Chapter 193 Extra
Before Feng Gui took out the photo stone, Du Heng lowered his head and burst out laughing. Xiaoxiao looked up at Du Heng in confusion. Du Heng was happily making cream flowers and placing them on the appropriate places on the cake: "I remember when I met Xixi! Xixi scared me a lot."
At that time, Qing Heng was still an unknown casual cultivator. Being a casual cultivator was very hard. Disciples of large sects were required to complete one or two major tasks for the sect every year, and these major tasks were often accompanied by risks. In order to avoid going to dangerous places, some disciples would offer high rewards to recruit a group of casual cultivators to work for them.
If they can get a treasure, the casual cultivators will get a bounty, and the disciples of the sect will complete the task. If the task is not completed, the casual cultivators will die, but the disciples of the sect will be unscathed. This is why the cultivators in the cultivation world are trying their best to get into the big sects. Even if they do nothing and only receive the most basic monthly interest, they can live thousands of times better than ordinary people.
Because they need to take risks, most of the casual cultivators are very smart. But Qingheng is obviously an outlier among them. He has a harmless face, but he looks silly when he smiles. Wuwang therefore repeatedly told him not to go on missions with other casual cultivators. He was afraid that if he was not careful, his good friend would perish in an unknown ruin.
However, Wuwang's words fell on deaf ears to Qingheng. Every time Wuwang got angry, Qingheng would pretend nothing happened. This time, he followed a few other casual cultivators to the Liufang Ruins in Dongji Mountain.
Liufang Ruins is a new ruin in Dongji Mountain. It appears between two snow-capped mountains every sixty years. The ruins are very dangerous, but there are many treasures in them. Many powerful people from the Feather Clan, the Beast Clan, and the Human Cultivator have explored them. Many people have brought back treasures, and of course many people have left their lives there.
The reason why Qing Heng dared to follow other casual cultivators to the Liufang Ruins was because he had been there twice before. He was lucky and gained something in the first two times. The first time he gained an ancient spiritual sword of a high grade, and the second time he gained several rare spiritual plants in the world of cultivation.
But this time Qing Heng was not so lucky. As soon as he arrived at the ruins, he and his companions encountered a demon beast with the cultivation level of Yuanying. In the melee, his companions died or fled. He was shocked by the spiritual energy that erupted in the battle and flew away. When he woke up, he had been separated from his companions.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone. When he was separated, he was suppressed by the restrictions in the Liufang Ruins. He trekked in the mountains for a month and ate all the elixirs he brought with him. But he was lucky. There were small animals everywhere in the ruins. He could just kill one and roast it and eat it without starving to death.
That day he hunted a hare and found a cave as his place to stay for the night. When the hare was on the fire, he wanted to draw out some water to wash the dirt off his hands. However, he was short of spiritual energy and didn't have many water-drawing talismans on him. Thinking of a stream not far below the cave, he left the cave.
When he washed his hands and returned to the cave, his rabbit was gone. Qingheng thought that a wild animal had approached and taken the rabbit away, but he looked around and didn't see it. Being alert, he moved to another place to rest.
The next day he shot another grouse and roasted it on the fire. When the pheasant was almost cooked, he heard a noise in the bushes next to him. When he turned around, he saw nothing. But when he looked back, the grouse on the fire was gone! !
This frightened Qing Heng, he was a Jindan-stage cultivator after all. There was something beside him that quietly snatched away his food. If this thing had murderous intentions towards him, wouldn't he be dead?
Qingheng didn't care about anything at that moment, he scrambled to another place. But when Qingheng grilled the roe deer on the third day, the roe deer... disappeared again.
Qingheng felt that if he was not killed by that thing, he would starve to death first. Having his food taken away for three consecutive days made even a good-tempered person like Qingheng angry. This time he did not run away. He thought that no matter who the other party was, he must find him out.
Qing Heng thought of a way. He caught a big fish from the river, without scraping its scales or breaking its belly, and just skewered it on a branch next to the fire. He pretended to get water, but in fact he set a trap on the fish. As long as something approached, the trap would work.
Before he could reach the stream, the trap was activated. He rushed back to the camp with his sword in hand, full of excitement. He thought he would see the master who attacked him, but he didn't expect that there was only a panicked chicken the size of a washbasin in the trap.
The chicken held the fish's tail in its mouth and tried to hit the barrier of the trap array. The hexagonal barrier was shaken by it. Seeing Qingheng coming, the chicken hit it even harder. The fish scales on the fish covered half of the chicken's body. The hair on its body was dirty and stuck together, making it look fierce and embarrassed.
