Chapter 23
What's going on?
Lu Zefeng repeated himself, seemingly stunned. "You want us to communicate with the magpie?"
The man nodded, very sure.
"We don't. Besides, where is the magpie you mentioned?"
"You are visitors from outer space, so naturally you possess the ability to communicate with magpies. Magpies usually live on the Sanwei Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West. It's a little early today, but they will be here soon."
As the man was speaking, the three of them suddenly heard a clear and pleasant chirping sound.
The sound of flapping wings came from afar, and a large group of magpies flew over. The sky seemed to be covered by these magpies. The scene was quite spectacular.
They first flew over and circled around the man. The man spread out his palm, and one of the beautiful magpies landed on it, pecked his hand affectionately, then gracefully lowered its head to preen its feathers.
However, this magpie was quite smart. While lowering its head, it did not forget to secretly look at Lu Zefeng and the other two.
It thought its little tricks were not discovered, so its sneak peeks became more unscrupulous.
“So cute!”
Mother Lu carefully suppressed her excitement. She had almost no resistance to this cute little animal.
Her voice was keenly captured by the magpie, which flapped its wings and flew up. It flew above Lu Mu, hovered in the air for a while, and finally landed carefully on Lu Mu's shoulder.
It stood very close to the inside, with its feathers touching its neck. The soft touch made Mother Lu's eyes very gentle.
Mother Lu tilted her head and carefully rubbed it with her skin.
The magpie liked her action very much and chirped softly.
Seeing how close the man and the bird were now, Lu Zefeng said to Mother Lu in silence, "Your expression is even gentler than the one you showed to your two sons..."
Mother Lu said righteously, "But it's very cute. If I'm not gentle with it, how can I be gentle with you two, which only makes me upset?"
This is indeed the truth.
Lu Zefeng and Lu Zhi both fell silent.
Seeing the affectionate scene between Lu's mother and Xi Que, the man looked over with expectant eyes.
Lu Zefeng's scalp tingled. He glanced at Lu Zhi next to him, indicating him to ask, but Lu Zhi seemed not to have received the message. He looked straight ahead without even looking at his brother.
There was no other way, so Lu Zefeng spoke with difficulty, "Um, Miss Xi Que..."
Before he could finish his words, the magpie that had been sitting obediently on Mother Lu's shoulder suddenly jumped up and pecked his scalp with its sharp beak.
“Ouch!”
Lu Zefeng covered his forehead in pain, and the magpie was still chirping.
"Idiot, I'm your grandpa, and you actually mistook me for a woman?!"
The three members of the Lu family froze when they heard the sudden sound.
"Who's talking?" he asked doubtfully.
The magpie flew up again and pecked him.
"It's me, you idiot. You're so young, how come your ears don't work well?"
This time Lu Zefeng heard it clearly. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the magpie in front of him in disbelief.
A human expression appeared on the magpie's face.
It rolled its eyes at him in disgust, "Why are you staring at me? I know I'm handsome, but the look you give me is a bit intrusive, okay?"
It's really not polite to stare at someone right after you meet them.
Lu Zefeng quickly withdrew his gaze, but curiosity got the better of him and he couldn't help but secretly look at the magpie.
His peeking movements were exactly like the magpie's peeking movements just now.
"Mr. Magpie." He paused and said carefully, "Can you do me a favor?"
As the energy dissipated, the magpie suddenly felt tired, so it simply lay down on Lu Zefeng's head. Even while lying down, its posture looked very elegant.
It said modestly, "What favor do you want? Tell me first."
Lu Zefeng, who felt there was a chance, immediately said, "Look, can you help this person cross the Tianhe River and meet the Weaver Girl?"
He pointed at the man who had been looking this way.
What a mistake! He actually forgot to ask the man's name.
"Oh, you are Cowherd's helper." The magpie nodded in understanding. Knowing that Lu Zefeng couldn't see it above his head, it simply messed up his hair and then continued with satisfaction.
"It's not that I don't want to help, but the Emperor of Heaven said that they can't meet, so there's nothing we can do."
Lu Zefeng asked: "Emperor of Heaven, who is the Emperor of Heaven?"
The magpie gave a look that looked like an idiot.
"Emperor of Heaven, you don't know? He's the emperor who rules over all the heavens and worlds. He's in charge of all the gods in this world, except for Pangu and Nuwa. He's also the father of the Weaver Girl. The Weaver Girl once secretly came down to earth to meet with the Cowherd, but was discovered by the Emperor of Heaven. He ordered them not to meet. And that fool Cowherd is always watching from the edge of the Milky Way. The most we can do is come over every day to check on him and pass on the message to the Weaver Girl. There's nothing else we can do."
This passage contained so much hidden information that it took Lu Zefeng a long time to come to his senses, and he seemed to understand it but not quite.
Lu Zhi, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but ask, "Is there really no other way?"
Magpie nodded, "There's really no other way, unless..."
It seemed to want to say something but hesitated, its eyes constantly looking at Lu Zefeng's pocket.
Lu Zefeng didn't see its expression. It was obviously extremely anxious. "Unless what? Tell me."
