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Chapter 102: Da Huang gives birth to a baby, the medicine shop makes trouble

The dog-trapping technique has been advanced from grandmaster to perfection. In addition to having a head full of insights and experiences related to raising, training and identifying dogs, Geng Xuan feels as if there is an invisible and indestructible chain between himself and Dahuang.

Following the connection of this "invisible chain", Geng Xuan discovered that he could accurately grasp Da Huang's thinking activities without Da Huang making any reaction.

Not only that, for the first time, he also accurately touched the life energy of the puppies in Dahuang's belly whose life flames were too strong.

Then, it was easy to get in touch with them.

And he established a Qi connection with them that was no less strong than that of Rhubarb, as if he had separated invisible iron chains from his hands and tied them tightly to their lives.

"one two three four……"

Geng Xuan silently counted the number of these "chains" in his mind, and finally counted out eight in total.

This was also the first time that Geng Xuan knew exactly how many puppies were in Dahuang's belly.

In the past, he could only be sure that the number was considerable, but he was still unsure about the exact number.

"Eight cubs in one litter, this is basically the limit for a mountain dog," Geng Xuan thought.

Just as Geng Xuan established a connection with the puppies in Dahuang's belly through those "invisible iron chains", they seemed to sense his presence.

Then, a strong emotion called "hunger" was transmitted into Geng Xuan's heart along these "invisible iron chains".

Geng Xuan immediately knew what to do.

He stretched out his hand and gently stroked Dahuang's round belly. A little bit of good luck turned into a stream of warm current, which flowed along the connection of the "invisible iron chain" and directly into the bodies of the puppies.

Eight hungry puppies greedily absorbed this wonderful energy.

They were happy, and all the pressure fell on Dahuang.

It licked the medicinal wine in the basin quickly, and soon, it had drunk all the several kilograms of medicinal wine that Geng Xuan had poured into the basin.

However, the emptiness in its body not only did not get relieved, but it became more and more hungry.

If there is not enough energy to fill and balance its needs, either the process of the eight puppies absorbing the energy transformed by good luck will be forcibly interrupted, or they will drain their mother dry bit by bit.

"Okay, Dahuang, you've done your best, you can stop now." Geng Xuan advised.

Da Huang, who always obeyed him, behaved like a stubborn person this time who could not be pulled aside even by nine oxen.

Geng Xuan had no choice but to fill the basin with medicinal wine.

Moreover, in order to make Da Huang as relaxed as possible, the medicinal wine poured was the higher quality one that Geng Xuan was drinking now.

The good luck continued to be consumed, dropping from 172 points to 140 points. When each puppy had enjoyed four points of special energy transformed from good luck on average, one of the "invisible iron chains" finally felt satisfied.

Then, the ball-like belly of Dahuang began to bulge noticeably.

Immediately afterwards, a puppy covered in mucus slid out from under Dahuang.

Although this puppy was just born, its size was much larger than that of a normal mountain dog cub. Geng Xuan estimated that it weighed nearly four kilograms, about the same size as a premature human baby.

This is the size of a normal mountain dog pup more than 20 days after birth.

In other words, although it stayed in Dahuang's body for more than twenty days and built a stronger innate foundation, it did not delay its growth at all.

The puppy only lay on the ground for a while, then stood up tremblingly and slowly opened his eyes.

At the beginning, its four legs were soft, like soft dough without bones, and it fell to the ground several times.

But every time he struggled to stand up again, his performance was obviously better than the last time.

When it struggled to stand up for the fifth time, it was able to stand steadily on the ground.

The chubby body shook violently, and the mucus on the body was quickly shaken off, revealing a coat of shiny black and smooth fur.

At this moment, the puppy's eyes were fully open, and its pair of clear black and white eyes quickly fell on Dahuang and Geng Xuan.

"Wang~"

"Wow~"

It barked excitedly, wagged its tail quickly, and was about to pounce on Geng Xuan.

But the next moment it moved, it was tripped by the umbilical cord and fell to the ground. Dahuang, who was looking at the first cub with complicated eyes, also barked in pain.

