Chapter 103: Bird Removal of Insects
When Hu Xianxian arrived next to the mausoleum, Cheng Haofeng had already led people to set up the altar. Cheng Haofeng was dressed in a dark purple robe, sitting in the center of the Bagua-shaped altar, and the other eight Taoists were wearing dark blue robes and sitting in the eight corners of the altar.
Seeing Hu Xianxian coming, Cheng Haofeng waved his finger at the tombstone where insects and ants were densely packed. A little Taoist boy immediately ran to Hu Xianxian and presented a small pennant embroidered with apricot yellow and golden phoenix.
Hu Xianxian was in a nervous mood, but he still bowed to Cheng Haofeng with a solemn expression, then held the apricot golden phoenix flag in his left hand, and flew away with a light tiptoe.
The tombstone of the old Shenjun King is as high as three zhang, and the tablet was originally a relief of the four-clawed dragon Panyun ascending to the sky, and the epitaph of the seal carving Zhu, but at this moment it is all crawled by insects and ants.
With Hu Xianxian's skills, she could hover in the air and take a sip of tea for such a long time, she had to take advantage of this moment to think about where the apricot golden phoenix flag should be planted.
At a glance, it was full of wriggling insects, and Hu Xianxian's hairs stood on end. With this distraction, she could no longer hover and go straight down.
Hu Xianxian didn't have time to think about it, and stepped to the top of the tombstone. This inky black stele is three inches thick, and Hu Xianxian stands on it very steadily.
There were a few insects that climbed up on the top of the monument and were trampled to death by Hu Xianxian, which made her feel very uncomfortable. Fortunately, the top of the monument is high enough, and it is narrow compared to the ground, and the number of insects climbing up is limited.
Hu Xianxian carefully observed in the insect tide, and finally saw a bluestone tripod more than five zhang away from the tombstone, which seemed to be a little strange.
Hu Xianxian looked at it carefully, and the bronze tripod used for the sacrificial ceremony was rougher than the other tripods, and there was yellow-green light smoke rising from the tripod.
Hu Xianxian was overjoyed in his heart, and when he was about to fly over to plant the flag, he happened to see King Shenjun. At this glance, Hu Xianxian found that King Shenjun had a look of anger in addition to his worried expression. And the entourage around King Shenjun was already full of anger.
Hu Xianxian paused for a moment, she reacted, she was angry with her. Hu Xianxian only cared about looking for a formation to plant a flag to help Cheng Haofeng break through the formation, and he forgot that stepping on the tombstone was disrespectful to the deceased. Ordinary people are not allowed to trample on the tombstones of their ancestors, let alone royal relatives and nobles?
Hu Xianxian couldn't wait to slap himself, how could he be so careless? How to explain to King Shenjun?
But Hu Xianxian only hesitated for a moment, then rushed away and inserted the apricot golden phoenix flag into the ding.
Hu Xianxian flew back to the top of the monument and waited for Cheng Haofeng to break the formation. The reason why she returned to the top of the monument to stand was that she felt that she had been disrespectful to the old Shenjun King anyway, and she didn't care about standing one more time. Even if King Shenjun wants to punish her severely after she goes back, it will be better than staying in the worm pile.
Hu Xianxian waited for about a cup of tea, but nothing changed. Just when Hu Xianxian suspected that he had found the wrong eye, a crisp bird's cry came.
Hu Xianxian looked into the air, and a flock of birds flew quickly. In an instant, the sky above her head was filled with all kinds of birds. One group after another, far exceeding the number of birds performing at that time.
Hu Xianxian looked at the apricot gold phoenix flag again, and saw that the golden phoenix embroidered on the flag exuded colorful light. The golden phoenix was dazzling, as if it was about to fly.
She secretly praised Cheng Haofeng's ingenious thinking, birds eat insects and ants, and use the golden phoenix to attract hundreds of birds to the court, which can eliminate insects. Otherwise, even if the insect gathering array is broken, those insects and ants will escape and harm the people.
Purple light flashed around the mausoleum one after another, and after a few explosions, insects and ants poured out like a fryer.
Hu Xianxian knew that this was a broken formation, so he wanted to return to the tomb guarding hut. But in front of and behind her were birds flying up and down to catch insects, and she was afraid that she would accidentally injure these heroes of insect removal when she flew by, so she stayed on the top of the monument to watch them fight with insects.
Birds are natural enemies of insects, and after a while, these birds are full of food, and there are many fewer insects. Later, the birds only pecked at the insects with their sharp beaks, pinched the insects with their sharp claws, and no longer devoured them.
But these snakes, insects, rats and ants also have stubborn resistance, and a large flower snake and a goshawk have been fighting for a long time. The goshawk swooped down and tried to peck at the big flower snake in one fell swoop, but the big flower snake was not like the other snakes that just slipped away or hovered still.
Suddenly, it stood up and bit the goshawk's leg as it was beaking.
The goshawk was only a little slower than the big flower snake, and the sharp beak that should have pecked straight at the heart of the big flower snake only pecked off a few snake scales.
