The next day, Zhou Fan once again brought the chicken to his hidden base within the waterfall. This time, he did not plan on creating runes or listening to the chickens' ideas. The only reason he brought the chicken was for company.
He sat the chicken on an empty part of his desk and sat down on his chair. He was thinking about adding new animals to the manor. The deer, butterfly, and mole fit in well with the chicken and the fox, leading Zhou Fan to believe that adding more would be successful.
After thinking, he felt that adding some diversity among the animals would be good. Instead of only ground animals, he would add some water and air animals.
This time, he would add a fish and a bird. As for what type of fish and bird, he decided on a koi fish and a crow.
He picked those two because they looked good compared to others of their species.
Although he didn't mind the chicken knowing anything, he still threw him to the edge of the waterfall while he created the new life.
He created the koi first. Once it was there and received its cultivation, it swam out into the waterfall pond. When the chicken saw it, he was confused. He quickly understood that Zhou Fan was creating more life after thinking for only a second.
Next, Zhou Fan created the crow. Once it was alive and Zhou Fan gave it cultivation, it flew out of the waterfall and into the skies. Yet again, the chicken was surprised. He had never seen such animals after all.
Once he was finished with creating the animals, Zhou Fan came out of the waterfall.
"What were those?" The chicken asked.
"That one is a koi." Zhou Fan said while pointing at the fish now resting at the bottom of the pond.
"The one that flew away is a crow."
"Can I fly?" The chicken asked.
"You can fall slowly. But I don't believe you can fly. Feel free to prove me wrong." Zhou Fan said before picking up the chicken and holding him in his arms as he walked deeper into the woods.
"Where are we going?" The chicken asked.
"I'm not sure." Zhou Fan said as he aimlessly walked around the manor. He spent a while walking around, not finding anything interesting but enjoying the scenery.
Eventually, the chicken also quieted down and enjoyed the scenery. As he walked, Zhou Fan thought about what other animals he should add. He soon realized that he would need more environments in the manor if he wanted to add certain animals. For example, he thought of adding a bearded dragon. It wasn't quite a dragon, but it was cute and human-like.
Bearded dragons lived in deserts and there were no desert in the manor. Therefore, Zhou Fan walked with the chicken to a small part of the forest that remained unused and was unnecessary.
There, he grinded up rocks and dirt to create a new layer of sand. Underneath the sand was a layer of rock so that it didn't spill out.
The desert was fairly small and was more like an area with sand, but Zhou Fan felt it would be good enough for a bearded dragon.
The chicken had watched in amazement as he made the desert area, but he stayed silent. He really couldn't be bothered with such mystical things.
'Perhaps all humans can do this?' He thought to himself.
Once Zhou Fan had finished the desert area, he walked back through the forest and reached the land in front of his house.
There, he finally let the chicken go. The chicken wandered off towards the forest. He may be going to look at the koi.
Since he was alone, Zhou Fan sat on the ground and thought about runes. When he first finished learning runes, he had thought that he had learned everything there was to learn.
However, the art of runes had remained in the back of his head. Over time, he couldn't help but think more and more of them. He seemed to instinctively think that there was more to them.
He had been using the runes straightforwardly for a while, but there were likely more ways to use them. Runes may even be more diverse than arrays or formations.
Regardless, Zhou Fan had to be able to write the runes in those ways. It was a process requiring mostly trial and error, but also some understanding of runes.
After a couple of hours, Zhou Fan stopped messing with runes. He would do that again another day. No matter how many hours he spent on it, it wouldn't change anything. It requires years of work in order to make a new rune.
Since he was done with runes for the day, Zhou Fan went back to the area with instruments. Even from a distance, Zhou Fan could see all of the animals, besides the crow and the koi, playing music.
When he arrived, he sat down and watched. This time, the fox was playing a song. Although the animals could only be said to be normal physically, they were still extremely intelligent.
Despite the fact that she had little practice, the fox was playing the instrument very well. The song was similar to the one Zhou Fan had played, but there were a few obvious differences.
When she was done, everyone, including the chicken and Zhou Fan, clapped. She gave a nod before hopping down from the chair.
Zhou Fan was more surprised that she could play the music with her paws than the fact that she was good at the instrument.
Next, the butterfly went up and played a song on the harp. It was a slow song since she had to fly to every string individually, but it was still surprisingly good.
When she was done, another round of applause sounded out.
"Would you all like new instruments?" Zhou Fan asked, knowing that some of the animals were unable to play the harp due to their body.