Geng Xuan finally came to his senses and quickly used his marrow-refining strength to gather his index and middle fingers to cut the umbilical cord.

And at this moment, another seven points of energy transformed from good fortune were completely absorbed by the seven puppies in Dahuang's belly.

Then, Dahuang's belly, which had become a little loose, began to surge more obviously, and three puppies slid out from under Dahuang one after another.

This time Geng Xuan had experience, so he cut the umbilical cord as soon as they were born.

Soon, the three puppies also stood up successfully like the first puppy, shook off the mucus on their bodies, and revealed their true appearance.

A cat similar to rhubarb, with earthy yellow fur all over its body, but its color is lighter than rhubarb.

One of the limbs is earthy yellow, and the rest of the body is shiny black.

The tail, limbs, head and neck are shiny black, while the rest of the body is yellowish brown.

Just like the first puppy, they ran between Geng Xuan and Da Huang, and soon, without any instruction, latched onto Da Huang's belly, wanting to suck milk.

Unfortunately, in order to push them to the limit of their ability, Rhubarb has already exhausted all his strength and is no longer able to provide even a drop of mother juice.

Having gained nothing, they barked in grievance, sometimes lying on Da Huang's belly, sometimes banging their furry bodies against Geng Xuan's feet to express their grievances.

Geng Xuan didn't have the heart to pay attention to them at this time, and continued to send the energy transformed from Hongyun into the bodies of the remaining four puppies in Dahuang's belly.

He already understood that the more they ate now, the stronger their innate foundation would be and the greater their future potential would be.

The first puppy born, although the eldest, has the lowest potential because it has only absorbed four points of energy transformed from good luck.

The three puppies born in the second batch absorbed an average of five points of energy transformed from good luck each, and their potential and endowment were stronger than the first ones.

As another four points of red luck energy were absorbed by the four puppies, two more puppies, which had absorbed an average of six points of red luck energy, slid out from under Dahuang.

Then, another puppy that absorbed the energy transformed from the seven points of red luck slipped out from under Dahuang.

Since then, seven of the eight puppies have been successfully born.

Geng Xuan injected a bit of the energy transformed from his good luck into the body of this last puppy. To his surprise, the puppy still stayed quietly inside Dahuang's body, with no intention of coming out.

After that, Geng Xuan successively injected five points of red luck into its body. Only then did he feel a sense of satisfaction. Finally, the cub slid out of Dahuang's body.

"This one alone absorbed thirteen points of good fortune. The difference is too big."

Not counting the consumption of increasing the "Dog Running Technique", it is simply transforming the good luck into a special energy level and entering the bodies of the puppies in Da Huang's belly for their growth and absorption. Today alone, fifty points of good luck have been consumed.

Coupled with the uninterrupted daily supply, the total luck consumed by these eight puppies has exceeded one hundred and twenty points.

Geng Xuan was very curious about what kind of surprises they could give him, and naturally, he was most curious about the one with the most special performance.

But to his surprise, when the puppy opened its eyes, stood up, and shook off the mucus on its body, it did not appear to be any different from its brothers and sisters in appearance.

Except for a coin-sized patch of ochre on each ear, the fur all over its body is shiny and smooth black.

Although there was nothing special about it from the outside, Geng Xuan still gave it a unique name in view of its special performance when it was born.

"Yellow Ear, just call it Yellow Ear."

As for the other seven puppies, Geng Xuan named them "Ada", "Aer", "Asan", "Asi", "Awu", "Aliu" and "Aqi" according to the order in which they were born.

Geng Xuan did this for his own convenience, of course, because the order of their births was likely related to their future achievements, and naming them in this way would make it easier for him to continue observing them in the future.

But when he earnestly said to the seventh puppy, "From now on you will be called Ah Qi, remember this," and picked up the eighth puppy which he had named "Yellow Ear" in advance, he suddenly felt that this was a wise decision.

Otherwise, if he continued to follow the naming convention of the first seven, wouldn’t he be called “Aba”?

