Chapter 146: The Mother Crane We Chased Together All Those Years Ago
Chapter 146 – The Mother Crane We Chased Together in Those Years
“Then will these spirit cranes be affected?”
Lu Xuan asked worriedly from the side.
“The impact will definitely be there, looking at their state, it’s not guaranteed that there will be another extreme situation like this one.”
Xu Yi looked at the remaining two hundred or so Spirit Cranes with a gloomy expression.
Lu Xuan followed his line of sight, the crowd of Spirit Cranes stayed honestly in the area surrounded by the fence, only that their state did not look as calm as it appeared on the surface.
Many of the cranes had red eyes, and under careful observation, they could occasionally detect a tyrannical intent.
“It looks like these spirit cranes are on the verge of breaking out under Zhou Zhengqing’s violent prodding.”
“It’s just that due to being domesticated, they haven’t yet given birth to a sense of counter resistance.”
“Coupled with the fact that the Spirit Beast Sign has the Spirit Crane’s essence blood in it, life and death are all at the whim of the cultivator controlling the Spirit Beast Sign.”
“Therefore, just now, that Spirit Crane would rather mutilate itself than have the courage to strike out at Zhou Zhengqing, after all, mutilation is only damage to the body, if it strikes out at the cultivator, the nature would be completely different, and it would be almost impossible to save one’s life.”
Lu Xuan looked at the many anxious Spirit Cranes and thought darkly in his heart.
Not far away, Zhou Zhengqing, who was filled with a proud and self-satisfied look not long ago, looked flustered at this moment and stood by the side at his wits’ end.
It wasn’t long before a cultivator who specialized in healing arts came over to the camp.
A holy white light fell on the crane’s abdomen, immediately, the original blood flow wound slowly healed, the crane softly wailed, head still high.
“Senior Brother Zhou, today’s self-mutilation of the spirit cranes has already shown that your method of catalyzing the cranes is not proper and is somewhat extreme, later on, I hope that you can use a relatively gentle way to treat these spirit cranes, it will be difficult for you and I to put an end to it if a similar incident occurs again.”
Xu Yi said towards Zhou Zhengqing with a dark face.
Although the plummeting number of spirit cranes was a big problem, if there was an outbreak of mass self-mutilation behavior of the spirit cranes, then the fertility problem would be nothing.
“Yes, Senior Brother Xu, I’ll remember.”
Zhou Zhengqing pursed his lips and said, the occurrence of such a thing made him fearful in his heart, and he had no problem with Xu Yi’s half-warning, half-reminding advice, secretly deciding to immediately change his procreation method.
“Senior Brother Lu, the hundred spirit cranes that you have bred are currently in a good state, right?”
“You need to pay more attention to it, if there is a similar incident again, then it will most likely attract the Beast Harnessing Hall’s senior uncle to step in and resolve it.”
Xu Yi walked over to Lu Xuan’s side, his face slightly cleared up as he inquired towards him in a low voice.
“Senior Brother Xu, I have been regulating the physical and mental state of those one hundred Spirit Cranes over the past few days, and the results have been quite good so far.”
“That’s good, I look forward to the good results that Senior Brother Lu will bring.”
Xu Yi’s heart relaxed quite a bit as he heard this.
Lu Xuan returned to his camp, and when the numerous spirit cranes saw his figure, they slowly flew over, chirping softly at him with a few hints of intimacy in their tone.
In these few days, Lu Xuan had allowed them to feel a long-lost sense of ease and comfort, not having to work hard daily to transport the cultivators, and not having to worry about possibly not having enough to eat.
Every day, they were free to play, frolicking in the water and soaring low in the sky, a different kind of comfort and coziness.
Lu Xuan looked at the heads of the several tiny spirit cranes that came over and let out a light laugh, reaching out to fiddle with the tops of their heads.
The white feathers on top of the cranes’ heads immediately became a mess.
“Niko!”
