I'm sprouting again

Bai Xiao and the others walked to the Wishing Pool to have a look. The bottom of the pool was covered with small black stones, and the water was rippling, reflecting a sapphire blue light on the water surface, which was really beautiful.

Bai Xiao felt that this color was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

Then, his attention was attracted by another thing: when the person who made the wish threw a small stone, with the sound of the stone falling into the water, a gleam of light would flash in the center of the ripple.

what is that?

Bai Xiao was a little puzzled, turned to look at Zang Feng, and wanted to ask Zang Feng if he had seen the scene just now.But when he turned his head, he saw that Zang Feng was looking up at the sculpture in front of him, and didn't notice the little black stone.

"looking at what?"

Bai Xiao was a little curious, following Zang Feng's line of sight, he didn't find anything strange.

Zang Feng lowered his head and frowned slightly.

"Sculpture is blooming," he said.

Bai Xiao: "???"

Bai Xiao was at a loss, but Zang Feng did not continue to explain, but motioned Bai Xiao to look up.

Bai Xiao looked at it, but didn't choose where to look. Instead, he saw a person standing behind the sculpture - because the sculpture blocked it, Bai Xiao didn't notice the person behind.

The man was standing on the ladder, holding a slender pole in his hand. As soon as the pole stretched out, he took away the flowers of Bai Huacao from the sculpture, and then gave them to a mother and her daughter who were waiting beside him. , and then continued to talk to the person next to him, and took flowers again.

Bai Xiao was a little curious and looked at it for a while.

Then he discovered that the pole was a bit unusual, there was nothing on the front end for picking it up, and it was even polished round and smooth, like a rolling pin.But when it hits a flower, the flower and blade of grass are glued to the pole.

Bai Xiao didn't notice it at first, but after looking twice, he saw that when the pole was close to the white flower grass, its round top shimmered for a while, and then the white flower grass leaned over very actively, slightly The light disappeared, and the white flower grass was "glued" to the pole.

It was that light again.Is it any different from the light of a sling?

Bai Xiao blinked, followed the pole with his gaze, and had the urge to borrow it to have a look.

But soon, his gaze was drawn back to the sculpture—right at the place where the pole had been glued away just now, a tender white flower appeared again.It is very small, but there is also a bean-sized flower bud in the middle, but it is only wrapped by the tender yellow calyx, it has not yet bloomed, and it looks extremely delicate.

Bai Xiao blinked to confirm that he read it correctly: "..."

Sculpture is really blooming.

Bai Xiao was astonished, but also worried that he was wrong, so he deliberately paid attention to this phenomenon.

But soon he discovered that it wasn't that he was wrong—not only where the pole was stuck, but also where other poles didn't touch, white flower grass would suddenly appear.

However, the state of the emerging white flower grass is different: some are as delicate as before, some are blooming as soon as they emerge, and some are actually a dead grass—but the dead grass quickly fades away. Blur transparent, then disappear.

The "growth" of these white flowers is not fast, but Bai Xiao still sees a pattern: the proportion of the number of them growing is from more to less dead grass, tender grass, and flowering grass.

Coupled with the demise of the dead grass and the consumption of the flowers stuck by the pole to offset, overall, the white flower grass on this sculpture seems to have maintained this amount.

Bai Xiao couldn't understand anymore, so she turned her head and asked Zang Feng in a low voice, "Your Highness, what's going on?"

Zang Feng was also a little puzzled. After thinking about it, he gave a reasonable answer: "It may be the cycle of magic energy. Those stones, sculptures, and white flowers form a cycle. For example, the flower seeds are placed on the sculptures in advance. There is a magic circle engraved in the sculpture, and then these stones are used as magic power to drive."

Bai Xiao also felt that this might be the case, otherwise the sculptures would bloom, even in Kester, it would sound abnormal.

However, at this moment, a hale and hearty voice suddenly sounded from the side, and said angrily: "Hey, you two boys, what are you talking about!"

Before he finished speaking, he raised his crutch and hit Zang Feng on the back of the head with a "boom".

Zang Feng had probably never been attacked like this before. He flinched and his eyes widened slightly. Obviously, he couldn't believe that he was successfully attacked by someone.

Bai Xiao: "..."

Bai Xiao was dumbfounded, he, their highness was beaten? !

And there was a "boom", so loud!

"Dian...does it hurt?"

Bai Xiaoke was so distressed that he quickly reached out to rub the back of Zang Feng's head, then turned his head to stare at the culprit.

The culprit was an old man, about as high as Zang Feng's waist, wearing gardening work clothes, with an embroidered logo pattern on his belly, colorful and idyllic.

The old man's beard and hair are all white, but his eyes are bright, and he is so energetic that he can't tell his specific age.His long, fluffy beard was gathered into a long inverted triangle, covering the logo pattern on his chest—a huge goatee.

