479 Preference for Tiger Mountain
There is no way, although Xiao Hei will have diarrhea after eating the kind of herb from the old village doctor, but it is better to calm it down temporarily than to be manic in the cage all the time. Wang Shou accepted the herbs and thanked him, and prepared to send the old village doctor back.
Liu Han was also interested in that kind of herb, picked up a few and looked at them, and handed them to me.
I naturally understood what she meant: if we also bring this herb into the Ghost Eating Forest, it might come in handy when catching wild male night flying cats!
Liu Han winked at me and frowned again. I laughed, knowing that she would not bow her head and beg for help, so she wanted to support me to go.
I ran over to the old village doctor and said, "Sir, is there more of this herb?" Can you give me a little more? ”
The old village doctor looked at me in surprise, shook his head and said, "This thing is very powerful, ghosts can eat it, wild beasts can eat it, but people can't eat it indiscriminately!" ”
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't give it to people, I'll give it to the night flying cat!" ”
The old village doctor nodded and said to me, "I don't have much here, you can pick it yourself if you want." It's on the trail to the town of Estuary, easy to find. ”
"That's fine, thank you, sir!"
After Wang Shou sent the old village doctor away, I asked him to discuss the matter of going into the forest to catch wild night flying cats. Wang Shou really objected as I wished, saying that we can't take such unnecessary risks because of Xiao Hei's affairs.
But Liu Han is still very stubborn, saying that she has made up her mind and must go!
I really couldn't persuade her, so I had to seriously discuss various preparations with Wang Shou. The arduous task of going into the ghost forest to catch wild night flying cats alive can only be done by me and Liu Han, and Wang Shou is responsible for rebuilding a large iron cage and a breeding farm in the village.
After the big iron cage was built, we pulled it outside the Ghost Eater Forest and waited, and when Liu Han and I caught the wild night flying cat, we packed it inside and brought it back. The breeding farm is also for mating and breeding two night flying cats in the future, and it must be large enough and strong enough to withstand the toss of two adult Chinese New Year's Eve flying cats.
Wang Shou agreed to these requests, and especially thanked the two of us for coming to help.
I smiled wryly: "Don't thank me, I was also forced......"
Liu Han glared at me fiercely from the side, and I quickly closed my mouth very consciously.
The next day, Liu Han and I began to pack up our gear. Since it was only the two of us who entered the forest this time, the supplies we carried were kept as simple as possible, except for the weapons, which was enough for us to eat for a month. I also went to the trail that the old village doctor said, picked a bag of herbs, and put it in my backpack.
After packing up, I told the sarcasm to take care of the house, and the plan to build a house and train sailors could not be delayed, so I set off for the Ghost Eating Forest with confidence.
Exploring into the Ghost Forest is now a daily routine for me. From the entrance, you go to a gorge on the left, and after about ten days you will reach a place known as the "Hessian". This is the main habitat of the wild night flying cat, and it is not uncommon to encounter this beast.
The Night Flying Cat is one of the apex predators in the Ghost Eating Forest and a solitary animal, so it's not easy to find. And this is their territory, and we're actually the prey that trespassed into their territory. Usually we usually walk around Hessian Mountain when we enter the forest, but this time we know that there are tigers in the mountains, and we prefer to go to Tiger Mountain!
When we arrived at Mount Hesse, Liu Han and I slowed down, not only to guard against the attack of fierce beasts that might appear out of thin air, but also to look carefully to see if we could find traces of the activities of wild night flying cats.
Sure enough, we soon found a particularly unusual mark on the trunk of a tree, glowing a dark blue glow. Liu Han was very familiar with this, and said that it was the urine of the night flying cat, and it should be sprinkled on the trunk of the tree to mark the territory range. Finding the trail of the wild night flying cat so quickly, it seems that this trip is going well.
Liu Han actually leaned over and sniffed it closely, and then said happily: "The smell is slightly different from Xiao Hei's, it is likely to be a male!" ”
I was surprised, "You can smell this?" ”
Liu Han replied indifferently: "That's nature!" Do you think I've been raising Cerberus for a few years, and I've raised them for nothing? ”
With that, Liu Han walked all the way along the fluorescent urine dripping on the ground. I shrugged my shoulders and reluctantly followed.
But after that we walked for another day and found nothing. There are many kinds of shade animals of all sizes in the Hessian Mountains, and they are not afraid of people, and some of them are rare species that are rarely seen. But this time, our target was the wild night flying cat, and we had to give up the urge to hunt other animals.
That night, Liu Han and I camped in the Hessian mountains. We found a dry open space to camp in, and then I started pitching my tent. Liu Han picked up a pile of dry wood nearby, lit an open fire, set up a kettle and began to boil hot water.