Aba Aba Aba Aba——

If you say that every day, you won’t really become a stutterer, right?
……

Originally, there were only Geng Xuan and Da Huang in the underground space, which seemed very quiet.

With the birth of eight puppies, the place suddenly became extremely lively.

Dahuang also knows how to control himself and doesn't bark at will.

Except for the occasional roar in the underground tunnel, the rest of the time it just whimpered to communicate with Geng Xuan.

But these eight newborn little creatures had no scruples at all. Each of them seemed to have endless energy and barked non-stop.

Along with these cries, waves of hunger and grievance flowed into Geng Xuan's heart.

Geng Xuan, who now had his hands free, immediately brought over the large bucket of animal milk and poured it into five wooden basins that were one size smaller than the ones used by Dahuang.

——At first, I didn’t expect that Dahuang would give birth to so many puppies. In addition to one large size, I only bought five smaller wooden basins.

Geng Xuan didn't expect that this would lead to the first conflict among the eight puppies after they were born.

When he poured the thick white milk into five wooden basins, eight hungry puppies immediately rushed over.

Soon, one or two puppies appeared beside each of the five wooden basins. They buried their heads in the basins and licked the water quickly and with big mouthfuls.

There were two puppies beside three wooden basins, and there were only one puppy beside two wooden basins, with one dog occupying each basin alone.

This is where the problem lies. Whenever two puppies share a bowl, a dispute will soon break out.

First you squeeze me, then I squeeze you;
Then they began to bark and threaten each other;
Neither of them was willing to give in, and it soon became a case of you biting me and I biting you;
The angry ones barked, the angry ones snorted, and the ones who were bitten screamed...

The loser was also smart and immediately moved to the wooden basin where only a dog was sitting.

Then, a new battlefield opens...

In this way, the eight puppies fought around the five milk bowls.

There were many fights, and almost every puppy had "very close" contact with the other seven brothers and sisters, but they did not get much milk.

Geng Xuan found it interesting at first, but soon he felt that these eight little creatures were a little noisy and a little too energetic.

He finally shouted, "Shut up!"

The eight puppies that were fighting together a moment ago suddenly stopped and looked at him in unison, feeling aggrieved and fearful.

Geng Xuan picked up one of the milk basins and evenly poured the milk into the other four basins. Then he said calmly, "Eat it."

The eight puppies stared at the empty milk bowl in his hand, seeming that there was something wrong but they didn't understand what the problem was.

Finally, under Geng Xuan's gaze, they obediently came to the four milk basins.

There were two puppies evenly surrounding each milk bowl, not one more or one less.

The underground space finally became quiet again. Apart from the sound of eight puppies licking milk quickly, there was no other strange sound.

"It seems that this excitement will be inevitable in the future."

Thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan came to Da Huang again. At this moment, Da Huang's condition was not very good.

After removing all eight abnormally grown puppies, the belly that had been swollen like a ball collapsed completely.

The limp belly lay on the ground like a deflated ball.

The rhubarb that originally looked shiny and energetic now showed signs of weakness, as if it had just recovered from a serious illness and had suffered severe damage to its vitality.

It had been licking the medicinal wine in the basin frantically, but now it has stopped and is lying there motionless, even its breathing has become very weak.

Geng Xuan squatted beside Dahuang, pressing one hand on its deflated belly and the other on its lower body. Because it had given birth to eight abnormally large puppies in a row, it had completely exceeded the limit that its body was supposed to withstand, and had suffered serious injuries.

A lot of blood flowed, and in addition to the umbilical cord blood, a lot of it came out of its body.

It is obvious from Dahuang's current appearance that all his essence has been taken away by the eight cubs, and he is left with only a decayed and empty skin.

If left untreated, it will quickly wither and die.

Under such circumstances, streams of warm current flowed out from Geng Xuan's hands and into Dahuang's body.

Da Huang, who had been lying on the ground powerlessly with a dull look in his eyes, now had some light in his eyes again.