The goshawk swooped hard, and the big flower snake landed while the goshawk was injured and entangled the goshawk. If this continues, the goshawk may have to be entangled by the big flower snake.
Hu Xianxian wanted to help the goshawk, and when he wanted to summon the Huixin Jade Sword, he felt a crispy itch in his chest.
Hu Xianxian panicked in his heart, could it be that he was too focused on watching the birds and insects just now, and he didn't notice that there were insects crawling on him?
Her legs went limp, and she almost fell off the top of the tomb. She gritted her teeth and reached out to her chest to catch the worm, but something flew out of her chest!
Hu Xianxian felt that the colorful light in front of her was shining, but fortunately, her skills had improved slightly yesterday, and she used the soul fixing technique to keep herself from being so frightened that she was about to jump off the monument and fall to her death.
Her mind was stable, and she couldn't help but smile when she saw the unknown object flying out of her chest. It turned out that it was not a colorful insect, but a colorful magpie given to him from outside the column.
This magpie is hundreds of times larger than usual, the crown is bright red, the neck feathers are golden, the belly feathers are ochre, the wing feathers are blue with golden yellow, and the tail feathers are emerald green and blue. If it weren't for the fact that its crown is a little small and its tail feathers are a little short, it would be the same as a phoenix.
The colorful magpie flew towards the struggling flower snake goshawk, and tore the flower snake into two pieces with one claw. Then, with the tip of a claw, he cut through the belly of the flower snake, grabbed a blue-green thing and flew towards Hu Xianxian.
Hu Xianxian looked at the colorful magpie hovering above his head for some reason, and the high-pitched chirping voice of the colorful magpie seemed a little anxious.
The wounded goshawk staggered up and nodded its head three times at the magpie, as if to thank it.
The magpie shook its head, and the goshawk flew away. And Caique kept yelling at Hu Xianxian, and seemed to be a little angry.
Hu Xianxian saw the majesty of this colorful magpie, and secretly rejoiced that he had a good partner, and said with a flattering smile: "You are in the limelight today, why are you still unhappy?" Blame me for not rewarding you? There's nothing good here, and I'll reward you when you get back. ”
But Caique still shouted, and in the end, he pinched the blue-green thing with one paw, and flew to the side of the tomb hut with Hu Xianxian with one paw.
Cai Que put Hu Xianxian down, stuffed the turquoise thing into Hu Xianxian's hand, and then flew to catch insects.
King Shenjun's entourage all glared at Hu Xianxian angrily, Hu Xianxian pinched the turquoise thing, held back the feeling of disgust, and said to King Shenjun: "Trample on the holy monument of the old prince, and ask the prince to punish him." ”
King Shenjun stopped the entourage who was about to speak, and said with a pleasant face: "The situation is urgent, why should you be confined to vulgar etiquette? Miss Hu doesn't have to blame herself. ”
Hu Xianxian replied, "Thank you for your magnanimity." So he hurried into the house.
She didn't care if the king and his men said she was being rude, and she had to find a vessel for the turquoise stuff, or she would die of disgust.
When the insects were almost gone, and when they returned to the city, Caique came back with some scorpions and centipedes.
When Hu Xianxian didn't know what to do, Cheng Haofeng came over and said: "Your colorful magpie is really good, it knows that the big flower snake has opened its spiritual wisdom and has some cultivation, so it will cut out the snake gall bladder for you to take." This snake gall can clear the heart and eyes, and it also has some effects of detoxification and evil spirits. ”
Hu Xianxian looked at Caique in embarrassment, "Do you want me to eat this lump?" ”
Caique nodded, and Hu Xianxian asked with a pale face: "Those scorpion centipedes are also for me to eat?" ”
Cai Que chirped a few times, Hu Xianxian didn't know what it meant, and turned his head to look at Cheng Haofeng, who could understand bird language.
Cheng Haofeng looked at Caique approvingly and said: "Caique has been warm for you for a long time, and has recognized that you are its master, so he will take the initiative to incarnate to protect you." As for you, if you are fortunate enough to be recognized by it, you should accept its flattery, and don't neglect its kindness. Those scorpion centipedes are the delicacy it is going to enjoy, and you don't have to worry about it. ”
Hu Xianxian breathed a sigh of relief, but Cheng Haofeng continued: "Caique is very delicate, it doesn't eat raw and cold-blooded food, it wants you to cook the scorpion centipede and then give it to it." ”
When he said these words, Hu Xianxian rolled his eyes when he heard this. She caught a glimpse of Cheng Haofeng with a smile on his face, as if it was a very interesting thing to see her deflated.
Hu Xianxian suspected that he was so frightened that he was wrong, and he laughed too exaggeratedly. When she looked at him closely, he only had a mocking sneer on the corner of his mouth.
She secretly said that she was really dazzled, and she no longer thought about how he laughed, and concentrated on how to deal with the snake gall and the pile of scorpions and centipedes.