It was a small beast with reddish brown and golden fur with colorful patterns. The head and tail looked a bit like a fox, but the claws looked a bit like a cat. To be precise, they looked more like a tiger's claws, but they were much smaller. Look.
It feels thick and powerful.
I saw it gently lift its front paws, revealing its sharp, hook-like claws. It scratched the snake body lightly, and the snake skin made a soft "chi" sound, cracking and rolling out a long gash.
, revealing the fine white snake meat inside.
"Hu, Hu Ling, what is that?" Xia Xiaobei pulled my arm with a frightened look on his face and stuck his head out from behind me to look at the little beast.
As if it understood Xia Xiaobei's words, the little beast raised its head and looked at Xia Xiaobei with its dark eyes that were as round as glass beads, then lowered its head again to bite the snake meat in front of it.
There seemed to be a flash of contempt in those smart eyes.
"Ah, Hu Ling, did you see it? It actually stared at me! With contempt in its eyes!" Xia Xiaobei pinched my arm and shouted.
She was quite keen and could understand the little beast's eyes at a glance.
I couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Hu Ling, the child's cry just now could have come from this thing, right?" Xia Xiaobei raised his head and looked at me.
"Maybe, I don't know, but there seems to be nothing else here!" I said thoughtfully. I have only heard that adult giant salamanders can cry like children, but I still think about animals that can make such sounds.
It’s the first time I’ve seen it, but whether it’s true or not, the little beast in front of me really looks cute.
The little beast ate very quickly. In just a short time, only a skeleton and a piece of snake skin were left. It raised its head, arched its body, stretched out with satisfaction, and looked at Xia Xiaobei and me.
direction.
"Ah wu—" As if to answer Xia Xiaobei and I's questions, the little beast once again let out a whimpering sound like a child.
I looked at the little beast, slowly squatted down, and stretched out a hand to it.
"Hu Ling, what are you doing? Will it bite us?" Xia Xiaobei pulled my arm.
I didn't say anything and still stretched out my hand.
To be honest, I didn't know what I was doing. It seemed like this was a normal action for me, as if the little beast was a pet I kept, as familiar and harmless as it was.
The little beast suddenly flashed its big eyes as clear as glass beads, looked at me for a moment, lowered its head, and took out something in the grass.
White dragon scales.
Only then did I realize that after killing the big snake, the dragon scale dagger did not spin back to my hand as usual, but landed directly at the feet of the little beast.
The dragon scale dagger was held in the mouth of the little beast, shining with a cold blue light. Strangely, the little beast did not seem to be afraid of the evil aura of Baipi Dragon Scale.
This has never happened before.
All animals have a natural sensitivity and intuition for evil and murderous auras. When the scales of a hundred dragons are unsheathed, no matter how ferocious the animal is, they will retreat. But this little beast dared to hold it directly in its mouth, as if it was just a
Toys are average.
The little beast held the dragon scale dagger in the corner of its mouth, jumped to my feet in a few steps, raised its head and looked at me eagerly, like a child looking forward to praise.
My heart instantly melted at the sight of it.
"Did you take it and give it back to me?" I looked at the little beast and asked, reaching out and gently touching its furry head.
The hair is very soft and warm.
"Woo--" The little beast hummed and wagged its tail, and moved closer to me.
The moment I took the dragon scale dagger from the little beast's mouth, put it back into the scabbard, and stuffed it into my purse, I seemed to hear a buzzing sound from the dragon scale dagger that seemed to be dissatisfied.
The little beast took another step closer to me, put his head on my hand and rubbed it gently, making a whimpering sound.
"Wow, so cute, just like a puppy!" Xia Xiaobei exclaimed, reaching out to touch the little beast's head.
"Woo——"
Before Xia Xiaobei's hand touched the little beast, the little beast quickly raised its head, its eyes full of wariness and dissatisfaction, and snarled at Xia Xiaobei, its mouth full of sharp teeth, and it let out a threatening growl.
The little beast's mouth doesn't look very big, but it looks particularly fierce when it's opened. The white fangs in its mouth are like sharp knives, covered in jagged and staggered shapes.
"Ah——" Xia Xiaobei was so frightened by the appearance of the little beast that he took a few steps back and sat down on the ground.
Looking at the little beast, a name suddenly came to my mind.
Nephew Ying!
It is mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that there is a beast in Fuli Mountain five hundred miles south of the prehistoric times. It looks like a fox but has nine tails, nine heads, and tiger's paws. Its name is Yingxi. The sound it makes is like
The baby cries and feeds on ferocious beasts and can eat people.
Except for the tail and head, which are missing, the appearance of the little beast's claws and head is almost the same as described in the book.
Unexpectedly, there is an ancient animal in this forest.
Fortunately, it was just a cub, otherwise I might not even know how Xia Xiaobei and I died.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little worried. No matter how cute the little firefly nephew in front of me looks, after all, it is still an ancient ferocious beast. If its parents come to find it, Xia Xiaobei and I will definitely not be able to defeat it.
Nephew Xiaoying glanced at Xia Xiaobei with disdain, turned around, rubbed his head on my hand again, and made a "wuwu" sound.
I calmed myself down, touched my nephew Xiaoying's head and said, "You should go back quickly. It's time for your parents to find you, and we have to leave too!"
After saying that, I stood up, picked up Xia Xiaobei and walked forward.
"Ah wu -" Seeing that I was about to leave, nephew Xiao Ying hurriedly let out a child's cry again, biting my trouser leg and holding on, as if he didn't want us to leave.
Its cry was a little shrill, like a child abandoned by its parents, and there were faint echoes floating in the valley.
The birds on the treetops were frightened by the cry, fluttering their wings and flying away in a hurry, and even the sound of insects stopped.
There was silence all around.
I was startled by its shrill voice and quickly looked around. Fortunately, its voice didn't seem to attract its parents.
"We really have to leave, you should go back quickly!" I squatted down and touched the furry little head of little nephew Ying comfortingly, and gently pulled out my trousers from his mouth.
Nephew Xiaoying stared at me blankly, his big eyes like glass beads full of grievance and confusion, as if I were the parent who wanted to abandon him.
I felt cruel, gave it one last look, pulled Xia Xiaobei and ran away.
"Ah wu - ah wu -"
A sad cry like a child came from behind us.
I pulled Xia Xiaobei and ran faster and faster. I ran for an unknown amount of time until I could no longer hear the crying behind me and then I slowly stopped.