Across the barrier, Qing Heng and the chicken looked at each other. Even at this time, it did not let go of the fish in its mouth. Maybe it was a spirit beast from the Feather Clan? Some spirit beast cubs are born with protection, and ordinary cultivators really can't find it.
At that moment, Qingheng was really tempted to tame it. However, thinking of Nannan at home, he gave up. With a fox at home, if he brought a chicken back, would he be able to keep his dilapidated house?
Looking at this chick, although it is young, its momentum is not weak at all. Qingheng feels that if he lets it go, he may not be its match with his current cultivation level.
Thinking of this, Qing Heng sighed and said to the chicken: "Can you find someone else to fleece me? I haven't eaten for four days. Let's make a deal? I'll give you the fish, but you don't have to follow me, okay?"
The chicken stared at Qing Heng fiercely with its big golden eyes. It was as cute as a fluffy ball. Its claws were thick and strong, and it should be the cub of some kind of bird of prey. However, Qing Heng had never seen such a bird of prey. If he missed this spiritual beast, he would get nothing in the Liufang Ruins.
At this time, it was trapped in the formation, so it was easy to catch it. Even if Qing Heng didn't want it to recognize its master, he could catch it and sell it. However, when he saw the chicken's embarrassment and fear under its fierceness, he softened his heart.
People in the cultivation world are relatively friendly to obedient spirit beasts, but the tricks used on disobedient spirit beasts make his scalp tingle. This cub must have been separated from its parents. It is not easy for it to survive in the ruins. If it is taken outside, it will be difficult to find an owner who treats it well.
Qingheng bent down and opened the barrier. He said to the chicken boy in a slow voice, "Don't follow others to practice in the future, okay? They will catch you and tame you, and then you will have no freedom. Go away quickly, and be good in the future. Don't come back."
As soon as the barrier was opened, the chicken rushed out of the barrier with the half-cooked big fish in its mouth without looking back. The fish was bigger than it, and the chicken couldn't fly. It half-grew its wings and dragged the fish clumsily and quickly towards the bushes on the side of the road, leaving fish scales and minced meat all over the ground.
Qingheng thought that this was just an accidental encounter between him and the chicken, but he didn't expect that after that day, whenever he started to make a fire, he would see a pair of inquiring big golden eyes not far away.
Qingheng had chased them away and threatened them, but whenever he wasn't paying attention, his food would be snatched away. Even the soup in the pot would be taken away by the chickens, and Qingheng didn't know how they did it.
After a few days, Qing Heng gave in. He no longer had the iron talisman and could not make a soup pot. Qing Heng had no choice but to learn to be smart. He started to cook two portions of rice when he cooked.
At first, the chicken patiently squatted in the bushes waiting for an opportunity, and then it found that Qingheng had prepared a meal for it. The distance between it and Qingheng was getting closer and closer. At first, it was three meters away from Qingheng, and then it slowly became two meters away. Later... as soon as Qingheng finished cooking, it squatted opposite the fire and waited for the meal.
Qingheng was a chatterbox. At first, he thought the chick was interesting and chatted with him for a few words. Later, he chattered for longer and longer periods of time. He would chatter from the time he started cooking until the chick finished eating. He ignored the chick's rolling eyes and lectured it in an attempt to get it to return to its own soup pot.
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu were almost falling to the ground laughing. Jingnan wiped her tears and said, "No wonder Xixi never told you about their encounter. It turns out you tricked him into coming back with a meal!"
Feng Gui looked towards the yard outside the kitchen. His tone was steady, if his earlobes hadn't been slightly red. Feng Gui said, "You all know how bad Qing Heng's cooking is."
However, at that time, even if Qingheng's food was tasteless, it was still a great temptation for the young chicken. It finally returned the soup pot to Qingheng, and that day it drank its first mouthful of chicken soup, which was tasteless.
Qing Heng chose the smallest pot as the chicken's rice bowl, and he would put a pot of meat or soup in the bowl for every meal. Sometimes he was a little slow, and the chicken would hold the bowl in his mouth and bang on the stone to wait for the meal.
The entrance to the ruins was about to close, and Qingheng had to find a way to leave. But with his ability, he really didn't know how to get out. He became more and more silent during meals these days, and he didn't even look at the chicken when it approached him inquiringly.
Qingheng climbed over mountains and ridges but still couldn't find the exit. Jizizi followed him closely. Finally, looking at the mountains and rivers in the Liufang Ruins, Qingheng said regretfully: "I may not be able to get out. It doesn't matter if I can't go back. There are people waiting for me at home. Nannan will be so sad if she can't see me go back."
