Chitaki may not have made it clear about the latter possibility, because she didn't want that to be the result.
The sacred tree is also a tree, not a god.
The fusang sacred tree was dug up by its roots, and it took more than a month to transport it to Songhai, and then transplanted it to a ship that was not connected to the earth, but it was a lot of trouble.
Although he managed to survive with strong vitality and even seemed to have no damage, it is hard to believe that he was not affected at all.
The disappearance of the three-legged Golden Crow may be due to changes in the sacred tree. It did not want to continue to live on it and simply left the sacred tree.
But it is also possible that the Three-legged Golden Crow is closely related to the sacred tree. If something goes wrong with the sacred tree, the Three-legged Golden Crow will also suffer bad luck and die directly.
For Chitaki, she would definitely prefer that the Three-Legged Golden Crow would just leave instead of die.
After all, her mother's title is Dongjun, who is the sun god in Chu mythology, and the sun bird is a perfect match.
Tianming also didn't want anything to happen to the three-legged golden crow, but his idea was very simple. He just felt that such a rare thing shouldn't die casually.
Besides, the three-legged golden crow helped him a lot when he was on the mirage...even though it was fake.
Tianming didn't dwell too much on the fate of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, because it was useless to dwell on it. Whether he left or died, it was already an established fact, and it was a fact they didn't know at all.
He has a more interesting question right now:
"By the way, is there any difference in appearance between the three-legged Golden Crow I saw and the real Three-legged Golden Crow?"
"...Probably not." Qiantaki thought for a moment and replied, "But my mother said that the real three-legged Golden Crow is also very dangerous, and ordinary people must not approach it at will."
"Hehe, if the three-legged Golden Crow is still there, it will definitely be interesting to fight with that mirage!"
Tian Ming playfully proposed a scene that was sure to be very impactful.
"That's what you think." Chitaki replied with a smile.
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In the Fusang sacred tree, Shaoyu Shilan squatted side by side, and in front of them lay Tianming who seemed to be still sleeping soundly.
The sun has completely risen and time has passed.
"He shouldn't be sleeping now, right?" Shao Yu touched his chin and made a judgment.
"Why do you say that?" Shi Lan was a little confused about this.
There seems to be little difference between drowsiness and normal sleep. Unless some means are really used to test, it is difficult to judge directly with the naked eye.
Shao Yu chuckled and said jokingly, "It's not like you haven't seen this before. When did this kid sleep so normally?"
"He must have fainted again."
After hearing this reason, Shi Lan couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckled. Just as she was about to say something, a voice sounded before her:
"You are slandering! You are clearly the one who is not sleeping well!"
"I have an old gray hair on my face, and yet I call others fairies!"
Tianming opened his eyes and launched a counterattack against Shaoyu mercilessly.
The smile on Shi Lan's face suddenly became brighter - because Shao Yu and Tian Ming were right, they both looked very ordinary when sleeping, at least when they slept on the Fuso tree, they looked very ordinary.
Shao Yu smiled and stopped talking to Tian Ming. He put his arms around his shoulders and asked him about business:
"Don't worry about such trivial matters for now, and get down to business."
"How's it going? Have you got any news?"
"Ah..." Tianming grinned, with a complicated expression on his face, "How should I put it, the information is known, but it is completely different from what we expected."
Shao Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Looking at your expression, you must have something exciting!"
"Haha!" Tianming laughed twice, nodded and replied, "It's indeed a big news, quite a big one...huge news!"
"Hurry up and tell me!" Shao Yu was completely excited upon hearing this and urged him impatiently.
Tianming was not in a hurry to break the news. He patted Shaoyu on the shoulder and said, "Let's get off the boat first."
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The increased alert level of the mirage not only made it more difficult for Tianming and others to board the ship, but also made it much more troublesome for them to get off the ship.
Master Ben could not wait for them all night and had already evacuated, so the three of them had to take the waterway at dawn.
In the past, all you had to do to travel by water was jump off the boat and swim back. Although it was tiring, the process was very simple.
Now there's a little trouble - they have to dive instead to avoid the patrolling bat wings in the sky.
For Tianming and Shi Lan, this matter is relatively easy. They both have relatively high levels of internal energy and can hold their breath for a long time by relying on internal breathing.
Not to mention holding your breath and swimming directly back to the shore, at least it is not difficult to swim out of the surveillance range of the bat wings in the sky.
Shao Yu felt more uncomfortable. Although his body was very powerful, it had not yet evolved into gills, his lungs were not much bigger than those of ordinary people, and his internal skills were not as good as others.
