Although the situation wasn’t as thrilling as they imagined, facing a female tiger, being able to quickly find its weakness and kill it in one move took a kind of thoughtful courage they didn’t possess.
Therefore, they greatly admired Xu Binghu.
Old Qi listened and nodded slowly.
"Xu Binghu, you really hit the jackpot!"
His words carried a hint of envy, but it soon turned into admiration.
"Your luck may be good, but without exceptional bravery, luck is useless!"
Xu Binghu scratched his head.
"By the way, Xu Binghu, how do you plan to handle these four tiger hides?" Old Qi asked.
"Everyone knows that my wife has been frail and sickly since childhood. After giving birth to Xu Ran, her health worsened, so I plan to make the tiger hides into coats for my wife!"
"Of course, I also want one."
"The remaining two tiger hides will be used to make clothes for Xu Ran!"
Old Qi nodded after hearing this, "Hmm, that’s a very good arrangent!"
"Xu Ran may be a genius, but he’s still young and frail. He certainly needs so warm clothing."
"Moreover, Xu Ran has just made such a contribution to our Great Wilderness Border Village. Well done, very well done!"
Soon, Old Qi’s sharp gaze swept over the surrounding crowd.
Everyone understood Old Qi’s intention and bowed, "We will abide by Old Qi’s teachings!"
"Hmm!"
Old Qi nodded and then turned to leave.
Seeing this, the crowd wanted to step forward to touch the tiger hides, but Xu Ran ran and shouted, "Dad!"
Seeing this, the crowd scattered.
Xu Ran then took Lian Ji’s hand and said, "Dad, Mom, let’s go ho!"
"Alright, let’s go ho!"
With that, the family of three left.
The villagers watched the three leave, feeling both envious and grateful.
...
Back at ho, Xu Ran imdiately took the pouch off Lian Ji’s back.
Xu Binghu thought he wanted to drink beast milk and said, "Xu Ran, the beast milk is here."
Just as he was about to fetch the beast milk, Xu Ran spoke, "No, it’s this!"
Soon, a red egg appeared in Xu Ran’s hands.
The egg was quite large for Xu Ran and he had to hold it with both hands.
Xu Binghu was taken aback, "Xu Ran, how do you know?"
Xu Ran replied, "Dad, before you venture out, you should polish your storytelling skills."
When Xu Binghu appeared in front of everyone, his Innate Qi began to move around inexplicably.
At the sa ti, a presence erged from the pouch Xu Binghu carried.
So, Xu Ran surmised that his father must have brought sothing good out of the Great Mountain; otherwise, it wouldn’t be like this.
Xu Binghu wanted to say sothing in response to his son’s teasing, but Lian Ji interrupted him.
"Xu Ran, what do you an by what you just said?"
Xu Ran explained, "According to Dad, a male and female tiger confronted each other, the male tiger killed the two cubs, the female tiger then killed the male tiger, and the female tiger was seriously injured."
"Is there a problem?" Lian Ji asked.
Xu Ran continued to explain, "Dad ntioned that he suddenly realized the female tiger’s weakness was underneath its belly, which is the womb, indicating that the two tiger cubs were just born!"
"If that’s the case, where did the father of the cubs go?"
"Tigers have a strong sense of territoriality and wouldn’t let another male tiger co to its den to kill its cubs, so the only explanation is that the male tiger is the father of the cubs, and the one who killed the male tiger and the cubs was another fierce bird."
Xu Ran finished speaking in one breath, leaving Xu Binghu stunned as he listened.
His son was so clever to figure it out?
Could he be a heaven-sent prodigy, so terrifying?
"You’re right!"
Xu Ran held the red egg in his hands and said, "This egg, it should be a bird’s egg, right?"
"You figured that out too?" Xu Binghu exclaid.
"If a tiger, such a fierce beast, had no ti to react in advance, then it ans the speed was extrely fast. As far as I know, no land beast possesses such speed, so only a fierce bird could! "
"Moreover, I can guess that this fierce bird would be a great helper for hunters; otherwise, Dad, you wouldn’t keep it secret from everyone in the village!"
Xu Binghu’s jaw dropped as he realized that everything Xu Ran said was correct, as if he had divine sight.
"Xu Ran, you weren’t following , were you?"
Before Xu Ran could speak, Lian Ji answered, "Husband, what are you saying? Xu Ran and I spent the day planting the Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant."
Xu Ran chuckled while pointing to his head.
If Xu Binghu couldn’t understand this, then he would truly be despised by his son.
Afterward, Xu Binghu disclosed all the information he knew about the bird’s egg.
Xu Ran listened and fell into contemplation.
"A fierce bird, extrely fast, with claw-like iron talons, sharp eyesight—such a fierce bird is undoubtedly adept at dealing with poisonous snakes."
"Moreover, the movent of my Innate Qi just now might be related."
Xu Ran’s mind beca active.
Xu Binghu saw this and said, "Xu Ran, since you ntioned sensing sothing from the gyrfalcon egg, then let’s entrust the egg to you to hatch it."
Xu Ran didn’t hesitate, "Alright!"
Xu Binghu said, "Even though Old Qi told us about the gyrfalcon, he didn’t explain how to hatch it, so you’ll have to figure it out on your own."
"You’ll have to rely on your smart little brain!"
By now, Xu Ran already had so ideas and responded, "No problem."
Lian Ji, seeing her husband and son had finished discussing serious matters, urged, "Husband, go take a bath, and I’ll reheat the food. You sll terrible."
"Okay, okay, I’m going to take a bath right away." With that, he withdrew.
Lian Ji also got up, intending to go to the kitchen to reheat the food for Xu Binghu. She turned to see Xu Ran lying on the bed, holding the bird egg.
At this mont, she realized that her son, Xu Ran, was rely an eight-month-old child whose mind was already so agile.
After looking at him for a few seconds, she left the room.
When dawn broke, Xu Ran awoke.
The first thing he saw on the table was the gyrfalcon egg, and next to it was a cloth bundle made from cotton clothing.
"Dad thinks hatching a gyrfalcon egg is like a hen sitting on them?" Xu Ran thought amusedly.
You couldn’t bla Xu Binghu; Old Qi hadn’t ntioned the thod for hatching the gyrfalcon eggs, nor could they directly ask him, or else it’d be clear they possessed a gyrfalcon egg.
Moreover, Old Qi might not know the hatching thod himself, so they could only rely on the simplest thod and hope for the best.
Actually, Xu Ran already had a preliminary idea about how to hatch the gyrfalcon egg.
"Since yesterday my Innate Qi sensed sothing from the gyrfalcon egg, maybe Innate Qi might be useful." Xu Ran speculated.
Before, in the five months after he accomplished the Innate Divine Body, his body retained 14 strands of Innate Qi, with one strand each transferred to Xu Binghu and Lian Ji, leaving 12 strands.
strands of Innate Qi should be enough to hatch it.
Then he tip-toed out of bed, carefully approached the table, and held the gyrfalcon egg cautiously.
Afterward, one strand of Innate Qi gathered in Xu Ran’s body, slowly concentrating in his hands, as he did when passing Innate Qi to Xu Binghu, he transferred Innate Qi to the gyrfalcon egg.
Suddenly, the gyrfalcon egg trembled in his hands, a faint breath of life emanating from it, and the egg’s reddish pattern began to glow softly, very faintly.
The movent quickly subsided, returning to tranquility.
Seeing this, Xu Ran was startled, "It works!"
Indeed, his hypothesis was correct, Innate Qi truly could hatch the gyrfalcon egg.
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