Chapter 166: Two New Animals - 166
The next day, Zhou Fan once again brought the chicken to his hidden base within the waterfall. This time, he did not plan on creating runes or listening to the chickens' ideas. The only reason he brought the chicken was for company.
He sat the chicken on an empty part of his desk and sat down on his chair. He was thinking about adding new animals to the manor. The deer, butterfly, and mole fit in well with the chicken and the fox, leading Zhou Fan to believe that adding more would be successful.
After thinking, he felt that adding some diversity among the animals would be good. Instead of only ground animals, he would add some water and air animals.
This time, he would add a fish and a bird. As for what type of fish and bird, he decided on a koi fish and a crow.
He picked those two because they looked good compared to others of their species.
Although he didn't mind the chicken knowing anything, he still threw him to the edge of the waterfall while he created the new life.
He created the koi first. Once it was there and received its cultivation, it swam out into the waterfall pond. When the chicken saw it, he was confused. He quickly understood that Zhou Fan was creating more life after thinking for only a second.
Next, Zhou Fan created the crow. Once it was alive and Zhou Fan gave it cultivation, it flew out of the waterfall and into the skies. Yet again, the chicken was surprised. He had never seen such animals after all.
Once he was finished with creating the animals, Zhou Fan came out of the waterfall.
"What were those?" The chicken asked.
"That one is a koi." Zhou Fan said while pointing at the fish now resting at the bottom of the pond.
"The one that flew away is a crow."
"Can I fly?" The chicken asked.
"You can fall slowly. But I don't believe you can fly. Feel free to prove me wrong." Zhou Fan said before picking up the chicken and holding him in his arms as he walked deeper into the woods.
"Where are we going?" The chicken asked.
"I'm not sure." Zhou Fan said as he aimlessly walked around the manor. He spent a while walking around, not finding anything interesting but enjoying the scenery.
Eventually, the chicken also quieted down and enjoyed the scenery. As he walked, Zhou Fan thought about what other animals he should add. He soon realized that he would need more environments in the manor if he wanted to add certain animals. For example, he thought of adding a bearded dragon. It wasn't quite a dragon, but it was cute and human-like.
Bearded dragons lived in deserts and there were no desert in the manor. Therefore, Zhou Fan walked with the chicken to a small part of the forest that remained unused and was unnecessary.
There, he grinded up rocks and dirt to create a new layer of sand. Underneath the sand was a layer of rock so that it didn't spill out.
The desert was fairly small and was more like an area with sand, but Zhou Fan felt it would be good enough for a bearded dragon.
The chicken had watched in amazement as he made the desert area, but he stayed silent. He really couldn't be bothered with such mystical things.
'Perhaps all humans can do this?' He thought to himself.
Once Zhou Fan had finished the desert area, he walked back through the forest and reached the land in front of his house.
There, he finally let the chicken go. The chicken wandered off towards the forest. He may be going to look at the koi.
Since he was alone, Zhou Fan sat on the ground and thought about runes. When he first finished learning runes, he had thought that he had learned everything there was to learn.
However, the art of runes had remained in the back of his head. Over time, he couldn't help but think more and more of them. He seemed to instinctively think that there was more to them.
He had been using the runes straightforwardly for a while, but there were likely more ways to use them. Runes may even be more diverse than arrays or formations.
Regardless, Zhou Fan had to be able to write the runes in those ways. It was a process requiring mostly trial and error, but also some understanding of runes.
After a couple of hours, Zhou Fan stopped messing with runes. He would do that again another day. No matter how many hours he spent on it, it wouldn't change anything. It requires years of work in order to make a new rune.
Since he was done with runes for the day, Zhou Fan went back to the area with instruments. Even from a distance, Zhou Fan could see all of the animals, besides the crow and the koi, playing music.
When he arrived, he sat down and watched. This time, the fox was playing a song. Although the animals could only be said to be normal physically, they were still extremely intelligent.
Despite the fact that she had little practice, the fox was playing the instrument very well. The song was similar to the one Zhou Fan had played, but there were a few obvious differences.
When she was done, everyone, including the chicken and Zhou Fan, clapped. She gave a nod before hopping down from the chair.
Zhou Fan was more surprised that she could play the music with her paws than the fact that she was good at the instrument.
Next, the butterfly went up and played a song on the harp. It was a slow song since she had to fly to every string individually, but it was still surprisingly good.
When she was done, another round of applause sounded out.
"Would you all like new instruments?" Zhou Fan asked, knowing that some of the animals were unable to play the harp due to their body.
Chapter 167: Chicken Soup - 167
When Zhou Fan asked the question, all of the animals, besides the fox, nodded immediately. They had been feeling jealous that the fox and the butterfly could play the instrument, but they couldn't.
