Li Sheng, the snakehead, didn't want it. The snake venom inside wasn't very useful to him for the time being, because snake venom would lose its effect after a few hours if it wasn't stored at low temperatures and dried.
Because snake venom is composed of various toxic proteins and enzymes, and is essentially a protein, it will quickly deteriorate and lose its activity if exposed to room temperature. Even if stored at a suitable temperature, it will not last long. The best way to preserve snake venom is to use a machine to dry the liquid as soon as possible after extraction.
However, he didn't waste the snake's head. He simply took a rock and smashed it to pieces. Then he rearranged the trap, placing the smashed snake's head and some berries on top of it, planning to harvest it in a couple of days.
Even after the snake's head was cut off, it could still move; its muscles hadn't lost their activity. Li Sheng grabbed the snake's body, and the snake's body even wrapped around his hand.
The slick, ugly thing wrapped around Li Sheng's hand gave everyone goosebumps. Weighing it, they estimated it was the largest snake of all, probably weighing about a pound—perfect for making Dragon and Phoenix Soup.
But where can we find this phoenix? Although there are Qiu Xiang and Tang Bohu at home, Qiu Xiang diligently lays eggs and takes care of the chicks every day, and can feed them egg custard and scallion eggs from time to time, so Qiu Xiang is definitely not an option. That leaves only Tang Bohu. Although Tang Bohu steals food from Qiu Xiang and the children, he is still somewhat useful. Last time when the monkey came, Tang Bohu rushed in front of Qiu Xiang at the first moment.
He protected the mother hen and chicks, which saved his chickens from disaster. Every morning, they would cluck a few times in the cage, allowing him to tell the time.
He wouldn't easily touch Tang Bohu unless he had no other options, but Tang Bohu was still on his shortlist.
As soon as Li Sheng mentioned the Dragon and Phoenix Soup, everyone knew that Tang Bohu was in trouble. How could this good-for-nothing who only eats and does no work not be in trouble?
Unexpectedly, Tang Bohu was quite popular, because his act of selflessly protecting the hen and chicks earned him a large number of female fans.
"Lord Wild King, could you please not eat Tang Bohu? It's more useful than my husband."
"[Angry][Angry] Don't touch Tang Bohu, I'll send my cowardly husband over here for you to kill and nourish your body."
"【Poor thing】【Poor thing】Tang Bohu was also a hero. Back then, he protected his mate and children with his own strength and the fur on his tail."
"【Tears】【Tears】Streamer, please don't eat Tang Bohu, okay? After the challenge is over, I'll treat you to Dragon and Phoenix Soup, and I'll treat you to it a hundred times."
...
Li Sheng: ...
Human beings have such strong empathy; this is practically a petition from everyone begging him to spare Tang Bohu.
Li Sheng sighed softly: "Since that's the case..."
Just when everyone thought Li Sheng was going to let Tang Bohu go, they saw in the split screen of the live stream that Tang Bohu was puffing up chicken feathers, about to rush over and snatch milk from the group.
Li Sheng: ...
audience……
"I have done my best. Take care on your journey, Tang Bohu."
"I tried my best, it's just that you didn't live up to my expectations."
"The mountain chicken is uncultured, has never been to school, and doesn't know what it means to be arrogant and ignorant."
"Forget it, let's just kill him. Compared to Tang Bohu, he's nothing in front of the Milk Group."
...
The wind direction changed really quickly.
However, this wasn't the first or second time Tang Bohu had provoked Naituan. Naituan was diligently digging for earthworms with a small hoe when Tang Bohu rushed over to grab him. Naituan remained calm and, just as he was about to grab him, stretched out a hand and accurately grabbed Tang Bohu's neck, then flung him to the side.
The rooster was left completely bewildered.
Milkball waved a hoe at Big Sister and said, "Big Sister, go! Pluck all the hair off its butt."
The little girl was overjoyed upon receiving the instruction and chased after Tang Bohu, picking up Tang Bohu's tail hair, which was her favorite part. This was because the little girl had been given a necklace by the milk ball, and the decoration on it was the hair from Tang Bohu's tail.
Li Sheng helplessly spread his hands: "There's nothing we can do about it. But Tang Bohu is still somewhat useful. I'll take a crossbow and see if I can encounter any larger birds or other free-range chickens on the way."
It seems that even God wanted to try out the Dragon and Phoenix Soup. On the way back, he actually encountered a rather plump bird. The bird was high up in a tree, eating fruit. The way it ate the fruit was quite interesting.
First, pick the fruit, then toss it up to catch it, and swallow it.
However, this bird's beak is rather long, taking up a third of its body.
After spotting the prey, he stopped making any rash moves, keeping his eyes fixed on the bird's location. He slowly took out his crossbow from his basket, loaded it, and gently lifted it to aim at the large bird.
The moment he pulled the trigger, the bird noticed something amiss and tried to escape, but his arrow was faster. Before the bird could even flap its wings, the arrow had already approached and pierced its body.
It pierced right through the bird's neck and fell to the ground. Li Sheng picked up the bird and introduced it to everyone.
"This bird is called a hornbill. Its most distinctive feature is that its beak takes up one-third of its body. Now Tang Bohu can be spared the death penalty for the time being."
He picked up the hornbill, put it in his basket, and continued walking back.
Because I wanted to try my luck, I took a slightly different route than I usually take.
Before they had walked for even ten minutes, Li Sheng suddenly heard a whimpering sound, which sounded like a kitten. However, there were no ordinary cats in this rainforest, but there were quite a few felines.
The shelter was less than a ten-minute walk away. His first thought was of the pregnant leopard that came to steal food at night. Could it be a leopard cub?
He needed to investigate the situation near the shelter, so he walked towards the source of the whimpering and found the leopard cubs and their mother in a very secluded haystack.
There are four leopard cubs in total. The cub is going to its mother's arms to nurse, but the mother leopard doesn't seem to be in good condition.
There was a huge gash on its hind leg, revealing the muscles inside, making it look extremely ferocious. When the leopard mother saw Li Sheng coming, she immediately became very vigilant. Even though she was extremely weak, she still stood up unsteadily and breathed on Li Sheng.
This leopard was incredibly agile last night, how come it's like this today? The wound looks very fresh, could there be some other threat nearby?
Moreover, their fighting power is much stronger than that of a leopard; a female leopard with cubs can be far more ferocious than a strong male leopard.
Seeing that the mother leopard has lost the ability to move, she probably won't live much longer.
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