All in all, one breath is not enough.
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Somewhere on the coast outside the city, Shao Yu suddenly emerged from the sea, turned over and lay on his back, breathing heavily, like a stranded fish.
After him, Tianming and Shi Lan also came ashore.
The two of them didn't look as embarrassed as Shao Yu, but they were sitting on the ground panting heavily and looked very tired.
Shao Yu, who was lying down, raised his arms and said feebly, "I'll have to change my plan next time. If this swimming method doesn't work, I'll die sooner or later."
In order to avoid the mechanical bat wings in the sky as much as possible, Shao Yu could only hold in his breath and swim as far as possible. When he couldn't hold on any longer, he took a breath and continued swimming.
Being in a state of hypoxia or near-hypoxia for a long time made Shao Yu dizzy throughout the whole process. Even if he no longer had to dive underwater, he still could not recover.
Tianming and Shi Lan were doing much better, but they were simply tired - unlike what they expected, the distance they swam this time was more than three times that of before, which was really hard to handle.
Regarding Shaoyu's suggestion, Tianming nodded in agreement, "That's right. You can't swim so hard next time. You have to plan your evacuation route in advance."
"Huh..." Shaoyu took a deep breath to ease the dizziness in his head, and then said, "Can you tell me what's going on now?"
"Okay, let me tell you." Tianming also lay down on the ground, found a comfortable position, and continued, "The reason why the mirage returned is actually very simple, because they can only come back - there is a big trouble at sea.
"
"Big trouble?"
Shaoyu Shilan immediately became interested after hearing this.
Tian Ming didn't give in to the topic and went straight to the point, "They encountered a monster."
"ah!???"
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"Encountered a monster!?"
In the Mo family's stronghold, after hearing Tianming's story, Master Ban's head was full of question marks.
At this time, Tianming and the others had returned and informed Master Ban of the mirage information.
Master Ban's reaction was similar to that of Shao Yu Shi Lan before. It should even be said that he was more surprised than the two of them.
Shao Yu, like Tian Ming, is a master who has been eaten and seen before, fought with soldiers and demons, and can accept whatever gods, ghosts and weird things he encounters.
Although Shi Lan had never seen anything like this, Shu Mountain had guarded and enshrined the Fuso sacred tree for generations. The related legends had been heard since childhood. Even if she suddenly heard about monsters, she could barely accept it.
On the contrary, Master Ban has experienced many storms and storms in his life, but they are all "common things". He has never seen the real crooked ways.
"Are you sure you're not fooling me, old man?"
"Don't worry, I guarantee the absolute fidelity of the information in the name of the giant!" Tian Ming waved his hand to vouch for his words.
"Times have really changed..." Master Ben rubbed his temples, feeling tired, "Then tell me about the monster, what is the specific situation?"
"Oh, it's said to be something called a mirage... The people of the Yin and Yang family on the ship can't do anything about it, so..."
Tian Ming explained everything about the mirage to the class master with gestures and narration.
Shao Yu on the side had a mediocre reaction to this. He had heard everything Tian Ming said before he came back.
Master Ben seemed to be listening to a book from heaven, his brows were twitching and his eyes were wide open.
After listening, he had an expression on his face that didn't know what to do and kept stroking his beard, "This...this..."
Tianming saw this and reminded, "This actually has nothing to do with us."
"The empire wants to go to sea, but the Mohist family doesn't."
"That's true..." Master Ban smiled in astonishment, and then asked Tianming, "Whether there is a ferocious monster or a dragon on the sea, it is the empire's trouble and the Yin Yang family's trouble."
"But... Tianming, what do you think the Mo family should do while taking advantage of this opportunity?"
"Uh...aren't these all things you have considered?" Tianming scratched his head, did not answer the question, and kicked it back.
"Don't you shout that you are a giant every day?" Master Ben replied with a smile, "I will let you be the master now."
"Then..." Tianming hesitated and did not refuse. He just replied awkwardly, "But I don't have a clue."
"The mirage is back. There is always something the Mo family can do, whether it be against the empire, the Yin Yang family, or a conspiracy against the Yin Yang family and the empire..."
"I don't know which of these is more important, which is more difficult to handle, which is more urgent."
"I have no idea how much power the Mo family can mobilize now."
"Can I tell you a hammer?"
In short, Tianming is like an emperor who has been ignored for many years. Even if he suddenly regains power, he doesn't know how to use it.
"Let's not consider the problem of manpower or difficulty. It just depends on whether you want to do it or not. How do you choose?" Master Ben responded cheerfully.
