Chapter 50: Demon Killing Plate
From Tan Xiao's perspective, the scene had a few more artistic conceptions. The peacock landed at a side backlit angle, with golden light shining on the edges of its feathers, and its undulating tail feathers almost covering all the space in front of his eyes as it fell.
Tan Xiao was also impressed by the elegance of the Oriental White Stork, whose black and white colors are extremely elegant. But when the peacock flew in the sky, showing the complex and gorgeous colors of its tail feathers, Tan Xiao realized that beauty is not divided into high and low, but there is indeed such a domineering color, which will occupy all your sight. Even though there are all kinds of migratory birds flying in the sky, Tan Xiao's attention has been completely attracted by the gorgeous feathers.
Tan Xiao subconsciously reached out to catch the peacock. The peacock lay in his arms, with its long, smooth tail feathers cascading down, dragging all the way to the boat and piling up on the ground. Only then did Tan Xiao see clearly that five of the peacock's tail feathers seemed particularly gorgeous, with a faint golden glow on the surface. This was probably Kong Xuan's five-colored divine light.
The big bird that was about to attack Tan Xiao seemed to have no time to make a battle declaration before it was swept away by the peacock's five-colored divine light. Tan Xiao didn't even have time to say a few harsh words to it: My bird is here too, let's compete.
The slight cool feeling to the touch made Tan Xiao realize that this was still Kong Xuan's soul, but it had changed into a bird body prototype instead of a Taoist human body.
It was at this time that Liu Qingquan, who arrived a step later, uttered a voice of collapse: "Master, the shore is full of people——"
I can't stop it, I really can't stop it. There is no need to do so, but I have to fly this time.
Kong Xuan ignored Liu Qingquan, combed his feathers, and was very proud of the surprise in Tan Xiao's eyes. What did he mean by "all people"? He only noticed that there were birds everywhere.
Tan Xiao came back to his senses...
That's right, Kong Xuan appeared in bird form instead of human form, and deliberately revealed himself again, why? This question emerged in Tan Xiao's mind, and he could automatically come up with the answer in less than three seconds.
Why else could it be? Tan Xiao was very self-aware. Of course, he did it on purpose, intentionally, to show it to him...
Who told him to praise the Oriental White Stork in front of the peacock? Kong Xuan only lost his temper at that time and he thought it was over. Now it seems that there was just no opportunity.
Tan Xiao had no choice but to say helplessly, "It's still so far from the shore, they may not have seen it, and with so many birds flying around, they may not be able to see it clearly."
As soon as he spoke, everyone discovered that he still had a slightly large tongue. This was because he had just bitten the tip of his tongue. He was in a hurry at the time and now he felt the pain.
"Impossible." Qian Ping'an said calmly, "You have to know what equipment they have. Let alone seeing clearly, your master can count the number of tail feathers. And they are all experts in bird watching. They can tell what kind of bird it is just by listening to the sound without looking at the feathers, let alone such a big peacock."
"Then let's run away!" Tan Xiao said nervously, "How do we explain this?"
Ah, no, it’s stranded... and I don’t know how many photos have been taken of it.
Tan Xiao looked at Liu Qingquan.
Liu Qingquan: “…………”
Liu Qingquan collapsed to the ground, sobbing: "How can I close my eyes in peace if you do this to me!!"
"...Teacher Liu, don't cry. Isn't this the specialty of your 404 office? It was you who cracked the Dragon King's QR code on TV, fishing. That's a very good explanation." Tan Xiao comforted, feeling a little guilty, after all, he was the one who raised the peacock.
Kong Xuan's exposure, or display, was unnecessary, but he insisted on...
Thank you for your encouragement... Liu Qingquan turned his mind sadly, "No matter what, let's ask the master to leave first, otherwise we will have to bring him ashore to face the crowd and ask questions. Let him fly away first, and then we will leave and slowly edit it. I still have to contact the unit here. Ah, think about it, maybe the crowd has already helped us edit it before we have finished the idea..."
Liu Qingquan saw Tan Xiao looking at him strangely and nodded, "Yes, that's right, we often copy posts from the Internet."
Tan Xiao: "..."
As expected of a long-time public relations professional. Yes, everyone will make their own guesses and rationalize what they see, and just make it up according to public opinion.