"..."

Bai Xiao's unspoken question choked in his throat, and he forgot to close his mouth, showing up to demonstrate what it means to be "stunned".

Bai Xiao: "..."

Isn't this the old man with the sheep beard and his great grandfather? !It looks exactly like the one in the photo!

Zang Feng also saw the person who beat him, and his expression was a little complicated.

Although he was surprised by the identity of the old man, he was not as stunned as Bai Xiao. After all, they had already entered the legendary land, and everything was possible.

It was just that pain on the back of the head, the pain was nothing, but when the old man was about to "attack" him, he didn't even notice it at all.This is very unusual.

Because after discovering the small town outside the window in the morning, Zang Feng checked himself. His physical condition is fine. How could he not even notice such a clumsy "sneak attack"?

Zang Feng didn't say this doubt, but decided to leave it for observation.

Seeing them looking over, the old man with the goatee was not at all afraid, but slowly retracted his crutches.

Only then did Bai Xiao see that this scepter was taller than the old man with a goatee, and at the top of the scepter was inlaid a round black stone the size of a fist.Under the sunlight, the stone reflected the light of metal.

Bai Xiao: "..."

Bai Xiao continued rubbing the back of Zang Feng's head—it must be very painful!Will it be swollen?

Zang Feng didn't react at all, except that he was surprised at being beaten at first, but now he obediently lowered his head to let Bai Xiao rub him.

But the chicken cubs and ball beans on one side were not happy.

Although they usually dislike Zang Feng, they are their parents after all, how can they be bullied by outsiders?None of them could be bullied!

So the huge chicken cub flapped its wings, and its huge body leaned forward in front of the goatee old man. The abnormal size difference of one person and one chicken formed a contrasting visual effect: the goatee old man was not as high as the chicken cub's belly, and he seemed to be at any time. Like being submerged in fluff.

Ball beans stood on the shoulders of the chicken cubs, stood upright, and held their short hands in front of their chests. The scales reflected in the sun, but because of its small size and high standing, it is estimated that the old man with a goatee could not see it. less than it.

In any case, the two have brought out the style of the big brother of the society.

The chicken cub yelled imposingly: "Chirp! Chirp!"

Dare to touch my chicken climbing frame?Hit you!

Bai Xiao: "..."

What the hell is a chicken climbing frame?

"Hey! This kid is really strong!" The goatee old man looked at the chicken cub with a look of relief on his face, and laughed, "But when it comes to fighting, you may not be able to beat me, hahahaha!"

Bai Xiao was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly thought of something, and he was stunned—this goatee can understand chicken cubs? ? ?

Zang Feng also discovered this matter.

Zang Feng's eyes moved slightly, he pulled Bai Xiao's hand from rubbing his head, held it in his hand, then looked at the old man with the goatee, and greeted him respectfully.

"Hi, my name is Zang Feng, his name is Bai Xiao, we—"

"I know you. The new ghost."

The old man with the goatee turned his head away again, the kindness on his face suddenly changed to sternness, and he turned around to teach them a lesson.

"For the sake of the fact that you are new ghosts, I will forgive you this time. But you have to remember that in the land of ghosts, if you disrespect the sacred tree, you will suffer a lot. All ghosts will not like you !"

Bai Xiao who doesn't want to be liked by ghosts: "..."

Zang Feng looked at the old man with a big goatee and asked, "How do you know we are new ghosts?"

The old man with the goatee looked like "Are you an idiot?" and said, "Because I haven't seen you before."

Bai Xiao: "..."

Zang Feng: "..."

Seems like a reasonable answer.

Seeing Bai Xiao and Zang Feng's expressions, the old man with the goatee laughed out loud, not sure if it was on purpose just now.But obviously, he no longer cared about Bai Xiao and Zang Feng's "rudeness" to the sculpture.

The old man with the goatee turned sideways, motioned for Bai Xiao and the others to follow, and said, "If you don't mind, you can come to live in my house. After all, it is the 'key' given to you by my great-grandson."

Hearing this, Bai Xiao and Zang Feng were startled, the amount of information in this sentence is a bit big.

what is the keyHow did the old man with the goatee know that his great-grandson had contact with them?

Bai Xiao and Zang Feng looked at each other, and was about to ask, but was preempted by the goatee old man who seemed to know what they were going to do.

The old man with the goatee said: "I know you still have a lot of questions, it's okay, there is still time, just tell you slowly. Now go back with me, there is a lot of work to do today, you have to work hard."

Bai Xiao: "..."

Wait, who promised to help you with the work?

The old man with the goatee ignored them, and walked away with a cane after speaking.Even though he was short and old, his speed was comparable to Bai Xiao's striding fast.

