Chapter 9: Magical Beast

Zuo Feng stared at the little beast in front of him, and he was sure that this was a type he had never seen before. But the Ye Lin Empire was mainly based on mountains and forests, and there were many kinds of little beasts. It was not surprising that he had not seen them before.

With a thought in his mind, he remembered what his sister Zuo Tiantian said before he left. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, talking to himself.

"Since you promised your sister, then take you back. Don't worry, your sister will treat you well."

The latter words were naturally said to the little beast in front of him. The little beast just tilted its head and looked confused about Zuo Feng's words.

Zuo Feng secretly circulated his spiritual energy, stomped his feet hard on the ground, and rushed forward like an arrow from a string. The little beast's silver-gray pupils shrank, and the gray hair stood up.

Less than two feet away, Zuo Feng arrived in the blink of an eye and quickly reached out to grab it. The smile was still on his face, but the next moment he was shocked to find that his palm had passed through the little beast's body, leaving only a residual shadow there.

Unable to stop, Zuo Feng rushed forward and almost fell to the ground because of the wrong use of force. After standing firm, Zuo Feng quickly looked around and found that the little beast appeared beside him again, this time only about ten feet away from him.

"Squeak"

The little beast chirped as if mocking Zuo Feng, and at the same time raised its two front paws, relying on the power of its two hind paws to rise. Zuo Feng looked at the little beast in front of him with a bit of laughter and tears. Through the previous test, he already knew that it was like dreaming to catch the little beast in front of him at his speed.

Since he couldn't catch it, Zuo Feng didn't waste any more energy, picked up the dagger and walked towards the big tree beside him.

While he continued to scrape the bark, he recalled the little beast's actions just now in his heart. With the little beast's short legs like little fingers, how could it have such a fast speed. Faintly, Zuo Feng was more interested in this little beast, but he couldn't catch it, and everything was in vain.

Zuo Feng looked to the side unintentionally, and the little beast actually followed him by himself, and was less than two meters away from him, looking at him curiously.

He found that the little beast seemed to be willing to follow him, which was almost impossible. The little beasts he had seen usually avoided humans from a distance, but the little beast in front of him was not afraid of him at all.

With a thought in his mind, he took out the dry food he brought with him when he left home in the morning, broke off a piece from it and threw it to the little beast. The little beast dodged quickly, then walked back curiously, sniffed the small piece of dry food, and looked up at Zuo Feng again without any interest.

'What exactly is this mountaintop? How can there be so many strange things? First, the powerful and almost outrageous woman appeared, and now there is a little beast with abnormal speed and no dry food. '

Zuo Feng muttered in his heart. It was not until this moment that he began to think that this mountain, or to be more precise, this mountaintop was too special. It's just that he is still in a dangerous place and has no energy and time to explore in detail.

‘It seems that I can only wait until I have some free time to come here and search carefully’

Thinking of this, Zuo Feng speeded up his hands. He and Zuo Hou must leave the Dongshan area before dawn. This is the top priority.

Half an hour later, Zuo Feng felt that the bark he scraped off should be enough, so he sat down on the ground tiredly.

Feeling that there seemed to be something beside him, he tilted his head and looked, and the little beast was not far from his hand.

Zuo Feng almost forgot about this little beast, but he didn’t expect it to still stay here. Suddenly remembering something, Zuo Feng reached into the package and took out a dozen medicine bags. These were the kinds of medicine he made when he followed his master Zhuang Yu to learn medicine making.

Some were for treating external injuries, some for treating internal injuries, some for setting bones, and some for restoring a small amount of spiritual energy. He took out all these medicine bags and placed them in front of the little beast that was close at hand.

At this moment, the distance between him and the little beast was very close, but he knew that it was still impossible to catch it suddenly, so he thought about how to lure the little beast to follow him voluntarily.

The little beast didn't buy Zuo Feng's account at all. It just sniffed the medicine bags and ignored them, still looking at Zuo Feng persistently.

Zuo Feng was almost certain that there must be something on him that attracted it. And he found that this little beast was different from other beasts of the same kind and should have a certain degree of intelligence. This was purely an intuition without any basis.

He took out everything on his body, including the remaining dry food, and even his own coins and daggers, and put them in front of the little beast.

This time, the little beast didn't even turn his eyes away, still staring at him. Zuo Feng, who was a little speechless, really had no choice, but the slight chill in his chest reminded him of the two jade bottles. A flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he quickly took one out of his arms.

As soon as the little jade bottle appeared, the little beast's silver-gray eyes brightened a little. Zuo Feng saw its reaction and was secretly happy in his heart, 'It seems that this little beast is actually interested in this thing'.

He held the jade bottle in his palm and slowly brought it to the little beast. The little beast looked at the jade bottle in Zuo Feng's hand with joy, but seemed to be a little hesitant, as if it was struggling in its heart for a while, and then it carefully approached.

