Chapter 249: I Also Know How to Gather Beasts and Adjust Birds

The next morning.

The firewood had gone out, but the firewood they picked up last night hadn't been used up. The junior sister piled them together, and the fox leaned close and spat out a sun spiritual fire, easily reigniting it.

The group skewered pancakes and placed them on top to roast hot.

Beside them were two sacks containing the corpses and bones of the heroes of this place. Luo Seng was truly used to the world of martial arts and wasn't afraid at all. Instead, he picked up a skull and carefully examined the scars on it.

After checking for a while, he rummaged through the sack and found a leg bone, checking it as well.

"Does Lord Luo have any discoveries?" Lin Jue asked.

"The method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds is calling and controlling wild beasts?" Luo Seng stared at the leg bone and asked him.

"More or less."

Luo Seng didn't speak, just showed him the leg bone.

There was a gap on the bone.

It looked a bit like it was chopped out by a weapon?

It couldn't be determined.

Even if Lin Jue checked carefully, he still couldn't determine whether it was caused by wild beasts or chopped by a weapon. But since Lord Luo specifically showed it to him, it meant he felt it was caused by a weapon.

Then he showed him another skull.

It also had a gap, difficult to distinguish.

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue knew he had been a county magistrate and wasn't suspicious, just nodded, "Go and see, and you will know. Lord Luo has Lord Luo's abilities, and I have my abilities."

They finished the pancakes in a few mouthfuls.

The fox looked at them carefully. Even on a fox face, its eyes clearly showed human-like thinking. Feeling that they didn't intend to use the fire anymore, it took a breath toward the small river flowing in the distance, and a thin water column flew over, *hissing* as it extinguished the campfire.

Ever since fighting the Tuo Long Wang, it had gradually acquired three skills in the process of chasing the yaoguai rat—

One was entering water, able to move freely underwater, which it often used to catch fish. One was water control, the same as the water control method Lin Jue had learned, which it often used to fetch water or pour water on the colorful civet cat. He didn't know which one it learned from the Tuo Long Wang or the Rhino General. Then there was the sun spiritual fire.

Now Fuyao could be considered to have both water and fire.

It also had a fourth tail.

The three of them simply packed their luggage, and Lin Jue and the junior sister summoned paper donkeys to carry the corpses and bones of this place.

Luo Seng thought of the friendship with his fellow countrymen, and Lin Jue intended to ask some heroes to help him. No matter which, he naturally had to bring back the corpses and bones he could find here to help them go home.

Immediately, the two of them mounted their horses. Lin Jue first took out a "Chen Niu Talisman" and chanted in his mouth:

"Chen Niu Chen Niu, find the yaoguai that drives birds and beasts."

Just as he shouted "Chen Niu Chen Niu," a little ghost appeared out of thin air, while the talisman paper immediately ignited and was soon burned up.

It was a little ghost from the Central Plains, looking like a four or five-year-old child, with a fair and tender face, round and round, wearing brown little clothes, and a brown round hat with a round ball on top, floating in mid-air, two or three feet off the ground.

When it first appeared, it was still a bit confused, but as soon as it heard the second half of the sentence, it immediately became spirited.

"My name is Chen Niu!

"Walk this way!"

The little ghost was serious, pointing in one direction.

After saying this, it disappeared with a *poof*.

Lin Jue then mounted his horse unhurriedly.

Seeming to dislike him for walking slowly, or seeming dissatisfied that they hadn't walked in the direction it pointed, the little ghost appeared again with a *poof*, looked up at Lin Jue, and pointed in the original direction:

"Walk this way!"

"We're going."

Lin Jue began to feel a bit fortunate that he hadn't summoned it out to try last night, otherwise wouldn't he have had to listen to its urging all night?

The group walked forward slowly.

That servant spirit was mostly hidden, but every once in a while, or every time they reached a fork in the road, it would reappear to point out the road or direction for them, and would also lead them around cliffs and rivers. As for the words in its mouth, they were always that one sentence: "Walk this way."

"This thing is actually easy to use." Even Luo Seng, who was used to the world of martial arts, couldn't help but sigh.

"It also looks quite cute." The junior sister said.

"Walk this way!"

The little ghost floating in mid-air ignored their praise and pointed to a hill, saying seriously.

