Chapter 8: First Fighting

Using fire to cook food is the greatest instinct of human beings in processing food.

But obviously this is not Xiaobai's instinct.

It disagreed with Yun Shang's opinion. It raised its head, rolled its eyes, and demonstrated with its own hands how to eat bamboo rat.

Xiaobai pressed the prey under his feet and began to skin it skillfully with his canine teeth.

Yun Shang widened her eyes. Is it so exciting and direct?

All that was heard was the sound of fur being torn, accompanied by splattering of flesh and blood. The bamboo rat was soon skinned, leaving only a bloody mass.

Xiaobai pushed the cleanly peeled food in front of Yun Shang and let her eat it first, which fully demonstrated his excellent quality of being polite to friends.

Yun Shang: …

She appreciated the good intention, but she had just come here and was not yet able to eat raw meat and drink blood skillfully!

"Xiaobai, you eat first." Yun Shang couldn't eat, but she didn't want to reject Xiaobai's kindness. She swallowed hard, stood up and said, "I'll go pick up some branches and start a fire. I still like barbecue."

Xiaobai naturally wouldn't be polite to her. He threw another unskinned dead bamboo rat from behind the tree to Yun Shang and started eating the skinned bamboo rat himself.

…

Yun Shang quickly collected some dry branches from all around, found a relatively dry place, and began to think about making a fire.

She had watched a wilderness survival program, so she followed the instructions and started to make fire by drilling wood. The physical strength buff that she got when she was first Qi of training gave her worked. She drilled hard a few times, and a puff of green smoke came out, followed by sparks. She lit some dry grass as a primer and threw it into the firewood pile. The first attempt at drilling wood to make fire was successful.

She started a fire, and Xiaobai also successfully finished the bamboo rat. Except for the head and tail, the rest of the rat was eaten up completely, leaving nothing behind.

"Xiaobai, can you help me skin this one?" Yun Shang made a begging gesture, "I'll roast it and let you try it later."

Xiaobai let out a howl and began to peel the skin generously.

Soon a skinned bamboo rat was placed in front of Yun Shang again. Xiaobai even considerately removed the bamboo rat's internal organs for her. Although his technique was a bit rough, Yun Shang was still very moved.

"Xiao Bai, you are so kind..." Yun Shang touched his head and said gratefully: "Good dogs will be rewarded. You will definitely be able to walk on the right path of cultivation."

"Ah!" Xiaobai cried out, and happily began to bite his tail and spin around in circles.

Yun Shang used the water she had just brought back to clean the bamboo rat and then roasted it over the fire.

There is no oil or salt, but bamboo rats grown in a natural and spiritual environment have no peculiar smell, and their own fat emits a rich meaty aroma when heated.

The taste of roasted bamboo rat was so appetizing that even Xiaobai was drooling.

After baking, Yun Shang gave half to Xiao Bai as agreed - she has always been so honest towards her friends.

Xiaobai was a little hesitant at first, but Yun Shang kept asking it to eat, and the smell was so delicious that it finally couldn't resist the temptation and started eating.

A little girl and a dog sat in front of the fire and shared the food, which had the comedy feeling of a gangster drama.

Yun Shang originally thought that half a bamboo rat was not enough for her to fill her teeth, and she also thought that it would not taste good after being roasted like this.

Unexpectedly, the meat was delicate and sweet without any seasoning, which made her mouth water and left a long aftertaste.

The most amazing thing is that after eating, my stomach was neither more nor less, just full.

She was just about to ask Xiaobai where he caught the bamboo rat, but she saw Xiaobai, who had been lying down and resting, suddenly turned over and stood up. His body was straight, his ears moved slightly, his mane slightly puffed up, and he looked into the depths of the forest and let out a low growl.

This is a warning when there is danger.

Yun Shang did not dare to be careless and quickly stood up, her whole body tense.

The forest was unusually quiet at this time. The birds had stopped singing at some point, and the only sound could be the rustling of the wind and the crackling of burning firewood.

Xiaobai stared ahead, roaring more and more frequently, his body slightly arched, his nose wrinkled, revealing his canine teeth, looking very ferocious.

Yun Shang's heart also began to lift. Looking at the situation, she was afraid that there might be some serious danger.

Oh no, she doesn't even have a weapon, what should she do?

At this moment, a rustling sound came from a distance, and there was a faint fishy smell in the air, which was nauseating.

"Woof woof woof!" Xiaobai suddenly started barking and protected Yun Shang behind him.

The next second, a black and green object appeared on the forest path. Yun Shang looked closely and found that it was a python about four or five meters long and as thick as a bucket.

The python's body was gleaming with black luster, and it looked quite old and intelligent. Its stomach was bulging out of shape, and it was holding a person in its mouth... to be more precise, it was holding a person's head and shoulders.

