Courtship Period

The jungle is no longer full of green, and red, yellow, and purple leaves have emerged one after another.

Pinellia thinks that autumn is here on this planet.

In the past few months, some of the food stored in the two caves has been eaten, and some of the fruits have been fed to the long-eared animals. Now there is still food in one and a half caves.

Ban Xia asked Tian Nan Xing how long is winter on this planet.

"Sleep and it's over." Tian Nanxing is not very clear about the exact time, before meeting the male beast, its dragon life is eating and sleeping, and it can sleep from one summer to another summer after an unknown number of years.

"Sleep? Hibernate?" Ban Xia subconsciously looked at the five woven baskets neatly placed beside the cave wall.

The cubs haven't broken their shells yet, but Ban Xia can already feel them.

It was a very magical feeling, as if there were silk threads connecting him to them, if he sensed along those silk threads, he could even feel their breathing and heartbeat.

Tian Nanxing said that this means that they are about to complete their gestation and will break their shells in the near future.

If the race of Tiannanxing needs to hibernate, wouldn't these cubs enter a dormant state not long after hatching?

Banxia doesn't know much about animal hibernation, only that they consume their own fat to survive during hibernation. It doesn't matter that he and Tian Nanxing are adults. Do young dragons consume so much fat?

Just as he was thinking, Ban Xia sensed Tian Nanxing approaching, it crawled over and lay on his chest.

"Does Xia want to hibernate?" Tian Nanxing knew the meaning of hibernation, it had learned from the image given by the male beast.

In extreme environments, some animals will use deep sleep to reduce energy consumption. This is the hibernation defined by the race of male beasts.

Its deep sleep is not for extreme environments, but it does reduce energy consumption.If the male beast wants to hibernate, it will definitely sleep with the male beast.

"What about the young dragons?" Ban Xia asked.

Tian Nanxing didn't know anymore, it didn't have any cubs around before, Tian Nanxing tentatively asked: "Sleep together?"

Ban Xia didn't answer.

Tian Nanxing sensed the male beast's emotions, the male beast was very worried, was it worried about the cub?

Tian Nanxing looked up at the male beast's expression, the male beast pursed its lips, seeing it looking over, raised its hand to rub its hair.

Males don't seem to want to hibernate.

"Doesn't Xia want to sleep? I don't sleep either, I'll accompany Xia." Tian Nanxing said.

"Can you not hibernate?" Ban Xia was a little surprised.

Tian Nanxing nodded, thought for a while, and said: "The forest will turn white in winter, and there will be less food to eat, and they will hide."

Tian Nanxing woke up in the middle of a deep sleep, and was startled when he saw the changed color of the jungle.

It dragged its huge body and flew out of the dragon's nest, and went to several frequent hunting places, but it didn't find the long-eared beast or the long-necked bird. The black-armored beast was still there, but it was all in the underground cave. come out.

Tian Nanxing dug out a few black-armored beasts that time, they were thrown on the white ground and they didn't move at all, they didn't run away at all, as if they were dead.

It could hear their breathing and heartbeat, and it was extremely slow. In the end Tian Nanxing didn't eat them, it flew back to the nest and continued to sleep.

After listening to Tian Nanxing's words, Pinellia knew that it had gone hunting in winter, and in the end probably because of lack of food, Tian Nanxing chose to hibernate.

As long as it is not necessary to sleep because of the temperature, the food is easy to deal with. There is still a half-cave of food stored in the Dragon's Nest. It is not winter yet, so it can continue to store food.

In addition to food, furs have to be prepared. I don't know how cold the winter will be here, and coal must be prepared.

Ban Xia looked up at the spacious dragon's nest, and the huge hole that was big enough for Tian Nanxing in dragon form to enter and exit.

A warm wind blows in from the hole, caressing Ban Xia's face.

It is not enough to welcome winter in such a dragon's lair.

At that time, it will not only be the biting cold wind blowing in, but snowflakes will also float in, and the whole cave will be no different from the outside, it will be a vast expanse of whiteness.

"Dig another cave." Ban Xia said to Tian Nanxing.

Just dig in the dragon's nest, it doesn't need to be too big, just enough for their family to live in.

At that time, a wooden door will be added at the entrance of the cave to block the wind and snow.

It's not that Banxia doesn't want to make a door for the entrance of the Dragon's Nest, but the entrance of the cave is as high as several floors, so he is really powerless.

The male beast said it wanted to dig a cave, Tian Nanxing had no objection, it was the best at digging a cave.

Asked where the male beast was going to dig, Tian Nanxing rushed over.

