My cubs are all vinegar

Chapter 33

The black tiger was lying prone on the boulder, staring at Nijiu.

He hid his body behind the dense forest, and slowly lowered his center of gravity as if he was preparing for a hunt, and his front paws scratched a few marks on the rocks.

Nijiu looked back at Heihu in the strong wind, he hugged the tree trunk tightly, and said to himself: "I don't know why, I always feel that he looks very familiar..."

Ryan heard Nijiu muttering to himself, and reminded: "Is that UR? The 'Snowfield Black Tiger' in "Summoner"?"

Nijiu finally remembered and slapped his head.

"Yes, it's him!"

Ryan said with emotion: "This is too coincidental—you look at those murderous eyes, they are exactly the same."

"Although the distance is far away, judging from his size, he should be at least a giant spirit beast." Ryan urged, "Brother, this kind of powerful spirit beast is very suitable for you, why don't we try it?"

Nijiu measured the distance between them and the spirit beast, and felt that Ryan's suggestion was a little unreliable.

He was stuck to the tree trunk by the strong wind, and raised his head with difficulty: "We are at least 200 meters away from him! The wind is too strong, I can't get through!"

In order for Ryan to hear her voice clearly in the strong wind, Nijiu raised her voice.His voice could almost set off echoes in the forest.

As soon as Nijiu finished speaking, the hurricane suddenly stopped.

The tornado dissipated in an instant, and the fish schools that were swept up by the strong wind also fell into the lake.The dark clouds gradually parted and they finally saw the sun again.

Ryan looked suspiciously at the branches that were no longer swaying and undulating: "Did he hear you?"

A few hundred meters away, Heihu was crouching behind the jungle, staring at Nijiu with his slender eyes.He didn't run away or approach him, he stayed where he was, as if he was waiting for Nijiu to take the initiative to approach him.

Neito cut the vines around her body, slid down from the tree, and jumped to the ground.

"Nijiu!" Seeing this, Qingyan let go of the vines on her body, "Don't get close to that spirit beast casually, he has very strong spirit power!"

Ryan quickly stopped him: "It's okay teacher, don't worry about him, it's not dangerous. That kid Nijiu has the physique of attracting animals, and the spirit beast that can reject him hasn't been born yet—"

When Ryan was talking, Qingyan turned his head and gave him a cold look.

Ryan was startled and swallowed the rest of the words.

Mijiu didn't hear the argument between Rui'an and Qingyan, he carefully stepped over the branches and fallen leaves that were blown off by the hurricane, and walked towards the black tiger.

Heihu lay prone in the bushes, staring at Nijiu motionlessly.

His eyes shone brightly in the darkness, like two beautiful glass emeralds.

Heihu did not resist Nijiu's approach at all, and Nijiu walked unimpeded all the way to a place more than ten meters away from Heihu.

Heihu raised his big paw, smoothing the fur on his face like a domestic cat.

He didn't attack Nijiu, or even make a threatening sound, but kept staring at Nijiu's face, as if trying to remember his appearance.

Nijiu squatted down in front of the black tiger.

He didn't recite the mantra rashly, but carefully stretched out his hand towards Heihu, and put the palm close to his big head: "Good afternoon?"

Nijiu said this to attract Heihu's attention.

But Heihu seemed to understand. He turned his head and made a deep purring sound, as if responding to Nijiu's greeting: "Hulu, Hulu——"

Heihu lay on his side on the ground, patted the back of Nijiu's hand lightly with his meat pad: "Hulu——"

His pads are much rougher than those of small cats, but they are thick to the touch, and Niito couldn't help rubbing them secretly a few times.

He carefully stretched out his hand and touched Heihu's head.

Heihu leaned against Nijiu's arm, and he slid down, lying on Nijiu's lap.

Ryan saw this scene from afar, turned his head in relief, and said to Qingyan: "Look, teacher, your brother has an animal-attracting physique, which is so enviable."

Seeing Qingyan's cold face, he closed his mouth again.

On the other hand, Nijiu's progress is particularly smooth.

