After I became a zookeeper

Ye Zhi clapped his hands, let go of Phoenix, and pulled over the solid basket, "Okay, stand up obediently, and I will eat it for you."

He picked a big one from the basket, peeled off the shell little by little, and the savory fragrance overflowed. The roe deer who was grazing on the side smelled it and stared blankly at it.

Fenghuang glanced over coldly, and Ye Zhi saw the roe deer buried his head on the spot again, and the white hair on his butt exploded.

Very good, the silly roe deer is not set to collapse.

Ye Zhi continued to peel off the practice shell in his hand. While feeding the Phoenix, he searched for something to chat with the other party, "You are going to evolve soon. It just so happened that Xiao Lin came to me yesterday and said that the little blue in the mermaid lake will also evolve tomorrow morning. Let me Let’s go together, so I won’t come to see you tomorrow, and another breeder will take care of your food.”

Fenghuang originally snatched away the fruit between Ye Zhi's two fingers with a chirp, and threw the fruit on Ye Zhi's forehead when he heard that.

Ye Zhi caught the fallen Lianshi, and touched the place where he was hit, "Why do you always have the stink of throwing food?"

Ye Zhi ate one by himself, and took out a phoenix from the basket to peel, "I have met Xiaolan twice in Mermaid Lake, and it may be that time that his body function was affected to develop again."

Ye Zhi handed the peeled pearls to Fenghuang, "When he saw me for the first time, he even got into the water and took out his own big pearl and gave it to me haha."

Fenghuang was still angry at first, and didn't intend to stretch out his head to pick up Lianshi. After Ye Zhi finished speaking, he immediately put Lianshi in his mouth, and then threw it on Ye Zhi's head with a snap.

The thrown leaf branch: "???"

Ye Zhi just wanted to share his joy with Fenghuang, he said it with a laugh, but he didn't expect that Fenghuang not only would not pick up the quarrel, but also had such a bad attitude.

Ye Zhi turned his hand angrily, and the Lianshi he picked up was directly delivered to the mouth of the silly roe deer.

Silly roe deer: "?" What a blessing!

Phoenix: "?"

Phoenix: "Chirp!"

Ye Zhi clapped his hands lightly, "What are you tweeting, I don't understand."

Phoenix: "Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

Ye Zhi patted Fenghuang's head lightly again, "Be good, don't worry, you will change into a human soon."

Fenghuang: "..." He didn't want to talk to anyone.

Fenghuang turned around, with his butt facing Ye Zhi, as he always did when he was angry, Ye Zhi looked at him, but ignored him, and patted the head of the silly roe deer next to him, "Not as cute as you."

The silly roe deer exploded his ass in fright.

Ye Zhi glanced at the white heart-shaped butt hair, commented: "Even blowing the butt is the shape of loving me," and then poked a big red bird standing on his knee with the butt facing her.The subconscious mind is looking at you again.

Fenghuang was poked in the butt, froze, and moved forward calmly.

Every feather of his was tense, paying attention to the movement behind him, but the other party did not come to coax him this time.

The sycamore trees are vast and quiet, only the sound of the wind passing through the forest, because there is a phoenix living there, and there are few birdsong.A silly roe deer grazed beside him carelessly, completely forgetting that the big red bird that had scared him was by his side. With his IQ, he never thought of running far away to eat.

Time seemed to pass while the roe deer was chewing on the grass. After a long time, Ye Zhi walked around Fenghuang, and spread a handful of Lianshi in front of the other party, "Do you want to eat? I peeled it for a long time, so I can save face."

Ye Zhi begged in a soft voice, Fenghuang held his head up for a while, then lowered his head, and took Lianshi away one by one from Ye Zhi's open palm.

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When the scholar came at noon, he didn't bring anyone here like he said in the morning. Ye Zhi looked at it and asked, "Can you bring him back alone?" Don't be led away by the other party like fishing like in the morning.

The scholar shook his head and said profoundly: "The nature of animals is like this. If you want to make him follow you obediently, you can't use violent methods. You have to do it step by step and win his heart first..."

