Ao Yang saw the red fruit that Qing Zhe was holding in the palm of his raised hand, he flicked his tail a little unnaturally, lowered his head and sniffed closer, shook his head and said:

"It smells weird."

Qing Zhe withdrew his hand a little embarrassed, he thought that the fruit was rotten or something, so he quickly sniffed it himself, and said suspiciously: "It's not bad, I picked it all when I picked it." ”

The little tiger cub muttered: "Mother, father, he is a dragon and doesn't eat fruits, he only likes to eat fish and shrimp!" ”

Qingzhe nodded and agreed with his cub's statement, and he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I forgot that you don't eat our food." ”

After listening to this, Ao Yang was still unhappy, he silently looked at the pile of fruits on the grass, and suddenly felt that they were round and red and gorgeous, and they were quite beautiful.

- Hmm...... It was strange that there were many such fruit-bearing trees growing around his territory, and Ao Yang thought the smell was too pungent at first, and he deliberately uprooted a few that were too close to the shore of the lake; These trees often bear fruit, attract hummings, butterflies, and birds, and then fall from their branches and turn into spring mud, but Ao never looks at them more.

"Are you short of food?" Ao Yang couldn't help but ask.

He couldn't understand why this female was so busy every day! At first, he cut grass and trees to build wooden houses, and almost cut all the yellow and long thatch on his territory bald; After the wooden house was built, he thought that the female would rest for a while, right? Unexpectedly, the other party began to pay attention to the fruit trees around the lakeshore again!

That morning, Qing Zhe cautiously approached the brown-eyed white dragon and discussed in a good voice: "Ao Yang, all the fruits in your territory are ripe and about to fall off, if you don't want to, can I pick them?" ”

Ao Yang looked at the brilliance of longing in the female's eyes, and agreed without much thought: "I don't eat that strange thing, you can pick it if you want to." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the female's face was almost radiant—as for it? What a weird female!

Qing Zhe knew that this tone was asking himself, so he replied without raising his head: "Yes, the cold season is coming, I must try to store as much food as possible." ”

Alas ~ The cold season blizzard will close the dense forest, all the beasts will hide, every year the tribe of the tribe is starved through the cold season, and even many people are starved to death, so before this desperately stored food is almost the instinct of the whole tribe.

Xitu's expression was also very solemn, and he quickly moved the fruit of a basket that had been cleaned to the sunny place in front of him to dry, and explained to Ao Yang:

"Don't you know? It will snow in the cold season, and there will be no way to hunt at that time, and the snow may collapse the house, and the beasts will become very rampant! ”

When Qing Zhe thought of this, the movements in his hands paused, and he wanted to ask Ao Yang and the cold season if he could let himself and the cub go back to the tribe, but considering that the other party was very silent and couldn't see the temperament of joy and anger, and the fact that they hadn't spoken much to each other, he didn't dare to rashly make such a request.

- Who knows if this will offend the dragon's scales?

Ao Yang looked at the simple wooden house not far away, and said thoughtfully: "Of course I know that the lake will freeze in the cold season, but I usually don't come up at that time, the bottom of the lake is very warm, and the fish and shrimp will be fatter." ”

Xitu looked at his mother and father, swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "If you don't come back to the bottom of the lake in the cold season, then what will I do with my mother and father?" We're going to freeze to death, and the beast might break in, so let's go back-"

Ao Yang was keenly aware of it, and he immediately coldly interrupted the little tiger cub's next words: "No! You must remain on my territory unless I let you go! Otherwise~Otherwise~ Hum ...... Anyway, you can't go! The thought that there would be only one dragon left in the lake in the future made Ao Yang feel terrible, his eyes widened in anger, the dragon's whiskers trembled, and he leaned over and roared threateningly at the mother and son on the shore of the lake.

Qingzhe immediately stood up, pulled Xitu behind him and hid it, and played a round nervously:

"Don't worry, Ao Yang, don't be angry, my cub is just talking casually, he is not sensible, don't be angry." As he spoke, he involuntarily stepped back.

