Chapter three hundred and sixty-ninth stumbling block
After a little breath, several people almost asked Tianyou about the Winged Bird along the way, and Tianyou tried to answer as much as possible. For them, this was as attractive as a fun strange thing, but in Tianyou's opinion, it was just a slightly strange thing.
"Ah... I really envy you, you can be friends with the Winged Bird." Lu Meng sighed at Tianyou's adventure. As a psychic, controlling non-human creatures to fight is her main career. Being able to have such an encounter as Tianyou is simply a supreme creation for the psychic. Imagine that the Winged Bird that others cannot even touch is controlled by you at will, which is definitely a benefit that any psychic cannot refuse.
Zhao Lingyun reminded: "Don't envy Tianyou. If you were ten years old, would you still be able to meet the winged bird?"
Lu Meng didn't say anything, but she actually had a scheming in her heart. It can be said that Tianyou's behavior back then would not be able to survive any child, because even Tianyou, a pseudo-child who was facing the soul and super strong body, had experienced a life of death in Qingyuan Mountain, and had to survive until now after fighting all her wounds. People who have not experienced it really cannot understand the sufferings.
While speaking, the few people had already arrived at the waterway outside the Hundred Beasts Valley. Tianyou prepared swimming equipment for everyone as usual. He and Lu Meng had used these things, so it was relatively simple. Zhao Lingyun's cultivation was placed there, and nothing was wrong. But there was something wrong with Pang Dahai and Qi Xiaomei, who had not taken it seriously.
The tall and strong sea itself gives people a feeling of being generous. Such people can overcome any difficulties and will not easily drag people down. But now it is this guy who has lost the chain halfway, and the reason is that he is afraid of water.
"I said you are so big, Bai? You are so grown up, you are still afraid of water when you are so adult?"
"But I can't swim!" Pang Dahai also blushed. "When I was a child, I fell down by the pond, but I never got water again. It's okay if you want me to wade in the water. If these feet don't reach the bottom, I can't do anything!"
The problem on Pang Dahai's side has not been solved, and there is another problem with Xiaomei Qi. She was not pretentious and refused to go into the water. On the contrary, this girl could even swim, which should not have been a problem. But she had just changed her secondary diamana bones and looked at Jiaojiao, which was heavier than two adult men, and went into the water and sank directly. The float prepared by Tianyou for her had no effect at all, and was taken down together.
"Forget it, you can use this." Tianyou thought about it and handed a bamboo tube to Xiaomei Qi. This thing is the simplest ventilator. Anyway, the river water is not deep, so it is suitable to use it. With Xiaomei Qi's weight, it looks like a Dinghai Shen Needle at the bottom of the river, which saves everyone from being washed away.
After solving the problem of Qi Xiaomei, it was Pang Dahai. This guy was really afraid of water. Tianyou simply made up his mind and gave Qi Xiaomei's bamboo tube. Lengsheng made half a floating bed, and asked him to lie on his entire upper body, and then dragged him away by the others.
Fortunately, Pang Dahai just dared not go into the water to swim, and he could bear it if he held something.
All were prepared, and the potion was applied to drive out the shallow water crocodile, and finally everyone went down to the river together. Tianyou and Zhao Lingyun could pull in front, while Qi Xiaomei was sinking at the bottom of the water and then walked forward. The three of them worked together to pull Lu Meng and the puppet sea into the dark cave, and then naturally entered the valley of the beasts.
When the forest that was covering the sky and the sun was spreading above his head, Pang Dahai couldn't help but exclaim. This guy was lying on the floating bed, facing the sky directly, and enjoyed it very much.
After getting ashore, Tianyou found a place for Qi Xiaomei and Lu Meng to change clothes, while Zhao Lingyun steamed the clothes with fire-type spiritual energy, which was very convenient. After everyone cleaned it up, of course they had to sprinkle potions to dispel poisonous insects and eliminate the smell. Finally, Tianyou explained some precautions before taking them back on the road.
With Tianyou, an experienced hunter, and Lu Meng and others were not ordinary people, their subsequent itineraries were quite smooth. The team avoided the dangerous range of monsters all the way, and finally found a trace of the firefox activity.