Ye Zhi: "So you mean...?"

Scholar: "I run, let him chase."

Ye Zhi: "..."

Ye Zhi covered her forehead and smiled, the silly roe deer is really well studied.

"Well, it's really a good idea." Ye Zhi noticed from the corner of his eyes that Fenghuang was chirping at the silly roe deer again, and the latter's ass exploded a white flower after a while. Said, "Then you lead him away."

The scholar nodded with a "huh", then walked up to the silly roe deer, and when the silly roe deer looked up at him in a daze, he ran.

The roe deer was stunned for a few seconds, and then he jumped up and down to follow. The scholar ran and stopped, like an apple hanging in front of the donkey, which he could not catch up with, and finally led the silly roe deer away.

Ye Zhi watched the scholars leave, turned to look at the sky, the golden sunset was level with the forest, Ye Zhi stood in the forest, the forest slightly covered the full sun, "I should go back, the day after tomorrow," he looked at Phoenix, "the day after tomorrow See you again."

The time for the mermaid to transform into a human is tomorrow, which is the first time. No one knows how long the whole process will take. Ye Zhi can't guarantee that he will arrive at Fengqiwu in the afternoon, so he doesn't easily promise that he will come tomorrow.

If the evolution of the mermaid can be completed in the morning, then he will definitely come to see Phoenix in half a day, and his appearance at that time will be a surprise. If not, then Phoenix will not be disappointed by missing the appointment.

However, Fenghuang didn't let him go this time like before, instead he flew in front of Ye Zhi, blocking his way.

"Phoenix?" Ye Zhi looked at the other party's strange movements.

"Chirp~"

"I want to leave." Ye Zhi explained gently.

Phoenix: "Chirp~"

Ye Zhi rubbed his forehead and smiled, "You don't want me to go?"

Phoenix: "Chirp~"

Ye Zhi: "..." Communication is a bit difficult, when will the other party change.

Ye Zhi raised his arm and let the Phoenix rest on his forearm, so he didn't have to keep flapping his wings in the air to maintain his height. He touched Phoenix's head and whispered softly:

"I'm a human being, so I can't live in Phoenix's Nest. I can't get enough to eat after training. I want to go back to eat."

Fenghuang didn't continue chirping, and looked hesitant.

Seeing Ye Zhi, he knew that the other party had been persuaded, and continued his efforts: "And tomorrow, Xiaolan will evolve from an animal to an orc. The process may be very dangerous, and I must sit by the side."

Fenghuang, who was hesitant to come, suddenly puffed up his feathers, "Chirp!"

Ye Zhi frowned, "So you don't want me to go to Xiaolan's side?"

Phoenix: "Chirp~"

"Fenghuang, you are wrong," Ye Zhi said with a serious face, "This time the situation is different, I can't indulge your temper, I am responsible for the safety of other animals, and other breeders will come over tomorrow. Will you be obedient this time?" ?”

Under the golden-red light, Phoenix remained silent.After a long time, he took a deep look at Ye Zhi, then spread his wings and flew back to the nest without looking back.

Ye Zhi turned around and looked at the back of him flying away, when Phoenix looked over at that moment, he suddenly felt his heart was empty.

The bleak sunset seemed to add a lonely atmosphere to the moment, and Ye Zhi felt that Phoenix had something to say at that moment.

But when he said it, he couldn't understand it.

Ye Zhi shook his head, shaking away the sad thoughts that suddenly came to his mind, and after saying hello to Fenghuang loudly, he rode on the electric bike and left.

As usual, I went to the cafeteria to eat first, and on the way back to the dormitory, I ran into Kobayashi who was in a hurry to find someone.

"Yezi, why did you come back so late today? Alas, I'm planning to go to Fengqiwu to find you."

Ye Zhi told Xiao Lin not to worry, and said slowly, Xiao Lin wiped the sweat off his brow, and said to Ye Zhi, "I can't wait, Xiao Lan is about to evolve!"

Hearing the news, Ye Zhi raised his heart, "Huh? Didn't you say that the estimated time is tomorrow morning?"

