The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

Chapter 1127: The Short-Lived Mountain Rat

Shui Wuhen lay quietly waiting at the entrance of Xiao Han's lair.

But it was getting darker and darker, and there was still no movement outside.

Shui Wuhen was starting to lose his composure.

He was almost certain that Xiao Han must have encountered danger and was trapped somewhere.

There's still plenty of food inside the cave, so it's unlikely they were hunting. Even if they went out for some fresh air and to stretch their legs, it's impossible they wouldn't have returned by now.

Xiao Han, whom Shui Wuhen was worried about, was now facing the same situation as the mother lynx.

She lured the big bad wolf away and fled to the woods at the foot of the hill, where she climbed a tree to hide.

The big bad wolf once pretended to retreat and secretly slipped behind a bush to hide, hoping to lure Xiao Han, who had lowered her guard, down to earth.

However, Xiao Han, being high above, had been observing its every move and naturally knew that it was playing hard to get.

And so, the two sides remained deadlocked.

She didn't know if the mother lynx had managed to escape, and she couldn't get down now.

The big gray wolf, who was very hungry, had wasted his daytime staking out the female lynx. Now he was staking out Xiao Han, hoping that he would be lucky enough to catch one of them.

The temperature was even lower in the mountain forest at night, and the mountain wind howled, making Xiao Han, who was perched on a tree branch, feel icy cold all over.

If it weren't for saving her mother lynx, she would be sound asleep in her warm cave right now.

Xiao Han didn't regret it, but she really missed that warm nest.

Shui Wuhen, who was lying at the cave entrance waiting for Xiao Han's return, finally couldn't resist the urge to go outside under the cover of darkness as night deepened.

In the mountains at night, apart from the howling mountain wind, there was no trace of other animals.

Shui Wuhen knew that in his current rat form, he couldn't actually do anything.

But if you stay inside the cave, you'll be just as anxious. It's better to come out and wander around, listening to the sounds around you.

Just then, he felt something flying down from above.

Shui Wuhen was startled and instinctively ran towards a nearby clump of bushes.

But the other party was too fast. When he was less than two feet away from the bushes, a pair of sharp claws were already reaching for him.

Shui Wuhen spun around abruptly, his claws grabbing the back of his body. He then tilted his head back and used his only means of attack to bite Night Owl's leg.

This is a large eagle owl, which is also a natural enemy of the mountain rat.

Even though Shui Wuhen was large and fought back fiercely, all his resistance was futile in the face of a raptor like the Eagle Owl and its absolute strength.

The mountain wind howled, and Xiao Han clung to the tree, shivering from the cold.

The big gray wolf hid behind the bushes; it's unclear whether he felt cold.

The two sides had been deadlocked for a long time, and Xiao Han felt that the mother lynx must have escaped back by now.

No, she has to try to escape.

He shifted his body and slowly crawled down the tree, his gaze fixed on the bushes not far away.

There has been no movement from there.

Xiao Han didn't know if the other person hadn't noticed her coming down or was patiently waiting for an opportunity.

After all, she immediately ran back up the tree.

Unlike usual, Xiao Han did not jump down when she was three feet above the ground.

She slowly retreated to the snow before letting go of the tree.

The next moment, she turned and ran deeper into the woods.

When she finally managed to shake off her pursuers after a great ordeal, and returned to her lair after going around in circles, she felt for the first time the sensation of escaping death.

It seems that hiding in a tree doesn't guarantee safety.

If she encounters another person who stubbornly perseveres, perhaps she really won't be able to outlast them.

Once I got back to a safe place, I realized I was really hungry.

Xiao Han ate a fish and then felt better.

But she suddenly felt something was wrong. Why was Shui Wuhen not making a sound at all?

He didn't even notice that I came back so late.

"Water leaves no trace, water leaves no trace..."

Xiao Han called out twice tentatively, but there was no response.

Were they asleep and didn't hear it, or were they not even in the cave at all?

Xiao Han called out loudly again into the passage connecting the two nests, "Shui Wuhen, are you asleep?"

There was still no movement.

Xiao Han tried her best not to think negatively. Perhaps Shui Wuhen was just bored inside the cave, so he took advantage of the night to go for a stroll outside.

But reason told her that even if Shui Wuhen was wandering around, he wouldn't have gone far and couldn't have failed to notice her return.

The only possibility is that something happened to him.

Never mind, even if something happened to him, he's already back in the God Realm. Don't panic and throw yourself into a ruckus.

After mentally preparing herself, Xiao Han walked out of the cave and examined the traces left on the snow.

The water-trace mountain rat is very plump, so its tracks on the snow are still quite clear.

Xiao Han followed the trail again.

This time, she quickly found the location of the incident.

Looking at the marks left on the snow and the absence of any other footprints, Xiao Han almost immediately guessed that Shui Wuhen had been captured by a raptor.

Xiao Han stood there blankly, her heart filled with sorrow.

Waterless, such a cautious mountain rat, was probably looking for her when it came outside.

Even though she knew that Shui Wuhen had simply returned to the realm of gods and that his soul would be unharmed, she still felt distressed.

As her only friend in this forest, the only one she could talk to and have fun with, from the perspective of a wild animal, he was truly dead.

Suddenly, Xiao Han felt a little disheartened.

If the big bad wolf came running now, she thought she probably wouldn't run away anymore. Being bitten to death by the big bad wolf might be a relief.

Xiao Han stood quietly in the snow for a while until her emotions had completely calmed down before slowly walking back into the nest.

She didn't know when she fell asleep. When she woke up, she was stunned for a moment, and with a sliver of hope, she called out towards the passage, "Water Without Trace, Water Without Trace..."

Unfortunately, the miracle did not happen.

Poor mountain rat, Waterless Trace, only lived for a year.

Lying inside the cave, Xiao Han truly felt the impermanence of life.

The cave was quiet; the fat rat was no longer there to come from the other end of the passage and chat with her.

Xiao Han lay listlessly in the cave for most of the day, when suddenly he remembered the mother lynx.

She had to go and check to make sure the mother lynx was alright before she could feel at ease.

As I walked, I looked around carefully, stealthily making my way to the vicinity of the mother lynx's den.

She meowed softly, and then she heard the mother lynx meowing from inside the den.

Xiao Han's mood instantly soared.

Even though Shui Wuhen was captured by the raptor, he simply returned to the God Realm ahead of schedule.

In comparison, the fact that the lynx mother was safe and sound is the most worthwhile thing.