Chapter 91 Betting on Xu Nian: A little bit of thought, but not much...
It seems unbelievable that a snow leopard can become friends with a mastiff, but there are many strange things in this world. Even Xu Nian can turn from a human into a snow leopard. No matter how strange the thing is, Xu Nian feels that he can accept it.
But when he looked at Kaier and the mastiff, who seemed to be very familiar with each other, he always felt a strange feeling.
"No?" Kai'e clearly disagreed with the idea of not paying off the "rabbit debt." He immediately retorted, "That's impossible. I've always delivered rabbits as requested, even marmots, and I caught blue sheep later. That should have offset the debt, right? How could I still owe you rabbits? It's impossible!"
"Catching rabbits and giving away marmots is true, but catching mountain goats..." Los glanced at it and said, "That's a collaboration. You and I will each take our share."
Kaie disagreed strongly, but after thinking for a long time, he felt a little guilty. He just raised his paw to step on the snow pile, and glanced at his dying friend dog. He felt that if he didn't agree, his friend's dog's life would be in danger. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and take on the huge debt again.
"Okay!" Kaie gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I still owe you three or four... er, seven or eight rabbits."
Los didn't say anything and just let it talk.
Xu Nian, who was standing nearby, leaned over to Los and whispered in a low voice, "That's about it. I think it's reached its limit. Don't push the snow leopard too hard. Be careful, or it might overdo it."
Los felt that there was some truth to it. His attention was all on Xu Nian, who was too close to his ears, so he felt a little itchy, and subconsciously shook his furry ears lightly.
It hadn't expected Kaie to bring many rabbits, it just said it casually. Since Kaie wanted to keep the mastiff so much, seeing Xu Nian's look, Los didn't seem to want to make things difficult for Kaie, so he simply flicked his tail and pretended he saw nothing.
It is impossible for it to save the mastiff, and it cannot do so. Everyone living in the wild relies on their own abilities, or to put it bluntly, on their own fate.
Los led Xu Nian back, and they both climbed onto the rocks. They half-lay on the rocks and looked at Kaie and the mastiff. Xu Nian whispered, "This is the first time I've seen a snow leopard and a mastiff become friends. Have you ever seen it?"
"No... I've never even seen a mastiff before," Los said.
Xu Nian clicked his tongue slightly. In that case, Los hadn't actually been to many places, which might have something to do with his young age. But Kaie seemed to have wandered around everywhere, and he could really run.
"Do you believe what Kaie said?" Xu Nian asked again in a low voice.
This question made Los silent for a moment. It seemed that it was really thinking about whether Kaie was worthy of trust. Its tail swayed gently and there was a hint of thought in its eyes.
Xu Nian thought that Los was thinking about this problem very seriously, so he did not interrupt him. In fact, when Los's tail swung gently, it happened to hook with Xu Nian's tail, like two upside-down hooks entangled together.
The tail itself is very sensitive, and this movement attracted Los's attention. While listening to Xu Nian's words, he had no time to think about this problem. His eyes fell calmly on the two intertwined tails.
The tip of Los's tail was very deliberately raised a little, and when Xu Nian was about to retract his tail without noticing, his tail was gently hooked by Los.
"Los?" Xu Nian asked subconsciously without hearing Los's answer.
"I don't quite believe it." Los gave an ambiguous answer. There was a hint of tenderness in his tone. He tilted his head slightly and rubbed against Xu Nian very naturally, whispering, "But it doesn't matter whether it's telling the truth or not. It poses no threat to us."
Xu Nian nodded in understanding, and then continued to half-lay on the rock and looked at a snow leopard and mastiff over there. One growled, the other barked. In short, although they did not understand what the other was saying, they could strangely become good friends.
His entire attention was focused on that, so he didn't notice that Ross's lips were slightly raised with a hint of a smile.
The mastiff was seriously injured. After Kaie circled it twice, he looked back at Xu Nian and Los who were lying on the rock, but he did not ask them for help. After all, he still owed a lot of rabbit debts.
"Let me tell you, old friend, I owe a lot of rabbits for saving you." Kaie bit the back of the other's neck and pulled it out of the snow pile. He found that although the mastiff's limbs were not injured, there were wounds of various sizes on its body. Although they were not deep, there were quite a few of them.
When it was about to speak, it suddenly paused. It found that the mastiff was looking at the lake. Kaier tilted his head slightly, vaguely feeling that his dog friend was in a bad mood. It looked in the direction of the mastiff and saw that the lake was very calm and covered with a layer of snow.
"Is there a problem there?" asked Kaie.
But the mastiff could not understand what it said and could only whimper softly twice. Kaie tilted his head gently again. After thinking for two seconds, hesitantly raised his paw and prepared to walk towards the lake to see what was there.
However, just as its big furry paws landed on the lake, the originally quiet mastiff suddenly struggled and barked, startling not only Kaie, but even Xu Nian and Ross were startled.
"I say... could you please keep your voice down a bit?!" Kaier said unhappily. He had known the Mastiff for a long time, but he still couldn't stand the other's shouting. He always felt like his heart was about to stop beating, and every time he was scared he would spread his limbs and fly away.
The mastiff continued to bark after being scolded, and even ignored its own injuries, struggling to come to Kaie, trying to stop Kaie from going to the lake. Kaie also felt that something was wrong.