He managed to get around behind the black tiger, imitating the movements of Ryan and Winters, hovering his hand over the back of the black tiger's head, and was about to recite the knot seal spell.

Nijiu opened her mouth and realized that she didn't recite the spell at all, and didn't even remember a single word.

He stopped silently, turned on the optical brain, and checked the electronic textbook.

Black Tiger: "..."

Nijiu recited the mantra silently in her heart, and prepared to seal again.

He slowly chanted the incantation and poured spiritual power into his hands.A scorching pale golden light emerged from his palm, and the light formed a round charm, which lightly landed on Heihu's body.

The charm soaked into his fur like melted butter.

The process of concluding a contract will make the spirit beast extremely painful, especially for giant spirit beasts, it is no less than a torture.

However, during the branding process, Hei Hu hardly resisted at all.

The pattern of the spell appeared on the back of the black tiger's head, and it slowly melted into the fur. Nijiu smelled a smell of scorched hair.The light became more and more dazzling, and everyone present had to close their eyes.

Nijiu accelerated the speed of chanting the mantra, wanting to end Heihu's pain as soon as possible.

After 2 minutes, the light gradually faded, and the seal was completed.

Neijiu opened his eyes and saw the black tiger sitting on the ground.

The black tiger's body has shrunk a lot, and it looks about the size of an adult leopard cat, with beautiful short black hair all over its body.

Heihu picked up Nijiu's trouser legs, raised his head, and looked at him with bright round eyes.

"Ow."

When the group returned to the camp, the black tiger was lying on Nijiu's neck.

He shook his tail from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, scratching Nijiu to shrink his neck.

The temperature in the Forest of Spiritual Beasts is very high, and Heihu's body is extremely hot. Nijiu walked all the way, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his neck.

However, Heihu insisted that he hug him, otherwise he would not go back to the camp and sat motionless on the ground.

Nijiu had a headache and had to pick him up.

Heihu took an inch and climbed along Nijiu's arm and onto his neck.

Although the black tiger has become smaller, its weight is not in the same order as that of a cat.Nijiu carried him into the camp, feeling his neck sore.

After arriving at the camp, Nijiu hugged the little tiger off his neck: "We've arrived at the camp, come down quickly."

The little tiger turned around a few times, seeming to be sulking.

In order to comfort him, Nijiu scratched his chin and said, "You are too hot, and you are prone to heat stroke in summer when you hug him - it's quite suitable as a scarf in winter."

"Ow!"

The little tiger lost most of his anger, he moved over quietly clingy, and lay on the back of Mijiu's feet.

Nijiu wanted to bring the little tiger into the tent, but he turned his head to look for Qingyan, trying to get the teacher's permission.

Qingyan was standing two meters behind Nijiu, his face was frosty, his expression was as rigid as a mask.

Qingyan stared at the little tiger standing on the ground, his eyes narrowed slightly, his cold gaze made Nijiu feel the temperature around him dropped a little.

Nijiu called him cautiously: "Teacher Qingyan?"

When Qingyan heard Nijiu's voice, his expression suddenly became more cordial.He loosened his frowning eyebrows, relaxed his facial muscles, raised the corners of his mouth, and his expression changed easily.

Qingyan turned to Nijiu, smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Nijiu was still in shock, and asked in a daze: "Teacher, can I bring the spirit beast into the tent? There are too many mosquitoes and ticks here, and he is in the form of a cub. I am worried that he will be—"

"No." Qingyan resolutely refused, "You can't tame spirit beasts in the tent."

Nijiu retorted: "But other people's spirit beasts are also kept in tents."

Ryan chimed in: "Yes, teacher, my civet cat is also in the tent, and I have never heard of this rule."

Qingyan glared at Rui'an: "Bring it out immediately!"

Ryan's expression froze, he immediately abandoned his comrade-in-arms Nijiu, turned around and walked towards the tent.

After training Rui'an away, Qingyan turned to Nijiu and said, "Nijiu, you must stay away from that spirit beast."

Nijiu: "Ah? Why?"

Qingyan did not explain why.

