DNDAS

Chapter 76 - Hidden

When the old tiger yao woke, he was lying inside a very spacious cage. Laid out beneath him was a very comfortable blanket, on which was placed wild boar meat of the best quality.

The humans had caught him again?

Three hundred years ago, he had been surrounded by a few humans and given a painful beating. They had even talked about peeling off his skin to make a rug. He then escaped with much difficulty and fled back to the mountains, preparing to cultivate till his cultivation base had attained great heights before ridding himself of this shame. He hadn't expected to fail before achieving his final goal. The humans actually came up with underhanded, ruthless means, unwilling to engage in close combat with him.

"Idiot!"

"Who?" The old tiger yao was still weak. Raising his head, he looked around his surroundings before realizing that there was also a very pretty transparent container in this slightly rocky space. There was a huge black snake in the container.

Seeing that he had finally noticed it, the black snake let out a cold laugh.

"You were also caught by the humans?" The old tiger yao looked at the black snake sympathetically. "Did the humans put you in such a pretty container because they intend to offer you as tribute to a high-ranking person?" He had heard that certain humans were particularly fond of eating snakes. They stewed snake and chicken meat together, and gave it the glorified name of Long Feng Soup.

"You were caught by the humans?" The black snake flicked its tongue. "I'm not as stupid as you. Don't worry, not only will these humans not kill you, they'll treat you as a treasure and make offerings to you."

If he wasn't mistaken, this was a South China Tiger, a breed that was on the brink of extinction. Since the humans placed so much importance on this to the point that they used a plane to fly him to the capital, they probably had plans for him there.

"Will they offer virgin males and females as tribute?" The tiger yao nearly couldn't resist salivating. He had heard that the meat of virgin males and females were especially fresh and tender, and that consuming them could enhance one's cultivation base.

The black snake shot the tiger yao a glance filled with pity. In the current age, he was still thinking about eating virgin males and females? Looking back, he himself was a black python who had nearly transformed into a dragon. If he hadn't had such poor vision when requesting for a title and ran into that nutjob of a yao cultivator, perhaps he would already be one of the dragon pythons.

He wouldn't have ended up in his current state – trapped in a glass enclosure by the humans like he was a pet and observed by people. From time to time, the zoo would even send him off to tour other parts of the country in the name of 'learning how to interact'. The magnificent black python had fallen to this level. Only by relying on the face of this South China Tiger could he take an airplane. What else could he say?

"Brother snake, tell me, how will the humans treat me?"

"Who are you calling brother? I had almost a thousand years' worth of cultivation before I was taken. Call me senior!" The black snake swung its tail somewhat unhappily. "Youngsters really can't keep their cool; asking so many questions about things as small as a sesame seed. Everything will naturally be clear when you reach the place!"

The tiger yao didn't dare to speak again. He swung his tail lazily, crawled back onto the blanket, and very quickly fell into a dazed sleep.

While he was half-asleep, he heard applause as well as someone touching him all over. He swung his tail weakly. Where were they touching? Didn't they know that tigers' butts couldn't be touched?