Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 246 - 245: He’s Still Too Strong in the Mountains!

Chapter 246: Chapter 245: He’s Still Too Strong in the Mountains!

Little Black Kite officially appeared before the netizens.

This time, Xu Yang didn’t hide it either.

"It really is close to me, can’t say why."

"Not scared at all."

Xu Yang held up the Black Kite, laughing as he showed it to the netizens.

The Black Kite behaved very well, standing steadily on Xu Yang’s arm.

Its dark eyes looked gentle too.

This guy is actually quite aloof, but only obedient in Xu Yang’s hands.

Xu Yang just kept holding it, and it never flew away.

After some initial uproar, the netizens gradually came to accept that the Black Kite naturally felt close to Xu Yang.

[Old Xu, just how many wild animals do you have hidden? Is there anything else we don’t know about?]

[I suggest a check, the streamer might be keeping many protected animals privately!]

[You guys actually suspect him of keeping protected animals privately? His farm is an official partner in wildlife protection, officially certified!]

[Wow, he’s handling both the legal and illegal?]

The netizens grew more excited as they chatted.

However, through the live stream, everyone could also get a sense of Xu Yang’s personality.

Despite running a farm, he still had a bit of a scholarly air, so the comments were all in good jest.

Today’s main purpose in the mountains was to find the Black Panther, to see if it had returned.

If it had, he wanted Xiao Hua to come over too, so the two could meet and probably clear up any misunderstandings.

Xu Yang walked to the spot in the forest where he had encountered Luna before.

His first meeting with Luna had taken place here.

At that time, Luna was hiding in a tree, observing Xu Yang, but harbored no malice.

Xu Yang noticed it only because he was on a mission.

"I first saw Luna right here, it must live in this forest."

"Let’s look around."

Xu Yang spoke.

He was now deep in the mountains, surrounded by trees and complex terrain, so finding a leopard wasn’t going to be easy.

Little Black Kite was still on Xu Yang’s arm.

Xu Yang patted its head, saying, "Go play, come back when you feel like it."

Then Xu Yang raised his arm, and Little Black Kite, understanding his gesture, leapt up and soared into the sky.

It circled twice in the air and then disappeared from sight.

Xu Yang laughed, "You can see, if it were a bred bird of prey, it wouldn’t fly like that."

"A bred bird of prey has to be called back if it flies a bit too far, and usually has its ankles chained."

"This Black Kite is purely wild."

"It just simply likes landing on me."

Xu Yang explained logically, making his case convincing.

The audience gradually accepted his explanation.

The Black Kite indeed was a wild one, just naturally close to Xu Yang.

This fact was honestly envy-inducing.

People’s physiques differ from one another.

But not usually to this extent.

Xu Yang walked around the forest, checking everywhere, looking for Luna’s traces.

Beneath the bushes and up in the trees, he checked them all.

Even occasionally calling out:

"Luna, Luna!"

The netizens referred to it as "the call of love."

But Xu Yang did not find any trace of the Black Panther.

At that moment, Xu Yang noticed a large earthen hole on the slope ahead.

Guessing Luna might be hiding there, he walked over.

When Xu Yang reached the entrance of the hole, he looked inside.

The entrance was about 1.2 to 1.3 meters high, tall enough to enter if you bent down.

"Luna, Luna!"

Xu Yang called into the hole a couple of times.

The sound echoed inside the cave.

This scene was quite amusing, causing the netizens to burst into laughter.

Just then, Xu Yang saw movement inside the cave.

A pair of pitch-black eyes walked out of the cave.

Xu Yang was delighted, wondering if it might be Luna.

However, as the shadow moved forward a few steps into the light, Xu Yang saw it was clearly a Black Bear!

Two of them, to be exact.

The bears were heading straight for Xu Yang, visibly irate.

Xu Yang immediately turned and ran.

This was definitely a good time to run.

The drone captured the scene from the sky.

The netizens couldn’t see inside the cave but saw Xu Yang call out twice and then turn and bolt.

Everybody was curious, and then two black bears burst out of the cave and started chasing Xu Yang.

What?

Everyone was a bit confused by this turn of events.

Xu Yang ran fast, dashing off more than ten meters in a flash.

The two black bears only chased him for a few steps before they stopped, looking in Xu Yang’s direction with a somewhat angry expression.

Seeing the bears hadn’t followed, Xu Yang stopped after running a distance.

"Scared me there, calling out the black bears!"

"This season is also the mating season for black bears, they might have been up to something unseemly."

"They must be angry I called out like that."

"I didn’t do it on purpose."

Xu Yang gasped for air and explained.

Hearing his words, the netizens couldn’t help but laugh loudly.

[Hahaha, Old Xu, give it a rest, they were busy and you were calling out ’Luna’!]]

[Imagine this: you and your wife are just about to get intimate when someone presses against the glass of your window shouting "Luna". Would you be pissed or not?]

