Chapter 048: Grass-headed Deer
"Woo-yo! woo-yo......"
A bighorn buck more than six feet tall and more than eight feet long trotted hard in the deep mountains and wild forests, and as he ran, he couldn't stop whining.
It was dripping with blood from multiple arrows and sweat and blood, and its fur was soaked with sweat and blood, and it was steaming hot. In order to escape for its life, it panicked and ran far away.
Suddenly, something sprang out of the withered green grass, like a yellow light, and slammed into the side of the stag, knocking it to the ground at once.
"Meow!"
With a low roar like a cat and a tiger, there stood a yellow and white spotted tiger on the deer, smaller than the average domestic cat, but the appearance and expression were extremely extraordinary, majestic, and the real tiger could not reach half a point of it.
The huge stag lay on the ground, his whole body spasmed, his head struggled to raise one after another, he screamed and whimpered, blood foam spilled from the corners of his mouth, and he was knocked half dead with just one blow, and he could no longer get up.
About half an hour later, the grass taller than a man was removed, and out came a black-haired boy in animal skins and a fur hat, sweating profusely and soaking wet, like a rooster in the water. He walked up to the deer, his legs weakened, and he fell to the ground, "whooping, whoa" and wheezing.
The boy was none other than Lynch, in order to hunt this deer, he chased all the way from the depths of the deer mountain to this place, and if he continued to walk a little further, he would soon leave this mountain and enter the realm of Canglong Ridge.
This long-distance hunt not only spelled out the limit of his speed, but also tested his endurance to the greatest extent, if this result is placed in the first level of the Qilinzi trial, it is definitely a record-breaking extraordinary performance.
With a crackling sound, the little tiger curled up and became the size of a palm, and jumped to the back of Lynch's head, crushing him to a mouthful of mud as he gasped for air.
"Bastard Xiaoqi, come down!"
Lynch snorted wildly as he reached for the tiger cub.
However, this only made things worse, and with a wave of his hand, the little tiger thought that his master was playing a game with him, and jumped up dexterously, avoiding it, and then fell heavily, pressing him to gnaw on the mud again.
After repeating this three or two times, Lynch also learned to be obedient, and let it press on his head and let it rest for breath at this naughty little tiger Mock.
More than half a year has passed since one person and one tiger became partners, and now it is the cold winter season.
After more than half a year, both of them have grown, especially Xiao Qi, although the form when it shrunk is about the same size as a vole, it has only grown a little, but the form after becoming larger is half the size of a big cat.
No matter what form it takes, the weight is the same, about 20 pounds. So when it shrunk to the size of a palm, the density of the body was so high that it was equivalent to a solid ball of pure gold, and when pressed on the head, it was not an ordinary sinking. If you bump into it lightly, the force is not ordinarily large.
Xiao Qi didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and when the master was finally about to get up, he jumped to the side obediently.
The deer was still lying on the ground, its hooves stirring a few times from time to time, trying to get up. Lynch walked up to it, drew his dragon's tooth sword, crouched down, and stabbed it in the heart, giving it a crisp death.
This is an adult male grass-headed deer, and the reason why it is called "grass-head" is because the huge antlers on its head are covered with moss-like spores, and at first glance, it looks like it is overgrown with grass.
Then, he quickly skinned and cut off the deer, which had not escaped death, and of course did not forget to take the most important thing, the antlers.
The antlers were harder than bones, and ordinary knives kept cutting, and the bladeless dragon tooth sword could not be cut, so he simply took some effort and used brute force to swing his sword directly and smash it off the deer's head.
The grass on the antlers of the grass is called deer head grass, or staghorn grass, which is a very precious medicine, and the "earth ginseng" known as "grass returning pill" is the same name, and it is also a by-drug for making Huiyang water.
It is said that the first-class famous horses of the Xia Kingdom are named after the deer head grass because they like to chase the grass-headed deer and eat the deer head grass on their heads.
The reason why he tried his best to hunt this deer, and even did not hesitate to cross several extremely dangerous forbidden areas, was that nine percent of the motives were the antlers of the deer head grass.
As soon as Lynch walked on his front foot, seven or eight black vultures, which had been hovering in the sky for a long time, rushed down and frantically grabbed the venison. A pack of dogs also hurried in, barking and confronting the black vultures, wanting a piece of the pie.
