Chapter 17: The Pitiful Rooster

  Tang Xiaosheng went alone to buy a chicken. He left the house at 7:00 in the morning and didn't return until 12:00 noon. When he got home, his hands were holding an additional large rooster weighing about four catties.

  Little Dragon Girl was teaching Guo Xiang to train Jade Bees. Seeing him return, she asked: "Guo'er, why did you go for so long?"

  Tang Xiaosheng replied, "I specifically ran to the chicken farm in the southern suburbs, where the chickens are more authentic. As a result, I got stuck in traffic." After finishing speaking, he turned to Guo Xiang and said, "Xiang'er, come help big brother kill the chicken."

  "Uh-huh."

  Tang Xiaosheng then took a cleaver, bowl and salt in his left hand and carried the rooster in his right hand to the balcony, ready to slaughter the chicken.

  "Big brother, how are you going to kill this chicken?" Guo Xiang followed him onto the balcony, her bright and spirited big eyes looking at him curiously.

  Tang Xiaosheng drew the blade of the vegetable knife across the rooster's neck a few times and said, "Just use the vegetable knife to cut off the blood vessels on the chicken's neck."

  Guo Xiangqiong wrinkled her nose and pursed her lips, asking: "Isn't this too cruel? The rooster's blood vessels are cut off while it's still alive, it must be in a lot of pain."

  Tang Xiaosheng was taken aback for a moment. This little girl's heart is actually quite good, and asked: "Xiang'er, what do you think we should kill?"

  Guo Xiang thought for a moment and said: "Why don't we use the acupuncture method to make the rooster unconscious first, so it won't feel pain when we cut its blood vessel."

  Tang Xiaosheng thought for a moment and felt that it seemed to make some sense, so he said: "Alright, let's do it your way. Xiang'er, the task of sealing the acupoints is yours."

  "Hmm." As soon as she mentioned the acupuncture point, Guo Xiang's spirit was refreshed. She rolled up her sleeves, concentrated for a moment, and with a light swing of her right hand, she performed the "Orchid Finger Acupuncture Hand" technique, pointing at the rooster's chest.

  "Oh oh——"

  After being poked by the middle finger, the rooster struggled desperately for a few times, crying out in surprise, but it didn't faint.

  Guo Xiang's eyebrows didn't even twitch. Her "Orchid Finger Locking Hand" was effective against rats, so how could it possibly fail on this rooster?

  Tang Xiaosheng also didn't understand and said: "Xiang'er, it's possible that the acupoint is not correct, let's change to another place and try again."

  Guo Xiang nodded lightly and sank down, her right hand waving out again, pointing at the rooster's back.

  "Oh oh——"

  The rooster continued to crow loudly, even louder than before, but still didn't faint.

  Guo Xiang was also stunned, this rooster's life is really hard enough, after being hit by her two moves "Lan Hua Fu Xue Shou", it actually escaped unscathed. Could it be that it's a fighting cock among roosters?

  "Xiang Er, let me," Tang Xiao Sheng said.

  When he was in the mental hospital, he had learned "Lan Hua Fu Xue Shou" from Guo Xiang, but at that time he didn't have internal energy and couldn't use it. After practicing "Ni Zhuan Jing Mo Fa" last night, there is now a faint internal force generated inside his body, so he wants to try out the move.

  Tang Xiaosheng concentrated his mind and secretly activated the "Reversal of Meridians Method". After a moment, he felt a subtle warm current surging inside his body. With a thought, he directed the warm current to the tip of his right index finger.

  When the inner strength has all converged at his fingertips, he then followed the method of "Orchid Finger Seal" with his right thumb and index finger clasped together, the other three fingers slightly open, his arm swung, "pa pa" two sounds, pointing towards the rooster's buttocks.

  "Wooo——"

  The rooster let out a mournful cry, flapped its wings twice, and then lost consciousness, collapsing to the ground motionless.

  "Wow, big brother, you're so amazing! You got it right on the spot!" Guo Xiang exclaimed in a childish voice, then used her small hand to touch the rooster's neck. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Big brother, why doesn't the rooster have a pulse anymore? Is it dead?"

