Chapter 61: Leaving Behind Yu Feng to Relieve Boredom

  "Alright, alright, you're not a naughty bear!" The old man hastily agreed, hoping that the little ball of fluff could stay for a while longer, even if it was just to chat with him. He was really lonely on top of the mountain by himself, although he also often found an animal to play with, but after all, he was a golden lion who could transform into human form, and those animals didn't have much common language.

  "Yawn, I'm so tired!" Little Fluff suddenly let out a yawn. In order to see Mo Yi'er earlier, he hadn't stopped to rest at all.

  "Then sleep for a while, Grandpa will catch some prey to fill your belly."

  "Hmm." The little fluffball thought for a moment, it's also good to rest first, otherwise the flight speed will definitely slow down when going back. Their golden lions aren't made of iron either, they also need rest and food to replenish their physical energy.

  Yu Fen remained unconscious, one of the reasons being that Xiao Rong had not given her any food or water. The old man returned with a plump wild cow, which he processed and then roasted over an open flame, his eyes involuntarily glancing at Yu Fen. "Huh? Could she have died?" His finger extended to Yu Fen's nose to probe, and there was still breathing.

  Perhaps the old man wanted someone to accompany him in the future, or perhaps he suddenly had a kind heart. He used leaves to scoop up some water and dripped it into Yu Fen's mouth. Before long, Yu Fen finally woke up.

  "Am I... am I going to die?" Chūn Fēn asked the old man in terror.

  "Not dead yet." The old man was quite unhappy, why bring up death as soon as he woke up? What a terrible omen.

  "Where is this place...?" Chūfen's heart slightly calmed down, she had heard the conversation between Mò Yìér and Sītèlā, Sīmòlā, they were going to send her to a place in the tribe where she would never be able to return, no matter what, it was better than being killed.

  "This is my territory, I'm telling you, from now on you'd better listen to me obediently, otherwise I'll eat you up." The old man said seriously to Yu Fen, he wasn't kidding, when he was young and hadn't transformed into human form yet, he had eaten quite a few humans!

  "I, I will listen." Chu Xun was new to this place and didn't dare to go against the old man, let alone she was currently tied up with five flowers and needed someone to help her.

  "This is good, I hate women who don't listen." Although the old man said so, he still thought of Mo Yier, who would always argue with him. In his lifetime, there was only one woman who dared to quarrel with him like that, and that was Mo Yier.

  "I'll listen, I'll definitely listen. Can you help me untie the beast skin belt?" Chū Fēn tried to move, but her whole body was stiff. She didn't feel embarrassed about being naked, after all, on hot days, they wouldn't wear beast skins and would expose their upper bodies, let alone in front of an elderly person.

  The old man thought for a second, then used his sharp claws to cut open the beast skin rope on Fen's body. A woman was not threatening at all, and here on the mountain top, even if someone wanted to escape, they wouldn't be able to fly away.

  Chu Feng was shocked, rubbing his eyes and staring straight at the old man's fingers in disbelief. "You...you just tapped once, and my rope broke?"

  "What? Didn't you see it?"

  "You, how did you manage to do it? Even a sharp stone knife can't achieve this level of precision!"

  "Hmph, that stone knife is nothing." The old man was unimpressed. If he were young, his sharp claws would be many times sharper than they are now. Just look at Little Fluff's sharp claws and you'll know, Mo Yi'er had him help with many things!

  Chu Fen didn't think of herself as a foolish person, but at this moment she realized that the unassuming old man in front of her was an extremely formidable figure. She looked up to him with eyes that were almost worshipful. "Uncle, you're really amazing!"

  "Stop it, stop calling me uncle, and stop trying to get close to me."

  “……”

  "Alright, since you're here, you'll have to help me with work. In exchange, I can take care of your food. You know how to roast meat and cook, right?" Perhaps it's just his nature, but as a male elder, he really dislikes doing cooking and sewing animal hides.

  "It's settled, it's settled." Xīnfēn's heart leapt with joy, someone was in charge of hunting and she wouldn't starve to death. The women of the Luòjiǎo tribe were not like those of the Kǎn inner tribe, apart from sewing animal hides and preparing food, they couldn't do much else, if they left their men, they simply couldn't survive on their own.

  As they spoke, the aroma of roasted meat wafted from the bonfire, rousing the little ball of fluff from its slumber. It stretched and let out a sound, only then did Xun Fen notice it. Remembering how he had transformed into a lion with wings on their journey, Xun Fen immediately hid behind the old man and asked: "Y-you're the Golden Lion?"

  "I am!" The little fluffball slightly raised its eyes to look at Yu Fen, it seemed that this woman wasn't completely ignorant after all, she actually knew he was the Golden Lion.

  "I didn't expect that the Golden Lion really exists. You, why are you by Mo Yuer's side?" Chūn Fēn now knew that Xī Tè Lā was a woman, and her previous hostility towards Mo Yuer had dissipated.

  "This is none of your business, from now on you'll stay here and help me take care of Grandpa. If you dare to do anything that makes my grandpa unhappy, I'll break your neck, got it?" Little Fluff said with an extremely casual tone, tapping her fingertips together, her sharp fingernails gleaming coldly, making Xīnfēn's heart tighten.

  "I, I see." At the same time, she also received a message from Xiao Rong's words that the old man was Xiao Rong's grandfather. So to speak, she also knew that the old man was Jin Shi. Her mind was still a bit confused and couldn't adapt to the fact that Jin Shi could transform into a human and humans could transform into Jin Shi!

  No matter what, the little furball had already sat down by the bonfire to eat roasted meat. The old man tore off the most tender part and handed it over to him, just like when he was a child. Only, back then, he was an adorable little golden lion, but now he had become a tall, handsome and elegant man.

  After a night's rest, the little ball of fluff had recovered his strength and bid farewell to the old man once again, flapping his wings as he left this Shangri-La-like place. He believed that Grandpa would be doing well, but in his heart, a strange feeling arose, one that he wouldn't understand until many years later - it was called reluctance to part with loved ones. By then, the old man had passed away, and he was holding his own daughter to pay respects to him!

  The heart is like an arrow, and the small ball of fluff flew towards the Luoyan tribe at the fastest speed. The Luoyan tribe now has many people who have discovered that Yu Fen is missing, and three people, Xite La, Ximula, and Muyier, are discussing how to make this matter pass smoothly for Yuan. After all, a person's disappearance in the tribe is not a small matter. If it were a man, they could say he was eaten by a wild beast while hunting, but women are more difficult to deal with, as they do not leave the tribe and there are so many people here that wild beasts will hardly approach.