Bai Xiao and Zang Feng had no choice but to follow quickly.

Next to him, the majesty of the big chicken brother in the society was lost, and he was very confused in the face of the sudden change.But seeing his parents had left, he felt anxious, "chirped", and quickly wriggled and followed his brother on his back.

■

At present, the layout of this small town is the same as that on the curtain wall painting.

As he walked, Bai Xiao recalled the paintings on the lower curtain wall. He remembered that the goatee old man's house was not far from the square, and it was quite big.

Sure enough, they soon arrived at the door of the old man with the goatee. The doors of his house were double doors, and there was a huge logo printed in the middle of the two doors, which was the same as the old man with the goatee. Look at it this way, this logo Either a trademark or a family crest.

Judging from the appearance alone, his house is indeed bigger than the one next door, and there are more ribbons hanging on the door.Is it really a big family?Like... the village head or something?

It was only when Bai Xiao walked into the gate that he realized that his imagination was still too barren.

Obviously, judging from the layout outside the door, the goatee old man's house has at most five facades, and Bai Xiao is ready to enter and see a mansion.

As a result, as soon as I walked through the door, it suddenly became clear to me that the wall was gone, the roof was gone, the neighbors were gone, and the small town was gone.In front of the eyes is a large expanse of Baihua grass fields, stretching as far as the eye can see, on the horizon bordering the sky, there is still a sunset like a ripe salted egg yolk hanging.

Bai Xiao: "..."

Bai Xiao felt that he was probably dazzled.

So Bai Xiao took a step back silently, stepped out the door, leaned back and looked at the sky outside: the blue sky and white clouds, the sun was shining brightly; then he took another step forward, re-entered the door, and faced the horizon again. The sunset over the Baihua grass field.

Bai Xiao: "..."

——The Land of Legends can’t be so unreasonable!

"Chirp!"

The chicken cub that moved in also noticed this vision, screamed in surprise, and then happily imitated its mother's appearance, playing "games" by coming in and going out for a while.

The chicken cub was making too much noise, and the old man with the goatee turned his head and saw the chicken cub still jumping back and forth in and out of the door.

But this time, the old man with the goatee did not criticize or reprimand, but said with a smile: "It's amazing, new ghosts are always scared when they come for the first time, but this is not unusual, almost every household is like this, I’ll know when the work is done and I’ll show you around.”

Bai Xiao: "..."

So, they didn't promise to help with the work, okay?

But obviously Bai Xiao couldn't say this, and now the old man with the goatee was their breakthrough in this place.As the old man with the goatee said, there is no rush, there is still time.

The goatee old man said again: "Let's go, I'll take you to where you live."

"Okay." Bai Xiao responded, then turned his head to let the chicken cubs stop their childish play, and the family of four followed the old man with the goatee and walked along the ridge to the depths of the white flower grass.

But Bai Xiao is very curious, this place can be seen at a glance, it is full of Baihua grass fields, where did the houses come from?

But soon, Bai Xiao realized again that his imagination had become a barren desert.

——When they walked for about 10 minutes, a small black spot suddenly appeared in the afterglow of the setting sun in the sky.Then, every time Bai Xiao took a step forward, he found that the distance between them and the black spot was shortening rapidly.

They walked another ten steps, and the small black dot that was far away in the sky had turned into a big house whose outline could be clearly seen.

To be precise, there are several big houses.

These big houses have a strange shape, like the houses of non-human species in fantasy novels—in fact, they are indeed like this—the big houses all face the Baihua grass field, and each is exactly the same row of small courtyards. They are connected to form a hexagon, and in the center of them, a big tree rises from the ground, and the lush crown stretches and grows, almost filling the entire enclosed space; in each big house There is a yard in front of each of them, and the furnishings in the yard seem to be different.

These houses are close together, and the big tree seems to be their "core".From a distance, these big houses look like isolated islands floating in a sea of ​​white flowers.

They walked another ten steps, and they were already standing at the door facing a courtyard.

It was only then that Bai Xiao saw that at the part where the hexagonal "isolated island" connected to the Baihua grass field, there was a spacious stream, which was running water, surrounding the entire "isolated island", and there were colorful fish swimming in it.

But Bai Xiao didn't see the source, presumably it might be on the other side of the "isolated island".

The old man with the goatee walked across the stone bridge over the creek, stood in the yard and waved to Bai Xiao and the others, "You guys stay here. This room is reserved for guests."

The four members of Bai Xiao's family walked over, looked at the house, and had no objection to where they lived - anyway, when they left, they put a lot of needed things in the space button just in case... Of course, if the space button Words that work here.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiao decided to try it later.

Zang Feng looked around, but asked the goatee old man a question: "Is there no one else here?"

