Handbook of Nonhuman Research

"Are you a water officer?" Zhao Wugou looked at the young man in front of him incredulously, where is the middle-aged uncle that he agreed to?Who is the statue of the uncle's face in the Sanguan Palace made after?Does it have anything to do with this deity with red lips and white teeth?

The boy's black and white eyes quickly glanced around, and nodded cautiously when he saw that no one was paying attention to them.

The intern glanced at the impermanence of black and white, you already knew it?

Bai Wuchang looked up at the sky innocently, as I clearly reminded you just now, the behavior of the man in the sunglasses was 'looking for death'.

Heiwuchang silently looked at the ground, in front of everyone, it was not easy to reveal the identity of the water officer.

Zhao Wugou: ......

Black and white impermanence, one left and one right, quietly moved away, trying to avoid the range of Mr. Judge's eye knife attack.

"Good!" The tourists watching the ceremony burst into cheers and applause.

"Why are you here?" Zhao Wugou turned his head to look at the crowd who were excited about the Dragon Slip ceremony not far away. Is it okay that one of the rightful masters appeared directly?

"Big Brother and Second Brother are too old-fashioned. Every time I go on a business trip with them, I feel bored. I sneak out to play while they are talking about things." come and see."

Zhao Wugou: ……………

Are you absent from work?

The young man stared at Zhao Wugou curiously, "What do you wish for, tell me quickly."

"I didn't intend to..." Zhao Wugou smiled apologetically, and was about to explain that he had no need. The cloth strip was bought by chance when he left the Sanguandian.

"Ahem... I only have one chance to be pardoned every year." Before he finished speaking, the boy suddenly put his hand to his lips, pretended to cough twice, and solemnly added a supplementary explanation.

The tone was basically a "big reward for the opening" and "regret if you don't buy for a year": Even if you want a full amnesty, I will agree to you.

Zhao Wugou was amused by the way he was trying to sell himself, and deliberately teased him, "Don't you need to investigate before the water officer solves the problem?"

The young man was right on the head of the Hunyuan scarf that he didn't know where he got, and said with a serious face, "Brother said, to test the world, words and deeds are for the outside world, thinking about what is inside, and observing the outside and inside, only then can we be good." Quan. Counting the mention of 'Great Amnesty', I have already tested you for three rounds."

Zhao Wugou raised his eyebrows slightly, Yo, so you did it on purpose.

The young man shook his head with raised eyebrows, "I am very cautious."

Zhao Wugou: ......

"Can I tell you about the water crisis?" After thinking carefully, Zhao Wugou remembered what Man Zuo and Man You said, that they would cause floods if they showed up. Danke had lifted his cloak that day, since he had nothing to ask for. , just in case, it is better to help the local people and the water officer solve the disaster of the flood.

"Are you sure you want to beg for someone else?" Shui Guan blinked black and white eyes a few times, and carefully confirmed with Zhao Wugou.It seemed a little puzzled why he took this opportunity to help others.

"Sure." Zhao Wugou nodded.

With a solemn expression, the young man held up the piece of cloth with his left hand, "Okay. I have complied with what you told me. Starting from today's time, within [-] months, the Luoxing Mountains will be freed from flood disasters in a radius of thousands of miles."

Afterwards, he solemnly pulled out a half-finger-long jade seal from his belt, and covered the blue cloth slip in his hand from the air, and a pale golden stamp with the word 'jie' flashed on the cloth slip.

In an instant, the wind and flags moved together, the clouds covered the sun, and the mountain wind blew across the cloth strip in the young man's hand. The word 'jie' rose into the wind, expanded thousands of times in the blink of an eye, and spun like a golden wheel in the crown of a sun.

After the nine wheels turned, the golden wheel scattered into thousands of pale golden rays, piercing through the white clouds for half a day spectacularly, and flew towards the national road from Shuixi Village to Beijing North.

"Look, the emperor of the three officials has picked up Jane and manifested!" Someone in the crowd watching the ceremony shouted, pointing in the direction of the golden light.

