52. Secretly Affectionate, Looking for the Dragon
"There's an eagle man!" Ao Yang quickly spotted the Eagle Orcs hovering over the sacred lake in the reflection on the surface of the lake, and he immediately raised his warning and threw the prey in his hand aside.
Xitu and Qingzhe immediately looked up, subconsciously feeling disgust and fear.
Ao Yang strode over, picked up the female and cub on his shoulder, and shoved them into the cabin despite their dazed struggle.
"Close the door and don't come out yet." Ao Yang was very strict and admonished.
His hatred of birds and orcs is much higher than that of beast tribes: to say that he is abominable, Ao Yang is simply despising those winged orcs.
The so-called warriors of the two orc tribes in the Sicilian Continent have come to find trouble with Ao Yang, but the group of beasts in the Eastern Continent is still quite upright, although it is a siege, but it is also with strength, and it can be regarded as admitting defeat and defeat; But the Raptor tribe in the Western Continent is different, those eagles are cunning and despicable from the beginning, and they are simply unscrupulous when dealing with Ao Yang, and their brains are so flexible and changeable when they think of those unpopular methods, even the poisonous dragon fruit incident is the masterpiece of the Raptor tribe.
Ao Yang was ready to attack and did not dare to take it lightly, he stood guard in front of the door of the wooden house, closely monitoring the small flock of eagles in the sky.
"Hmph~ a bunch of flying hateful things!" Ao Yang involuntarily touched the scar on his eyebrows, his eyes were particularly aggressive and aggressive, if one day he caught the silver-gray eagle that sneaked up on him at that time, he would definitely not hesitate to twist off his wings and claws!
Qing Zhe didn't know the situation outside, and he said worriedly:
"Ao Yang, be careful, are they here to find you?"
As a female in the Eastern Continent, he is especially afraid of eagles.
On the Sicilian continent, it has always been their Eastern Continent that is prosperous and powerful: the tiger clan, the lion clan, the wolf clan, the leopard clan, the bear clan, etc., are all strong people in the dense forest that cannot be underestimated. Safe, strong, and strong in male hunting, the number of females and cubs in the Eastern Continent increases rapidly.
But the Eagle Clan is different.
The Eagle Clan did not join the Eastern Continent tribe in the first place, and although they were few in number, their wings, talons, and beak were also powerful, and they were naturally resourceful (scheming). Therefore, they are not at all subject to being ruled by a group of beasts that cannot fly and can only be confined to land.
There is an ancient wood forest in the western continent, which is the general existence of the holy land of the Sicilian continent: ancient trees are towering, streams are vertical and horizontal, wild fruits are abundant, and there are many vegetarian animals.
In fact, these are nothing, after all, the Sicilian continent is so vast, the two tribes occupy one side and do not interfere with each other, so bad that the females of the eagle clan are very rare, so rare that the tribe can't see a few cubs, so those adult single eagles can't hold back and go to the Eastern Continent to grab females.
A long time ago, many females in the Eastern Continent who went to the edge of the dense forest to pick wild fruits were captured by the Eagle Clan and sent to the Raptor tribe and never returned. For this reason, the two tribes fought fiercely a few times, but the raptor is a bird of prey after all, and as long as it flies into the air, it can be walked away, and it will never be wiped out. Therefore, no matter how angry the tribe of the Eastern Continent is, they can't give birth to a pair of wings and fly into the sky to drive out the Eagle Clan.
Therefore, the patriarch at that time could only reluctantly tell the females in his tribe to be careful, and when they went out to pick wild fruits or collect vines, they must not act alone, but go together under the protection of the warriors.
Ao Yang replied indifferently: "It should be, they have just been here not long ago, and this time I don't know what despicable scheme they have come up with." β
Xitu leaned on the window and craned his neck to look out, "Beast gods, they fly so high!" β
Qing Zhe also looked out, "Those hateful eagles will always dare to hide in the sky, and you have the ability to come down." The fact that the females of the tribe were snatched away made every female have no good impression of the Eagle Clan at all, and even Qing Zhe, who has always been cautious in his words and deeds, couldn't help but mock a few words.
Ao Yang nodded appreciatively, and he sneered and said, "They don't dare, the eagle is nothing when it reaches land." Your beast god gave them wings to escape. β
"Hahaha......" This was the laughter of the little tiger cub, he never knew that a cold dragon like Ao Yang would also be sarcastic about the orcs.
Qing Zhe said worriedly: "Why don't they leave yet? Aren't you tired of flying? β
Alas~ It seems that Ao Yang must have fought with them and formed a grudge, otherwise he would not be so nervous and cautious now.
Ao Yang said coldly: "Don't be afraid, you have the ability to let them stay enough!" Otherwise, if a few of them fall, I will keep a few and pluck their hair to make clothes and quilts for you. β
Uh~ I don't dare, although they are hateful, but after all, they are also orcs, pluck their hair......
