A Guide to Modern Cultivation

"My God! They're about the same height as me!"

"Hee hee, Zou Ruqi, if you compare in the past, you should be shorter than these cranes, right?"

"Really!"

"God, these cranes look pretty from a distance, why do they feel a little scary when they get close?"

"If you sit on it, they will suddenly make a 360-degree loop in the air..."

"Can they hold my weight? Don't crush the crane again..."

……

A group of students were finally qualified to enter the Crane Park, and they all excitedly pointed to the red-crowned cranes around them.

At this moment, a female teacher in her 30s, surnamed Ma, who brought a group of people to Crane Garden for class, claimed to teach biology.

Only after the students actually walked into the Crane Garden did they realize that the inside of the Crane Garden is much larger than it looks from the outside, and there are more than 100 cranes strolling and resting inside without seeming crowded at all.

Moreover, the ground in the Crane Garden is all short grass, and the students walk on paths paved with gravel. In the center of the Crane Garden, there is a small lake with a large area—this is also invisible from the outside. arrived.

Teacher Ma clapped his hands and began to introduce the cranes to the students: "These are the cranes that you will ride to and from school for at least the next two years."

This teacher Ma has a very friendly face, with big eyes and a smile when he speaks, so the students have become much more courageous than usual, and immediately raised their hands curiously and asked: "Why two years? "

As expected, Teacher Ma was not angry, and smiled at the student's direction: "Because after two years, some of you who are progressing faster may be able to fly with the sword."

There was a burst of exclamation from the students, and several girls held hands excitedly and jumped up and down.They want to ride a crane, but wouldn't it be more handsome to fly with a sword? !If Yu Jian was wandering around outside... Thinking of the feeling of being watched by everyone, it would not be too good!

Teacher Ma waited for the students to make a fuss for a while, and clapped their hands again to attract everyone's attention: "Okay, the cranes in our school are domestic... no, they should be all the specialties that have been discovered and are unique to the school-level caves. Now they are unique. One copy! When students from other schools go out to participate in some activities, they have to take planes, ships, high-speed trains, etc., only students from our school can ride a crane to fly there..."

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the students were boiling again.

Of course, they have seen this matter from forums and other places, and they also know that outside monks have sourly nicknamed the group of crane-riding students who majored in Huada Ancient Repair, called "The group of drivers Crane Journey to the West College", but who cares about those who are envious and jealous?We just started riding cranes, and you all explode in anger if you have the guts!

"Now, I have to ask first, are there any students among our freshmen who are particularly afraid of heights?" Teacher Ma's words are like asking in vain. In fact, because of the particularity of Huada's ancient repair major, they have the priority to screen before enrolling students. , so students with more obvious symptoms of fear of heights are not within their consideration even if they are more qualified.

Sure enough, none of the students raised their hands—even some students who are usually a little timid and feel guilty when they go to places that are too high are now serious and trying to pretend that they are not afraid at all.

"These red-crowned cranes in our college are all special species. They were discovered after we successfully took over the school. Most of them have been carefully cultivated by the teachers and students of our college in the past few years. They have a good relationship with human beings. Very good, and not aggressive, docile, delicious meat, not as bad as duck, much more fragrant than chicken, especially..."

Teacher Ma turned in a strange direction while she was talking, but she didn't know it, just when the students who heard the weirdness were stunned, a few big red-crowned cranes behind them suddenly fanned He spread his wings, raised his neck and screamed a few times, grabbed the ground with his slender feet and jumped a few times, raised his foot, and directly smashed Ma Laoshu into the mud...

All the students opened their mouths wide and stared at Mr. Ma who was kicked to the ground with stiff eyes, struggled to get up, helped his eyes, and spat out the grass that accidentally ate in his mouth.

Teacher Ma poohed a few times, then turned helplessly to look at the red-crowned crane that was still spreading its wings and making threatening high-pitched calls to Teacher Ma: "I'm sorry, sorry, I made a mistake again. By the way, we humans are omnivores, and I His cultivation level is so low, and he is still [-] miles away from Bigu, so he really wants to eat you...Okay, okay, I will stop talking!" Seeing that the big red-crowned crane was about to move its mouth, and there were five or six nearby. When they gathered around and raised their necks together, as if to call for reinforcements to attack, Teacher Ma reluctantly apologized.

A few red-crowned cranes barely stopped their mouths that were going to poke her, but they still stood vigilantly aside, staring at the two-legged beasts.

All the students: ...the agreed character is docile and non-aggressive?

