Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 241 - 240 Giant Panda: What is this Two-legged Beast looking for?

Chapter 241: Chapter 240 Giant Panda: What is this Two-legged Beast looking for?

Under the banyan tree, a troop of golden snub-nosed monkeys.

Even videos of such scenes are hard to come by, let alone being shown live.

Xu Yang’s live broadcasts always manage to amaze the viewers.

The number of people in the live broadcast room is substantial.

Xu Yang stands under the tree, looking up at the monkeys above.

The scene seems to freeze at this moment.

Seeing these rare wild animals up close feels even more extraordinary.

This is also what Xu Yang is interested in.

After watching the monkeys for a while, Xu Yang turns around and leaves.

"This place is really nice, very suitable for the golden snub-nosed monkeys to live."

"This is their paradise, I won’t disturb them any longer."

"The scenery I’ve seen during this Mountain Rushing trip in Qinling is even better than I expected."

"This place is really great, I could consider going out more in the future."

A smile flickers across Xu Yang’s face.

Although trekking in the mountains is quite tough, it’s the journey’s scenery that’s truly worthwhile for him.

He has always liked it this way.

The live broadcast room has already reached 160,000 viewers, and many are here to watch the excitement.

[This scenery is indeed beautiful!]

[Watching Old Xu’s live broadcast is good as actually having visited Qinling myself!]

[Only the Giant Panda is left of the Qinling Four Treasures, can you find it?]

[It’s not that easy to find a wild giant panda!]

[Can you get close enough to a wild giant panda for a selfie? That’s just asking for trouble!]

Everyone knows that Xu Yang wants to complete the achievement of taking photos with the Qinling Four Treasures.

So far, Xu Yang has uploaded three high-quality photos, and since they were taken during a live broadcast, they have received many likes from people.

People hope he can complete this achievement.

For everyone, watching the live broadcast also gives a sense of participation, as if they are completing the achievement with him.

Xu Yang strolls through the forest, sees the audience’s comments, and says with a smile:

"The Giant Panda shouldn’t be too difficult to find, because there are several large bamboo forests around here, and we should always be able to find one in the forests."

"But taking a photo together is indeed a problem."

"Let’s find it first before anything else."

While speaking, Xu Yang decides to exchange the remaining four uses of the Treasure Compass for a Treasure Hunting Task.

The designated target is the Giant Panda.

[Triggered Treasure Hunting Task: Gluttonous Giant Panda!]

[Task Description: Please host dig up ten bamboo shoots to feed a wild Giant Panda, progress (0/10)]

[Task Reward: Yin Yang Jade Pendant.]

[Yin Yang Jade Pendant: A top-quality jade pendant that naturally presents a black and white pattern, similar to a Tai Chi diagram.]

The Treasure Hunting Task is successfully triggered.

Upon checking the task and seeing the reward, Xu Yang immediately gets excited.

Natural jade pendants, especially those with a design, are always valuable.

For example, some seed material has a good shape, and a jade carver only needs to polish it a bit to create a cicada design, and this top-quality jade can sell for millions.

The Yin Yang Jade Pendant sounds similar to that.

Natural jade pendants always feel more advanced.

"Not bad, it’s a feeding task, simple and interesting."

"As expected of a task related to the national treasure, the reward is also in black and white colors."

"This time, it really is a windfall."

Xu Yang thinks to himself.

The Giant Panda is still some distance away from him; he needs to trek through water and mountains to enter a lush bamboo forest.

Upon reaching the bamboo forest, he has to dig up ten bamboo shoots to complete the task.

Sensing it’s already 1 p.m., Xu Yang eats up the remaining snacks in his bag and drinks some water to replenish his energy.

At a glance, life in the mountains is indeed tough, with food and water being major issues every day.

Xu Yang plans to end today’s session and descend the mountain to rest tomorrow.

After walking in the mountains for two days, he is quite tired.

The bamboo forest is dense, with most of the bamboo growing close together, and the gaps between them are small, requiring squeezing through to pass.

Just as Xu Yang is thinking about how to get inside to find the Giant Panda, he sees a large area of bamboo in the forest next to him that has been knocked down, forcefully clearing a path.

Further inside, the gaps become larger, allowing easy passage through the bamboo forest.

"Look here, everyone, the bamboo has been flattened."

"Though these are all new bamboos, whatever flattened them must be quite heavy."

"Can you guess what animal did this?"

Xu Yang asks with a smile, querying the audience.

What animal?

Is there even a need for Xu Yang to ask?

The audience immediately bursts into laughter.

[Giant Panda: You’re just short of saying my name out loud!]

[Hahaha, besides the panda, what else lives in the bamboo forest!]

[I guess it’s an animal with a black and white pattern, yes, it must be the work of an orca!]

[Who might it be? Who could it be?]

The audience teases playfully.

The atmosphere is lively.

Xu Yang follows the trail into the bamboo forest.

Inside, it’s much more open, with not just bamboo but also many trees growing.

Xu Yang follows the marks of the flattened bamboo as he moves inward.

He occasionally squats down to inspect.

You can tell that the bamboos have been recently flattened.

That means the "culprit" is not far from here.

"The bamboo is all new, meaning the Giant Panda is nearby."

"It doesn’t seem to hide, just barging straight through."

"Let’s go find it, to at least take a photo."

As Xu Yang walks, he continues to narrate.

He seems like a detective tracking down a culprit.

As Xu Yang talks like this, the audience grows more expectant.

Everyone can’t wait to see Xu Yang find the Giant Panda.

Following the trail further inside, the bamboo becomes much sparser.