After a while, it raised its head again, woofed twice at Geng Xuan, and then licked the medicinal wine in the basin again.

It was not until Geng Xuan injected the energy transformed from the four points of red luck into Dahuang's body that he stopped at its "woohoo" signal.

He sensed it carefully and found that Dahuang was still far from fully recovered. He had just barely pulled it back from the brink of death.

It will take more time to fully recover.

After Dahuang licked all the medicinal wine in the wooden basin, he finally turned over and stood up, with his empty belly dragging on the ground.

It first glanced at Geng Xuan, then whined twice at the bucket full of animal meat.

"hungry?"

"Woo woo~" Dahuang nodded.

Geng Xuan took some animal meat and put it in the empty milk bowl in his hand, and placed it in front of Da Huang: "Eat it."

Soon after Geng Xuan greeted Dahuang, the eight puppies started barking again.

But they had already eaten up all the milk in the bowl.

……

On this day, Geng Xuan spent most of his time serving these bastards.

Dahuang recovered well, which was within his expectations.

But the digestive ability of the eight puppies really scared him.

A large bucket of animal milk weighed about 100 kilograms, but they actually ate most of it in a day.

This is equivalent to each puppy eating about twice its body weight of milk, and its body has become visibly stronger.

The more you eat, the more you poop.

In order to prevent the underground space from being filled with dog shit, Geng Xuan even dug a deep pit specifically for them to excrete.

The next day, Geng Xuan used the failure of the trial production as an excuse to go and get more than 100 kilograms of animal milk and a large amount of fresh animal meat.

The reason why so much meat was received was that the eight puppies, while still nursing, had shown a strong interest in fresh meat.

Finally, I even had the urge to snatch food from the big yellow wooden basin.

Of course, all these attempts were pushed back by Dahuang with his head.

Just go and drink your milk obediently.

Although their growth rate is indeed somewhat astonishing, Geng Xuan is happy to see it. If he had to feed them milk every day, it would be a real hassle.

Geng Xuan has decided that after the more than 100 kilograms of milk are used up, he will no longer provide them with milk if they can really eat fresh meat.

It takes a normal mountain dog from eight months to a year to grow up and start reproducing the next generation.

It takes about two years to grow to its peak state.

Geng Xuan estimated that with the growth rate shown by the eight puppies, if there was sufficient supply, they would only need about three to four months to grow up, and would reach their peak condition within half a year.

The second day of October.

After eating all the milk that Geng Xuan brought back for the second time, the eight puppies were weaned and began to eat fresh meat like Dahuang.

The only privilege was that Geng Xuan specially broke it into small pieces the size of pigeon eggs.

Except for some initial discomfort, they soon showed a preference for fresh meat over milk.

The third day of October.

The biggest change came from rhubarb.

When Geng Xuan once again injected the energy transformed from the four points of red luck into Dahuang's body, its skin fell off.

Really peeling.

In fact, there were signs as early as two days ago.

At first, Geng Xuan thought that as Dahuang recovered, his body would gradually get better, and his belly that was dragging on the ground would gradually shrink.

But the reality is that as Rhubarb recovered better and better, his skin looked worse and worse, like dry tree bark that was rapidly losing its vitality.

Until today, that layer of rotten skin has completely fallen off.

But the rhubarb that lost a layer of skin did not become more beautiful, but became uglier instead.

From head to toe, from body to toes, it is bare pink skin covered with sparse, fluffy, short hair.

Fortunately, the belly that was originally hollow and dragging on the ground disappeared, and the body returned to its well-proportioned and agile shape.

Seeing that he still had 106 points of luck left, Geng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, he doesn’t need to continue consuming his good luck. As long as some time passes, Dahuang will be able to recover to his peak state.

No, it should be reaching a state that is even better than its original peak state.