Liu Han and I have been in the underworld for many years, and we have long been accustomed to seeing things in a dim environment. As long as there is a little ghost fire or fluorescence, we can see something a few feet away. The human eyeball can automatically adapt to the brightness and darkness of the surrounding environment, and the light of the open flame dispels the surrounding darkness, but it also affects our vision, and now we can only see clearly in the bright places, and we can't see anything in the dark places.
Liu Han boiled the water, got up and left the fire with two kettles, one hot and one cold, and found a large sunken stone on the edge of the dense forest as a basin to pour both pots of water into it, preparing to remove the protective gear on his body and wash his face. I took off the shield from my back, set it on the fire, and began to cook dinner.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a huge black shadow burst out of the dark tree shadows like a ghost, showing snow-white fangs and sharp claws and slammed into Liu Han!
"Watch your back!" I happened to be facing Liu Han at the time and was the first to spot the sneak attack, so I hurriedly shouted a warning.
After all, Liu Han is also a veteran who has been in the army for several years, and as soon as he heard my shouting, even if he didn't know the situation behind him, he immediately leaned over decisively and bent down and fell to the ground. The big black shadow suddenly jumped into the air, jumping right past Liu Han's back. But its hind legs still kicked on Liu Han's shoulder.
Fortunately, Liu Han didn't have time to completely remove the protective gear on his body, and the shoulder guards blocked the sharp claws of the big black shadow, and they split in half on the spot!
The big black shadow missed, quickly turned around, and took an attack posture again. I hurriedly splashed the soup in the shield wok, grabbed it in my left hand and used it as a shield, and at the same time, my right hand subconsciously pulled out the usual knife from my waist, and dodged to Liu Han's body to form protection.
Seeing that the opponent had changed, the big black shadow cautiously did not continue to pounce on me to attack, but only stared at me with reddish beast eyes. At this time, I finally saw clearly, the black shadow was indeed a wild night flying cat, and its size was even bigger than Xiao Hei!
"You're not hurt, are you?" I didn't dare to look back, so I faced the night flying cat and asked Liu Han behind me.
"I'm fine! It's just that the shoulder pads are broken. Liu Han replied on the ground, and then reminded me loudly: "Don't use a knife, don't hurt it!" ”
"How can you deal with it without a knife?" I asked angrily.
"Use your wishful chopsticks!"
I said a few words, so I had to put the usual knife back into the scabbard and use Ruyi chopsticks instead. A wishful chopstick is grasped in the hand and shaken in the wind, and it becomes a long whistle stick. Liu Han also got up from the ground, removed the head of the crescent halberd, and planned to use only the pole to deal with the night flying cat.
The wild night flying cat was obviously not stupid, and when he saw that we both had taken up arms and felt invincible, he turned around and flashed into the darkness and disappeared.
"I see it clearly!" Liu Han was not only not frightened by the frightened moment just now, but shouted at me happily: "This is an adult male night flying cat, the age should be about five years old, just right for Xiao Hei." That's it! We've got to catch it! ”
I couldn't help frowning: "But it's too dark in this forest, and the night flying cat is all black, how can I find it out now?" ”
Liu Han said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger?" Let's go into the woods and chase it! ”
"No, it's too dangerous......"
Before I could finish speaking, Liu Han had already burrowed into the dense forest. I couldn't stop calling her, and I was afraid that she would make a mistake, so I shook my head and followed her and got in.
Leaving an open space with an open fire is equivalent to moving from the bright to the dark, and our eyes have to adjust the brightness and darkness of the surrounding environment again to adapt to the extremely low visibility in the dense forest. Therefore, I felt that there was a white expanse in front of me, and I could not see the scenery in the dense forest at all.
"Roar!"
As soon as I entered the dense forest, before my eyes could get used to it, a big black shadow suddenly appeared from the middle of the dark shadows, and the target of the sneak attack this time turned out to be me!
It seems that the intelligence of this big cat is not low, and on the surface it escaped into the dense forest, but in fact, it has been hiding at the edge of the dense forest and guarding. When Liu Han and I left the bright clearing and entered the dark forest one after another, we deliberately let go of Liu Han, who was walking in front, and turned to attack me behind the palace.
However, since I was in the caravan, I was used to the queen of the palace, and I would always be on guard against the situation behind me no matter what the environment. As soon as I heard the sound of the wind breaking behind me, I quickly turned around and blocked it with my shield.
"Ding!"
The night cat's sharp claws gripped at the hard shield wok, making a crisp tapping sound. It was huge, weighed at least twice as much as mine, and with a pounce, I had to take a few steps backwards to barely stand on my feet.
"Roar!"
The Night Flying Cat also used a combo this time, but its claws failed to catch me, and then it stretched its neck, opened its bloody mouth and bit me on the head. Fortunately, I reacted in time, and a turtle shrank its head, squatted down, and hid its head behind the shield wok, allowing it to bite into the air.
The sneak attack failed again, and the night flying cat did not love to fight, turned around and disappeared behind the shadow of the tree.