landbeastnovel End of Chapter 49
End of Chapter 49
The third and fourth sisters would occasionally shoot water arrows and fire arrows to distract the Wolf King from Xi'er's attention.
The Wolf King was extremely annoyed by the disturbance and tried several times to rush over and tear the two little creatures who were shooting arrows from the side, but he was held tightly by Xi'er and could not break free.
After fighting for more than ten rounds, Xi'er gradually figured out the Wolf King's tactics. With a quick glance, she deliberately created an opening, stumbled slightly, and leaned forward a little.
The wolf king's eyes flashed with ferocity. Seizing the opportunity, it pounced forward, opened its huge mouth, and bit at Xi'er's throat!
Xi'er swiftly dodged to the side, avoiding the attack.
The wolf king's massive jaws grazed her shoulder, missing their mark, and the upper and lower jaws collided with a dull thud. Taking advantage of the moment, Xi'er circled around to the wolf king's side, wielding her axe in both hands, and began to lift it upwards.
"puff"
A beam of axe light, like the rising moon, shot out from the axe blade, cleaved into the wolf king's jaw, pierced its skull, and flew out from the top of its head.
The Wolf King suddenly froze, his eyes glazed over, his mouth agape, but he could no longer utter a sound.
A thin line of blood ran from the top of its head to its jaw. Suddenly, its skull split open, gushing out brain matter and blood. The massive body crashed to the ground, slamming onto the platform and raising a cloud of dust. It was clearly dead beyond any doubt.
The remaining wolves, their eyes filled with terror as they stared at their king lying in a pool of blood, howled and fled, scrambling to leap over the wooden wall and disappear into the vast darkness. Seeing the situation was dire, the fierce owls in the sky let out a shriek and led the remaining owls in a hasty retreat. As for the few remaining leopard-headed buzzards, they were not even on their radar.
The battle is finally over.
On and below the platform, the corpses of wolves, fierce owls, and leopard buzzards lay scattered about.
Blood gushed from the corpse, pooling together and flowing down the hillside. The air reeked of blood, mixed with the acrid smell of burnt feathers and lightning strikes, making one want to vomit.
"Um……"
As if sensing something, Xi'er walked to the corpse of the Wild Wolf King, squatted down, and drew a dagger made from the teeth of a sword-spined crocodile from her waist. She then cut open the Wild Wolf King's belly. After searching inside for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she pulled out something.
It was a solidified object about the size of a child's fist, like jelly, crystal clear, and the color of amber.
"What is this?" Cai Xuan walked over, took a sniff, and it seemed to have a faint fragrance.
"I don't know, but it should be something good," Xi'er said, shaking her head.
Cai Xuan sensed the "Records of Mysterious Wilderness Medicines" in his mind, quickly flipping through it, but found that none of the medicines matched the one in front of him. He held the amber-colored jelly in his hand and examined it; it seemed that a warm energy was emanating from it.
"Then put it away for now, and ask someone who knows about it later."
Cai Xuan never knew if humans existed in this world, but after seeing those people riding armored rhinoceroses by the water, he had no more doubts.
"Um."
Xi'er responded and took the amber-colored jelly back to her room to put it away.
Cai Xuan saw that the Wild Wolf King was enormous, with sharp teeth and fine fur, so he kept it. Looking down, on the hillside in front of the wooden house lay the carcass of a huge ferocious owl. This creature had foolishly pounced down earlier and was killed by Xi'er with an axe.
He had never eaten such large bird meat before, so he kept it. He also went to get some fierce owl's sharp beak and long legs, but ignored the rest.
The giant golden gourd vine couldn't wait to extend its roots from the ground, plunging into the remaining corpses, sucking their blood and flesh essence, and then transforming it into nutrients to transport to the four small golden gourds hanging on the vine.
"Brother." The third and fourth sisters put away their water and fire bows and walked up to Cai Xuan, calling out to him.
"You're out now. From now on, Third Sister will be called Shu'er, and Fourth Sister will be called Xin'er," Cai Xuan said, patting their heads.
"Shu'er..."
The third sister softly repeated her name, then smiled happily and said, "Thank you, brother."
"I love the name Xin'er!" Fourth Sister exclaimed happily, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.
Cai Xuan looked at Xi'er who came out of the house, and Yun'er, Shu'er, and Xin'er who were standing outside, as well as the four little golden gourds hanging under the wooden frame. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Now that there are more and more of you sisters, to avoid the trouble of calling each other, from now on you will all be called 'elder sister'. For example, Xi'er and I will call you 'second elder sister, third elder sister, fourth elder sister, etc.'; you will call Xi'er, Yun'er, and the younger sisters who are born later 'eldest elder sister, second elder sister... sixth elder sister, seventh elder sister, eighth elder sister.'"
"We'll listen to our brother."
Xi'er, Yun'er, Shu'er, and Xin'er responded in unison.
Four girls stood before Cai Xuan, each with a different smile and four pairs of clear eyes, yet all conveying the same warmth and dependence.
Cai Xuan patted their heads, sensing the deep bond between them, and a strange, inexplicable feeling welled up inside him. He had never had any entanglement with demons like the giant golden gourd that had transformed into human form, yet he inexplicably found himself connected to a bunch of girls who had transformed from small golden gourds.
They all called him "brother," and they all depended on and trusted him. It was extremely strange.
But he didn't dislike the feeling.
"You must be hungry after fighting for so long. I'll make you something delicious to eat, and also to celebrate the birth of Shu'er and Xin'er." Cai Xuan turned and walked towards the kitchen.
"Yay!"
The four girls cheered in unison and followed Cai Xuan into the kitchen, chattering away.
Under the wooden frame, the remaining four small golden gourds were breathing heavily, digesting the nutrients transported by the large golden gourd vine.
Inside the fifth golden gourd, the girl's ears swelled and shrank, and her closed eyes gleamed with a brilliant light; inside the sixth golden gourd, in the space in front of the girl, a flag exuding an aura of life and death was slowly taking shape; inside the seventh golden gourd, the girl's body appeared and disappeared, and if one did not know she was inside, one could not sense her presence; inside the eighth golden gourd, a small golden gourd floated in the clouds of spiritual energy above the girl's head, faintly exuding an aura of supreme and mysterious creation.
Cai Xuan and the others had a simple dinner: one was stewed wolf king meat with nine-oxen divine power potatoes, and the other was stewed with aquatic bamboo shoots and dried dragon whiskers with fierce owl meat.
Now there are five people in the house, including the newborn Shu'er and Xin'er, so naturally there's a lot to cook, and everything is cooked in pots.
The meat of the Wolf King and the Owl Chief is indeed a delicacy. After it is stewed, as soon as the lid is lifted, countless essences float out. Taking a breath makes one feel full of energy.
Cai Xuan was afraid that if he ate too much, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night and would have to go and bang his head against a tree, so he didn't eat much.
The four little ones, including Xi'er, didn't hold back at all. They took the bowl full of the meat of the Wild Wolf King and the Fierce Owl and ate it in big mouthfuls.
After finishing their meal and returning to their room, Shu'er and Xin'er looked at the bright solar-powered lights hanging on the wall with curiosity in their eyes.