No way, the way the dragon was angry looked terrifying.

Xitu also quickly popped out his head and explained sneeringly: "I'm just worried that the beasts around us will sneak up on us when you go back to the bottom of the lake for the cold season, then we will die, and there will be no food yet—so maybe by the time you come up again in the warm season, we will all be dead." ”

This is obviously true, if you leave for so long, frankly, I don't have the ability to deal with the beast and protect my mother and father.

"Xitu!" Qing Zhe drank sternly, helplessly feeling that his little cub was really not afraid of the dragon at all.

Ao Yang's dragon tail slapped the surface of the lake hard, splashing a large splash, and he said angrily, "What I just said was before!" I didn't say that I would go back to the bottom of the lake this cold season, so you don't have to worry about being eaten by the beasts! With that, he jumped violently and dived to the bottom of the lake, and the ripples stirring on the surface of the lake did not dissipate for a long time.

- Hmph~ What a stupidity! I used to look at the lake shore in the cold season surrounded by white expanse, and even the birds and birds that were usually chirping and noisy were hiding, so what am I doing with a dragon?

"Hetu, a dragon is a dragon after all, he is willing to talk to you when he is happy, and when he is unhappy, he may drown you, bite you, and tear you apart. So, you can't be too casual with Ao Yang in the future, you know? Don't forget why we live here. Qing Zhe led the little tiger cub back to the wooden house and taught him earnestly.

"I know my mother and father, actually...... Ao Yang is not so unreasonable......" said the little tiger cub, playing with his animal skin skirt and bowing his head.

Qingzhe stretched out his hand to help the cub tidy up his clothes, and said cautiously: "Mother and father know that you can talk to him about everything, and Ao Yang has not hurt you substantially."

- But, my Xitu, have you forgotten jì? He is a dragon, a sea orc, we are members of the Tiger tribe of the Sicilian continent, Ao Yang and many warriors of our tribe have clashed, and even many warriors in the tribe have died under Ao Yang's dragon claws! My mother and father just want to live a peaceful life, so I don't care what happened between Ao Yang and the warriors of the tribe, in short, you keep in mind for me: we came here out of desperation, as long as you still want to go back to the tribe to live, then you can't show that you have to be too familiar with Ao Yang! ”

Qing Zhe is a very thoughtful, independent and resolute female in her heart, so since he chased his cub to the Holy Lake, every day when he watched Xitu and Ao Yang chatting happily, he was actually very anxious and very apprehensive.

The cub was still looking at his mother and father in confusion, and it was obvious that he still couldn't understand the meaning of those words.

"Xitu, think about it." Qing Zhe carefully and patiently taught his cubs, "If, Mother and Father said that if your beast father was killed in the expulsion of Ao Yang to protect our territory, then would you hate Ao Yang?" You will. ”

"And then." Qing Zhe analyzed word by word, "A little orc in the tribe accidentally broke into Ao Yang's territory and was imprisoned by the dragon, and his mother and father followed him uneasily—that little orc and his mother and father were very unfortunate and pitiful, right?" ”

Situ began to understand a little, and he nodded, "Yes, we originally lived in the tribe. ”

Qing Zhe went deeper again: "Then you say, if the tribesmen in the tribe know that we live comfortably and happily in Ao Yang's territory, and even know Ao Yang so well that they become friends, will the tribe still care about our life and death?" Will you be willing to accept us back to the tribe? ”

This is what Qingzhe is most worried about. He certainly didn't give up the idea of returning to the tribe with his cubs, because the tribe was his home; If they accidentally stand against the dragon-hating people, they will never go back.

Xitu completely understood, and he said with some annoyance: "Mother and father, but Ao Yang said that it was because the warriors of our tribe challenged him first, so he fought back......"

Qingzhe had an even more headache: What should I do? It turns out that my tiger cub has already started to speak for Ao Yang? There is no need to say anything, just that sentence sent back to the tribe just now will cause an uproar!