"Then...then I want to find an opportunity to kill the people of the Yin Yang family first." Master Ban said this, and Tian Ming expressed his thoughts boldly.
Of course, the Mohists could take advantage of the opportunity of returning from the mirage to do something, but they couldn't do many important things.
First, because the current situation of Songhai is different after all. It is no longer the super vortex that a slight change could trigger the general trend of the world.
The second reason is that the power of the Mohist family was also hampered by the Book Burning Order.
Master Ben glanced at him and asked in a playful tone, "You sound like you are pursuing a personal vendetta?"
Master Ban didn't know about the deep hatred between Tianming and the Yin-Yang family. He just thought it was because Tianming was taking care of the fact that the Yin-Yang family had been put in danger several times before.
"I am a rich man from the Mo family, and the Yin Yang family almost killed me several times. Revenge is natural, and it cannot be considered a personal grudge." Tianming immediately felt aggrieved for himself.
"Not to mention that our Mo family and their Yin Yang family have been enemies for hundreds of years."
"Now that the power of Luo Sheng has been withdrawn from Songhai, the number of Shadow Guards has been reduced a lot, and even the empire's troops have been transferred away."
"Now is a good opportunity to deal with the Yin Yang family."
Master Ben nodded, and then sighed, "Your analysis is correct, but it's a pity that the Yin Yang family has no helpers now, and its strength is empty, while our manpower is even more scarce."
"Even if we don't consider the empire's help, just talk about the Yin Yang family and the seven masters, we can't handle it no matter what."
The Mohist family has never been able to compare with the Yin-Yang family in terms of top combat power - there are few schools of thought that are stronger than the Yin-Yang family in this aspect.
The Mo family can compete with the Yin Yang family because they have more people and machine beasts.
But the Yin-Yang family has always been hiding in the mirage. Even if they don't consider whether they can spare manpower, it is impossible for the Mo family to mobilize a large number of manpower and machine beasts to board the ship to surround and kill them.
Tianming wants to deal with the Yin Yang family, unless they suddenly become crazy, leave the mirage, and separate themselves, giving the Mo family every opportunity to defeat them.
Of course Tianming knew this, and replied with a smile, "There's no way you can do it if you force yourself to do it. Let's find an opportunity."
"The mirage is a big problem. It's unlikely that the Yin Yang family will sit on the boat and wait for a solution. Maybe some unlucky guy will get off the boat and leave alone."
"It is wishful thinking to catch them all in one fell swoop. If you find an opportunity to kill just one or two, you will gain a lot."
"Do you think there is a chance?" Master Ban asked.
"Maybe." Tianming shrugged and replied, "No matter what you do, you have to wait for the opportunity."
With the Mohist family's current strength, even if they borrow power from other anti-Qin forces, they are basically unable to accomplish anything major.
No matter what you do, if you want to succeed, you have to wait for the opportunity from the empire.
The difference lies in what opportunities they will give.
"That's right..." Master Ban stroked his beard and nodded, understanding what Tianming meant.
Tianming saw this and reminded, "Old man Ban, no matter what we are going to do in the end, as long as we don't do nothing, you have to think about gathering people quickly."
The so-called gathering manpower does not mean asking Master Ban to mobilize the Mohist disciples - he has already mobilized the manpower that can be mobilized and prepared it.
Tianming asked him to contact other anti-Qin forces and second his personnel.
There are many anti-Qin forces who want to take this opportunity to cause trouble for the empire, and there are even more forces who want to take advantage of this opportunity to try to gain benefits. Master Ban can always find a few reliable people to join forces to increase their strength.
Master Ben replied with a wry smile, "I know, I won't delay... I still can't take any time off at my age!"
Shao Yu intervened at the right time and said, "If necessary, Master Ban can contact Uncle Liang. The Xiang family still has some manpower."
"I won't be polite to you." Master Ban heard this and replied with a smile while stroking his beard.
"Hehe, those who are capable should work harder. Only your old status is qualified for this matter." Tianming said flattering words with a playful smile.
Although he always likes to quarrel with the class master, like two children bickering, he is still willing to compliment each other at this time.
Master Ben rolled his eyes at him, not being flattered by Tianming's flattery, "You are becoming more and more naughty, and you even know how to put a high hat on me, the old man."
"I don't have time to spare, and neither do you. Go and stare at the mirage."
Master Ban took the rare initiative to assign a task to Tianming.
This is not only because he intends to start taking care of things in the morning, but also because there is really no manpower and someone is needed to keep an eye on the situation in the city.
