The King's Magic Mirror (5)
However, the two-headed bull seemed tired and didn't want to continue firing beams.
The animal trainer hit it hard several times. Qu Xingyuan, who was watching from below the stage, frowned secretly.
The two-headed bull, having exhausted all its options, had no choice but to continue firing beams.
Once the cold and hot milk were prepared, the animal trainer distributed them to the children who lived further away.
And so, the two-headed bull performed the beam-firing act seven or eight times, until it collapsed from exhaustion.
The animal trainer, however, pulled on the two-headed bull's nose ring, forcing it to stand up.
Then, the animal trainer asked, "Has anyone ever seen a bullfight?"
Many viewers answered, "I've seen it."
Animal trainer: "But I bet you've never seen a cow fight itself, right? This two-headed cow has two heads. I wonder what it would be like if the two heads started fighting?"
The audience watched the stage with great anticipation.
The animal trainer whipped the two-headed bull, forcing its two heads to fight each other.
The two-headed cow had no choice but to comply, and soon both heads were covered in blood.
Some viewers cheered, while others couldn't bear to watch and remained silent.
Qu Xingyuan couldn't bear to watch any longer, but he couldn't stand up now and alert the enemy.
Fortunately, the animal trainer immediately stopped the activity and let the two-headed bull rest. The next performance was a monkey jumping through a ring of fire.
After all the performances ended and most of the audience had left, Qu Xingyuan went backstage, wanting to see the circus ringmaster.
However, this circus is very large-scale, and ordinary people cannot get backstage.
Qu Xingyuan gave some jewelry to the staff before they let him in.
Qu Xingyuan walked up to the commander and asked, "Commander, may I ask where your two-headed cow came from?"
The regimental commander asked warily, "Why are you asking this?"
"Here's the thing, my friend has a pet two-headed cow that's been missing for many years. I'd like to ask if you could sell it to me?"
"What makes you think this two-headed cow is the one your friend lost? I found this two-headed cow on the road."
"Commander, you've misunderstood. I didn't say it was the same one. I just asked if I could buy the two-headed cow you have?"
"No way, this two-headed bull is the star attraction of our circus, it makes a lot of money. I won't sell it for any price."
"What if I can take the two-headed cow without causing your circus any losses?"
"What's the meaning?"
"If the people and animals in your troupe can learn more acrobatics and perform more shows, even if you lose a two-headed cow, your income will not decrease."
"You make it sound so easy. Every single one of them, every single animal, has been trained to their limit. They can't get any better."
"That's not necessarily true. Please give me some time."
Qu Xingyuan arrived at the place where the animals were imprisoned and fed two intelligence pills to a lion.
At this moment, the lion saw people practicing walking on a tightrope and roared a few times, as if to say that it wanted to go out.
The animal trainer released the lion and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Lions can't speak; they can only look at the wire.
The animal trainer said, "You can't eat the people on the wire. They're your colleagues, you know? Didn't I just give you some meat?"
The lion was getting impatient, so it jumped onto the steps next to it, leaped up, and landed steadily on the wire.
Then, it began to imitate tightrope walkers and started walking on tightrope itself.
Surprisingly, it walked quite well and didn't fall down.
Although the steel wire was thin, it was also very strong, so the lion didn't break it when it stood on it.
The people around were stunned and exclaimed, "How can a lion walk on a tightrope?"
"Yes, lions can usually only roll balls or jump through hoops of fire... Tightrope walking is for humans and monkeys..."
At this point, the lion finished walking the tightrope and jumped down.
Just then, a monkey was riding a bicycle nearby, and the lion suddenly stood up halfway and used its two front paws to mimic pedaling a bicycle.
The animal trainer was surprised; he could also tell that the lion wanted to ride a bicycle.
So he asked someone to bring a very large bicycle for the lion to try out.
The lion placed its two front paws on the handlebars and used its two hind paws to pedal the bicycle, riding it with great skill.
However, the lion was too heavy and quickly crushed the bicycle.
But that's surprising enough.
The animal trainer stammered to the staff, "Quick...quickly build a big, sturdy bicycle for the lion..."
Qu Xingyuan then fed the other animals brain-boosting pills, and they immediately learned some skills they didn't know before.
Qu Xingyuan showed the circus ringmaster the new changes in the animals and said, "Ringmaster, your animals will soon be able to perform more acts. It shouldn't be a problem for me to take the two-headed cow with me, right? I can also make your team members smarter so they can perform more acts as well. This is a very worthwhile deal for you."
The circus ringmaster was pleased, but his businessman's nature made him frown: "You did help me, but I never said I wanted you to take the two-headed cow away. After all, the two-headed cow is still very important to our circus."
"Commander, I can make your animals smarter, or I can make them dumber. Think it over before you answer me."
Seeing the threat in Qu Xingyuan's words, the circus ringmaster immediately smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Why say that? I was just joking. How about this, I'll play a game with you. If you win, you can take the two-headed cow, but you have to make all my employees and animals smart. If you lose, the two-headed cow is still mine, but you can't make my animals stupid."
