Chapter 524: Beast Tamer World Passerby A (2)

Xiao Guai's amber eyes turned cold and ruthless, the whole cat pressed motionless atop the long-hoofed sheep.

Compared by size, the long-hoofed sheep appeared several sizes larger than the Xuanbai Swift Shadow Cat thanks to its superior limbs, and with its thick, warm wool, it lay on the ground like a bulging little hill.

The other long-hoofed sheep startled by the impact fled, the original flock scattering in all directions, leaving only the long-hoofed sheep leader that Xiao Guai bit down on and refused to release.

"Meow meow."

"Owner, come over quickly, Xiao Guai did it."

The cute little kitten opened a pair of beautiful eyes and looked behind her.

Shen Yao nimbly jumped down from the tree and ran lightly to Xiao Guai's side.

Bending over and lowering her head, she took out a wet wipe from her backpack to wipe Xiao Guai's blood-stained paws and neck and mouth corner, then gently patted Xiao Guai's head, "Great job."

As expected of her contracted pet beast, smart and capable.

The backpack held a net bag used for transporting hunted prey; when bundled it was no larger than a palm, made from the silk of a Mortal Tier Pet Beast White Spirit Spider, light and easy to carry, and once unfolded its internal space was extremely large, with outstanding softness and weight-bearing capacity, making it the first choice for holding large prey.

Carefully unfolding and spreading the net bag flat, Shen Yao propped open the bag mouth and called out to Xiao Guai.

Xiao Guai lowered her head, bit the long-hoofed sheep's neck, and very neatly dragged it into the net bag; until Shen Yao tied the bag mouth, Xiao Guai bit the rope left outside, strode on all fours, and easily followed Shen Yao.

"Walk forward about two kilometers, and it's the territory of the Fire Feather Chickens; we'll catch a few Fire Feather Chickens on the way back, and their feathers can just make a down blanket for Xiao Guai."

Looking at the map markers on her phone, Shen Yao had just finished speaking with a smile when she immediately received Xiao Guai's responding meow.

Obviously, Xiao Guai was very interested in Fire Feather Chickens; whether it was their tight meat quality or feathers, or even the eggs laid by Fire Feather Chickens, they were all very good items.

Fire Feather Chickens were a variant of Blue Star wild chickens; their specific origin cannot be verified, but what is known is that Fire Feather Chickens are famous for their bright red tail feathers, not only a common species in the wild but also one of the varieties favored by breeders.

Shen Yao had only accidentally discovered traces of Fire Feather Chickens and made a note on her phone.

Thinking that she would be going home in a few days, she might as well hunt more to take away while going out today, after all the school opening season was coming soon; once back at school there would be homework and practice, and she would have no chance to come again in a short time.

One person and one pet walked through the dense forest of tall trees, listening to the various beast roars whistling by their ears.

Until an abrupt chicken cry appeared; Xiao Guai opened her mouth with a click, threw the white net bag she was dragging onto the ground without a care, bent low to the ground, and in a few swishes ran to the bushes ahead.

Shen Yao raised her eyes to survey the surroundings, then climbed a tree to hide using her skilled technique.

The Wang Yuan was taken out again for use; seeing the fiery red color appearing inside the lens, Shen Yao subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth.

Xiao Guai not far away had already completely merged herself into the current environment.

One person and one pet tacitly stared at the Fire Feather Chicken flock not far away, which was even larger than the long-hoofed sheep flock.

One could truly say it was red all over the sky and fields; Fire Feather Chickens the size of ordinary sheep strolled leisurely in an environment of sparse grass and trees.

The beautiful red chicken combs shone like dazzling gems, and the chicken cries that came from time to time all proclaimed the robustness of this flock of Fire Feather Chickens.

So, so much meat.

Xiao Guai's gaze became somewhat strange, and her pink little tongue stuck out in a humanized manner.

It needs to be said here: in the Beast Tamer world, once pet beasts reach different tiers, their intelligence and thoughts gradually draw closer to humans.

Ordinary livestock or Mortal Tier Pet Beasts are fine to say; they basically do not deviate from animal instincts, and most Mortal Tier Pet Beasts are nothing more than a few simple commands back and forth.

Surpassing Mortal Tier Pet Beasts and reaching Yellow Tier Pet Beasts, they have their own thoughts; for example, Xiao Guai—although her mind can only match that of a child of several years or teens—she can independently choose attack angles and attack methods without the Beast Tamer present.

Pet beasts above Yellow Tier are even smarter, with intelligence even higher than humans, and understand strategy even more.

It is said that the Divine Beasts in rumors possess the ability to defy fate and change destiny; the dragons and phoenixes recorded in Hua Guo's ancient biographies were Divine Beasts that truly existed.

The claws hidden in the meat pads shone forth, sharp and carrying a hint of coldness.

Xiao Guai arched her body, her tense body like an arrow ready to be released.

