Chapter 482: Wu Zetian's pet
After returning to the house, Old Man Yuan walked towards the west wall, where there was a large wardrobe. Old man Yuan opened the wardrobe, and I don't know where to press it, I heard the creaking, and a secret door appeared on the inner wall of the wardrobe, and Old Man Yuan beckoned to us and motioned for us to go in with him.
Not only us, but even Mr. Chen was taken aback, obviously he didn't know about this secret door before. Whether it is Old Man Yuan or this house, it looks very ordinary, who would have thought that under this ordinary appearance, there are so many unknown secrets.
Entering through the secret door in the closet, there is a low passage, bend forward so as not to touch your head, it turns out that the west wall of this house is next to the mountain, and this low passage is connected to a cave in the mountain.
We have entered all kinds of caves, most of those caves are mysterious and weird, people can't help but be afraid, I don't know what this cave of Old Man Yuan will be like?
As we passed through the low passageway, we found that the further we went, the more spacious the cave became, that is, the entrance of the cave was small, but inside it was very tall and spacious, like a hall.
It made me think that we had seen such a tall cave before under the guidance of ants.
Everyone used the flashlight to shine around, and found that the cave was at least ten meters high, and felt that the flashlight shone out for dozens of meters, and there was still no end in sight.
I didn't expect that there would be such a huge space in such a small cave, we seemed to enter an underground castle, and what is even stranger is that this kind of cave has no echo, which is incredible, because in all caves, as long as you make even a slight sound, whether it is talking or footsteps, there will be more or less echo, but in this cave, why is there no echo at all?
Just when we were surprised, we heard Old Man Yuan say, "Let's put out the flashlight." β
We didn't know what he was going to do, but we immediately did as he said, and turned off the flashlight, and suddenly it was pitch black in the cave, and we couldn't see anything.
We only heard the madman six whistle softly, and suddenly, dozens of meters away, we found a glowing object, flying towards us, the light was not too bright, but a faint blue light, full of incomparable mystery, and the thing seemed to be a saucer, Kenya and the female translator shouted in unison: "Flying saucer, UFO".
It's really like it, is it really a legendary, alien flying saucer?
As the thing flew closer and closer, we saw that it was not a flying saucer at all, but a strangely shaped bird, but it flew in a very special way, like a fan, spinning rapidly and flying forward, so at first glance, it looked like a flying saucer. When it flew in front of us, it vibrated its wings and landed on a stone next to it.
But its exact shape, the faint light emitted from it, still couldn't be seen clearly. At this time, Old Man Yuan said: "Okay, turn on the flashlight, you can take a look at it."
When several flashlights shone on the bird's body at the same time, everyone was stunned.
When we see the "Monkey Eagle", we are more afraid, because the appearance of the "Monkey Eagle" is indeed too weird, and it looks very crazy at first glance, and other kinds of monsters, when we see it, we are often shocked, because their appearance is too terrible, and at this time, when we see the bird in front of us, we are stunned, not because of fear, but because this bird is so beautiful, it is simply a small phoenix!
Several of us have seen peacocks, but the bird in front of us, although it looks similar to a peacock at first glance, its feathers are much brighter and more gorgeous than peacocks, and it has a red crest on its head, which is shaped like a crown, and with the feathers on its body, it looks very graceful and luxurious, but it is only the size of a pheasant.
Under the illumination of the flashlight, it looks like a fairy bird, which is breathtaking.
"Is this your secret weapon? Why can't you see it? In addition to being extremely beautiful, I can't tell how high its IQ is, nor can I feel its attack power, so I guess it's a bird. β
As soon as Madman Six finished saying this, before Old Man Yuan could answer, he vaguely heard the bird say something, and the strange thing was that its mouth did not move, and the sound seemed to come from it.
The cousin exclaimed, "Could it be that this bird, like the 'monkey eagle', can understand human speech and can speak itself?" What it just said was like 'shut up.'"
After my cousin's prompt, we also felt that the voice just now was indeed like saying "shut up". Everyone waited for Old Man Yuan to explain.
It's a pity that Old Man Ouyang and the "Monkey Eagle" didn't come, otherwise, we might have made new discoveries.
Old man Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, it can understand human speech, and it can also speak, but the kind of 'monkey eagle' you are talking about, I am also very familiar with it, because it is also one of the birds cultivated in our family, the crater in TongguΓ², Mr. Chen has one before, and the ability of that bird in all aspects is really good, but compared with the bird in front of him, it is still too far away in all aspects." β
This phrase shocked all of us - what? In all respects, the "monkey eagle" is too far worse than this bird? How is this possible? Just talking about the intelligence of the "Monkey Eagle", it is already on par with people, not to mention its amazing sense of smell and attack power.
