Chapter 453 Hunter
"What is Dabai doing again?"
Li Xuan was a little confused when he heard the noise in the backyard.
"This guy is not idle even after eating."
Li Xuan looked up in the direction of the garden, and soon saw the huge figure of Dabai running towards him.
As the saying goes, clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers.
When Dabai ran like this, a gust of bad wind suddenly came.
The hair on Li Xuan's body couldn't help but fly upside down.
He squinted slightly and couldn't help thinking: "If it were summer, it would be a good fan."
Li Xuan had made up his mind to arrange a good job for Dabai next summer.
Otherwise, how could he not work if he was fed so much meat every day.
In a blink of an eye, Dabai came to Li Xuan and stared at him.
Li Xuan didn't know what this big guy wanted to do, and was about to ask, but he was hit by Dabai's wet tongue.
Li Xuan was caught off guard by Dabai's fierce licking, and he almost stumbled and fell.
"Meow!"
Li Xuan screamed angrily, and half of his body was soaked.
But Dabai didn't realize that he had made a mistake, and he continued to lick Li Xuan.
Dabai's big tongue gradually focused on licking Li Xuan's front paws.
Li Xuan thought it was not good, and quickly removed the cold breath on his paws, fearing that he would accidentally hurt Dabai's tongue.
As a result, Dabai's movements also stopped, and he sat in front of Li Xuan, his big eyes full of confusion, and even began to whimper in grievance, like a kitten.
"Hmm?"
Li Xuan was confused and asked Dabai: "Meow? (What are you doing?)"
But Dabai didn't seem to hear Li Xuan's question, but just cried more and more urgently, and finally lay on the ground, tossing and turning, anxiously grabbing the marble bricks on the ground with his claws.
"Meow, don't ruin our newly built palace!"
Li Xuan felt sorry for the marble bricks and quickly held down Dabai who was tossing and turning.
Although the size difference between the two was huge, Dabai was still held down by Li Xuan and dared not resist.
Li Xuan stepped on Dabai's neck and heard it whimpering in grievance, and couldn't help frowning.
"It was just fed, so it must not be hungry."
"The cat litter box as big as the garden must be enough for it."
"In addition to eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, what else made Dabai so anxious?"
Li Xuan recalled the previous situation and slowly cast his eyes on his claws.
"Could it be..."
Li Xuan's heart moved, and he immediately stretched out a claw in front of Dabai, and then condensed a trace of icy breath into it.
Suddenly, Dabai became energetic again and licked Li Xuan's claws endlessly.
"This guy seems to like the icy breath very much."
Li Xuan just condensed a trace of icy breath, and Dabai immediately responded.
While he continued to observe Dabai, he condensed more icy breath on his claws.
As long as he saw Dabai was uncomfortable, Li Xuan would stop immediately.
But until Li Xuan once again "controls the air to transform" and freezes a round ice cube on his claws, Dabai has no intention of stopping his tongue.
"Ah Xuan, you can create ice cubes out of thin air now?"
Princess Ankang has been watching the strange interaction between the big cat and the little cat, and found the ice cube on Li Xuan's claws, and said in surprise.
Princess Ankang remembered that Li Xuan once told her that this method can only be done when Li Xuan breaks through next time.
Li Xuan knew that Princess Ankang might have misunderstood, so he immediately explained:
"I haven't broken through to the fifth level yet, but after helping you absorb the cold today, the icy breath in my body has increased a lot."
"I tried it just now, and I can actually control the qi and transform into a shape."
"But Yin Yang Qi can't do it yet, it's really weird."
Li Xuan didn't expect that compared with the Yin Yang Qi in his body, the icy breath could "control the qi and transform into a shape" one step ahead.
After he practiced Yin Yang Qi, he paid less attention to the icy breath.
If it wasn't still playing a role when helping Princess Ankang absorb the cold, Li Xuan almost forgot the existence of the icy breath.
After all, the bonus of the icy breath is far less than that of the Yin Yang Qi.
But now it seems that this icy breath seems to have other magical uses, and it actually allowed Li Xuan to get in touch with the secret of controlling qi and transforming into a shape one step ahead.
And judging from Dabai's current reaction, the icy breath still has many secrets waiting for Li Xuan to discover.
"I heard from Old Zhao that Dabai is from the North. Could it be that this guy is related to the Tiger?"
Li Xuan was not very clear about Dabai's origins, but now he is quite interested.
"I have to ask Old Zhao later."
Dabai licked for a long time, but did not lick away the cold breath in Li Xuan's body. He was just enjoying eating popsicles.
"Could this guy really have talent?"
Li Xuan thought about it and took out the refined Tiger blood from the Emperor Hong bone ring.
Dabai reacted immediately. Even though Li Xuan stepped on his neck, he still resisted violently, trying to break free and pounce on the jar of Tiger blood.
"It seems that Dabai was not just greedy before."
"But can this Tiger blood be absorbed without practicing the Blood-Slaying Tiger Claw?"
