Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 403 The Man Who Blows the Magic Flute

Winter is coming.

In the morning, it crosses the deep abyss and rises above the misty sky.The flying dragon that followed it was no longer Tayeqi, who died in the Battle of the Orchid, but Mule Kakun, who was born from the cliff of the seventh-floor palace.

This flying dragon was born forty winters later than Tayeqi. It has dark blue and purple scales, long and narrow membrane wings, and sharper front claws than Tayeqi. It is the most sturdy and robust among the four siblings.The quadruplets are all grown up now.Long before Tayeqi died in battle, it had noticed this litter of outstanding pedigree, brought them all back from the cliff, and raised them in the cave behind its own temple.It was barren and desolate, just like other areas of the entire royal capital. According to the experience of raising Tayeqi, it used its own flesh and blood to feed the young dragons, making them invulnerable to weapons, fire and water.The four young dragons are all strong, Mule Kakun is strong and brave, Dongwage is nimble and agile, and Lisleilo is always the fastest to understand orders.

Among the four siblings, only the Winged Stonburn is difficult to tame.This black-scaled flying dragon had lost its wingtips in the mouths of its own kind when it was young, so it was gloomy and violent, and extremely out of gregarious.Smart, but disobedient to orders.It once fed the quadruplets with its own flesh and blood, but Stonburn alone refused to eat and drink.

He kept Stonburn alone in his cave, and spent many hours training.It invoked the name of the wyvern, leading Stonborn to climb out of the cave, and lay the flesh on the ground.

"Stonburn," it ordered, "eat."

The flying dragon let out a manic roar.The front paws swept across the front of the hole, and gravel fell like a shower.The flesh and blood were thrown into the abyss in front of the cave, and disappeared with the roar of the dragon.The beast's sudden rage never ceased to baffle it.

"Stubborn," it said.

It quickly gave up the domestication of Stonburn, and only used insects and dry moss to deal with it, and spent more energy on cultivating Mule Kakun.When Tajeki sinks into the poisonous swamp forever, Muller Kakun puts on the saddle.After the winter frost covered the tree cover, it led the flying dragon out of the ground and returned to the embrace of the sky.

As the next target, or rather, the battlefield, it chose the sky whale lair in the extreme north.There shines the blue of the cold ocean and glaciers, filling the entire sea of ​​stars.The earthly pillar surrounded by tallow trees was pulled up from the ice cap that had been cold for thousands of years, filled with brilliant aurora, and plunged straight into the bottom of the Sea of ​​Stars.Before the footsteps of the death frost cover all lands, it will take back the light of creation in that pillar.

They flew through the mist for ten days and nights until they reached the ice cap.On the way, it saw hundreds of mortals fighting, beheading and stabbing each other with knives and guns.Some of them shouted loudly, chanting the name of the second brother, praying for blessings and victory.So it stood on the cloud and watched the battle.The two sides are evenly matched. One of them cuts off his hair and tattoos his eyebrows. He is a barbarian who worships evil beasts;

Seeing the situation like this, it summoned the mist, fell into the battlefield secretly, and blew the whispering wind to cheer up the family.He also touches mortals with the tip of his spear and shield, making them invigorated and full of strength.So the family quickly won the victory, killed all the opponents, cut off the head and fingers, and praised the name of the second brother.

It escaped through the fog and quietly returned to the sky.Muller Kakun circled and waited in place, and continued to the north with his master.They found the Sky Whale's nest, watched from afar at the edge of the Sea of ​​Stars, and determined the timing of breeding.And when the song-song season of furious desire is past, it will come with guns to take the Light of Creation from the guardians of these giants.

Everything is going as planned.It observed for several days, confirmed the final date, and then returned south with the wyvern.They flew for another seven days and seven nights, and arrived at Mulunen, which used to be like a brocade.

Müller-Kahn is still young and tired from the long flight.It let the flying dragon roam the forest to hunt, and went to the ruins of the village by itself.Along the dried-up stream, it found the willow forest to the west of the abandoned village.

There is still the sound of the wooden flute in the forest, which makes its heart happy.It transformed into the image of a peasant girl, and walked behind the dry and stiff willow bushes.

The old man is still sitting in the forest, just like every time he visited in the past.When the peasant girl came, he put down his bamboo flute and greeted her.

"My child," said the old man, "winter has come."

He was still wearing a black linen robe, neat and close-fitting, so that he would not be invaded by the cold.When the peasant girl asked about this time, he smiled and said that he had lived in a colder place.He never mentioned the specific origin, only said that he drifted from a distant country.When he asked about the peasant girl's residence and family background, she only prevaricated in simple words.