Xiao Lin pulled Ye Zhi onto the electric scooter, motioned for the other party to follow him, and he introduced the current situation as he was on his way. Entering the evolution period, I will come to you in a hurry."

Ye Zhi followed Xiao Lin to the Mermaid Lake, "How is Xiao Lan now?"

Xiao Lin sighed, "Oh, when I came out, Xiaolan was screaming, the scales on his body fell off in large pieces, and he kept tearing, his scales and blood were all over the surface of the lake."

"What happened?" Ye Zhi frowned. He thought that the process of transforming into a human would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so painful. "Did you orcs look like the first time you turned into a beast?"

Kobayashi: "The beastman transforms into animals according to different prototypes. Some people transform into beasts gently, while others are very violent. The more powerful the beast, the more pain it will suffer."

Ye Zhi nodded, indicating that he understood.The mermaid is considered to be a race with relatively strong fighting power among the orcs. It was so painful when he transformed into a human. Ye Zhi frowned, with a worried look in his eyes. What about the phoenix with outstanding fighting power?

Thinking of Phoenix, Ye Zhi's heart suddenly flustered for some reason. Phoenix's performance during the day let him know that the evolution time of the other party is not far away, maybe even in these two days.

Ye Zhi also thought that Fenghuang didn't want him to find the mermaid at that time, did he know that his evolution time was also tomorrow and wanted him to be with him?

Ye Zhi's heart seemed to be blocked by something, he was continuing to think, when his thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he heard Xiao Lin next to him say, "Here we are."

Ye Zhi raised his head and saw vehicles, instruments and people surrounding the lake in the distance.The sun had completely set, and the street lights turned on automatically. People seemed to think it was not bright enough, so they turned on two searchlights facing the lake.

The pale strong light illuminated the water surface brightly, and the moths that tended to light kept bumping against the lamp, and fell into the water due to the high temperature, and a layer of moth corpses floated up.

When Ye Zhi ran to the lake, he saw the scene in the lake clearly with the help of two beams of light.There is a faint red blood stain on the place illuminated by the light, which slowly dilutes with the fluctuation of the water, and the place where the light does not shine is dark, and the blue mermaid is hidden in this darkness.

The people on the shore were anxious, but Xiaolan was an aquatic animal, and the lake was so wide, everyone could only stay on the shore, anxious like ants on a hot pot, but they never dared to enter the water.

Not to mention that there are cruel mermaids in the water, Xiao Lan is now in pain and mad, if someone gets close to him, he will definitely become a dead soul under his claws, just the dark and cold deep water at night can make all land animals feel scared.

Ye Zhi is not very good at water. Although Xiao Lan is very anxious because he cannot see it with the naked eye, he is not going to swim easily. His own safety is still the most important thing, and he must do what he can at all times.

Standing on the shore, he listened carefully to the splashing sound coming from the water, the sound of the fish's tail slapping the water surface, determined Xiaolan's general direction, and stretched out his spirit beam to that side.

Ye Zhi's mental power is very strong now, and the range of the mental bundle is very wide. It is roughly estimated that it will cover a lake.

He closed his eyes, and slowly felt the place where the spiritual power swept. The moths rushed to the headlights one after another, and then fell into the water to die.

The voices of the people around him became louder and noisy, some were talking about the mermaid in the water, some were talking about the Ye Zhi on the shore, Ye Zhi closed his eyes, and his hearing became more acute, those words kept drilling into his ears, making his brain go numb.

He opened his eyes and said to Xiao Lin: "Please tell everyone to stay away. I will use my mental strength to check Xiao Lan's condition on the shore."

Xiao Lin nodded, and immediately went over to greet the crowd, "Hey, everyone, everyone, step back, Teacher Bian Ye is busy, we can't help here, at least we don't want people to cause trouble, right?"

The crowd began to retreat slowly, and finally Ye Zhi was left alone on the shore.He focused on finding the mermaid, and finally found the mermaid floating quietly in a certain quiet water area.

