Chapter 162: Stupid Chicken - 162
Zhou Fan first thought of an array, but that would be so complicated it wouldn't even be worth it. A better idea that he had was to create some sort of robot or puppet to do it. It would have basic intelligence and would be able to deal with unforeseen situations.
In order to keep his manor natural, Zhou Fan used some of the dirt from the ground and shaped it into a human looking sculpture. As he was no newbie, he quickly gave it slight intelligence and a basic set of rules to follow.
The gist of the rules was, keep the place in a state similar to how it is now. With its commands and its low intelligence, the manor was as good as preserved. Zhou Fan didn't feel that the thing in front of him fit the description of life, so he decided to call it a golem.
It wasn't mechanical, so it wasn't a robot, and it wasn't directly under his control, so it wasn't a puppet.
He had seen some things like robots and puppets being developed on earth and in the Zhou solar system before he left, but they were basically useless for any sort of advanced task. Perhaps they would have perfected the art by the time he returned.
The golem was basically a dirt sculpture that could move and do actions. Gaining intelligence didn't affect its looks at all. Since Zhou Fan had used very strong dirt, it would be able to exist without interference for many millions of years.
Still, Zhou Fan created an array that would heal it whenever it was injured or decayed. After that, the manor was officially complete. Although he wouldn't stay for too long, he had no plans to instantly abandon the manor he had just created.
For the first time in a while, Zhou Fan slept. He didn't need to, just like he didn't need to eat or drink, but he did anyway. Otherwise, he would have made a bed for no reason.
The bed he had made was white and comfortable. If a mortal slept on it, he may die from how comfortable it was. The reason it was so comfortable was the material it was made out of. It was made out of feathers from an extremely powerful chicken. Zhou Fan had created it when he first started adding plants to the manor.
It had normal intelligence at first, but it quickly became smarter as its cultivation increased. By the time Zhou Fan had finished with it, it had reached the 5th level of void traversing. Without a doubt, it was the 2nd strongest existence within the tree-like galaxy cluster. It was also the only other existence with any sort of cultivation within it.
As Zhou Fan stayed at the manor, he and the chicken had actually started talking.
In the middle of his second night, the white feathered chicken burst through the door, startling Zhou Fan.
"Brother Fan! Brother Fan!" He squaked urgently.
"What?" Zhou Fan asked, confused.
"Some punk stole my spot at the waterfall and won't give it back!" He clucked.
"Have you considered beating him up?"
"I would, but it's a girl." The chicken said with a conflicted face.
"So beat her up?" Zhou Fan said, wondering what he meant.
"You said It isn't good to hit girls unless they are really rude." The chicken responded innocently.
"She sounds like she's being rude."
"Yes, but she's really pretty." The chicken responded.
Zhou Fan couldn't help but wonder to himself why such a strong chicken was so stupid.
"Fine, lead me there." He said.
The chicken waddled out of Zhou Fan's bedroom and led him down the path towards the waterfall. Despite its cultivation, it still traveled like a mortal chicken. Perhaps that was due to the size of the manor.
Soon, Zhou Fan and the chicken arrived. The chicken stepped out of his way and moved one of his wings in a 'go ahead' gesture.
Zhou Fan looked where his wing was pointing and saw a red fox curled up on a rock in the middle of the small pond.
As soon as she sensed Zhou Fan and the chicken, she opened her eyes and looked at them before hissing in a fox's language.
Because Zhou Fan was so powerful, he understood her words.
"Did you bring your dad to get me out of the way fatty?" She said spitefully.
Zhou Fan was stunned by her rude words.
"He's not my dad, he is my brother. He created you punk!" The chicken said.
"And? I'll beat him up too." The red fox said.
'You let this mortal fox beat you up?' Zhou Fan said in his head while looking at the chicken. 'At least I know you're not violent.'
"She seems pretty strong. I would just give her the spot." Zhou Fan said to the chicken.
The chicken looked at him, feeling betrayed.
"Fine, since you have abandoned your own brother, I'll deal with her myself." The chicken said as he walked towards the water.
If he had sleeves, he would undoubtedly be rolling them up as he walked forward.
Just as he reached the edge of the pond, he stopped and turned around to Zhou Fan.
"I can't swim, can you help me?" He said with a sad face.
Zhou Fan was unable to stop himself from kicking the chicken in its behind.
"You're more powerful than a planet! If you can't swim, I'm a dog! Stop shaming me!"
The stupid chicken flew above the pond and landed on the rock as a result of Zhou Fan's kick. He also landed on the fox, who proceeded to beat him up and throw him off the rock.
Eventually, Zhou Fan had to help the chicken out of the water as he looked like he was actually going to drown.
The fox once again curled on top of the rock. As Zhou Fan followed behind the defeated chicken, he secretly gave the fox some cultivation, although he stopped at the 5th level of space shattering. He also upgraded the chicken's cultivation to space shattering 5.