The man's legs were still outside, kicking desperately, as if he was unwilling to be eaten like this.

The man-eating python didn't look too comfortable either. It twisted its body and struggled, and its thick tail swept down the surrounding plants and small trees like a strong wind passing through.

Yun Shang had never seen such a scene before and was so frightened that she froze on the spot.

Seeing the python coming towards them, Xiaobai screamed in panic. Yun Shang woke up as if from a dream and quickly followed it, rolling and crawling to hide to the side.

The python's strength might have been almost exhausted, and its speed gradually slowed down. Its tail stopped right after it had swept a mess around the place where Yun Shang had made a fire and was eating.

The person in its mouth is not yet

The python was dying and struggling desperately. It was unwilling to give up the food, but it couldn't swallow it. The scene was very tense.

Only when Yun Shang got closer did she see the person in the python's mouth. The clothes he was wearing looked like the clothes of a Taoist priest in a Taoist temple.

The Taoist priest was probably fighting with the python for a long time, and was at a disadvantage in terms of fighting power, but he was unwilling to fulfill the python's wish even at death.

Yun Shang just felt it was so tragic. It turned out that the world of cultivation was so cruel.

"Help…Help…"

Just when she was feeling sympathetic, a weak cry for help came from the python's mouth.

Yun Shang was stunned. Not only was this man not dead, he could also call for help.

People always have a strong desire to survive, and no one wants to die in this wilderness.

In this situation, he was able to find someone here. This Taoist priest must be quite capable.

Xiaobai called out a few times in the direction of the python, seemed a little excited, and showed his claws, ready to move forward.

"Xiaobai, don't go yet. This snake may have spiritual power and is not dead yet." Yun Shang is not an impulsive person. In this environment, self-protection is the top priority.

"Help...Help..." A weak male voice came out from the python's mouth again. The voice sounded very young, "Help..."

"How can I save him?" Perhaps it was the man's tenacity in his desperate fight with the python and his strong desire to survive that touched Yun Shang. She blurted out, "But I don't have any weapons."

"...I...I have..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the python's mouth was pried open a little, revealing a fiery red tongue and a black head. Its mouth was full of blood and mucus, looking disgusting and terrifying.

Immediately afterwards, a dagger was thrown out and rolled right at Yun Shang's feet.

This throw probably exhausted all the strength of the Taoist priest. His hand that was supporting the python's head loosened, and the snake's head closed again. The Taoist priest could not make any sound, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

Yun Shang picked up the dagger, opened the scabbard covered with mucus, and when she pulled out the knife, a silver light flashed, accompanied by a "swoosh" sound, and a tuft of hair beside her ear was chopped off.

Looking at her face imprinted on the blade, Yun Shang was amazed. It was too sharp!

- But since she picked up someone's knife, it seems unreasonable not to save him.

When hitting a snake, you should hit it at the most vulnerable part, and pythons are no exception.

Yun Shang said decisively: "Xiao Bai, you should have caught a snake before. Help me determine its weakest point, and I will follow."

Xiaobai had been watching the fight for so long that he could no longer hold back. When he heard Yun Shang say this, he jumped on the spot and shot out like an arrow.

It was extremely fast, and in a few steps it jumped onto the python's back, then took a few steps, aimed at a certain spot and bit it hard -

The python felt pain, and its instinctive desire to survive was aroused. It swung its body wildly, trying to throw Xiaobai off, but Xiaobai bared his teeth and refused to let go. Even though the whole dog was thrown up, it was unable to throw it off.

When the python struggled to Yun Shang, Yun Shang shouted to Xiao Bai: "Let me take over!"

Xiao Baisong opened his mouth, jumped off the python's back, and landed on the ground in a light posture, unharmed.

Yun Shang held the knife with both hands, pointed it at the place where Xiaobai had just bitten her, and thrust it in with all her strength.

The thick scales turned into tofu when meeting the short knife. The short knife was like a force to be reckoned with, stabbing straight to the bottom.

The blow was fatal. The python's entire body shook wildly with great force. It broke several large trees and directly threw Yun Shang out.

Yun Shang flew out and hit a tree. Her chest felt stuffy, her throat felt sweet, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

She thought to herself: What a sin! This time I finally experienced what it feels like to vomit blood.

The crazy python gradually stopped shaking, its body straightened and it no longer moved.

Xiaobai ran to the python and sniffed it, then touched the python's body with his claws, turned around and wagged his tail wildly at Yun Shang, as if to say: It's dead, really dead.

Yun Shang's chest was still aching. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and let out a long sigh. She hurriedly drink a mouthful of spiritual spring water, then she feel her wound was healed.

She almost lost her life.