take care of yourself

Zhuo Yuanshan said that he was born in the extreme west of Xixue Mountain, and when he walked to the end of the snow bear breeding road, he could see a sealed wooden house, where Ying Yao could bury his body.

Ying Yao listened to Zheng Chuan's words, and planned to go to Xixue Mountain as soon as possible to settle his knots. However, he has an apprentice now, and if he hasn't seen him for more than half a year, he will stay for two more days to teach him, and he can't just leave.

He first took his apprentices to find the swordsmiths who came to join the sword sect, found a large piece of steel suitable for them at this time from his inventory, and guided them to find the shape of the sword they wanted. The sword master told him that he forged a more suitable sword for each of his three apprentices, which made them all smile.

Then he stayed on his own mountain for three days, called the three apprentices to point out one by one, and modified the new sword according to their conditions. The sword soared into the air and flew around the sect with the three apprentices.

Sword cultivators in the Qi-refining stage cannot fly with their swords, sword cultivators in the foundation-building stage can fly three feet above the ground, and Ying Yao's apprentices have just touched the edge of foundation-building. Once, the apprentice was carried by him quickly across the top of the mountain, went through three stages of yelling, weak legs, and chattering excitedly, and then was flung back to the cave by Ying Yao. , I saw my master turned around and left the house again.

Ying Yao traveled all the way west without falling to the ground again. That night, he followed Zhuo Yuanshan's message and found the road he mentioned.

It is the breeding season of snow bears, and the snow bears are moving westward in groups. The snow has already been stepped on a path, and from time to time, adult snow bears dig a nest in the snow on the side of the road and squeeze in to rest. The snow bears that were born last time and have not yet passed their infancy are happily rolling and playing in the snow, occasionally imitating the posture of their elders hunting and digging holes. Their white fur blends with the ice and snow, and it is not easy to spot them by sight alone. trail.

Ying Yao turned around in the sky, found a rather cold group of snow bears, and fell silently. There were only three adult snow bears in this group of snow bears, no cubs, and all of them were injured. Ying Yao thought The thought of being able to run away if you can't pretend, restrained your breath and mixed into them.

"Entering the world" Dao Jianxiu's current cultivation base and state of mind are close to the peak, and he can "enter the world" seamlessly when he mixes with the snow bears. He perfectly imitated the breath of the snow bears, and none of the three snow bears noticed it. No, one of the two-story female bears came up and licked Ying Yao's head, and pushed the half-bitten fish in front of him.

The other two snow bears left to hunt after digging out the snow den, leaving only this heavy-handed female bear lying on the edge of the snow den.

Ying Yao put a layer of spiritual power on the outside of his head to avoid being licked by the female bear, and the female bear didn't notice that the taste was wrong. Caught the fish, after a while seeing that he still didn't eat, he roared anxiously, shredded the fish with the tip of his claws and brought it to Ying Yao's mouth.

In the eyes of the snow bear, the height of a human is no different from that of a cub. Ying Yao doesn't know how this female bear regards herself as its cub. He hesitated for a moment, did not refuse the mother bear's kindness, took the fish and ate it.

Taste it with the picky tongue of the cultivator of Huashen. Not only is the fish not fresh enough, the taste is weird, but the bloody smell makes people wish they had no tongue. He frowned, pretending that he really didn't have a tongue, and then swallowed without changing his expression. Down the fish.

Jiu Sujian said in a daze, incomprehensible: "What are you eating it for?"

"It seems to regard me as its cub," Ying Yao moved his fingers, put the World-Saving Sword into the mustard ring, grabbed the sword spirit back to his sea of ​​consciousness, and replied, "I'm a little curious."

He threw the World-Saving Sword into the Sea of ​​Consciousness, rolled lazily, and leaned in front of the cross-legged and closed-eyed Yuan Ying, quite consciously laying himself on his lap.

Seeing that Ying Yao ate half of the fish, the female bear slapped the two ears on her head happily, slapped the remaining fish bone on the ground, stretched out her thick bear claws to grab the snow and buried it He picked up the fish bone, lowered his head and sniffed it, and confirmed that he could not smell the smell of raw meat. He pushed Ying Yao's shoulder with his bloody and snow-stained paw pads and rolled him into the snow nest dug out by his group, and then repeatedly She patted him on the back and pressed him into the thick, warm hair on her belly.

Ying Yao was pushed to the ground by the female bear like a young snow bear, and rolled into the snow pit with her paws, her face was buried in its fur, and she couldn't breathe from being covered.

But he has to admit that the mother bear's belly is really warm. He can be wrapped in fur, and he can't feel the cold wind outside. He thinks other cubs will feel the same warmth from their mother. just not sure what happened to the mother bear, telling her to take care of herself as her cub.

