"The sound of the phoenix is like a shengxiao, the sound is like a bell and a drum, the male's singing is about to come, and the female's singing is of full strength."
The cry of this phoenix is "chirp", obviously it is a male bird, but at this moment it is so angry that it neighs like a peacock, wailing endlessly.
Jiuru stood on the top of the tree with a calm face and didn't speak, just staring at it, looking at it, looking at it. The three Changsheng also rushed to the top of the cliff, looked at each other in blank dismay, and had to guard the periphery to prevent accidents.
And the phoenix kept circling in the low altitude, and finally sent out a wave of divine sense, "How shameless!"
"Why am I shameless? I didn't bother you, why are you messing with us? Speak well and don't listen, you are not used to it!" Jiu Ru opened her mouth and started to squirt, inheriting the fine tradition of her aunt.
"Aw!"
The more angry the phoenix was, he had no choice but to fly back and forth on the top of the cliff, his neighing already carried a bit of mourning. The life in the bird's nest also responded, pitiful and helpless.
After a stalemate for a while, it finally shrunk in size and landed on another treetop, looking at someone full of resentment.
"That's right! They bother you, you have killed them all, so don't involve others, we are here to solve the problem."
Jiu Ru sat down by the bird's nest, called the three of them over, and immediately abbot the general situation, asking, "When were you born?"
"..."
"Are you really the essence of heaven and earth? It's rare to be discovered here because of hiding here."
"..."
"Do you have a name? How much do you know about the world?"
"..."
She asked repeatedly, but Fenghuang just didn't respond.
Jiuru rolled his eyes, suddenly remembered the allusion Han Tang said, reached out and patted the bird's nest: "Hey, are you hungry?"
Cuckoo!
There was a slight commotion inside, as if he didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit it.
"Hahaha, it really is like this, Senior Brother Han Bowen remembers it, I admire it!"
"Well… "
Han Tang looked constipated, speechless.
When Jiuru had finished laughing, he suddenly straightened his face and said seriously: "We are not vicious people, and you are not a bloodthirsty person, let's talk about the truth first. Most of those people came here with bad intentions, but there were also a few people who had evil intentions." Good thoughts, you have defended your wife and children. But you didn't care about it, and just killed them all. It's justifiable, unreasonable, and violates the rules of my world!"
"..."
Fenghuang stretched his neck, his eyes were mocking, and his posture was high.
Jiu Ru was not annoyed, and continued: "No matter why you were born, since you are in the border of my country, you must abide by my human principles. We came to check on the order of our teacher. The teachers of both sides once said that if the evil bird is killed, the god Niaoliu, you didn’t mention the word catch! Although you are strong, you know that there are gods in the world, and it’s easy to capture you. Shimen sent us here with a kind attitude. You are a god, beast, and spirit. arrogant!"
"Are you convinced?"
Fenghuang didn't even look at it, and just kept shaking his feathers, not caring at all.
"snort!"
Jiu Ruzi jumped down from the parasol tree, pulled out the Chiyang sword, and said: "The words are finished, if you refuse to accept, we will fight again! You put this bastard away, we will never take advantage of others' danger, don't think we can't beat you!"
Swipe!
The Changsheng three also jumped down, forming a siege again, and their aura rose to the peak.
The atmosphere was tense in an instant, Phoenix was arrogant by nature, he would never admit his mistake, let alone bow his head. It was about to start a fight, but at this moment, a ray of light suddenly flew from the sky, and it turned into a young Taoist, dressed in feathers and clouds, handsome and extraordinary, with three parts of seriousness and seven parts of humor.
It was Chao Kongtu.
"Oh, what a beautiful big bird!"
His eyes were shining, and he was about to touch his hair when he went up.
Phoenix dodged sideways, and without any explanation, he opened his mouth and sprayed out a flame. Chao Kongtu didn't dodge, waved the sleeve of his right hand, and the talisman light shone in the sleeve, like the universe in the sleeve, the flames were all sucked in.
"This bird has a strong temper and needs to be sharpened."
Lao Chao made a comment, then shook his head again after thinking about it, "No, it's not a phoenix if it's smooth, forget it, I don't care about you!"
At this time, Han Tang hurriedly went up to salute, "Master, please make a special trip."
"You're welcome, I just happen to know a place that has... Take a look, is it this?"
As he spoke, he dug out from his sleeve, and took out a handful of green green, which was covered with a layer of seeds like rice husks.
As soon as the thing was taken out, Phoenix immediately changed, staring straight at it without blinking. The guys in the bird's nest also smelled the aroma and became restless.
"That's right, this is it!"
Han Tang recognized it and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Zhuangzi Qiushui" says: "There is a bird in the south, its name is a bird, and it is not a phoenix tree. It does not eat unless it is practiced, and it does not drink unless it is a sweet spring."
That is to say, this kind of bird does not live in the sycamore tree, eat the fruit of the bamboo, or drink the sweet spring water.
What is the fruit of that bamboo
Common name, bamboo rice.
Bamboo forests in a region gradually enter the old-growth forest stage after decades to hundreds of years of growth and development. Growth slows down, flowering and fruiting, and then the bamboo plants die, and the bamboo forest declines.
And these fruits fall into the soil and grow into bamboo forest again, which is a strange way of asexual reproduction and self-perpetuation.
Therefore, the bamboo we see rarely blooms, because after the bamboo blooms, the bamboo forest will die in pieces. And the seeds it forms are bamboo rice.
The slender grains are covered with shells, which become white after shelling, resembling rice, and are very nutritious. Because it is extremely rare, it has been a very, very precious thing since ancient times.
That's why Fenghuang is awesome. He would rather starve to death than not to eat bamboo and rice.
Cause of death, picky eater...
As for the contents of the nest, they were not young birds, but female birds and phoenix eggs.
According to the ancient book "Ling Wai Dai Answer" in the Southern Song Dynasty: "Above the high cliffs, where there are no human traces, there is a phoenix nest... The crown on the top is always filled with water. The male and female eat more food, and they have not yet entered the world... The male uses a wooden branch. Mix peach gum, seal the female in the nest, leave one orifice alone, and the male flies to ask for food to feed it... "
This is the only remaining book that describes the habits of the Phoenix.
The general idea is that the phoenix builds its nest on the high cliff where no one visits, and the male and female take turns to eat, and never approach the human world.
After laying eggs, the male phoenix mixes peach gum with wooden sticks, and seals the female bird in the nest, leaving only one air hole. Then the male phoenix looks for food to feed the female bird. If there is no food for a long time, it will seal the hole and suffocate the female bird and eggs together.
Leaving aside whether this habit is careless or not, it can be seen from this alone that the biggest characteristic of the phoenix is pride! So proud that he would rather kill it with his own hands than let humans or beasts get the phoenix eggs!
According to the normal development, even if Phoenix is touched by Jiuru's words, he will not compromise and bow his head, and will continue to fight.
But Han Tang knew the allusion and told his fellow disciples to look for food, and then Chao Kongtu came with bamboo rice, which was a high-grade bamboo rice with a higher level of aura.
Oops, that's not very principled.