At noon the next day, Lu Xiaoxian got up from the bed, rubbed his still dizzy head, vaguely remembered the process of drinking last night, and couldn't help shaking his head.

I drank too much, and it hurt my body to drink, and it seems that I can't drink like this anymore in the future.

Filling his stomach indiscriminately, Lu Xiaoxian was about to go to Daman to find Fan Ziming, but saw the beggar Zhongxiang coming to visit him.

"Is Gongzi Lu okay?" The beggar asked with a concerned face.

"Not good!" Lu Xiaoxian replied honestly, "I drank too much!" ”

"Then does Lu Gongzi know how he came back?" The beggar asked again.

"Of course I walked back by myself!"

When the beggar Zhongxiang heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and after laughing enough, he said, "Last night, Lu Gongzi drank twenty-one people by himself!" It's amazing that I can walk back! ”

Lu Xiaoxian scratched his head embarrassedly: "I've become an alcoholic, this is not a good reputation, don't mention it!" ”

"Master Lu, you are wrong!" The beggar Zhongxiang said meaningfully, "Prairie men have always admired only three kinds of people, one is those who help others, the other is those who are brave, and the other is those who can drink!" Lu Gongzi drank unparalleled in the world, and the story of drinking 21 people alone has spread throughout the grassland. You had done a good deed to help three tribes survive the famine, but now your good name has spread in the grasslands. ”

"And this kind of thing?" Lu Xiaoxian felt even more embarrassed.

"Master Lu, I'm going back to the tribe today, I'm here to say goodbye to you!" The beggar Zhongxiang said solemnly, "Master Lu, after the Khitan is over, please be sure to go to Sumo Jin as a guest, I and my people are waiting for you!" ”

The beggar Zhongxiang said very sincerely, without the slightest hint of falsification, so that Lu Xiaoxian couldn't refuse at all.

He nodded in agreement, "The leader is so gracious, but I am disrespectful." Leave here from the Khitan, and I will definitely be a guest at you! ”

"It's a deal!"

"It's a deal!" Lu Xiaoxian joked, "It's no problem to be a guest, Lord Chief, don't let me drink anymore, I'm a little afraid of alcohol now!" ”

The beggar Zhongxiang joked: "If I have half of the amount of alcohol of Lu Gongzi, I will not be afraid to go all over the world!" ”

……

In the evening, Daman led Lu Xiaoxian, Fan Ziming and Li Shihuo to leave

Camp.

I don't know how long they walked, but they came to the foot of a bare mountain. Looking up, the edge of a steep cliff lay in front of them, and Daman pulled out a few ropes and steel grips that he had prepared.

Lu Xiaoxian looked at Daman strangely: "Master Daman, you don't want to climb to the top of the cliff, do you?" ”

"Exactly!" Daman nodded and said, "You have to go up after dark, so that you won't not alarm the eagle above." ”

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes lit up, it was not the eagle's nest that was built under the cliff. He looked up, but nothing could be seen in the dark.

Lu Xiaoxian asked excitedly, "Master Daman, is there an eagle's nest on this?" Are we going to hunt falcons? ”

Da Man glanced at Lu Xiaoxian, shook his head and said, "The eagle's nest is not so high, and the eagle will not come here!" ”

Speaking of this, Daman sold a pass: "However, this is more important than the eagle's nest, and you will naturally know it when you get to the top." ”

After Daman finished speaking, he threw out the steel grip vigorously, and when the steel grip was fixed, he tied the rope around his waist again.

"I'll go up first! Wait until you're like me, and you'll climb up too! ”

When Daman had given his orders, he climbed up the cliff.

Although he is old, he is still very athletic.

When Daman went up, he threw the rope off.

Lu Xiaoxian and the three of them followed his example, and with the help of the bright moonlight, they also climbed up the cliff.

Around midnight, they finally reached the top of a high cliff.

Daman found a relatively hidden place, and then the four of them squatted in it together. Li took out the food he had brought with him, and they ate dry food while drinking the mountain spring, and finally survived until dawn the next day.

Fan Ziming looked up and looked out, but he didn't even see the shadow of the eagle.

He couldn't help but ask, "Master, how long are we going to stay here?" ”

Daman said noncommittally, "Not necessarily, but I guess there are a few eagles coming!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian felt strange, and he asked Daman, "Why did the eagle come here?" ”

"Shh Instead of answering, Daman made a silent gesture.

Sure enough, I saw three giant eagles flying under the cliff, they were very old, and they were already exhausted by the time they flew to the top of the cliff.

A few people didn't even dare to blink, hiding there and staring at the eagles.

One of the eagles came to the top of the cliff and unexpectedly slammed its long pointed beak against the hard stone.

After hundreds of knocks, the rock was suddenly splattered with blood.

Lu Xiaoxian was stunned, and he asked Daman in a low voice: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Daman didn't answer, just motioned for him not to speak.

Finally, the eagle knocked off the hard shell of its beak, leaving only bright red flesh.

After all this was done, the eagle took refuge in a large rock crevice.

Then, the other two eagles did the same.

It wasn't until the three eagles had entered the crack in the stone that Daman said, "The reason why these eagles want to knock off their beaks is to wait for a new sharp beak to grow." ”

Seeing that Lu Xiaoxian was a little dazed, he explained: "After the eagle lives to the fortieth year, its beak and claws begin to age, and its wings become heavy, so it cannot hunt in this case. Therefore, at this time, it has only two options, one is to wait for death, because it will die soon from hunger. The second is to fly hard to the cliff, and then knock off the original mouth on the rock, and wait for a new hard shell to grow, and then use the new mouth to pull out the nails on the claws, and when the new nails grow out, it has sharp claws, and then it has to use its mouth to pluck out the feathers of its whole body one by one, and after about five months, its new feathers will grow, so that it can live for another thirty years."

And this kind of thing?

Lu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded.

Daman sighed: "Because this process is too hard, there are not many eagles that can be reborn, some dare not try it at all, and some starve to death because they can't find food during the rebirth process. The rebirth of eagles is painful and at the same time the most perilous moment of their lives. ”

Some eagles can live for seventy years, while others can only live for forty years. Lu Xiaoxian finally understood why Daman said this.

He couldn't help muttering: "If you don't go to rebirth, you will definitely die, and if you are reborn, you may still die, but it has another chance, and that is to be able to survive." ”

Daman nodded slightly, and then got up: "Okay! It's time for us to go! ”

None of them spoke, and they slid off the rope to the bottom of the cliff as if they were climbing a cliff.

……