Qing Zhe couldn't help but smile and declined: "Thank you, Ao Yang, but I have clothes to wear and animal skin mattresses, so I don't need eagle feathers." β
"Then dress your cubs, don't you care about your tiger cubs the most?" Ao Yang's voice also rarely brought a little smile.
Cetu's head shook like a rattle, "I don't want it either!" β
Even though I'm a cub, I don't want other orcs to wear them with hair, it's horrible......
Scar led the orcs of the tribe to hover over the sacred lake for a long time, and the rest of the orcs were quite puzzled at first, but they were soon awakened by the words of the patriarch of the family.
- Yes, my beast god!
- I have never thought about slaying dragons and dragons, why haven't I thought about getting some benefits from the evil dragons?
ββThe beasts in the Eastern Continent reacted faster than us this time, and their stupid brains could turn around earlier than us?
- Yes, the evil dragon also has a beast and human form, and also needs to continue the offspring, although he already has a mermaid, but it is obvious that the mermaid does not want to live ashore with Ao Yang, and the mermaid likes to live in the sea......
Scar said schemingly: "Warriors, this is a heavy discovery, we have to think about it: the evil dragon is usually lonely and a dragon hiding in the holy lake, and his mermaid does not dare to go ashore, hum~ The evil dragon is not stupid, where does the male not want the female?" β
The other eagles were very excited, their eyes shining with excitement, and they felt that their discovery today was simply of historic epoch-making significance.
It would be nice if you could do without slaying dragons. Anyway, slaying the dragon is just to recapture the holy lake, and there are so many streams and pools in our ancient wood forest, even if the holy lake is temporarily given to the evil dragon to live in, so what? The most important thing is to get more pearls......
Scar watched Ao Yang carry the female and cub on his shoulders, quickly send them back to the cabin and close the door, and then he himself came out to watch again, and immediately had a new idea in his heart.
"Hahaha~ It's really a blessing from the beast god, and we actually found this! Warriors, let's return to the tribe first, since the evil dragon has fallen in love with the female of the tiger clan, then the mermaid in the Sicilian Sea must have been abandoned, as long as we can find the mermaid and catch it back to the tribe to raise, and then find a way to let him give birth to a few more mermaids, then the pearl will not have to worry about it in the future! Hahaha~"
The patriarch is indeed the patriarch, and he is too clever and wise......
The other eagles were also eager to try, as if the Sicilian mermaids had been kept in the Raptor tribe and could harvest a handful of pearls every day.
The joyful chirping of a flock of eagles resounded over the sacred lake, and gradually disappeared into the western edge of the dense forest.
"Hmph~" Ao Yang snorted disdainfully, he thought that the despicable eagles had originally flown over to make trouble for themselves, but in the end they flew away because of timidity.
He then opened the door and let out the females and cubs who were hiding inside.
"Did they fly away?" Qingzhe stood under the eaves, looking at the sky in the distance with Ao Yang.
Xitu sighed again with fresh curiosity: "They flew so fast, will they come back?" β
Ao Yang advised: "Not sure. The eagle is very cunning, you two remember, whenever you see the eagle orcs, don't stand on the open land, run back to the cabin if you are close to the cabin, hide in the jungle or water if there is no cabin, in short, don't let them swoop down and catch the sky, then I will not be able to save you. β
Qing Zhe nodded with a complicated expression: "Got it, thank you Ao Yang." β
The dragon's first instinct when in danger was to send us back to the hut to hide, and it was really rare that he stayed outside the door instead of returning to the lake that was safe for him......
Aside from his grudge with our tribal warriors, Ao Yang is not a ruthless male.
"Don't be afraid, those eagles can fly, but I have a way to clean them up." Ao Yang returned to the shore of the lake and continued to deal with the prey he had caught.
Yes, he took Xitu into the dense forest, and brought back two fluffy and chubby beasts, one large and one small, which were caught exactly according to the requirements of the little tiger cub: to make clothes from animal skins, to make dried meat, and to make soup in the cold season.
No matter how capable Qing Zhe is, he is only a female, he does not have enough strength and cannot transform into shape, and a bone knife is obviously unable to handle huge prey; Xitu also worked hard, but unfortunately he could not grasp the essentials, and the fur of his prey was very broken.
Therefore, Ao Yang, who can't see it, did it himself.
"Do you know how to handle hides?" Ao Yang put aside the two large pieces of animal skins and asked Qing Zhe.
Xitu replied: "Of course my mother and father will, the animal skin clothes and mattresses at home are all handled by my mother and father, and finally I kneaded the herbs into it, and there is no smell at all!" β
Qing Zhe was using a bone knife to cut Ao Yang's preliminarily processed meat into suitable pieces, and his actions were very quick and his attitude was very serious.