However, Lu Zhi instantly understood what it meant from its eyes.
Thinking of the card in Lu Zefeng's pocket, he Minru asked, "Do you want the card?"
"Ah?" Hearing the word "card", Lu Zefeng subconsciously took out the card.
The magpie immediately flew excitedly to his hand and put its furry head against the card.
"That's it. If we want to build a bridge, we need to absorb energy. There's a lot of energy in the cards, and our magpies like it the best."
But after hearing its words, Lu Zefeng immediately put the card back.
He was full of resistance. "No, if you absorb it, then the card will be useless. I spent a thousand star coins to buy this card."
This card of his is the main card with a very good healing effect, so he is reluctant to use it on Magpie.
As if aware of his doubts, Xi Que explained to him, "Don't worry, the energy I absorbed is not the kind of energy you mentioned. This card contains some rather violent energy. Perhaps it would be a good thing for you if I absorbed it."
It is rare for it to be so patient, and it seems to be very eager for the energy on the card.
Lu Zefeng was half-believing and half-doubting, not knowing whether he should take it out.
Mother Lu, standing by, simply pulled out the cards she had just drawn and said gently, "Then take a look at the cards in my hand. Do they also have this kind of bad energy?"
The magpie felt it and said, "Yes, but this energy is less. But I can absorb it."
Hearing it say this, Mother Lu said generously: "Then you can help me absorb it first. I still have a lot of cards here."
As she spoke, she took out another pile of cards.
She has a bunch of secondary cards in her hands. Although each card has little energy, a little bit adds up to a lot, and a large amount is enough to satisfy your hunger.
The magpie quickly responded, "Okay, okay, my tribe and I will help you absorb this energy."
It summoned the other magpies that were still surrounding Niulang, and then flew towards Lu Mu.
Countless magpies formed a circle around Mother Lu. After a few seconds, all the magpies dispersed, and the original magpie returned to Lu Zefeng's head.
"I'm so full." After eating so much energy for the first time, Magpie burped and sat down on his head gracefully, which was a rare mistake.
Mother Lu suddenly exclaimed, "Hey, there's an extra mark on my card."
Hearing this, the two of them looked over quickly.
The card in Mother Lu's hand had a miniature magpie pattern on the corner of the back, and under the refraction of light, the word "Huaxia" was faintly engraved on it.
"Is this the park's anti-counterfeiting pattern?" Lu Zefeng recognized it at a glance.
So he took out his card again, and this time he didn't hesitate much and handed it directly to the magpie to help absorb the energy.
Magpie agreed without hesitation, and half a minute later, an anti-counterfeiting mark was also added to the card.
"Is the absorbed energy enough?" Lu Zefeng asked.
"Enough, enough." The magpie flapped its wings hard, but it couldn't fly.
It showed a trace of embarrassment on its face, then acted as if nothing had happened, and asked other magpies to help lift it up, leaving only one sentence at the end.
"Just wait and see, we are going to build a bridge."
Countless magpies flew to the edge of the Milky Way, piling up one on top of the other. Gradually, an arch bridge took shape above the Milky Way.
"It's done, it's really done!" The cowherd was so excited that he was at a loss. He stood on it carefully.
He walked slowly at first, then took longer and longer strides, until finally he started running across the bridge.
The three of them looked at each other in surprise when they saw this.
"How about we go up and take a look?" Lu Zefeng suggested in a low voice.
He glanced at the live broadcast room, and everyone was urging him to go up and try it.
"Then let's go up and take a look." Mother Lu nodded in agreement.
They also stepped onto the bridge carefully. Since Lu's mother couldn't walk, Lu Zefeng took the lead and ran behind Niulang, wanting to see what was going on on the other side of the bridge.
He didn't know how long he had been running when he noticed that the cowherd in front of him suddenly stopped. He quickly braked and stopped too.
At the end of the bridge, a young girl was looking at the river sadly. When she heard the noise, she suddenly raised her head.
She has a pretty face and her clothes are elegant and extraordinary, with delicate patterns outlined on them.
What kind of clothing is this?
It was not until this time that Lu Zefeng noticed that the clothes of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were very special.
It’s hard to say what style of clothes it is, but it looks very charming.
Seeing the man, the Weaver Girl shouted excitedly.
"Cowherd!"
The cowherd was also very surprised. He wanted to get off the bridge, but for some reason, as soon as he stepped in, an invisible barrier blocked his way and he could only stand on the bridge.
Seeing this, the Weaver Girl immediately stepped onto the bridge without hesitation.
"Cowherd, I finally see you."
On the bridge, the two hugged each other tightly, with a look of happiness and joy at reunion on their faces.
Lu Zefeng, who was watching with great emotion, saw the scene suddenly change. He was surrounded by a bright shop with many furry dolls and some miniature human figures. The figures on them were exactly the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl he had just seen.
He looked closer at the shrunken figures, with names and prices written underneath.
【Vegas figure】
[Price: 200 Star Coins]
Thinking of the story he had just read, strong thoughts came to his mind.
It’s just a 200 star coins figurine, and he bought it.
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