Everyone looked over there in unison.

At this time, the floating clouds just dispersed, and in response to that call, the sky and the earth became bright and prosperous in an instant.

Some people were lucky enough to see the faint golden light, while others simply followed the trend blindly, thinking that the sunlight penetrating through the clouds was a so-called apparition, but this did not hinder their enthusiasm for talking about it at all, and the entire mountaintop square instantly boiled.

And Zhao Wugou, Shuiguan and Black and White Wuchang had already quietly walked down the mountain along the stone steps of the mountain path.

Zhao Wugou originally wanted to take the boy to the commercial street outside the mountain gate to have afternoon tea, but as soon as he reached the Sanqing Hall, everyone suddenly smelled smoke.

The boy sniffed, "Did you smell anything strange?"

Zhao Wugou frowned slightly, it wasn't the smell of incense for offering sacrifices, but the burnt smell of charcoal.No way, is there a fire somewhere?

Bai Wuchang pointed to the woods not far in front of them, and saw wisps of green smoke billowing from among the large dead leaves on the ground.There was even a faint glow of fire.

Oops, it's autumn, the trees are dry, and wildfires are the easiest to spread.There are thousands of people in the Peak Square. Whether it is the spread of the fire or the stampede caused by the panic when fleeing, the consequences are unimaginable.

The intern's expression quickly became tense.

Both black and white can't use water spells, and Danke's body is a pear tree, and he is also afraid of fire in all likelihood.

"Can you divert water to put out the fire?" Zhao Wugou looked down at the water officer.However, according to Shuiguan Jie'er, he doubts very much that 'water' probably refers to the location of the boy's cave, rather than his ability to manipulate water.

Sure enough, the boy shook his head embarrassingly. He was very good at avoiding water, but he was not good at diverting water.

Hei Wuchang next to him frowned secretly at this time, not only the fire, but also a strange aura.These fires, come from underground?

Zhao Wugou looked at his feet, why did he feel that the stone slabs under his feet were starting to get hot?

At this moment, a white crane flew over in mid-air, holding a square paper bag that Zhao Wugou was extremely familiar with in its mouth.The white crane landed on the ground and turned into a temple master with white beard and hair. Song Zhan on its back also stood on the ground.

"Why are you here?" Seeing Zhao Wugou and others, the temple master was quite surprised.

Bai Wuchang pulled out a ruffian smile, and the long earrings swayed in the wind, "Passing by."

Heiwuchang looked serious and didn't answer.

Recognizing the two great gods in front of him, the temple master hurriedly saluted, "I don't know that the two errant masters are passing by the Seven Stars Temple, and they are rude and rude."

The young man shrank behind Zhao Wugou, but the temple master's eyes were burning, "I don't know who this fellow is, why is he pretending to be a temple boy?"

The boy's eyes flickered slightly, and finally he reluctantly took out the jade seal on his waist, sent it to the temple master, and then quickly put it back into his belt.

The temple master looked a little stunned, wouldn't he?Water...water officer?Did their Seven Stars Temple meet the Shui Guan lord to parade the world?

"Director, why are you here too? Just now, we found that this side seems to be on fire." Zhao Wugou picked up the paper bag on the ground with a calm expression. This was his main task today.

"We came here precisely for this matter. Just now, the formation is turbulent. It may be that Qing Ke is about to break out of the formation." The priest held his palm anxiously, with a anxious expression on his face.

Formation?Qing Ke?All the people present, except Song Zhan, looked at the temple owner strangely.

"Under the Seven Stars Mountain, there is a large array of seven stars. Inside the array, there is an ancient beast named Qing Kai (sound in the same text). According to legend, once it reunites with Huang Kai (sound in the same text), the world will fall Destroy the country. More than a thousand years ago, it broke out and escaped. 400 years ago, a powerful Taoist surnamed Xu captured it and trapped it here again. A hundred years ago, it came out again and killed Bai Yao was later blocked back by Master Bai Ze with half a game of broken chess."

