The King of Beasts smiles but does not speak [Shan Hai Jing]

Yun Zhi stepped on the dead leaves on the ground, looking at the surrounding environment as he walked.

"This is where you used to live?" She looked back, and Chi Yao was following her, silently drooping her eyes.

"Yeah." Chi Yao nodded, "Perhaps... a little rough."

"It's not simple." Yun Zhi said sincerely, "There are mountains and waters, flowers and grass, just like Penglai."

Chi Yao looked at her, and didn't thank her for her words, but a smile flashed across his lips.

The two of them walked all the way to the depths of Beixiao Mountain. They didn't speak any more along the way, but the atmosphere was not condensed.

During the period, there were cute or ferocious monsters running past the two of them, and some monsters even stopped to look at them curiously.

Yun Zhi turned his head to see the long-tailed red deer who just passed by them, smiled and said to Chi Yao: "These little guys have been your neighbors for a long time, right? Why don't you see them say hello to you?"

Chi Yao followed her gaze and looked in the direction where the red deer disappeared: "Monster beasts have different degrees of spiritual enlightenment. The spiritual energy on Beixiao Mountain is thin, and most of the people living here are monsters with undeveloped spiritual wisdom."

And those "curious" eyes are the most complicated emotions that these spirit beasts can express.

"So that's how it is." Yun Zhi showed a look of surprise, "I thought that monsters had the same intelligence and intelligence as us, but they couldn't change form and couldn't speak."

Chi Yao said: "Did you rarely see monsters before?"

"It's not rare." Yun Zhi corrected him with a smile, "I've never seen a monster before."

After dreaming for many years, she knew nothing except waiting for the Lord's news to blare in her mind.

Whether it's the customs of this world, or the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys among spirit beasts, she is a blank sheet of paper.

Live for the Lord, and perhaps die for the Lord.

Apart from that, there are no other feelings and thoughts in her world.

Maybe her former master didn't think about whether she needs to have other feelings and thoughts.

Chi Yao lowered his eyes to look at her, then suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Yun Zhi stopped in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"Look there." Chi Yaoyao pointed to the distance, "Did you see that tree with red leaves in the distance?"

Yun Zhi looked in the direction he pointed, and then said cheerfully: "I see! What a beautiful tree, this is the first time I've seen a tree with red leaves!"

She turned around and asked Chi Yao: "What kind of tree is this?"

"I don't know." Chi Yao shook his head, "Because its leaves are red and the fruits it bears are also red, so we call it a mangrove tree. But what is its original name... I I don't know."

"Hongshu..." Yunzhi repeated the name, "I think this name is good! The name is just for addressing, this name matches this tree very well, very good!"

Chi Yao gave a "hmm" and said again: "The fruit of the mangrove tree is very sweet. Don't you like to eat sweet things? I will bring you to pick the fruit next time."

When Yun Zhi heard this, his eyes lit up: "Really?!"

She stretched out her palm seriously: "It's a deal?"

Chi Yao was stunned for a moment looking at the palm that was close at hand, and then gently covered it.

"It's a word."

Yun Zhi, who got the promise, was extremely happy, and even his steps were lighter than before.

As she walked, she hummed the tune she learned from Ruan Ruan a few days ago, humming for a while and stopping for a while, and continued humming after bypassing the difficult road.

Chi Yao has never heard this song before, and he doesn't know whether Ruan Ruan's "original version" is like this.

But after listening to it for a while, he felt dizzy and dizzy, and couldn't believe it——

There is such an ugly song in the world?

"Blue Bird..." Chi Yao, who has always been willing to endure hardships and burdens, and never expresses his personal opinions easily, finally couldn't bear it anymore, "Well, your Xiao..."

When Yun Zhi heard his words, he involuntarily stroked the flute on his waist: "Xiao?"

Chi Yao suppressed the pain and pressed his forehead: "I want to hear it."

Anyway, I really don't want to hear you sing!

It was rare to hear Chi Yao's request, and it sounded not difficult, but Yun Zhi frowned in embarrassment.

Seeing her like this, Chi Yao thought he had said something wrong.

After all, the world is so big, and customs vary from place to place. Perhaps in Penglai, this "Xiao" is not played casually?

In other words, the spiritual power of the blue bird is transmitted through this jade flute, and once it is played, it will be difficult to control?

He thought about many situations, but with a sigh, Yunzhi mentioned a possibility that Chiyao never thought of——

"I can't blow."

"You don't know how to play?" Chi Yao repeated in surprise, "Then why do you keep it beside you every day?"

Yunzhi picked up Yuxiao in his hand and turned it around, looking quite natural: "Because it should be by my side!"

She held this flute when she woke up, and in her vague memory, this flute was always by her side.

Do you have to play the flute with you?

There is also a Liuyun soft whip wrapped around the waist of the Qingman Lord!Looking at him like that, does he look like someone who dared to use this whip?

"However, it's not that I can't play at all." Yun Zhi put the jade flute back in place, "But I only know one piece, and I can't play this piece for you."

Chi Yao said: "Why?" Could there really be an "allusion"?

Yun Zhi twirled a strand of hair around his fingertips, and said, "Although I can't play it to you, I can 'listen' to your friends later."

my friend?

Chi Yao hesitated for a while, then suddenly looked at Yun Zhi with comprehension.

As if confirming his thoughts, Yun Zhi nodded: "The song I know is a mourning song."

Chi Yao said in a daze, "Mourning song? This song...couldn't it be taught to you by Jingwei?"

Yunzhi: "..."

