Chapter 707: First Encounter with the Nāgas
ght"Jo Bao'er blushed, "It's fine.""Escort the young mistress back to her chambers to rest." The butler turned to a maid and instructed."After some thought, he added, "Madam, you're carrying our Jun f...This is a lone, irritable white tiger in the forest.
Jo Bao'er was squatting and tidying up the extinguished bonfire. Her hands were sore from grilling meat, because this white tiger had developed a taste for it and was acting domineering beside her. Jo Bao'er was forced to comply out of fear of its power.
"So fond of barbecued meat, to stick your butt right into the fire and roast it to perfection, huh" Qiao Baoer kicked out the last ember with her foot, her expression displeased as she complained.
The white tiger immediately reared its head and roared at her.
This white tiger is not only picky about its food, it can understand human speech and has a temper.
Because she had some experience getting along with Count Black Cat before, Qiao Baoer knew that her current situation was temporarily safe. This white tiger didn't intend to eat her.
The sun was high in the sky. It took a whole morning to grill the meat just for one meal.
The man and the tiger finally ate and drank their fill and set off on the road.
Jo Bao'er, going by her intuition, felt drawn to the big waterfall. Though the surrounding valleys were filled with the roaring sounds of cascading water, drowning out all other noises, she sensed something had happened near the big waterfall last night.
"I'm going to go take a look at the falls over there..." Qiao Baoer pointed to the magnificent waterfall opposite them.
"Later, if you run into that big snake again by the big tree in front of the waterfall, remember to take me to safety immediately." She hadn't forgotten about the five-meter-long snake on the tree.
It is said that snakes are creatures of revenge, meaning they are very petty. Last night, the white tiger fought a large snake, so if they meet again, it will be like enemies meeting.
"That snake isn't much bigger than you. It's so useless, it can't even win a fight."
Jo Baoer carefully descended the mountain, while behind her, the white tiger roared angrily at her once more.
"Don't think that because you shout loudly, I'll be afraid of you," Qiao Bao'er retorted, "I know you all fear this scepter. Be careful, I might use it to poke you."
The white tiger rushed towards her angrily, slamming its large head against Qiao Bao'er's back. Qiao Bao'er, who had not been as steady as the four-legged animals on her way down the mountain, found herself tumbling and rolling after the impact.
Oh, my aching lower back.
Fortunately, the slope wasn't too steep. Qiao Baoer tumbled a few times, landing with a thump like a dog eating dirt. Her body was covered in mud and grass clippings, but she luckily crashed into a soft rock. Before she could be grateful, Qiao Baoer scrambled to her feet and looked closely. It wasn't a soft rock at all; it was the carcass of a wild boar.
This wild boar carcass is still warm, it died very recently.
Qiao Bao'er immediately stepped back two paces, wary. Although she would have been happy to see the wild boar carcass if she were hungry, she had just eaten and drunk her fill. As she thought back on the animals she had encountered in the valley, dying one by one, she found it increasingly strange.
"...How could this be"
"It definitely wasn't a natural death."
Qiao Bao'er patted the dirt and grass clippings off her body, turned her head to look at the proud white tiger, and muttered to herself, "What's wrong with these animals Are they sick Poisoned"
The white tiger was imposing in stature, with its four limbs crouched. Its eyes glinted menacingly at the carcass of the wild boar.
It seems like something big has happened.
The white tiger didn't play by the rules, its body trembled, and it charged towards Qiao Baier. She thought it was going to act up again, bumping into her, just as she was about to dodge, the white tiger picked her up, tossed her into the air, and slammed her onto its back. The white tiger then ran wildly toward the big waterfall.
It seems everything has become urgent and pressing.
The white tiger was very fast, the wind strong, blowing against her face. Qiao Baier crouched on its back, gripping tightly onto the two strands of white fur on the tiger's neck, afraid of being tossed off.
After a night of getting to know each other, Qiao Baoer had more trust in the intelligent white tiger.
In this world, animals are more reliable than people. Human nature is unpredictable, while wild animals and people are simpler and easier to get along with.
When they passed that ancient banyan tree, Qiao Bao'er didn't notice the giant snake from last night. Perhaps the white tiger was too fast and she hadn't seen it clearly, or maybe the snake had gone somewhere else.
Upon arriving at the foot of the waterfall, they were drenched by the forceful spray of water. Qiao Bao'er raised her head and gazed in awe at this magnificent spectacle, a testament to nature's artistry.
However, the white tiger showed no signs of stopping. It charged forward with its head held high, fearless of the powerful water jets. It darted through the waterfall curtain and continued to run towards the heart of the cascading torrent.
Then Qiao Ba'er realized there was a cave inside the waterfall. The white tiger leaped on the protruding rock, and soon she saw a narrow passage inside, dark and with a chill, fishy smell coming from it.
Qiao Bao'er instinctively felt that there were bad things in this passage. At this time, the white tiger had quickly run to the end of the passage. It was an extremely wide and spacious mountain cave. The naturally formed stalactites on the top, the ancient rock layers and algae on the mountain wall, this was a natural water curtain cave, it looked like it was thousands of years old.
But the air in this Water Curtain Cave was thick and stuffy, hard to breathe because it smelled overwhelmingly of fish.
Soon Qiao Bao'er also noticed something was amiss.
This Water Curtain Cave seems to have traces of a fight. There are fallen stones on the surrounding mountain walls.
After the white tiger entered this water curtain cave, the atmosphere became heavy. It seemed as if all the muscles in the white tiger's body were tensed, waiting for something terrible.
Who are you
How do you possess two-thirds of the staff
A voice, ancient and ethereal, entered Qiao Bao'er's mind. There was no one speaking inside this Water Curtain Cave, only the sound of wind whistling through the entrance. Yet, she clearly heard it, a gravelly, aged voice like that of a thousand-year-old man asking her something.
The white tiger immediately threw Qiao Bao'er to the ground and immediately tensed up in an attacking stance. The white tiger roared frantically at the entire mountain wall.
The sound of a tiger's roar echoed continuously within the Water Curtain Cave.
Qiao Bao'er’s heart also became nervous and uneasy, she involuntarily gripped her scepter tightly and shouted, 【Who are you Come out!】
Jo Bao'er just felt that someone was playing tricks on her, scaring her. But she didn't expect that the moment she shouted, "Come out," the thing in the darkness began to move slowly. The huge, patterned snake body slowly approached, and when she saw it clearly, a pair of sinister, vertical pupils appeared. Its massive head was already right in front of her.
They named me Nagaa,> The giant serpent's head, as large as a small car, crept closer to Qiao Baoer's face, puffing out its forked tongue and hissing. Qiao Baoer heard clearly in her mind the serpent communicating with her.
My goodness, that snake is unbelievably terrifying, like a dragon!
Jo Bao'er was completely stunned.
The serpent god Naga continued to hiss, "Who are you And where did you get that staff" Perhaps being trapped behind the waterfall for millennia had made him too lonely and bored. Naga didn't immediately attack her. inside."Get them out of here—"Jun Zhi's reaction was swift. With his other hand, he grabbed Qiao Baoer's shoulder, pulling her into his embrace. He raised his voice, coldly rebuking her, but Gu Ruoya...