The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 1124: Time to Build My New Home

Xiao Han was stunned.

No, no, this mountain rat cannot be given to the female lynx.

Xiao Han protested by meowing, while simultaneously snatching food with her paws.

She rammed her body into the mother lynx's leg, and while the mother lynx dodged, she grabbed Shui Wuhen in her mouth and ran away.

The mother lynx was very angry.

She was hungry and wanted to eat, but the little cub wouldn't give her any.

Seeing the relentless pursuit of the mother lynx, Xiao Han panicked a little.

She couldn't outrun the mother lynx, nor could she climb a tree to escape.

Waterless, writhing in pain all over, could only helplessly remind him, "Let me into the cave quickly."

Xiao Han happened to spot a crevice in the rock, where Shui Wuhen should be able to squeeze in.

She quickly jumped over and put Shui Wuhen down, saying, "You should go inside and hide."

Shui Wuhen slipped into the crevice, while Xiao Han plopped down at the entrance, blocking the opening.

The female lynx leaped over, meowing loudly, urging Xiao Han to move aside.

Xiao Han meowed a few times, but didn't move its bottom.

The mother lynx lingered for a while, but eventually left.

Xiao Han finally breathed a sigh of relief after watching the mother lynx walk away. Oh dear, she had almost caused Shui Wuhen's death by accident.

"Water Without Trace, what do we do now? Should we continue transporting walnuts, or go back?"

Despite the excruciating pain all over his body, Shui Wuhen sighed and said, "Let's go back first."

He needs to go back and recover from his injuries.

Ever since he met Xiao Han, he's been either scratched by claws or bitten by mouth. Although they're not fatal, they still hurt.

Xiao Han was completely unaware of Shui Wuhen's suffering.

She figured she hadn't bitten through the rat's skin, so Shui Wuhen should be fine.

However, she naturally won't have to carry it on the way back.

So Xiao Han led the way, looking around to see if there were any other hunters.

She also had to be wary of whether the mother lynx was still nearby.

Shui Wuhen followed cautiously behind her, observing the surrounding environment and thinking about where he should hide if he encountered danger.

Fortunately, the two returned to Shui Wuhen's cave unharmed.

Xiao Han felt that Shui Wuhen was frightened and suggested that he go back and calm down.

As for the walnuts, she can help pick them up.

When it comes to making pockets, Xiao Han is even more clumsy than Shui Wuhen. There's no way around it; her cat-like paws aren't as good as Shui Wuhen's mouse-like paws at delicate work.

However, she was, after all, a human soul. After looking around, Xiao Han had an idea.

Immediately, she ran quickly towards a bamboo grove in the distance.

In the bamboo forest, there will always be some dry bamboo.

Xiao Han searched inside and picked out a withered bamboo that had fallen to the ground and was about to rot.

Although this bamboo tube isn't very thick, it's easy to stuff walnuts inside. One section of bamboo can easily hold five or six walnuts.

It dragged the withered bamboo up, placed one end on a high place, and then jumped, pressing its claws onto the bamboo pole. Using its own weight, it snapped the bamboo with a crack.

After struggling for a while, I finally got a bamboo pole about a foot long with a large, intact bamboo tube at one end.

Xiao Han bit the bamboo tube and started running back.

Oh dear, I'm lucky! When I ran back with the bamboo tube in my mouth, I even found a rabbit.

Xiao Han immediately threw down the bamboo tube and ran wildly towards the wild rabbit.

After a chase, they successfully caught their prey and were able to enjoy a hearty meal.

Xiao Han thought of the mother lynx and decided to take the rabbit back, eat half of it herself, and leave the other half for the mother lynx.

Upon returning to the den, they found that the mother lynx was not home; she must have gone out to find food.

Xiao Han ate half of the prey, put the other half in the nest, and then ran out to look for the bamboo tube she had lost.

Sigh! I feel like my thinking has become much simpler since I became a wild animal; it's like I don't have much of a brain anymore.

Following the route I remembered, I searched for quite a while and finally found the bamboo tube.

He carried the bamboo tube again and went to the walnut tree.

Then Xiao Han wandered around for a while and found that there wasn't a single walnut left under the tree.

Squirrels, mountain rats, and other small animals in the forest all love nuts, so there are quite a few small animals eyeing this walnut tree.

Xiao Han thought for a moment, then climbed up the tree and carefully picked the walnuts she could reach.

After fiddling around for a while, I managed to remove more than ten walnuts.

Forget it, making this thing is even more difficult than hunting for her. It's better to catch more prey so that Shui Wuhen can eat meat.

After climbing down the tree, they stuffed the walnuts into bamboo tubes and made three trips before finally getting them all to the entrance of Shui Wuhen's cave.

After transporting them, Xiao Han shouted at the cave entrance, "Shui Wuhen, I've brought back more than ten walnuts for you. Quickly hide inside the cave."

Shui Wuhen emerged from the cave, looked at the walnuts on the ground, and hurriedly said, "I have already stored a lot of food for the winter, so you don't need to worry about me, and you don't need to bother to get these in the future."

Xiao Han said boldly, "It's alright, I won't pick walnuts anymore. I'll hunt and bring you the meat."

Shui Wuhen thought of the weasels in the cave and hurriedly refused, "No need, I don't have much to do all day long. The only thing I need to do is find food. If you bring me food, I will have nothing to do and my days will be very boring."

There aren't many small animals in this area, and Xiao Han's hunting depends on luck. If he has to share food with others, he'll definitely go hungry often.

Xiao Han didn't think too much about it. She sighed and said, "Actually, I now feel that being an animal is much easier and happier than being a human."

Animals don't need to save money to build grand houses, they don't need to buy clothes often, they don't need to eat delicacies, they don't need money or power, and they don't need any extra enjoyment.

All they had to do was find enough food to fill their stomachs.

Shui Wuhen said, "It can be summed up in one sentence: humans have too many desires, which is why they live such tiring lives."

He hid the walnuts one by one in the storage room, then lay down at the entrance of the hole and chatted with Xiao Han.

The meaning of life lies in living well.

The animals in the mountains and forests are all busy filling their stomachs every day, and then playing happily.

But they are, after all, human beings, and if they have nothing to do, their days will definitely be extremely boring.

Xiao Han used to have brothers and sisters to play with, but later she stubbornly stayed by the mother lynx's side and refused to leave, actually because she was worried that life would be boring if she lived alone.

With my old friend Waterless by my side, life as an animal feels incredibly simple and joyful.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Han felt sleepy and wanted to go to sleep.

Sleeping outside was obviously not safe, so she sent Shui Wuhen into the cave while she went back to her lair to sleep.

Just as I returned to the vicinity of the den, I saw a strange lynx grooming the female lynx.

Xiao Han suddenly realized that the strange lynx must be a male cat, and the female lynx was preparing to reproduce again.

It seems she really is going to build her own new home.