Here five bamboos, there eight bamboos, with many small trees in between.

Xu Yang doesn’t see any trace of the panda.

He looked around, but didn’t find any new traces.

The system indicated the panda was in this area, yet Xu Yang looked left and right, and still didn’t see where the panda was.

"This doesn’t make sense, according to the traces, the panda should have been here."

"But it left no traces."

"Where did this guy run off to?"

Xu Yang searched the surroundings, trying to determine in which direction the panda had left.

Meanwhile, the drone captured footage of Xu Yang from above.

Thanks to its infrared sensing ability, the drone’s camera began tilting upwards.

Via the live stream, the audience could see, at this very moment, at the top of a small tree, a giant panda was sitting astride a branch.

With its head lowered, the giant panda curiously sized up Xu Yang, its gaze tinged with bewilderment.

Its expression seemed to say,

"What is this two-legged beast looking for down there?"

The giant panda was right above Xu Yang’s head, and Xu Yang hadn’t noticed it at first.

Because of this, the live stream felt rather amusing.

Viewers started laughing.

[Hahaha, Old Xu still hasn’t found the panda, but we can see it!]

[Old Xu, look above you, right above your head!]

[Giant Panda: Can this person not see me?]

[How can you not find such a big panda?]

The barrage of comments kept surging.

The screen was filled with the laughter of "hahaha."

After searching for two minutes, Xu Yang looked up and finally succeeded in locating the giant panda.

"So it’s up there, I thought so, it can’t just vanish into thin air!"

"This guy sure is bold, climbing so high!"

Xu Yang admired the giant panda’s figure from beneath the tree.

This creature is a true national treasure.

It’s a first-level protected animal because there is nothing higher than first level.

Now, most of them are protected, and it’s very hard to see one in the wild.

Although the white areas of a wild giant panda’s fur aren’t as white, a bit yellowed, it still has its charm.

The netizens in the live stream were amazed at the sight of a wild giant panda.

The status of Huaxia’s national treasure remains high.

In some places, national treasure animals aren’t even liked by the people of their own countries, and it’s considered normal to eat them as meat.

"This big fellow isn’t coming down, huh!"

"I was thinking of taking a selfie with it."

Xu Yang looked up at the giant panda and spoke.

"However, I have a way to deal with this situation."

He began to laugh again.

The live stream was getting more and more interesting.

Xu Yang was only seen putting his backpack on the ground and, holding a small military shovel, walking toward the bamboo grove.

"Now it’s spring, although it hasn’t rained, there are quite a few bamboo shoots."

"I’m going to find some big bamboo shoots."

"Even though I’ve always been up in Changbai Mountain rushing the mountains, I haven’t really dug for bamboo shoots."

"But I’ve seen videos of digging bamboo shoots, and it’s very much like how I search for mountain goods."

"So for me, digging for bamboo shoots shouldn’t be hard."

Xu Yang started searching the ground next to the bamboo.

The method for finding bamboo shoots is simple, either look for the ones poking out, dig around them, and you’re sure to find one, or look for cracks in the ground, which likely mean there’s one beneath.

At this time of the year, the bamboo shoots haven’t broken through the soil yet, so it’s all about looking for cracks.

Quickly, Xu Yang found a cracked area.

He squatted down, pointing at the crack with his shovel, and said:

"Look here, there are signs of the soil cracking, probably bamboo shoots."

"Since the bamboo shoots haven’t emerged yet, this is the only way to search."

Then, Xu Yang began to dig.

As he flipped the soil with his shovel and searched around, he indeed found a tightly wrapped bamboo shoot.

"As expected, there’s one."

Xu Yang took the bamboo shoot out of the soil and smiled.

"Bamboo shoots are wonderful, great for hot pots or in cold dishes."

"And just like mushrooms, the fresher they are, the tastier."

"Especially the ones just picked, stir-fried with some pork in a pan, the flavor is incredible."

"If they sit for a day, the bamboo shoots will get old and lose their flavor."

The netizens watching Xu Yang dig for bamboo shoots felt quite relieved.

[Actually managed to dig one up, Old Xu is awesome, he’s really a master of the mountains!]

[No joke, when it comes to digging up mountain goods, I only respect him!]

[See? That’s professionalism!]

[Whoa, he’s this good even in Qinling!]

After digging up one bamboo shoot, Xu Yang continued to search the area around him.

If he was lucky, he might see one or two bamboo shoots sticking out.

He kept displaying his skill, instantly finding the ones peeking out.

Xu Yang was busy working in the bamboo grove.

The giant panda curiously watched him from the tree, puzzled by what Xu Yang was doing.

The wild giant panda hadn’t realized that all it needed to do was stand there, and the two-legged beasts would come to take care of it.

Meanwhile, Xu Yang was occupied with digging up bamboo shoots, and soon, he had unearthed several.

After finishing, he came under the tree, placed the bamboo shoots on the ground, and then shouted upward:

"Tuanzi, come down for food!"

Xu Yang felt like he was a feeder at the Panda Base at that moment.

It felt quite peculiar.

Hearing the shout, the giant panda looked down, and its gaze immediately fell on the bamboo shoots on the ground.

It promptly turned its rear end downward and started shimmying down the tree.

The giant panda’s tree-climbing posture was a bit like that of humans, one move at a time.

Xu Yang briefly thought of the leopard, Xiao Hua, that he was raising.

Xiao Hua also climbed trees in this manner.

Though the proper tree-climbing posture for felines is more akin to running on flat ground.

But who cares, as long as they can get up there, it’s all good.