……

【Lucky: 106
Tidal Breathing (Grandmaster) +, Mysterious Water Skill of the Fairy (Master) +, Bone Shrinking (Great Mastery) +, Ten Thousand Strength (Beginner) +
Earthwalk (Master) +, Disguise (Master) +, Listening Hammer (Beginner) +, Snake Whip (Beginner) +]

……

【Dog Running Technique (Perfect)
Iron Skin Kung Fu (Grandmaster)

Iron Sand Palm (Master), Raccoon Jump (Grandmaster), Linked Steps (Grandmaster), Featherless Arrows (Grandmaster), Dissection Technique (Grandmaster), Linked Tracking Arrows (Grandmaster), Blowing Arrows (Grandmaster), Pine Wave Swordsmanship (Grandmaster), Phantom Air Hands (Grandmaster)]

……

After Dahuang recovered, Geng Xuan's biggest feeling was relief.

It took over the full task of disciplining the eight unfilial sons.

Bite any animal that barks and disobeys the rules;

Eat without paying attention, pick and choose, and bite it;

If you don’t go to a special pit and poop randomly, bite it;

In short, if there is anything that is not done well, just bite it and that's it.

Soon, the eight puppies, which had grown increasingly aggressive and ferocious, became obedient again.

Geng Xuan only needed to prepare the meat they needed for the day and he didn't need to worry about anything else.

Two days later, Geng Xuan had time to sit in the courtyard and play games with Chen Xiaoyu.

After having dinner at the Chen family, Geng Xuan leaned back on the bed and first used up eight points of luck to advance the "Listening Hammer" and "Spirit Snake Whip Technique" from the entry level to the minor success level respectively.

After roughly sorting out the relevant gains, Geng Xuan continued to think about some things.

"The autumn hunt has officially ended for a few days, but why is there still no news about the blue-robed guards? Has something happened? Should we ask Uncle Chen?"

While Geng Xuan was thinking about it, he heard a knock on the door outside the yard.

He got up and opened the door, and saw that it was none other than Chen Rongshan.

He didn't look well, his brows were furrowed and his face was tense, as if someone owed him money and didn't pay it back.

However, Geng Xuan soon realized that his intuition was not wrong.

"Axuan, do you have time tomorrow?" Chen Rongshan asked.

Geng Xuan nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes."

"Okay, come with me to the market tomorrow." Chen Rongshan said.

"Is it about joining the Blue Robe Guards?" Although he already had the answer in his mind, Geng Xuan still confirmed it.

Chen Rongshan nodded: "Well, don't be nervous then, you just need to use the archery skills you showed during the autumn hunt."

"Ok."

Geng Xuan nodded in agreement, and finally asked with concern:

"Uncle Chen, I see you seem to be in a bad mood, has something happened?"

Chen Rongshan shook his head and sighed:
"Ah Xuan, according to the practice of previous years, after the autumn hunt is over, the workshop will calculate your contributions and either convert them into silver or exchange them for resources and give them to you.

But the situation this year is a little special, you may have to wait a little longer."

Geng Xuan was surprised and asked, "Uncle Chen, what happened?"

Chen Rongshan said:

"Zang Zigao from the pharmacy has gone crazy and has lowered the purchase price to an even lower level than in previous years. We have been talking so hard that our throats are almost dry, but he won't listen to anything we say."

"Lower than in previous years? Is he really crazy?" Geng Xuan was also surprised when he heard this.

Thoughts in my mind started to race quickly.

Why did it happen that Zang Zigao was the one causing trouble?
Could it be the "aftermath" caused by "Su Ruiliang" leading the Giant Bear Gang to kill his brother-in-law and wife?
　The purchasing power of currency refers to the actual situation in a certain period in ancient times, including one thousand copper coins equal to one tael of silver, ten taels of silver equal to one tael of gold, as well as the prices of salt, charcoal, other basic living supplies, iron products, etc.

　　The dog's conditions, including the number of puppies, growth rate, gestation period, etc., were based on those of the Chinese native dog.

　　In addition, there is a little easter egg. Huang Er is a real dog in history, and a famous dog. His characteristics are intelligence, ability to understand human language, and understanding of human nature. Therefore, there is an idiom allusion of "Huang Er Sending Books".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)