Chapter 15: Falling off the cliff Los: It’s not your fault, it’s Luo Yin’s…
Los discovered that since Kaie came, Xu Nian worked harder than before, and even started learning hunting before dawn.
So, when Los opened his eyes, he saw a furry head approaching him. He was so startled that he took a step back, his tail tensed. His reaction also scared Xu Nian who was waiting for him to wake up.
Xu Nian was so frightened that his limbs flew up and spread out. After landing, he was still holding his tail in his mouth and clung to the rock wall with lingering fear.
"What are you doing?" Ross asked unhappily.
Anyone would be startled when they open their eyes and see a furry head approaching, let alone a snow leopard which is easily frightened.
Xu Nian knew he was in the wrong and apologized immediately and skillfully: "I'm sorry, I just wanted to see if you were awake."
Snow leopards are generally most active in the early morning and dusk. Los usually gets up early, but he has really put a lot of effort into teaching Xu Nian how to hunt during this period, so much so that this snow leopard, which often runs and hunts between the rock walls, feels a little tired.
"I wasn't awake, but you scared me awake." Los shook his head. He had been lying outside, so some snow had fallen on him. He shook it off casually. He glanced at Xu Nian, who looked timid, and said with a flick of his tail, "You're up so early, what do you want to do?"
At this time, it was not even early morning. Los narrowed his eyes slightly, waiting for the snow leopard in front of him to give a reasonable explanation.
Xu Nian immediately shrank his neck obediently. His eyes showed innocence and a hint of timidity. He said, "I think my hunting progress is too slow, so I need to practice diligently and prepare to start hunting before dawn."
Hearing this, Los was silent for a moment. He turned his head and looked outside. He could almost see the stars.
"Now?" Los was deeply suspicious. He glanced at Xu Nian, who looked sleepy and forced himself to stay awake, and sighed, "Go to sleep first. You haven't been normal these past two days."
Hearing this, Xu Nian suddenly sobered up a lot. He gently pressed his furry ears back, a little guilty look in his eyes, and asked tentatively, "What's wrong with me?"
"..." Los looked at Xu Nian in silence. Finally, he succumbed to the other's shifting gaze and said with a headache, "Which normal snow leopard would get up at this time to hunt? We like to hunt in the early morning, but... look, it's early morning now, and it's the middle of the night!"
Hearing this, Xu Nian heaved a sigh of relief. He raised his paw and took a few steps in the direction of Los, but worried that he always liked to stand on the edge of the cliff, so he took two steps on the spot and said obediently, "I want to learn how to hunt as soon as possible so that you can relax and take care of your tail."
Xu Nian secretly glanced at the tail that had suffered so much trouble. After Los noticed Xu Nian's gaze, he hid his tail behind him.
After being disturbed by this, Los simply walked over. Xu Nian looked at him blankly, and then saw Los raised his paw and pressed it on his back. Xu Nian's strength was not enough to resist Los, so he simply lay down a little to relieve the pressure, and then heard Los say, "Sleep."
With his body pressed down by such a big furry paw, Xu Nian hesitated for two seconds and then chose to obey. He lay on the ground and yawned, his tail wagging gently. He was already very sleepy, and he convinced himself in his heart, "This is Los's request, not that I don't work hard." Then he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in less than two seconds.
The wild snow leopard next to it opened its eyes at this time, and its gaze lightly swept over the snow leopard next to it, and then quietly moved over to sniff it, and then looked at the place on the other's back that was injured by Kaie before. Fortunately, they were all minor injuries.
Then, it also closed its eyes and lay down beside him, but its big tail gently covered Xu Nian's body, blocking a little bit of the wind and snow for him.
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"Cry--" The Alpine vulture in the sky was soaring around as usual, its sharp eagle eyes watching every move below, whether it was the wolves howling at roll call in the morning, a brown bear walking in the woods with its two cubs, or a blue sheep grazing with its head down, nothing could escape its eyes.
A snow leopard was staring at a grazing blue sheep. It crouched on the rock wall, hiding its whereabouts very well. Then it moved its body slightly, staring at the blue sheep. When the blue sheep lowered its head to graze again, the snow leopard suddenly moved.