"Remnant chess?"

"This monster's spiritual power has reached the peak of the yellow rank, and it has a violent temperament. It likes to devour people or monsters with aura. However, it is also very smart. In order to avoid the punishment of heaven, every time it devours people or monsters, it will make a bet with the other party, and the other party loses." The price is to be eaten by it. At that time, Master Bai Ze gave him half a game of broken chess, saying that if he solved it within 30 years, he could eat Master Bai Ze. Thinking of it, after 90 years, it actually broke the formation at this moment, could it be that it has already solved the half of the game?" The temple master looked at the green smoke rising around him, quite embarrassed.

Hei Wuchang looked around, there was a strange aura mixed with the fireworks, if it was when Qing Ke broke the formation, the flames from the aura and the formation burst out through the ground, it was very possible.

"In the current situation, I'm afraid we have to go down and have a look." Song Zhan pushed his monocle. If the person below is not dealt with, it won't be long before the whole Qixing Mountain will be on fire.There are so many people visiting the ceremony on the top of the mountain now, there will be big troubles.

Everyone discussed briefly, leaving Danke and Song Zhan to form an formation in the woods to prevent the fire from expanding and spreading, and the rest of the people followed the temple master to the underground formation.

As soon as the crane demon opened the entrance to the underground formation, a wave of heat rushed towards everyone.

Bai Wuchang immediately took out the black silk handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Wugou.

Zhao Wugou:? ? ?

"It's made of spider silk, waterproof and fireproof. If it burns you out, your lord will have to deduct 800 years of my salary." Bai Wuchang forced the silk handkerchief into Zhao Wugou's hand, motioning him to tie it on his face.

The silk handkerchief was as soft as smog, and two rows of small characters were embroidered with gold thread on it, "Ghosts seduce souls, impermanence kills", the strokes are smooth and the embroidery is superb.Obviously several grades higher than the gloves bought by interns.

No wonder the Minister said that Heiheiwuchang often went to the ghost market, Zhao Wugou shook his head, the material of this handkerchief was probably put in the bottom of the box by the stall owner.

Zhao Wugou sniffed. There should be many vents in this large underground formation, and there is no dirty or unpleasant smell in the passages.They walked along the turning passage for about five or six minutes, and the green bricks around them began to emit scorching heat faintly.

"Hmph, are you willing to come?" An angry voice suddenly came from the depths of the passage, echoing and buzzing.

"Senior Qing, I'm late, please forgive me." Guanzhu has only been in human form for a hundred years, and it is far from enough to look in front of Qing Ke, and he is very respectful under its powerful pressure.

"Yo, you brought me a 'supplement'?" The voice was quite joyful, paused, and suddenly turned irritable, "What are the other two?"

"Supplement? That depends on whether you dare to take it or not!" Bai Wuchang replied disdainfully.

"I'll be the first to eat you later!" Qing Ke put down his harsh words, and immediately let out a long, sharp whistle. The sound knocked on the walls, reverberating, and knocking people's eardrums numb.

Zhao Wugou hastily stretched out his hand to help the boy and himself protect one ear.

After two more turns, a wide square hall appeared in front of their eyes.

The walls, ceiling and floor of the entire hall are made of green bricks.Those bricks are not only more than twice the size of the common bricks used in the passage outside, but also the exposed part of each brick is engraved with a half-finger-deep talisman pattern.

At this moment, the entire hall was almost surrounded by raging fire, and some blue bricks on the ceiling had been burnt to a half-green and half-red color.Those burning dead leaves are probably on the red-hot bricks and stones.

In the raging flames, the blue bird shadow hovered back and forth like lightning in the area in the middle of the hall, the speed was so fast that only its afterimage could be seen.

"Why, that bastard Bai Ze didn't dare to come, so he sent you guys over to die?" Seeing them walk in, the bird shadow landed in the middle of the hall, turning his head to look at everyone like a master, his tone was extremely rampant, and he wasn't trapped at all. of lethargy.