The black vulture and the earth dog are the most common scavengers in the forest, one of them is a bird of prey flying in the sky, and the other is a fierce beast running on the ground.
From Lushan to the entire Canglong Ridge, the scene of these two creatures desperately competing for blood food can be seen everywhere, which is not new.
Half a year ago, Lynch took Xiao Qi to leave the nest in the territory of the green wolf pack and began a nomadic life, and every time he hunted, the excess flesh and blood would generally be cleaned up by the earth dog or black vulture.
This winter, compared to last year, there was hardly any snow, but it was colder than usual. At the beginning of winter, most of the grass and leaves were frozen to death, and the food suddenly became scarce, and even the grass-headed deer, which is a very social animal, began to divide and forage, and as a result, this lone male deer became Lynch's prey.
Otherwise, if you want to hunt a grass-headed deer in the deer herd, don't say that he is alone, even if a large wolf pack is out of the nest, it may not be able to do it.
Carrying a whole deer skin, a pair of large antlers, and a small amount of venison, the heavy little tiger Xiao Qi was always naughty, jumping on him from time to time, with Lynch's physical strength, how could he bear it, and he stopped and walked until midnight, and did not return to his place of residence until midnight.
His new home, under the bluestone cliff next to the Longtan River Valley, is a small wooden house built against a stone wall, and the reason why he did not choose to build a consistent tree house is because of the unusually cold weather. Every night, the cold wind is bitter, and I can't stand the wind when I live in the trees.
This cliff is in a leeward position, and it is sunny, can get sunlight during the day, and can be protected from the wind at night, and is the most suitable place to live within a radius of dozens of miles.
A good place is never short of inhabitants, and as a newcomer, he is not the first discoverer, let alone the only inhabitant.
In fact, the Longtan River Valley is located in the depths of the mountain behind Lushan, with the Longtan River flowing through the valley as the center, spreading out to both sides, it is a deep and vast mysterious place, rich in water and grass, dense forests, inhabited by many dangerous creatures. There are birds of prey, there are beasts, some live in groups, some live alone, and even some amazing rare and exotic beasts exist, it is a very dangerous place.
The bluestone cliff is located in the periphery of the Longtan River Valley, surrounded by rocks, sparse grass and trees, there are not many wild things at ordinary times, few fierce beasts come here, under normal circumstances, it is relatively safe.
When Lynch first came here, he chased a white-haired mountain tiger, and after hunting it in the tiger's den, he occupied the magpie's nest and naturally stayed.
His own strength is quite extraordinary, and he also has a Zhenlong Tiger as a companion, relying on the powerful deterrent power of the dragon's tooth sword, and the fierce beasts nearby all respect him, and will never dare to approach easily.
On the contrary, he regarded those bloody beasts as prey, and whenever he had the opportunity, he carefully observed, and if the probability of success was judged to be more than six or seventy percent, he would try to hunt them.
When he first lived in the nest of trees, he killed several mountain tigers one after another, and felt that it was no longer challenging to stay there, so he resolutely left and continued to go deep into the ancient forest in search of more advanced prey.
This valley is a natural hunting ground for him......
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Although it was late when I got home, the people were sleepy, and the tigers were tired, I still had to eat. Lynch cooked a large pot full of good grass venison, plus staghorn grass, ginseng, yellow essence, Ganoderma lucidum and other herbs, as well as some spice substitutes collected in the mountains and forests, it was really a big meal. If it was in Xia Capital City, if he wanted to eat such a meal, how much would it cost, he really had no idea.
When the broth is boiling, the aroma of the meat is so strong that one person and one tiger are salivating, and the stomach "gurgles".
When the meat was finally cooked, Lynch took the lead and began to feast, nibbling on the hot, fragrant venison and drinking the piping hot broth, which was fragrant and warm, not to mention how refreshing.
As for Xiao Qi, because his tongue was afraid of being hot, he was in a hurry on the side, and after the meat was a little colder, he couldn't wait to expand and grow, and gobbled it up.
Lynch used the little water left to raise the little guy from only eating milk and drinking soup until his teeth grew together, and since he started eating meat, he has eaten cooked meat, and has never eaten raw. As a result, it led to a problem, that is, it could no longer eat raw meat, and if Xiao Qi left him one day, he really doubted that this guy would starve to death......
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