Chapter 46 (2/2)
Inside his spirit domain…
Little Baiqi was in a deep sleep, his feathers swaying gently to the rhythm of his breathing.
Heiya was in another corner, his breathing rumbling like thunder, and growing increasingly intense. Whenever his snoring reached its peak, little Baiqi’s tail would sweep across the air, raising a strong wind in the spirit domain and slapping Heiya’s face.
“Ou?” Heiya woke up, half-asleep, rubbing his face a few times on his nest before going back to sleep. His snoring gradually grew louder again, until another gust of wind swept at him, returning the spirit domain into a state of momentary peace.
Seemingly unable to tolerate the black dragon’s snoring any longer, little Baiqi woke up and left the spirit domain of his own accord. Afterwards, he retracted his wings as usual, and coiled his tail around himself, nestled on Zhu Minglang’s blanket like a cat.
Zhu Minglang opened his eyes in a dazed state, still feeling very sleepy. When he noticed the little white dragon nestled on his blanket, occupying a portion of it, Zhu Minglang carefully turned his body sideways, not daring to let his blanket roll along with him, to the point that some of his body was exposed. Even though he was shaking from the cold, he couldn’t bear to have the little white dragon shift…
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On a cloudy day in the cold autumn…
There was a large dense forest to the north of the Dragon Tamers Academy. The grounds closer to the Academy were mainly filled with Chinese fir trees, while the deeper areas were mostly tall and primitive pine trees.
The reason Zhu Minglang came to this forest was because Hong Hao had highly recommended this place as a great hunting ground. Many Dragon Tamer students who were raising carnivorous dragons would come here to hunt every three to five days, maintaining their dragons’ wild nature!
They walked into the fir forest. The ground was covered with leaves that had fallen recently, which were very soft to step on.
Of course, it was Zhu Minglang who was walking on them. When Heiya walked on them, a huge footprint would directly appear on the ground, and the smaller fir trees around them would start shaking.
Black boars would appear if they walked a little deeper. However, they weren’t some tiny creatures like sparrows that you could find everywhere. Zhu Minglang walked around for a long time, but he hadn’t seen one yet!
The most difficult part of hunting wasn’t how to kill them, but how to find them. In a huge forest with countless trees around, even if there weren’t bushes around to obstruct your vision, finding the ferocious wild boars wouldn’t be a simple task.
Fortunately, Zhu Minglang had done his preparations. Looking for the tracks of certain creatures was a skill most Dragon Tamers needed to have.
After the huge improvement to his senses, he could sense the lingering aura of some creatures in a limited area. Closing his eyes, the auras were like a scented wind, lingering somewhere that would drift in a certain but vague direction. That direction would most likely be where that creature had gone…
Of course, their auras would dissipate into their surroundings. Not only that, many demon spirits knew how to conceal, misguide, or erase their auras to prevent their natural enemies from finding them.
“This way.” Zhu Minglang pointed in a direction.
Sitting on Heiya’s back, Zhu Minglang felt much more relaxed, and their pace was much faster than before.
“Not right, not right, that seems to be a wild deer. It’s this way. It’s sure to be accurate this time.” Zhu Minglang pointed in another direction.
The Black Mosasaurex changed directions very quickly. After all, he had strong rear limbs. Not only that, he could even walk up on two feet like a tyrannosaurus…
Zhu Minglang had already verified Heiya’s lineage back in the Academy. Heiya had the bloodlines of a Tyrannosaurus and a Dark Mosasaur, a rather pure breed of Ancient Dragon.
Tyrannosaurs and Mosasaurs were overlords of land and sea respectively. As such, Heiya had extremely high combat ability, even on land!
“Weee…!”
He heard a howl ahead. Zhu Minglang immediately halted the Black Mosasaurex, telling him to wait.
The Black Mosasaurex was too big, and the aura of a tyrannosaur was too strong. Creatures with sharp senses would have scattered long before Heiya got close.
The wild boars in the forest were the same. It was impossible for them to fight an Ancient Dragon. They’d run away immediately after hearing the commotion.
Zhu Minglang didn’t want to miss this wild boar. He advanced on foot, looking in the direction of the cry.
The Black Mosasaurex remained still. He would have to move very slowly if he wanted to advance, but it was very difficult for something his size to tiptoe around…
“Wait here. I’ll go take a look first. Don’t scare off our first prey,” Zhu Minglang instructed.
“Ou!”
“Shh….!” Zhu Minglang hurriedly hushed, gesturing Heiya to pipe down.
Heiya held back a cry that was full of strength, breathing out his nose heavily!
Zhu Minglang walked forward quickly.
He noticed a lot of fir fruits on the ground with bite marks, most of them not fully eaten.
They were most likely chewed up by wild boars. They didn’t have incisors as nimble as squirrels or rabbits. Boars eating fir fruits was a matter of swallowing them whole, and spitting the inedible seeds out afterwards.
After passing through the area with fir fruits scattered all over the ground, Zhu Minglang saw a super large wild boar with long, thick hair covering its whole body!
The black pig’s hair was so long it was almost dragging along the ground. Its body was comparable to a wild yak’s, evidently much older than the wild black boars caught by the Academy.
This wild black boar would probably evolve into a demon spirit in a few more years!