Yang Ruxin, though not worried about getting bitten by the snake, was concerned about wasting time, as she realized that the snake was not leaving, but rather circling nearby in her space, which could not move. What to do? She couldn’t stay in her space forever; if she descended the mountain too late, the youngsters at home would start to worry.
Fortunately, after about fifteen minutes, Yang Ruxin noticed that the small green snake had moved away a bit. She breathed a sigh of relief, then flashed out of her space and ran.
The small green snake immediately got excited. "So it’s still here," it thought, and swiftly leapt up, aiming a strike toward the back of Yang Ruxin’s neck.
Yang Ruxin, of course, couldn’t let it bite her and quickly flashed back into her space.
The snake bit the air and, having learned its lesson, waited at the spot where Yang Ruxin had disappeared, thinking, "Let’s see if you can stay in there forever."
"Come on, a snake, does it need to be that smart?" Yang Ruxin sat in her space, looking through the transparent wall at the little green snake that kept rotating to look for her. She rolled her eyes, but there was nothing she could do but wait it out.
At that moment, however, a noise like the splitting of mountains and the cracking of earth suddenly came from the forest, accompanied by a whooshing wind.
Yang Ruxin’s eyes widened in surprise. "Dragons bring clouds and tigers bring wind," they say. Another big tiger? Was she meant to spend the night here?
When the small green snake heard the howling, it shrank back instantly, but before it could flee, it saw a colossal figure whoosh past...
The title "King of All Beasts" was not for nothing. The small green snake, though fierce, was intimidated and quickly slithered up a nearby tree, coiling itself on a branch, too afraid to move.
The large white tiger growled low at the green snake and even bared its sharp teeth. Just then, a small figure suddenly charged over and nimbly climbed onto the branch, knocking the small green snake off with a swipe of its paw, growling fiercely as it bared its teeth.
The small green snake could only shrink its head and stay motionless in the grass, seemingly cowed.
Yang Ruxin laughed when she saw the little guy. Wasn’t this the old acquaintance she had been looking for in the mountains today? She had worried it might be an unfamiliar tiger, which could have been dangerous for her. But as the saying goes, "Two tigers cannot share one mountain." It seemed that this forest was Dabai’s domain.
Could that mean she’ll be able to freely enter and exit this part of the forest from now on?
At that moment, after scolding the snake, Xiaobai looked up and whined a few times at Yang Ruxin, acting as if it could see her.
Yang Ruxin didn’t know how long it took for tiger or wolf cubs to learn to run, but after just a few days, this little one was already lively and bouncing around. It probably grew quickly because it was a hybrid, as it was now much larger than when it had been in the cave on the mountain.
Xiaobai, seeing that Yang Ruxin was still not coming out, hurriedly growled at her again.
Yang Ruxin quickly flashed out of her space, certain that her space was hidden from humans, but not sure about other creatures. Anyway, Xiaobai seemed to be able to see her.
Xiaobai eagerly came over and rubbed affectionately against Yang Ruxin’s calves.
When the small green snake saw this, it thought, "Great, this woman can turn invisible, and she’s even familiar with the Tiger King and Wolf King. Why should I bother?" This mountain was the Tiger King’s territory. It would be unwise to stir trouble and risk its life, especially when it was alone. With that thought, the small green snake withdrew its malice, deciding it would be better to go find a bird or chicken egg to eat instead...