Chapter 90.2

Editor: Kat

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“Brother Wei, do you want to hear another song!”

Fei Lezhi warmly invited Wei Xun to the side of the campfire. In order to celebrate Wei Xun waking up, their completion of the first scenic spot, and how they would leave the Ruins of Xiangxiong tomorrow, everyone carried a lot more firewood over. They set up a fire, and the flames burned brightly. The exuberant, orange-red flames brightened the darkness and the light reflected on everyone’s faces.

On a plateau far away from modernity and technology, these humans’ joy was also derived from primitive means. Fei Lezhi and the others took turns singing and dancing around the fire, and it was bustling with activity for a while. Wei Xun saw that Jiang Hongguang and the others had managed to liven up the atmosphere and that it made the whole tour group more united. It also felt like all of them were just living in the moment.

In the past, the campfire had been used to defend the tour group against foreign enemies, and the burning flame naturally gave people a sense of warmth and security. Although Wei Xun’s trip to the ruins was fruitful, it also made the tourists worry that IV-1 was still hiding in the dark and had not left.

Tomorrow, they would leave the Ruins of Xiangxiong which they were considerably familiar with and head to the unfamiliar Xiaolin Temple. The veteran tourists couldn’t help but worry about what would happen in the near future.

That was why one could say that the bonfire party took place at the right moment. The tourists were allowed to vent their feelings. Those who were hesitant and depressed, whose lives were under the control of others, must risk their lives in order to survive, or put down their dignity and bow their knees to please others.

On other tours with a tour guide, the tourists would never have this opportunity to relax. Now that IV-1 was away, everyone was taking advantage of this opportunity to vent all kinds of emotions buried in their hearts, even though they knew that IV-1 would likely return.

They caused a lively stir while they were fooling around. Wei Xun felt that he was in the mood, so he sang a song, a grassland hymn. The tune was simple and desolate, and very suitable for this journey. Fei Lezhi and the others knew that Wei Xun could speak Tibetan, but they hadn’t expected him to sing so well. They were all immersed in this experience, especially when Wei Xun had such an unrestrained, carefree, unusually generous, and open attitude.

He was neither worried about the unknown tomorrow, nor nervous about hidden dangers. It was as if as long as one could keep up with his footsteps, one would not need to be afraid of any difficulties. This attitude of his was really charming and would make one willingly subordinate themself to him.

“Hey Brother Wei, did you rub your hair against something?”

Fei Lezhi was pointing to the corner of Wei Xun’s forehead, where a few strands of broken hair grew. Wei Xun pulled down these few strands of hair to take a look and saw they were pure white in color, like snow, glowing warm yellow against the backdrop of the campfire.

“Nothing’s wrong. It’s the effect of my title,” Wei Xun replied indifferently.

A few more strands of his hair had turned white. It turned white at the right moment, aligning with his desire to slowly reveal his white hair to the others. Speaking of which, snow leopards were more convenient than ferrets in this respect. He couldn’t possibly constantly use the excuse that he was in his molting season. It was better to be able to say that he was about to morph into a snow leopard, which had white fur, to justify the change in hair color.

“You guys can sing.”

Wei Xun got up and left the bonfire with a thermos cup in his hand. The sound of singing and laughing gradually faded away. He stood on the edge of the camp and looked towards the northeast, which was the direction IV-1 was rushing from.

If IV-1 really had the opportunity to regain his human form, he would be eager to return and seize power. If that happened, IV-1 would have to be dealt with severely.

Wei Xun slowly changed into a new pair of gloves. He took off his jacket and threw it aside, only wearing a warm gray cashmere sweater. His slightly thin body was hiding a powerful force that needed to be vented.

The night on the grassland should have been extremely cold, but Wei Xun still felt hot. He had sucked too much Yang Energy just now, so it was as if a fire lit up by charcoal was burning in his body. Even though the snow leopard had left, Xiaocui did not remain in the demonic insect ball, and he had removed the title of [Reproducer], this fire was still churning in his body, making Wei Xun feel like he was filled with energy,

Since he fell ill, he hadn’t felt this kind of energy for several years, but the Yang Energy he finally acquired couldn’t be vented by himself. Wei Xun decided to use another way to vent his energy.

For example, he could fight IV-1. However, this scene might be too bloody, which was why he stayed away from the crowd, so as to save himself from not being able to have all the fun he could.

