"Master, we are in a hurry, so don't be so pretentious and tell us immediately."
Xu Xiake knew that they were anxious to find Phoenix blood, and urged the old Taoist to tell the origin of this earth bird. Yunyangzi remained unhurried, and waited until he finished fiddling with the Tao beads before he was willing to explain its origin:
"Pheasants are pheasants. The male bird has a long tail and has gorgeous feathers. The female bird has a short tail and has dark brown feathers. A black thing like this is called a heterogeneous species. It is also an abnormal species mentioned in the Book of Things. Generally, it is rare to find one in ten thousand. , only appears in bad years and troubled times, and may not appear for hundreds of years, but as long as it does appear, it must be a sign of evil."
Once such an outlier appears in a flock of pheasants, most of them will be regarded as unlucky and abandoned by the flock. This kind of black pheasant often has to live in isolation when it is young and is not accepted by the flock. If it wants to survive, it can only make a living and hunt. In this In the process, it is inevitable to be bullied by other local birds.
In such harsh conditions, it is unlikely that they will survive beyond adulthood. Once they die, it means the end of evil, but it is a good omen. If a black pheasant successfully survives to adulthood, it means that this black pheasant has changed from a ground bird to a The spirit monster is also commonly known as the black pheasant.
Although this black pheasant is still in the form of a bird, it can confuse all creatures and prevent them from being liberated. No ordinary bird can defeat it. As long as the black pheasant raises its head to the sky and crows, all birds will either surrender or die. , died of fright and loss of life.
When the old Taoist priest said this, Yue Guanchao remembered that the crow of this mixed-feather chicken was indeed different from ordinary birds. He did not expect that this bird had such a great origin, and continued to ask: "This thing should be regarded as a phoenix." Bar?"
"This unusual and ferocious bird is commonly known as the Phoenix. It has evil in its blood and can drive away all evil things."
The old man paused and looked at him with curious eyes: "What are you doing looking for it? This kind of black pheasant is a vicious thing. If you get too close, it will inevitably bring bad luck to you. I advise you to stay away. As for what's happening to you, I can’t tell what that jade bag is, but you’d better get rid of it as soon as possible to avoid getting into trouble.”
"Yes, thanks for the tip."
When Yue Guanchao asked this, he had basically solved the problem he was concerned about. Yue Guanchao saluted to Yunyang Old Taoist, took back his things, and led his companions out of Chongxu Taoist Palace.
"Well, I still don't believe it. This hybrid chicken is so powerful. Could it be said that it has evil aura just because it looks black?"
Tang Dayang lowered his head and looked at the Black Pheasant with disbelief written all over his face.
Song Siyuan looked at Tang Dayang and explained: "Didn't Brother Xu say it? Whether you believe it or not, it is normal for Taoists to interpret it as a bad omen. They have always believed that heaven has something to say and the earth has to respond. Any way of heaven Changes in land conditions will interfere with changes in the human world. This is what the ancients called the induction of heaven and man. It sounds mysterious, but it seems that it can be explained by science!"
Afterwards, she cleared her throat and talked about her views on this hybrid chicken: "This unusual individual has a recessive gene activated in biology. You can understand that in ancient times, the pheasant's There were black species in our ancestors, and later as species converged and evolved, this black gene was suppressed due to hybridization and was preserved in the genes of the population."
"After natural and man-made disasters, or changes in the external environment such as major climate changes, maybe the genes in the pheasants will be activated, and after hatching, they will eventually show this black effect, and then because it has not appeared for thousands of years, they will be People are classified as ill-omened, and at the same time the group abandons them because they are alien.”
"In the process of living in isolation for many years, these heterogeneous individuals can only become more and more ferocious in order to survive. It is decades of hunting and being hunted that have tempered the ferocious personality of black pheasants and made them brave. They are aggressive, and at the same time, in order to paralyze their opponents, they often pretend to be weak so that their opponents can be careless."
Everyone listened to her explanation, and it was completely consistent with the situation of the chicken in front of them. However, they did not understand the fact that it roared to death at the chicken general. Everyone felt that it was the product of strange power and chaos, and it was precisely because of this situation.
"Song Qianjin, even if the scientific explanation you mentioned is true, could it be because of your genes that you roared to death like General Chicken? Why are genes so powerful?"
Yue Guanchao's words were right to Song Siyuan's taste. She looked at the crowd with wide eyes, suspicion flashing in her eyes: "I don't think that General Chicken is dead at all!"
"It just fell into a state of suspended animation. Many animals in nature will create body abnormalities to avoid natural enemies. For example, ostriches will hide in the sand when they are in danger, weasels will emit odor when they are in danger, and some lizards will Red liquid spurts out from the eyes, and after the chicken is frightened, it is easy to enter a state of rigor mortis, and some creatures even directly imitate flowers, plants and trees to avoid natural enemies."
"I'm thinking that the cry of the black pheasant should be some kind of high- and low-frequency sound waves that are insensitive to humans. It is undoubtedly a thunderous sound to the animals, which puts them in a state of suspended animation."
No one understood what she said, but they could guess that the sound made by a mixed-breed chicken can make birds comatose. Yue Guanchao wanted to refute her words, but when he turned around, he saw the old man running towards him with the chicken general in his arms: "Hey, little brother, look at what I did. This chicken general of mine just faked her death. I gave her a few mouthfuls of water and then she woke up."
"I still have to return these pieces of ocean to you."
Yue Guanchao looked at General Chicken. Apart from being a little tired, he was indeed resurrected. He stretched out his head and kept blinking. When he saw the black pheasant in his arms, he unconsciously shrank his neck a few times.
"This is the suppression of earth birds by ferocious alien species!"
