Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 321 - 320: Adorable Purple Mink, Unexpected Thanks!

Chapter 321: Chapter 320: Adorable Purple Mink, Unexpected Thanks!

Xu Yang returned to the jungle once more.

The live stream was started as usual.

He walked all the way to the edge of the cliff, looking at the Purple Mink in the trees below.

It was an adorably cute Purple Mink, exceptionally endearing in appearance.

At this moment, the Purple Mink’s face was full of panic, trying to figure out how to climb up.

One could only see Xu Yang starting to lower a rope, with a basket tied to it.

He had figured it out; there was no need for him to go down there himself.

He just needed to lower the bamboo basket.

The Purple Mink should be able to understand his intentions.

The drone hovered in the sky, capturing this scene.

The viewers, seeing the terrified look of the Purple Mink, felt some nervous tension inside them.

They absolutely needed to rescue it.

How could such a cute Purple Mink be trapped here?

One could only see Xu Yang continuously lowering the rope, with the basket descending straight down.

Before long, the basket stopped atop a tree crown on the cliff.

The weight of the basket was substantial, preventing it from swinging wildly in the wind.

The sudden noise startled the Little Purple Mink.

It climbed up the branches in a panic, looking at the descending basket.

The abrupt appearance of the basket here was indeed strange.

Animals couldn’t understand such things.

To them, this might as well be a miracle.

Xu Yang slightly tugged at the rope, signaling the Little Purple Mink to hurry up and climb in.

The little guy still looked at the basket somewhat uneasily, its front paws resting on the edge of the basket, but it just wouldn’t crawl inside.

The viewers grew more anxious as they watched.

[Purple Mink, go inside quickly!]

[I’m almost freaking out!]

[Little guy, don’t be scared, this is to save you!]

[It looks both cute and pitiful.]

At that moment, the Little Purple Mink hesitated for a while but finally decided to crawl into the basket.

Seeing it come in, Xu Yang immediately started to pull the rope back.

Xu Yang was lying on top of the cliff, which was relatively safer, with his head and both arms sticking out to observe the Purple Mink’s situation.

Little Wolf lay down next to Xu Yang; it dared not approach, so it stayed close to Xu Yang, keeping him company.

Xu Yang saw that the Purple Mink had entered the basket and began to pull in the rope.

As the rope was reeled in bit by bit, the basket containing the Purple Mink also began to rise slowly.

A gust of wind caused the basket to sway gently.

The Purple Mink, somewhat panicked, turned around in an effort to maintain its balance in the basket.

The viewers’ hearts tightened along with it.

The scene looked truly dangerous.

It seemed like the Purple Mink would fall out with the slightest breeze.

Fortunately, the basket was well secured; relatively stable, it swung from side to side, without flipping over.

Xu Yang started to quicken the pace of pulling in the rope.

Little Purple Mink poked its head out from the side of the basket and took a glance below.

Seeing the abyss, it quickly drew its head back in and prayed frantically within the basket.

The following scene was tense yet without danger; it didn’t take long for Xu Yang to successfully bring the basket up.

He just grabbed the basket and set it down on the ground.

As soon as the Purple Mink saw it was back on solid ground, it dashed out of the basket and bounded away as if flying.

It quickly ran into the undergrowth and then disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

The Purple Mink had run away.

Many animals are just like that by nature; alert and not very intelligent.

They only want to survive.

Xu Yang didn’t seem to mind, just watching the fleeing Purple Mink, he said with a laugh,

"This little guy got scared, probably fell from this tree."

He looked up, there was a tree on the cliff whose canopy stretched beyond the edge of the cliff.

The Purple Mink playing and climbing on the branches might have accidentally fallen.

And the tree on the cliffside had successfully saved it.

"This fellow, what luck to have been found by me."

Through the live stream, the viewers saw the Little Purple Mink rescued and finally let out a sigh of relief.

The scene just now was too tense to watch.

And seeing the Little Purple Mink run off, everyone gave a knowing smile.

[Hahaha, this little guy doesn’t even know to thank Old Xu!]

[It ran away so fast!]

[Finally saved, I was holding my breath watching that!]

[That’s Brother Yang for you!]

The chat was lively.

Xu Yang got up to his feet, collected the basket, packed the rope inside, and dusted off the dirt from his clothes.

Little Wolf also promptly stood up.

"It’s good that I could save it. Going back and forth has taken up quite a bit of time," Xu Yang sighed while speaking to the viewers after checking the time.

He thought this incident had passed.