"Great God, then you fly away first, and we'll meet at the shore." Tan Xiao lowered his head and found Kong Xuan's head still pressed against his collar. After noticing his gaze, his crown feathers trembled, and he raised his head and said calmly, "Why do we have to leave separately? Can't we sail away together?"
"Because I can't be found out that I have a personal relationship with you." Tan Xiao said. Regardless of whether the story was made up or not, he couldn't continue to have too much contact with Kong Xuan, otherwise it would seem as if he had tamed Kong Xuan, so he had to leave some room for the story.
Kong Xuan asked with sharp eyes: "Why?"
Tan Xiao was silent for a moment, then said with a thick tongue: "Because privately raising a national first-class protected animal is punishable by more than ten years in prison..."
Kong Xuan: “…”
All right. Kong Xuan understood.
"Try to fly as low-key as possible." Tan Xiao advised. Something is better than nothing. Just take it as a comfort to Liu Qingquan.
Kong Xuan flapped his wings and took off on the spot. The upward fluttering of his tail feathers seemed not to be very low-key, but at least he flew away and cleverly hid among the reeds.
With Kong Xuan's disappearance, the migratory birds resumed their normal behavior.
When Qian Pingan saw Kong Xuan leaving, he yelled, "Is this your Sect Master God? Your Sect Master God made a move too quickly. I didn't even see clearly what it was!"
…
The photographers on the shore had almost numb hands from pressing the shutter buttons. From the moment the peacock appeared until he left, no one stopped pressing the shutter buttons - except those who were recording videos.
Although everyone came here to photograph migratory birds, the scene just now was so beautiful and breathtaking that everyone was feeling lucky. Sometimes photographing birds is a matter that depends a lot on luck and requires persistence.
This kind of spectacular scene, like a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix, is difficult to capture even if you come to three or five bird watching festivals and persist in taking pictures every day for decades, with perseverance, equipment and skills!
Even if you want to replicate it artificially, you have to meet a lot of stringent conditions. First of all, it is very difficult to find such a perfect and beautiful peacock, and the migratory birds must be so cooperative, which is beyond human power.
Those who are quick with their hands have even started using their mobile phones to guide, edit and upload photos.
——So many people took photos at the scene, whoever uploads the picture first wins!
The sponsor's staff also confirmed with the company: "These are really not performers we invited, but we don't know if they were contacted by the government."
"That's impossible. They contacted us. Could they not tell everyone that there would be a performance today? Besides, that's a green peacock, a first-class national protected animal. Most zoos don't have it, not to mention that it was brought here. This green peacock is not a migratory bird."
Most of the people present were bird-watching enthusiasts, and everyone knew the green peacock.
The blue peacocks that we see most often are not rare, but the green peacocks they see and discuss are first-class protected animals in China, endangered, and not just rare. They are also the only native peacocks in China, while the blue peacocks are all foreign.
"In history, green peacocks did exist in the Chu region..."
"So where did this green peacock come from, and why did it fly away? Didn't those people chase it in a speedboat?"
"Are they really not invited to perform? They are all wearing performance costumes. Maybe it's not a live performance, but a promotional film or commercial? Well, the green peacock can't represent Yunmeng. It must be an advertisement after all."
This makes sense. It's normal not to see the photographer when filming. Aren't they filming people from a long distance? Maybe their photographer is hiding among them.
"Isn't this a really amazing plot? Just now, all the migratory birds flew up. Did you see that they were startled by the green peacock? It was like they were cooperating. How do you think they got the green peacock to cooperate? How dare they tame Guoyi?"
It's not a circus. Anyway, green peacocks cannot be bred privately. It's true that peacocks like riverbanks, but no green peacocks have ever been found in Yunmengze.
"But speaking of green peacocks, don't you think that they are not necessarily pure green peacocks?"
Someone raised an objection.
"First of all, it's very large. Judging from the reference objects next to it, it's much larger than an average green peacock. And look at its feathers, aren't they slightly different?"
Just as Qian Ping'an said, these people were all using professional equipment, and even though they were far away, they were able to take clear pictures of Kong Xuan. After he said that, everyone looked carefully and found that it did seem to be slightly different. It was even more gorgeous than the ordinary green peacock, and its eye shape and crown feathers seemed to be slightly different.