Qu Xingyuan: "Okay."
The leader secretly rejoiced and said, "This game is very simple. I'll put three identical bowls upside down, one of which has something in it. I'll rearrange the positions of the three bowls, and then you have to guess where the bowl with the thing in it is. If you guess correctly, you win."
"good."
The circus ringmaster took out three identical bowls and put a coin in one of them.
Then, he moved the three bowls around very quickly.
A few minutes later, he stopped and let Qu Xingyuan guess.
Qu Xingyuan happens to have a special ability called "guessing objects". As long as he activates his ability, he can accurately find the bowl with an object among several identical bowls.
At this moment, in Qu Xingyuan's eyes, the three bowls were not the same. Two of the bowls emitted a gray light, while the other bowl emitted a golden light.
Qu Xingyuan pointed to the bowl that was emitting a golden light and said, "It's this one."
The regimental commander lifted the bowl and saw that Qu Xingyuan had indeed guessed correctly.
However, the team leader refused to admit it, saying, "I forgot to mention the rules earlier; you have to guess correctly three times in a row."
Qu Xingyuan: "No problem."
On the next two occasions, the leader moved the three bowls using more complex techniques.
However, this was no challenge at all for Qu Xingyuan, who possessed supernatural abilities.
Qu Xingyuan guessed correctly three times in a row.
The team leader added, "I forgot to mention another rule: when friends play this game, it's best of three. But when strangers play, it's best of ten. There are seven rounds left, do you want to play more?"
Qu Xingyuan said coldly, "No need to play anymore."
The commander, thinking he had given up, was secretly pleased. But then, a countdown suddenly appeared on the commander's forehead, starting at 100, then 99, 98, 97…
Every second that passes, the countdown timer automatically announces the number of seconds remaining. Therefore, the team leader can hear how many seconds are left on the countdown timer displayed on his forehead.
He asked somewhat flusteredly, "What's going on?"
Qu Xingyuan said, "I just used my special ability on you, 'Keep Your Word.' If you don't keep your word, a countdown will appear on your forehead. When the countdown reaches 0, you will explode."
The leader was very nervous and said, "You... how could you do this... you used such a sinister ability on me without even notifying me beforehand..."
Qu Xingyuan said, "You want to go back on your word to me without even informing me beforehand."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? How can I stop this countdown?"
"As long as you keep your word, the countdown will naturally disappear."
"Okay, you win. I'll give you the two-headed cow..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the countdown on the commander's forehead disappeared.
The troupe leader had someone bring over the two-headed cow and handed it to Qu Xingyuan.
Seeing that the two-headed cow was covered in wounds, Qu Xingyuan gave it a healing pill.
Qu Xingyuan kept his promise and fed the circus people brain-boosting pills.
Then, Qu Xingyuan, along with the two-headed ox, suddenly disappeared.
The circus ringmaster asked, "Who are you?"
But no one will answer him anymore.
Qu Xingyuan returned to the players' temporary residence with the two-headed bull, and everyone was very happy.
Qu Xingyuan instructed Jian Tanxi to return the two-headed cow to the mechanic, and Jian Tanxi immediately set off.
Liu Ao and Han Mengqi, on the other hand, surrounded Qu Xingyuan, wanting to hear about his experiences in another world.
Zhou Hui stood far away, looking at them with disdain, but it was unclear what he was disdainful of.
Jian Tanxi rode the magic carpet and returned the two-headed cow to the mechanic.
The mechanic was overjoyed and said, "I never expected that you would find two of my lost pets in just a few days. You're amazing!"
Taking the opportunity, Jian Tanxi pleaded, "Mechanic, in consideration of how we helped you find your two pets, could you please help us strengthen the Magic Mirror? This is our mission; we'll die if we don't complete it. We only have three days left."
"Just help us survive first, and we'll repay you later. I promise we'll find the other three-shelled turtle, but I can't give you a definite timeframe."
The mechanic said, "I know your difficulties. It's not that I'm unwilling to help you, but strengthening that magic mirror requires the power of my three pets. Not all of them have returned yet, so I can't strengthen it."
"I see. Then let's try our best to find the Three-Shelled Turtle. If we really find all three pets, how long will it take for you to strengthen the Magic Mirror?"
"I estimate one or two hours."
"OK."
Jian Tanxi knew that there was no need to allocate too much time to the mechanics; they could spend more time finding the Three-Shelled Turtle.
However, time was limited, and she felt there was a high probability she wouldn't be able to find it.
Jian Tanxi returned to her temporary residence with a heavy heart.
Qu Xingyuan had just finished recounting his experience when he asked the others, "Do any of you have any information about the Three-Shelled Turtle?"
Jian Tanxi said, "No."
Liu Ao: "I also went to several turtle exhibitions, but I didn't see any turtles with three shells."
Qu Xingyuan frowned in thought, remaining silent.
Zhou Hui paced back and forth anxiously.
Liu Ao and Han Mengqi sat to one side, holding hands and encouraging each other.
At this moment, Jian Tanxi suddenly remembered that she had another special ability.
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