The Spirit Crane tilted its head, dodging Lu Xuan’s clutches and chirping in dissatisfaction.
“Yo, you’re still afraid that I’ll mess up your hairstyle, are you in the throes of spring? Got a desired target who wants to pay attention to his image?”
Lu Xuan heatedly laughed as he swept his hand over the Spirit Crane’s slender neck.
The Spirit Crane struggled to break free and flapped its broad feathered wings at Lu Xuan a few times, causing the wind to blow furiously, causing Lu Xuan’s hair to dance wildly in the wind.
Lu Xuan walked through the camp, greeting each and every Spirit Crane. Among the one hundred Spirit Cranes, there were those with intimate attitudes and those with bland reactions, with a few mischievous Spirit Cranes in turn teasing Lu Xuan in between.
“Dinner is served, dinner is served!”
After waiting for the spirit cranes to play freely for a while, Lu Xuan came to the center of the camp and shouted.
As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred spirit cranes quickly flew towards him.
On the ground, there was a lot of Lu Xuan’s processed spirit clam and snail meat, as well as some spirit fish and shrimp that he had specially caught from the water and swamp, which was considered to be a way to improve the food for these spirit cranes.
All he had done in the past few days was just for one purpose, to let these spirit cranes relax.
Forgetting the need to carry the duties of a cultivator, not having to think about being busy from sunrise to moonrise, returning to their nature, and living in a way that is most in line with their nature.
Among them, eating is a more important part, in the past, most of the cases of spiritual cranes are in the water and swamp to look for spiritual plant roots, young leaves, busy all day back, often appear to be unable to fill their stomachs, let alone be able to enjoy a variety of delicious food.
In the past few days, Lu Xuan had instantly adjusted the cranes’ recipes according to their detailed status, evenly combining meat and vegetables to ensure that they had what they needed physically while still allowing them to fulfill their appetites.
The effect is quite good, the hundred spiritual cranes’ eyes became obviously more energetic, and their body plumes vaguely flickered with spiritual light, more lustrous and colorful than before.
“After eating their fill, they should exercise together to eliminate their appetite.”
He pointed at the blue sky dome, the corner of his mouth hooked up, and said aloud:
“Forget all the worries in your heart and soar to your heart’s content!”
“Ready …… charge!!!”
As the order fell, a hundred spirit cranes vigorously drummed their wings, like arrows leaving the strings, and flew toward the sky dome at a rapid pace.
Emitting an unimpeded and clear chirp from their mouths, the crowd of spirit cranes flew faster and higher, and in the blink of an eye, they became a small white dot.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a layer of golden light poured over the cranes, the scene was very harmonized and natural.
“The mother cranes that we chased together all those years ah ……”
Lu Xuan whispered as he looked at the Spirit Cranes that were free and unrestrained to frolic and play together.
After a long time, the many spirit cranes returned to the camp one by one.
“Huh? Isn’t it Regretful Youth? It was really chased by your kid?”
When the end came, the two spirit cranes landed together, their slender necks intersecting and entwining in a sour and smelly manner.
Seeing Lu Xuan’s figure, the two cranes parted reluctantly, their eyes entwined, as if they were holding silk.
“There are many spirit cranes now, so I guess they will drill the water plants at night.”
Seeing this, Lu Xuan secretly sighed.
He called the male crane over and carefully arranged the plumes on its body for it.
“It will soon be an important moment in the crane’s life, so I must dress you up a bit, so that you will never forget this night’s spring night for the rest of your life.”
“Comb your hair to look like a great crane ……”
Lu Xuan hummed softly, separating the feathers on the crane’s head from the center part.
“It seems like an old friend has come.”
He looked at the Spirit Crane with a center-parted hairstyle, and couldn’t help a smile emerge from the corner of his mouth.
The side of the Spirit Crane’s body moved, breaking free from Lu Xuan’s clutches.
(End of Chapter)