Chapter 1345: Wildness

At present, Xingtian is at the height of his fame; he campaigns every year and wins every year, never having suffered a single defeat. Within the Shennong Clan, it is already being said that he is a God of War, and Xingtian feels that he is certainly worthy of this title.

He gradually feels that he cannot die, and with his shield and battle-axe in hand, he is invincible under Heaven; no matter who comes, they only have death awaiting them.

He also knows of the failure of the Jiang Surname Tribe, and knows of Xuanyuan and Huaxia. If Jiebing fails this time, then this Huaxia and Xuanyuan will become his enemies, because he is already close to completing his current mission.

Xuanyuan stepped onto the land he had not visited for a long time, preparing to make a great effort again this year, and Jiebing also brought men, preparing to wash away his previous shame.

The Soldiers of Huaxia set out this year; Lu, acting as general, led the expedition. He only brought one thousand Soldiers, and apart from some generals who needed training, the other Soldiers were selected at random; those who went last year might also need to go this year.

Shaoyin also needs to go, because Shaoyin is a key figure among the future generals of Huaxia and must be cultivated. Xiong's other tiger sons have not yet inherited Xiong's abilities, and now they are even a bit afraid to approach cattle, let alone horses.

Because of this matter, Xiong's efforts to cultivate them have dropped almost to the minimum. As descendants of a military family, being afraid of cattle and horses is shameful even to speak of; what is there to cultivate? It would be better to focus on cultivating Shaoyin. Now that Shaoyin already has a Nobility rank, if he works a bit harder, he will surely be able to be like him in the future; this is Xiong's expectation.

Shaoyin was not idle all winter; as soon as he returned, he married a new wife, and together with Qinyang, he was busy all winter. It is just that it is still unknown whether any results were produced; in any case, the previous child can already speak, but the second one has not yet been conceived. This is the disadvantage of campaigning for too long.

It is also because of this that the number of children Xiong has later on has gradually been surpassed by others. After all, when he carries out missions, he is gone for a very, very long time, while others during this period have already sown seeds with several wives; as long as the quantity is large, there will surely be some that bear fruit.

Xiong, the man with the most wives, actually does not have the highest number of children, so now, in order to allow Shaoyin to have more children, he is not allowed to leave the house all winter, and is just working at home.

If nothing unexpected happens, a new wife will be planned for Shaoyin again this year; it is just a matter of marrying and giving birth non-stop, the more they give birth, the better.

However, Baifeng has some not-so-good news here, and that is that Xiaobao has gone missing. After a winter of raising it, Xiaobao has turned from a kitten into a sturdy cat, although it has not yet reached adulthood, its body has simply grown larger.

But in its grown body, its ambition is even greater. As it grew, it gradually began to be less clingy, its own proactive behavior increased, and after the weather warmed up a bit, there were even times when the cat could not be seen for half a day.

This time, when Baifeng returned from the Xuanyuan Tribe, he was told that Xiaobao had not been seen for nearly ten days.

Because Baifeng had long ago told Changle that cats are difficult to tame; once they grow up, they will think about leaving to strike out on their own, and it is almost impossible for them to be kept here.

Although Changle held onto a glimmer of hope, believing that in Huaxia, there are exceptions to everything, unfortunately, reality still struck it hard. Xiaobao did not express too much attachment to Huaxia; perhaps it just felt that Huaxia City was a territory it had already finished exploring, and it needed to explore more and larger territories, so it left the food-abundant Huaxia City without looking back.

Of course, it is also possible that it never left Huaxia City at all, and is now in some corner of Huaxia City, having made a nest in some grass or a hole, catching endless mice every day, just not wanting to return to that human home.

The preventive measures taken in advance were still effective; at least Changle and Ayuduo did not appear too anxious or panicked, because they knew this was a normal phenomenon for a cat, just a little sorrowful.

Far away in the Western Development Group, after the spring breeze began to blow, a few little green buds slowly grew among the withered yellow Grass. The color of the grass is visible from afar but not up close, but now the color of the grass is visible up close but not from afar; you must squat down to be able to see those pitiful little tender buds.

But this is also a sign that spring is coming; very soon, early spring plants will turn green in just a few days, and different colors will appear on the pasture.

The cattle and sheep no longer need to eat dry grass; they can nibble on the freshest grass buds in the spring breeze. They lost a lot of weight during the winter and must be fattened up quickly. Although they are not being slaughtered yet, everyone likes fat livestock.

The newly born lambs were kept if they were the best, and all the others had their testicles cut off. The veterinarian who came from Huaxia Pasture has already provided guidance at the Western Development Group; as long as the hands are fast and ruthless, and one spends a few days practicing on a few more lambs, one will soon become a skilled sheep gelder.

Although most people do not understand, they can only obey orders. They do not know why they have to go to such great lengths to cut off the testicles of the sheep but not the cattle; could it be that the King has something against sheep?...

Of course, the biggest event in the entire Western Development Group is the ennoblement of Xiaohe. Who could have imagined that one could obtain a Nobility rank just by picking up a few wild cats? Everyone envies Xiaohe's luck.

What was brought to Xiaohe was not only the symbol of his Nobility rank but also the fine clothing that belongs to him; Xiaohe has all the treatment that a Noble should have, even if he lives in a very remote place.

It is just that the fine clothing does not fit very well, after all, it was made according to his general build and was not tailor-made for him. Xiaohe does not care about these things, and he is reluctant to wear those clothes; he is just a herdsman, how good does he need to dress?

Could it be that because he has become a Noble, he no longer needs to work?

Indeed, he does not need to, because his Noble status is enough to support himself, and with the current freedom of occupation, although the Western Development Group cannot implement it, Nobles are an exception.

Fortunately, Xiaohe knows himself; he knows that relying solely on a Nobility rank will not work, and he must achieve some solid merits. Things obtained by luck are, after all, not that long-lasting.

His few cats, however, have not left, because there are playmates, and hunting here is not that easy, with more dangers. In further places, the territory may have already been occupied, and these cats that have not reached adulthood do not yet have the ability to carve out their own Heaven and Earth, so staying here where he takes care of them is the most cost-effective choice.