My 1995 Small Farm.

But Eva took the photo from the person behind her, and when Chen Ling took it and looked at it, he frowned again...

The frown is not a fake photo.

But it was the creature in the photo that surprised him. It was the first time he had seen such a majestic and powerful dog, like a lion.

"And...purple hair??"

Chen Ling narrowed his eyes subconsciously and began to recall the types of dogs he had seen in his two lifetimes.

In the end, he realized that he knew nothing about the dog in the photo and had never seen it before.

The dog in the photo has a thick mane around its neck, like a Tibetan mastiff.

In the sunlight, his hair shone purple-gold, like silk.

The dog has strong hooves and sits alone in front of the mountain like a crouching tiger. It lies on the rocky beach by the river and takes a nap, really like a purple-haired lion.

But if you look closely, it doesn't look like the traditional Tibetan Mastiff.

It is like the Central Asian Mastiff, whose hair is not as thick as that of the Tibetan Mastiff, but shorter, longer and more beautiful.

Moreover, he has muscles all over his body, which makes him look even more powerful and majestic than Heiwa.

This dog has a fierce look and an indescribable wildness.

Like the evil beasts in the mountains.

"Yes, it has purple hair. The reason why it is called Purple Kirin is not only because the hair of this dog is very special, but also because of a legend...

According to legend, the purple unicorn has a body the size of a foal, a body made of purple gold, a head as big as a bucket, eyes like copper bells, and four hooves like pillars. It is a legendary mythical beast.

There are legends in Shennongjia, Qinling Mountains and Tibet.

In Tibet, it is even said to be the mount of a certain Bodhisattva and living Buddha.”

Eva seemed very curious about this purple unicorn as well. Her words clearly showed that she had some understanding of this so-called purple unicorn.

"Chen, look at this."

This foreign girl even took out a piece of yellowed letter paper, on which was recorded some encounters related to the Purple Qilin.

That is what Eva just said.

There are related Qilin legends in Shennongjia, Qinling Mountains and Tibet.

But at present, the most detailed and specific records are still the legends in the snow area.

The most complete and interesting one is related to a Tibetan king in the snow region.

"There was a Tibetan king named Langdam who loved hunting and often chased wolves in the wilderness. He did not like Buddhism and often forced Tibetan monks to take off their robes and follow him in hunting.

Later, they killed a large number of Tibetan monks, causing complaints from the monks in the temples.

But the Tibetan king did not care about it and was proud of it.

Later, the Tibetan king went hunting in Nanping, and took ten teams of mastiffs, five hundred cavalry, and three hundred archers, chasing eastward for a hundred miles to hunt...

Suddenly it started to rain heavily, and my subordinates said that there was something wrong with the clouds in the east and that if we went again we might encounter bad luck.

The King of Tibet was naturally unsure.

Keep chasing forward.

We kept going until we reached a flat area in the valley, where the forest was deep and the grass was dense.

The warhorse seemed to have sensed something and suddenly stopped moving forward, lowering its head and neighing continuously.

Upon closer inspection, there was grass and trees shaking in the deep forest ahead, and no one knew what was hidden there.

The King of Tibet was frightened when he saw this, thinking that there was a ferocious beast hiding in the forest.

So he ordered his men to release the mastiffs and let the dogs go to chase and find out the situation.

However, unexpectedly, as soon as the mastiff was driven to the front of the team, it laid on the ground with its front legs and refused to move.

Moreover, the looks in the eyes of these mastiffs were even more eager and respectful than when they saw their masters.

Everyone was surprised and tried to drive them away with whips, but the mastiffs refused to move forward.

At this moment, suddenly a low roar came from the dense forest. The roar was deep and echoed among the mountains.

After hearing the roar, the well-trained mastiff actually roared along in response.

The war horses were all frightened and panicked, running and neighing, raising their hooves, and becoming restless.

The King of Tibet dismounted from his horse and ordered the archers to shoot arrows.

The archers were terrified and no one dared to step forward to draw their bows. The King of Tibet was furious and personally bent his bow and shot an arrow towards the direction in the dense forest where the roar came from.

at this time……

Another even louder roar was heard, this roar was like thunder, shocking people's hearts and causing the sky and earth to change color.

No one knew what kind of monster had appeared. After they calmed down, they saw that it was a strange beast standing proudly on a huge rock in the forest.

This strange beast has a body like a colt, its body is purple and gold, its head is as big as a bowl, its eyes are like copper bells, its four hooves are like pillars, its feet are stepping on auspicious clouds, and its hair is flying. It looks like a huge divine mastiff that has descended to the earth.

For a moment, people and horses were thrown to the ground, and the mastiffs in the hunting team crawled on the ground, becoming more respectful.

