Chapter 17: The Black Bear
As soon as Lin Yan caught up with Li Shiyi, she stopped, looked back at Lin Yan who had just caught up, and said questioningly: "Strange, both of us have entered the territory of this big stupid bear, why don't we see it come out?"
When Lin Yan heard this, he was subconsciously stunned, and he was also very puzzled, according to his experience, whether it was a human or other beast, when he entered the territory of the black bear, the black bear smelled a strange smell and would definitely come out to expel it, why didn't this black bear come out?
Li Shiyi continued, "Since it doesn't come out, let's go to its lair to find it!"
Lin Yan smiled helplessly, and didn't say anything, this world is like this, especially in this deep mountain, the law of the jungle is the standard of everything, and the strong can bully the weak at will.
The two of them simply searched the vicinity, and found a towering tree with a hole in the middle of the tree.
"It must be here!" Li Shiyi said confidently.
As if in response to Li Shiyi's words, with a "roar", a black bear came out of the tree hole, but it did not leave the hole.
However, both of them found that behind the black bear, there was a mini little black bear, which was poking out its little head and looking at the two curiously.
Lin Yan and Li Shiyi both understood that the black bear had just given birth, so they ignored that they came to its territory, but both of them came to their doorstep, and the black bear came out of the hole.
"I'm missing a pair of bear bile. Li Shiyi looked at the black bear excitedly.
"But it just gave birth, so forget it. Seeing this, Lin Yan couldn't bear it, he remembered the tragedy in his family, if he helped Li Shiyi kill the black bear to get guts, then the little bear's life experience would be almost like Lin Yan.
"But it's just an animal, it's not a human, so why do you care so much. ”
In Lin Yan's heart, he must protect this black bear. "This is no longer the difference between humans and animals, family affection is across races. Lin Yan thought to himself, he must persuade Li Shiyi to leave this pair of black bears.
"I heard a story about a man who caught a baby ape, and he took the baby ape home, and the mother chased him to his house. The man tied the little ape to a tree in the yard and showed it to the mother, who slapped herself at him as if she were pleading with him, but she couldn't say it. But this man not only did not release the little ape, but beat the little ape to death in front of the mother ape, and the mother ape shouted loudly, which was deafening. After a while, he jumped up and crashed to his death. The man cut open the belly of the female ape and found that the intestines of the female ape had been broken inch by inch. Less than half a year later, the plague struck the family, and everyone died. ”
Lin Yan deliberately said a very terrifying ending, wanting to scare Li Shiyi. After listening to this story, Li Shiyi thought for a while and said, "Then what should I do if my flavor medicine lacks bear bile?"
"Well, I want to think about it...... I know there's a place where there are black bears too, so I'll take you there. ”
When Li Shiyi heard this, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the black bear at the entrance of the cave, "It's a bear with affection, do you say that the bear has no relatives? It's just that you haven't seen it." I see that you have been in the mountains for a while, and judging from the breath on your body, it is estimated that you have killed a lot of wild beasts, but do you mean that these wild beasts you killed have no parents and no children?
Lin Yan was stunned, he had never thought about this, in the past year, he had indeed killed many beasts with his own hands, in this mountain forest, if he didn't kill the beasts, the beasts would kill him, and today he occasionally saw the black bear protecting the cubs, thinking of his own life experience, he said that to Li Shiyi.
"I ...... I don't know, maybe, maybe I'm doing it wrong. No, it's my fault, these animals are also lives, what right do I have to hurt them?" Lin Yan covered his head and squatted down. He only thought about the beast in his heart, and he didn't notice that Li Shiyi could see that he had killed a lot of beasts when he looked at his breath.
The black bear has been standing at the entrance of the cave and has not moved, the animal's instinct tells it that the two people in front of him are not something that he can provoke, if it is his own, even if he can't beat it, he can turn around and run away, but now there is his own child in the tree hole behind him, and he can only use his body to block the tree hole and look at these two people.
Li Shiyi looked at the painful Lin Yan, leaned over, patted Lin Yan's shoulder gently, and said: "You're not wrong, maybe what I said is a little extreme, that's the case in this mountain forest, if you don't kill the beast, the beast will kill you, I just don't want to see you so indecisive, such a character will harm you in the mountains and forests." ”
After a while, Lin Yan's eyes regained clarity, he stood up and looked at Li Shiyi, "This is also why people are more advanced than beasts, beasts can't control themselves, people can." You were right before, I killed many innocent beasts, and it was my mistake. ”
Li Shiyi paused for a moment and asked, "Even if the beast attacks you first?"
Lin Yan smiled slightly, now that he understood the confusion in his heart, this feeling of sudden enlightenment was really comfortable, "The beast attacked me and I stepped into their territory, and it was my fault first, and secondly, it was their instinct for the beast to attack me, it was my fault, and I will pay it back." ”
"So, what if someone wants to kill you?"
"Haha, people's instinct is not to take the initiative to attack others, for this kind of person, I naturally will not show mercy. ”
After listening to his reasoning, Li Shiyi smiled helplessly, "Could it be that in your heart, people are not as good as these beasts." ”
The corners of Lin Yan's mouth twitched, "The world is full of living beings, and there are all kinds of people." Some people are really not as good as beasts. Lin Yan continued, "I'm sorry, Shiyi, not only will I not help you hunt the beast now, but I will also stop you. But as a friend, I will definitely keep you safe. ”
Li Shiyi pursed her lips, "It's really troublesome to make a friend like you, but without bear bile, what should I do with my medicine?"
"Hmm...... What is the effect of this bear bile in the medicine you want to dispense? I also know a little bit about this, and I have been in this mountain for a long time, you tell me if I can find another herb that can replace it. ”
"What I want to prepare is an antidote, in which I use andrographis, a poisonous herb, with the intention of fighting poison with poison. Black bear bile is needed to neutralize the toxicity of andrographis, if you don't use bear bile as a guide, if others take this antidote, it will be like taking another poison. Do you have any way?" Li Shiyi knew that under Lin Yan's obstruction, it was impossible for him to hunt the black bear, so he had to leave here with him, chatting as he walked.
Lin Yan is also a little reluctant to be a friend of his, no matter how good his intentions are, but he still spoils other people's affairs, and he should do his best to help her.
"Let me think about it......" Lin Yan muttered as he walked. "There it is!"