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When the snow leopard was first brought to them, it was thin and small, and its mouth was wide open as it cried out desperately, which looked very pitiful. At that time, he was a little worried about whether he could raise it well.

Now it is plump and strong, and its hunting skills are quite good. Once it goes out, it can stand at the top of the food chain.

Yan Kexing locked the car. "Let's go, let's follow them and see."

Shi Wen looked at the snow leopard ahead and said, "It might not be able to keep up."

Yan Kexing: "Then let's follow from a distance and climb the mountain while we're at it."

Upon Shi Wen this, Shi Wen laughed and said, "It's only because we have the stamina to climb this mountain that we're able to. If it were anyone else, they would be exhausted by now."

Yan Kexing: "Climb?"

Shi Wen: "Climb!"

The two began to slowly climb upwards.

This mountain is a wild mountain, and there are no regular paths.

Shi Wen finally determined that they were following the path of the Siberian ibex.

The animal trails weren't easy to walk on either, but they were better than ordinary wastelands and rocky beaches.

The path up the mountain was too difficult to walk on, and the stones were slippery. Shi Wen, as I walked, I would suddenly want to let my tail out to keep my balance.

He looked around, then stood still and listened intently.

Yan Kexing stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Is there anyone around?" Shi Wen's tail twitched, and he turned to look at Yan Kexing, saying, "I want to let my tail out to maintain my balance."

Yan Kexing: "There's no one here, so let it out. You can even let your ears out."

Upon Shi Wen this, Shi Wen immediately released his tail and ears. "That felt good."

Yan Kexing looked at him.

Shi Wen's tail has grown a bit longer; this fluffy tail hangs behind her, making quite a presence.

He turned his head and looked back. "My tail is really long. A grown Qilin's tail should be about that long."

Yan Kexing picked up its tail and gently stroked it. "It's not that bad. Adult Qilin are much larger, so their tails are definitely longer than this."

Shi Wen shuddered, raised her hand to hold Yan Kexing's shoulder for balance, and said nervously, "Don't play with my tail, or I'll fall."

Yan Kexing smiled and said, "Let's talk about it on level ground."

The two walked slowly; the thin air of the snow-capped mountains had little effect on them.

After Shi Wen released his tail, climbing steep mountains became much easier for him.

Yan Kexing most of his time conducting field research and is also God-Level Abilities User, so this kind of mountain poses no challenge to him.

Shi Wen, standing on the hillside and looking into the distance, one can see shrubs and coniferous forests below the halfway point, and a little higher up, there are scattered rocks and various grasses growing in the cracks between the rocks.

He saw many plants that he had only seen in plant books, including several protected species.

They didn't pick them, they just took pictures.

Shi Wen said to Yan Kexing, "Going up the mountain for a walk once in a while is quite fun."

Yan Kexing: "Leaving behind the state of daily life brings a sense of novelty."

Shi Wen turned to look at Yan Kexing and smiled, "The way you put it, it sounds a bit like reciting poetry."

Yan Kexing and said, "Let's recite poetry then."

They were slow, and the snow leopard quickly disappeared.

Shi Wen's ears twitched; he could no longer detect the snow leopard's movements.

He took out his phone and opened the app to check where the snow leopard was, but suddenly found that the signal was very weak, with only one bar.

Even this single bar of signal is quite unstable, so it seems like finding the snow leopard using a location app will be difficult.

"We're doomed." Shi Wen shook his phone, but the signal remained unchanged. "We've lost track of the snow leopard."

Yan Kexing: "It's alright, it will come back to find us. It left its mark along the way, so it shouldn't get lost."

"I'm afraid it'll get too caught up in playing and forget to come back to us." Shi Wen turned the phone's data off and on again, but the signal remained unchanged. "Now we'll have to rely on its own initiative."

Yan Kexing: "It might come back after catching prey."

Shi Wen, "That's probably not so easy."

Shi Wen that various animal trails and traces of wild animal activity can be found in the mountains, judging from these traces, the number of wild animals in this area is pitifully small compared to those on the grasslands. It would probably be quite difficult for a snow leopard to track down any wild animals in a short period of time.

Yan Kexing, "Since we're already here, don't worry about it. Let's find a sheltered spot to have lunch."

Shi Wen, "That works too. Let's go to the rocks over there. It should be sheltered from the wind, and it'll be relatively cleaner to sit on the rocks."

The two went out without bringing any special food, just milk, braised meat, tomatoes, and horse sausage.

The horse meat sausage seems to have been given to us by Zhang Deyuan's family; Shi Wen's family rarely ate horse meat.

The sausage has a rather coarse texture, but it's quite fragrant and has a moderate level of saltiness, making it perfect for enjoying slowly at this time of year.

They sat halfway up the mountain, gazing at the view below.

Because it's high enough, they can see far enough, Shi Wen even seeing the houses in their town.

You can't see it any further away; there are mountains blocking the view.

Shi Wen watching.

Seeing his sleepy look, Yan Kexing asked, "Want to sleep for a while?"

Shi Wen Wenxiao said, "Sleeping in a place like this? It'll probably be a bit cold, and after you wake up, it'll be even harder to find the snow leopard."

Yan Kexing: "I brought a down comforter, why don't you take a nap? If it's really too much, I'll take you to find one later."

Shi Wen was indeed a bit sleepy and didn't realize the deeper meaning of Yan Kexing, so he just smiled and said, "That's fine too."

Yan Kexing took a down blanket out of his backpack, unfolded it, and covered Shi Wen with it. He then put his arm around Shi Wen's shoulder, letting Shi Wen lean against him. "Take a nap."

Shi Wen, wrapped up in him like that and feeling his body heat inside the blanket, immediately felt sleepy. "Let's sleep together."

Yan Kexing: "Then let's sleep like this."

Shi Wen snuggled close to Yan Kexing, squinting at the view down the mountain, slowly drifting off to sleep.