The group gradually left the official road.

To be safe, the fox still led the way in front. It was very alert, and every time it jumped to a high place, it would look around.

Sometimes it would also look at the sky.

Unknowingly, they had walked for most of the day.

A few days ago, they were still in the vast desert, but in these few days, they had arrived at a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. The distant green mountains were tall, and behind them were towering snow-capped mountains. On the green mountains were small patches of forest, and outside the forest were continuous grasslands. The mountain and water scenery of this place was truly changeable.

A fox jumped lightly on the grassland, and eagles and falcons circled freely overhead.

The fox looked up, and the eagle and falcon looked down.

The two sides looked at each other.

Not long after, the eagle and falcon disappeared.

The fox turned its head to look at Lin Jue.

Lin Jue only signaled it to continue forward.

The fox jumped again, jumping to a mountain top. The biting cold wind passing through the snow-capped mountains on the opposite side blew toward them, blowing the fox's heart-shaped chest hair, making it look quite dashing.

The wind carried a burst of melodious flute music.

*Swish! *

A huge eagle and falcon flew down like an arrow, but it landed on a stone protruding from the mountain top beside it. It first looked at the white fox that wasn't afraid of it, then turned its head to look at Lin Jue.

"Walk this way!"

The little ghost floated in the air, flew to the mountain top, and pointed downward.

The eagle and falcon couldn't help but look at the little ghost.

When it turned its gaze back, it found that the white fox, which was originally about the size of a cat, had quietly turned into a white fox larger than an ordinary mountain tiger, with four tails swinging in the mountain wind, scaring it.

"Don't be nervous."

Lin Jue said to the fox, and at the same time bent down to climb up.

"Phew..."

He breathed a sigh of relief and looked into the distance.

What an open landscape—

Green mountain hollows, surrounded by mountains on all sides, distant stone mountains and the eternal snow on the mountain tops, small patches of forest and lakes, and wooden houses by the lake. Under the beautiful scenery, even the biting cold wind seemed to have a bit more gentleness.

There were a few mountain goats walking on the cliff, their bodies tall and sturdy, obviously much larger than normal mountain goats.

Lin Jue also saw a few small dots in the extreme distance, some brown and some gray-white. Judging from the distance, their bodies should be very large.

The eagle and falcon looked at them suspiciously.

The mountain goats also tilted their heads and stared at them.

Yes, Lin Jue had cultivated the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds, but any creature with sufficient spirituality could feel this point and would often not actively attack him.

And Lin Jue only looked at them and knew—

That Ancestor of Qin Mountain was lying.

Whether it was this eagle and falcon or those mountain goats, they had no strong aggressiveness toward people at all. Even because they had obtained spiritual creation and were on the path to becoming spirits, they were smarter and knew more, which to some extent could resist instinct. Therefore, their aggressiveness toward people was even lower than that of normal eagles, falcons, and mountain goats.

This was the mystery of magical arts.

"Walk this way!"

This short stay made Chen Niu dissatisfied, pointing downward and urging.

Lin Jue ignored it, but bowed to the eagle and falcon:

"This junior is surnamed Lin, given name Jue. Greetings. I heard there is a yaoguai here that knows the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds. I wonder where it lives?"

The eagle and falcon turned its head and looked down the mountain.

Lin Jue followed its gaze.

The eagle and falcon spread its wings and glided down toward the mountain hollow below, as if leading the way for them.

Lin Jue and Luo Seng looked at each other, both having a sense of understanding in their eyes, and then walked down one after another.

In the distance, wolf packs gathered, and there were two brown bears and three gray-white bears, all much larger than normal wolves and bears, as if welcoming the group. The group and the white fox were not afraid at all, just turned their heads to look at them, their footsteps not stopping, walking toward the small wooden house by the lake.

A rough human figure bent over and came out.

It was a middle-aged man with a bare upper body, a lot of chest hair, and a full beard, wearing only a pair of ordinary gray cloth trousers on his lower body, holding a wooden staff in his hand.

Lin Jue looked at him for a moment and knew that this person was indeed cultivating the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds.

People who cultivate the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds, although there will be evil people, the evil is pure evil. Whether it is beasts and birds with spirituality or people who also cultivate gathering beasts and adjusting birds, they can actually feel it vaguely.