A slight sound of tearing through the air rose; the Xuanbai Swift Shadow Cat, like white lightning, took the initiative to attack, and in just a moment bit down on a proud Fire Feather Chicken.

Sharp, piercing chicken cries rang out, accompanied by rising temperature and air scorched and twisted; the Fire Feather Chicken flock fell into chaos.

Xiao Guai struck left and right, using her mouth, her claws, and her body weight.

Fire Feather Chickens kept falling to the ground wailing in sorrow; the beautiful fire feathers on their bodies fell off and were trampled into the soil.

Until this one-sided attack neared its end, the Fire Feather Chicken flock was scattered; those that could run ran, those that couldn't all became dead souls under the cat.

Shen Yao landed from the tree, carrying her schoolbag, and ran lightly to Xiao Guai's side.

"Drag the net bag over."

"Meow."

Xiao Guai ran backward; in just a moment, the sound of dragging and scraping on the ground came.

Shen Yao raised her hand and counted the Fire Feather Chickens lying on the ground: five half-dead, three completely dead.

Continuing to take out new net bags and cooperate with Xiao Guai—one dragging, one loading—until a small hill piled up high and low beside her, Shen Yao patted her palm, not forgetting to pick up the scattered fire feathers and put them into her backpack.

"Xiao Guai, look around to see if there are Fire Feather Chicken eggs."

A flock of Fire Feather Chickens of this quantity would surely build nests and lay eggs.

Shen Yao did not plan to sell the chicken eggs, but take them home for Xiao Guai to eat as snacks.

"Meow."

"Here, here, here, here," thumping sounds.

Xiao Guai raised her paw and dug open the bushes to one side, revealing the chicken nest built inside.

Feline pet beasts have very sensitive noses; Shen Yao was responsible for following behind to pick up eggs, while Xiao Guai walked ahead as a beast to raid the nest.

Each Fire Feather Chicken egg was the size of a palm and still carried a hot temperature; this was a characteristic of Fire Feather Chickens, and the red-and-white striped eggs were also very marketable.

After searching all the chicken nests around, Shen Yao harvested forty or fifty chicken eggs.

Putting about half of the chicken eggs and three completely dead Fire Feather Chickens into the space, under Xiao Guai's bewildered gaze, Shen Yao smiled and rubbed the cat head, "I'll let Xiao Guai eat them when we get home."

It was not convenient to bring the harvest from hunting in the wild home; Shen Yao neither wanted to attract attention nor wanted Xiao Guai to go hungry, so she secretly kept some.

"Meow."

"Owner, hurry home, Xiao Guai is hungry."

The little kitten's ultimate dream was to eat until full and then sleep, and wake up to eat again.

"Wait a bit longer, Xiao Guai can't carry these prey back," need official help to process them and process them along the way.

Otherwise, with meat weighing hundreds or thousands of jin at the drop of a hat, it's not easy to handle alone.

But Fire Feather Chicken eggs don't need official processing; after Shen Yao contacted the good person, she carefully picked out the two largest and reddest ones from among them, roasted them with the fire-starting tools she brought, and they all ended up in Xiao Guai's belly.

"Meow"

Delicious, want more.

Wagging her own furry big tail, Xiao Guai lay on all fours on the ground with eyes half-closed, making a purring sound from her throat that cats find pleasurable.

Shen Yao couldn't help but raise her hand to scratch Xiao Guai's chin, and as a result, the purring sound grew even louder.

Taking out a wooden comb and brush from her backpack, Shen Yao sat on the ground and patiently combed Xiao Guai's fur, occasionally sweeping away dust and leaves stuck to the fur.

A quiet space, warm light, and a cute pet beast.

Until a bear's roar came from not far away, Xiao Guai quickly opened her eyes and looked forward, her tail directly swishing out like a propeller.

Beep beep

A message came on the phone, from the person she had arranged to meet earlier. Shen Yao repositioned and patted Xiao Guai's cat head.

"Miss Shen"

"Uncle Li"

Shen Yao waved her hand, and Xiao Guai beside her also sat down accordingly. Her amber eyes closed again, and Xiao Guai simply rolled over.

"Are these all your prey?" Uncle Li took out his phone to take a photo, then called over the old shop assistant who greeted him, an adult black-backed bear, "Da Hei, carry them onto the vehicle."

"Roar"

Okay, no problem

A black-backed bear nearly five meters tall coming toward you gives a very powerful impact.

Prey that Shen Yao found very difficult to handle was just small toys to the black-backed bear, easily lifted without much effort.

"This is the fee standard, still exchange everything into energy food rations as before?"

Uncle Li is a government official, usually responsible for delivering prey for processing; some prey are large in volume, and the processed weight is still very inconvenient.

At times like this, many Beast Tamers choose to exchange them for energy food rations of equal value to feed their pet beasts.

Because there are ranked pet beasts, their meat, besides being digestible by pet beasts, is not suitable for ordinary people or Beast Tamers to eat directly.

Even the lowest-ranked Mortal Tier Pet Beasts, if ordinary people or Beast Tamers eat too much, will have side effects.

