Tad the Black Cloud Leopard? Mo Yan was full of confusion, responding in her mind: With the Black Cloud Leopard’s formidable strength and its cold aloofness, how could one simply ta it at will?
Xuetuan criticized her like a ntor disappointed in his apprentice, "If you don’t try, how will you know you can’t do it?"
Mo Yan was at a loss for words, thinking to herself: It and Xiao Jin are mortal enemies; even if I could ta it, I wouldn’t dare to. They would fight every day, which would be enough to scare soone sick.
This was no exaggeration; indeed, even when Dabai and Little Flower fought occasionally, it was quite frightening, yet they still held back, never seriously hurting each other. A Golden Beast and a Black Cloud Leopard, being natural arch-enemies, might not show such restraint once they start fighting.
"Didn’t the era you originally lived in have a saying about ’love and hate being two sides of the sa coin’? How do you know these two creatures aren’t like that?" Xuetuan argued that whether the two Beasts got along was not a problem at all. Having finally co across a fierce Beast sowhat pleasing to the eye, it didn’t want to let the opportunity slip away.
The phrase "love and hate being two sides of the sa coin" made the corner’s of Mo Yan’s eyes twitch. She finally agreed to give it a try, lest she be nagged to death by Xuetuan.
After soothing the emotions of the Golden Beast, Mo Yan stepped forward to speak to Xiao Ruiyuan and Doctor Du, "Master, Bro Xiao, this is a rare Black Cloud Leopard. I’ve seen it before, and it won’t harm people for no reason."
Seeing their skeptical looks, Mo Yan continued, "The Thousand-year Ginseng I found earlier, I found it with the help of the Black Cloud Leopard. Otherwise, it would have been too difficult to find a single Ginseng in these vast mountains."
"What? The Thousand-year Ginseng was actually led by it?" Doctor Du exclaid in shock, looking at the Black Cloud Leopard with amazent.
Xiao Ruiyuan was also quite surprised, raising his eyebrows at the Black Cloud Leopard. He withdrew his hostility, but still remained on guard against it.
Mo Yan nodded with a smile, "Perhaps the mountains and waters here are nurturing, and the Black Cloud Leopard is full of Spiritual Energy, as if it can understand human speech. I’ll go and negotiate with it now to let us through," she said, walking towards the Black Cloud Leopard.
"No way!" Xiao Ruiyuan held Mo Yan’s wrist tightly. Even if it truly was a fierce Beast imbued with Spiritual Energy, he could not let her take the risk.
"Indeed, girl, we can find herbs elsewhere, you cannot take this risk," Doctor Du also urged, afraid his apprentice, in an impulsive mont, might really go and "negotiate" with a man-eating fierce Beast.
"Master, Bro Xiao, the Black Cloud Leopard truly won’t hurt people. If it doesn’t permit us to harvest herbs in its territory, we can always look elsewhere later," Mo Yan explained helplessly.
After saving the Golden Beast, she knew that such fierce Beasts living in the deep mountains for countless years could neither leave the mountain nor harm people lightly, lest they incur the punishnt of the Heavenly Dao. Otherwise, any one of them could cause great harm to the people living at the foot of the mountain by simply charging down.
Keep in mind that, aside from the Golden Beast and Black Cloud Leopard, there were other large fierce Beasts in the mountains whose ancestors were Spirit Beasts! However, this was sothing Mo Yan could not explain to Xiao Ruiyuan and Doctor Du.
Seeing Mo Yan’s determination, Xiao Ruiyuan and Doctor Du hesitated. Noticing that the Black Cloud Leopard, when provoked by the Golden Beast, rely beca agitated but did not attack and showed no malice towards them, deep down they started to believe that it would not hurt them without good reason.
But belief is one thing, worry is another; despite their newfound belief, they were adamant about not letting Mo Yan go over to the Black Cloud Leopard.
Mo Yan felt quite helpless and said to Xuetuan in Space, "How about we forget it this ti and co back to ask the Black Cloud Leopard later?"
"No!" Xuetuan flatly refused, "Who knows how long we will have to wait for the next ti; even if it’s only a year, I’d have to spend a boring year in Space, definitely not happening!"
So it turned out that Xuetuan’s encouragent for her to ta the Black Cloud Leopard was not so she could have another helper, but because it was bored out of its mind?
Mo Yan beca speechless, but her heart ached for the lonely Xuetuan. If she were trapped in Space for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, she probably would have gone mad by now.
Dismissing the idea of coming back another ti, Mo Yan seized the mont when Xiao Ruiyuan and Doctor Du were not paying attention and dashed in front of the Black Cloud Leopard. She bluntly asked, "You know I have lots of food here, and after spending so many years on this mountain, you must be eager to see the outside world, right? If you’re willing, co with !"
Mo Yan didn’t ask with much hope; but as soon as she finished speaking, she saw the Black Cloud Leopard nod. Yes, it nodded right at her!
Mo Yan: "..."
? Not only was Mo Yan petrified, but even Xiao Ruiyuan and Doctor Du were in disbelief. They exchanged mystified glances with Mo Yan, and then at the four Beasts nearby, a strong sense of pride suddenly arose: It must be because Yanyan (the disciple) is so wonderful that she is liked by so many fierce Beasts.
The Black Cloud Leopard, unconcerned with what the three humans thought, gracefully stepped over to where the four Beasts stood, deliberately standing shoulder to shoulder with its arch-enemy the Golden Beast.
The Golden Beast was a simple and kind warm man, which didn’t an it held no grudges. Almost the instant the Black Cloud Leopard ca over, it pounced towards it.
The Black Cloud Leopard was prepared; in the mont the Golden Beast pounced, it turned into a black lightning and quickly retreated. It was naturally fast and, having consud Black Lingzhi and other spiritual substances, was still faster than the Golden Beast even without Xuetuan’s tempering, and easily avoided the attack.
"Roar—" The Golden Beast let out a long howl, fierce and aggressive, pouncing again with its hind legs firmly planted.
This ti, the Black Cloud Leopard didn’t dodge but turned around and extended its sharp claws, greeting the oncoming Golden Beast with a swipe.
The Golden Beast, being agile, strangely dodged the claws and imdiately opened its large mouth, biting towards the neck of the Black Cloud Leopard.
As the fight between the two Beasts grew more intense, with each move aid to kill, Mo Yan just stood without action. Doctor Du asked in surprise, "Girl, why aren’t you stopping them?"
Mo Yan smiled bitterly, "They have a grudge and are bound to have a fierce battle. There’s no stopping them now!"
In Space, that mischievous Xuetuan was still adding fuel to the fire, cheering for the Golden Beast. The expectation that it would refrain from stirring up trouble between the two fighting Beasts was already a stretch, let alone expecting it to stop the fight.
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