Tianyou raised his hand to signal the people behind to stop. He didn't dare to chat with everyone anymore when he got here. If the Hundred Beasts Valley was a warning area, then this area was a key warning area. There are at least a dozen monsters nearby that are at the level of the mysterious demon. Occasionally, big monsters pass by. It is not a joke that one accidentally eliminated the entire army.
"Did you find the Firefox?" Lu Meng approached Tianyou and asked in a low voice.
Tianyou reached out to compare the length of footprints on the ground, picked up a few yellow hairs from the bushes beside him and chased them. His brows were deeply frowned. "Lu Meng."
"Um?"
“Can you accept the hunting program be delayed for two days?”
Lu Meng was stunned for a moment, but nodded quickly. "I said, you can make the decision after entering the mountain." This is why Lu Meng likes people. It is not important that she will be arrogant and act like a scoundrel, but she never drags people down on key matters and knows the right way. For example, now, although she really wants Firefox, Tianyou only said whether it can be slowed down for two days. She agreed decisively without even asking the reason. Because she knew that Tianyou's judgment must be based on safety considerations, and it is a big deal that involves her own safety.
With Lu Meng nodding, Tianyou no longer took risks and took the pony sea and the others to move towards the mountain where the Winged Birds lived. In the past, in the Hundred Beasts Valley, Tianyou would usually choose to rest within the Winged Birds' range of activities as long as he had the conditions, because he had the backing here. If he encountered any danger, he would just run to the Winged Bird's Nest.
Unfortunately, they were not lucky this time. The five people were moving towards the place where the Winged Bird lived, and suddenly they heard a low tiger roar, which shocked the fallen leaves on the treetops and fell down.
Lu Meng and the others were all shocked by the sudden roar of the tiger and looked in the direction where the sound came.
"Stop watching, follow me, run!" Tianyou lowered his voice and reminded him, then pulled up Xiaomei Qi and ran away. The others behind him also reacted and ran afterwards.
Originally, if they were still in place, the tiger demon might have to find out that they might take some time, but when they ran, they almost immediately pointed the direction for the tiger demon. But Tianyou knew that this would be exposed, but he still couldn't run.
Now they are still taking the initiative to run, and they can run a distance first. It is always a bit advantage when the tiger demon reacts. But if they wait in place, the tiger demon will only approach them little by little along the smell. Once they can't hide it, they will be really close. Even if they want to run, they will probably not have that chance.
If Tianyou was alone, it would not be a problem whether he was climbing a tree or hiding it on the spot. However, he is now carrying so many people, so it is not something he can hide. Therefore, running is the best way.
Originally, they were not far from the Wing Bird's Nest, and relying on the advantage of starting first, it should not be difficult to be caught up and run into the territory of the Wing Bird's Group. However, what shocked Tianyou was that after they ran out, they suddenly heard Lu Meng shouting from behind: "Tianyou, Senior Sister Zhao didn't follow!"
"Ah?" Tianyou stopped suddenly. Pang Dahai next to him couldn't control himself and hit the tree trunk. He was sitting on the ground and rubbing his head. Tianyou didn't have time to care about him, so he turned around and asked Lu Meng: "Where are people? Have you seen where you went?"
"She seems to be staying behind. It seems she wants to help block the tiger."
"Tiger?" Tianyou roared in anger: "That's a tiger demon! Do you think an ordinary tiger dares to call this in this Hundred Beasts Valley?"
Tiger roars is to claim territory, and to control a territory, you must have enough strength to dominate one area. In other places, tigers are at the top of the food chain, so it is not uncommon to occupy a territory. But this is the Valley of Beasts, the Valley of Beasts on the Shenzhou Continent. Tigers are considered a vulnerable group here. Even if there are indeed tigers wandering here, it is the right way to find a place to hide themselves as much as possible. Otherwise, no matter what monsters are hit, they will most likely become a meal or a tiger's sleeping mattress.
Therefore, there are only two situations where people dare to make a lot of noise in the Valley of Beasts. One is that they are really cruel and the other is that they are really stupid.
Obviously, the tiger that could only make the roar of a tiger should be the former, because Tianyou had encountered the tiger demon when he was wandering around the Hundred Beasts Valley. However, at that time, he only saw it from a distance, and only knew that the appearance was not much larger than that of ordinary tigers. But then Tianyou saw the Xuande-level mountain pig with only residue left to be gnawed at the place where it had fought. It can be seen that the tiger is at least a Xuande-level existence, and is even a big demon.