[Haha, with that said, Old Xu’s pursuit isn’t unjustified.]

[Luckily, he’s fast on his feet!]

Xu Yang adjusted his state and chose another direction to continue his search.

The forest was vast, and after several hours of walking, he still hadn’t spotted Luna.

Searching like this was like finding a needle in a haystack; if Luna was hiding, he really couldn’t find her.

Seeing that there wasn’t much time left, Xu Yang decided to use the Treasure Compass’s search function to exchange for a positioning feature.

This was one of the features he unlocked after upgrading.

As long as he had come into contact with the animal, he could pinpoint its exact location.

The Treasure Compass was becoming more useful by the day.

Xu Yang chose to use the Treasure Compass, and then the system marked Luna’s location.

The location was beyond Xu Yang’s expectations.

It was actually an area he had just passed.

Xu Yang carefully looked at the map position, recalled the area, and then remembered passing by a cliff that was a sunken area surrounded by sheer cliffs.

It was too deep, so Xu Yang didn’t go down.

Looking at it now, Luna was actually hidden there?

She had quite the knack for choosing a spot.

Now that he knew where Luna was, the next step was to notify Xiao Hua.

Just as Xu Yang was wondering where Xiao Hua was, it was as if there was some telepathic connection between them.

Xu Yang stood in an open area and saw Xiao Hua running towards him from afar.

"Xiao Hua is coming!"

Xu Yang pointed ahead, somewhat surprised.

"It really came looking on its own!"

Who would have thought he hadn’t found Black Panther Luna but had first found Xiao Hua.

Given Xiao Hua’s speed, it should be here by tonight.

It must have been searching all night without success.

Netizens were particularly surprised to see Xiao Hua.

[No way, you can meet here?]

[Is it true, did it come here in advance?]

[Could it be a mistake, that’s another leopard!]

[It mustn’t be mistaken, that clueless look, it’s definitely Xiao Hua!]

Everyone was discussing fervently.

Soon, Xiao Hua ran up to Xu Yang’s side.

It still seemed a bit unhappy.

This was a lovesick leopard.

Typical male leopards, after they are done, they take no responsibility.

However, Xiao Hua was quite the faithful one.

Leopards raised in different environments also have different personalities.

In zoos, some lions, tigers, and leopards grow up together, and leopards even massage tigers and act cute, showing none of the solitary aloofness.

It all depends on the environment they grow up in.

Xu Yang petted Xiao Hua, comforting it.

"It’s okay, don’t worry, I’ll help you find her."

"We’ll definitely find her."

Xu Yang led Xiao Hua back the way they came.

Xiao Hua trusted Xu Yang immensely and just followed him.

The fans in the live broadcast room also hoped they could find Luna.

Soon, Xu Yang arrived at that sunken area.

The place was surrounded by sheer cliffs, and ordinary people might get injured if they fell into it, so typical animals wouldn’t go down there.

Because of this, the place was considered safe.

As soon as Xu Yang arrived, Xiao Hua immediately peered down.

Though Xu Yang was certain Luna was here, he still pretended not to know and asked:

"Xiao Hua, what’s up? Is Luna here?"

Xiao Hua, without turning back, started to carefully check the route down.

With a few protruding rocks on the cliff, it wasn’t much of a problem for an agile leopard to climb down.

Xiao Hua hopped down, jumping from rock to rock, as if it was Mario in a video game trying to rescue the princess.

Xu Yang was also nimble; he glanced at the situation on the cliff and climbed down with it.

A drone was filming from above.

The scene in the deep mountains was quite striking.

Xu Yang’s actions were always unpredictable.

It wasn’t long before both Xiao Hua and Xu Yang had climbed down the cliff.

The trees above were all over, and the drone didn’t capture it very clearly.

But just then, from a recess under the mountain, Black Panther Luna slowly walked out of a shallow cave.

It really had been hiding here, preparing to give birth here.

"Found it, Luna is right here!"

Upon seeing Luna, Xu Yang’s expression brightened, and he said.

Xiao Hua, unable to wait any longer, darted out and immediately ran to Luna’s side, and the two leopards snuggled together.

Luna was quite surprised, seemingly puzzled at how Xiao Hua had found this place.

It nuzzled with Xiao Hua for a while and then looked back at Xu Yang.

Over time, Luna had always been wary of Xu Yang, though it tolerated his presence, it never got close to him.

The innate alertness of wild animals.

But this time, Luna seemed to have changed; it showed noticeably more trust towards Xu Yang.

It even moved a bit closer to him.

The live chat was bustling with comments.

[Oh my, he really found her!]

[It’s Luna, it really is!]

[Old Xu is amazing!]

[Old Xu’s ability to find animals is impressive; he can find any of the Qinling Four Treasures, let alone a single black panther!]

[He’s just too strong in the mountains, I finally believe that he has got Changbai Mountain covered!]