Qingzhe got up, closed the door of the cabin, and sat down with his ignorant cub again, determined to have a good chat with him.

Of course, I also know that Ao Yang is not a complete evil dragon, but Xitu and I can't live here forever, far away from the tribe, which is our home.

*****

Ji Mo didn't sleep all night.

Although he was so tired that he could close his eyes and fall asleep, the next second he was always awakened by the strange and shrill cries of unknown birds in the mountains, so he would immediately open his eyes and look warily at the dark bushes and jungles around him.

The white dragon had been sleeping all the time, Ji Mo stubbornly held Ao Bai's head, he had to hear the sound of the other party's steady and long breathing to feel at ease.

"It's going to be light, I'm going to die." Ji Mo twisted the soft flesh on his inner thighs hard, using pain to force himself to stay awake, and the extreme tiredness made his brain wooden and unable to turn, and he kept yawning, tears and snot.

So, when the inky night gradually dissipated and diluted, and the horizon began to slowly turn from green to smoky, and then from soot to milky white, until the light of day, the fish almost sang to the valley in the early morning.

"Ao Bai! It's dawn! Ji Mo happily announced, his voice was hoarse and broken, extremely unpleasant.

"Hey~ You still can't get up? Can you really sleep...... Are you a dragon or a pig? Hahaha~ I know, you're a dragon pig! ”

Ji Mo listened to the crisp and pleasant (but piercing at night) birdsong in the valley, and his mood was much better, and he was taking advantage of the daylight to check the recovery of the wound on the white dragon's body.

"Well, it's good, you can get better in a few days, how strong the dragon's physique is, how high is the immunity, what is this injury!" Ji Mo looked at the white dragon from beginning to end, and was very pleased with his partner's fierce recovery ability.

He straightened up and bared his teeth and stretched his body, his musculoskeletal body stiff and uncomfortable from holding the same position for so long.

"My waist, ah......" Ji Mo forced himself to twist a few times, and then squatted down to help Ao Bai turn over, letting him lie down and continue to sleep in the position he was used to - fortunately, this was not the first time he had encountered this situation, otherwise he would have to be anxious again.

- I guess Ao Bai will fall into a slumber after exhausting all his strength, so that his body can repair itself.

Ji Mo was looking for fish and shrimp in the nearby stone crevices and the grass by the stream, he didn't want to go too far, so he could only fight against half a palm-sized fish, and chased and intercepted for a long time before he could barely get a satisfying breakfast.

"It's still good in the sea, there is never a shortage of food, and you can catch fish with your eyes closed." Ji Mo sat cross-legged in front of the white dragon, and said nostalgically that he was eating fish lightly with his sharp nails, but in fact, hunger was not the most important thing at the moment, the key was that he was sleepy.

After Ji Mo finished eating, he tried his best to move Ao Bai's slender dragon body into the hidden area surrounded by several boulders, and then he himself lay at the entrance with his back to Ao Bai holding a wooden stick, and began to close his eyes to recuperate, his eyes were so sour that he couldn't open them.

There was something big in his heart, so he didn't dare to fall asleep, Ji Mo maintained a state of sudden loss of consciousness and soon being cold and awake.

Until- he heard a very loud movement not far away.

"! How did I fall asleep again! Ji Mo got up in a hurry, wiped his face hard, and twisted the inside of his arm by the way, which was really ruthless, and he pinched himself to the point that his face twitched.

Snoring ~ humming huh ~ "What's that? Beasts? Ji Mo's heart fluttered, for fear that something big and ferocious would come up that he couldn't handle by himself.

He and Ao Bai happened to be hiding in a space surrounded by several dark boulders downstream, while the wind was coming down from the mountains.

Ji Mo tiptoed to hold the wooden stick and stood up and quietly hooked his head to look: Hey~ A small group of snoring beasts! There are big and small, there are leaders and pigs, and they are being led out of the jungle by the leader.

Although he really wanted to eat kebabs and get some skin to wear when he went ashore in winter, but when he looked back at his sleeping partner, Ji Mo stopped, and he was vigilantly on guard, watching the group of snoring beasts drink, drink, and then, eat grass?

