C214 (2/2)

I have always been at ease with the fire phoenix, and every time I go away from him, he can use a special method to find me again.

After resting for a while, just when we were planning to once again walk out of the forest on our journey back, Yue Feng pointed at the top of a tree with his trembling hands.

”Look, isn't my owl very strange on top of this tree?”

I looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, an owl had landed on top of it, its eyes wide open.

Could it be an owl that could count the number of people? I don't know if our luck is too good today, or if we are too bad. The so-called treasures have all been met by us, the legendary owls that we can even meet when sitting here to rest.

”So, do you think he's talking about our eyebrows?” My eyebrows are still very thick, so it should be quite troublesome to estimate them. I looked around at the two of them. As they are both male, their eyebrows are quite sparse. There are only about ten or so of them …

”I think we should hurry up and go. I have a bad feeling that our eyebrows will soon be counted out by him... ”Oh no, I feel like I can't move my body anymore!” Yue Feng had originally planned to stand up, but seeing his stiff body, he reckoned that he really couldn't move anymore.

”What's wrong? What's wrong? Is it because your premature aging has not been completely cured? ” I also panicked, not knowing what had happened to him.

”I don't think so. Premature death has no such symptoms. My body has never had such a condition before. Could it be related to the owl on the treetop?”

”I'll go? It can't be? We sat down under the tree to rest, but we didn't find out when the owl actually stopped at the top of the tree. If it was for a long time, it's very likely that Yue Feng had already counted all the brows. ”

I extended my hand out to help Yue Feng up, wanting to see if he had sat down until his legs became numb. But I discovered that her entire body was stiff, as if it was made out of wood and mud, and couldn't move at all.

”Yue Feng, don't scare me. ”Try and see if you can still move.”

At that moment, the owl on the tree cried out. It sounded so shrill that it almost shattered my eardrums when it reached my ears.

It was only then that I understood that Yue Feng's abnormal reaction was indeed due to this owl.

After the owl let out a giggle, it was so terrifying that it gave me goosebumps.

I didn't know if it understood human nature and understood human speech. I raised my head and said to him, ”I'm sorry, I'm not here to bother you. If you commit any immoral acts, please forgive me. Can you let this friend of mine go? I'm not in a hurry to leave!”

The owl was waiting for it to eat. The laughter became louder and louder. It was a kind of arrogant and contemptuous laugh, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

”I know that you understand my words. Please let my friend go, we really have no ill intentions!”

Zi Lang frowned: ”I'm afraid that if you were to discuss it with him, he would not care. If I'm not wrong, this owl wants to turn a living person into a statue.”

”What?” How do you know that I turned a living person into a subject? ”

Zi Lang turned around, and pointed: ”I'm afraid that none of you have noticed, but I already felt that the statues were extremely strange, all of their postures and expressions were extremely weird, but they were extremely lifelike. I was thinking, could it be that all of these were made from living people?”

The light from the trees was so dim that I hadn't been looking closely at it, and now, following the direction of his finger, I was surprised.

Indeed, there are two or three statues standing there. I estimate that those who are unaware would think that the abandoned statues are not here, but upon closer inspection, one would realize that these statues' expressions are extremely painful but extremely lifelike. I don't think that any master sculptor would produce such a work.

”So you mean by counting the eyebrows, but it's a process in which this owl turns a living person into a sculpture? This is too unbelievable! ”

It was just a normal looking owl. Even if she was a transformed evil spirit, she wouldn't have the ability to do so! I said to myself.

”This is not an ordinary owl, he was a powerful wizard when he was alive. It is said that he died quite miserably, and his soul became a agaric spirit, attaching itself to an owl. It is likely that he was creating a statue to take revenge on the humans.”

Zi Lang had indeed read many books, but he knew quite a bit about these strange things. ”These are all recorded in those ancient books?”

”That's right. Ever since I was a child, I loved to read and read books. Basically, I have read all the words of my era. That's why I dare to determine that all living beings in this forest are very old.”

It seems that I need to study more in the future. The more I learn at critical moments, the easier it will be for me.

”In other words, if we do not take action, Yue Feng will become as many statues later on?”

”I'm afraid I am …”