I see Qingshan

Chapter 60 Hidden secrets
One monkey led the way, and the other two followed the clouded leopard at a distance.

The clouded leopard kept looking back and couldn't help but ask, "What does this mean?"

The monkey behind said, "We're afraid you might suddenly attack us. It will be safer if we keep an eye on you."

Tang Xin smiled. Apart from anything else, among these small animals, monkeys are indeed very intelligent and know how to minimize risks.

Hearing this, Clouded Leopard growled, "You don't believe me?"

The monkey shook his head: "We don't believe you."

"That's right, you used to be so greedy for our bodies that you almost cried! You might even betray us!"

Clouded Leopard: “…”

Tang Xin: "..."

Although the clouded leopard was a little angry, because Tang Xin was beside him, he just glared at the monkey a few times and didn't continue the conversation.

……

About half an hour later, led by the monkey, Tang Xin came to the depths of the forest.

There is a pond directly in front of us, and several tall ancient trees growing on the left and right.

Above the ancient tree, there were several fat, furry squirrels squatting.

When the squirrels saw the clouded leopard appear, their hair stood on end and they rushed to the top of the tree.

Tang Xin glanced at the clouded leopard, which held its head high, and whispered, "What do you do every day? Why are all these little animals afraid of you?"

Before the clouded leopard could speak, the monkey leading the way tugged at the corner of Tang Xin's clothes with its claws and said aggrievedly, "Sister, it's always racking its brains to figure out how to hunt us. Most animals are afraid of it. It's too cruel!"

Hearing the sound, Tang Xin gently touched the monkey's head and felt the same way.

When she first encountered a clouded leopard in this forest, she was scared out of her wits.

You can imagine the shock and fear when a leopard, which is full of tendons and agility, stretches out its claws, bares its fangs and pounces on you at an extremely fast speed.

However, the clouded leopard has a lame leg, so it is very difficult for it to hunt. Most of the time it has to dig in the soil looking for insects.

Even at this moment, the clouded leopard is still covered in mud.

Recently, the clouded leopard's fur has become much shinier, which is also because Tang Xin comes to feed it every few days.

"Sister, it often steals our food!"

"Woo woo, it stole my fruit!"

"There's also a wild boar that always follows it around and steals our fruit together!"

Tang Xin wanted to say something to comfort it, but in the blink of an eye, the clouded leopard was squatting by the pond, staring at the ducks on the water.

"Chinese Merganser?"

Tang Xin looked at the Chinese Merganser, whose body was gray-brown and as black as ink, and whose pupils were as shiny as jade, and marveled at it.

I didn’t meet the giant panda, but the giant panda among birds actually said that I had bumped into it.

Clouded Leopard whispered, "Duck, come here. I want to tell you a secret. Come closer, please."

Chinese Merganser: "Get lost."

Tang Xin glanced at the clouded leopard that had already entered the hunting state. Who did he learn this from? He was even playing tricks.

Clouded Leopard: "If you don't come over, I'll go down to find you!"

Chinese Merganser: "If you come down, I will fly away. You still want to hunt me? Go ask a tiger if it has the ability to do so."

Clouded Leopard: "Oh, never mind... Can you help me catch some fish?"

Chinese Merganser: "Why? You just tried to trick me into coming over. You're so shameless." Tang Xin: "..."

Is this how these animals always communicate?
As the clouded leopard began to scrape at the water's surface with its claws, a powerful voice suddenly rang out: "I've told you so many times, this thing is poisonous. If you eat it, you'll die. Why are you doing it again?"

The monkey said, "Old Tree, it's not us, it's my sister who wants to collect the venom!"

Lao Shu: "Sister, which sister, please stand closer. I'm old and can't see clearly."

Tang Xin walked forward and told Lao Shu the purpose of this trip.

"So you're the new mountain guardian. Many years ago, the second-generation guardian also collected spiritual fluid from us. No problem, you should take it quickly and don't leave a single drop. It will also benefit this forest. Alas..."

When Lao Shu saw that it was Tang Xin, he immediately became energetic.

Tang Xin could tell that many small animals must have died after eating the spiritual liquid, otherwise the old tree would not have such a relieved tone.

"Second generation?"

Tang Xin looked curious: "Are you talking about the second generation of mountain keepers?"

The old tree said: "Yes, the second generation was born in Zhou Dynasty and was once our guardian god. Unfortunately, alas, let's not talk about the past. New mountain guardian, you must not follow the old path of the second generation."

Tang Xin: “???”

It sounds like there's something hidden...

Tang Xin didn't know how many generations of mountain keepers there were, he only knew that the previous generation was Zhangzhu.

As for the second generation that Lao Shu mentioned, she had never heard of it.

After Tang Xin collected all the spiritual liquid from the old tree, the container was almost full, several times more than that of the green pine.

There is also a lot of spiritual liquid stored in several other old trees, and we can only wait until next time to collect it.

Tang Xin: "How about you tell me about the second generation of mountain keepers?"

From what Lao Shu said just now, Tang Xin always felt that the second generation was not simple, especially the sentence about not following his old path. It was obvious that something unexpected happened later.

The old tree was silent for a long time, as if lost in memories. It murmured, "The Second Generation is our guardian angel. If it weren't for the Second Generation, Yishan would have been razed to the ground by those bad guys long ago. Sigh... I still remember how the Second Generation collected these things from us, then manipulated the spiritual energy beneath the tree to create the Spirit Liquid of Heaven and Earth."

Tang Xin subconsciously asked, "How do you control spiritual energy?"

Hearing this, the ancient tree's voice was filled with doubt: "You are a mountain keeper, don't you know how to control spiritual energy?"

Tang Xin said seriously, "I'm a mountain guardian. Of course I know how to control spiritual energy. I'm just testing you..."

Old Tree: "Oh, so that's how it is. I don't understand how to control spiritual energy, but I do understand the second generation's control method. Lord Guardian, you can't defeat me."

Tang Xin stood aside and listened carefully.

As time went by, Tang Xin tried everything according to what Lao Shu had said.

After an unknown amount of time, she felt a hint of heat in her body for the first time, and countless azure threads appeared before her eyes.

Every silk thread is connected to her, as if she can move these threads as long as she wants.

At this moment, Tang Xin felt as if he could do anything.

However, when everyone was excited and surprised, these azure threads suddenly broke inexplicably, and everything returned to normal.

Clouded Leopard had crouched down beside Tang Xin without her noticing when, staring at her expressionlessly in confusion: "Sister, you actually don't know anything, do you?"

Tang Xin glared at Yunbao: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Seeing that the clouded leopard understood and stopped talking, Tang Xin continued to try again and again.

During this period, those silk threads occasionally appeared a few times, but for some reason, they only lasted for a very short time and would always break inadvertently.

(End of this chapter)