Chapter 24: The White Moon
Qiao Yuan was pondering when a terrible wolf howl suddenly sounded in his ears. Hearing this, his eyes flashed with great excitement, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he got up and stood up.
Although he had judged that the she-wolf was no longer breathing, he did not directly climb the boulder, after all, there was no harm in being cautious.
Qiao Yuan knew from the "Book of Spirit Beasts" that the Swift Moon Wolf was an extremely intelligent demon beast, and it was very fierce, if the she-wolf had not died, and suddenly launched a death-based counterattack, he would definitely suffer a big loss if he was unprepared.
He condensed four cyclones of wind behind him before climbing the boulder and taking a closer look at the she-wolf who had fallen to the ground and remained motionless at the edge of the boulder.
When the young wolf saw Qiao Yuan ascending the boulder, he did not show a look of fear, but grinned with his teeth, let out a low roar in his mouth, his front paws were clasped on the boulder, his body leaned forward, and he made a gesture that he was about to pounce out at any time, but Qiao Yuan ignored the young wolf, and his eyes kept sweeping over the half-foot-long she-wolf.
After a stalemate for dozens of breaths, Qiao Yuan smiled slightly, took a step and slowly walked towards the young wolf, as if he had judged that the she-wolf was dead, and he had no scruples, but the four wind cyclones behind him had not dissipated.
The young wolf saw Qiao Yuan walking slowly, the fierce light in his eyes was even worse, and the roar was louder, but his body trembled faintly, and he was still retreating.
The smile on Qiao Yuan's face did not decrease, and he kept a slow pace, but just when he was close to the she-wolf, the she-wolf's eyes suddenly opened, her eyes burst out with monstrous ferocity, and she kicked her hind legs, revealing an extremely hideous appearance and rushed towards Qiao Yuan, as if she was about to bite off Qiao Yuan's neck.
This scene happened very suddenly, the last moment the she-wolf was still lying on the ground, her eyes were closed and she had no breath, and the next moment the she-wolf had already pounced in front of Qiao Yuan with a murderous appearance.
The distance between Qiao Yuan and this she-wolf was too close, so close that it was almost easy to reach it with a leg. If he was unprepared, his fate would have almost been decided, and even if he didn't die, he would be seriously injured.
However, Qiao Yuan has always maintained a vigilance in his heart, which is also thanks to the fact that he had carefully understood the spirit beast of the Swift Moon Wolf in the "Ten Thousand Books of Spirit Beasts".
The best thing for the moon wolf is speed, and then its intelligence is extremely high, the intelligence of an adult moon wolf is almost equivalent to the intelligence of a normal adult, and some of the moon wolves are even smarter than humans, which makes Qiao Yuan very interested in the moon wolf, and has always wanted to accept a moon wolf as a spirit animal.
However, this Swift Moon Wolf is not so easy to subdue, because its spiritual intelligence is extremely high, and it is quite arrogant, only by catching the young wolf and cultivating it from an early age can it be willing to become its spirit beast.
And now there is a young wolf with pure white fur and pure blood in front of him, one can imagine how excited Qiao Yuan is.
Speaking of which, Qiao Yuan had been wary of the she-wolf before, and under his careful observation, he found that the young wolf didn't seem to be afraid when he saw him, and he was deliberately provoking and provoking himself, which made Qiao Yuan even more suspicious.
The most important thing is that the blood stains on the she-wolf's hair are not her own at all, nor is it the blood of the black bear, but the blood of another spirit beast that Qiao has never seen before.
"Ten Thousand Books of Spirit Beasts" records how to identify the bloodline of the Swift Moon Wolf, the purer the bloodline of the Swift Moon Wolf, the purer its fur will become, this is the most intuitive way to distinguish.
Another is to look at the blood, the pure bloodline of the Swift Moon Wolf, its blood is pale silver, if the bloodline is more mixed, the color of the blood will also be very dark, not the pale silver that looks quite pure.
It was precisely because he knew this that he judged that the blood on the she-wolf was not her own.
Although the color of this she-wolf's coat is not as pure as that of the young wolf, the fur on her whole body is almost white, only the hair on her tail is gray, and her bloodline is quite pure, even if her blood is not pale silver, it will not be bad, how can it be purple-red, it is this doubt that makes Qiao Yuan more cautious in his heart.
He looked completely relieved with a smile on his face, but the caution in his heart only increased. Therefore, the moment the she-wolf's eyes opened, the wind cyclone behind Qiao Yuan spun rapidly, and in an instant, he retreated to a tree twenty zhang away.
The she-wolf pounced, but she fell straight off the boulder, lying on the ground motionless.
Qiao Yuan was afraid that he was cheating, and after waiting for a stick of incense, he directly condensed a wind blade on the tree, and then slowly approached the she-wolf and observed it from five zhang away.
I saw the she-wolf lying on the ground, her eyes closed, a trace of silver blood flowing out of her mouth, and her right front paw turned jet-black, which was in stark contrast to her white hair.
He could see at a glance that the she-wolf was poisoned, and this poison was not an ordinary poison, but a poison that was hidden and did not emit it.
Qiao Yuan lives in the mountains and forests all the year round, and naturally knows all kinds of poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, poisonous flowers and poisonous grasses, and when he was a child, he also ate some poisonous fruits by mistake or was bitten by some poisons and was poisoned, but Xiao Fengqing naturally would not let him have an accident.
He knew that the she-wolf had been hit by a deeply hidden poison, this poison was very powerful, and he couldn't use his spiritual power if he was hit by this poison, and he couldn't even make a large move, otherwise the speed of the poison attack would be faster.
