Zhu Jiuyou Twenty-seven's belly bag seemed even more crowded this time.
When we came back, the space in the abdominal pouch was already very crowded due to the bamboo shoots. Now there is Xu Fu, who is also carrying a lead box with the Tianmu on his back, making the already small space almost empty. .
Fortunately, the little Nian beast hasn't grown up yet, otherwise it would burst twenty-seven's stomach.
As soon as he got into the belly of a big snake, there was a furry bear with black eyes next to him, and at his feet was a rather fierce-looking Nian beast. Xu Fu had been sweating coldly since he entered.
Ying Zheng teased: "I told you not to pee in fear just now, but I didn't expect you to turn your urine into sweat and sweat it out."
Xu Fu smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you are laughing at me again. I am so hot."
"Is it still hot after wearing ice silk clothes?" Ying Zheng said, "I think you are nervous. Don't be too nervous. You will be there in a moment."
Xu Fu wiped the sweat off his head and nodded.
Immediately, Ying Zheng learned from Ji Fa's approach and began to tell Xu Fu stories, starting from Pangu's creation of the sky and the splitting of the earth to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
After about an hour, Twenty-seven escaped from a fire hole. Ying Zheng took the lead to get out of the abdomen, and then pulled Xu Fu out.
The bamboo shoot tip also crawled out of the abdominal pouch a little awkwardly, and finally the little Nian beast.
When they all came out, Twenty-seven finally let out a sigh of relief.
"You guys, you really think my belly is a palace." Twenty-seven said angrily, "If there are more people here, I will be stuck in the magma."
Bamboo Jian lowered his head in embarrassment.
Ying Zheng said: "It wasn't so crowded last time I came back. It's my fault that I brought too many sheep. Next time I'll bring less."
After hearing this, Twenty-Seventy-One quickly said: "Farewell, you should send it over, I'll just move the belly bag back."
Seeing that it stopped complaining, Ying Zheng asked: "Where is this?"
Twenty-seven said: "Still in your Qin Kingdom, Sichuan, and Minshan."
Although it is his own land, Ying Zheng has never been here.
"Is the environment here good?" he asked.
"In my opinion, it's pretty good." Twenty-seven said, "Yesterday we came back from the source of the Yellow River, and the place I brought you to this time is the source of another big river, the Yangtze River."
"The source of the Yangtze River?" Ying Zheng frowned and was slightly surprised, but then he said happily, "Senior Twenty-Seven is really thoughtful. It seems that the source of the Yangtze River has a much better environment than the source of the Yellow River."
"That's natural, you'll know it yourself when you see it."
Having said that, Twenty-Seven led the way, leading Ying Zheng and the others out of the flaming eye of Minshan Mountain, and came to the ground from a cave.
I saw lush greenery outside, with mountains and mountains. Although the trees were not lush, they were tall and straight. Although the air was a little moist, it was also refreshing and pleasant.
On the east side is a stream. I don’t know if it is the source of the Yangtze River mentioned in Twenty-Seven. To the far west is a vast white mist, which seems to be the outline of a snow-capped mountain.
The most valuable thing is that there seems to be a bamboo forest under the hillside.
"Hehe, bamboo, bamboo!" Zhu Jian was ecstatic when he saw the bamboo forest. He ran over without looking at his feet. However, he stumbled and rolled down the hill. It looked very funny. .
Both Ying Zheng and Xu Fu couldn't help laughing, but they still shouted: "Be careful, don't hurt yourself."
The little Nian beast jumped in front of Bamboo Jian in a few strides, supporting its bulky body with its back, and then Bamboo Jian stopped walking.
"Hehe, I'm fine." Zhan Jian said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you are so skinny and small, but you are quite strong."
Little Nian Beast rolled his eyes at it and said, "You know, I just haven't grown up, otherwise your fat body wouldn't be enough for me to stuff between my teeth."
Bamboo shoot: "..."
Seeing that they were okay, Ying Zheng turned to Twenty-Seven and said, "Wait for us here. I'll take the bamboo shoots around for a while, and then we'll go to Kunlun Mountain."
"Well, I just happened to go drink some water." Twenty-seven said, "If you don't see me when you come back, blow the black iron snail. There are no large beasts here, so it is quite suitable for iron-eating beasts to settle down."
Ying Zheng nodded, turned around and led Xu Fu down the hillside.
Zhu Jian was sitting on the ground rubbing his legs and looking at the environment here. When Ying Zheng approached, he said, "Don't tell me, this place is really beautiful."
"Is this beautiful?" Ying Zheng said with a smile, "You are used to living there underground, so you can't see any beautiful scenery at all. This kind of scenery is only average in China."
Bamboo Jian blinked: "Then if you have a chance in the future, you have to take me around and appreciate the great mountains and rivers you mentioned."
"What, are you not satisfied here?"
Zhan Jian smiled and said: "How could I be dissatisfied? I think the environment here is perfect for our family. The most important thing is that there are bamboos."
"Then let's go to the bamboo forest and have a look."
"Walk."
After that, Bamboo Shoots rushed towards the bamboo forest impatiently.
Ying Zheng shook his head with a wry smile, patted the little Nian beast on the head, and followed with Xu Fu.
As they walked, they looked around to check the environment.
It is true as Twenty-Seven said, there are no traces of large beasts, poisonous insects and the like are rare, it seems to be a good place indeed.
You must know that the iron-eating beasts have extremely few members. If you want to ensure that they can reproduce safely, you must take the situation of natural enemies into consideration. If there are too many poisonous insects and beasts, no matter how ferocious the iron-eating beasts are, it will be difficult to have a good living space. .