Although Zhao Lingyun has a high cultivation level, she is still too surprised. If she is the older generation of monks who are like the immortal Zhenyuan, she will definitely tell her that there are two kinds of monsters, and they must not mess with them. One is a dragon and the other is a tiger. Needless to say, everyone knows how powerful it is. As for this tiger... Everyone has heard of the battle between dragons and tigers. Can it be compared with dragons?
After a little struggle in his mind, Tianyou finally hit the big tree beside him in anger and said, "You run forward first, wait to the foot of the mountain. Don't go up the mountain before I arrive."
"Then..." Lu Meng asked something else, Tianyou had already rushed away. After seeing the situation, Qi Xiaomei just followed.
Pang Dahai turned around and wanted to chase him, but Lu Meng grabbed him. "Don't cause trouble. Save your strength. If you go, it's a drag. Go quickly and save some trouble for Tianyou!"
Pang Dahai stomped his feet in annoyed, annoying why he was not serious on weekdays, and now he had a higher cultivation level and could help. But Lu Meng was right. Now he was causing trouble, so he resisted the urge to help and rushed towards the foot of the mountain with Lu Meng.
Besides, Tianyou, he ran back not far and found Zhao Lingyun standing with a sword. He went up and didn't ask anything, so he pulled her and ran away.
Just as a monk would not suddenly step upside down after becoming an immortal, he would definitely keep his tiger habits when he became a tiger demon. The white-headed tiger in front of him relaxed, his eyes were not fierce, but he had a gaze of exploration. The most important thing is that its limbs were stretched, and his claws were closed in the flesh pad and they did not pop out. This posture clearly means that the tiger demon did not intend to attack them, otherwise it would not be this posture.
Since the other party seems to be just passing by and being curious to come and take a look, there is still room for maneuver. Although the monster is cruel, even the category known as fighting, such as the winged bird, rarely attack others inexplicably. Their behavior is often much simpler than that of humans, either hunting, protecting territory, or defending themselves. The behavior of attacking purely for interest seems to be only found in humans.
Seeing that Tianyou and the others were completely quiet, the white-headed tiger on the opposite side seemed to be a little confused. After standing for a while, the white-headed tiger finally took action again. Instead of launching an attack, it slowly walked towards Tianyou.
Seeing the white-necked tiger approaching, Zhao Lingyun and Qi's little sister's hearts were so nervous that they were about to pop out. Even Tianyou could not keep calm. She felt her heart beating like a drum. At this time, Yueying was ready in his body. As long as Tianyou had a sense, she would jump out to give the tiger demon a cruel thing. At this moment when his life was at stake, Tianyou didn't care about the issue of keeping it secret or not. It is serious to save his life first.
Despite his nervousness, Tianyou still insisted on not moving around, and the tiger demon had now walked less than two steps in front of him. Tianyou had even smelled the smell of the tiger demon exhaled. It was strange that this tiger demon had learned to keep hygienic after becoming a sperm. It didn't smell or bloody, but it had a slight sweet fragrance. It felt as if this guy had just eaten nectar.
The white-headed tiger in front of Tianyou stopped again. It sniffed Tianyou carefully, and then seemed to be looking at Tianyou. It looked back and forth several times, then turned to Xiaomei Qi. The little sister Qi and Zhao Lingyun, who had just discovered that the tiger demon didn't seem to be planning to attack them, had already breathed a little relieved, but then became nervous again.
The tiger demon didn't know what they were thinking. He came to Qi Xiaomei and sniffed it a few times, and then suddenly opened his bloody mouth, which scared Qi Xiaomei and Zhao Lingyun almost prepared to attack. After all, although the tiger demon had not changed much in size, it was a circle bigger than an ordinary tiger. It felt like he could swallow half of his person in just one mouthful.
However, the tiger demon was moving very quickly. Before the two of them could react, they heard a "sneeze..." sound, and it turned out to be a sneeze.
Something seemed to have in her body that seriously stimulated the tiger demon's sense of smell. This guy just sucked his nose and started to sneeze while retreating. After that, he was handsome and hard-working, rubbing his nose with his claws, which made her start to smell her body embarrassedly, trying to find out if there was any strange smell on her body. Of course, she didn't find anything, but Tianyou guessed some. The tiger demon probably smelled the corpse gas on her body, so she kept sneezing.
