Fangzheng could not use magic in this world, but he was the Time Dragon after all. Even if his soul was reincarnated, the power of a dragon would definitely be retained. So during this time, Fangzheng traveled around the world. In addition to taking in refugees, he was also looking for interesting animals and taming them.
Most of the animals in this world were not much different from those in modern times, but perhaps because of the martial arts world, there were also many unique species. For example, in martial arts novels, there were often descriptions such as the Thousand-Year-Old Ice Toad. After eating it, one would be immune to all poisons and gain 100 years of strength. It definitely did not exist in Fangzheng's previous world, but such species did exist in this world.
Not only that, Fangzheng also found some species described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the most famous of which were naturally the Four Sacred Beasts, the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Black Tortoise. Of course, these four sacred beasts were not as mysterious as described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. After communicating with them, Fangzheng found that these exotic beasts only lived a little longer, were a little smarter, and looked a little strange.
However, Fangzheng found some problems. Most of the creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas were actually prehistoric creatures!
For example, the most famous of the four sacred beasts, the White Tiger was the famous saber-toothed tiger. When Fangzheng saw it, he was so excited that he wanted to take a picture of it with his camera …
The same was true for the other three sacred beasts. The Azure Dragon was a genetically mutated python, probably the descendant of the Titan Python. It was green all over, nearly 15 meters long, and weighed in tons. Perhaps because of its ancestry, the head of the Titan Python was similar to that of a dinosaur. From a distance, it did look like the Azure Dragon shuttling through the mountains.
As for the Black Tortoise, it was a huge Terracotta Turtle. It was nearly four meters long, and its head alone was 1.5 meters long. If this kind of monster was seen by ancient people, they would definitely pee their pants.
The Phoenix was also a prehistoric giant bird. It stood upright at a height of three meters and had a wingspan of at least seven meters. Just the sight of such a prehistoric giant bird flying in the sky was enough to make people tremble.
From this point of view, the Classic of Mountains and Seas was quite scientific. After all, most of the prehistoric animals were huge, and the ancients liked to make exaggerated comparisons. For example, the most famous "There is a fish in the Northern Underworld named Kun" was most likely some kind of prehistoric sea creature. After all, in modern times, there would occasionally be news of prehistoric creatures that were thought to be extinct being discovered in the deep sea. Then, in ancient times, it would be even more normal for prehistoric creatures to escape the calamity and come out for a stroll.
Moreover, in the era of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the ancient people did not have enough painting skills, so they could only use existing descriptions to make up for it. Naturally, there would be a lot of mistakes. For example, the Classic of Mountains and Seas described "six legs, four wings, and a snake's body", which looked like some kind of terrible monster — to put it bluntly, it was actually a dragonfly.
Even worse, you can't say that the description is wrong.
From this, it can be seen the importance of classifying creatures. At least you don't have to fill in the blanks with a bunch of similar words.
Of course, for Fangzheng, it would be best if he could find two Tyrannosaurus Rex to guard the door, a triceratops to pull the carriage, and a group of Plesiosaurs to make up the facade …. Well, he can dream on when he goes to Jurassic Park.
The above was scientific, and there were also unscientific.
These prehistoric creatures, especially those that lived for a long time, almost all had a special power similar to internal energy. Of course, they couldn't call the wind and summon the rain, but it was already very close to the description of internal energy in some martial arts TV series. For example, the Black Tortoise had an internal energy barrier that could block physical attacks, and the Azure Dragon could use internal energy to condense water into ice mist …. This was very similar to the Golden Bell Shield or the Mysterious Ice Palm.
Fangzheng was amazed by this, but he didn't particularly care. After all, this was the world of Quest for Qin. If Fangzheng's memory was correct, there would be the Twin Dragons of Tang, Shattering the Void, and The Tempest. Not to mention the Twin Dragons of Tang, Shattering the Void and The Tempest, there were similar descriptions of supreme martial artists shattering the void and breaking away from the mortal world.
Of course, from a scientific point of view, this was actually very similar to humans breaking through their original boundaries and becoming higher dimensional creatures. This was not incomprehensible from a purely scientific point of view. But to achieve this effect with martial arts was very unscientific.
But Huang Yi's martial arts had always been jumping between science and unscience, so it was not surprising that this world was the same.
These animals immediately charmed Ji Yanran. After all, girls liked small animals to begin with. Fangzheng had collected quite a number of cute animals, the most famous of which was the giant panda. It was a national treasure. Fangzheng directly raised them in the courtyard of Xiao Yao Palace. Looking at these charmingly naive and soft animals, Ji Yanran couldn't move on the spot. She directly pounced on them and rubbed them.
Her appearance as a talented and stony-like girl had long been thrown to the back of her mind.
