Chapter 172: In the Wilderness, There is a Black Bird
Ah Qing sat on the suspended wooden board, his lotus-root-like legs swinging in the air boredly.
Grandma was cooking porridge and there was a slight sweetness in the air.
Compared to the fishy and less salty stew, sweet porridge is what Ah Qing is more interested in.
But in these vast mountains, there are all kinds of flavors, but not many that can taste sweet on the tongue.
The only thing that can produce a stable amount is the violent and dangerous wild bees.
My mother told me that people in the next village have tried to prick their tongue with a scorpion's tail.
That taste is also fishy and sweet...
"Gu..."
At this moment, Ah Qing suddenly discovered a snow-white owl sitting on the horizontal railing of her house and looking at her.
"Gu..."
Ah Qing tried to call out to the white owl.
But what puzzled her was that the other party did not respond to her.
This was rare, as she had a natural affinity with insects and beasts.
But her mother didn't let her participate in hunting.
Although if she called upon the insect beasts, hunting would actually be quite easy...
As if he had thought of something, Ah Qing suddenly spread out his palms.
Then, there was a faint green light flickering there.
"Come down quickly! If you don't eat, the bees will run around again!"
Ah Qing continued to call out to the white owl.
At this time, Ah Qing noticed that the white owl had been looking at the green light in his palm.
Ah Qing didn't know what it was. Ah Ma said it was called a "gift" and was given to friends.
Of course, my mom also said that not everything can be a friend.
Well, looking at the fluffy white owl, Ah Qing felt that it was so pretty that it could definitely become his friend...
As the green light appeared in Ah Qing's palm, a slight restlessness could be heard faintly from the nearby forest.
Ah Qing was a little anxious. She was a little worried about getting into trouble:
"Come on, there's no one else here, I won't catch you!"
The white owl seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then Ah Qing noticed that it looked around a few times.
Then, it fluttered down and landed on Ah Qing's shoulder.
Afterwards, Ah Qing only felt a slight suction force coming from the palm of his hand, and the green light fell directly into Bai Xiao's mouth.
"Ah Qing! What are you doing!?"
At this time, a rather harsh scolding came from inside the house.
Ah Qing put his hands behind his back and looked at the person who came with a smile on his face:
She was a woman of similar build to hers, and time didn't seem to have left any traces on her face.
Only the deep look in her eyes revealed her age which was different from her appearance.
"Mom..."
Feeling the woman's increasingly dangerous gaze, the smile on Ah Qing's face gradually disappeared...
I'm going to be locked up again...
Ah Qing thought to himself with great worry.
"Are you a human? A demon? Or a god?"
"I have never seen a creature like you. What brings you to our little village?"
But to Ah Qing's surprise, Ah Ma did not attack her, but stared at the white owl on her shoulder and asked.
"Gu..."
But the white owl just grunted, and his fur-covered face seemed full of confusion.
"Mom..."
Ah Qing moved her mouth, and after feeling Ah Ma's dangerous gaze, she gritted her teeth and said:
“This is my friend…”
In Ah Qing's view, anyone who eats her gift is naturally her friend.
Insects and beasts are often more open about this than humans...
"Friends? In that case, why don't you go inside and rest..."
After looking at Ah Qing for a while, Ah Ma turned to look at Bai Xiao and said so.
…
"Chiu..."
The kettle, boiling hot from the firewood, made a sharp sound.
But the atmosphere in the room seemed a little solemn.
Yi Chun looked at the "Area Level 1-5" displayed on his retina again, and then sensed the woman next to him who was at least level 15, or even above 20. His hairy face twitched slightly.
This shouldn't be the case. How could there be life of this intensity in the initial area?
There are neither powerful monsters nor fertile land here.
In addition to poisonous insects and miasma, the mountain is covered with rugged rocks, showing the image of a poor mountain with bad water.
Yi Chun was a little puzzled as to why the other party would stay here given his strength.
But considering the current theme of this world, perhaps this kind of poverty has its value...
If I had known this, I wouldn't have been greedy...
Yi Chun felt the strange power being gradually digested in his body. He didn't know whether this was a loss or a gain.
"The Charisma check succeeded, and you triggered a random event: Gift of the Earth."
"You have absorbed the extremely rare blessing of the earth (divine power), and your Moon Owl form has gained a certain amount of blood purification (0.13%)."
"During the next bloodline evolution, there is a possibility that your Moon Owl form will have a divine template (the probability is infinitely approaching 0)."
For the first time, Yi Chun discovered that the divine template was so powerful.
He had also come into contact with those favored by the gods, but he was more touched by the power of the gods.
But speaking of it, this girl is a person favored by the Earth God in this world?
Yi Chun glanced at Ah Qing beside him calmly. He did not sense any special aura from the other person.
But that pure power of the earth was clearly released by the other party.
Yi Chun thought about it and felt that even if he failed now, it wouldn't be too much of a loss.
However, it would be better if we could get some more power from the earth...
Come to think of it, what was I planning to do when I entered the dungeon before?
Yi Chun shook his wings, changed his posture and squatted down, just like an ordinary white owl.
Grandma glanced at Yi Chun and said nothing, but just added some firewood to the stove.
"Wu, there are some outsiders outside the village, and they are all injured."
"Their leader is a wild Taoist priest, he doesn't seem like a good person."
At this time, someone came in and spoke to my mother.
"Taoist priest?"
Amma frowned. She never liked dealing with Taoist priests.
Especially, a Taoist priest who uses a sword ...
"Drive them away and say that there is an epidemic in the village and it is not convenient to receive outsiders."
Amma gave instructions to the visitor.
Taoist priest?
Yi Chun's mind was working rapidly and he wanted to go over and take a look.
If you stay in the material world, you will naturally be law-abiding and practice in silence.
But in the dungeon, there are naturally other rules...
Simply put, where would the profits come from if you don't cause trouble?
However, it seems that I won't be able to escape anytime soon.
Yi Chun could feel some invisible force attached to him.
Maybe it's some kind of tracking spell, or maybe it's some kind of curse.
"Are they the same as you?"
Suddenly, A-ma looked at Yi Chun and asked.
"Gu..."
Yi Chun shook his head and grunted.
"It looks like there's trouble..."
A-ma held A-qing's hand, and her face did not show much worry.
But she also knew that in these barren, dangerous and vast mountains, there was nothing worth coveting by outsiders.
If there is, it would only be...
Grandma's eyes suddenly turned cold.
This is the vast mountains and desolate land. She was born here, grew up here, and gained enlightenment here.
Even if all the demons come out to attack her, she will still move forward!
In a trance, a black bird was singing loudly in the world!
For some reason, A-ma suddenly looked at Yi Chun next to her, and then glanced at A-qing.
Then, under Yi Chun's confused gaze, Grandma took an ancient book from the shelf next to her.
She slowly opened it, and saw a black bird with its wings spread on the title page, and a note in small words below:
"There are two black birds, one beside the Black Water... one on the mountain of Youdu..."
Then, Amma used a bamboo sword to change the number from two to three, and added:
"In the wild wilderness, there is a bird with a white body and black eyes. It can understand human speech and is very skillful in transformation. The villagers respect it as a mysterious bird..."
Yi Chun: ???