Zhao Wugou raised his eyes, and saw a big bird that looked like a phoenix but not a phoenix, with three colorful crown feathers flying upwards, shining like jewels, the neck and abdomen were light yellow, the wings and tail were green and green. A beautiful pale green flame danced out.It's just that its wing feathers are longer and its tail feathers are shorter, which is completely opposite to the legendary phoenix.

On its left paw, there is a black chain encrusted with runes.

"Master Bai Ze has something to do, so I sent a younger one to ask Senior Qing Ke, if the half-game broken chess has been solved?" After looking at each other with Zhao Wugou and Black and White Wuchang, the temple master bowed and said.

"Hmph, don't need to go around in circles, tell you, I have already broken half of the chess game. You guys are unlucky, and today you will all be sacrificed to Lao Tzu." The blue bird narrowed his eyes and shook his wings proudly.

The temple master's face twitched.

"You, let's start with you first." The blue bird pointed at Zhao Wugou fiercely with its wings, this smells the best, it narrowed its eyes cunningly, "In half a breath, let's ask each other a question, If you can't answer, I'll eat you, and if I can't answer, I'll let you go."

Zhao Wugou smiled faintly, "This bet is a bit unfair, how about this, if you can't answer, just stay here until you can answer, if I can't answer, I will let you eat everything here. "

Qing Ke turned the head with the colorful feathers, thought for a while, and nodded proudly, "Okay, for the sake of you being human, let you order."

"Let me ask you, what's the weather in Qixing Mountain tomorrow?" Qing Ke quickly asked the question without stopping.

Zhao Wugou blinked his eyes, he didn't expect Qing Ke to be unruly, preemptively asking questions directly.

"Hahaha, within three breaths, if you can't answer, you will lose." Qing Ke happily shook his wings, and the chains on his feet rattled.It's not that easy to lie to it. From the very beginning, it didn't intend to give the other party a chance to ask questions.Even the most powerful Taoist priests can't figure out tomorrow's weather in just three breaths.And it itself had already quietly calculated ahead of time.

"Moderate to heavy rain." Amidst Qing Ke's exaggerated laughter, Zhao Wugou spoke calmly.

The laughter in the hall stopped abruptly, Qing Kai's wings froze in mid-air, slowly retracted, looked at Zhao Wugou in surprise, "How do you know?"

The intern spread his hands, "Sorry, this is the second question, so I don't need to answer it."

Qing Ke: ……………

"Now, it's my turn." Zhao Wugou curled his crimson lips, showing a slight smile, "Suppose your vision is born with abnormalities, you will see cyan feathers as green, and green feathers as cyan, But you don't know it yourself. Others see your tail feathers are cyan, and call it cyan. You look green, but think it is cyan, so you follow others and call your tail feathers 'cyan' In short, the "cyan" in your eyes is "green" in the eyes of others, but the name you call it is also "cyan". How can you prove that the "cyan" in your eyes is the same as in my eyes? Is the 'cyan' the same? Or, to prove that you don't actually have this problem with visual abnormalities?"

The flame in the hall, which was as tall as half a person, suddenly became shorter. Qing Ke folded his wings and fell into deep thought.

Not to mention Qing Ke, the temple master, water official, and black and white impermanence are all in a daze.

"Don't worry, you have plenty of time to think." Zhao Wugou said unhurriedly.

Half an hour later, only speckles of flames remained in the green brick hall, crumbling to extinguish.Qing Kai lowered his head, still in deep thought.

An hour later, there was no flame in the hall. Zhao Wugou moved his numb legs and looked at the temple master whose face was pale with exhaustion. He tentatively suggested to Qing Kai, "Otherwise, senior You think about it first, let's go up and have a rest. When you think of it, you can call us at any time."

Qing Kai paced in circles in the hall, pulling the chains on his feet rattling. He raised his head for a while, and lowered his head for a while, as if he didn't hear Zhao Wugou's words at all.

Zhao Wugou raised his eyebrows, waved his hands, and quietly retreated with Black and White Wuchang, Guanzhu and Shuiguan.

