Sand sculptures
"Phew-"
Above the Taklamakan Temple, there was no cloud, and an eagle had a bird's-eye view of the hidden tribe.
With its dark pupils almost covering its entire eye socket, the eagle circled loosely, looking at the few people below.
Suddenly, a rock "swished" up, bringing out a turbulent stream.
The eagle flapped its wings and narrowly avoided it, and before it could fully balance its body, it heard a "poof", and was hit by a second stone that flew rapidly, and fell vertically from the sky.
If an ordinary bird suddenly falls from a height of hundreds of zhang in the middle of the flight, it will inevitably fall into a blur of flesh and blood, and shatter its bones, not to mention that it has been hit by a flying stone before, and it will accidentally explode into a mass of minced meat and bone residue in the air.
But for some reason, the eagle, still a few feet above the ground, suddenly woke up, flapped its wings desperately, counteracted the speed of its fall, and fell flat on the sand.
"Second brother, second brother, there is a good sand sculpture here!"
The eagle struggled to open his eyes, but saw the girl running like a rabbit from the side of the temple, and unconsciously closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing as if she were dead.
The girl didn't care whether she was dead or alive, she leaned down and grabbed it.
"Goo!" the eagle felt like his whole body was about to be broken, and the bones that had just been broken by the flying stone seemed to be piercing into his organs.
"Little sister, give it to me. A young man walked up to the maiden and looked at the eagle in her hand.
"No, no, it's fluffy, Yue'er has to raise it. The girl rubbed her face against the eagle's wings, and the eagle was so frightened that it could not move.
"It's going to die, and you're going to have a bunch of bird meat to do, so give it to me." "The man does not intend to rely on his sister, the tribe rarely touches the world, and the communication depends on the successful domestication of sand sculptures, and the number of sand sculptures is very small, and it is more difficult to catch, and today the eagle is caught, purely because it is unlucky, and meets the newly crowned Taklamakan.
Hearing this, the girl let go of her hand with some disgust, and the eagle swooped down on the ground again. 、
As soon as the man lifted it, the eagle was lifted into his hand and carefully observed by him.
"This eagle feather color is not as green as the ordinary sand sculpture, but it is quite black and bright, the feathers are extremely long, the down feathers are extremely dense, the eagle eye is sharp, although the moment is listless, but it is indeed a rare good sand sculpture. ”
The eagle has been stared at by the man for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will be impatient, and he will struggle to spread his wings and want to fly away.
Unexpectedly, he was glared at fiercely by the man, so he settled down, and he didn't dare to make trouble again, but the tail feathers were high.
Near the temple was a small oasis inhabited by a small group of the tribe.
When a man and a girl came to the tribe, they were greeted by the tribe:
"May the Taklamakan be evergreen!
Then the elders here led the two to a room in the center and offered two bowls of clear water, which filled the dry air with a different kind of freshness, and even the eagle was much more energetic.
The two of them drank up a drop of water, and the elder asked, "I don't know if Taklamakan and the Holy Maiden have come to our department, but there is something important?"
The man handed the eagle to the elder and said, "The two of us have picked up an eagle by the temple, but it has been badly damaged, and we have come to ask the elder if this eagle can be domesticated into a sand sculpture." ”
The elder looked at it carefully, suddenly knelt down, held the eagle high, and praised: "Praise the Taklamakan for this is a holy thing. "I burst into tears.
"Holy relics?" the holy woman pouted a little unhappily, and since she was governor, she had understood that the word "holy" was not fun.
"How to be holy?" the man asked, with some interest.
"This ······" The elder couldn't answer, so he asked the two to go to another room.
Inside the house there is a large stone tablet painted with stone carvings.
"It's the origin of the tribe. The man said, looking at the wall.
"Taklamakan is right. The elder pointed to a black bird pattern in the upper right corner and said, "Please look at this bird picture, the whole body is jet black, the wings are broad, and the tip of the beak is a little snow-white, it is the same as the eagle in your hand, what is it if it is not a holy thing!"
After listening to the elder's words, the eagle in the man's hand actually "cooed" like a dove, and he was very proud.
The man frowned and asked, "What should I do according to the elders?"
"How? I think it's time to gather all the ministries and open the altar to canonize the holy relics!" the elders seemed to be happy, "Come on, get some meat for the holy relics! No, no, call the wizards, hurry up and heal the holy relics!! No, no, no, the holy relics have their own creation, and we mortals can control them." “
The elder was incoherent for a moment, and he didn't choose what to say.
"This guy looks like a holy thing!" the man said in his heart, and when he brought it up and looked at it carefully, he actually found that there were cracks on the white bird's beak, "Good you evil bird!"
"Little sister, I'll hand it over to you!"
"Okay!"
The eagle was startled, and flew towards the door with the last strength, but when he heard a "snap", a long purple snake pounced on the flying eagle, bit the eagle's leg, pulled it back, and smashed it on the ground, and the eagle completely lost consciousness.
"Little sand sculpture, little sand sculpture, look where you run. The maiden put away her long whip, and the great eagle was caught by her.
At this time, there was a "cluck", and the white color actually fell off, revealing the golden beak inside.
"It turned out to be a fake. Haha!" the girl grinned and sneered, "The elder still wants to be canonized?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, the Holy Woman forgives her sins. The elder's face was instantly unpalatable, but he still said: "Although this bird is not a holy object, but judging by its appearance, it is by no means an ordinary eagle, and in my opinion, this bird has only appeared once in the record. “
The man recalled: "Also, the fastest peregrine falcon can't dodge my blow, and this guy can dodge, which is indeed extraordinary." ”
The elder bowed down again and said: "What's more, this bird is smart and alert, can hear people's words, can distinguish the face, although it does not have the ability of a divine beast, but if it is domesticated properly, it will definitely do something." ”
"Then it can only make a sand sculpture. The girl said innocently.
The man actually heard a little loneliness in the girl's tone, and couldn't help laughing.
"Second brother, you laughed, I have to write it down. The girl's eyes widened in surprise.
"Your second brother is human, so he will naturally laugh. The man said slowly, "Since you want it so much, this eagle will give it to you." ”
"Yes!" the girl was excited, and threw everything in her hand high, including the sand sculpture.
Naturally, this poor eagle was lying on the sandbox, being fed some strange things by the hostess all day long, and even the step of "boiling the eagle" was completely omitted.
In the past few months, there have been more birds in the depths of the desert.
How many people could have imagined that the once lord of the sky in this area had been domesticated into a large sand sculpture!