"Don't go over there yet." Xu Nian shouted, "I don't think it wants you to go to the lake."
Upon hearing this, Kaie turned his head and looked at the lake. The lake was very calm, with even vultures landing on it. It was covered with snow. Normally, other animals would run across the frozen lake at this time of year, and Kaie would do the same in the past.
It looked at the mastiff in confusion and tried to stretch out its claws again. The mastiff started barking again, and then it retracted its claws. Sure enough, the mastiff stopped barking, but limped to its feet and stubbornly stood between Kaie and the lake. It seemed to have a deep fear of the lake and was unwilling to let Kaie get close to it.
"It's true..." Kaie had no choice but to believe Xu Nian's words and took two steps back, but he could not see any problems on the lake.
The lake was so quiet that the only sound was the whistling wind.
"Is this the only mastiff?" Xu Nian asked.
"I don't know." Los shook his head and said, "I smelled something, but it was scattered and chaotic. There was even the scent of wolves. I guess they fought with the wolves here. Now it seems that the wolves really won."
Los and Xu Nian only knew that the wolves and mastiffs were fighting, but they didn't know where the fight was taking place, let alone the process of the fight. Therefore, they didn't know the meaning of the mastiff's actions, but it was not difficult to guess that there must be something wrong with the lake.
Big cats are very curious. The more they are not allowed to watch, the more curious they become. Xu Nian and Los looked at each other and thought for a moment. Xu Nian whispered, "For safety's sake, why don't we come back in two days? By then, any danger should be over."
"Okay." That's exactly what Ross meant.
Simply avoiding danger without understanding the danger itself is not a good idea and in fact makes it easier to fall into a trap.
Xu Nian and Los did not stay here for long, as they still needed to hunt. After seeing Kaie and the mastiff talking at cross purposes, they simply flicked their tails and left, walking towards a farther place.
Two blue sheep rarely appeared on the rock wall. They were one up and one down, and seemed to be looking for food together. They used their front hooves to dig up the snow, revealing the dry grass roots underneath, and then lowered their heads to nibble on the hard-earned food.
"The ibex on the right is injured." Although Xu Nian had a problem with his sense of smell, his eyesight was very good. He noticed at a glance that there was something wrong with the ibex's walking posture. It was very slow, even cautious. It was not difficult to see that the ibex seemed to have been bitten on the neck by some ferocious beast, but the ibex was lucky enough to escape.
However, the mountain goat's good luck ended there because it met Xu Nian and Los.
"Two, how rare." Xu Nian whispered, "How about we have a competition this time?"
Los, who was about to hunt directly, stopped. He glanced at Xu Nian's eager look, turned his head slightly, and motioned Xu Nian to continue.
"You go left and I go right. You go catch the strong blue sheep, and I'll catch the injured one. Whoever loses will fight the loser. What do you say?" Xu Nian's eyes showed a little calculation. Seeing this, Los couldn't help but lean over and kiss him, and then said, "What is it?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, but just take it as a promise." Xu Nian asked, "Okay?"
Los nodded. One was a strong mountain goat and the other was an injured mountain goat. It was natural to tell who won and who lost, but Los's fighting power was much higher than Xu Nian's.
The two blue sheep were still grazing with their heads down, completely unaware that they had been assigned by the two snow leopards.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the two snow leopards looked at each other, then immediately separated and ran towards their own targets. They lowered their bodies, hid behind the rock wall, and approached the two mountain goats little by little.
Xu Nian stared at the injured mountain goat. It looked seriously injured, with blood still oozing from its neck. Even while eating grass, it looked a little weak. But Xu Nian did not take it lightly. He was very clear about his own limited strength, so no matter what kind of prey the other party was, he had to go all out to not fail.
He took the time to look at Los. Los seemed relaxed, walking lightly across the rock wall. The patterns on his body provided him with the best concealment, so that even if the mountain goats looked in this direction, they would not notice the approach of the snow leopard.
Perhaps animals are naturally sensitive to danger. In just two minutes, the two blue sheep raised their heads several times and looked around even though they clearly did not see the snow leopard. In the end, probably because they were still a little worried, they simply took a step back and prepared to turn around and leave.
However, at this moment, Xu Nian could not hold back any longer and rushed out directly. His movements were much more mature than when he just became a snow leopard. He jumped directly over the rock wall and blocked the way of the injured mountain goat. When the other party saw a snow leopard blocking its way, it immediately stopped, turned around and ran in another direction. What Xu Nian wanted was to make it panic and lose its way.
Before the other stronger snow leopard could breathe a sigh of relief, it found itself being targeted by another snow leopard and almost ran away. However, Los was faster than Xu Nian. It jumped directly to the side of the ibex, turned sideways, bit the ibex's neck, and dragged it hard.
Xu Nian's hunting was also going smoothly. The injured ibex could not run fast, and struggled a few times after Xu Nian bit its neck, but Xu Nian bit its old wound, so his fangs easily penetrated the ibex's neck and bit off its trachea, causing blood to spurt out. Xu Nian shook his tail and held on tightly, refusing to let go.
Xu Nian's furry face revealed a hint of calm ferocity unique to snow leopards. If Kaie were here, he would find that Xu Nian's hunting routine was almost exactly the same as Los'.
The shadow of Los can be seen in Xu Nian.
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