In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

"Auntie, we're leaving now!"

After filling their stomachs with delicious steamed buns, Chen Cheng and the other four said goodbye to Li Ping and returned home.

Chen Da walked home with Li Ping and He Cuilian.

At this moment, in Chen Dajia's courtyard, Chen Dao was feeding the chickens.

Upon seeing Chen Da and the other two enter, they quickly greeted them.

"Brother Dao, let's have an extra meal tonight!"

Just then, Chen Da mysteriously took out a package from behind his back.

The package was opened, revealing a small animal inside.

"What the hell?"

Chen Dao looked closely and exclaimed in surprise, "A national treasure!"

The animal had extremely soft, reddish-brown fur, dotted with neatly arranged white spots.

Its eyes are round, shiny black, and surrounded by a ring of white down, making it look like it's wearing glasses.

Its tail is exceptionally long, covered with alternating thick and thin ring patterns, which have nine segments, making it both cute and beautiful.

"This is... a red panda?"

Chen Dao stared wide-eyed at the little animal in front of him. That's right, this animal was none other than the cute animal known as the red panda in his previous life!

In his previous life, Chen Dao often saw videos of red pandas on Douyin, so he was very familiar with their appearance and immediately recognized the creature that Chen Da was planning to use as an extra meal.

"Red panda?"

Hearing Chen Dao's exclamation, Chen Da asked in confusion, "Isn't this a nine-section wolf?"

"Uh……"

Chen Dao suddenly remembered that the name "red panda" was given to this animal by China in his previous life. In many places, the red panda is commonly known as the "nine-section wolf" because its tail has nine segments of different colors.

"Uncle, where did you get this?"

Chen Dao looked at the timid little panda beside Chen Da's feet and grew to like it more and more. In his previous life, Chen Dao had wanted to raise a little panda more than once, but the conditions simply did not allow it, so he had to give up.

"That beast came running over when I was cutting down trees!"

Chen Da replied, "It's not afraid of people either. It ran out of the forest and has been following me ever since. I figured it was going to be a source of meat, so I brought it back, planning to kill it and eat it!"

"Killed...?"

Chen Dao's lips twitched. Such a cute little animal, how could Chen Da actually kill and eat it? No wonder he's an old hunter.

However, after a moment's thought, Chen Dao suddenly realized!

For Earthlings in their previous lives, with plenty of food and drink, they naturally wouldn't kill such adorable creatures as red pandas. But for the people of this world, eating meat is the most important thing, and whether a red panda is cute or not doesn't affect its status as a source of meat.

However, despite understanding, Chen Dao was still somewhat reluctant to let Chen Da kill the little panda.

He walked over to the red panda, picked it up, and said, "Uncle, I really like this red panda. Can you give it to me? I can trade some eggs for it!"

"You want to raise this nine-sectioned wolf?"

"Yes."

"Then it's yours!"

Chen waved his hand and said, "As for exchanging eggs, there's no need to mention it! It's just an animal, far less valuable than the white-feathered chicken breeding secrets you gave me."

"Uh……"

Chen Dao didn't speak, because when Chen Da decided to give him the little panda, the little panda's advancement information appeared in his eyes.

[Red panda, characteristics: cute, adorable, and agile.]

[Red Panda Advancement Path 1: Feeding it Ironheart Bamboo for five consecutive days gives a 50% chance of advancing it to a Swift Wind Red Panda.]

【Characteristics of the Swift Wind Panda: Moves like the wind, has relatively weak attack power, and its combat strength is comparable to a ninth-rank martial artist.】

[Red Panda Advancement Route Two: Feeding the panda with Blood Clotting Fruit and Blood Jade Bamboo Leaves for five consecutive days will have an 80% chance of advancing it to an Iron Claw Red Panda.]

[Iron Claw Red Panda Characteristics: Swift movement, sharp claws, combat strength comparable to an eighth-rank martial artist.]

"Red pandas can actually advance to higher levels!"

Chen Dao was both surprised and unsurprised. Over this period of time, he had roughly figured out the pattern of his cheat system. He could see the advancement information of any plant or animal that belonged to him. Now that the little panda had been given to him by Chen Da, it was naturally something he owned.

What truly surprised Chen Dao was the incredible power of the little panda's advancement. Of the two advancement paths, the first one, the Swift Wind Little Panda, was comparable to a ninth-rank martial artist.

The Iron Claw Panda, in its second advanced stage, is comparable to an eighth-rank martial artist...

"Blood-clotting fruit and Blood Jade Bamboo leaves..."

Chen Dao's eyes gleamed. He already had the Blood Clotting Fruit, one of the two materials needed to advance into the Iron Claw Panda. The only thing he lacked was the Blood Jade Bamboo Leaf...

"If I can gather all the materials and upgrade the red panda into an Iron Claw Red Panda, my safety will be even more guaranteed!"

Chen Dao has always lacked a sense of security since coming into this world. Although the black-footed chicken Xiao Hei that he had raised before has increased his sense of security to some extent, the increase is ultimately limited.

After all, Xiao Hei is too special and not suitable to appear in other people's sight.

Imagine Chen Dao entering the city with Xiao Hei clucking behind him. This would instantly make Chen Dao the center of attention, and then attract the attention of powerful forces in the county.

Compared to the black panda, the red panda is less eye-catching. Although red pandas can attract attention because of their cute appearance, having a red panda on your body is better than having a clucking chicken following behind you, right?

Not to mention, after the red panda advances to the Iron Claw Red Panda, its combat power is comparable to that of an eighth-rank martial artist!

Eighth-rank martial artists are extremely rare in the county. With the Iron Claw Panda, who is equivalent to an eighth-rank martial artist, protecting him, Chen Dao's safety will be completely resolved!

"What an adorable little panda."

Chen Dao squinted his eyes and gently stroked the soft fur on the red panda's head, feeling very happy.

The red panda seemed to really enjoy being petted, a contented look on its cute little face as it rubbed its head against Chen Dao's palm, its long tail swaying incessantly, showing its joyful mood.

From now on, I'll call you Xiaoyuan.

Looking at the red panda's round little face, Chen Dao gave it this name.

Then Chen Dao hoisted Xiao Yuan onto his shoulder and went to the kitchen to have dinner with his family.

"Wow!"

Chen Fei has sharp eyes and spotted the little panda perched on Chen Dao's shoulder immediately. She ran over to Chen Dao and stared at the cute little panda with her big eyes: "Brother, what kind of animal is this? It's so beautiful!"

Chen Tiedan also ran over immediately, wanting to reach out and touch the little panda, but he was a little scared!

"This is a red panda."

Chen Dao explained to the two little ones, "I named it Xiao Yuan. Would you like to play with Xiao Yuan?"

"Think~"

The two children nodded in unison; children simply have no resistance to such adorable creatures as red pandas.