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Looking at the elfin detection notification on his phone screen, Zhang Zian's first thought was, Was the thing that ran away just now the elfin that was awaiting capture? Because that was really too coincidental.

But there were two strange points there: first was that he did not see it from the Game Capture Interface, and second was that it actually appeared before the game gave a notification… It had already appeared when they were at the parade square. Why did the game only give a notification now?

Thinking about it, he felt that there were only two possible answers. One was that the thing just now was just a random animal that walked by and not an elfin. The second possibility was… perhaps it was a very unique elfin?

”Zian, what happened?” Old Time Tea saw that his expression was strange.

Zhang Zian put down his phone and stared in the direction that thing had run off in. He answered, ”There is an elfin that appeared nearby. I'm wondering if it was that thing just now?”

Old Time Tea muttered to itself and then said, ”Compared to standing on the edge of a pond and idly longing for fish, it's better to retreat and make a netting. Rather than stand here and guess, it's better to chase after it and investigate it. What do you think, Zian?”

Zhang Zian was in deep thought. If it were an elfin, what type of elfin was it?

He narrowed his eyes to look up at the eaves again, at the 11… No, it was 11 unique animals, including the chicken.

A dragon, a phoenix, a lion, a heavenly stead, a hippocampus, a gorilla, an orangutan, a bull, and a Hang Shi––and also a chicken.

By logic, those 11 unique animals all had the right to become an elfin. After all, they had stood on the eaves for a few hundred years and had witnessed the Ming Dynasty and the Chao Dynasty in all its happiness and sadness.

Under their silent gaze, the brave and capable––or incompetent––emperors were like a trotting horses––they all took their turn in the spotlight, but no emperor could change the fate of the decadent feudal dynasty that was doomed to extinction.

They were placed on the eaves to avoid evil, but in the end, they did not manage to maintain the ”house,” nor did they let any emperor avoid the ”evil.” Ultimately, they were all only pieces of loess. Even the Forbidden City itself was no longer the ”house” of the emperor, but had become a museum open to all people. As long as the money was spent, anyone could step foot in it.

In addition, ancient Chinese houses were made of wood and were afraid of fire. Several of the beasts were related to water, but the Forbidden City had been burned multiple times in history.

Despite that, the 11 beasts were not all suitable to be pets. Amongst them, perhaps only chickens were, grudgingly, considered pets. Since they were not even pets, it was even more doubtful as to whether they could become an elfin.

The thing that just ran away was definitely not a chicken, although Zhang Zian had not seen its specific appearance. As for the hippocampus, it was the horse of the sea, not the hippocampus in everyday life.

If it were not those 11 exotic beasts that had become elfins…

Zhang Zian recalled that he had felt monitored while he was singing the national anthem at the parade square. Pets were not allowed to enter the square… The only animal-shaped object was the stone on the ornamental column surface, but that was even more unlikely.

Standing on the stairs before the Hall of Supreme Harmony and looking backwards, the tourists poured in like corpses coming out of their cages. He and the elfins could not stay there any longer. Otherwise, they would be submerged.

”Ga?” Richard was caught off guard when Zhang Zian caught its legs and threw it up.

”Go and see where that thing ran to.”

Richard did quite a few somersaults in the sky, turning until it was dizzy. It flapped its wings as hard as it could before it managed to steady itself and not fall like a piece of stone.

It only saw a blurry image and angrily said, ”It ran north… This is definitely using official means to take your own revenge. You're purposely trying to take revenge on me, right?”

Zhang Zian would definitely not admit it. He called to the elfins, ”Let's go. Anyway, we are also heading north, so we can try to chase it. Let's see if we can find it.”

”Meow! Hide and seek! Hide and seek!” Galaxy was eager to try and jumped out first.