Li Xuan thought about it, and with a try-it attitude, he dipped a drop of Tiger blood with the claw blade, and then dripped it into Dabai's mouth.
When Dabai saw that Linhu's essence and blood was being eaten, he immediately stopped making trouble and waited patiently with his mouth open, for fear that Li Xuan would regret it.
A drop of light blue Linhu Essence accurately landed on the big white scarlet tongue, and was immediately swallowed into its stomach by its busy roll of tongue.
Li Xuan pressed his paws on the back of Dabai's neck and immediately used Yin and Yang Qi to explore the situation inside Dabai's body, fearing that something was wrong with him.
Dabai lay on the ground, chirping happily, looking satisfied.
The next moment, Li Xuan had an unexpected expression on his face.
A faint breath of ice appeared in Dabai's body.
Although the quality is far different from the ice-cold breath in Li Xuan's body, there is no doubt that it is ice-cold breath.
"Ah? What's going on?"
"You don't even need to practice martial arts. Just eating the essence and blood of the Tiger Tiger will form an icy breath in your body?"
"Could it be that Dabai is Rinhu!"
Li Xuan suddenly thought of a possibility.
But if Dabai was Linhu, there was no way Zhao Feng wouldn't tell Li Xuan.
"Meow, meow? (Babai, are you Rinhu?)"
Li Xuan asked.
As a result, after Dabai took a drop of Linhu Essence and blood, he was so beautiful that he didn't pay attention to Li Xuan's questions.
"This guy!"
Li Xuan used Yin and Yang Qi to carefully explore Dabai's physical condition, and found that the cold breath that had just formed in his body was still very weak, and was wandering around aimlessly in his body.
Even if this cold breath can be used, it can only be used instinctively, and the efficiency is extremely low, far inferior to the blood-sucking tiger claws.
"It seems that Dabai also needs to practice the Ten Tiger Forms and the Blood-Slaying Tiger Claws."
"At least let it master the method of performing the exercises, otherwise all the ice-cold breath will be wasted."
Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Dabai could be satisfied for a long time with just one drop of Linhu Essence and blood, so he didn't bother him for more.
He only has a jar of Tiger Essence and blood in his hand now, which he still has to provide for Mao Ba and Fat Orange to practice.
If Dabai's appetite is too big, Li Xuan can only let him endure it.
After all, this guy's Ten Tiger Forms and Blood-Slaying Tiger Claws didn't even get started, so how could he delay the training of Mao Ba and Fat Orange just because of his greedy mouth.
If Dabai learns these two techniques in the future, Li Xuan will never favor one over the other.
"I need to get more tiger essence and blood."
"Last time I heard from Manager Shang, it seems that every autumn, there will be a special person to send Linhu essence and blood. I don't know if this year's Linhu essence and blood will be delivered?"
It's already passed the Double Ninth Festival, and winter is about to begin. I'm afraid the Ministry of Internal Affairs already has some stock.
Li Xuan plans to take a stroll to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the next two days to ask about Linhu Essence and Blood.
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"Linhu Essence and Blood?"
"This year's ones haven't been delivered yet."
Zhao Feng replied casually.
He came to teach Yu'er's martial arts in the morning, but Li Xuan pestered him, asking endless questions about why this year's Linhu essence and blood hadn't been delivered yet.
"Logically speaking, it should have been sent to the palace long ago."
"But there has been no news. I'm afraid something delayed me on the road."
Zhao Feng was not surprised by this and didn't seem too worried.
"Don't worry, Axuan."
"There should be news soon."
"People from the hunting team will not spend the winter in the north."
"They will definitely return before winter."
Zhao Feng said firmly.
The Linhu blood essence and blood have not been replenished yet, and Li Xuan felt a little regretful.
But when he heard about the hunting team from Zhao Feng, he also became interested.
"Is the hunting team the people responsible for hunting from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
Li Xuan didn't expect that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had such a department.
"Haha, the hunting team is not from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is a royal hunting team directly under His Majesty. Their job is to hunt rare and rare animals in the world."
"This job is not easy, and it is very dangerous."
“But if you do it well, you can also have a good future.”
"My godfather and I both had experience in the Royal Hunting Corps when we were young."
When Li Xuan heard this, his interest became even more intense.
There were actually two managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in this small hunting team.
"Tell me about the hunting team."
Li Xuan wrote with a smile.
"I want to hear it too."
Princess Ankang also came over.
She was reading a book aside, but when she heard Zhao Feng talking about interesting topics, she immediately came over.
At this time, Yu'er also completed her morning practice. Seeing their high interest, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about?"
"Sister Yu'er, Manager Zhao said that he served in the Royal Hunting Team when he was young. He also said that Manager Shang was also a member of the Royal Hunting Team before."
Upon hearing this, Yu'er asked with a smile: "Zongzong officer?"
"Sister Yu'er, what is a hunting officer?"
Princess Ankang asked curiously when she saw that Yu'er also knew about it.
Li Xuan also pricked up his ears.