"If Young Master Fang doesn't mind, Yanran is willing to do her best to help."
After playing with the pandas, Ji Yanran's face was full of satisfaction, and her attitude towards Fangzheng was indescribably good.
"Does Yanran know that there are many talents and refined scholars in the six nations who are not successful? If Young Master Fang agrees, Yanran is willing to invite them to Xiao Yao Palace."
"Of course that's good."
Fangzheng nodded. Although Ji Yanran was not famous in history, she was the most talented woman in the world in "Seeking Qin". Not to mention anything else, she definitely knew more people in this era than Fangzheng. But for Fangzheng, except for some famous people in idioms and stories, such as Zhao Gao who called a deer a horse, Lian Po who carried a thorn to beg for forgiveness, Xiang Ru who returned the jade to the state of Zhao, and Emperor Qin Shi Huang, he basically didn't know anyone else.
Previously, when Fangzheng was looking for people, he would basically go to one place and then go everywhere to inquire. After confirming the target, he would take the initiative to chat with them and confirm their strength before making the invitation. Of course, this was indeed a waste of time, but Fangzheng had a thousand years to kill, so he didn't care about this little bit of time.
But now that Ji Yanran was willing to help, of course he was happy. However, Ji Yanran also made a request, which was that she wanted Fangzheng to go with her.
Fangzheng didn't care about this. Ji Yanran's exact age was not written in "Seeking Qin". Of course, that was in reality... well, Fangzheng wasn't stupid enough to ask Ji Yanran this question, but from what he saw, Ji Yanran should be between 18 to 20 years old. Considering that ancient people usually got married and had children at the age of 14, Ji Yanran was already considered a young woman in this era.
If it wasn't for Ji Yanran's unparalleled beauty, she would have gotten married and had children by now. But because of her great charm, the nobles and scholars of the various nations all fell in love with her. The reason why Ji Yanran wanted Fangzheng to accompany her was probably to announce to the world that she was already taken, and that other people shouldn't come looking for trouble.
After all, there were no newspapers or magazines in this world, and there was no news broadcast, so Ji Yanran couldn't publicize it. The most convenient way was to bring Fangzheng around in front of the dignitaries of various nations — no matter what era it was, rumors spread faster than the speed of light.
But Fangzheng didn't really care. After all, even if Ji Yanran had this idea, she didn't tell him. Moreover, Fangzheng's attitude towards Ji Yanran was very calm. On one hand, he didn't really care about the relationship between a man and a woman. Besides, Ji Yanran hadn't confessed to him yet. Who knows, she might fall in love with him in the future according to the original plot?
In any case, it was more than enough for Fangzheng to easily recruit talents. As for Ji Yanran, it wouldn't be too late to deal with it in the future.
However, the return journey was smooth, so smooth that it was... surprising.
"That's strange."
Ji Yanran was dressed in martial attire as she rode forward. She looked around with a puzzled expression.
"Why is there no one on the road?"
Ji Yanran's doubts were not unreasonable. It must be known that the two of them were returning to Great Liang on the official road. Moreover, this was the ancient times, and the warring states were constantly fighting. Once the enemy invaded, of course, it was impossible to send a telegram or a phone call to inform the rear.
In fact, on the official road of the State of Wei, there would usually be soldiers setting up checkpoints and barracks, as well as beacon towers. In this way, once the enemy invaded, the news could immediately be sent to Great Liang.
However, there was not even a shadow in front of them. If the enemy invaded, they wouldn't even need to fight and would directly rush to the capital.
This naturally made Ji Yanran very suspicious, but she was also puzzled. However, Fangzheng looked very calm. He rode on the white deer and turned his head to look back.
"As for what's going on, won't we know when the people behind us come?"
"Behind us?"
Ji Yanran turned her head and followed Fangzheng's gaze. Soon, she saw a large group of people slowly moving along the official road in the distance.
And the flag they were flying was....
"Is it the diplomatic corps of the State of Zhao?"
"Yes, it seems that we have a good show to watch."
At this moment, Fangzheng also said with a smile. His eyesight was ten times better than that of ordinary people. In Ji Yanran's eyes, she could only see a group of people, but Fangzheng could clearly see that the valiant and high-spirited man in armor riding a warhorse at the front was Xiang Shaolong.
He really did not expect to meet him here again.
Seeing Xiang Shaolong and the others, Fangzheng also curled up the corner of his mouth and smiled. If he remembered correctly, in the original work, Xiang Shaolong accompanied the Princess of the State of Zhao to the State of Wei to steal the Secret Manual of Lu Gong.
Although the plot was somewhat different from the original work, he did not know how Ji Yanran would react if she met Xiang Shaolong here.
He was really a little interested in this.
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