He lowered his head and stared at the little tiger lying on Nijiu's feet.The little tiger also stared at Qingyan, neither of them backed down.

When Nijiu was crying in his heart, Ryan saved him.

Ryan ran towards Nijiu and shouted all the way: "Brother Ni, our team is cooking today! Come here quickly, there is only one hour left!"

Nijiu responded: "Okay, I'll come now!"

He carefully pulled his foot out from under the little tiger's claws, pointed behind him, and quickly said, "Teacher Qingyan, I'm going to cook."

Qing Yan withdrew her gaze: "Okay, you can go."

Nijiu ran away, away from this place of right and wrong.

The little tiger ignored Qingyan, he stood up from the ground, quickly followed Mijiu, and walked towards the open-air kitchen.

Three meals in the camp are provided by the students.They took turns cooking according to the group number, and Nijito's group just happened to be the turn for today's dinner.

Ryan and Winters had put on their aprons and were waiting for him by the fire when Nejito entered the kitchen.

"Brother Ni, you are in charge of cooking and chopping vegetables." Ryan pulled out an apron and threw it into Nijiu's hands, "Go and wash your hands first, you got a lot of dust on your body when the wind blown just now."

"it is good."

Neito washed the dust from his hands by the stream, and he scooped a large basin of water from the strainer for cooking.

Except for vegetables and fresh fruits that are not suitable for canning, all their real products are vacuum-packed semi-finished products, including instant rice and semi-processed pasta.

The biggest advantage of these semi-finished products is that they are convenient and fast food. You only need to pour all the canned food into the pot to heat up, and a meal is almost ready.

But relatively, the taste of these foods is not flattering.

Neito opened forty boxes of canned rice and poured the semi-processed rice into the pot.The rice was all soggy, sticky, and clumped together in the pot.

Nijiu asked: "Seriously, do you think this food is delicious?"

Ryan pursed his lips: "At least Bibi canned potatoes are delicious. I ate canned potatoes for a week of military training in junior high school, and they were so hard to swallow. Every time I finished eating, I felt like I would choke to death."

Winters leaned over to look at the canned rice in the pot, and let out a "tsk" in his mouth.

"I'll just eat vegetables tonight," he said.

Nijiu lit the stove and put the lid on the pot.

"At least there is a generator in the camp, so we don't have to make a fire ourselves, so let's be content. Winters, I'm going to chop vegetables, remember to turn off the fire in 10 minutes."

While the three of them were talking, the little tiger had already walked into the open-air kitchen slowly, poking its head out from behind the stove.

He saw Nijiu washing vegetables, and came over to rub his calf.

Nijiu felt the heat from her legs, lowered her head, and met the little tiger's eyes.

Nijiu wiped off the water droplets on his hand, and touched his head with the back of his hand: "Why are you here?"

The little tiger didn't make any noise, so Nijiu let him move around here.

He turned out his optical computer to check the time, and said to Ryan who was washing the vegetables, "Ryan, hurry up, we still have 10 minutes."

Ryan gave Nijiu a big ball of washed arugula, and hurriedly ran to boil water: "There is also vegetable soup, you can bring the vegetables after you cut them up."

Neito looked up and looked around, trying to find a knife for cutting vegetables.

Heihu walked up to Nijiu's feet with a kitchen knife in his mouth, and yelled, "Wow!"

Nijiu took the kitchen knife and said hastily, "Thank you."

The little tiger flicked its tail, and obediently sat down at Nijiu's feet.

Nijiu found that Heihu seemed to be very clingy to himself.

Spirit beasts will feel more or less dependent on their masters, but spirit beasts that are as clingy as tiger cubs are extremely rare.Even Ryan's civet cat won't follow its owner every step of the way.

Ryan glanced at the little tiger and sighed: "That's great, your spirit beast is so clingy."

Nijiu nodded: "Well, he has been following me, which makes people feel very safe."

Hearing these words, the little tiger raised his head and stared at Nijiu with clear eyes.

Ten minutes later, Ryan brought the hot meal to the open space in the center of the camp: "Dinner is ready!"