Xiao Lan seemed to be in a bad state, lying motionless on the water like a dead fish, Ye Zhi hurriedly contacted the other party's mental bundle, but fortunately, although the spiritual sea was constantly fluctuating, it was not the turbulent state of a mental riot. within a stable range.

The mermaid received comfort from the spirit beam, but didn't know who it was, and consciously swam to the source of the spirit beam.

Ye Zhi naturally knew that Xiao Lan was approaching him, but he didn't stop him. When he got to the shore, he could help him better by seeing his physical condition clearly, so he stood on the shore and waited.

The sound of moths fluttering on the headlight was muffled. Ye Zhi was standing beside him, and the water surface piled up with moth corpses in front of his feet suddenly fluctuated. He looked up and saw something break through the water suddenly.

In a short face-to-face encounter, the headlights illuminated each other's fine details, all the scales on the fish's tail fell off, but the new ones hadn't fully grown, revealing a large piece of delicate pink flesh.

The nails are broken, there are broken scales and flesh and blood in the seams of the nails, the skin on the body is also scratched, a large piece of hair has fallen out, and the rest is as dull as dry grass. In short, the appearance is terrifying, not like the beautiful blue mermaid before. .

Ye Zhi's heart trembled, he didn't expect the changes in his body to be so severe when the mermaid evolved, he breathed softly in his throat and before he could speak, he saw Xiao Lan stretching out his arm to the side, Ye Zhi was caught off guard and instantly pulled into the water with a splash From a large splash.

The people in the distance hadn't realized this scene yet, why did Ye Zhi fall into the water suddenly while standing on the shore.The sharp-eyed person saw clearly that Ye Zhi was pulled away by the black shadow that suddenly jumped up from the water, and immediately shouted, "Save him, save him quickly, he was dragged away by the mermaid!"

The crowd immediately became flustered, and those who knew a little about water took off their clothes and jumped into the icy lake.

It's a joke, that's Teacher Ye Zhiye, not to mention that some of them know how to swim, even if all of you are landlubbers, you have to dive to save people!

However, the few people who jumped in found nothing. Under the water clearly illuminated by the searchlight path, there were still figures of the mermaid and Ye Zhi.

Several people got out of the water, wiped the water from their heads and faces, and looked at each other. Ye Zhi must have been pulled to the deep water area.

The few of them looked at each other with firm eyes, save!

When these few people stumbled and swam forward, the mermaid who had been living in the water was better at swimming, and had already dragged the leaves to the center of the lake.

Now his mind is completely confused because of the pain of being transformed into a human being. He can't recognize Ye Zhi clearly, his hands are not measured, and he doesn't know the difference between human beings and mermaids. Go back to your own home.

Poor Ye Zhi has no water skills, was suddenly pulled into the water by the mermaid, didn't hold her breath, was choked several times, and was dragged by the mermaid to swim to the center of the lake, kept in the water, the lake water was cold, her throat was convulsed, Ye Zhi felt her own Lungs are going to burst.

Instinct made him struggle continuously, but he couldn't breathe oxygen all the time, his mouth was full of cold lake water drilling into his trachea, white light spots slowly floated in front of Ye Zhi's eyes, his consciousness became confused, and his struggling movements slowed down.

Can a person realize that he is dying before he dies?

Ye Zhi's mind was wandering, but he suddenly remembered that he had experienced this kind of experience before dying last time.Whose name was he calling?Later, he asked the man, as long as I call, will you answer?

Ye Zhi forgot the answer, and maybe the other party didn't answer, but once again, his body and limbs floated in the water uncontrollably, and the air bubbles escaped from his mouth one by one. He finally moved his lips and called out that call again.

It's a pity that the throat is full of water, maybe he didn't shout out, so how could he be heard.

The waves on the surface of the water gradually became smaller, and the few people who swam toward the center of the lake were only halfway through due to the nature of the water, the darkness, and the temperature in the lake.

Everyone on the shore was worried, and Xiao Lin jumped even more anxiously. He called Ye Zhi to help comfort Xiao Lan, but he didn't expect that the situation would be self-defeating.