When I came to the edge of the bamboo forest, I saw the bamboo shoots chewing bamboo, which was so satisfying.
Ying Zheng said: "You eat here first, and I'll go take a look around to see if there is any family nearby. If there is a family, I have to change places."
Zhu Jian was only focused on eating bamboo and had no time to speak, so he just nodded vigorously.
"It's better for me to go," said Little Nian Beast. "I can run fast and it's not easy to be discovered. I can also check to see if there are any wild beasts around."
"Well, go ahead and come back early."
The little Nian beast responded, kicked off its hooves and ran away.
After eating the whole bamboo, the bamboo shoot tip burped and asked Ying Zheng for some water to drink.
"I am full?"
Bamboo Jian shook his head.
Ying Zheng: "..."
Bamboo shoot said: "This bamboo is really good. I can't grow bamboo like this in my place."
"You don't even have sunlight there, so it would be great if something could grow." Ying Zheng said.
"But there's nothing outside." Zhu Jian said with a grimace, "I've been out a few times, but they were all covered in vast snowy mountains. Even where there was no snow, there were only stones, not to mention bamboos, and even grass. No."
"It's really hard on you." Ying Zheng said, "But I'm very surprised, how can there be light so deep underground, and what is the source of the light?"
Zhu Jian shook his head and said, "I don't know that either."
While talking, it bit off the second bamboo and started to feast again.
But this time it didn't eat too much, and slowed down, chatting with Ying Zheng while eating.
Xu Fu, on the other hand, stood vigilantly at a slightly higher place, while also gaining useful insights from their conversation.
"Actually, I'm quite curious." Ying Zheng said, "You must be a bear. Why is Zhang Xiang so different from a normal bear? He refuses to eat meat, and he especially likes bamboo."
"I like to eat bamboo because there is nothing else to eat. It is better than eating iron." Zhan Jian said, "As for the appearance, I have no say in that. My parents also look like this."
Ying Zheng analyzed: "I feel that you should have been all white bears earlier, but maybe some parts of your body changed color later due to some reasons."
The tip of the bamboo shoot took another bite of the bamboo, and he said while chewing: "I don't know the exact details, but it seems that the ancestor was injured when he rescued Fuxi, and later turned on his spirituality, and his appearance was changed."
"If this is the case, it is probably the work of the gods." Ying Zheng said, "Then do you still have any hidden physical dangers? I can ask the divine beasts to help solve them."
Zhan Jian thought for a while and said: "If we grow up, it will be nothing. The only trouble is that due to the spiritual enlightenment, our life span will also be extended, so we will not have children until we are one hundred years old. If it is later If you don’t turn on your spirituality, the cub will definitely not be born full term and will be extremely weak, so I thought of finding a place where there are no wild beasts or birds of prey to live.”
This is indeed a problem.
Because of the activation of spirituality, the iron-eating beast's brain has been greatly developed, its body functions are much better than those of ordinary beasts, and its organs naturally age very slowly, so its lifespan can reach more than three hundred years.
It is also the tradition of the Iron-eating Beast clan to not get married until they are a hundred years old.
But if the offspring are no longer spiritually enlightened, the lifespan of an adult iron-eating beast will be about thirty years. If they get married at about five years old, the resulting embryos will naturally not be as mature as before.
Moreover, there is a characteristic of viviparous animals. There is a relatively balanced relationship between life span and gestation period. Once the life span is greatly shortened, the corresponding gestation period will also be shortened. Then, of course, the cubs will not be fully developed when they are born.
Ying Zheng thought about it for a while, and then said: "It seems that you can't cut off the spirituality of your descendants all at once, but you should gradually reduce the power of the Linggu Pill and make changes gradually."
"You are right, what to do, you will teach me when the time comes."
While talking and talking, the second bamboo was eaten.
Bamboo Jian stood up and walked towards the third bamboo.
"I didn't expect you had such a big appetite that you weren't even full yet," Ying Zheng joked.
Sun Jian said: "I'm full, but I want to take some back for Sun Gen and the two children to eat."
Bamboo root is Bamboo tip's wife, and their two children, one is called Bamboo shoot and the other is called Bamboo leaf.
"I'll do it." Ying Zheng stood up, drew out the Xuanyuan Sword, chopped down a few green bamboos neatly, trimmed them, and broke them into several sections.
Xu Fu dug some bamboo shoots, cleaned them up, and tied them together with ropes.
Sun Jian happily carried the package on his back, and then followed Ying Zheng around in the bamboo forest.
At this time, the sound of running was heard outside the forest, and the little Nian beast came back.
"Master, I have looked around in all directions." It took a few breaths and said, "There is no human habitation within a radius of ten miles. There are only occasional signs of hunters entering the mountains, and there are no traces of raptors. The safety is pretty good. .”
"It doesn't matter if there are hunters." Ying Zheng said, "I can issue a decree to have all the hunters here move away, or let the army come and encircle a restricted area."
Sun Jian smiled and said: "Follow King Qin. Just to feel at ease, it's better not to use the army. Just tell the hunters not to go hunting in this mountain."
"That's still not safe," Ying Zheng said, "I'll ask the state officials here before I make a decision."
"Okay." Zhan Jian looked at the sun above his head and sighed, "After nearly ten thousand years, the iron-eating beast family can finally see the light of day again!"
Ying Zheng knew that it had been suppressed for too long. When he saw the outside world, he was naturally excited and unable to restrain himself.
"Let me show you around here," he said.
"good."
Zhan Jian responded and followed Ying Zheng towards the outside of the bamboo forest.