Originally, this she-wolf had no poisonous hair and could hold on for a while, but just now she launched a death-defying counterattack, which completely triggered the toxins in her body, and now she is directly killed on the spot.
Qiao Yuan sighed lightly, he had no enmity with this she-wolf, and he also killed the black bear to save them, but now because of him, the she-wolf died of poison, and he still had a trace of guilt in his heart, after all, it was he who wanted to subdue the cubs of the she-wolf in front of him, which caused all this.
However, he was not too hypocritical, after all, he did not give this poison, and he was just trying to protect himself.
Qiao Yuan stood in front of the she-wolf and was silent for a long time, when he suddenly heard a terrible wolf howl, and saw the young wolf lying on the edge of the boulder, looking at the she-wolf lying on the ground, his eyes revealed a thick sadness, and his mouth kept letting out a terrible wail, which looked extremely distressing.
Suddenly, the young wolf kicked on its hind legs, and jumped directly from the boulder more than two feet high, Qiao Yuan saw this scene and immediately ran over to catch the young wolf, after all, this young wolf is too small, jumping from a place two feet high, if he doesn't die, he will be disabled, he doesn't want a lame spirit beast.
The young wolf was caught by Qiao Yuan, not only did he not appreciate it, but his eyes showed a fierce light, and he bit Qiao Yuan's finger directly, but Qiao Yuan didn't mind, watching the young wolf show a murderous appearance and bite his finger, his face showed excitement and joy.
He watched the young wolf bite his finger and didn't let go, and it lasted for half a pillar of incense.
"Little one, hungry or not, this is for you to eat. ”
Qiao Yuan smiled helplessly, took out a piece of jerky from the storage bag, and handed it to the young wolf's mouth, the young wolf glanced at the jerky, as if hesitating for a while, but after a while, he stopped looking at the jerky, and the wolf's mouth was still biting his fingers.
He shook his head, held the young wolf in his left hand, jumped directly, and came to the boulder again, and walked to the place where the she-wolf had been lying just now.
Qiao Yuan saw some purple-red blood stains on the stones, it was the blood of the unknown demon beast, and what made his eyes stare was that there was a plant with five leaves there, Qiao Yuan walked over and squatted down to observe it carefully, without touching it with his hands.
This five-leaf plant looks very ordinary, the leaves are green, the rhizome is red, but the size of a palm, it looks very similar to the wild vegetables he often digs in Qingfeng Village, this plant does not grow on a boulder, but the rhizome is outside, and there is some fresh soil wrapped on it, it seems that someone dug it up and brought it here.
Qiao Yuan guessed something after thinking about it for a while, this plant similar to wild vegetables must have been brought to this boulder by the she-wolf, and the black bear who was unrelenting under the stone may also be for this wild vegetable plant, so this plant similar to wild vegetables must not be so simple.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much, but how did this she-wolf get poisoned? And what kind of demon beast is this purple-red blood? And this wild vegetable ......."
Qiao Yuan thought for a while but shook his head, feeling that some places were still unreasonable, and there were many doubts, he looked at the she-wolf lying on the ground, and then looked at the purple-red blood on the stones, and finally moved his gaze to the plant that looked like wild vegetables, frowned, and whispered a few words to himself. Qiao Yuan at least knew that this plant similar to wild vegetables must be extremely important to the Swift Moon Wolf, otherwise the she-wolf would not have to hide this thing before she died, if it wasn't for the she-wolf directly pounced into the air, Qiao Yuan would not have been able to discover the plants similar to wild plants hidden under it.
He put the wild vegetable-like plant directly into the storage bag, then jumped to the ground with the young wolf in his arms and walked to the corpse of the she-wolf.
Suddenly, the young wolf let go of his mouth and showed a sad look and was about to pounce on the corpse of the she-wolf, but Qiao Yuan grabbed the young wolf and prevented it from pounced.
Qiao Yuan didn't know what kind of poison was in this she-wolf, in case it would be poisoned as long as he touched his body, wouldn't this young wolf be poisoned to death, and Qiao Yuan would naturally not let it happen.
The young wolf was grabbed by Qiao Yuan, and immediately showed a fierce light, no longer looking at the corpse of the she-wolf, but staring at Qiao Yuan.
Qiao Yuan ignored the young wolf, but took a shovel from the storage bag and began to dig a hole under the big tree.
After the half-pillar incense, a half-zhang deep and half-zhang long soil pit was dug, Qiao Yuan took a few rattans, carefully tied them to the hind legs of the she-wolf, dragged it into the soil pit, and buried it, without touching its hair during the process.
The young wolf witnessed this scene and struggled violently in Qiao Yuan's hand, but his wrist was like a pair of pliers clasping it tightly.
"Little guy, I first killed the black bear and saved you, and now I buried your mother for you, you still don't know how to be grateful to Dade, and you keep biting me. ”
"Hey...... But it's okay, I read that you are young and ignorant, and I don't care about you, it's time for you to repay the favor, you will be my first spirit beast, and accompany me to fight in the cultivation realm. Seeing that your fur is so white, I will call you ...... White Moon!"
Qiao Yuan buried the she-wolf, looked at the young wolf who had been struggling in his hand and said slowly, his expression was full of excitement and excitement, no matter how fierce the young wolf's eyes were, he decided everything by himself, and gave the young wolf a name.
After Qiao Yuan finished speaking, he took out a knife and sharpened a wooden board, engraved the words "Baiyue Mother's Tomb" on it, and showed it to the young wolf, and then directly inserted it in the place where the she-wolf was buried.