But at that moment, from a nearby underbrush, the Purple Mink poked out its head, warily sizing up Xu Yang.

To be precise, it was observing Little Wolf.

Xu Yang noticed it the moment it appeared.

"Look there, it’s come back!"

"Why has this little guy come back?"

Xu Yang was momentarily curious.

The drone captured footage of the Purple Mink, and for a moment, the online viewers had no idea what was happening.

But this Purple Mink was truly adorable.

With its round head and slightly chubby body, it was quite the representative of the weasel family’s charm.

[So cute, why has it come back?]

[Could it be checking on its rescuer?]

[Can this guy be domesticated?]

Netizens want to keep any cute animal they see as pets.

At that moment, Xu Yang said to Little Wolf,

"Little Wolf, go over there and wait for a bit."

Upon hearing Xu Yang’s command, Little Wolf immediately ran to a patch of grass nearby and lay down to rest.

Xu Yang then took a couple of steps forward, approaching the Purple Mink.

The Purple Mink sensed Little Wolf moving away and mustered the courage to emerge from the bushes.

What surprised Xu Yang was that the Purple Mink’s mouth held two red maple leaves.

These maple leaves were particularly large and rather flat, making them look quite attractive.

"Maple leaves? There are maple leaves in this forest? Where did it find them?"

Xu Yang exclaimed in astonishment.

Then, the Purple Mink took a few steps forward, placed the maple leaves on the ground and bounced back towards the bushes, occasionally looking back at Xu Yang.

As the little guy remained vigilant, it didn’t approach Xu Yang too closely.

However, from a safe distance, it dared to greet Xu Yang.

Xu Yang understood the little guy’s intention.

"Is this leaf for me?"

"Huh?"

"Is it that smart?"

Xu Yang walked a couple of steps, picked up the maple leaves from the ground.

Seeing Xu Yang pick up the leaves, the Purple Mink bounced away again and vanished in the blink of an eye.

"This..."

"That’s a bit outrageous!"

Xu Yang couldn’t help but break into laughter.

This scene was indeed a rare one.

The live streaming room exploded into chaos.

No one expected this turn of events.

[Holy cow! Am I seeing things, or did the Purple Mink just bring Old Xu two leaves?]

[Huh? It can even show gratitude to humans!]

[So smart, Old Xu, you should keep it!]

[My suggestion is to give it a rank!]

The comments kept scrolling endlessly.

Holding the maple leaves, Xu Yang found them precious, as they were imbued with the Purple Mink’s sentiment.

This pleasure exceeded that of finding mushrooms.

Xu Yang glanced at the barrage of comments, and upon seeing everyone’s suggestions to assign a rank to the Purple Mink, he could only respond with a wry smile.

Sure, he would like to give the Purple Mink a rank, but that wasn’t something to force.

Otherwise, after assigning a rank to the Purple Mink, the state would have to assign one to him too, complete with a number.

These were matters not to be taken lightly.

"This little guy is pretty smart; I’ll remember it."

"I can tell the difference between individual animals, and if I see it again, I’ll recognize it."

"I hope we meet again."

Xu Yang tucked away the leaves, his mood lifted.

"That’s it for today’s live stream; it’s getting late, time to head down the mountain."

The rescue had delayed them, and it took about three to four hours, so they didn’t venture deeper into the mountain.

However, he had plenty of time, as long as it involved something he enjoyed, he found it all very interesting.

The online viewers, hearing him say this, also said their reluctant goodbyes.

Before long, various edited videos of Xu Yang began popping up online.

There were many editors, and thus his visibility was high.

These amusing video snippets were well-received, leaving people with a strong impression of Xu Yang.

Particularly this instance of the Purple Mink’s gratitude.

Seeing the Purple Mink trot out to thank him with two leaves, people were utterly charmed by the Little Purple Mink.

Such moments were unique to Xu Yang’s live stream.

"Little Wolf, let’s go!"

Xu Yang shut down the live broadcast and called Little Wolf to head home.

Little Wolf promptly followed.

This Little Wolf had a sturdy physique but was a bit dopey.

Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

In a pack, it would be the type to work hard and complain little, doing the most work and getting the least meat—a true workhorse wolf.

Xu Yang wanted to train it to be like the Wolf King.

Majestic, aloof.

Of course, the condition being it mustn’t hurt people or other animals intentionally.

It just happened that the reward for the task was something that would improve Little Wolf’s health.

Xu Yang planned to focus on training it properly.

Once it grew up, he’d take it into the mountains again, which would surely be fun.