"Is it a mixed blood? Or is it a newly bred breed?" If it is not a pure green peacock, it can explain why it can appear outside its habitat and zoo.
——This difference is not something Kong Xuan did intentionally for the convenience of explanation to Office 404, but it is the fact. It is the first peacock born in the world. Many years have passed since then, and the environment and aura have changed in all aspects.
Not to mention the chaos on the shore, Qian Ping'an directly called the Pu Gun boat that he had prepared in advance and parked nearby, and took Tan Xiao away from the scene. Compared to public relations, the case at hand had to be solved first.
Tan Xiao also took off his robe on the boat because the bright red color was too eye-catching.
When they reached the other side, Tan Xiao got off the boat and jumped onto the embankment. There were not so many people here, and they didn’t see their “performance” just now.
Kong Xuan had already arrived in advance and transformed back into a Taoist human body.
Qian Ping'an parked the boat and took them to his home.
The peacock raised his hand and released the bird he had brushed away. The bird actually looked pretty good, with copper-colored feathers with some horizontal stripes.
Tan Xiao looked at her and realized that this was Yunmeng Xiaofang: "What is this?"
"Pheasant ." Kong Xuan said coldly.
It’s not good to curse at people, Tan Xiao looked at him disapprovingly.
"Yeah, I'm a wild chicken." Xiao Fang said, looking up.
Tan Xiao: "...Oh." He paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Pheasant."
Although Xiao Fang was lying on the ground, he still bowed politely and said, "Yes, I am below."
In the non-human world, there is a saying that clams can transform into clams. When a clam reaches a certain level of cultivation, it can transform into a yellow bird in spring and back into a clam in winter. After living like this for 500 years , it can transform into a clam. It is also said that a pheasant can transform into a clam when it enters the sea. A clam is actually a large clam.
If the mirage continues to cultivate and stimulates its blood, it can step into the Jiao family and become a mirage dragon. The legendary "mirage" refers to the mirage in the sea spitting out mirage gas to create an illusion.
No wonder Tan Xiao was able to catch the dragon fish so easily. Swallow’s nest grass must be very tasty.
To be honest, Tan Xiao was surprised to find out that it was a mirage monster. He thought that since he could enter the waters where Kong Xuan had lost contact, it might really be the dragon clan of Yunmengze.
"Wait, don't mirages live in the sea? Did you migrate here from the sea?" Tan Xiao felt that there were still many doubts. Even Kong Xuan knew that Yunmengze was a freshwater lake.
Fang Zhu was seen crouching and gradually transforming into a human body, a man in a casual suit. He looked at Kong Xuan fearfully, holding his stomach, not knowing whether he was injured. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's not considered migration. I was just picked up by someone when I was a child and released into Yunmengze..."
"Release it!" Qian Ping'an's eyes widened. Isn't this ridiculous? "Release a sea creature into a freshwater lake?!"
Yunmengze is a freshwater lake, is it okay to release the animals?
"Yes, it was a blessing in disguise. At that time, there was a monk named Moon who performed rituals to liberate the souls of the living beings in Yunmeng Lake. People wanted to follow him to do good deeds, so they bought aquatic creatures and released them. I was one of them. At that time, I had already awakened my spiritual wisdom. Monk Moon discovered this and gave me a lecture. I emerged from the water and survived as a pheasant. I have never returned since then and have lived in Yunmeng Lake."
It seems that no matter in ancient times or now, there are always those foolish people who release animals indiscriminately. Qian Ping'an has also seen people releasing alien species, which is not only not doing good deeds, but is actually committing sins of killing.
"Master Moon? You mean the owner of the cliff carvings?" But Tan Xiao didn't remember such a great man in history. "Is this his Dharma name?"
"No... I don't know his Buddhist name or real name. No one knows. I only know that he is a monk who travels around practicing and praying for the salvation of souls. He carved the word "Om" on the stone wall, and "Om" also means moon, so I called him that in my heart." Fang Zhu seemed very respectful when he mentioned this monk.
China is home to many hidden talents. This great man of great virtue who practiced hardship never left his name in history, but the heaven and earth are witnesses of his achievements in traveling around the world to save lives. Thousands of years later, his altar is still a place where ghosts and gods stay away.
