Chapter 742: Disappeared Without a Trace

The next morning, after Wang An and Wang Li, the two brothers, finished breakfast, they put armor on the dogs and brought collars with barbs, then rode horses and led the dogs into the mountains.

Having not been in the mountains for a long time, the dogs were very excited; as soon as they left the gate, they began to frolic, chasing each other, which was very lively.

Wang An looked at the dogs and smiled at Wang Li:

"These dogs are all fat, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, just like little calves. You say if they run into a wolf pack, I feel they can definitely have a good fight with them."

Wang Li looked at Da Hei's big fat butt and also smiled:

"Yeah, I feel that just Da Hei's big round butt could sit a wolf to death, hahahaha..."

Da Hei was the dog that had grown the largest among these dogs; now that it had grown fat, it looked even bigger. When Wang An fed the dogs, he had held Da Hei and felt it must be around 130 jin.

To be honest, it is extremely rare for this kind of pure Northeast big stupid dog to grow to this weight.

Of course, this is also because the appetite of a mountain-chasing dog is significantly larger than that of an ordinary watchdog; after all, the physical strength consumed by a mountain-chasing dog when chasing mountains is also several times that of an ordinary dog.

But because of this, once they stop chasing mountains, the mountain-chasing dog will quickly grow fat, and this point is actually not a good thing for a mountain-chasing dog.

One must know that for animals, although they will have more physical strength and greater power after getting fat, their flexibility will be greatly reduced.

And flexibility is particularly important for a mountain-chasing dog.

Because when a mountain-chasing dog is fighting with prey, it is quite intense and dangerous; if there is a slight mistake, the dog's life will not be guaranteed.

Therefore, a good mountain-chasing dog, besides having the spirit to fight for its life, must also have a strong physique, sufficient endurance, and excellent flexibility.

This time entering the mountains, the goal was to hunt that black bear, so in order to compensate for the dogs' fatness and lack of flexibility, Wang An decided to have the dogs wear armor and collars.

Of course, even if the dogs weren't fat, Wang An would still have them wear armor and collars; although this stuff is slightly cumbersome, it is truly a magic weapon to protect the dogs.

And not only were the three big black dogs and Wang Li's four big yellow dogs dressed like this, but Wang An's family's Xiao Hei and the four flower dogs were also dressed up.

Because when Wang Dazhu was free before, he had also made armor and collars for Xiao Hei and the four flower dogs at home.

But to be honest, Wang An didn't hold much hope for whether these four flower dogs could become good hunting dogs.

Mainly because the previous performance of these four flower dogs was really not very good.

This time entering the mountains was also the last chance for them to perform.

One must know that these four flower dogs had eaten the meat of jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards, had been fed enlightenment powder for several days, and the food fed to these four dogs every meal was enough to feed four big fat pigs. To tell the truth, Wang An's investment in these four flower dogs could be said to be quite significant; overall, he had been quite generous.

So if they were still so cowardly and incompetent, always tucking their tails and peeing, then Wang An would not hesitate to eliminate them.

Mainly because such dogs in the countryside, especially for mountain-chasers, have no value of living at all; it's better to go see the Buddha as soon as possible.

After running for a while, the dogs calmed down, and after another 20 minutes, Wang An and his brother's destination arrived.

One has to admit that in this season, the plants in the mountains can be said to be different every day; when Wang An and the three were digging for ginseng, the ground was still full of grass sprouts, but now the wild grass all over the mountains was already about to cover their feet.

It's just that after arriving at the place Li Guafu mentioned, Da Hei and Da Huang didn't make a sound, which meant that the black bear Li Guafu saw had long since run off somewhere.

After strolling around, Wang Li said to Wang An: "Fourth Brother, you say that Li Guafu didn't see wrong, right? If there was a black bear, with Da Hei's nose, it's impossible not to smell it!"

Wang An scanned the area and said: "Seeing wrong shouldn't be the case, maybe the light rain last night scattered the scent."

Pausing, Wang An continued:

"Besides, black bears are walking beasts anyway, wandering around every day; it's normal that we can't find it."

Actually, it's not just brown bears and black bears; animals like wild boars and roe deer are all walking beasts.

That is to say, they are homeless every day, and it's hard to say where they will appear; at most, when food is abundant in a certain place, they will be active within this range.

It's just that this range is not small, at least within twenty or thirty square kilometers.

Wang Li nodded and said with some regret:

"Yeah, if it were winter, we could still track it."

Wang An gently moved the reins and, after saying "giddy-up," said with a light smile:

"Then why do you think those old mountain-chasers stop hunting as soon as they reach this point? Do you really think they only stop because the fur isn't worth much? Even if the fur isn't worth much, aren't there many other valuable things? It's true that they simply can't find them."

Upon hearing this, Wang Li scratched his head and suddenly said with a smile:

"That's just them gilding their own faces, hahahaha..."

"That's for sure, hahahaha..."

Wang Li laughed, and Wang An followed suit.

After another hour, as the range searched by the two and the 12 dogs continued to expand, Wang An finally confirmed that this black bear had completely disappeared without a trace.

Fortunately, the two weren't entirely without gain, because the dogs had brought back quite a few small animals; they caught 9 rabbits, 4 roe deer, and two hazel grouse that were doing bad things.

The male hazel grouse must have weighed about 10 jin, and the female hazel grouse also weighed about 3 jin.

Even though Da Hei's physique was relatively strong, when it came back with this male hazel grouse in its mouth, it was walking crookedly.

But one has to mention that the performance of the 4 flower dogs was also okay, because those 4 roe deer were caught by the four of them.

This made Wang An's idea of eliminating them weaken a bit.

Wang An identified his location, clicked his teeth, looked at the rabbits on the horse's back, and said to Wang Li: "Old Five, let's go directly to the Wild Boar Forest, see if we can get a wild boar back, don't linger here anymore, I feel that black bear can't be found."

Wang Li licked his lips and said:

"I feel it's unlikely too; even if there was one, it would have run away long ago."

After the two finished speaking, they put their thumbs and index fingers into their mouths and blew a very loud whistle at the dogs. After all the dogs gathered, the two walked towards the Wild Boar Forest.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 743 =====