After a normal rest at night, Yue Feng worked on duty for several hours in the first half of the night and then had a good sleep in the second half.

When Yue Feng heard the sound of Uncle Wu cooking in the morning, he opened his eyes and stretched.

“woke up!!”

Wu Keji heard the sound of clothes rubbing and looked back at Yue Feng.

“Yeah, I was pretty tired from coming down the mountain these past few days! I slept well last night!
If Xiao Wang and Xiao Ma hadn’t stopped to rest at night, they should have gone into the city by now!”

Wu Keji nodded: “Based on the leg strength, it should be about the same!
Let’s hurry up during the day today. Once we get on Chaiji Road, the road will be easier to walk on. We should be able to get into the city before dark in the evening!
If everything goes well, Xiao Wang and Xiao Ma can save the young master of the Wang family a whole day!”

Yue Feng nodded. These two soldiers were competent. Since they followed him up the mountain, although their presence was not high, they were diligent and conscientious. They did whatever they were asked to do and never made any mistakes.

“By the way, sir, is the toad in normal condition?” Yue Feng asked again.

Wu Keji nodded: “It’s normal. I checked it this morning! The ball of ice cotton that was damaged by the scoop net has returned to its previous state in the water in the bucket.”

“Is this the Moon Watching thing you heard from the elders before?

To say it is normal, this guy did not climb onto the ice to worship the moon. To say it is ordinary, his habits are completely different from those of ordinary forest frogs!
Wrapped in this ball of gel, the snow and water are frozen, but this ball of mucus can’t freeze it!” Yue Feng asked curiously.

Wu Keji shook his head: “I don’t know what happened in the middle! But this thing is consistent with the records in ancient medical books, so we are not wrong!
As for whether the golden-lined snow frog and the moon-gazing frog are the same thing, it doesn’t matter! “

What Uncle Wu said is true. There is no need for the legend to be the same as in the ancient medical books, as long as the facts are consistent with the ancient books.

Legends are likely to be based on false information and human exaggeration. They are only for reference and should not be taken seriously.

The father and son whispered a few more words, and Yue Feng stretched his legs and walked to the door of the tent, and placed the door gods Big Black Eagle and Little White Spear, who were squatting there, on his arms.

He opened the door curtain and walked out of the tent. He took off the eagle’s hat and raised his arm. The two eagles naturally flapped their wings and climbed into the sky.

We have to travel during the day, and most of the time the eagles fly around and follow us.

The two eagles were quite resistant to the turbid air in the tent. When Yue Feng woke up in the morning, the first thing he did was to take them outdoors. He had been doing this for some time and it had become a habit.

The two eagles circled and ascended in a spiral, and soon reached a height of over a hundred meters. They spread their wings and stopped flapping, flying in circles with the help of the air currents.

Yue Feng took a quick look to make sure there was nothing unusual and then ignored it. He walked a few steps out of the tent with his crotch clamped and unbuttoned his pants to drain the water.

I was whistling while peeing when I heard a low cry from inside the tent.

“Fuck, the toad jumped out!!!”

When Yue Feng heard the few words uttered by the toad, he hadn’t even finished peeing yet, but he held it back and walked towards the tent with his pants held up.

As soon as I walked to the entrance of the tent, I saw the golden thread snow clam that was still obediently wrapped in the sticky ball yesterday crawling out from the gap in the tent.

There is a big temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, but the toad seems to be completely unaffected, just like it’s active by the water in summer.

The toad jumped several times in a row. Yue Feng bent down to grab it, but he failed after two tries and it slipped under his crotch.

What a joke! Such a group of people have been working so hard for so long and are almost home, yet they let the toad run away.

Yue Feng turned around and continued chasing, being just a little slower each time.

At this moment, a low-frequency whistling sound was heard.

Whoosh! !

The big black eagle swooped down from the sky at an extremely fast speed, grabbed the toad, and bit it without hesitation.

Crack. There came the sound of the sharp eagle’s beak cutting the toad’s bones. Yue Feng’s heart skipped a beat and was broken.

“Big Black Hawk! Stop biting! Come here and give me the toad!!”

Yue Feng was so anxious that he even forgot to whistle. He stretched out his arms, shouted, and was about to snatch the toad from the big black eagle.

It’s strange to say, but on weekdays the big black eagle never eats toads when it goes up the mountain, and it will never snatch food from its owner. Every time it is Yue Feng who feeds it, and it waits quietly by the side, eating as much as it is given, and not being in a hurry if it is not fed.

But today is different. The big black eagle seems to take this golden-lined snow clam with golden lines on its body very seriously.

The big black eagle bit the toad’s head to pieces, stepped on it with its claws, raised its beak and exerted force, easily tearing the toad into two bloody halves.

Yue Feng stretched out his hand to grab it, but the big black eagle evaded with two nimble leaps, tilted its head back and easily swallowed the vertically torn toad corpse into its stomach.

Seeing this scene, Yue Feng’s heart sank.

“It’s all fucking over!!”

“Where’s the toad? Where’s the toad, Xiaofeng? I just opened the lid and took a look, and the toad jumped out directly!!”

Wu Keji came out of the tent with a nervous look on his face. He didn’t have the calmness and composure of the older generation of mountain herders.

Yue Feng looked at the big black eagle who was squatting on the ground without running away after eating the toad, and rubbed his face helplessly with his hands.