After sneezing for more than a dozen times in one breath, the tiger demon recovered. Then he seemed to dislike the smell very much. He deliberately walked around Zhao Lingyun in half a circle, and still stretched his head over to smell it, but it seemed that he was stimulated by the smell of Xiaomei Qi. This time he was very careful.
Fortunately, Zhao Lingyun had no corpse energy on her body. The tiger demon lost interest after just a few sniffs. She walked back to Tianyou and began to circle around him.
Tianyou didn't know what the tiger demon was going to do, so he could only keep it still and watch it go around in circles.
For some reason, Tianyou always felt that the tiger demon was a little afraid of him, and he always looked cautious when he was circled around him. To be honest, this feeling was very strange. Ren Tianyou didn't think that there was anything worth the tiger demon afraid of, but it just made a very vigilant behavior. It was like an adult who was facing an unknown explosive when facing a kindergarten child, which was obviously a very strange reaction.
"that……"
Tianyou wanted to speak and try to communicate. Although monsters do not necessarily understand human language, they do have enough wisdom to learn human language. Therefore, as long as monsters who have been in contact with humans, most of them can learn human language. Of course, it is difficult to speak before they transform, but understanding is not a problem. Just like mocking, you can understand any language of Tianyou, and even complex expressions such as metaphors and slandering can be accurately understood.
However, just like Tianyou's feeling, the tiger demon was really afraid of Tianyou. Just now, Tianyou just made two sounds, and the tiger demon jumped back five or six feet away until he found out that he was not going to do something, so he carefully leaned over again.
When Tianyou saw the reaction of the tiger demon, hesitated for a moment and said, "Is there anything wrong with stopping us?" No matter whether he can get a response, asking should not cause any bad results.
Sure enough, the tiger demon paused for a moment, then suddenly turned his head and searched for it, and soon locked a big tree not far away. It raised its claws, then popped up a sharp claw, and scratched the trunk like a knife, and soon carved a painting on the trunk.
Zhao Lingyun felt that her worldview had been distorted. Wild monsters could really communicate. She thought that all monsters were extremely cruel, and they could only communicate after being crippled after being forced to sign a soul contract.
Tianyou looked at the painting on the trunk and felt that the painting ability of this tiger demon was probably taught by Picasso. The twisted lines and abstract pictures really test Tianyou's image discrimination ability. However, after almost blinding his eyes, he finally guessed some information.
"Are you drawing a snake?" Tianyou asked tentatively, then looked at the tiger demon.
The tiger demon shook his head desperately, and then expanded the two vertical scratches at the "snake head" position to thicken and thicken them.
"Dragon? Are you drawing a dragon?"
The tiger demon immediately began to nod his head desperately this time, obviously very happy that his painting was correctly identified.
However, it was happy, but Tianyou was still confused. He thought to himself, why did you stop us? Why did you draw a dragon for me? Did you stop us just to find someone to appreciate your level of painting? I didn’t expect that there were literary scholars in the monsters!
There was no way, Tianyou could only continue to gesture with the other party, but the language was not clear. The tiger demon was not really very smart. After a man and a demon gestured there for a long time, he still felt that he was talking to the chicken and duck. In short, he couldn't talk clearly. In the end, he probably lost his patience. The tiger demon suddenly blew on the trunk of the tree used for the carving. With a click, the big tree was interrupted and the swept position suddenly flew across the place where the two of them hugged each other. Then the tiger demon roared at Tianyou again, then turned around and jumped for three or two and disappeared.
"Is it... leaving?" Zhao Lingyun was still worried and asked Tianyou with uncertainty.
In fact, Tianyou was also confused. The tiger demon came and walked strangely, and the performance in the middle was even more bizarre. Although this monster was not like the legendary killing people when they saw it, Tianyou understood it, their cruel nature was true. In theory, if a tiger demon was not interested and walked by silently after discovering them, Tianyou believed that Tianyou had already caught up with them, but he did not eat them. Instead, he tried to communicate with him under Tianyou's initiative to hook up. This style would be wrong. If the monsters were so easy to talk to, there would be no negative rumors.
