Chapter 499 - 160: Follow Me for Good Food and Fine Drink
Chen Yan gently pushed the big cat’s head, then tossed two slices of the hunting beast’s liver and a beast heart into the meat pot.
The big cat was indeed overjoyed, happily sticking out its tongue to gently lick Chen Yan’s palm.
This big fellow’s tongue had some fine, soft barbs, licking the back of Chen Yan’s hand, giving a subtle tingling itch feeling.
If it wasn’t being affectionate to humans, licking without force, otherwise the barbs on its tongue could harden and scrape off a layer of skin and flesh with one lick!
Chen Yan observed this big cat. After resting for a night, the Bone Pill it ate had evidently taken effect, its spirit was markedly improved.
He checked its wounds again, and indeed they had started to heal.
Judging by this trend, it should take only another day at most to recover almost completely.
Seeing the pot of meat he had painstakingly cooked all morning eaten clean by this big cat, Chen Yan couldn’t help but sigh, patting the big cat’s nape and saying softly: "You must have lived with humans before, right?
Did you have a human master, or are you actually a demon cultivator with human-like intelligence?"
The big cat raised its head, looking at Chen Yan, its big bell-like eyes revealing a trace of confusion, then lowered its head to lick the hunting beast’s hind leg bone in its paws.
"Yesterday, you actually wanted to save me, didn’t you? You saw me being attacked by that group of hunting beasts, and I escaped to the rock, then you jumped down from the mountain to help me." Chen Yan petted the big cat, scrutinizing this big fellow, the more he looked, the more he liked it.
A man, really few can resist the allure of taming a wild beast, right?
In Dragon Country, due to legal restrictions, you can’t tame wild beasts, but many people do like to keep large dogs.
While in some foreign countries where laws permit, those with wealth and power prefer to tame animals like tigers.
This white big cat, with a body like a tiger or leopard, should be some kind of feline.
Judging by its size, it should weigh over a hundred kilograms, bigger than a leopard, yet not as robust as a Siberian tiger.
It lacks the tiger’s majesty and might, yet exudes agility and speed.
Icy white fur covers its body, though not wholly pure white. If viewed from a certain angle with the right light, its white fur actually forms faint markings.
Chen Yan chatted with the big cat for a while, but unfortunately, this big fellow couldn’t speak, and Chen Yan didn’t know if it could really understand him, mostly just casting a bewildered gaze at Chen Yan, allowing him to ramble on.
After a while, Chen Yan abandoned the attempt to converse with this fellow, bitterly smiling: "Well, you helped me once yesterday, and I also helped you. Now your wound doesn’t have any problem. If you want to leave, you can go now."
The big cat lay in the snow, simply staring at Chen Yan, emitting a humming sound.
Chen Yan clapped his hands: "So you don’t want to leave, right? Since you don’t want to go, just stay with me, okay?"
Then he pointed at a piled-up snow heap beside him: "I harvested six hunting beast corpses yesterday. I was busy for a long time, just the meat amounted to over a thousand kilos.
So much meat, enough for us to eat for a long time. If you are willing to stay with me, we can feast together! Meat every meal!"
Finishing, Chen Yan pointed at the big cat: "You aren’t speaking, so I’ll take it as your agreement!"
The big cat opened its mouth wide, yawning.
Chen Yan beamed: "In that case, I have to give you a name. Hmm, since you’re covered in white fur, you’ll have the surname Bai from now on."
After speaking, his eyes glanced at the position below the big cat’s belly: "I saw while treating your wounds yesterday, you’re a tigress, I’ll name you... Little White Tiger?"
Purr!
The white big cat snorted through its nose, clearly unimpressed with the name.
Chen Yan laughed: "Yes, yes, the name isn’t very good. Let’s change it. How about Bai Miaomiao?"
Big cat: "..."
"Bai Wangwang?"
"..."
"Bai Hechou?"
"..."
"Bai Kaishui?"
"..."
"Bai Suzhen?"
"..."
Chen Yan sighed: "None you like, huh? Then I’ll call you Big White, how about it?"
As soon as the name "Big White" was uttered, the white big cat suddenly stood up from its laying position.
Chen Yan laughed heartily: "Got a reaction? Good, you’ll be called Big White from now on."
He wondered while watching the white big cat’s eyes staring at his intently: "Big White... Big White... hey, could this have been your name all along?"
Big White had already stepped towards Chen Yan, rubbing its head against his clothes.
"So you really are named Big White." Chen Yan sighed: "I don’t know who your owner was. Did your owner abandon you, or... has your owner already passed away?"
Big White didn’t reply, only circled around Chen Yan, walking to and fro.
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Chen Yan took up temporary residence under the rock – with no caves nearby, these were the conditions he had.
However, he didn’t mind too much; he had a sleeping bag, and now his body was quite resistant to cold. After eating the hunting beast meat, his whole body felt like a little furnace, warm and comfortable.
Chen Yan then grabbed an ax and walked back into the woods to chop trees – after moving, he left behind all the wood from the previous rocky cave, now needing to chop a new batch.
As he went into the woods, the big cat leisurely followed, walking side by side with him, and when Chen Yan chopped wood, it idly found a place to lay down and rest.