He stayed there in a hurry, praying to the gods to bless Ye Zhi to be safe, until those people swam over to save him, but there was a voice in his heart telling him that it was impossible, his eyes were red with anxiety, and suddenly he found the sky slipping by A bright light.

Fairy manifested? !

Xiao Lin raised his head, and saw a beam of bright light coming from east to west, piercing the sky at an extremely fast speed, and falling to the side!

Xiao Lin's voice was choked in his mouth, and in a second, he saw the light approaching, turning into a large ball of blazing fire.

At that time, the people on the bank noticed a phenomenon, and they raised their heads one after another. The weird and beautiful scene took their minds away, and their eyes stopped on the ball of fire and couldn't take their eyes off.

Suddenly someone in the crowd exclaimed, "There's something in there!"

Someone asked: "What is it? What is it?"

More people looked at it carefully, and opened their mouths in disbelief after seeing it clearly, but none of them spoke.

The ball of fire slid over their heads, illuminating the water in the darkness. The intense light overshadowed the two searchlights. The moths that had been surrounding the headlights rushed into the fireball without hesitation. reduced to ashes.

As the fireball passed by the water surface, there was the sound of water evaporating, and when it reached the middle of the lake,

A phoenix roar resounded through the world.

Finally someone dared to say, "That's...that's a phoenix!!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

I saw the phoenix dive directly into the water with the flames wrapped around his body, the collision of the cold fire and the ice water, the tons of lake water did not extinguish the fire, but made the other side burn more intensely.

Everyone on the shore saw a bright fire traveling through the dark water, moving continuously, and finally stopped at a certain position.

When Fenghuang touched that person, the other person was only breathing weakly.

He gently hugged the person in his arms, the wings turned into hands, the feathers turned into skin, the hard beak turned into soft lips, and he hugged the person in his arms and gave him the air.

When he rushed over, he was so anxious.

Now that I finally hold the person in my arms and really hold it in my hand, I feel that the heart that was about to jump out finally slowly falls back into the chest cavity.

The mermaid that dragged Ye Zhi into the water was still around, Fenghuang cast a look at it, and the other party was caught by the flame in his eyes, and fled immediately.

Phoenix withdrew his gaze, and slowly supported Ye Zhi to float up. The phoenix fire on his body had not been extinguished, burning his body every moment, but he was protecting Ye Zhi with ease, as if he didn't feel any pain at all.

When the Phoenix Fire touched the leaf branch, it did not cause any damage to the leaf branch, but gently surrounded the leaf branch.

The phoenix fire does not burn the person it wants to protect.

Finally, Phoenix lifted Ye Zhi to the surface of the water, because he suffocated in the water for too long, even after Fenghuang breathed Ye Zhi, Ye Zhi still fell into a coma.

Fenghuang held Ye Zhi with one hand, and squeezed Ye Zhi's chest with the other. Time was running short, and he didn't have time to swim to the bank and lay him flat on the ground. Fenghuang used his own strength to push out the water in Ye Zhi's chest.

Ye Zhi was patted and spat several times, and finally regained consciousness slowly, her eyelids opened tremblingly, because of being soaked in water, the area around her eyes became red, especially at the end of her eyes, so red that her heart trembled.

After he woke up, his eyes slowly focused, and the first thing he locked on was the man in front of him.

The ivory white skin has a jade-like texture in the cold water light, the bridge of the nose is straight, the eyelashes are long, like crow feathers, casting a shadow under the eyes, those eyes are like a deep pool, the eyeballs are black and bright, It was like burning a cluster of small flames.

Obviously they had never met before, and it was obviously the first time Ye Zhi saw each other, but he was certain in his heart that it was Phoenix for no reason.

"Phoenix..." Ye Zhi opened his mouth, his brain was still in a state of confusion due to lack of oxygen for a long time, and he actually asked the question that was circling in his mind when he was drowning, "Did you hear my call?"

Fenghuang took Ye Zhi into his arms and said softly, "As long as you call, I will answer."

The last time he was a bird, he couldn't say the answer, and this time he finally said it himself.