“Sir, our bounty was stolen by Big Black Hawk! I didn’t catch it just now, but Big Black Hawk grabbed it and tore it into pieces and swallowed it in no time!”

“Really eaten by an eagle? Don’t tease me!!” Wu Keji’s eyes were a little unbelievable after hearing this.

“I’m not kidding you. There’s blood on the ground from the toad being torn apart!”

Wu Keji took a quick look and indeed saw blood flowing from the toad.

The big black eagle was there, cleaning its bloody claws after eating, and it seemed like it was still unsatisfied after eating the toad.

“What should we do? Xiao Wang and Xiao Ma have probably gone back to report at this point!” Wu Keji sucked his teeth in anger.

Yue Feng was angry and helpless at the moment: “I have no other choice. I have already bitten it to death, tore it into pieces and swallowed it. I can’t just kill the eagle, right?”

Wang Hu’s favor and the Wang family’s reward did make Yue Feng tempted, but if he had to choose between the two, Yue Feng would definitely choose his own Big Black Hawk.

This eagle is Yue Feng’s closest hunting partner and a T0-level breeding bird for raptors. In terms of both emotional and practical value, it is no less valuable than Wang Hu’s favor and bounty.

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong? What happened to the toad? Did you catch it?”

At this time, brothers Xiao Tao and Xiao Wu heard the noise and hurriedly rushed out wearing sheepskin coats.

These two guys get up late and always get up after breakfast is ready.

Yue Feng spread his hands and said, “The toad was killed by the big black eagle. I saw it with my own eyes. It was caught, bitten to death, torn into pieces and swallowed!”

“What should we do? Young Master Wang might have received the message by now!”

After listening to this, Xiao Tao glanced at the big black eagle and rubbed his face in annoyance.

“Now the hunting team is all ours, Xiao Ma and Xiao Wang are gone, why don’t we try to replace them?”

Wu Keji narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a determined expression.

If we don’t find the toad, there’s nothing we can do after going down the mountain. Even if we get favors from others or get the reward, we won’t get anything.

But now, the toad was found, and the two soldiers went down the mountain at night to report the news.

If he goes down the mountain now, Wang Hu is sure that all resources and personnel will be concentrated towards Tiecheng.

If we tell them at this time that the Toad was created by the Eagle, the Wang family will definitely be devastated.

By then, what was originally kindness would turn into hatred.

Human nature is like this, and it cannot be easily equated with having something and then losing it.

Wu Keji is a veteran in the society, and his understanding of human nature is definitely higher than Yue Feng’s. Even though Yue Feng has lived two lives as a human being, his grasp of human nature is still far inferior to Wu Keji’s.

A hint of hesitation flashed through Yue Feng’s mind, but he still gritted his teeth and shook his head.

“Xiao Ma and Xiao Wang have seen the characteristics and appearance of the toad with their own eyes. Even if we get an ordinary female leopard to pretend, it won’t pass this test!”

Wu Keji: “We are certain it is that toad, it may have changed after being caught, and they have no way to verify it!

It’s better than telling Wang Hu that the toad was eaten by an eagle! Let’s catch a female leopard of similar size and stuff it into the mucus in the rubber bucket, maybe we can get through it! ”

Objectively speaking, Wu Keji’s proposal is the most rational and cost-effective option, but Yue Feng hesitated again and again and still couldn’t get over it.

Yue Feng would retaliate equally or even excessively against those who had cheated him, and he felt no guilt in his heart. However, when facing his friends, he would not do such things as cheating and deceiving for his own selfish interests.

“Forget it! If I do this job, I won’t be able to face Brother Hu in the future!

Let’s just tell the truth. Taking the sticky ball of ice cotton in the bucket back can at least prove that what Xiao Ma and Xiao Wang reported was true!
As for the price, I will take the blame for the stupid things Black Hawk did!! “

Seeing Yue Feng’s determined look when he said this, Wu Keji sighed.

“You! No wonder Lao Zhao accepted you as his last disciple. Just like your master, you have a stupid brain!

Now that you have made your decision, I won’t advise you anymore!
I’m already at this age, I don’t care about that little bit of reward money, mainly because I’m worried that it will have a bad impact on you.

Now I’m losing favors and might even offend the other party. Why be so pedantic? “

“This matter was caused by Big Black Hawk. It has nothing to do with others. I will pay the bounty myself and will definitely not let anyone suffer any loss! We will make up for it to the extent that we can!”

Despite Uncle Wu’s advice, Yue Feng remained steadfast and refused to conceal or deceive his friends.

“Brother Feng, no matter what you do, we both support you! We don’t want any reward or anything else! Think about going back and telling the truth, and we will bear the consequences together!” Xiao Tao and Xiao Wu said in unison.

Wu Keji was slightly stunned when he saw the three young and naive brothers in front of him, and some soft spots in his heart were touched.

When he was young, he also had brothers like this who stood by him through thick and thin. However, after decades of ups and downs, those old brothers were either dead or disabled, and Wu Keji’s heart had long been worn cold and hard by reality.

Wu Keji waved his hand: “Okay, okay! Things have come to this point, you have made a decision and I respect your opinion!

But we can’t waste any more time, we have to go back as soon as possible, at least to the nearest forest farm to call home, otherwise the other party will be busy preparing for the war, which will delay us!”

“Okay! I have Brother Hu’s phone number. Let’s go down the mountain first and follow the Chaiji Road to the forest farm!” (End of this chapter)