Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Fresh Deer Blood.
Editor: Henyee Translations
The newly found cave was atop a high mountain.
The path to the cave was steep, and most hunters would find it difficult to climb.
Xiao Hui himself had some trouble climbing up, not to mention dragging up an Arctic reindeer carcass.
As a result, it ultimately took Su Lin a herculean effort to drag the carcass of the Arctic reindeer up there.
Now, with the Arctic cold season and polar night approaching, many animals had migrated away.
Prey became increasingly scarce,
so it was necessary to store some food in the cave in advance.
The temperature in the Arctic is usually below negative ten degrees Celsius year-round,
and during the cold season, it can drop to minus twenty or thirty degrees, and even minus forty or fifty degrees.
Such temperatures act like a natural freezer, preventing the stored food from spoiling over time.
After entering the new cave, Su Lin continued to suck several large mouthfuls of blood from the Arctic reindeer carcass.
Reindeer blood is a very precious medicine,
and it has many healing properties.
As a member of the Wolf Clan, Su Lin also found the reindeer blood sweet and delicious, with an unforgettable aftertaste,
far better than any of the well-known beverages from his previous life.
Of course, this was also related to the different taste buds of the Wolf Clan.
He had never hunted fresh reindeer before, so this was his first time tasting reindeer blood.
He drank his fill,
then let out a low howl to signal Xiao Hui to eat.
Xiao Hui, who had been keeping watch at the entrance, immediately ran over excitedly.
It tore into the flesh and blood of the Arctic reindeer vigorously.
Meanwhile, Su Lin went to the entrance of the cave and looked down at the vast Arctic Continent night below.
The geographic location of this cave was very good.
From its elevated position, one could overlook a great distance.
Furthermore, the path leading to the cave was fairly steep, making it very secure.
The inside of the cave was also very spacious,
several times larger than the cave where Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom resided,
ample enough to accommodate a few dozen members of the Wolf Clan.
Thus, Su Lin decided that this would be his future dwelling.
After patrolling around the cave,
and finding nothing unusual, he returned.
By this time, Xiao Hui had also eaten its fill.
But this time it had only eaten about three to four jin of reindeer meat, about eighty percent full, before it stopped eating.
“Oww oww!”
Xiao Hui let out two low howls, still thinking about the several Traveling Rats it had buried and planning to bring them back for Wolf Sister and the others to taste.
“Oww!”
After responding with a howl, Su Lin led Xiao Hui down the mountain.
Heading towards their original cave.
They made a quick return.
On the way, they naturally dug up the Traveling Rats Xiao Hui had buried.
There were about seven or eight,
Xiao Hui carried four or five itself, and the rest were brought back to the cave by Su Lin.
As soon as they returned to the cave, they found that Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom, who had gone out hunting, had also returned.
But the mood in the cave was flat and unremarkable.
It was clear that although the hunting trip had some success, there likely wasn’t any significant gain.
And after Su Lin’s return, the Lead Wolf, Wolf Dad, clearly became tense.
A pair of wolf eyes looked toward Su Lin and Xiao Hui.
Fortunately, this time the two cubs had only brought back a few Traveling Rats.
This allowed Wolf Dad to maintain his dignity as the Lead Wolf.
Otherwise, if the results of his daily hunting with a pack of wolves were not as good as what two cubs he watched grow up could achieve,
he would find it truly unacceptable.
It would also greatly damage his prestige within the Wolf Pack.
“Oww oww!”
At this moment, seeing that Su Lin and Xiao Hui didn’t bring back much,
Wolf Dad proudly tossed the carcass of an adult Arctic Rabbit in front of them to show off.
This was specially reserved for the two of them by Wolf Dad.
However, the Arctic Rabbit corpse only weighed around ten pounds, which Xiao Hui could have finished by himself given his usual appetite.
Not to mention Su Lin, who had an even bigger appetite.
So Xiao Hui’s wolf head shook slightly, clearly unimpressed by the carcass of this Arctic Rabbit.
But the remnants of Wolf Dad’s authority were still significant, and Xiao Hui did not express any dissatisfaction.
He simply stood beside his boss, silent.
“Aoow!”
Su Lin gave a low howl to Wolf Dad, expressing his delight.
Wolf Mom came over and affectionately licked Su Lin.
She had long noticed the subtle relationship between her husband and her child.
But in the Wolf Clan, strength is respected,
and many times, there was nothing she could do.
Who would have thought that her child would grow so quickly, his strength already on par with, if not surpassing, the strongest of the wolf pack.
Still, Wolf Mom hoped to live together in harmony.
“Aoow!”
Su Lin responded to Wolf Mom’s affection.
Wolf Dad, however, dropped the Arctic Rabbit carcass and silently resumed his aloof demeanor as the Lead Wolf.
He returned to his original spot and began to sleep.
This day, all the large prey they encountered were in groups, and many had migrated elsewhere.
So they had no choice but to exert considerable effort hunting a pack of Arctic Rabbits.
Arctic Rabbits have keen hearing and are fast runners.
The wolf pack had expended a lot of physical strength to hunt down seven of them.
Eight adult wolves shared five rabbits, leaving one for Wolf Sister, Cousin, and Grey White Little Wolf.
One remaining rabbit was the one Wolf Dad specifically left for Su Lin and the others.
Exhausted, he lay down to sleep and soon dozed off.
Xiao Hui too had already given the Traveling Rats he had been carrying to Wolf Sister, Cousin, and Grey White Little Wolf.
As young pups, they had hardly ever left the cave.
Naturally, they had never eaten Traveling Rats before.
They were very curious and found it novel.
In the end, it was Xiao Hui who gutted the Traveling Rats and tossed them to Wolf Sister and Cousin, who then started eating.
After Xiao Hui gave a low howl signaling to Su Lin, he also threw a couple to Grey White Little Wolf.
Although Xiao Hui often bullied Grey White Little Wolf, he still cared a lot about this wolf meat pillow.
Su Lin quickly arrived in front of the little pups,
and gave them the Traveling Rats and Arctic Rabbit carcasses to eat.
Wolf Sister and Cousin, having woken up,
had already eaten the remaining Musk Ox Meat and even shared some of the Arctic Rabbit Meat.
But under the effects of the Potential Potion, their appetite was truly huge and their digestive power fast,
so in just over half a day, they felt empty again.
Wolf Sister was still young and carefree,
joyously gobbling up the food her Wolf Brother yielded to her.
While Cousin and Grey White Little Wolf ate a few Traveling Rats and tasted something different, they refrained from eating more afterwards.
…
Time flew by, and several days passed.
With Su Lin occasionally spoiling the little pups,
Wolf Sister and Cousin, who had taken the Potential Potion, finally underwent significant changes.
Cousin’s size had grown a whole size larger, and her level had broken through to Level 3,
Her fur became softer and smoother, and her ears somewhat pointed.
After testing, it turned out that Cousin’s developed potential was in her hearing ability.
Her hearing was much more acute than that of an average wolf from the Wolf Clan.
Meanwhile, Wolf Sister finally reached Level 1, her little wolf teeth and claws became sharper,
gnawing on food was no longer a struggle for her, but that was the only change.
As for Xiao Hui, his improvements were comprehensive; his size had grown slightly larger than before.
He began advancing towards the strength of Level 4, his resistance to blows also became stronger,
most notably his limbs, muscular and robust, bursting with power.
His jumping strength and swiping force were far superior to those of an Arctic Wolf of the same level.