"Don't even think about it. Go and meet with Pang Dahai and the others first. It would be better for us to catch the Fire Fox as soon as possible and leave here. Recently, Qingyuan Mountain is getting more and more unable to stay here!"
Zhao Lingyun dared not object to Tianyou's words now, as if she had changed from a strong woman to a young wife, following Tianyou with her step by step.
They soon found Pang Dahai and Lu Meng under the peak where the winged birds lived. They were not stupid. They found a small cave on the mountain and hid in it. They didn't stand on the hillside with a swagger waiting for the monster to attack.
After successfully joining each other, the two sides naturally asked again. As a result, the heartless guy, Pang Dahai, slapped his thigh and sighed that he did not run back. After all, there were not many opportunities to face the tiger demon. Besides, judging from the demon aura emitted by the tiger demon, at least the more mid-level monster it is. Such a high-end monster is naturally more worth seeing.
After a little play, they vented their negative emotions in their hearts. Tianyou suggested going back to catch the Firefox and leaving quickly. No one had any objections to this, so they returned to the place where the tiger demon footprints were found and continued to search for the traces of the Firefox.
In fact, it is very suitable to catch small fireflies in this season. Fireflies usually have two childbirth periods a year, one is around the summer solstice, and the other is when winter begins in late autumn and early winter.
In winter, the mountains are covered with heavy snow, and even the fire foxes are not easy to find food, so they will first store the food and then hide in the cave to spend the winter. At this time, because there is no need to go anywhere, they can better take care of the cubs and improve the survival rate. Moreover, the female fox who has just finished giving birth can also take full rest during this time, and do not have to go out to move out after giving birth, which will cause less harm to the female fox.
As for fertilization around the summer solstice, this is mainly because there is enough food in summer and there is enough food to raise offspring. Therefore, the cubs born in summer are often stronger and grow faster than those born in winter. But the disadvantage is that the small fire foxes born in summer have to experience the long-term absence of their parents, so the accidental mortality rate is quite high, and there are almost only a few left in autumn.
However, the so-called human calculation is not as good as the heaven's calculation. After finally waiting until dusk, Tianyou suddenly heard a slight sound after the manipulation. Tianyou, who thought that the Firefox was about to come out, quickly slowed down his breathing, and even his heartbeat slowed down slightly with his deliberate control. He was waiting for the Firefox to be fooled.
However, as the footsteps approached, Tianyou felt something was getting worse. Because the footsteps were obviously much heavier than the Firefox, but the sound was much smaller. The Firefox's feet were small and their bodies were not big, so the sound of walking was relatively crisp. But now the sound was obviously very low and the volume was not high. This means that the target's weight was very large, but the soles of the feet were also very wide, and there might be meat pads, so this low noise was made.
Tianyou was still guessing what it was, and the bushes in front were squeezed into a crack. Then, a black and white figure walked out from behind the bushes.
"Tiger Demon?" The sudden appearance surprised Tianyou. Unexpectedly, he encountered it again after less than two hours of separation. Such high-level monsters must have a very large territory. This large area of beast valley may be the only one tiger demon. But in such a large place, the two of them met twice in a row in the afternoon. What should we say? Fate? Anyway, Tianyou didn't want this kind of fate.
While he was struggling, the tiger demon had completely walked out of the bush. He suddenly sniffed, then began to search around, and finally his eyes were fixed on the poisonous scorpion meat placed on the stone slab. At that moment, Tianyou realized that it was not good, but just as he was hesitating whether to remind him, the tiger demon had already stuck out his tongue and swept all the scorpion meat on the stone into his mouth and swallowed it. After that, he still smacked his mouth twice, as if he was enjoying the taste, and turned his face and began to look for other piles of meat.
Tianyou originally planned to knock down all the fire foxes, so he deliberately prepared a few more piles to separate them, for fear that one fox would be eaten. After all, the little fire foxes are protected very tightly. If the whole group of fire foxes are not knocked down, it would be useless to just make one or two of them faint. But judging from the current situation, Tianyou would not stop it anymore. This scorpion meat that is enough to knock down a fire foxes is probably not left.
So, Tianyou plucked up his courage, suddenly jumped off the hiding tree, and shouted at the tiger demon: "Stop it!"
Chapter completed!