Eating and eating, a few of them slowly swayed to the grass next to Ji Mo, seeing that their hiding place was about to be exposed!

"Hey~ Don't come here! Okay, it's okay to come here, but we're not related......" Ji Mo adjusted his stance and clenched the wooden stick with both hands, a little worried that they would take the initiative to attack.

Hum huh purr ~

One of the guys who ate very fast was about to arrive in front of the stone pile, and Ji Mo's heart jumped to his throat, because although that guy was thin, he was full of strength and explosive leanness, and he was not easy to mess with when he looked at his eyes.

"You eat your grass, I bathe in my bath, wild boars don't eat meat, right?" Ji Mo wasn't sure, he hadn't carefully understood the living habits of wild boars before.

The purr kept arching the grass with its long slender snout, looking for small insects and grazing by the way, and as he walked, he suddenly stopped, sniffed suspiciously, and soon found Ji Mo standing behind the stone wall.

The ......two sides only looked at each other, and the purring beast immediately turned and ran, sounding the alarm as it ran, and then there was a commotion and confusion in the upper herd.

Ji Mo nodded with satisfaction, "Huh~ That's right, you go up there and continue to graze." ”

However, a moment later, several purr beasts came running quickly, all of them menacing.

"Hey~ Go away!" Ji Mo was dumbfounded, he immediately grabbed the wooden stick and crossed in front of Ao Bai, and roared, trying to use his voice to scare off the snoring beasts in front of him who were obviously not good.

The two sides began to face each other across the water a few meters wide, and the rest of the snoring beasts had returned to the jungle, and the rest gathered in front of Ji Mo, panting constantly, digging the ground with their hind hooves, and their bodies slightly lowered, obviously the posture before the attack.

Ji Mo didn't dare to act rashly, he raised his wooden stick high, angry at the bullying of these beasts.

"Could it be that Ao Bai once caught a purring beast? So, they are taking revenge? Ji Mo thought suspiciously, he didn't dare to underestimate the beasts' keen sense of smell and good memory.

Fortunately, there is a waist-deep water in the middle, otherwise there is really no buffer at all. Ji Mo's location was a little higher, so he could condescendingly stand in knee-deep water to spy on the snoring beasts.

- They must not be allowed to swim in the water!

Just as one of the snoring beasts was tentatively putting its front hooves into the water, Ji Mo quickly put down the wooden stick, picked up a pebble slightly larger than his fist, and smashed it with all his might.

"Give me back!" It wasn't far away, and the stone landed on the head of the vanguard daring snoring beast, and immediately saw blood and wailed.

The rest of the group stirred again, and then was stopped by the leader, who steadied themselves again and looked even angrier.

Ji Mo had already touched many stones of the right size under his feet and waited for them, and he was very annoyed in his heart, feeling that it was really unpleasant, and even taking a quiet bath would meet the enemy.

Hum ~ Hum ~ After a while, the purr beasts began to attack tentatively again, they were really very smart, and the second time they had already learned to disperse and then get into the water from different positions to approach their opponents.

Ji Mo became a little hurried, because he couldn't block one end but couldn't block the other.

"Fuck off! Get back! After Ji Mo smashed a beast on the left hand side with a stone, the right one was already close to a meter away, and the speed of the guy paddling with his limbs was not slow.

Ji Mo hurriedly bent down and lifted the wooden stick, and smashed it into the other party's nose mercilessly, because there was still a head behind him, if they were besieged by them, the consequences would be unimaginable, their fangs would be long and sharp, and Ao Bai was still lying behind him unconsciously and sleeping.

The last snoring beast watched Ji Mo fight back as if he was dying, and then saw that his companion who had been hit before had sunk to the bottom of the water with a wail, he didn't dare to fight, so he hurriedly turned around and climbed ashore into the bushes and ran, and the other two flesh wounds followed.