The peasant girl sat down in the forest and chatted familiarly with the old man.Since she heard the flute for the first time, the old man told her many stories, never repeated, all of which were new and interesting to her.His face is clean and kind, his mustache is short and soft, his conversation is gentle and humorous, and his knowledge is vast and profound, which makes people feel noble and respectable in his heart, which is incomparable to all the most famous kings, virtuous officials and scholars in the world.He can make birds and beasts tame and obey orders, even if they only meet once, in her memory only the elder sister can match.Every time she came to Liulin, the old man would sit there and play the flute, and then talk to her, from day to night, always saying goodbye at dawn.

When the cold winter came, she was worried, for fear that the old man would leave due to the harsh environment and would no longer come to the increasingly chilling willow forest.The old man said that he was used to hardships, just to find one thing during the journey.

"What are you looking for?" she asked.

an answer.The old man answered her like this.That topic never went deep, and more often the old man just told her stories, and they always met her requirements.He never tires of her, never misses an appointment or is late.

One day, she asked him to tell the story of the wooden flute, and the old man laughed because of it.

"This is a magic flute," he said. "If you blow it, the Rat Ant will obey your command. In the past, someone took it to travel around the world to drive away the troubles of the local residents. He charged a very high price. High, but always within the ability of the local people to pay. If the residents are willing to pay, he will blow the magic flute to relieve them of the rat or insect plague. If the residents are unwilling to trade, he will never force it—but, There's only one thing he can't tolerate."

"What is it?" she asked.

"Cheating." The old man replied.

There was a village that pretended to trade with the Pied Piper, but refused to pay him after the rat infestation was lifted, trying to drive him away by violence.In revenge for this incident, the Piper played a tune that had never been played before.The sound of the flute made all the children in the village bewitched, and they all left with the magic piper and disappeared into the closed mountain crevices.Since then, the adults in the village have never seen them again.

Are those children dead?she asked.She is closer to children because the fifth sister is the guardian of innocence.

"No," said the old man, "the world says that the Pied Piper took the children of the village. In fact, he raised them all and put them in a place where there was no dispute. He was convinced that the village was full of lies and deceit. In the land of sin, only children are still pure and innocent, so he decided to take them away from the infection of desire. In my opinion, that is an alternative morality, and his standards are too much higher than the world. Sometimes, The highest good looks more like evil."

The peasant girl was puzzled by the story.She asked why the magic flute fell into the hands of the old man.There was some doubt in it, wondering whether the old man and the magic piper were really the same person.However, the old man told her that the Pied Piper was dead.His head was cut off by a magic sword at the behest of a king, and hung before the gates of a city where it rained all the year round.At that time, the peasant girl felt a little regretful, and she begged the old man to speak more, but the dawn had already risen outside the willow forest, so she had to stand up and bid farewell to the old man.

"You can stay longer, boy," said the old man.

She told him her home was far away.My mother passed away for many years, and my father was sick in bed and needed her care.She must return before the appointed time, so as not to arouse the worry of the family.

"Then I'll still be here next time."

The old man's reassurance made her feel a lot easier.She walked out of the willow forest, and returned to the palace under the abyss with the flying dragon, waiting quietly in her dark hall.

It thought it would be able to leave soon, but it was delayed until winter.The king slept for too long, and it took a long time to summon it.It was not until winter came that it was able to meet the old man after touring the north.At this time, the willow leaves have all withered, and the withered forest in the winter night is shadowy and covered with ice and snow, presenting all kinds of hideous and strange shapes.The old man was still waiting for her in the same place, as if he had never left.He prepared bonfires, zheer biscuits, wheat bread, and animal broth boiled with parsley, dill, and milk syrup.Not even the gods could resist the scent.She sat down expectantly, and took the soup bread from the old man.

The old man did not mention their long parting.He greeted her with his usual deliberate deliberation.

"We should tell the story of the king," he said.

She has no objection, because everything is new to her, and she doesn't know how to distinguish likes and dislikes.So the old man told the story of the King of Rain City.He told her of two other kingdoms beyond this world, separated by a nightmarish ocean, both near and far.The Eastern Kingdoms are ruled by the Mountain Men, and most of the inhabitants are as ordinary as here.Among these mortals there was once a man brought up as a hunter, endowed with violence and valor unmatched by any man in towns near or far.That martial artist who seemed to be cursed was abandoned by his parents since he was a child, and no one knew his name.Because he was born with a black birthmark like a flying horse on his face, people used this as his name-they called him Zou Yishi.

(End of this chapter)