Chapter 163: Learning Instruments - 163
The next morning, Zhou Fan was once again awoken by the chicken.
"Brother Fan! That mean fox can speak now!" He said, looking out of breath. "She's even more rude now, you have to stop her!"
Zhou Fan got out of bed and followed the chicken into the yard without a word. There, the fox was sitting on the ground licking her paws.
"If it isn't the stupid chicken" She said, now in clear english.
"If it isn't the ugly fox." The chicken said without much confidence.
Zhou Fan walked past the chicken and the fox without saying anything. He would let them argue until they got tired and fell asleep.
In the meantime, Zhou Fan took a stroll around the manor. Although it wasn't too big, it was more than big enough for a walk.
As he arrived at the same pond as yesterday, Zhou Fan took a closer look at the water. After a while, the chicken's actions from yesterday made much more sense.
Since the entire manor had been strengthened by Zhou Fan, everything had changed. The water was now equal to the chicken in strength. That meant that it was equivalent to a normal chicken getting into normal water. As far as Zhou Fan knew, chickens couldn't swim.
Besides the water, everything else had also changed. Even with the chickens and the fox's strength, they couldn't cut down a tree. They may be able to dig a bit, but not too far down. They also wouldn't be able to fly since the gravity had increased.
Before, Zhou Fan hadn't even paid that much attention to it.
After seeing how the chicken and the fox made the manor so much more lively, Zhou Fan intended to create some more animals.
His first thought was deer and rodents. He would stay away from insects, but a mole or a rat didn't seem that bad. On second thought, a butterfly seemed like a good addition.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Fan decided to create a mole, a deer, and a butterfly, just to see how they fit in with the fox and the chicken.
The mole was small and brown with a white belly and claws. Zhou Fan gave it cultivation equal to the fox and the chicken, and it burrowed into the ground and moved away in order to develop its intelligence.
The deer was white and female. She didn't have antlers, and even Zhou Fan found her a bit cute. She was still a young deer, but she frolicked off in the distance once Zhou Fan gave her some cultivation.
The butterfly was the colors of a rainbow. Zhou Fan also found her somewhat cute. She flew off in the same direction as the deer once Zhou Fan gave her some cultivation.
It would take them about a day to fully develop their intelligence, so Zhou Fan headed back to the yard in front of his house.
Right where he had left them, the fox and the chicken were arguing. 30 minutes had passed and they were still at it.
As soon as the chicken saw him, he tried to bring him into their argument.
"Brother Fan, this fox just called me fat. Are you going to let her talk to your brother this way?" He said smugly.
"Yes." Zhou Fan said as he walked towards the chicken.
Before the chicken could react to what he said, Zhou Fan scooped him up and walked towards the side of the square yard in front of his residence.
"Me and this chicken are going to learn music, you're free to come with us." Zhou Fan said to the fox as he walked.
The fox didn't respond, but she followed him from afar. Just a few tens of feet from where the chicken and the fox were arguing, there was a table and some chairs. The table was rectangular and big enough to seat 16 people. Off to the side, there were a couple of stools and a big instrument.
Zhou Fan went to the big instrument known as a harp. He had been interested in trying to use Qi with music. He was also just interested in learning how to play instruments.
As he reached the stool and the instrument, Zhou Fan sat the chicken on the ground and took a seat. The chicken had calmed down from his earlier argument and obediently sat to the side, watching Zhou Fan.
Soon after, the fox arrived and calmly sat next to the chicken and licked its arms. It was more of a cat than a fox.
After he got comfortable, Zhou Fan started from the edge of the instrument and played the strings in order.
Ding! Ring! Ting! Fing!
The harps strings let out a slightly different sound each time. It went from high pitch to low pitch.
Dong! Rong! Tong! Fong!
Eventually, Zhou Fan had played all of the strings once. The chicken and the fox were still watching him silently.
Once Zhou Fan had thoroughly memorized the strings' sounds, he began to play a song. At first, it was slightly out of tune and offbeat, but Zhou Fan fixed his mistakes almost instantly.
Soon, a calming and soothing song that gave off the feeling of spring was heard all throughout the manor. As he continued, Zhou Fan got more of a feel for the instrument. After only ten minutes, he began to implement Qi into his song.
As he did so, the sound got clearer and the song felt more pleasant. Before they knew it, the fox and the chicken were moving their heads along to the melody.
Zhou Fan got better and better at playing the harp as time passed. After around an hour, some leaves shook and a new visitor made its appearance.
It was the deer that had yet to completely gain intelligence. Even so, it was attracted to the open land by the music. On the white deers head, the rainbow butterfly rested.
The way the deer walked towards Zhou Fan was in beat with the song. The butterfly on top of the deer's head was also moving its head to the melody.
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