Its furry little body finally came to Zuo Feng's hand, and the jade bottle was almost the same size as its body. The little beast raised its head and glanced at Zuo Feng again, as if it had made up its mind, and gently climbed onto Zuo Feng's palm and hugged the jade bottle.

Zuo Feng was not worried that the little beast would snatch the jade bottle away, because although the little beast had amazing speed, it was almost impossible to take away the jade bottle that was a circle larger than its body.

The little beast was in Zuo Feng's palm, holding the jade bottle with excitement and making a "squeak" sound of joy. Suddenly, it stretched out its pink little tongue and licked the bottle stopper.

Zuo Feng was always paying attention to the movements of the little beast, and of course he would not miss this subtle action.

'It turns out that this little guy likes this bottle stopper. '

Thinking of Huansheng's words before he left, the cold power in the jade bottle can cover a radius of ten miles, so this bottle stopper must be something extraordinary.

Zuo Feng thought for a moment, and simply tilted his hand slightly to put the bottle and the little beast on the ground together. The little beast first looked at it alertly, and found nothing unusual, so it happily picked up the jade bottle again and rolled on the ground.

Ignoring this strange little guy, Zuo Feng picked up two pieces of bark and tied them together end to end. He knew that brute force would not be enough to subdue the little beast in front of him. Patience and wisdom were the key.

‘Let’s let it get close to this bottle first,’ Zuo Feng thought, with a sly smile on his face.

Making a rope is much easier than scraping bark. Zuo Feng only spent a little more than a quarter of an hour to make a long rope. Because the rope is made of bark, it is not easy to be discovered even in the daytime.

Looking back, the little beast still held the bottle and couldn’t let it go. Zuo Feng smiled and reached out to grab it. The little beast looked at the jade bottle in his hand reluctantly, but quickly dodged it. Zuo Feng didn’t care and slowly picked up the jade bottle and put it in his arms.

The little beast was squeaking anxiously on the ground. Zuo Feng looked at the little beast kindly and said.

“If you like this bottle stopper, then follow me.”

He took out the jade bottle again and shook it in front of the little beast. Seeing that the little beast’s eyes were full of pleading and reluctance, he deliberately slowly put the bottle into his arms again.

The little beast looked at Zuo Feng who was walking slowly towards the mountainside, and instinctively followed behind, unwilling to let the "Jade Bottle" leave.

Zuo Feng looked behind with his peripheral vision, but kept saying in his heart, 'Follow me, follow me quickly.'

Until Zuo Feng reached the mountainside, the little beast's eyes were full of reluctance, and he still kept a distance and followed behind.

After Zuo Feng came to the mountainside, he found a large protruding rock and wrapped the "bark rope" in his hand several times to tighten it. He did all this very slowly, just to give the little beast behind him more time to make a decision.

He felt no better than the little beast at this time. The little beast was reluctant to part with his bottle cork, and he was also very fond of this amazingly fast, smart and cute little guy.

Even if Zuo Feng dragged on and delayed time, he still prepared the rope. Looking back at the little beast not far away again, Zuo Feng gritted his teeth and climbed down along the rope. Although he was reluctant to part with the little beast, he was not a person who dragged his feet after all.

Zuo Feng slid down the rope, which was several times easier than climbing up. Just as he lowered his head to look down, he heard the sound of breaking wind above his head.

Then a palm-sized black shadow kept getting bigger in his sight. Before he could be surprised, the black shadow had already landed on his shoulder. If he hadn't heard the sound and prepared, he would have been smashed down.

"Little guy, finally choose to follow me."

The one who fell down was naturally the little beast just now. The little beast stared at Zuo Feng with a pair of silver-gray eyes and tilted its head. Suddenly, it squeaked loudly twice, as if protesting something to Zuo Feng.

After a few calls, the little beast no longer paid attention to Zuo Feng, and "whoosh" it got into Zuo Feng's arms where he kept the jade bottle. Seeing its anxious appearance, Zuo Feng couldn't help but laugh, 'It seems that this little guy has been looking at the bottle all the time, and even remembers where I put it in my arms so clearly. ’

Feeling the little beast in his arms, he held the jade bottle and jumped up and down in his arms, stretched out his hand and patted it gently a few times, and said.

“If you are ready to follow me well, be honest in there, otherwise I will throw you away now.”

Zuo Feng didn’t want to escape from here because of the little beast, and he and Zuo Hou were discovered by the enemy. Although he was not sure whether the little beast could understand what he just said, he had a hunch that the little beast would understand what he meant.

The little beast did not disappoint Zuo Feng, and sure enough, its little body stopped making trouble.

Zuo Feng, who was about to continue to climb down, froze with his hands, and looked into his arms with an unbelievable look.