"Although it feels good to be back under the sun, but people are missing and we are lost again." Tianming walked at the front, humming dejectedly.
"She must have had a purpose in guiding us all the way... I just don't know what she meant." Shao Yu walked behind and analyzed in a deep voice.
Shi Lan looked at the environment in the courtyard and responded, "The route we took just now may contain key information to solve the mystery."
"Route?" Tianming, who had turned a corner, stopped when he heard this, turned to look at Shi Lan, and said with drooped brows, "I ran so fast just now...does any of you remember the route..."
"No, what is that!"
Tianming suddenly turned his head and looked at an exceptionally strong cherry tree in the courtyard.
Shao Yu and Shi Lan had already caught up and looked over together.
Among the pink petals, a small golden-black figure was seen standing on the branch.
The eyes are red, the pupils are gilded, the beak is pointed with vermilion, the head is covered with golden feathers, the wings are dark, there are golden sun patterns on the chest, the tail feathers and back feathers are all interlaced with gold lines, and there are three legs under the abdomen.
This slender figure is none other than the three-legged Golden Crow!
Seeing the sacred bird Golden Crow perched on the Fuso sacred tree again, Shi Lan was stunned on the spot, her eyes unconsciously showing nostalgia and sadness.
Shaoyu and Tianming didn't notice Shi Lan's reaction at this time, they were busy rubbing their eyes.
"What kind of bird is this? Why is it so weird?" Tianming rubbed his eyes again and again with both hands. After confirming that he had seen correctly, he pointed at the Golden Crow and stumbled and exclaimed, "This bird... this bird has three legs."
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"Shaoyu, am I right?"
Shaoyu also widened his eyes and murmured in disbelief:
"This is... the three-legged golden crow, it really exists!"
As a native of the Chu State, Shao Yu was very familiar with the myths and legends related to the Sun God, so he naturally knew about the legendary divine bird like the Three-Legged Golden Crow, not to mention that Shi Lan had just talked about the Fuso Sacred Tree not long ago.
However, seeing the three-legged Golden Crow actually left him a little stunned.
Tianming was also greatly shocked.
This is a completely different feeling than seeing the Demon God of War.
The latter is covered with a layer of skin created by a mechanism, and its body shape is too eye-catching, making it easy for people to forget the irrationality of its existence and focus more on its power and terror.
The former is different. It is basically a living creature, or a crow that can be seen everywhere, but it has an extraordinary appearance, which directly breaks through the common sense concepts that Shao Yu Tianming has formed over the years, and has a unique impact.
After the initial shock, the two subconsciously turned to look at Shi Lan, and saw the other person's eyes filled with tears, looking at the golden crow on the branch.
Tianming was startled, "Shi Lan, you...what's wrong with you?"
Shaoyu came to his senses at this time and replied to Tianming, "You have forgotten again. We said before that there is a sacred bird with three legs and a golden crow perched on top of the Fusang sacred tree."
"Golden Crow... you seemed to have called it Golden Crow just now..." Tianming scratched his head, woke up, stared and exclaimed, "So this is from your Shushan Mountain too!? Was it snatched away by the empire?"
"You can rob this!? Why can you rob everything?" Tianming complained indignantly.
This time, Shao Yu did not get involved in scolding the empire, but said softly to Shi Lan, "Shi Lan, if you have anything on your mind, you can tell us."
Shi Lan raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, shook her head, and didn't say much more on this topic.
She really didn't want to mention what happened in Shushan. It was meaningless and would only add to the sadness.
"In the legend of Shu Mountain, the three-legged golden crow is the messenger of the sun, which can light up the way forward and guide the lost people." After gathering her mood, Shi Lan talked about the meaning of the three-legged golden crow.
Tianming's mind was very bright at the moment, and he suddenly grasped the key points:
"Guide the direction... then it is showing us the way!"
As Tianming finished speaking, the Golden Crow, which had been standing quietly on the branch, suddenly cried out, fluttered its wings and flew towards him, dragging a golden shadow in the air.
Before Tian Ming could react, the Golden Crow hit his heart, then shattered into circles of golden light, disappearing in an instant.
Tian Mingrang stumbled backwards due to the impact, and fell to the ground before losing his balance.
Shao Yu and Shi Lan rushed over to help him.
"Are you okay!?" Shaoyu asked nervously.
Tianming stood up suddenly, sat on the ground and subconsciously touched his face, then replied, "It's okay, it's okay..."
"Just...what happened just now?"
"The Golden Crow hit you, and then...disappeared."
Tianming rubbed his heart and stood up. It wasn't that he felt any discomfort, but he subconsciously wanted to rub it, as if he had phantom pain:
"Shi Lan, isn't that your sacred bird from Shu Mountain? Why did it attack me?"
Shi Lan shook his head, "No, I'm afraid that's not the real Three-Legged Golden Crow."
When she first saw her magical bird, Shi Lan was so excited that she didn't think much about it, but when she calmed down she felt something was wrong.
The three-legged Golden Crow will never land on other trees except the Fusang Sacred Tree.
Tianming was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise, "It's not true...then what is it?"
"I don't know either." Shi Lan shook her head again, and then changed the topic, "However, I think it is not attacking you, but..."
Before he finished speaking, Tianming felt a sudden burning sensation in the palm of his right hand, and he cried out in pain:
"Ahhh!!! Hot, hot, hot!!!!"
"...I chose you." Shi Lan also said the second half of his sentence.
Tianming squeezed his right wrist with his left hand, trying to relieve the pain.
Of course, there was no point in doing so. Fortunately, the severe burning pain only lasted a moment, and he soon recovered.
I saw a strange golden-red mark on the palm of Tianming's hand.
Shi Lan was surprised when he saw this, "This is our totem of Shushan!"
"It represents the rotation of the five elements, and the meaning of prosperity and reverse."
"The rotation of the five elements..." Shaoyu guessed after hearing this, "Is this a reminder?"
"Most of the mazes are inseparable from the principle of the flow of the five elements." Shi Lan analyzed, "In this regard, the mazes of the Yin Yang family should be almost the same as the Shu Dao of Shushan."
"Looking at it this way, these courtyards and corridors should belong to the five elements."
"The cloudy and rainy days are water, the sunny days are fire, the earth and rocks are at the bottom, and the flowers and trees are at the top. When water overcomes fire, it rotates day and night, and when fire conflicts with water, it condenses into fog..."
At this point, Tianming was completely dizzy and gave up thinking.
Shao Yu followed Shi Lan's train of thought and immediately caught the key point, "The only thing missing... is gold!"
"The message given to us by the Golden Crow is to follow the direction of life and reverse to overcome. At that time, when we went from gold to fire, it was for reverse to overcome (fire overcomes metal), so now... we should leave in the direction of the birth of fire!"
Shaoyu continued, "Fire generates earth...earth belongs to the center, which is not the way out. If we continue to generate each other, earth generates gold, and metal is in the west."
"That is to say, we have to go to the central land first, and then turn to the west."
"The three-legged Golden Crow is the messenger of the sun. Its position must represent the extreme east, and the opposite direction is the west." Shi Lan then confirmed the direction.
Shao Yu also immediately calculated the distance, "According to the number of nine palaces, earth belongs to the center, and its number is five...so we should move forward from here and turn into the fifth corridor heading west."
Tian Ming, who was completely confused, didn't bother to think about what the two men were talking about, and asked cautiously:
"So, you've decided how to go, right?"
Shi Lan Shaoyu nodded.
"Then let's go quickly, I've had enough of staying in this damn place!" Tianming clapped his hands and jumped up excitedly.