When the hungry students heard the shout, they all walked out of the tent and got the tableware to cook.

After finishing the meal for everyone, the task of the three of Nijiu was finally completed.They untied their thick, hot aprons, and sat down at the dining table with their meals in hand.

Qingyan also put away the documents and walked out of the tent.

He naturally walked to Nijiu and pushed Ryan away.Qingyan said to the students: "After eating, remember to wash the tableware."

There was a sigh among the students: "I almost forgot... There is no dishwasher here."

"It's so troublesome, it's like living in primitive times."

Ryan also sighed a few times.

Qingyan's action of pushing away Rui'an was so natural that after several minutes, Rui'an realized that Qingyan had taken his place.

And Nijiu has been concentrating on eating, not even noticing the change of people around him.

At this time, the little tiger lying on Mijiu's legs sensed Qingyan's aura.

He poked his head out of Nijiu's arms vigilantly, stared at Qingyan murderously, and let out a low whistle in his throat: "Hulu——"

Qingyan glanced at the little tiger indifferently, and gave Nijiu the canned braised pork on his dinner plate.

He said: "Nijiu, eat more. You spent too much energy catching spirit beasts in the afternoon, so take a good rest at night."

Seeing that there was not much meat left on Qingyan's dinner plate, Nijiu reached out to stop him: "You eat, I'm not very hungry."

Qingyan replied: "It's okay, I don't like braised pork. You can give me the boiled arugula and we can exchange it."

Nijiu just didn't like arugula, so he took the arugula from the dinner plate to Qing Yan, and brought him a glass of orange juice by the way.

Qingyan lowered her head and gave the little tiger a provocative look.

Little Tiger:"……"

Not to be outdone, the little tiger calmly leaned against Nijiu, and just shrank into his arms.

Qingyan: "..."

He glanced at the little tiger unwillingly, feeling a little frustrated, he lowered his head and concentrated on eating.

In the evening, as the sun set on the horizon, the sky gradually turned blue-purple, covering the entire camp in a hazy pale blue hue.

The three of Nijiu were lying in the tent. In order to dissipate heat, they lifted the tarpaulin outside, leaving only a thin layer of mosquito net.

Ryan looked at the weather display on the optical brain and said, "Brother, there may be heavy rain tonight. I checked the weather forecast, and it happened to be the rainy season in the forest of spirit beasts this week, and there was accumulated rain a few kilometers away. Clouds are coming our way."

Nijiu was so hot that he didn't want to move, so he replied: "It's good, just to cool down."

"Well, as long as there is no heavy rain and damage to the camp's power generation device."

Ryan nodded and said, "This camp was built by Dihua and has a history of more than ten years. Because it is only used once or twice a year and almost never repaired, the power generation equipment may be a little old."

Hearing what Ryan said, Nijiu had a bad premonition in his heart.

He still had lingering fears: "Ryan, don't be crowed."

Nijito put the change of clothes on her body and stood up: "I'm going to take a shower. If it really rains later, remember to cover it with a tarp."

The place where the students bathe is located downstream of the stream.

A detachable mobile home is built here, and water is drawn directly from the stream, which is quickly heated by an induction cooker.

Nijito walked out of the tent and found that the sky outside was very gloomy, and it seemed that it was really going to rain.

The little tiger was guarding outside Nijiu's tent, waiting for him to come out.When he saw Nijiu, he flicked his tail: "Aww!"

Nijiu walked towards the bathing place, seeing the little tiger following her, couldn't help but bent down and rubbed his ears.

Nijiu said, "Hurry up and go back, maybe it's really going to rain."

"Wow." The little tiger yelled, still following behind Nijiu, step by step.

Nijiu could only be followed by the little tiger, he walked into the bathroom and locked the door.

Before Nijiu breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the sound of scratching the door.

Outside the bathroom, the little tiger scratched the corner of the door vigorously with its paws, and yelled worriedly: "Wow!"

The little tiger wants Nijiu to open the door and let him in.

Nijiu: "???"

Nijiu: "No, no, no need to follow me!"