"Yes. It's just that there isn't enough salt, I only brought two bamboo tubes when I came from home before, and there is no shortage of spices. β
Ao Yang nodded clearly: "Hmm~ I know." β
"Do you have a way, Ao Yang? Will you go back to the sea and dry the salt? Seetu also helped with the smaller prey in a decent manner, and he was a little apprehensive when he asked the above sentence.
What to do? I haven't told Ao Bai Jimo's invitation to Ao Yang yet, in case they collide in the Sicilian Sea, will Ao Yang attack Ji Mo and them because of an accident?
"Xitu!" Qing Zhe shouted with a warning, meaning that you have crossed the line again. His cub immediately understood, and lowered his head uncomfortably.
"Ao Yang, don't worry about him, Xitu is a little orc, and he is open-mouthed." Qingzhe said apologetically.
All three of them were squatting on the shore of the lake: Ao Yang was in the middle, Qingzhe was on his right hand, and Xitu was behind him on his left.
Ao Yang only wore a short animal skin skirt around his waist, his short brown hair was a little messy, and his side face looked particularly handsome with eyebrows, eyes, nose, bridge, and chin. He was squatting to deal with his prey, the muscles of his arms, waist, abdomen, and legs were tense and highlighted, and his body lines were extremely smooth and strong.
"I know." Ao Yang didn't mind at all, and still buried his head in dealing with the prey.
It's all spoiled by you...... Forget it, your cub is indeed quite cute, and I don't usually be strict enough with him...... Ao Yang thought introspectively.
Xitu looked at his mother and father, and immediately felt that now was definitely not the right time, if he knew that he had concealed the incident of sneaking away to the Pearl Island to meet Ji Mo Aobai, he would definitely be very sad and angry.
Forget it, it's better to pick a mother and father when it's not there, and I'll secretly sue sΓΉ Aoyang.
*****
Roughly calculated, more than three months have passed, Ji Mo's wound has gradually improved, and his hand can swing slightly, but unfortunately he still can't lift it high above his shoulders, and his movements are also very inflexible, basically unable to lift heavy objects, let alone exert force freely.
Could it be that it really takes 100 days to recuperate? Not a day's errand?
Am I still not recovering, or am I forever, crippled?
What to do? Both of my hands have become like this......
There are no hospitals, no doctors, no X-rays, although there are herbs exchanged from the orc tribes of the Eastern Continent of Sicily, but it is useless to mash them with hope and apply them - all of them are handled by their own feelings in a daze, Ji Mo is very frightened and desperate in his heart, but he insists that he does not come out, and he still laughs and laughs every day.
He was afraid that he would be too sad, Ao Bai would be anxious when he saw it, his dragon was not in a hurry, and he would insist on hunting and killing the white jade crab, and even he once said that he would quickly swim to the West Sea to "get" a priest.
As for how to "get", he didn't dare to ask in detail, and guessed helplessly in his heart that it was mostly coercion, temptation, soft and hard together, and then invited the Sicilian Sea to treat the priest as a talent.
Actually, Ao Bai has already found out.
More than once he had sneaked home in the middle of fishing or exercise, and when he looked through a few small holes in the room, he saw that his mermaid was frustrated and anxious and tried to lift his arm, but always put it down because of pain, and then kept swimming around the house in circles, and on several occasions quietly dropped pearls, and when he had finished crying, he collected all the small beads scattered on the wooden bed and hid them in the shark yarn bag in the locker.
He didn't want me to know. But why didn't he want me to know?
Ao Bai hid in the dark and observed, and felt very uncomfortable. But as soon as he pushed open the door and entered, Ji Mo greeted him with a smile, asked this and that cheerfully and lively, and refused to come out at all when he was not sad at all.
The white dragon felt extremely sad and didn't know what to do.
After eating breakfast that day, Ji Mo told Ao Bai, who went out to exercise, to be careful as usual, and he decided to go out for a while.
"Ao Bai should swim away, right?" Ji Mo quietly looked around at the door for a while, and then closed the door and left with confidence.
In the past, when he was not injured, he naturally relied on his tail and hands to swim, of course, there were cases where he didn't do it, but now it was different, Ji Mo had no way to shake his shoulders and swing his arms to paddle.
"Crippled Fish...... Will I really turn into a crippled fish? Ji Mo swam into a nearby coral reef in a hurry.
Injured people are most likely to be depressed, self-defeating, suspicious, depressed and anxious.
Ji Mo tried to slowly raise his arms again. At first, it was the little arm part, which was raised little by little, and he couldn't make a fist, because the fist would make him feel too tight and couldn't pull it.
To his dismay, even with all his might, there was still about thirty degrees of inclination between his little arm and his perpendicular arm, which was far worse than before; I tried to raise my arms again, but I still couldn't go over my shoulders!
it! Don't scare me, okay?