"Hunter officer is an official position. Once you become a fifth-grade officer, you belong directly to His Majesty. Although he is nominally employed in the Imperial Household, I heard that he will go hunting all over the world. He will be free and at ease."
"I'm afraid there's not one eunuch or maid in the palace who hasn't had the dream of being a hunting officer."
"But becoming a hunting officer is probably more difficult than becoming a colorful eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Yu'er sighed with emotion. It was not difficult to see that she had also admired the hunting officer before.
After Li Xuan and Princess Ankang had stayed in the palace for so long, this was the first time they heard the name of the hunting officer.
But this is also normal.
A cat and a princess would never be too interested in a fifth-grade official responsible for hunting.
But Yu'er is different. As a palace maid, she naturally cares about the promotion path in the palace.
I heard that there is such a good job as a hunting officer, who can resist asking more questions?
"Haha, Yu'er is right."
"Although the Hunting Officer is only a fifth-grade official position, it has a very different meaning because it belongs directly to His Majesty."
Zhao Feng then said mysteriously: "This job is a good springboard for gold plating. In addition to the selection within the palace, there are also many children from famous families who can participate."
"After being born as a hunting officer, you can at least hold a senior position."
"In the court, they are the backbone of the party, and in the palace, they are His Majesty's confidants."
"Almost without exception."
The three little ones didn't expect that an officer in charge of hunting would have such skills, and they couldn't help but be fascinated by what they heard.
"The hunting officers are divided into four teams: east, west, north and south. The tiger essence and blood you want, Xuan, is what the hunting officers in the north should bring back."
Zhao Feng explained to Li Xuan.
"Then Mr. Zhao, can this hunting officer only be responsible for hunting all over the world?"
"Sounds like a pretty good job."
Princess Ankang said with some envy.
She has grown so big and has not left the capital yet.
"Haha, Your Highness."
"This hunting is not as easy as you think."
"This is a royal hunting team after all, and it has corresponding tasks every year."
"And how can it be easy for a prey that can be caught by the royal family?"
"At the end of the year, if you are unable to complete the corresponding tasks, you will be fined."
“There are even a lot of people who owe money to go to work.”
Zhao Feng mentioned that when he was young, there was someone who worked as a hunting officer, but he was not strong enough and had to pay to go to work every year.
When the gold plating was completed, it cost more than one hundred thousand taels of silver. Even for a famous family, it was a huge hemorrhage.
"Ah, so much money?"
"Is the salary of a hunting officer so high?"
Li Xuan asked in surprise.
"No, it's just the normal salary of a fifth-grade official."
"It's just that in order to complete the mission, the man spent money to buy back the prey from the market. He shouldn't spend a lot of money."
Zhao Feng seemed to recall the past, with a gentle smile on his face.
Seeing Zhao Feng's expression, Li Xuan couldn't help but asked scornfully:
"General Manager Zhao, is that a woman?"
Princess Ankang and Yu'er's eyes were all directed at Zhao Feng, with the fire of gossip igniting in their eyes.
"It's getting late, and I have other things to do, so you can have some fun by yourselves."
Zhao Feng didn't talk about martial arts, he just turned around and left, leaving the three little ones with a handsome back.
"Meow! Meow? (I won't ask anymore! Isn't it okay if I don't ask anymore?)"
"Meow. (Tell me about the hunting officer again.)"
Li Xuan was so anxious that he asked to stay, but Zhao Feng climbed over the courtyard wall and disappeared.
"Axuan, it's your fault for asking. I want to hear the story of General Manager Zhao in the hunting team."
Princess Ankang said resentfully.
Li Xuan shouted innocently, but he could clearly see the gossipy look in Princess Ankang's eyes just now.
As a result, now Princess Ankang turns her back and talks about Li Xuan's fault.
At this time, Yu'er was on the side again and said:
"Axuan, this is your fault."
"How can you ask so directly about Mr. Zhao's privacy?"
The two gossiping girls accused Li Xuan one after another.
"Okay, okay, are you playing with me like this?"
Li Xuan was so angry that he opened his mouth wide and started chasing and biting the two girls, scaring them so much that they ran all over the yard.
The three little ones started chasing each other in the courtyard of Jingyang Palace, laughing and screaming strangely.
Outside the door, the team of eunuchs in colorful clothes who were responsible for guarding Jingyang Palace listened to the movements in the yard and couldn't help but become restless.
"Would you like to go in and see if something happened?"
While others were feeling uneasy, two people said calmly:
"Don't worry, if something happens, there will be someone or a cat inside to call us."
"You will be working as gatekeepers in Jingyang Palace from now on, so you must be familiar with this daily routine."
The other eight eunuchs in colorful clothes relaxed themselves when they saw these two seniors being so calm.
But the eight newcomers couldn't help but prick up their ears and listen carefully to the movements in Jingyang Palace, for fear that something unexpected might happen later.
But for a long time, apart from the angry meows of cats, there were only the silver bell-like laughter of two girls carried by the wind.
After listening for a long time, a smile appeared in the eyes of the stern-faced eunuchs in colorful clothes.