Because Zang Feng didn't hear any sound.These houses are very large, and there are seven houses on one side, each of which is at least a hundred square meters; moreover, it is impossible for the old man with a goatee to take care of so many white grass fields alone.

The old man with the goatee said: "Everyone has gone to work, it's only eight o'clock in the morning, and someone will come back to cook at eleven o'clock."

Bai Xiao was taken aback when he heard the words, and he asked suspiciously: "Eight in the morning? But isn't it already dusk in here?"

The goatee old man laughed happily: "You have been deceived! Don't take it for granted to judge everything by common sense. In the world of Baihua Caotian, the sun's time is fixed at dusk."

sun time?Is there any other time?

Bai Xiao thought about it, and then looked up at the sky.Except for the huge sunset on the horizon, the sunset clouds around it are changing slowly, and when the wind blows, they will speed up.

Indeed, only the time of the sun is fixed here.

The goatee old man waved his hand and said: "You guys rest here for a while, have lunch at noon, get to know everyone, go to work with me in the afternoon, and take you shopping in the evening."

Bai Xiao asked, "Then can we walk around these houses?"

The old man with the goatee nodded: "Yes. I'm going to tell everyone that these two days are too busy. If I don't tell them, they will rarely come back for dinner."

After that, the old man with the goatee waved his hand and walked towards the field ridge with a cane.

After he crossed the stone bridge over the creek, every step he took, he would quickly distance himself, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Although he has experienced it himself, Bai Xiao still finds it miraculous when he sees this scene.

After the old man with the goatee left, Bai Xiao and Zang Feng looked at each other, and Bai Xiao asked, "Look at the room first?"

Zang Feng nodded.

So they first went to the guest room left by the old man with the goatee. The door was not locked. When he opened the door and entered, Bai Xiao found that it was really complete with all internal organs—seven rooms, including a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room, a study room, and two bedrooms. There is a large bedroom, and there is another room that is empty, and I don't know what it is for.

And every room is decorated exquisitely, even the decorations are exquisite.Bai Xiao knew nothing about Kester's "antiques" or "treasures", but according to Zang Feng, even a random set of bowls in the kitchen would be enough to buy an apartment in Aesop City.

Bai Xiao clicked his tongue, and then felt uncomfortable everywhere, he stretched out a finger to poke every table he touched.In the end, he simply dragged Zang Feng out of the room.

"Chirp."

The chicken cubs and ball beans are waiting in the yard - although the size of the house here is large, the doors and windows are of normal standard size like human beings, obviously the chicken cubs can't get in.

Probably they had been waiting in the yard for too long, and now the chicks were a little scared, their necks retracted, and their egg-shaped oval body turned into a ball.

The chicken cub called pitifully: "Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

Mom, are we locked up here?It's eerily quiet here.

Bai Xiao was taken aback for a moment, he hadn't considered it from this angle yet.Then think about it again, now they are in a weird space, and they seem to know all the methods of getting in and out, but they don't know anything about it.The old man with the goatee who led them in also left, and there were only four of them left here.Is it a trap?

Bai Xiao: "..."

"what happened?"

Zang Feng noticed Bai Xiao's strange expression for a moment, and was a little puzzled.

Bai Xiao coughed lightly, then applied his thoughts just now to Chick's worries, and refined it, and finally touched the tips of Chick's wings, and sighed very lovingly: "Egg Yolk just thinks too much. .”

Chicken Cub: "???"

Mom, let me tell you, I can’t carry this pot without a roasted long dragon fin.

Bai Xiao continued to caress his cub: I will make you braised hoof with shrimp claws when I get back.

Chicken Cub: OK.

Zang Feng pursed his lips, he had already seen through Bai Xiao's careful thoughts, but he didn't expose him, he said, "I don't think it's a trap, because we have already entered this world, and we don't know anything about it. No matter what, it can be thrown into such a space from the beginning, there is no need to go around in circles."

Bai Xiao thought about it, and it was the same reason.

Zang Feng continued: "And, if all of this is related to the 'nuclear' of this world. Rather than saying what it wants to do to us, it's better to say that it wants us to understand this place."

Bai Xiao came to a sudden, recalling the process from coming out of the inn to now, it was indeed so.As for the purpose of understanding, it is useless to think now, it is better to let nature take its course.

"By the way." Bai Xiao suddenly remembered what happened before, and said while pressing the space button, "I'll see if I can use the space button here."

As soon as the words fell, the huge round nest of the chicken cub appeared in the yard.

Bai Xiao was overjoyed: "It can be used, that's okay."

Although he didn't have anything that he had to take out, their weapons were all in the space buttons, so they could always be in case.

Bai Xiao saw that the time was still early—what the old man with the goatee said just now, the time here should be the same as outside, but the sun was fixed. ——So Bai Xiao rolled up his sleeves, anyway, let's set up a tent for his chicken son in the yard now.