Seeing this noble divine mastiff, the Tibetan king did not dare to look it in the eye. He dropped his bow and arrow and shouted "divine dog".

All the warriors of the hunting team also knelt on the ground and worshipped, and everyone praised it as a miracle.

So he kowtowed three times, bowed nine times, and when he stood up again, the strange beast had disappeared.

The King of Tibet returned in a trance and was seriously ill. He said frankly that what he saw in the daytime was not an ordinary beast but a purple unicorn.

Later, he was ill for dozens of days and never got better.

Later, the Tibetan king confessed: "The Purple Kylin is the sacred animal that the Buddha sits on. It came down to earth because it was dissatisfied with what I did. From now on, I will devote myself to Buddhism..."

A few days later, Zao recovered from his illness. "

After reading this record, Chen Ling was speechless. Isn't this just the trick that the lamas used to fool people in the feudal era?

What about stepping on auspicious clouds, wind coming from the soles of the feet, roaring like thunder, and the sky and the earth changing color.

Later, I believed in Buddhism and my illness was cured.

Really, Chen Ling was completely speechless.

For a moment, I really didn't want to talk, and began to doubt the authenticity of this so-called purple unicorn.

Seeing Chen Ling, he said nothing.

A brown-haired foreigner behind said something to Eva.

Eva stepped forward and said, "Chen, George asked me to tell you that this photo was not taken in the snowy area, nor is it of the so-called Tibetan Mastiff, but it was indeed taken in the mountains west of the Qinling Mountains.

There are rumors that the dog in the photo followed a herbalist who lived alone in the mountains for a period of time, and then disappeared. "

"Oh, it's possible that it's west of the Qinling Mountains, but I'm a little confused about what you said about Shennongjia."

Chen Ling shook his head, muttering in his heart: "It's not even the 2000s yet, why are all these mysterious events starting to be linked to Shennongjia?"

The geographical environment in Shennongjia is not suitable for breeding mountain dogs like mastiffs.

Beishan Mastiff, Mongolian Mastiff, Tibetan Mastiff, and Central Asian Mastiff are all mastiff breeds that can only grow in open areas.

Shennongjia is a place that is very suitable for raising tiger-headed yellowtail fish.

Chen Ling felt that the words about mastiffs were mostly misunderstandings.

At first glance, the Purple Kirin is a close relative of the Tibetan Mastiff and the Central Asian Mastiff. Judging from its general pattern, it definitely has nothing to do with southern dogs.

"Huh? What do you mean? Chen, do you have any idea?"

Since Shennongjia was denied, Chen Ling might know something else, so Eva started to ask.

"I don't have much clue. To find this kind of dog, you shouldn't go into the mountains. You should look for it in open areas, plains, grasslands, and plateaus. We don't have any big dogs here."

The only dog ​​Chen Ling knew of with purple hair was bred by a female kennel breeder in Canada in later generations, using Huskies, Border Collies and other large dogs for crossbreeding. It was a giant dog, but its genes were unstable, so it could not become a fixed breed, and its purple hair was not very strong, so there was no need to talk about it much.

As for him, he could try to cultivate it in the future. The purple unicorn is also an idea.

"They have been there, to many places, and have stayed in the three northeastern provinces for a long time. They said the dogs there are very similar, there are big dogs with very broad and big heads, and the weight can be as high as 120 kilograms.

The length of the hair is also similar, closer to the purple unicorn in the picture than the Tibetan Mastiff and the Mongolian Mastiff.

Moreover, the hair has many different colors, including the rare color of silver-gray.

But there is still a gap.

Compared to the majesty and ferocity of the Purple Qilin, it is far inferior."

Eva explained.

Then he waved his hand and asked the two men to come forward and talk to Chen Ling.

After some translation and retelling, Chen Ling also learned that they had a lot of exchanges with the Kitesurfers. In fact, they not only negotiated with one Kitesurfer team, but also followed them wandering in the mountains for a few days.

According to Yao Zike, he had indeed heard of such a thing before in the mountains in the western half of the Qinling Mountains, where there were large hoof prints.

It was either left by a tiger, a bear, or a dog, and it is bigger than a wolf's footprint.

"That's strange. I've never heard of such a thing. Could there be something stranger than a wolf in the mountains?"

When Chen Ling heard this, he thought of legends such as the Wolf Bitch, the Donkey-Headed Wolf, the Mountain Hooligan, the Woodcutter, and the Gluttonous Laughing Ghost.

"Dad, have you ever heard of this kind of thing? It's said there's a strange big dog in the mountains?!"

Chen Ling turned around and asked Wang Cunye.

The old man was just proud of his son-in-law for chatting with the foreign devils. Now he was a little confused when asked: "Big dog in the mountains? How big?" (End of this chapter)