This feeling is blurry, but it is actually the same feeling when using this method to communicate with beasts and birds.

Just as they can feel whether ordinary beasts and birds have hostility or goodwill toward them, beasts and birds can also feel their goodwill.

"Found it!"

The little ghost disappeared immediately.

Lin Jue bowed to this person.

The man was very stunned, but also bowed back to Lin Jue, clutching his chest.

Between the green grass stood a huge four-tailed white fox, and there were wolf packs and giant bears around, but the wolf packs were all sitting upright, staring at the group, while the giant bears were each doing their own things.

If seen by ordinary people, they would definitely be amazed.

"This junior is Lin Jue."

"Wuer Mu."

"We were chasing a yaoguai that had a grudge against us and chased it to the desert ahead. Afterward, we walked back and passed by here. We heard that there was a yaoguai harming people on the roadside. Later, a spirit called Ancestor of Qin Mountain sent a dream, saying that the yaoguai harming people on the roadside was you, so we promised her to come here and eliminate you."

Lin Jue said to him frankly.

The man was shocked and opened his mouth to say a string of words that could not be understood.

Yes, the two sides did not speak the same language.

If it were ordinary people, they would really misunderstand.

But since both were cultivating the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds, even birds and beasts could communicate, so how could they not know the other's meaning?

"Heh..."

Lin Jue couldn't help but laugh.

How could that Ancestor of Qin Mountain have thought that a person she met unintentionally would also happen to know the method of gathering beasts and adjusting birds?

Night fell again.

A campfire was lit by the lake.

Wuer Mu treated them with roasted fish.

The two sides did not speak the same language, but they would not misunderstand, and they had their own ways of communicating. Even this kind of purer and more primitive communication seemed to be more comfortable, at least without worrying about the wording not being respectful and causing misunderstandings or making jokes.

In the current Central Plains dynasty, especially in big places, there are often some strange and weird requirements, often causing disputes because of such unimportant trifles, which is really valuing appearance over substance.

After some conversation, Lin Jue learned that this person was actually a mountain spirit or mountain monster, originally born from Qin Mountain.

Such mountain spirits and mountain monsters are born from the spiritual charm in the mountains. If they cultivate successfully, they have the possibility of becoming a mountain god. This kind of mountain god is half a congenital mountain god, between a congenital mountain god and a later-conferred spirit. There are often very incredible ones, and the mountain god of Yishan is like this.

This caused a conflict with that Ancestor of Qin Mountain.

After all, the language was not understood, and the detailed situation could not be known, only the general meaning.

The rest had to be guessed by himself.

To be safe, Lin Jue took out the bottle and summoned the remnant souls of many martial artist heroes. As expected, when they saw these bears and wolves and this mountain spirit, they had no reaction.

Plus Luo Seng's discovery, he had a bottom line in his heart.

It was the end of the month, and the sky was full of stars at night.

"Does the guest know about the millennium snow lotus? Do you know?" Lin Jue asked the mountain spirit, and also asked the brown bears and wolf packs to the side, "I asked that Ancestor of Qin Mountain, and she said there is a snow lotus meeting. Is it true or false?"

"..."

"Is there really a snow lotus meeting? Is it really seven years later?"

"..."

"It seems she didn't lie to me about this."

"..."

"Summer? Snow lotuses bloom in summer?" Lin Jue nodded repeatedly. "So that's how it is. If you didn't tell me, I really wouldn't know."

"..."

Lin Jue talked around the campfire with the mountain spirit and many bears and wolves, while the fox turned back to the size of a cat, sitting upright and hiding beside him. It did a very simple thing: whoever spoke, it looked at whoever.

Luo Seng couldn't understand.

At first, he felt that this kind of magical art was quite interesting, but soon he felt bored and simply got up and paced around the campfire.

The junior sister was on the other side of the campfire. She naturally had no fear of these giant beasts, and even on a whim, she ran to ask them who the yaoguai harming people on the roadside was.

The brown bear sat like a person and actually drew on the grass with its claws to answer, drawing a person and a horse, looking like the general outline of a person and a horse.

Afterward, the mountain spirit played the flute, and the sheep and wolf packs danced at the same time. The scene was fantastic and jaw-dropping.

Until late at night, the interest did not diminish. ===== CHAPTER 250 =====