Seeing that we were all full of suspicion, Old Man Yuan didn't continue to explain, but said to the beautiful bird: "Phoenix Empress, recite a few words of the Diamond Sutra." β
As soon as Mr. Yuan's voice fell, the bird really carried it back, although the pronunciation was not very clear, but it could probably be heard clearly, and we also noticed that its voice did not come from the mouth, but seemed to come from the belly.
A bird can recite the Diamond Sutra! For us, the fact that "Monkey Eagle" can say a few vague words is enough to shock us. To be able to memorize such a complex scripture must be excellent in terms of memory and thinking skills.
I suddenly felt as if I had come to a mythical world, as the Buddhist scriptures say, everything has a Buddha nature, and this bird called the "Phoenix Empress" has also been transformed into a Buddha, so it can not only speak in the mouth, but also recite Buddhist scriptures.
When I expressed this feeling, Old Man Yuan just smiled and shook his head and said: "It is not only able to memorize Buddhist scriptures, but also to memorize Tang poems, and it is not a Buddha, it is the wonderful effect of that meteorite that makes this bird's genes mutated, not only becomes so beautiful, but also has an abnormally high intelligence." β
"How can it have such a high intelligence when its head is so small?" The female translator asked puzzled.
"Because its brain is not in its head, but in its body", when Old Man Yuan said this sentence calmly, several of us couldn't help but let out an "ah" in shock, and we were all stunned for a while.
And Old Man Yuan was still very calm, and said softly to the bird: "'Phoenix Empress', you can open the screen." β
After hearing Old Man Yuan's order, the bird immediately turned around, and it was really like a peacock opening the screen, erecting the feathers behind it, and at the moment when the feathers were erected, we saw that a human face was revealed on its back body!
My hand shook, and the flashlight fell to the ground with a thud. Kenya, the female translator, Sister Li, and Hongmei all screamed, and Sister Li threw herself into my arms, and they were really frightened.
Who would have thought that this incomparably beautiful bird also has a strange human face on its body, and this human face is extremely close to the appearance of a real human face.
Unlike those animals with human faces, the human face on its body, we did not see it at the beginning, but suddenly appeared, and the fear and fright were more intense than all the previous fright.
Kenya even cried with a whimper, maybe the changes in her love were too drastic for her to bear, and crying could be regarded as a kind of venting of love.
Seeing us like this, at this time Old Man Yuan said with some guilt: "I'm really sorry, after listening to you talk about your experience, I think you have seen so many terrible monsters, so this bird will not scare you, I didn't expect you to be so scared, I'm sorry everyone, I didn't think about it, let's go out and talk about it." β
After finishing speaking, we walked back along the low passageway, and when we came out of the secret door of the closet and saw the flickering candlelight in the room, we suddenly felt that the qiΔ just now was like a dream.
Old man Yuan made a pot of tea for everyone, and after a long while, everyone's feelings gradually stabilized. I looked at the wardrobe, and suddenly thought of the classic Western fairy tale "Namibian Legend" - a few children, inadvertently entered the wardrobe at home, but did not expect that the wardrobe led to another world, in that world, there are monsters with the body of a horse, and sheep people.
But the bird we just saw is even more incredible than the monster in "Namibian Legends".
"I would like to ask you, you just said that the bird's brain is not in the head, but in the body, what about its internal organs? Did it grow with its brain? β
At this moment, perhaps only my cousin can ask such a deep question. But Old Man Yuan's answer shocked us again:
"No, the internal organs of that bird have completely degenerated, and what you see is that its feathers are not ordinary bird feathers, but a kind of skin fiber, with pores and nerves, and it is also the same as my Xuanheng seniors, absorbing nutrients and breathing, and no longer relying on internal organs, but all by skin.
The cavity of its body is full of brain tissue, and the shape and size of the brain tissue is very similar to that of the human brain. β
Old man Yuan said, from the top of the bookcase, took out a large bottle, and in this bottle, there was a brain tissue, just as Old Man Yuan said, that kind of brain tissue is very similar to the human brain.
Compared to all the monsters we have seen before, this bird is definitely the weirdest, its weirdness is hidden, just like the female ghost in the skin of a beautiful woman in "Liao Zhai" - under the beautiful and moving appearance, there is a horror that makes the soul fly.
"This kind of bird is still very related in history, and it is recorded in the history books of the Ming Dynasty, but when the Qing Dynasty was compiling the "Siku Quanshu", Emperor Qianlong felt that this kind of record was too absurd, so he deleted it, so future generations could not see the record of this bird."
Old man Yuan told his cousin about the history of this bird, which made his cousin's eyes light up, and he said excitedly: "Then tell me quickly, what is the historical origin of this bird, but it is understandable that Emperor Qianlong deleted the record of this bird, because unless you see it with your own eyes, who will believe that there is such a bird in the world." β
Old man Yuan nodded: "You're right, if it weren't for my Xuanheng seniors, of course I wouldn't know about this bird, in fact, the records about this bird were available in the Tang Dynasty, and this bird was once the pet of Empress Wu Zetian." β