Ying Yao has hunted snow bears a few times, and knows that the growth rate of snow bears is quite slow during the juvenile period. It can last nearly ten years at his size, and the juvenile period will end shortly after the female bear's next estrus period.

Therefore, along the way, there are many female bears with their cubs going to the breeding grounds outside the Xixue Mountains. Although the female bears with their cubs are fierce, they drag a lot. There are always monk hunters ambushing on this road, picking out bears with their cubs.

The fur of snow bear cubs is dense and strong. Although it is not as warm as that of adult snow bears, it is a good material for making brushes for cleaning alchemy furnaces, refining furnaces, etc. Some longer hairs can also be used to make calligraphy and painting talismans. The tip of the pen is easier to use than the wolf pen.The meat is extremely tender and mellow, and the taste is far beyond that of adult snow bear meat. Even monks who are not too picky can enjoy it, so it is very popular outside of Xixue Mountain.

And because bears with their cubs usually only move within their own territory, the places where cubs play are not only guarded by a few adult snow bears, but also some burrows where they can escape to hide at any time, even if the entire snow The bear group only has the combat power equivalent to the gold core, and it is still difficult to hunt, so the price of the fur and meat of the young snow bears is extremely high. Every year, the monks come to hunt the snow bears on the way to the breeding ground.

Although Ying Yao has never been involved in hunting cubs, he also has some knowledge of the habits of snow bears. He speculates that this female bear may have lost her cub in the battle, which can be seen from the scars on her right paw and back. He could see the clues, but he still had a hard time understanding why it took care of itself as its cub.

He did imitate the smell of a snow bear, and he looked like a baby snow bear, but no matter how he imitated, he couldn't imitate the same smell as the lost cub of a mother bear who was obviously caring for others The "cubs" of the family, and take care of them conscientiously.

Ying Yao thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, but was a little drowsy from the warmth of the female bear's fur and the faint smell of milk inside.

"What a big fluffy one," Jiu Sujian sighed carefreely. "How does this fur feel? I need to collect some materials to determine what my tail will look like."

Ying Yao recovered from her drowsiness after being disturbed by it, moved her wrist slightly, turned her head to look at the female bear lying on the outside of the snow nest, and said sincerely: "This hair is too thick, it is not suitable for you, Unless you want to turn into a giant, but then it's not convenient to lick other furries."

The female bear shielded him from the wind, and heat quickly accumulated in the snow nest. The steam melted the snow on the edge of the snow nest, and quickly consumed the accumulated heat. After being inactive for a long time and injured again, the heat on the female bear's body was not enough to support it against the cold wind, so Ying Yao could feel it shivering slightly.

However, before he could hide his spiritual power fluctuations and cast the spell, another snow bear staggered into the snow nest with a prey that was bitten so hard to distinguish its appearance. This was a stronger male bear. , about the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, it saw Ying Yao who was being pressed on the belly of the female bear at a glance, and uttered a deep growl at the female bear that Ying Yao could not understand.

When it roared, the meat in its mouth fell to the ground, and then it pushed it to the mouth of the female bear. The male bear's broad body completely sealed the entrance of the snow den, preventing any wind from coming in. Ying Yao soon passed away. Feeling that the female bear was no longer trembling, she swallowed the whole prey whole, and also let out a long growl at the male bear.

The female bear's voice sounded much weaker than that of the male bear, and there was a deep sadness hidden in it. Ying Yao's sight was completely blocked by the female bear's belly, and he couldn't see the male bear when he looked up. He could only hear the female bear swallowing the prey The wriggling sound of the stomach, he was too close, it sounded like thunder.

The snow bears chatted for a while in a language that Jianxiu couldn't understand, and finally the two male bears seemed to be persuaded by the female bear, and the one that came in later sealed the hole with snow, and lay down one by one in the snow nest.

The temperature in Xixue Mountain is extremely low, and the wounds of the snow bears are frozen, so there is no strong smell. Ying Yao was infected by the atmosphere, and he was also a little sleepy, so he left a trace of consciousness outside to be vigilant, and slowly fell asleep. past.

Although he didn't dare to fall asleep this time, he spent the night half asleep and half awake. When Ying Yao was awakened by the sound of the snow bear opening the hole and crawling out the next morning, he still felt refreshed. The wound on the right paw of the female bear looked It actually healed a little, and it got out of the snow nest with its own group, opened its mouth, held Ying Yao by the back of the neck, and put him behind the male bear in the mid-Yuanying stage, and set foot on the breeding ground with the other snow bear group. way of the land.

Ying Yao sat cross-legged on the back of the snow bear and walked together for three days and three nights. Along the way, he secretly took care of the mother bear and her herd, provided them with food, and healed their wounds without attracting the bears' attention. He was about to leave At that time, this group of snow bears ran into the hunting team of monks again.