After hearing the reason, the people present understood. Fang Zhu had listened to Master Yueliang's lectures, formed a cause and effect, and voluntarily stayed. In fact, he was doing the work of a guardian, so he could move freely under the stone carvings, and even as long as he was in this area, he would not be punished by the swallowtail iron shackle.
"Since you have also practiced cultivation, why did you think of committing telecom fraud?" Tan Xiao couldn't help but sigh. It sounded like Fang Zhu was a good person.
Liu Qingquan made a face and said, "Where did you take my colleague? Tell me now!"
He wasn't so fierce at first, but after seeing the scene where Kong Xuan lost control and insisted on flying out, he missed Mu Fei too much... Although Mu Fei might not be able to control himself, Mu Fei was good at writing reports!
"I committed telecommunications fraud? It was obviously me who was defrauded!" It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned this, but as soon as he mentioned it, Fang Zhu burst into tears. His tears flowed down in big drops, and his face was wet.
Oh? Everyone looked at each other, it's impossible, our Director Mu is a public official, he won't cheat you.
"You talk first, and then we'll have a trial." Liu Qingquan took out a yellow paper, intending to record it, and reminded Tan Xiao to take pictures of the scene.
Fang Zhu was still reluctant to say anything, he felt a little embarrassed, but Kong Xuan was watching him closely, he was afraid of having his head chopped off, so he swallowed his anger and said: "Well... after I transformed into a human form a few years ago, I kept in mind the teachings of the master, did not dare to do evil, worked diligently selling aquatic products, and made some money. Later, Yunmeng banned fishing, so I wanted to switch to another industry. At that time, everyone was discussing the stock market."
As soon as he said this, Tan Xiao, Qian Ping'an and Liu Qingquan all sighed, as they had already seen the ending.
Tan Xiao thought of Zhong Da Hu Zi . Why do the demons also like to wade into the muddy waters of the A-share market? They all think they are extremely powerful, right?
"It's better not to touch things you are not familiar with." Tan Xiao has always managed his own pocket money and knows the truth that "if you don't manage your money, it will stay with you."
Fang Zhu was quite dissatisfied with this. He was not the kind of demon who had just entered the society. "I know, so I invested in the industry that I was more familiar with. I bought shares of Zhang Xdao, aquaculture, and shellfish. I can't be wrong!"
After hearing this, everyone sighed even louder. Everyone also knows what happened next. Fang Zhu was manipulated by the stock market and suffered heavy losses.
Fang Zhu also became depressed. It was said that the stock market metaphysics was beyond the control of monsters, and the same was true for Jiao. "I was very angry at the time. I felt that I couldn't talk to humans for long, so I thought I should just play with the monsters. So I set up runes, hoping to make some monster friends with substance."
After all, when he lived in this area of water, because of the stone carvings of the Moon Wizard, he actually didn't have any non-human friends, and those he did have were only acquaintances in the lake.
"What happened next? You added me as a colleague?"
"Not only that, I added several more...!" Fang Zhu said dejectedly, "Later I found out that they were all agents, secretly praising one person. That person always boasted to me about his investment channels and said he could help me operate..."
Liu Qingquan couldn't hold it in any longer, "The demon tribe also has a pig-killing scheme?"
Fang Zhu: “…”
Fang Zhu couldn't hold it back and burst into tears again. "If it was just a pig-killing scam, it would be fine. I was penniless at that time. That person cheated my great-grandmother out of her bones! He said he could move the ancestral tomb to change the fortune! After I gave him the bones, he wanted to swallow me. Fortunately, I hid back in the water in time... But I'm so sorry for my great-grandmother, wuwuwuwu!"
His great-grandmother had once transformed into a mirage dragon and was originally buried in the sea. He even went back to his hometown to retrieve her bones.
Everyone was silent when they heard this. If Fang Zhu was telling the truth, then he was a very bad person. It seemed that the world was becoming more corrupt, and there were many liars among the demon tribe.
"After I returned, I was so angry that I ignored the Moon Mage's teachings and captured the souls of the owners of the accounts that added me during that period. But there was no mastermind, and in the end I found out that they were all scapegoats, so I let them go... Oh, what a sin." Fang Zhu wiped his tears and looked guilty. He couldn't control the evil thoughts in his heart at that moment.
