Although it was late at night, Xu Milu couldn't fall asleep at all. She just lay on the beach like a giant groundhog, digging away.
Gold nuggets the size of eggs are no longer surprising; there are also those the size of a human head and the size of a basketball. The rarest of all are strings of gold, which can be pulled out of the ground like tangerines. The golden lumps feel heavy in your hand, and in the end, they bring a sense of satisfaction.
"Huh?"
Ah Chou didn't understand why Xu Milu liked these ugly stones, but he still imitated Xu Milu by rubbing his head against the sand.
Its head was big, and when it shoved, a whole bunch of gold nuggets were already in front of Ah Chou's paws.
Xu Milu didn't "embezzle" the gold either; she just gestured to explain to Ah Chou:
"This is gold, it can buy a lot of things. I'll exchange it for money for you, and I'll buy it for you whenever you want to buy something."
"Gagaga?"
Ah Chou tilted its head, as if thinking for a while, and then started digging in the sand with its two front legs, looking as if it had been injected with chicken blood.
Perhaps because the first thing A Chou saw after hatching was Xu Milu, it always subconsciously liked to imitate Xu Milu. At this moment, it couldn't understand the concept of "gold," but it was still very excited—Xu Milu guessed that it just wanted to dig and play with it.
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Although it was night, the light from all directions cast by the crape myrtle trees growing on the island illuminated the entire Zhaoyao Mountain as bright as day. Osmanthus trees of varying heights grew on the mountain. Although it was not yet the season for osmanthus to bloom, tiny osmanthus buds the size of rice grains were already hanging on the trees. Clumps of fragrant herbs grew under the trees, and a faint fragrance could be smelled from them.
The mountain is home to many strange beasts. The larger, fiercer beasts seem to be hiding in fear of Xu Milu's phoenix power, with only a few small beasts occasionally flashing by in the grass.
Xu Milu saw a rabbit with two horns on its head, but its fur was dark red. There was also a large black rat hiding in the bushes, and she could see a pair of trembling fleshy wings growing on its back.
She even saw enormous white birds gracefully flying along the beach, their outstretched wings almost big enough to encircle a person. Once the flock was startled, they took flight and disappeared into the night, leaving behind a splash of white ink on the backdrop of darkness.
Several new entries in the encyclopedia kept refreshing before her eyes, and the constant "ding-ding-ding" of system notifications filled her ears, leaving her no time to focus on the piles of gold.
After all, her purpose in coming here was to find the Ghost Kingdom. Perhaps the phoenix she had been searching for was there. She followed the light path woven by the Mystic Tree, but stopped when she heard a certain introduction.
[Camel Rat: A spirit beast, a small, non-toxic, and harmless rat-shaped animal with purple fur and purple fleshy wings on its back. Although it has wings, it is not good at flying and will cover its face when in danger. It is extremely easy to capture and reproduces at an astonishing rate. Because of its delicious meat, it is quite popular among the cat people of the γ-galaxy.]
[Armadillo: A mythical beast, entirely poisonous, with a gentle nature. It has red fur and crimson eyes, a goat horn on its forehead, is adept at digging, is easily startled, extremely sensitive to smells, and is a fast runner.]
[The Zhen bird: a mythical creature with extremely poisonous white feathers. Because it feeds on venomous snakes, it secretes deadly toxins from its feathers. Its cry is like that of a crane. When hunting, it strikes metal or stone with its claws, producing a drumming sound. It is a very rare bird.]
【Xingxing: A mythical beast, entirely non-toxic, resembling a long-haired ape with two pairs of white ears. It can understand human speech, knows past events, and can crawl or walk upright. Eating it can improve one's mobility.】
"Shuashuashua——"
The sound of rustling leaves came from the maze tree. Xu Milu subconsciously looked up, but could only see a brown monkey tail hanging down, and the owner of the tail was making strange "ya ya" sounds.
{Ya ya ya... ya ya ya...}
{...Ah, ugly...it's gold, it can buy a lot of things. I'll exchange it for money for you, and when you have something you want to buy, I'll...buy it for you.}
At first, the owner of the voice sounded like a baby just learning to speak, but after a few babbling words, he could fluently replicate Xu Milu's words, and even his voice was somewhat similar.
Xu Milu was immediately struck by how amazing it was.
She had seen it in the books left by Sun Wukong, which said that the Xingxing, a kind of spiritual beast, is different from ordinary wild animals. Wild animals can only speak human language after they become spirits, but the Xingxing can imitate human speech by nature. Moreover, it knows everything about the past. Some gods like to keep some Xingxing to record what happened in the past.
"Hello, can you understand me? I mean no harm, I just want to ask for directions. Do you know the 'Two-Burning Corpse'?"
{Grunt... Hello, can you understand me? I mean no harm, I just want to ask for directions. Do you know 'The Corpse of Two Burdens'?...Grunt...}
The monkey perched on the tree repeated Xu Milu's words like a broken record, its drooping tail wagging as if deliberately teasing her.
Xu Milu thought for a moment, then took out a handful of milk bananas from the system slot, peeled them to reveal the golden flesh inside, and watched as the flexible tail suddenly paused for a moment, then swayed even more.
Monkeys really do love bananas.
Xu Milu used a branch to carry the milk bananas up the tree, and the next second a hairy hand "whooshed" up the bunch of bananas, and soon the sound of ravenous chewing could be heard.
She was very patient, waiting until a large pile of banana peels fell from the tree before repeating the same question.
This time, the Xingxing did indeed react, emitting a voice that sounded like an old woman:
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