped popping up like crazy.
She said to Xie Yuchuan, "Calm down and don't let your imagination run wild here."
A look of embarrassment flashed across Xie Yuchuan's face, and he nodded secretly.
Tu Huan turned to face the NPC Heng'e in the base, "I'm not your Jade Rabbit."
Seeing that the other person was about to cry, Tu Huan hurriedly said, "But I can help you look for it here."
Sure enough, the NPC's expression brightened up, revealing a smile that captivated everyone. He said happily, "Then please follow me."
After saying that, he turned around and walked back.
As Heng'e turned around, a message popped up in front of Tu Huan's glasses:
[Please help the ancient fairy Chang'e to find her companion, the Jade Rabbit. This will increase Chang'e's favor and goodwill, and unlock tourist attractions in the base.]
Ever since Tu Huan was bound by the system, she has been bombarded with tasks one after another. She finally managed to get some peace and quiet recently, and found an experience project that she could then project onto the moon to complete the task.
"Isn't this an experiential version of early childhood science education?" Tu Huan was helpless, but still clicked the [Accept] button out of habit.
When the household god was talking to Chang'e, Xie Yuchuan stood by without saying a word and never left the room.
The scattered mind returned to its place because of a word from the family god.
From the tone of their conversation, he finally understood that what he had just thought was indeed all nonsense.
Although he didn't speak, he was observant and soon discovered some subtle differences between Chang'e, the Lord of the Moon Palace, and the Xie family god.
When Chang'e turned around, he found that the white rabbit did not follow her immediately, but sat on the cloud for a while, and then called him to follow.
"Let's go into the main hall and take a look."
"good."
In order to prevent Xie Yuchuan from getting emotionally unstable and causing the same situation that almost suffocated her just now, Tu Huan simply kept a cloud of auspiciousness and walked along with Xie Yuchuan.
Xie Yuchuan was very upset about his momentary disorder, but there was not much change on his handsome face, and his eyes looking at Bai Tu were still gentle and respectful.
When he was outside the gate, he thought that the household god had revealed his true form in a place like the moon. Although it was different from the answer he had imagined before, he also felt that the appearance of a white rabbit like this one was very good.
I don't want to make such a big joke.
But jokes aside, because of this small "misunderstanding", Xie Yuchuan unexpectedly developed a huge curiosity about the true appearance of the household god.
He raised his eyes to look at Chang'e's graceful back. He was lucky enough to have seen such an ethereal back before.
"Xie Yuchuan: If the household deity isn't a rabbit, then... what is its true form?"
Tu Huan happened to just read these words when the auspicious clouds under her seat suddenly swayed left and right.
"House God! Watch out!"
Xie Yuchuan was always worried that she would fall from the light white clouds...
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There was a rustling sound outside the thatched hut.
The silence of the night easily amplifies any small sound. At first, the Xie family members who were sleeping in the house did not notice it, but due to inertia, there was always someone who was awake and keeping watch every hour.
Even though they are now fugitives, the Xie family's rules have never been abandoned.
At one o'clock in the morning, the person on guard was Xie Chang'an. He was lying awake on the hay, with his head resting on his arms.
At first, he didn't think much of it, but when he noticed that the tiny sounds seemed to be getting closer and closer to them, he listened for a while and heard that the sounds were already approaching. He turned over and sat up from the straw mat, staring at the source of the sounds with sharp eyes.
In order not to disturb others' normal rest, Xie Changan quietly left the straw mat, crawled directly on the ground, put his ears to the cold soil, and carefully identified what the sound outside was.
Zhou Chuan beside him opened his eyes dazedly, caught a glimpse of his strange posture, and blinked with difficulty: "Chang'an?"
"Shh-"
Xie Changan heard the noise and hurriedly whispered to stop them. He pointed outside and lip-synced with him: "There's movement."
There is a strange noise outside the house.
Guard Zhou Chuan also lost all sleepiness in an instant, and slowly and carefully imitated Xie Changlin and lay on the ground.
The sound is clearer.
Many of the men in the Xie family practiced martial arts. Even though they fell asleep, their long-established habit of alertness caused them to be unconsciously affected by the inexplicable atmosphere around them and woke up one after another.
At first, some people uttered a puzzled sound or two, but later, as soon as they came to their senses, their mouths were covered by their companions to avoid disturbing the outsiders.
Every member of the Xie family who woke up secretly held the tools they needed tightly in their hands.
The sounds began to become chaotic, and not long after, a black snake suddenly crawled into the dilapidated corner of the thatched hut, wriggling with difficulty. It stuck out its tongue, shook its head, and calmly searched for its target in the house in the darkness.
"It's a snake!"
Someone cried out, and the next second Zhou Chuan moved extremely quickly, taking one step forward to eliminate the sudden danger. He grabbed a handful of hay on the ground and blocked the hole with it!
"Wake up everyone!"
Fortunately, most of the people in the house had already woken up, and since something happened suddenly in the middle of the night, they still had some time to react.
When Zhou Chuan jumped up to kill the black snake, Xie Changan decisively opened the door and glanced outside. Seeing mottled light and shadows swaying on the ground not far away, he quickly turned around and shouted, "Give me some grass!"
One of the guards moved very quickly. Upon hearing the sound, he hurriedly grabbed a handful of hay, quickly pricked it, and then cleverly grabbed a small piece of soil from the ground and stuffed it into the hay core to increase the weight. He then quickly lit it with a flint and quickly handed it to Xie Changan.
Xie Changan took it, opened the door and threw it forward!
The burning hay streaked a streak of light across the sky.
Under the firelight, there was a dense group of snakes crawling on the ground.
"Oh no! It's a swarm of snakes!"
Xie Changan shouted, and everyone else started moving.
Zhou Chuan grabbed a guard and said, "Wake up Sixth Brother, Master Wenjie, and Mr. Zhang and take good care of them. I'm going to go check!"
"good!"
The guard next to him immediately handed him a powerful wooden stick. Zhou Chuan grabbed it, opened the door, and rushed out, shouting, "Don't sleep! There's a snake in the fort!!!"
Zhou Chuan suddenly shouted, waking up many people around him.
Several rooms away, a man rushed out of a thatched hut in the distance and sounded the alarm!
"Everyone wake up! There's a snake!!!"
It was the late night, when everyone was sleeping soundly. Many people hadn't even realized what was happening, and were only awakened by the loud shouting inside and outside!
From the moment the snakes were discovered entering the village to the moment most people woke up, the exile camp was in chaos. The escorts had no chance of sleeping tonight. They were awakened by the exiles' shouts, and when they opened their eyes, they saw creepy snakes everywhere. They were so scared that they broke out in cold sweats!
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