"What about my colleague? Did something happen on the way?" Liu Qingquan was anxious when he heard this. He was in constant contact with the office. If Mu Fei went back, he would not be unaware of it. "Her name is Mu Fei. Did you see her?"
"Your colleague is Mu Fei? She didn't let him go," Fang Zhu said with a look of sudden enlightenment, "She did tell me that if I didn't let her go, her unit would come to my house and beat her up."
"Why did you keep her?" Tan Xiao said with amusement, not knowing why Fang Zhu just didn't let Mu Fei go. "Then you were deceived too many times at that time, don't you believe that you will be beaten up?"
"No." Fang Zhu blushed.
Everyone: “?”
...Fuck, why are you blushing?
Liu Qingquan suddenly felt something was wrong. Wouldn't this be a blind date after all the twists and turns? Even a blind date wouldn't involve forced sales!
Fang Zhu looked up at Kong Xuan, raised his hand to indicate that he was harmless, and said, "But since you are Mu Fei's colleague, I will invite her here."
Even without considering the protection that the stone carvings gave to Fang Zhu, Fang Zhu's cultivation level was definitely one of the best in Yunmengze. Otherwise, the 404 office would not have been able to find his whereabouts, but he was unfortunately caught off guard and encountered the five-colored divine light that could kill anything.
Now, as soon as he stretched out his hand, a soul wrapped in water plants floated over from the depths of the swamp. The waterways in the underworld were indeed fast. In the blink of an eye, the soul came ashore in front of him. The soul was Mu Fei, whose hands were tied by water plants. She was in a daze as if she had just woken up.
Mu Fei rubbed her eyes and saw Fang Zhu was about to yell. When she looked closely, she saw that her colleagues and Tan Xiao were there. Her emotions fluctuated violently. She gasped twice and shouted, "Quick, let me go. Teacher Liu, Brother Tan Xiao, Peacock God... and who is this fellow? You are here to save me!"
Qian Ping'an happened to have a master's knife with him, so he stepped forward and cut off the water grass. "Hello, Director Mu. I'm Yunmeng Xiao Qian. We talked in the WeChat group before."
When Mu Fei heard him mischievously call himself Yunmeng Xiaoqian, the corners of her mouth twitched, "Thank you!"
At that moment, Mu Fei was about to chant a spell to bring herself back to life...
"You can't leave." Fang Zhu saw this and raised his hand to take the water to wrap Mu Fei again. Tan Xiao was quick to freeze the water. Dare to attack at this time? Fang Zhu complained, "Little Master, God has a good heart."
"I'm not a magician, I'm a spiritualist." Tan Xiao knew that he must be watching how much he used the magic. "Since you know that God is merciful, you should let Sister Mu go back."
"Since you have interrogated them one by one, you must know that the mastermind is not my colleague. Even if you are... more hospitable, don't you have to invite them through normal channels?" Liu Qingquan also asked, and turned back to look at Mu Fei, "Mu Fei, are you sure you didn't lie to her?"
Everyone spontaneously avoided the detail of Fang Zhu blushing just now.
Mu Fei's face turned green. "Don't argue with him. He's mentally ill."
"I know she's not the mastermind," Fang Zhu put her hand on her belly again, and said eagerly, "It's just that during this period, I have her baby in my belly, and I can't leave her before the birth."
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell into deathly silence.
For a long time, no one dared to speak.
Mu Fei repeated expressionlessly: "I'm sick."
"Well, I don't recognize his face. Is he really not pretending to be Ah Jin?" Tan Xiao said weakly, almost touching the wound on the tip of his tongue again. He whimpered in pain. Kong Xuan secretly looked over.
"Hey, you're not... but... speed," Qian Ping'an seemed to feel that it didn't conform to his common sense, but after all, he was a demon, oh, and a big clam, what is this called, a secret pregnancy? "Well, this..."
In the end, nothing useful was said.
Liu Qingquan was equally embarrassed and said, "What's going on... Never mind, let's talk about it later! There are minors here!"
"Don't listen to his nonsense." Mu Fei said faintly, "I just threw the talisman at him and threw it into his shell. He didn't spit it out or digest it. He just tried to deceive me, saying that he was going to produce pearls and the pearl core was mine."