Wei Xun waited quietly in the cold wind. The bonfire had been lit around nine o’clock, and it would be almost ten o’clock after half an hour. The moon had risen, and the bright moonlight was illuminating the ground, covering the mountains and the earth like a veil of silver. Even without a source of light in the wilderness, one would be able to use the light of the moon to illuminate the way forward.

Wei Xun was standing in an elevated position when he saw a black shadow running on the cliffs of the mountain road. It moved vigorously and gracefully, and its limbs stretched gracefully while running. The moonlight reflected its silver-white fur, like a layer of frost and falling snow. It looked like an elf in the snowy mountain.

Its figure was quickly covered by rocks, and it could no longer be seen from Wei Xun’s line of sight. However, Wei Xun opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The shadow of the beast running under the moonlight was clearly Xuefeng!

Why would it coincide with his perceived location of IV-1?!

Wei Xun reflexively took a few steps forward, but he couldn’t find the snow leopard. In order to prove whether he really understood the body language of the snow leopard, he cut off the connection he shared with Xuefeng through blood just now. Hence, he really didn’t know where the snow leopard went after it left.

How did it meet IV-1? Could it be that……

Wei Xun’s face darkened, and a glimmer of killing intent flashed in his heart. He sensed that IV-1 was approaching rapidly, getting closer. But within a few breaths, there was only a faint sound of running. The silver-white beast landed with the appearance of the moon, jumping off the stone wall and walking slowly towards Wei Xun.

Wei Xun quickly sized up the snow leopard. Seeing that its current situation was different from what he had imagined and it was not controlled or held hostage by IV-1, he was relieved.

However, the snow leopard was also judging Wei Xun. Wei Xun’s repeated refusals were deeply carved in its memories. The snow leopard moved hesitantly, and its animal eyes fixed on Wei Xun’s expression as it slowly moved towards him.

It was like watching a slow-motion scene in a movie as the snow leopard approached him. Its muscles undulated like hills during its movements and its long silver fur looked like mercury under the moonlight. The silver moonlight ran from its back to the tip of its long furry tail, which made it appear extraordinarily elegant.

This scene was breathtaking. Even if the snow leopard was biting onto its prey, it only added to how wild and how extraordinary it looked.

Well, if its prey was not a little black dog, the scene would really appear exceptionally beautiful.

“Xuefeng, this…”

The expression on Wei Xun’s face was indescribable, and even he couldn’t understand the snow leopard.

Why was Dog IV-1 bitten in the mouth by the snow leopard, and pretending to be on its last breath?

It turned out that IV-1 was approaching quickly because it was captured by the snow leopard? It wasn’t it because he couldn’t wait to come back and seize power??

This shouldn’t happen. At the very least, IV-1 was not a real dog! Even if the dog was injured while escaping from the earthquake, it wouldn’t want to be caught by the snow leopard easily. How useless was IV-1?

“Brpft…”

The snow leopard stopped three steps in front of Wei Xun, put down the little black dog it was biting, and pressed it down with its big paws. Then it squatted down, and its long tail circled gracefully around Wei Xun. The snow leopard looked at Wei Xun with its piercing eyes, appearing to be calm and composed. However, its half-round ears were trembling, revealing it was somewhat impatient.

“Brpft…”

Wei Xun heard it right, the snow leopard was indeed telling him to come over.

But Wei Xun didn’t understand very well why he had to head to the snow leopard’s side. Did it want Wei Xun to head over to eat a meal, to play, or……

“For me?”

Wei Xun thought about it, and suddenly recalled that initially, he had been given a shock by Dog IV-1, who had been covered in insect blood and had hugged the snow leopard to calm his nerves. At that time, he remembered that the snow leopard seemed to have glanced several times in the direction in which the dog had slipped away. Could it be that at that time, the snow leopard remembered the scent of the dog?

Did it think it had provoked Wei Xun, and it deliberately caught it to curry favor with him?

This, this was…

Wei Xun looked at Dog IV-1 with a half-smile, but there were countless doubts in his heart. Previously, it was impossible to scare Dog IV-1 to the point of trepidation, but now Dog IV-1 was scared enough. After seeing Wei Xun, the dog simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead under the snow leopard’s paws. But inwardly, the dog was terrified, unwilling, unreconciled, and there was even some fear. It was even in disbelief, questioning the purpose of its life.