Ban Xia hurriedly pulled Tian Nanxing back, he was going to dig in the dragon's nest, but the dragon's nest was full of things, there was a wooden kang, and a woven basket for the cubs, these things had to be removed first.

Moreover, he wasn't going to dig with Tian Nanxing's claws either. He had made tools with high hardness ore a few months ago, and it happened to be used.

"Don't worry, move everything to the other side of the cave first." Ban Xia said.

Tian Nanxing looked at the things made by the beast in the dragon's lair, and nodded obediently.

Now the lair is always arranged by the male beast. These are the things that the male beast likes and cannot be damaged.

Ban Xia and Tian Nan Xing moved all the crude furniture far away, then took the tools and started digging.

The digging lasted until dusk, Ban Xia didn't feel tired at all, his body seemed to have endless strength, but he and Tian Nanxing were already covered in dust.

Ban Xia looked at the sky, and Tian Nanxing, who was shoveling up the soil and preparing to transport it out, said, "That's it for today, let's rest."

Saying that, Ban Xia took the shovel from Tian Nanxing's hand, put it aside, and took Tian Nanxing to the entrance of the cave to wash his paws.

Tian Nanxing dipped his hands into the wooden tray, and couldn't help but said to Banxia: "My claws can dig faster than those things."

Ban Xia grabbed its paw and rubbed it to wash away the dust on its hands, "We're not in a hurry, you paw, save it to scratch me when you clean it."

After entangled with Tian Nanxing for a day, Ban Xia indulged his feelings for Tian Nanxing more and more. Basically, Tian Nanxing expressed a little desire, and he would satisfy it, but he had to wash it after he was satisfied.

Every time he cleans Tiannanxing, it is a big battle.

Tian Nanxing would not really hurt him, but would try to escape in every possible way, being caught and bitten was commonplace for him.

Fortunately, after becoming a dragon, the defense is extremely strong.No matter how hard Tian Nanxing scratched and bit him, he didn't even break the skin.

When it came to cleaning, Tian Nanxing remained silent, and her grievances almost materialized.

Ban Xia smiled, wrung out the towel and wiped her hands before giving the towel to Tian Nanxing.

After Tian Nanxing took it, Ban Xia got up and walked to the table, took the water glass, and poured two glasses of water from the small wooden bucket on the table.

Put a straw in one cup and give it to Tian Nanxing, and drink it up by yourself.

Putting down the water glass, Ban Xia looked at the dirty Tian Nanxing, then at the dirty self, and said to Tian Nanxing: "I'll take my clothes and boiled eggs and go to the river to take a bath and eat, how about it?"

Tian Nanxing was biting the straw to sip the water in the cup. Hearing the action of absorbing the water, he shook his head violently and said, "I won't go to the river to wash!"

It doesn't like that river very much now.

The male beast promised to fill it once, the kind that does not wash.

On the morning of the second day when he promised it, the male beast did it.

After the mating, the male only brought water and wiped his tail and upper body with a wet towel, but did not dig out its seeds.

After that, the courtship period of the male beast became more frequent, sometimes in the morning, sometimes at night when he was going to sleep, the male beast would hold him, taste it, when he was thinking about whether the male beast would eat it this time , The male beast emits sex pheromones.

He likes the frequent courtship period of the male, but he doesn't like the male at the end of the courtship period, when the male is very bad.

After filling it once, the male beast no longer just wipes its tail with a towel. The male beast will carry it into the river and dig out all the seeds before its scales are completely closed.

No matter how miserable its cry is, the male beast will not let it go, and will only gently touch its cheek and forehead with its lips after the seeds are washed.

It proposed to only keep the seeds once, and it can't hate the male beast, but it can hate the river.

Ban Xia also thought of what he did to Tian Nanxing in the river these days, and was a little embarrassed for a while.

But there is only the small river nearby. If you go to other places to wash, you have to fly for a long time, and you can't look after the eggs in the cave.

It would be nice to have a bathtub.

After thinking about it, Ban Xia embraced Tian Nanxing and coaxed: "Just wash it this time, and wash it in the nest later."

Pinellia decided to make a bathtub out of wood chips tomorrow, at least enough for two people to soak in.

"Washing in the lair?" Tian Nanxing's eyes lit up.

Washing in the den means not having to go to that river, it means that the male beast will not wash its seeds again, it means that it will be full every time in the future, it means that the male beast is a good male beast.

Tian Nanxing stopped talking immediately, put down the water glass and was about to pull the male beast out of the lair.

Isn't it just going to the river again, as long as the male beast can become a good male beast, it is completely fine.