After saying this, Qingheng felt something soft rubbing against the back of his hand. He turned around and saw a chubby chick squatting beside him. The chick squinted its eyes and squatted beside Qingheng's hand in an unprecedented relaxed and trusting manner.
Qingheng was a little surprised: "You... want me to stay?" The chicks chirped so loudly that Qingheng almost went deaf.
Jing Nan licked the corner of his mouth and looked at Feng Gui: "Why did you let him out again at that time?"
Feng Gui said: "He is too long-winded."
Du Heng laughed and said, "If it weren't for Xixi, I wouldn't be able to find a way out."
He still remembered how he waited in despair for the entrance to Liufang Ruins to close, calculating in his heart that he would be locked up there for sixty years. Sixty years, first of all, could he survive? Secondly, would Wuwang and Nannan still be around after sixty years?
A thick fog rose in the ruins. Qing Heng sat in front of the cave he had chosen, looking at the increasingly dense fog in the forest in front of him, his eyes blank. At this time, he heard a huge chirping sound coming from the fog. He thought that the chicken cub was trapped, so he followed the sound to find him.
When he was in the mist, he saw the chicken with golden light on its body. The chicken walked in front of him like a small lantern. Every few steps, it stopped and signaled Qingheng to follow it. Qingheng miraculously understood what it meant. It wanted to take him out of the ruins!
Nothing can be seen in the fog, only the lantern-like chicken is walking in front. The surroundings are very quiet, and the road underfoot does not look like a mountain path, but rather like a flat ground. If Qingheng were walking here alone, he would definitely be terrified at this moment. However, with a little companion in front of him, Qingheng felt particularly safe.
The mist around him gradually dissipated, and finally his eyes suddenly lit up. He was out! He had left the Liufang Ruins! The spiritual energy of Dongji Mountain poured into his body, and the feeling of being suppressed instantly dissipated. This feeling of regaining freedom was great!
Just when Qing Heng was about to roar happily, he saw the chicken cub in front of him. Now he looked behind him, and the Liufang Ruins had disappeared. Qing Heng was shocked. The chicken cub didn't go back! It followed him out of the ruins! What should he do?
The chicken looked up at Qingheng. Although it was not even as high as Qingheng's knees, Qingheng actually felt that it was looking down on him. Chicken: "Chirp." The tone of his voice was exactly the same as when he usually urged himself to eat!
Qing Heng understood: "You mean... let me take you home?" The chicken nodded: "Chirp."
Qingheng smiled. He bent down and picked up the chick. He looked at the plump chicken and felt it was so light in his hand. It didn't resist, but just lowered its head and pecked Qingheng's hand. Qingheng gently assured him, "Since you are willing to go home with me, you will be my family from now on. If I have a bite to eat, you will have a bite to eat."
Qingheng had an idea: "How about I give you a name? What do you think of the name Xixi?" The chicken squinted its eyes and tilted its head. After thinking for a moment, it actually nodded.
Qingheng flew up holding Xixi and said, "Let's go, I'll take you home to see Nannan." Xixi hesitated for a moment, and finally she relaxed and put her head in Qingheng's arms.
Xiaoxiao blinked her big eyes and asked Du Heng: "What happened next? Did you take your uncle back to the village?"
Du Heng said: "There was no village at that time, and we only had a thatched house. As soon as I brought your uncle back, your uncle and Nan Nan started fighting, and the roof of the house collapsed."
As soon as Qingheng landed at the door of his house, he saw a skinny fox jumping out of the door. Who else could it be but Nannan? Qingheng had been away for a few months, and Nannan was even thinner than when he left! Seeing this, Qingheng felt so distressed that he instinctively reached for his storage bag.
However, his hand froze as soon as it touched the storage bag. He found nothing in the Liufang ruins. He had consumed all the spare pills and couldn't even find a single Peiyuan Pill!
Nan Nan was whimpering and spinning around Qing Heng's legs. Qing Heng quickly bent down and picked up Nan Nan. He held Nan Nan in his left hand and Xi Xi in his right hand: "Nan Nan, let me introduce you to our new family member, Xi Xi. Xi Xi, this is the Nan Nan I told you about. From now on..."
Xixi in his arms turned her head and met Nannan's eyes. In an instant, Nannan flew up and opened her mouth towards Xixi's butt.
Xixi was startled and kicked Nannan on the cheek: "Chiji!"
Qing Heng felt his hands go empty, and the two spirit pets fought each other. The ground was covered with chicken and fox hair. The two fought from outside the house into the house, and there was a loud bang and a big hole was broken in the roof.
Qingheng stood alone at the door with his hands outstretched: "We must... get along well..."
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