Somewhere by a muddy river.
Chi Zhen collapsed under a tree, pulling the bamboo basket with one hand and covering his face with the other, with crystal tears sliding down his cheeks.
He murmured, "There is no hope..."
It has been three days since Bai Yingying fell into the flood.
Now the flood has almost receded, but they still haven't found Bai Yingying.
"What should we do..." Ji Feng leaned against the tree, bent over, with his hands on his thighs, and his thighs trembled slightly.
He had hardly slept for the past three days and was already exhausted, just holding on for the last moment.
"Chi..."
The cries of the cubs broke the silence.
Chi Zhen slowly raised his head and looked at the cub in the bamboo basket.
The cubs in the bamboo basket had lost a lot of weight, and each one huddled listlessly inside. Even the usually lively Xiaohua was listless. When the cubs were hungry, they would always pick at his belly...
Xiaobai curled up quietly in the corner, allowing the other cubs to step on him.
Chi Zhen's favorite mistress, Chi Yao, was leaning against the bamboo basket, looking at him with wet eyes.
"Chi..."
Chi Zhen forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, little Chi Yao. I made you suffer with us..."
In the past few days, he has been catching lactating wild animals to feed the cubs, as well as feeding them tender meat.
But the cubs, who were only a week old, had been squeezed in a bamboo basket, had not eaten or slept well, so they naturally became much thinner.
If they didn't have good talents, I'm afraid several of them would have died.
But at a glance, several of the cubs were in very poor condition and were obviously wilted.
If this continues, he will die in two days...
Chi Zhen looked at Ji Feng beside him and said softly, "Afeng, the cubs are in very poor condition and can't stay with us any longer. You take the cubs back to the tribe. I will continue to look for..."
When Ji Feng heard this, anger flashed across his face, "You? Just you? Do you think you can find it?!"
He punched the tree, his eyes fierce. "There are no weaklings in my Giant Eagle Clan! Dying at the slightest setback is also the survival of the fittest!"
He believes that now is the best time to find Bai Yingying and hopes that the cubs will persevere.
Chi Zhen was enraged by his behavior. He stood up, grabbed his collar, and angrily yelled, "Ji Feng, do you have a brain?"
"There are only two possibilities if Ying'er hasn't been found yet. One is that she rushed to another place and was rescued. The other is..."
Chi Zhen's face froze and he swallowed the word "dead".
He softened his tone and continued, "Whatever the reason, it would be a waste of effort for us to continue searching now."
"Ying'er gave birth to these cubs with great effort. If we can't take good care of them, you can't shirk your responsibility by saying it's the survival of the fittest."
Ji Feng refused to listen. He pushed Chi Zhen's hand away and angrily said, "Okay, okay, go away! I'll look for him alone!"
As he said this, he walked out, but was grabbed by Chi Zhen.
Chi Zhen begged helplessly, "Ji Feng, you are a father now, can you be more mature?!"
He raised his voice, "Open your eyes and take a look! Your giant eagles are in good spirits. Please look at my fox cubs, but look at those little bunnies. What's their condition?"
"If they are not allowed to settle down, they will all die!"
"By then, Ying'er will be fine, but we will be the fathers who strangled the cub!"
"Even a scoundrel like Xiao Mingcheng knows how to protect his cub, how can you be so cruel?!"
Chi Zhen became emotional and his words became more and more harsh.
Ji Feng's chest heaved violently as he gasped, "I'm cruel? In your heart, Yingying, who might already be dead, isn't as important as these cubs, right?"
Chi Zhen's face turned pale, and he said in disbelief: "Ji Feng, we have been cousins for so many years, and this is how you speculate about me?"
He didn't want to be rational, but the cubs were looking at him eagerly.
Bai Yingying was nowhere to be found, alive or dead.
The best option is to settle the cubs first and then go out to look for them.
But Ji Feng was so stubborn and even said hurtful words.
"Chi~"
Little Sanwei Chiyao anxiously clung to the bamboo basket, stepping on the other cubs. Her eyes were filled with fear, and she wanted to return to the safe embrace.
Chi Zhen felt a pain in his heart as if it was being pinched by a big hand. He hurried over, picked up Chi Yao with tears in his eyes, and coaxed her softly.
"Chi..."
Chi Yao was comforted and let out a cry of satisfaction and grievance.
Ji Feng couldn't help but take a look.
These days, his mind was completely occupied with finding Bai Yingying. The cubs were all taken care of by Chi Zhen, and he really had not even looked at the little ones.
At this moment, the weak and aggrieved appearance of Xiao Sanwei made his nose ache.
It was clear that three days ago, they were still in the cave, happily naming the little three-tailed white eagle.
How could it become like this in just a few days?
Bai Yingying is nowhere to be found, and Mu Zhaozhao has also been taken away and his whereabouts are unknown...
Fragmented...
"Ah~~Wuwu..." Ji Feng couldn't hold back and screamed out of venting his anger, then burst into tears again.
A burly man, 2 meters tall, squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
Seeing this, Chi Zhen also started crying.
He choked up and said, "Brother Ji Feng, if I could fly, I would send them back. This place is too far from the Spirit Fox Tribe and the Giant Eagle Tribe..."
"Let's send them back together, and then come back to find Ying'er. Okay?"
"And Zhao Zhao... Zhao Zhao was taken away, and we didn't even look for him. If Ying'er knew we left Zhao Zhao alone, she would definitely be mad at us."
Ji Feng hiccuped from crying, and after a while, he finally managed to respond, "...Okay."
The two decided to leave and stopped delaying.
Take the cubs and head towards the Cangxuan Mountains.
...
Entrance to the Spirit Fox Tribe.
A giant eagle descended from the sky, and Chi Zhen jumped down with a bamboo basket on his back.
The two walked side by side into the tribe.
But he was stopped by the guard at the door.
"The clan leader has ordered that Chi Zhen has been expelled from the Spirit Fox Clan and is not allowed to set foot in our Spirit Fox Clan!"
The guard finished his righteous words and smiled flatteringly: "Master Zhen, this is the order from the clan leader, I am not trying to embarrass you!"
The Orc Continent respects the strong.
What he respected was not only the son of the patriarch, but also the red-level warriors.
He is just a yellow rank, how dare he offend a red rank?
Chi Zhen knew his father's character and had long known that he would be expelled. He was not angry, but said seriously: "Go and call him out!"
"I, I...this..." The guard rubbed his hands anxiously, "Young Master, please spare my life...how dare I?"
"Hmph." Chi Zhen snorted coldly, took down the bamboo basket and opened the lid. "Look carefully, this is the three-tailed divine fox. You know what I mean, right? Go and call Chi Liutian out!"
He called the patriarch by his name, which startled the guards.
But when he saw the little fox in the bamboo basket, his knees went weak and he knelt on the ground.
"Beast God, please help me..."
"It's three tails..."
The guard was in a daze, as if suffering from hysteria.
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