Chapter 170 (continued)

Shi Wen, "That's great. Did you bring Chasing Clouds here so it can survive in the wild?"

"It has the ability to survive in the wild, but it would be best if you could feed it a piece or two when you eat meat." Xiong Cen smiled and turned to look at Chasing Clouds. "The higher-ups said that most of the meat in your house is Variant Ingredients, so I had Chasing Clouds come over to enjoy some of the perks."

Xiong Cen: "It's very smart. It can help you drive away bad birds and manage the birds in this area. It won't eat meat for nothing."

Shi Wen the mischief of the white-shouldered eagle, and seeing Chasing Clouds's resolute gaze and quiet demeanor, Shi Wen's heart immediately softened. "That's no problem, as long as we can feed it, we'll feed it too."

Xiong Cen: "Then I thank you on its behalf."

Xiong Cen spoke, he gently raised his shoulder, urging Chasing Clouds to fly into the sky.

Chasing Clouds very fast and very steadily, quietly, making almost no sound.

After it took off, it quickly became a small black dot. If you weren't looking carefully, you wouldn't be able to see that there was a huge steppe eagle on it.

Shi Wen raised his hand to his forehead, gazing intently, and exclaimed, "So handsome!"

Xiong Cen stretched his shoulders. "Hehe, he's handsome, but a bit heavy, and he eats a lot too."

Shi Wen, "If it hadn't eaten so much, it wouldn't have grown such a handsome figure."

Xiong Cen: "That's true."

Yan Kexing asked, "Should we still send Chasing Clouds down?"

Xiong Cen: "Let it roam freely and get familiar with its territory. If it wants to come down, it will land on the roof by itself; just leave it alone."

Upon Shi Wen this, I couldn't help but say again, "That's really well-behaved."

Everyone went inside to drink milk tea.

Xiong Cen was amazed by Shi Wen's milk tea and couldn't get enough of his dried meat. "Your food is so delicious! No wonder it's the legendary Brother Shi."

Shi Wen: "I even have my own name now?"

"How can someone roam the martial world without a name?" Xiong Cen's cheeks were bulging as he pointed at Yan Kexing with a piece of jerky in his hand. "His name in the martial world is Professor Yan, and yours is Brother Shi."

Yan Kexing's expression remained indifferent, and he did not refute Xiong Cen's words. Shi Wen knew that what he said was true.

Shi Wen, "That's truly unbelievable."

Xiong Cen: "Is that unbelievable? My name in the martial arts world is Xiong Diao. You can call me Xiong Cen or Xiong Diao, that's fine too."

Shi Wen that she was a pretty and delicate girl, Shi Wen paused for a moment and said, "I'll still call you Xiong Cen."

Xiong Cen chuckled twice more, wiping the oil off his fingers with a tissue. "Now that we've exchanged names, we're acquainted. Let's add each other on WeChat."

Shi Wen added her on WeChat and carefully noted in her contact information, "What will become of the white-shouldered eagle that took it from us?"

Xiong Cen: "Let it recover from its injury first. Once it's healed, we can correct its behavior. Then we can take it for training. If it can't be trained, we should put it in a zoo. If it can be trained, and one day it becomes a fine eagle, we might take it to another place and let it occupy the top of the avian ecological niche."

Shi Wen raised his milk tea to her, saying, "Sounds pretty good."

Xiong Cen: "Don't worry, since we've taken it away, we'll treat it well. The organization is still very reliable."

Xiong Cen didn't stay there long. After chatting with Shi Wen, he went to Zhou Hongzhong's place, completed the formalities, and took the white-shouldered eagle away.

Shi Wen wanted to invite her to stay for lunch, but she excitedly declined, saying, "I can't wait to spend time with the white-shouldered eagle. If we're going to have lunch together, we can do it next time I come to see Chasing Clouds."

Shi Wen agreed.

Chasing Clouds stayed near the ranch.

It is a very unique steppe eagle. Shi Wen originally wanted to place it next to the main courtyard and even made a nest for it, but it took a fancy to the pavilion in Pasture No. 2 used to shade the beehives and made a nest inside.

Chasing Clouds said he stayed at the ranch, but he didn't really interact with the ranch animals or disturb the livestock and poultry; he was quite elusive.

It took the livestock and poultry at Shi Wen's house two days to get used to the occasional steppe eagle flying overhead, no longer affected by the Chasing Clouds.

The crows, who were originally annoying, were afraid of Chasing Clouds and never came back.

The other birds dared not cause any more damage to Shi Wen's pasture.

Cong Zai and his friends are good at chasing away birds, but some birds always manage to find a way to peck at their tomatoes.

Some small birds hop around on the grass, pecking at it and making a mess of it.

Now that we have Chasing Clouds, the ranch is no longer disturbed by the sky.

Shi Wen really likes this powerful and mysterious steppe eagle. When it comes out on patrol, it will bring a plate of fresh meat or a few pieces of dried meat and place them near its nest.

Chasing Clouds usually eats it all, leaving a clean, empty plate behind.

After a while, Shi Wen got used to interacting with this steppe eagle and felt that there was really another member on the ranch.

That morning, Shi Wen woke up yawning. As soon as he opened the door, he saw An Wa craning her neck to wait for him outside.

An Wa hadn't stood outside so properly in a long time. Shi Wen at her and said, "What's up? Did you need something?"

An Wa: "Woof!"

"Something really happened?" Shi Wen stepped forward and patted An Wa's head. "What is it?"

An Wa nibbled at Shi Wen's trouser leg. "Woof!"

Shi Wen: "You mean you want me to go with you?"

An Wa took two steps forward, then trotted back, barking, "Woof woof."

Shi Wen turned and shouted towards the kitchen, "Yan Kexing, An Wa seems to want to take me to see something, come out and take a look!"

Yan Kexing strode out from inside. "What do you want to see?"

"I don't know, maybe something new has grown on the ranch?" Shi Wen looked at An Wa. "Could it be some kind of mushroom? Come to think of it, we haven't had any delicious mushrooms in ages."

Yan Kexing: "Delicious mushrooms can't grow in this environment; something else might have grown. We'll know once we go and take a look."