It was like a white lightning, moving between the rock walls at an extremely fast speed. Its body was stretched out very long, and its long tail dragged behind it to control its balance. The mountain goat was also very alert and turned around and ran away after realizing something was wrong.
A mountain goat and a leopard were walking between the steep rock walls as if they were walking on flat ground, until the snow leopard suddenly pounced and bit the mountain goat's body hard. However, inertia caused it to roll down the mountain wall with the mountain goat, but it refused to let go.
However, the vulture discovered that every time the snow leopard fell and touched the ground, it would use the blue sheep as a buffer, so falling was no big deal for the snow leopard, which was very resistant to falls.
A spectacular chase between a leopard and a sheep ended with the predator carrying its prey to the top of the mountain.
However, when it turned its body sideways and circled around the mountain wall, its eyes fell on another snow leopard that was shivering on the rock wall.
The other party seemed to want to hold the tail in its mouth, but it trembled for a long time and failed to do so.
"Why are you holding your tail while walking up the rock face?" Los stood nearby, a freshly hunted mountain goat resting beside his paw. He glanced at Xu Nian and said in a stiff tone, "The tail is used to control the body. You're climbing so high and shaking all the time. If you can't use your tail to stabilize your body, you're definitely going to fall."
Xu Nian also wanted to use his tail to control his body balance, but the problem was that his tail seemed to be more afraid of this height than he was, and it kept shaking disobediently.
This was a challenge to a new height, higher than any previous time. Xu Nian didn't know where to land his raised big paws.
Los was also puzzled. Walking on rock walls is an innate ability of every snow leopard. It was the first time he saw a snow leopard that was so afraid of heights. Most of the snow leopards hunted by running between rock walls, biting, rolling down, and then climbing up again.
"Follow me." Los frowned, tilted his head slightly, looked at Xu Nian, and said, "Drop your claws immediately! Don't hesitate. By the time you figure it out, the mountain goat will have already run away!"
Hearing this, Xu Nian gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and decided to give it a try, trusting Los's judgment!
Then he stepped his big claws directly on the rock. He felt stable, but before he could show any surprise, he suddenly felt a familiar feeling of flying under his claws. The happy expression on his face had not yet faded, and he fell down with the rock.
Los took two steps at a time and pounced over, biting Xu Nian's neck directly, but because the force of the fall was too great, he actually pulled it down with him, and it rolled several times in the air. Los subconsciously wanted to use the prey as a scapegoat, but at that moment he changed his position and became the scapegoat several times.
Finally, the two leopards fell into the snow. Xu Nian struggled for a while, trying to stretch out his claws and head, then shook off the snow on his body. With a dazed head, he looked around and shouted, "Los! Los!"
"Stop shouting!" The voice came from under Xu Nian's claws. Startled, Xu Nian jumped up and took a step back. Then he saw Los struggling to get up from the snow pile under his claws. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay that you're afraid of heights! How come you don't even know how to protect yourself if you fall?!"
Xu Nian was yelled at by the furious Los. It was obvious that Los was really angry. He raised his claws and scratched the air lightly, not daring to touch the snow leopard in front of him who was in a rage.
In fact, he had only been a snow leopard for less than ten days, and Xu Nian felt a little aggrieved.
He lowered his eyes, staring at his four paws, and squatted obediently in front of Los, allowing him to growl at him, with his furry ears pressed back and his tail held in his mouth. He couldn't let go or bite it, so he could only stand still in embarrassment.
"I'm sorry." This time he meant it sincerely. Xu Nian whispered, "I'm sorry."
After saying "I'm sorry" twice, the wild snow leopard, which was a little angry just now, suddenly became stuck. It glanced at Xu Nian and saw that the other party looked even more miserable than before, as if he had become a lot thinner all of a sudden.
"...Forget it, it's not your fault." Los licked his paws, then licked the snow on his body. He looked a little busy. He stood up and walked towards the mountain. As he walked, he said, "You followed Luo Yin before. I didn't teach you how to hunt. This is all his fault."
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