The cub he picked up didn't come with an instruction manual

"Knock-"

Aunt Qi was standing outside the door, smiling.

Earlier, she had already introduced herself, saying that her surname was Qi.

At this moment, she was holding two water bottles in her hand, and said apologetically, "The electric water heater in this room is a little old. I'm worried that there's not enough hot water. I'll bring you some hot water."

"Thank you, Aunt Qi." Xu Huo took the hot water.

"Then I won't disturb your rest..." Aunt Qi was talking, but she didn't intend to leave. She still stood at the door and asked enthusiastically, "Where are you going tomorrow? I can help you as a consultant."

Xu Huo replied honestly: "Take a walk around the island tomorrow."

"Have you seen all the four scenic spots on the island?"

Xu Huo nodded, "It's over!"

Aunt Qi lowered her eyes and murmured: "That's fine, just take a stroll." She suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Can you do Aunty a favor by the way when you go out tomorrow?"

"Auntie, tell me."

"Could you help me bring a chicken to a relative."

"chicken?!"

Aunt Qi was a little embarrassed: "I have a chicken that has been raised for a year. It is reasonable to say that it should have been slaughtered long ago, but I still can't do it. I have been thinking about it for the past two days. I might as well give it to relatives, but I I have something to do tomorrow and I can’t take it, so I want to ask you, can you take it to Gujingshu for me?”

This request is not too much, but Crescent Island is actually not big, a chicken can be sent at any time, why should they help?Is there something strange about this?

Before he had time to think about it, Xu Huo nodded and agreed, "Okay, Aunt Qi, we are going north, so we just dropped by the way."

"Oh, thank you very much." Aunt Qi immediately beamed with joy, exchanged some pleasantries, then turned and left.

When Aunt Qi left, Gui Ling, who was sitting on the bed, tilted his head and said curiously: "Brother, I think this aunt is teaching us on purpose."

Xu Huo agreed: "I also have this feeling. I don't know why she didn't say it clearly, but deliberately guided it step by step."

"But I don't notice that there is aura in her body..." Youqian floated in the air, and also expressed his opinion.

Xu Huo thought for a while, "We sent a big rooster, so we will look for it step by step, and play by ear."

After deciding to deliver the chicken tomorrow, they went to bed early.

Gui Ling stared at the big round eyes on the bed, then turned to look at Xu Huo who had closed his eyes.

"elder brother?"

Xu Huo may be tired and has fallen asleep.

Gui Ling was a little disappointed. He thought that the wedding ceremony would be different, but he found that there was no difference. He approached Xu Huo, hugged Xu Huo's arm, hugged him tightly, and kept rubbing his small face.

Xu Huo fell into a drowsy sleep, murmured a few words, stretched out his hand, and habitually hugged the little guy in his arms.

Returning to the familiar embrace, Jiu Ling happily closed his eyes, sleeping soundly and sweetly.

The next day, after breakfast, Aunt Qi came over with a small bamboo basket. Inside the bamboo basket lay a big rooster with bound wings. It was a brown and yellow Taoyuan cock. The pull was exceptionally strong and surprisingly, the cock was blindfolded.

Aunt Qi put down the bamboo basket, said hello and left.

Xu Huo sent his aunt away, and when he turned around, he saw Gui Ling poking the cock for fun.

The rooster obviously felt threatened, and clucked uncomfortably.

"I want to play too—" Youqian floated above the bamboo basket.

"I'll leave the rooster to you to watch." That's what Gui Ling waited for, he threw the bamboo basket to Rich, and turned around to grab Xu Huo.

Xu Huo was led by him, turned around and said, "If you have money, you take the chicken..."

"Hmph, I'll take it if I take it." Youqian stretched out a vine, rolled up the bamboo basket, and lifted it up, not forgetting to talk to the chicken: "Chicken cluck, come and play with me."

Gui Ling ran fast in front, and Qian Qian followed quickly, and soon the dog's tail was pulling the bamboo basket with the chicken, and attached it to Xu Huo's shoulder, pretending that Xu Huo was carrying a basket.

Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, it stretched out an extra thin vine, which lifted the big cock's blindfold.

When the rooster sees a stranger, its hairs stand on end, its eyes stare at the person, and its mouth keeps croaking.

Anyone who raises chickens knows that roosters staring at people is a sign of nagging, not to mention chickens wearing blindfolds are generally very aggressive.

Youqian hurriedly stretched out the vines and covered the rooster's eyes, "Giggle, don't make trouble, or I won't play with you."

Strange to say, the big rooster actually quieted down and stopped crowing when he heard the rich threat.

"Hee hee, it's fun." Youqian let go of the cock's eyes, and then stretched out a strand of thin vines and began to lick the cock. The cock was quietly being licked, but kept turning its head, shaking its red comb and chin, watching Look majestic.

Xu Huoxin said strangely: "It turns out that rich people also like to keep pets."

"Who likes it, I'm just having fun." Shenbing Youqian Tiaojiao refused to admit it.

"Brother, let Xiugou play, we ignore it." Gui Ling pulled Xu Huo two steps ahead.

Rich and wronged, he carried the bamboo basket and obediently followed behind.

Fortunately, there was no one on this section of the road, otherwise seeing a vine floating in the air with a chicken would be scary enough.

Aunt Qi’s B&B is in the southeast of Crescent Island. If she wants to take chickens to Shuijingshu, she will pass Jinshi’an.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, and there were faint wisps of clouds floating in the sky. The light was strong, illuminating the gravel beach brightly.