At the very beginning, because of indiscriminate consumption directly or indirectly leading to many tragedies, later the Hua Xia Alliance issued an announcement, and after several hundred years of continuous development, certain things were corrected.

Currently, the Long-hoofed Sheep and Fire Feather Chickens Shen Yao hunted all need special processing before they can be eaten.

"Exchange only one-tenth for normal meat, and all the rest into energy food rations."

One-tenth alone is over a hundred jin; after all, one Long-hoofed Sheep plus five Fire Feather Chickens conservatively estimated is over fourteen or five hundred jin.

Deducting the cost needed for official processing (although more expensive than private, it's safe and reliable), she still had over a thousand jin of meat and several sets of cleanly processed pelts left.

Shen Yao also asked the official whether they recycle Long-hoofed Sheep pelts and Fire Feather Chicken fire feathers, "I only need one bag of fire feathers to make a feather down carpet for Xiao Guai," the rest are useless.

Uncle Li nodded, then took out a new price list for Shen Yao to look through, "It's all on there; because it's summer, the prices for these things aren't high."

If exchanged for autumn or winter, the corresponding recycling price would increase by several tenths.

Shen Yao didn't care about this small amount of money and simply sold everything in one go.

After agreeing that these supplies would be delivered to Shen Yao's doorstep tomorrow morning, Uncle Li waved his hand, turned around, and went to chase after the black-backed bear that had already walked far away.

"Meow"

Master, where are we going next?

Xiao Guai had opened her eyes at some point, with dust stuck to her fur, but it didn't hinder the little cat's clean-loving nature.

Well, Xiao Guai got up and rubbed against Shen Yao back and forth, causing trouble, and finally successfully stuck her own fur all over her master.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao helplessly looked at the restless little troublemaker, continued checking her phone for maps, "Five li northeast there are traces of Long-horned Deer, three kilometers southwest is the territory of Tusked Wild Boars, northwest is where we came from, six li southeast there is a Pomelo Grove, where monkey groups appear from time to time."

After reciting the nearest few destinations, Shen Yao let Xiao Guai decide where to go herself; the last bus from the dense forest home is at five in the evening.

It's just past noon now, so there's still time.

Xiao Guai's round eyes thought for a moment, then meowed twice.

"Alright, then we go back, and catch Silver Fish by the Water Pool."

You little glutton cat, Shen Yao raised her hand and tapped Xiao Guai's cat head, picked up her backpack, and along the way tied the remaining ten-plus Fire Feather Chicken eggs on Xiao Guai's back to let it drag them along.

"Meow"

Hurry hurry, Silver Fish Silver Fish

Xiao Guai wagged her tail walking in front, her round little head especially lovable.

Shen Yao returned the same way, and in a short while arrived at the place where she had first cast the fishing net.

Hauling up the fishing net, sure enough, there was nothing inside; Shen Yao could only take out fish food from her backpack and try again.

Xiao Guai also used her claws and mouth to untie the net bag tied on her back, then plunged in with a splash, determined to catch Silver Fish even if her fur got soaked.

Shen Yao was simply speechless; she could only go to the nearby thicket to pick up some firewood, planning to use it later to make a fire to roast Xiao Guai's fur.

"Xiao Guai, don't go to the deep parts; there are other scary monsters inside."

Shen Yao was afraid Xiao Guai would become obsessed with catching fish and damage her mind, coaxing and scaring at the same time; the fishing net in her hand wasn't idle either, just placed near the riverbank, so that upon discovering Silver Fish she could quickly haul in the net.

Idle time always passes quickly; Shen Yao learned about this world's situation through her phone, occasionally checking the fishing net in the water.

Xiao Guai ran back and forth up and down, her whole body wet, making her round body even more apparent.

It seems Teacher Zhou was right; Xiao Guai's food intake still needs to be controlled, otherwise failure is likely to occur when advancing in rank.

"Meow"

The shrill cat cry made Shen Yao shudder; she hurriedly looked toward Xiao Guai's position. Xiao Guai had already dog-paddled ashore, her beautiful tail tip swaying left and right.

"Meow"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch"

"Xiao Guai, smash it onto the ground!"

Shen Yao looked at the super-long Silver Fish biting Xiao Guai's tail tip, feeling utterly helpless.

This unlucky egg, what exactly did they do to be retaliated against like this by the other side?

Xiao Guai smashed down hard twice, and along with the rock fragments and dust kicked up, finally rescued its tail tip.

"Meow"

Master, Xiao Guai's tail hurts

Xiao Guai leapt in front of Shen Yao, not caring about its wet appearance, and shoved its whole cat head and body into Shen Yao's arms.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao was shoved until she couldn't stand, and finally resigned herself to coaxing her little treasure, while also taking out the medicine kit from her backpack to apply medicine to Xiao Guai's tail tip, which had no broken skin but was just a bit red (suspected to have gotten cold from staying in the water too long).