Although Wei Xun hid the contract to stop IV-1 from sensing it, there was a huge disparity in status between him and Dog IV-1, and he only did so because IV-1 dog wouldn’t perceive his existence or communicate with him. But Wei Xun could clearly feel Dog IV-1’s complicated emotions.

Similarly, it also did not know how it had been captured by the snow leopard.

Wei Xun thought of those dried corpses that had been resuscitated by the devil’s thangka, and how they had turned into the most ordinary corpses under the paws of the snow leopard. What he’d previously thought was that the snow leopard might have a natural restraining effect on the devils and demons in the legends of Tibet.

But judging from the look Dog IV-1 had, could it be that the snow leopard’s restraint was not limited to Tibet, but was aimed at abyssal creatures?

In Wei Xun’s impression, Xiaojin and Xiaocui didn’t seem to be very lively when the snow leopard was by their sides.

This way, it really didn’t seem like an ordinary snow leopard. However, Xuefeng was visibly extraordinary. The others did not know how he had met Xuefeng, but Wei Xun clearly remembered that it had appeared in the back seat of the newcomer’s SUV, and he saw it when he had first woken up.

Was Xuefeng really related to a certain scenic spot on this tour?

Wei Xun fell into deep thought. Seeing that he was standing still, the snow leopard became more anxious as it slapped the tip of its tail on the ground. It had originally been proudly squatting over there, trying to attract Wei Xun with its prey. But seeing Wei Xun remaining motionless, the snow leopard was unavoidably irritable, and the sharp paws grabbing onto IV-1 dog exerted even more force.

Hearing Dog IV-1 crying to his father and mother in pain, Wei Xun recovered from his stupor. He stopped thinking about what happened in the tent previously but kept his mind focused on carefully examining Xuefeng’s body to see if it was a special snow leopard. But when Wei Xun was about to walk towards it, he raised his head upwards to look and was stunned by the sight of Xuefeng biting its own tail nervously.

One could see many short videos of cats, dogs, and even foxes chasing their tails on the Internet. Snow leopards had long and flexible tails, so they could bite onto their own fluffy tails, and they were very used to doing it, like when crossing a river or playing.

Snow leopard cubs liked to bite their mother’s tails, which was said to relieve tension. Some snow leopards retained this habit as adults.

It was the first time Wei Xun saw Xuefeng with its tail in his mouth. He was taken aback for a moment and was suddenly struck by cuteness. However, the snow leopard only noticed that Wei Xun was stepping forward, and it immediately relaxed. It walked briskly to Wei Xun’s side, rubbed itself all over its body, and let out a low-pitched grunt in its throat. The snow leopard was complaining and accusing him of being ruthless just now.

Wei Xun went to grab its tail. The snow leopard didn’t resist, and stuffed the thick, fluffy tail into his hand, letting Wei Xun play with it casually.

“Hey, Xuefeng, follow me.”

Wei Xun had his attention so fixated on the snow leopard that he almost forgot about Dog IV-1. It was really hard for Wei Xun to refuse it with a cold face. Seeing that it deliberately hunted down Dog IV-1 to appease him, he suddenly felt that Xuefeng was really cute and pitiful. He hugged the snow leopard and rubbed its thick fur. The thought of having to separate from the snow leopard made Wei Xun feel that he really couldn’t bear to part.

If there was something special about this snow leopard, like the skull of the white wolf king, it should be able to be brought back to the Travel Services.

Wei Xun thought about it, and after being intimate with the snow leopard for a while, he finally got rid of this entanglement. He picked up the little black dog that seemed to have fainted from fright and brought it back to his tent.

Step by step, the snow leopard followed him into the tent, unconcerned that Wei Xun brought Dog IV-1 back. Nevertheless, it simply stood by Wei Xun. Though its huge and flexible body could trip the other animal if that animal didn’t heed its movement.

After Wei Xun sat down, it even occupied Wei Xun’s thigh and rested on it. Its grayish-blue eyes were purely focused, and they only contained Wei Xun’s reflection. It pestered Wei Xun to comb it from head to tail several times before Wei Xun decided to deal with Dog IV-1.

T/N: Sorry for the late chapter post!