It's really no wonder that Chi Yao thought too much, specially taught others a "mourning song" or something, it was really like what Ruan Ruan, a black-bellied dog, could do!

"No, it's not her..." Yun Zhi silently removed the blame for Ruan Ruan, "This song has been in my mind since I woke up. But why do I remember this song? But I don’t know anymore.”

Chi Yao said: "It's like the innate spiritual power of each spirit beast is different?"

Yun Zhi smiled: "Maybe."

The two walked up the mountain for a while, and the sky, which had already been setting in the west, gradually dimmed.

In order not to be intruded by monsters on the mountain, when the bones were buried, Chi Yao deliberately buried all the traces around them very thoroughly.Although this method of "burying" is difficult to avoid the detection of spirit beasts, it is more than enough to avoid these low-spirited monsters on the mountain.

It's just that it's hard to find if it's buried carefully.

This mountain went round and round, and the scenery was similar, so even Chi Yao himself was a little confused for a while.

After circling the towering trees in front of him again, Chi Yao finally found the right direction, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It's here."

He stopped in his tracks, and in front of him was a narrow open space that looked extremely flat, and behind the open space was a red tree that was in full bloom.

Yunzhi raised her hand, and a leaf fell from the red tree to her palm.

She handed the leaf to Chiyao and said, "Can this leaf be counted as a sacrifice?"

Chi Yao took the red leaf in her palm, smiled and nodded: "Of course."

He put the red leaves in the open space in front of him, and then said softly to the open space: "Banmao, I'm back."

When he left, he was just a little monster who couldn't understand human language, but now, he can pay homage to this person's grave in human form.

The truth is unpredictable.

Yun Zhi looked at Chi Yao's worship, bowed like a model, and then asked, "Is he a spirit beast?"

"Yeah." Chi Yao said, "And it's a very smart, powerful spirit beast... and kind."

Natural goodness.

Otherwise, how could he take care of himself after seeing himself who is not low in spiritual intelligence.

Born in troubled times, living alone is still difficult, but this person took him along without hesitation.

Not only gave him a shelter, but also helped him find Yuanxiang, taught him common sense about spirit beasts and many anecdotes that happened outside.

Even teach him the way of life.

As if he was absolutely convinced that Chi Yao would eventually become a spirit beast, this man taught Chi Yao everything he knew.

It's just that although Chiyao got what he wanted in the end, he couldn't see it anymore.

Chi Yao put the spirit spring in his hand "in front of the grave" of this person, and said with a light smile, "You loved drinking this thing the most when you were alive, but you always complained that the spirit springs in nearby countries were not good... ..I don't know how to drink it, but this pot of spiritual spring was bestowed by my lord, and it must be better than the ones you bought all the way."

He pushed open the seal on the spirit spring pot with spiritual power, and slowly sprinkled the spirit spring in front of Banmao's grave.

"This time, you don't have to worry about monsters coming to steal your spiritual spring." Chi Yao said shyly, "You can... drink slowly."

Fortunately, we met each other, but there were some mistakes.

Fortunately, after I die from you, I can still come to your grave to offer wine to you.

"Okay, let's go." Chi Yao stood up, brushed the dust off his sleeves, and took a final look at the quiet space under the red trees.

"Leave now?" Yun Zhi stood up, but his eyes were full of confusion, "But you just said these few words to him..."

"It's already getting late." Chi Yao pointed to the new moon that had gradually replaced the sun, "My eyesight is bad, I need light to see the way. If the sky completely sinks in a while, it will be difficult for me to go down the mountain."

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhi hurriedly followed Chi Yao's footsteps: "How could this be...otherwise I'll go back and try to cure you?"

Although I don't know if I can cure this "innate" disease, I have to try it.

Chi Yao smiled at her: "Thank you."

With his head down, he stepped steadily on the forest path step by step in the faint light.

In the quiet night, only the sound of the wind is heard.

Many times in the past, he also hastily walked this road in such a light, rushing back to his and Banmao's "home".

At that time, I was just an ordinary monster with food in its mouth.

Banmao, who has majestic spiritual power but only has the ability to "defense", will stand on the highest point of this road and look down from a distance, with a candlestick held by spiritual power in his hand.

Day after day, year after year.

Such repetition will always give people the illusion of a long time.

It was as if that figure would always stand there, with the most dazzling light in the darkness, waiting for him to go home.

But now...

Chi Yao paused, and suddenly turned around with a desolate face——

Immediately, his eyes suddenly widened, and he froze in place!

At the end of the path, at the edge of the night, there are endless fireflies flickering.

It was as if he had seen candlelight countless times, flickering in familiar places.

Bright as a star.

The author has something to say:

There is one more.

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The "spiritual spring" here can be simply understood as "wine", but not drunk.This "Lingquan" is not from Shanhaijing, it is my original creation_(:зゝ∠)_

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When I wrote this, I suddenly remembered a story I read a long time ago (remember it was an ancient Chinese reading for the Chinese exam).

Confucius was trapped, and Yan Hui was the last to arrive. Confucius said, "You haven't come for so long. I thought you were dead." Yan Hui said, "You haven't died yet. How dare I die."

When I read this story for the first time, I felt that the two were interacting with each other. Later, I left home to go to university, and then read this ancient text, and it was like enlightenment.Both of them can understand.

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Let me make another digression, correct a typo I used before, the word "恶" is wrong, the correct word should be "?".I only mean resentment, and I only found out today. I apologize to everyone for the typo I used before, and I will search the full text later to correct the mistake.