Teacher Ma wiped away the dirt and grass that might get on his face, turned his head and continued to explain to the students with a smile: "So, do you understand that they can understand what we say? In fact, all spirit beasts have wisdom. Yes, so the spirit pets around the senior students you see are so understanding. In fact, there has always been a saying in our practice circles that spirit pets cannot actually be called pets because they also have their own wisdom and thoughts. You know how they are, and they are clear in their hearts, and they will return the same to you. The same is true for spiritual pets, and it is the same for these big guys."

Students: ...So did she say that on purpose just to demonstrate it to the students?Still really think crane meat is delicious?

"It's actually very simple to ride them—make a good relationship with them. There are small snacks for them in the small window at the door of this small house. You can grab them when you are in class or after class, and give them before riding. A few, as long as you don't make a faux pas, and don't look for red-crowned cranes that don't fit your character, you're generally fine. Oh, and here's the key point, especially don't say things you shouldn't say while riding them , Our school already has no less than ten idiots who were taken halfway by red-crowned cranes and dropped and broke their legs."

Students: Are you sure it's not you?

As Teacher Ma said, this group of red-crowned cranes are really good-natured, as long as you don’t talk about the different ways to eat crane meat, the taste and texture, etc. in front of them, these big birds are fed by the students. After snacks, let them touch them, or take them on the leash behind their backs and walk with them on the grass.

After seeing that most of the students had established a good relationship with the red-crowned cranes they selected, Teacher Ma said: Everyone can try riding.

Riding is not about flying together, but one by one, under the supervision of teaching assistants or other teachers who have already been waiting in the crane garden. Once they fly into the air, they don’t care about it for the time being, and only wait for them to fly around once. It is only when the crane takes them to the ground that the teachers need to supervise or assist them again.

Soon it was Yunling's turn. Frightened, he climbed onto the saddle-like thing hidden under the thick feathers on the back of the red-crowned crane. He firmly grasped the place like the handle in front of the saddle, and then followed Teacher Ma's instructions. Touched the red-crowned crane's back neck and said to it: "Get up!"

The red-crowned crane spread its wings, flapped them a few times, let out a long cry, and then bumped forward and ran forward.

Yunling felt that his face must have turned pale. After all, the red-crowned crane was still a bird, and the bumpy feeling it ran on the ground was absolutely touching!The violent vibration made Yunling feel as if he was about to be thrown down!

Fortunately, cranes are cranes, especially those specially domesticated to be used as flying mounts.The red-crowned crane only took a few steps, and then flapped its wings and flew into the air. As the wings fluttered up and down, Yunling felt as if he was being lifted up by something!

The whole body of the bird is almost straight when it flies up, so Yunling, without any shelter in front of him, seems to be floating alone in mid-air. As the altitude gets higher and higher, he has the heart to observe the surroundings , the scenery below.

The crane garden below became smaller and smaller, and not far away were other students who also flew into the air, and several of them cheered loudly and excitedly.

Turning his head, Yunling realized that they were actually flying around the mountain in the college. The scenery that could not be seen from the bottom of the mountain before could be seen clearly after flying up.The mountain is full of various green vegetation, and the dense green is mixed with pavilions like fairy palaces. The third auditorium they have been to before has already passed by, and there are all kinds of exquisite buildings on the mountainside. , gazebo, and there is indeed an equally beautiful palace-style building on the top of the mountain.

It's just that when the crane flies, it won't be higher than that palace. Yunling can only watch from a distance, and can't see clearly what's inside.

The cool breeze from the mountains blew past, and the temperature that was not too hot at this time seemed to be refreshingly cool.

Suddenly, a student not far away shouted loudly: "Look! Someone is holding a sword!"

Yunling hurriedly looked at the yelling person first, and then searched in the direction he pointed, and saw a white rainbow passing by in the mountain, flying all the way in a certain direction, there was indeed a person on it!Moreover, there is a semi-curved, white light in front of the person, which seems to be a screen for protecting the body, so that the person flying in the air will not be blinded by the wind.

"So fast!"

"Wow, really handsome!"

……

The students who had just been able to sit on the crane to the sky felt envious again in their hearts, and they were still reluctant to look away after seeing that person completely disappear from sight.

Yunling looked over there, although he felt that the man was really fast with his sword, but he was not bad now?So he looked down at the red-crowned crane below him, and raised his hand to touch its back: "It's not bad for you to take it with you, and you won't be tired from traveling after standing on Yujian for so long?"

He was just muttering something to himself, but he didn't expect the red-crowned crane under him to make a long cry, as if responding to his words.