  Tang Xiaosheng quickly took the rooster's pulse and unexpectedly found that it really had no signs of life. Just now, his finger hadn't hit the rooster's acupuncture point, but instead had taken its little life.

  "Big brother, it must be that your internal energy is too profound, the rooster couldn't withstand it and died." Guo Xiang explained seriously.

  Tang Xiaosheng smiled and no matter what the reason was, the chicken was already dead and the goal had been achieved.

  Then, he cut off the chicken's neck vein with a kitchen knife and let out the blood. Next, he put the rooster into boiling water to scald it, then started plucking its feathers. After plucking the feathers, he cut off the chicken's buttocks, removed the internal organs, and washed them clean. Finally, he chopped the chicken into eight pieces with a kitchen knife and stewed it in a pot with several Chinese medicinal herbs.

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  Evening

  Tang Xiaosheng, Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang sat around a small round table for dinner, the main course was the rooster killed at noon.

  Little Dragon Girl seems to be a vegetarian, likes light food and does not eat meat. At Tang Xiaosheng's repeated request, she agreed to drink some chicken soup.

  The rooster was so big that two people couldn't finish it, so Tang Xiaosheng picked out two chicken legs for Guo Xiang and reminded her: "Xiang'er, eat more meat and less vegetables."

  "Uh-huh. Big brother, I want chicken wings." Guo Xiang said.

  "Okay, let me take a look."

  A moment later.

  Xiao Long Nu slightly pursed her lips after tasting the chicken soup and said: "Guo Er, don't you think this chicken soup tastes a bit bitter?"

  Guo Xiang, who was eating chicken wings beside him, said: "I also think the chicken meat tastes a bit bitter!"

  "Really?" Tang Xiaosheng immediately scooped a spoonful of chicken soup into his mouth, savoring it carefully, and found that the flavor seemed to be not quite right, slightly bitter, and couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How can this be?"

  "Oh, I see." Guo Xiang suddenly remembered something and interrupted, "This rooster was killed by Big Brother using the 'Orchid Flower Brushing Hole Hand' today, it must have suffered severe internal injuries, that's why the chicken meat tastes bitter."

  Listening to her explanation, Tang Xiaosheng also felt that there was some truth to it. He turned his head and asked Long'er: "Long'er, at noon today when we were killing the chicken, I and Xiang'er both used the 'Lan Hua Fu Xue Shou' technique to touch the public chicken. As a result, Xiang'er tried twice, but the chicken was unharmed, while I only touched it once and actually killed the chicken. Do you know what's going on?"

  The little dragon girl was stunned for a moment, probably because she had never been asked such a strange question. After a while, she slowly said: "The acupoint of the rooster is not the same as that of human beings, and I'm not quite sure about it either. However, Xiang'er cultivates the internal skill of Peach Blossom Island, while Guo'er cultivates the internal skill of 'Reversing Meridian Method'. The two internal skills are running in completely opposite ways. This rooster was first affected by Xiang'er's Peach Blossom Island internal skill, and then it was also affected by Guo'er's 'Reversing Meridian Method' internal skill. These two completely different internal forces may have collided within the rooster's body, ultimately leading to its meridians being severed and its death due to exhaustion of energy. I think this might be the real reason for the rooster's death."

  It wasn't until then that Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang suddenly realized the truth, their faces turning pale as they stared at each other in shock, never having expected things to turn out this way.

  "This rooster died a really miserable death." Guo Xiang said with some self-blame. Her original intention was to make the rooster die more easily, so she decided to use the "pointing hole hand", but unexpectedly it backfired.

  "Xiang Er, this matter can't be blamed entirely on you, I also have responsibility. If it wasn't for me intervening later, the rooster's meridians wouldn't have been completely severed." Tang Xiao Sheng explained with a serious tone.

  Then the two of them fell silent together, mourning for this innocent rooster.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  At this time, the door suddenly rang.

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  P.S: If you also think this rooster died a tragic death, please spare a recommendation vote to mourn for it in silence.