Hearing that something had happened in the back mountain, Cheng Xiaofan knew it must be no small matter.
Miao Xiuhua knew that Cheng Xiaofan and Bai Yiling were going abroad this time. With her personality, she wouldn't call to disturb her son and his future daughter-in-law abroad if anything happened.
Unless something catastrophic happened at home.
"Mom, what exactly happened?" Cheng Xiaofan's tone became cold and stern.
Miao Xiuhua said, "Xiaofan, since this afternoon, the wild boars in the back mountain have gone mad and rushed down the mountain. A lot of the four-season green cabbage and golden tea planted by the village have been destroyed."
"Tao Qibao rushed over, not only failed to stop those wild boars, but was also injured. Long Xingyun, Jiang Xueyan, and Zheng Yixin, those three girls, also suffered from the wild boars."
"The entire construction team was forced to stop working and temporarily moved into the village!"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiaofan's heart sank.
It didn't make sense. Even Tao Qibao couldn't control those wild boars?
What shocked him even more was that Long Xingxue, Jiang Xueyan, and the Water Fox combination, all skilled in ancient martial arts, couldn't even defeat those wild boars.
This left Cheng Xiaofan… a bit dumbfounded!
"Mom, don't worry, I'll be back tonight!"
Cheng Xiaofan instructed again, "Ask Grandpa Luo to notify everyone in the village not to engage in any direct conflict with those wild boars. Everything will wait until I get back to handle it!"
Miao Xiuhua said, "I understand. You and Yiling, please prioritize safety on your way back!"
"Okay, Mom, don't worry, Yiling and I will be absolutely fine!" With that, Cheng Xiaofan hung up the phone.
Bai Yiling, who was sitting next to him, heard the entire conversation between Cheng Xiaofan and Miao Xiuhua clearly.
"Xiaofan, what's wrong with those wild boars? Why are they so fierce?" she couldn't help but ask anxiously.
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on. We'll only find out the truth when we go back."
Normally, these wild boars wouldn't dare to be fierce.
Especially when they saw Tao Qibao and Potian Eagle, they were like well-behaved grandchildren.
The wild boars in the back mountain suddenly became so brazen and ferocious, daring to confront Tao Qibao directly, this was indeed too strange.
"Old classmate, are you and Miss Bai heading back tonight?" Li Weiguo asked.
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Yes, we're leaving immediately."
Li Weiguo said anxiously, "You're leaving on such short notice. If you had told me in advance, I could have arranged for someone to help you book your tickets earlier!"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "Old classmate, I know you've watched a lot of my live videos. To be honest, when my goddess and I came this time, we flew here on Potian Eagle. We don't need other means of transportation."
"Ah, where is Potian Eagle? Can you call it over? I'm prepared to get it some good food," Li Weiguo said curiously.
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, "You're too kind. It can find food in the sky, in the water, and on the ground."
They ate a little something and then bid farewell to Cheng Weiguo.
As they left the Tang Dynasty Grand Hotel, Bai Yiling said to him, "Boss Li, I'll ship your goods in the next couple of days after I get back!"
"Thank you, Goddess Bai, thank you!" Li Weiguo said excitedly.
Cheng Xiaofan, hand in hand with Bai Yiling, walked towards the woods on the side of the hotel.
Li Weiguo hesitated several times whether to follow them to see Potian Eagle, but in the end, reason prevailed over curiosity, and he returned to the hotel.
He felt that Potian Eagle would always belong to his old classmate. What was the point of looking?
"Chirp—"
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan, holding his goddess, was sitting on Potian Eagle and had already flown over the East Sea.
Potian Eagle knew that its master was eager to return home, and had increased its flight speed to the extreme, comparable to the speed of light.
In less than an hour, they were flying back over Zhuxi Village.
"Woof woof!"
Tao Qibao sensed them and, with one hind leg limping, hopped out to the door.
"It must be Xiaofan who's back!" Miao Xiuhua immediately followed Tao Qibao out of the house.
Because they had learned that Cheng Xiaofan would return from abroad tonight, Luo Changsheng, Mei Xueyun, Tang Guihua, Luo Yang, Feng Xigua, and others from the village had gathered at Miao Xiuhua's home.
"Chirp—"
To respond to Tao Qibao, Potian Eagle let out a loud cry from the sky.
When Potian Eagle was still twenty meters above the ground, Cheng Xiaofan, holding his goddess, leaped down from the sky and landed gently on the ground.
"Mom, Grandpa Luo..." Cheng Xiaofan and Bai Yiling greeted everyone present almost in unison.
At the same time, Cheng Xiaofan used his spiritual sense to command Potian Eagle, which had flown back to the back mountain, not to enter the mountain without authorization until he figured out the reason for the wild boars' rampage.
He knew that Potian Eagle, like Tao Qibao, was an impulsive beast.
"Woof woof!"
Inside the house, Tao Qibao immediately poured out its grievances to its master.
Master, those wild boars have gone mad, and even I, this dog grandpa, can't control them.
Look at my hind leg, it's been bitten off.
Don't blame me, I really did my best!
"Alright, alright, stop barking at me. I know you did your best and won't blame you!"
Cheng Xiaofan squatted down, checked Tao Qibao's wound, took out two Shenlong Pills from his body, and put them into its mouth. He said, "Eat this pill, go to sleep nearby, and you'll be fine when you wake up!"
"Thank you, Master, I'm going to rest then!" Tao Qibao took the Shenlong Pill and wagged its tail as it left.
Luo Changsheng said, "Xiaofan, you're back just in time. We were worried about how to deal with these wild boars. Grandpa believes you'll definitely have a way to handle them."
"These wild boars are really strange. They were especially fierce during the day and retreated back into the mountains at night. Do they know Xiaofan is coming back and are hiding in fear?" Tang Guihua said.
Cheng Xiaofan heard this and said, "These wild boars dare to act like this, they must not have me in their eyes. Besides, wild boars have very low intelligence among wild animals in the deep mountains. They couldn't possibly have calculated that I would rush back to Zhuxi Village tonight."
Luo Yang said, "Not only are these wild boars bold this time, they are also particularly ferocious. I saw with my own eyes today that two wild boars alive bit down a clouded leopard, tore it to pieces, and ate it."
Cheng Xiaofan's brow furrowed immediately.
Wild boars are omnivorous animals. Normally, they feed on young leaves, nuts, berries, grass, and grass roots.
Sometimes they even eat bird eggs, mice, snakes, scorpions, wild rabbits, and fawns.
However, no matter how fierce a wild boar was, it would immediately hide when it saw a clouded leopard.
Normally, wild boars were just food for clouded leopards. This was the first time he had heard of wild boars eating clouded leopards.
Could it be that the wild boars in this primeval forest were really rebelling?
Who exactly gave them the courage?
"Xiaofan, what do you think?" Cheng Fugui asked.
In this situation, everyone unanimously believed that only Cheng Xiaofan could come up with a plan to deal with those wild boars.
If these wild boars were not dealt with, the question of whether Zhuxi Village could still be inhabited remained to be seen.
Cheng Xiaofan said without hesitation, "My opinion is very simple: tomorrow, pick a few of the most ferocious wild boars, kill them for meat, and let everyone in the village and the construction workers have a good feast!"
"Wild boars dare to rebel? One word: kill!"