"My lord can think of such a complicated topic in such a hurry, I really admire it." Out of the tunnel, the master of the Crane Demon Temple heaved a sigh of relief, and cupped his hands to Zhao Wugou.

The water officer also looked at Zhao Wugou with admiration.

"It's not what I thought, it's called the 'colorblindness paradox', and it's one of the top ten paradoxes that humans are currently discussing." Zhao Wugou shook his head with a smile, "Actually, it's more like a philosophical proposition. Subjective cognition is not interlinked.”

"Why do you think about these problems? Human beings are so boring." Bai Wuchang said with a curled lip.

Zhao Wugou looked at the 'racial attack' Bai Wuchang with a half-smile, "If I remember correctly, you used to be human too, right?"

Bai Wuchang: ……………

After everyone went up, most of the fire on the ground was extinguished under Song Zhan's organization, and Zhao Wugou and the others helped together to extinguish the last flames.

Only then did Zhao Wugou heave a sigh of relief, dragging his two legs filled with lead, he sat directly on a stone.Bai Wuchang standing on the tree snapped a photo with a smirk and forwarded it to Zhao Wugou himself and Yan Jun.

"Be careful that the emperor will punish you." Hei Wuchang reminded him helplessly.

"I'm reporting to you that he's safe, and his family's judge is intact." Bai Wuchang spoke plausibly, and then rubbed his sore wrist, "I've been seduced for hundreds of years, I didn't expect to rush to save people today! Whatever you say tonight, you have to let the magistrate treat me to a good meal."

Seeing his 'full of grievances', Hei Wuchang couldn't help but sneer, and quickly returned to a serious face.

"Hey, were you laughing at me just now?" the sharp-eyed Bai Wuchang asked, shaking his fingers.

Black impermanence: ……………

Laughing is laughing, but not ridiculing.

Zhao Wugou who was under the tree turned on his phone and was stunned when he saw the photo. Whose face is this that looks like it has been rubbed against the bottom of a pot?

Everyone was resting, and two men in suits hurriedly appeared in front of them.

"It's over, my eldest brother and second brother are here." The young man stuck out his tongue at Zhao Wugou, then stood up and ran towards the two youths with a smile on his face, "Elder brother, second brother."

Those two young men nodded to Zhao Wugou and Black and White Wuchang from afar, and then stretched out their hands to poke the young man's forehead, apparently to scold him.

Upon closer inspection, the faces of the three of them turned out to be [-]% similar.

Before the boy left, he turned his head and waved regretfully to Zhao Wugou, and whispered with his mouth, "Let's play with you next time."

"It is said that the three of them are blood brothers." Bai Wujian explained to Zhao Wugou looking at the backs of the three of them.

"Do the three officials come to the human world often?" Zhao Wugou returned the handkerchief to Bai Wuchang.

"Of course. The three officials are mainly responsible for examining the good and evil virtues of the world, and inspecting and solving disasters on behalf of the heavens. They come to the human world quite often." Bai Wuchang folded the black heavenly spider silk square handkerchief that Zhao Wugou returned. Back into his suit pocket.It is convenient for the three officials of this generation to tour, after all, they have only been in office for ten years, and not many recognize their real identities.

Zhao Wugou: ……………

It turns out that the three officials are in charge of performance appraisal?

"My lord, you actually bet so big with that green-skinned bird just now, aren't you afraid to ask?" Bai Wuchang asked curiously.

Zhao Wugou smiled slyly, "I only promised everything, and didn't say everything."

Bai Wuchang was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smirk of 'My lord, you are too bad', and then warmly hugged Zhao Wugou's shoulder, "My lord, by the way, you are not learning Taoism secretly, are you? "

Zhao Wugou was a little puzzled, "What Taoism?"

"Then just now in the seven-star formation below, how did you calculate the weather? It's accurate and fast!"

Zhao Wugou patted Bai Wuchang's shoulder, and said earnestly, "The modern human world has a kind of information called weather forecast."