"I see which of you dares to come!" Ji Mo gritted his teeth and said, and after he calmed down, he realized that he was panting so hard.

He stood and watched for a few more moments, making sure the purr was far away, and then slowly slid down the stone wall.

- Fortunately, we were hiding in the water, and fortunately it was only a wild boar! If it's tigers, leopards, and jackals, then I guess they will be able to eat seafood and taste the taste of mermaid meat and dragon meat today......

Ji Mo looked back at Ao Bai: Well, it's okay, you can go back to sleep.

At the same time, the snoring beast that had been hit and killed before floated two meters in front of Ji Mo's body, only showing its back, and the gloomy ** smell kept drilling into his nose.

"Alas~ You go, rest in peace, I'm also out of self-defense." Ji Mo felt that the taste of bathing with the corpse of a wild boar in this narrow water was too uncomfortable, so he waded over, carefully prying the purring beast with a wooden stick, and slowly pushed it downstream.

Unfortunately, this short section of water is relatively deep, and it doesn't take long for the downstream to become extremely shallow, and the purr is forced to run aground!

"Isn't it? Do you want me to carry it to the shore? Ji Mo straightened up and wiped his sweat, feeling that he was really exhausted, anyway, the distance between the upstream and downstream was already separated, so let's do it first.

Crossing the fish back to his own dragon, holding the other party's warm and sturdy dragon body and resting for a while, "Hey! I had chased away a couple of pigs, but unfortunately I didn't bring flint or spices, otherwise I would have eaten the roast now. ”

Ao Bai's tail flicked slightly, but unfortunately Ji Mo didn't see it.

"Poseidon ~ what a strange smell......" Bai Long thought in a daze, he felt uncomfortable all over, because the smell had actually invaded the water and completely surrounded him.

Ji Mo looked at his dragon with a complicated expression, refusing to consider that Ao Bai might have not woken up because of poisoning, or ...... Bah! Of course there will be no more!

Ao Bai's whole body was immersed below the surface of the water, because Ji Mo was worried that he would lack water or get sunburned.

"It's so stinky......" Ao Bai moved the dragon's claws in pain, feeling that he was about to collapse.

Ji Mo hurriedly opened his eyes wide and grabbed the dragon claw: "Ao Bai? What happened to you? Does it hurt? ”

Bai Long felt that the water he was in was completely contaminated with poison and could not breathe at all, he struggled to open his eyes, and opened his mouth with two words: "It stinks!" ”

Ji Mo hurriedly hugged his head and surfaced, "Stinky? Oh, I just killed a snoring beast, but I've dragged it away, did it still smoke you? ”

The white dragon leaned on his mermaid's body, and after accumulating a little strength, he spoke again: "Snoring beast? Where is it? I'm sorry Ji Mo, I slept too long. ”

"I've been chased away. You haven't slept long, how are you feeling now? Ji Mo's heart was finally let go, God knows how afraid he was that the fruit yesterday had damaged Ao Bai's nerve center.

Ao Bai moved vigorously, looked at the wounds on his body, and after waking up from a nap, he felt the strength slowly return to his body.

"Good. Thank you Ji Mo, I actually drove away the snoring beasts alone, and I felt very uncomfortable when I smelled them. Bai Long said with palpitations, until now his expression was very tormented.

Ji Mo felt sorry for his dragon and didn't like the interesting little taboo of wild boars, so he immediately got up, "Ao Bai, you take a rest first, I'll go and carry the snoring beast to the downstream shore!" ”

After Bai Long tried to mobilize the power inside his body, he called out to his partner: "Ji Mo, when you come back, my ability can be used again." ”

"Really? Is it already unrestricted? Ji Mo immediately turned around and returned to Bai Long's side, staring at him intently.

A moment later, a scene that shocked the two appeared, Ao Bai's dragon claw originally wanted to summon a water rope to tie up the snoring beast not far away and put it on the downstream shore as usual, but Ji Mo could see it clearly, it was not a water rope, it was clearly an icicle!

"Ao Bai, you ...... Can you freeze the water? ”