Ji Mo's tail slapped the reef next to him fiercely, and he hurt himself again.
"Perhaps, my shoulder was comminuted at the time? Or did you not pick it up after it was broken? Or is it that the white jade crab paste only stops bleeding and builds muscles, and has no effect on broken bones? β
Ji Mo sat on the still lively and colorful coral reef, his eyes straightened, and he was very worried and making all kinds of guesses.
He carefully raised his right hand and touched his left shoulder, trying to recall the normal alignment of the muscles and bones near the shoulder blades, and always felt that something was wrong.
Before, his clansmen laughed at him as a clownfish, but Ji Mo never took it to heart and really didn't care: as long as he was healthy, could he eat and swim, wouldn't that be fine? Who said a mermaid has to be a mermaid! It's different now, he just got out of the social environment of the East China Sea that he didn't like, and came to the free and beautiful Sicilian Sea, and he hasn't done anything yet, and he may be crippled?
The white dragon has been quietly following behind his partner. This is the deep sea, with seagrass and coral reefs full of hollows and steep slopes, making it easy to hide your whereabouts.
He watched Ji Mo swim to the reef dejectedly, and then began to toss his arms again, the expression on his face was helpless and flustered, and then he actually smashed his tail on the reef? Ao Bai wanted to rush out very much, but in the end he held back, he wanted to see what his partner was thinking.
Ji Mo was originally worried that he would become a burden to Ao Bai, and from the beginning, he was: no matter how deep his feelings are, he can't afford to take care of his partner whose hands are inconvenient for the rest of his life. No one is perfect, and there is no dragon and no holy dragon.
When he flicked his tail again to slap the wall, Ao Bai finally couldn't help it, he quickly swam out of the seagrass behind him, and hugged his partner tightly:
"Ji Mo, don't be like this!" His voice was anxious and painful.
The crossing fish was startled, and he quickly changed to a smiling face: "Ao Bai, why did you come back so early today?" β
Ao Bai held his partner's cheek and stared at him without blinking: "Ji Mo, you are sad, why don't you let me know?" I'm your partner, and I should ...... I have to know! β
Ji Mo couldn't hold back the smiling face that he was looking at and pretending, he frowned tightly and said in disguise; "It's nothing, I'm just out for a walk. Hey ~ Why did you suddenly show up? β
Could it be that this dragon is stalking me?
Ao Bai confessed: "Don't lie to me anymore, I've always been following you." Ji Mo, your hand will be fine, it just needs more time to recover, maybe after a while, you will be able to go fishing with me. β
Whenever this happens, Ao Bai especially hates why he is not a priest and why he can't heal his injuries, so he can only guard his mermaid in a hurry.
Ji Mo smiled more ugly than crying: "It's been more than three months, my hands are still like this, what if I wait any longer, what if it's still like this?" "Can you accept your merfolk crippled? Can't even catch fish for you to eat......
"Don't cry, don't cry Ji Mo." Ao Bai picked up his partner, let him lean on his shoulder face to face, and slowly swam in the direction of the island.
"Let's go ashore and try the herbs given by Xitu again, maybe because I didn't use enough before, let's use a little more today." Ao Bai said resolutely. He was comforting the mermaid as well as himself.
Regardless of whether Ji Mo's arms will be good in the future, he only recognizes this one partner, and he will take care of him more attentively in the future. But Ji Mo will definitely be very sad, after all, he is a very lively and active mermaid, and suddenly his arms become like this, how can he accept it?
The crossing fish obediently lay in Ao Bai's arms, resting his head on his shoulder, and said very weakly: "It's useless, it's been applied for more than half a month, and I don't feel anything." β
Ao Bai also knew it in his heart, but he still wanted to try: "Maybe that herb will have to be applied for a longer time before it will be effective." β
Ji Mo sighed: "Okay, then try again." But Ao Bai, don't do anything behind my back, I'm very unstable right now, and I'm likely to explode as soon as I find out that you sneak away. β
Ao Bai was in a hurry during this time: either he went next door to try to wake up the turtle Uncle Hu, who had really hibernated, or he wanted to catch the white jade crab that stopped bleeding and generated muscles, or he wanted to take the risk of swimming back to the West Sea in the cold season to ask for help......
These unreasonable actions were all vetoed and suppressed by Ji Mo.
Ao Bai said resolutely: "I will do what I promised you." Ji Mo, let's try the herbs again, if it still doesn't work, I'll take you ashore to find Ao Yang, he has lived alone for so long, and he is often besieged and attacked by land orcs, he must have a way to solve such a small problem with your shoulders and arms! β
Ji Mo hurriedly straightened up and looked at his partner and said, "Looking for Ao Yang?" But he lives in a holy lake on the Sicilian mainland. β
"Then we have to go!"