Xu Huo picked up a stone and observed it. This stone is the same as the one yesterday, and it feels very light, but today it looks dark brown, and some textures can be vaguely seen. Xu Huo said strangely: "This stone , seems to have the pattern of trees?"

"Trees?" Gui Ling's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother, is this stone made of wood?"

"The wood changed?" Xu Huo picked it with his nails, and it felt hard to the touch, making sure that it was indeed a stone in his hand.

"It's not wood that changes." Youqian, who was stroking a rooster, began to explain, "This is called formation. This is a fossilized wood. It takes tens of thousands or hundreds of millions of years to form. If it is of good quality, it can be sold outside. After finishing speaking, it looked at the piece in Xu Huo's hand and snorted, "This piece is too shabby and worthless. There is no good beach on this beach."

"Petrified wood?" Xu Huo's heart moved, and he tapped the stone lightly with his hand. Unlike the muffled sound of other stones, he heard a crisp sound when he tapped this stone.

Xu Huo looked at the gravel on the beach. Could it be that this place was a forest in ancient times?

Then, perhaps Jinshi'an should not be literally understood as the five elements belonging to gold.

"Brother, petrified wood is actually wood." Gui Ling also understood, jumping happily.

"That's right, so Jiu Ling, the five elements you mentioned are valid here." Xu Huo became excited, "Let's deliver the chicken quickly, and we'll go find Nanhuo."

Unexpectedly, they were in vain, Aunt Qi's relatives who lived next to the tree in the well were not at home, so they had no choice but to take the big rooster to find Nanhuo.

Now that we know the gold, wood, water and soil, it is not difficult to determine the approximate direction of Nanhuo according to the distance from the center of several scenic spots.

When they came to the location of Nanhuo, they found that it was actually a banyan forest.

The forest is not big, but there are a few huge banyan trees, all of which are old trees with thick branches and luxuriant trees, with long "beards" hanging down from the canopy, and thick and thin roots are exposed on the ground, and the roots are intertwined above and below the ground , Qiugen meanders.

"If it's really the Five Elements, the water bureau is set up in the well, the woods are arranged here, and the fire is made of wood, which also means to stabilize the Five Elements and nourish this area." Youqian explained the significance of the layout of the forest.

"This forest is clear at a glance, how to hide things?" Xu Huo was even more troubled now that he could clearly see the entire forest.

Indeed, the forest is not big, except for the trees and soil, every tree is normal, so how can we find Nanhuo?Is it going to be lit?Xu Huo didn't want to set fire to it.

"Cluck——" the big rooster that Youqian was carrying suddenly crowed, changing from the previous quiet state.

Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the clouds rolled.

Xu Huo looked at the black clouds that were lowering in the air in surprise, "It's a good day, why is it raining?"

"Brother, come with me." Suddenly, Gui Ling grabbed Xu Huo and ran towards the open space.

Could it be...

"Boom——" A bolt of lightning struck down, right where they were just now.

Xu Huo stopped in surprise and looked behind him.

The gunpowder smoke dissipated, and the place where the lightning struck was the root system of a thick old banyan tree. Half of the roots were scorched, and there was still light smoke. The tree hole can be more than one meter in diameter.

On the old banyan tree, Youqian turned into a big net and covered the rooster. The big rooster was safe and sound, and was not struck by lightning. "Cluck, don't be afraid, I'll cover you."

Jiu Ling grinned and said, "Xiu Gou is really kind to the rooster."

Xu Huo was involved in the conversation, his eyes were completely attracted by the tree hole, "Why can thunder cut out the tree hole?"

You Qian explained: "Because this rooster is too long-lived, this is an act against the sky. A long-lived rooster can attract lightning. If the thunder cannot hit the rooster, it will spontaneously strike against the sky."

"A place against the sky?"

Youqian continued: "The power of the five elements is gathered here to set up a game to nourish luck. This game is not formed naturally, it is considered against the sky, so..." Youqian looked at the tree hole, "This place should be man-made." tree hole."

Xu Huo had all his thoughts, "Aunt Qi asked us to bring this chicken..."

"So she led us here on purpose." Gui Ling also agreed.

Who is Aunt Qi?Why help them?This is also unknown.

"Brother, I'll go in first." Gui Ling couldn't help but jump into the tree hole first.

"Wait for me." Xu Huo hurriedly followed and jumped off.

The tree hole is not deep, about three meters. When you fall safely to the bottom of the hole, you can see a passage on one side of the hole wall. The passage is very narrow and only allows one person to pass through.

Xu Huo stepped into the passage, and the surroundings were suddenly pitch black, with no light at all. He could only touch it with his hands. He could feel the undulations of the cave wall, which was soft to the touch, not like tree roots.

"Brother, come quickly—" Gui Ling called from the front.

Youqian in front of him suddenly lit up and turned into a fluorescent dogtail grass floating in the air.

"Huh?" Xu Huo was taken aback. On the cave wall next to him, there was a human figure curled up.

Xu Huo hurriedly backed away until his back was close to the cave wall, but he felt a raised soft touch on his back, and he turned his head slowly.

In the green light of the dogtail grass, there is also a crouched figure fixed on the cave wall behind him, or a figurine wrapped with a human being. The outermost layer of the figurine is bark of tree roots.

Xu Huo stood in the middle of the passage and looked forward. In the deep passage, there are protrusions on both sides, and the protrusions are wrapped with a curled up figure.

Xu Huo was stunned.