Even the butterfly wanted something else. Zhou Fan just planned on giving her a smaller harp.
After looking at the animals and thinking about what instruments would suit them best, Zhou Fan started creating them.
For the butterfly, Zhou Fan gave a tiny harp. She wouldn't have to fly around with its size and could play it like the fox.
For the deer, Zhou Fan gave a tambourine and a pair of maracas. Anything else would probably be too hard for her. The maracas and the tambourine, however, would be able to fit in her mouth.
For the mole, he gave four drums. He would be able to play them with each of his legs and since he walked on all fours it would work perfectly.
Finally, he gave the chicken a guitar. Although he couldn't play the harp since his legs were too small, the guitar strings were much closer together. He would be able to stand on the guitar and play it easily.
Now that he had given them new instruments, Zhou Fan had an animal band. The fox played the harp, the chicken played the guitar, the mole played the drums, the butterfly played a small harp, and the deer played the maracas/tambourines.
After creating the instruments, Zhou Fan taught the animals how to play them. It didn't take long for them to learn and within five minutes, Zhou Fan and the animals were playing a song that required multiple instruments.
Since they had little practice, they were somewhat clumsy at first, but they soon got the hang of it.
From the land in front of Zhou Fan's house, a pleasant song with many different instruments was playing.
If there was anyone else to hear it, they would surely call it the greatest musical piece of all time. After more than three hours of playing many songs, Zhou Fan and the animals stopped.
They were all happy and satisfied with their results. Since it was about dinner time, Zhou Fan brought the animals to the area beside the waterfall.
He left them there once again, before soon bringing back food. He had changed the menu a little bit, but the food was the same for the most part.
After they were done, Zhou Fan heard resounding praises. Afterwards, he gathered the animals in front of the pond.
Zhou Fan could see the curiosity in their eyes, but they were bound to be disappointed.
"Come here chicken." Zhou Fan said while holding his arms out and squating.
"Yes brother Fan?" The chicken asked while walking towards him. "What do you need?"
Once the chicken was in Zhou Fan's arms and he picked him up, Zhou Fan looked him in the eyes.
"I'm sorry my friend." Before the chicken could react, he was flying into the pond.
"I trusted you!" He screamed as he fell into the water.
Just as the other animals were about to run away, Zhou Fan quickly grabbed them and threw them in one by one. From the look on their faces as they ran, you would think their lives were being threatened.
Just as Zhou Fan thought he was done, he realized he had missed a person. The fox was standing on the opposite edge of the pond.
"If it has to happen, at least let me go in on my own terms." The fox said. She then fell into the pond facing upwards. Her expression made it seem like she was facing an inevitable death.
After around 30 seconds, Zhou Fan pulled them up from the water. They were angry, but unharmed.
Once again, Zhou Fan started a fire while surrounded by angry glares. After he was done, he left before the animals tried to kill him.
Soon, it was night, and Zhou Fan fell asleep.
The next morning, Zhou Fan woke up. Surprisingly, there was no chicken barging through his door.
Zhou Fan felt it was unusual, but he let it go. He opened the door to step out, but as soon as he did, he felt his instincts go off. Sadly, it was too late.
Zhou Fan stepped on a net that pulled upwards and had him hanging from his roof.
"Hahahaha!" Zhou Fan looked around after hearing laughter, and found each of the animals pointing and laughing while rolling on the ground.
"Good prank, but it isn't that funny." Zhou Fan said before he freed himself from the net.
Later at dinner, the animals were surprised to see that they weren't getting only meat or vegetables this time.
Instead, a big pot of soup was prepared.
"What are we eating Brother Fan?" The butterfly asked.
"Nothing special. Where I come from, we call it chicken noodle soup." Zhou Fan said with a smile.
The chicken was confused for a second, but soon remembered his name.
"What do you mean chicken noodle soup?" He asked nervously.
"Well. It's noodles... and chicken." Zhou Fan responded. As he responded, he grabbed a spoonful of the soup and took a bite. "Yum." He said while staring at the chicken.
Before anything else happened, the chicken was running away at full speed. Zhou Fan laughed as he did so.
The rest of the animals, however, didn't find it so funny.
"I'm only kidding." He told the rest of the animals. "It's beef soup."
Only then did the rest of the animals feel safe and begin eating. In the middle of their dinner, the chicken quietly snuck back to see what was happening.
However, he was greeted with a horrible sight.
"Mmmmmm! This soup is good brother fan." The deer said. The other animals nodded in agreement.
"Is that so? I'll be sure to make more next time. I know just where to find the ingredients." Zhou Fan said while staring directly at the chicken that believed he was hiding.
As he had not heard about it being beef soup, the chicken started running as soon as Zhou Fan laid eyes on him.
As he ran, Zhou Fan once again broke into a fit of laughter.
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