Chapter 46 Rescuing the Cloud Leopard
Chapter 46 Rescuing the Cloud Leopard
Xu Lun and Zhou Bo were secretly relieved that they hadn't fought each other. The two of them walked into Zulu Village one after the other.
Xu Lun didn't waste any time; he shouted as soon as he entered the village:
"Old Wu, where are you? You ran pretty fast... Come out! I promise I won't hit you! I need to talk to you about something, come out now!"
Zhou Bo was speechless. With that kind of attitude, who would dare to come out and see you?
However, he was also surprised that Old Wu had run away. They had all been outside the village, with Old Wu standing behind the sentry post. When the fighting broke out, he hadn't had time to go and check, and he didn't know when the other party disappeared.
At this moment.
Old Wu was indeed in the village; he had been busy arranging for people to put out the fire.
However, the fire has now been basically extinguished. When he heard that Xu Lun had come looking for him, he didn't react much, but just calmly glanced in that direction.
Zhang Yuan and his junior sister Zhou were flying in the air, having just helped extinguish the fire on the roof.
They heard it too, and when they saw Xu Lun walking over, their expressions changed drastically. But the next second, they saw their senior brother not far away waving at them, signaling them not to move.
At this moment, Xu Lun also saw Old Wu, so he walked straight towards him.
The other villagers immediately became extremely vigilant, but Old Wu also raised his hand to signal them not to move.
Xu Lun stepped forward and said with a smile:
"Alright, Mr. Wu, it was all a misunderstanding. I didn't mean anything by it; I just wanted to discuss something with you."
The other party cupped his hands and said, "Please give your orders, sir."
Wow, your tone changed so quickly.
Xu Lun was both amused and exasperated; the old man Wu's change in attitude was rather darkly humorous.
But he couldn't care less about that at the moment, so he asked:
"It's not complicated. Release the wild animal that you were holding captive, the one you just caught yesterday."
Everyone was stunned by these words.
Whether it was the people from Zulu Village present or the Bureau staff watching the television in the transit station.
Zhou Bo looked surprised. What was going on? Did he want to save the Cloud Leopard?
Suddenly, he seemed to understand something. Combining this with the origin of the technique Xu Lun had demonstrated, he guessed a possibility:
The cloud leopard that was mistakenly captured and injured in Zulu Village may be related to the clan or tribe behind Xu Lun!
"No wonder this guy was so aggressive earlier... This injured cloud leopard seems to be someone special..."
That's what he thought, and Old Wu over there actually thought pretty much the same thing.
Seeing that Xu Lun had come to ask for the Cloud Leopard, Old Wu initially breathed a sigh of relief, but quickly looked troubled and said somewhat guiltily:
"My lord, you want to release that cloud leopard, that's easy, but the problem is... its condition is not optimistic. Even if you release it, I'm afraid it won't be able to survive on its own..."
Xu Lun waved his hand dismissively and said:
"It's alright, my only request is that you release it, and no one is allowed to touch it again, understand?"
As he said this, Xu Lun glanced at everyone around him, including Zhou Bo, who was standing some distance behind him.
Seeing this, Zhou Bo sighed:
"The cloud leopard was indeed captured by mistake. I have already explained this to the chief of Zulu Village and Elder Wu."
Although Xu Lun was unaware of this matter, he was present when Old Wu reprimanded the chief that morning, so it was clear to everyone that Luca was not the man-eating monster of legend, nor had he attacked the night watchmen of the previous night.
Actually, the only two brain-dead people in the whole village are that pig-headed chieftain and his lackey.
Those two idiots aren't here right now, otherwise Xu Lun would definitely have taught them a lesson...
Now that things were out in the open, Xu Lun saw no need to waste any more time. He nodded and quickly said:
"Since that's the case, what are we waiting for? Let's release the people... no, the wild animals."
Xu Lun waved his hand, and Old Wu understood his meaning. He immediately gathered people and headed towards the thatched hut where Yun Zhongbao was imprisoned.
After they had gone far away, Zhang Yuan and Junior Sister Zhou landed from the air. Zhang Yuan quickly asked:
"Senior brother, what's going on?"
Zhou Bo did not answer, but pondered for a moment and said:
"I don't feel safe here. Should you two leave first?"
"And what about you, senior brother?" Junior Sister Zhou asked.
Without saying a word, Zhou Bo opened his palm and showed them the broken jade pendant:
"I've already asked my family for help, so I can't leave."
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment when he saw it, but he quickly made up his mind:
"Then I won't leave either, senior brother. Let's work together and try to hold out until reinforcements arrive."
Junior Sister Zhou hesitated for a moment, then said, "If that's what you mean, then I won't leave either. Actually, I can't leave alone..."
"You two..."
Zhou Bo glanced at the two of them, smiled helplessly, and shook his head as he laughed.
He had actually expected this result, so he wasn't too surprised, but he didn't expect his junior brothers and sisters to answer so decisively.
Fortunately, he didn't want to dwell on this issue too much, so he gave the following instructions:
"It's not impossible for you to stay, but it would be best to take out your sensing jade and break it like I did, and then notify your family."
Upon hearing this, Junior Sister Zhou immediately took out her sensing jade. Unlike Zhou Bo, who broke it with one hand, she used both hands to break it in half.
Zhang Yuan watched from the side, unmoved.
Zhou Bo glanced at him curiously, only to see Zhang Yuan smile awkwardly, scratch his head, and say:
"My sensory jade...I...I accidentally lost it..."
Junior Sister Zhou looked surprised: "Ah!? You're so careless! You even lost the sensing jade? If a bad guy finds it, it could cause a lot of trouble!"
Zhang Yuan was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, so he could only keep forcing a smile.
But Junior Sister Zhou wouldn't let it go, saying, "No wonder you didn't leave earlier, it turns out you lost your sensing jade. In that case, it's safer to stay with Senior Brother Zhou."
Zhang Yuan wasn't angry. He smiled and blamed himself, saying, "Yes, it's my fault. I was careless..."
Seeing this, Zhou Bo pressed his hand to stop them, saying, "Alright, alright, let's all keep quiet. The crisis isn't over yet..."
He glanced in the direction Xu Lun had gone; the man was almost out of sight, and if he didn't catch up soon, it would be too late.
He then gestured with his eyes and quickly walked over there. Zhang Yuan and Junior Sister Zhou stopped talking and followed behind him with wary expressions.
...
In a short while.
The group arrived at the thatched hut where Yun Zhongbao was imprisoned.
Old Wu ordered his men to remove the dungeon lid.
He glanced into the dungeon, then sighed softly and said:
"My lord...forgive my bluntness, but this Cloud Leopard is too badly injured. We dare not move it at all. One wrong move and it could take its last breath..."
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