"This is... an iron-eating beast."
Liu Qingyun said with some surprise as he looked at the cute, round creature that was forcibly absorbed by Zhong Yan's spiritual power onto the city wall.
"It used to be called an iron-eating beast. It is also called a panda in the Ancestral Planet. It is a national treasure animal. If you dare to touch a panda in the Ancestral Planet, you are going to go to jail and eat free meals. There are few in number, and there are often examples of being thrown to death. . I didn’t expect to see one here. From the looks of it, it must have been born not long ago. Why are there no parents around? I’m afraid it was an accident.”
Zhong Yan looked at the red panda in front of him with a look of affection in his eyes.
For such a cute and cute national treasure, its lethality definitely does not distinguish between men and women. It's hard to feel any ill will toward it.
"This iron-eating beast is indeed cute, but most of the time it can only be used as a pet. I remember that someone kept a few iron-eating beasts as pets. They looked good, but they had no fighting power. According to legend, in ancient times Chi You just rode the iron-eating beast to fight in and out of the battlefield, running rampant and unbridled, I really don’t know how he did it.”
Liu Qingyun smiled and said.
This iron-eating beast is beautiful, especially to please women. If someone has an iron-eating beast, it will be the focus of many women's conversations. If you take it for a walk around the street, it will be the most beautiful one on the whole street. Cub.
"Perhaps the iron-eating beasts at that time were different from those now. Maybe they needed special training."
Zhong Yan said with a smile.
Looking at the red panda in front of him, there was a hint of softness in his eyes. Such a little guy is really a deadly cute pet.
As if he found that there was no danger, under the Ruyi umbrella, the rain was blocked out. The red panda immediately started to hold the small bamboo shoots in his hands and opened his mouth to eat, and he ate happily. A cheerful one.
It was as if the danger had just been encountered and had long been forgotten.
"Haha, you are such a foodie. I really don't know how your species can survive in the dangerous jungle." Zhong Yan saw it and couldn't help but laugh and curse, this is really a national treasure.
When the red panda heard this, he looked up at Zhong Yan with a confused look on his face, as if he didn't know what he was laughing at.
"I'm afraid this little iron-eating beast won't be able to survive today if we put it back in this kind of weather. Why don't we adopt it, so that it can be a cute pet instead of a battle pet." Liu Qingyun said with a smile. What he said was correct. Given the red panda's frailty, putting it back now would be tantamount to death. The beast in the jungle has long been irritable and restless. The fighting inside is so cruel that even its parents are probably dead.
Otherwise, there would be no chance of it running out.
The presence of iron-eating beasts in certain places is auspicious. Generally speaking, it is very rare.
It just costs a lot to raise. It likes to eat bamboo. Of course, it is an omnivore and eats other things as well, but its favorite is bamboo. There is a bamboo forest in the jungle. Not surprisingly, it lived in that bamboo forest before. As long as the bamboo forest is still there, I believe there will be no problem with its food rations. It is not difficult to raise.
But, can this panda really just be a cute pet?
Zhong Yan carefully looked at the red panda in front of him, looking at its honest and cute appearance, but he still had some different thoughts in his heart.
"Iron-eating beast, little one, do you eat iron?"
Zhong Yan suddenly took out a piece of fine iron from the Gate of Eternity, which was evolved from stone. The Gate of Eternity simply has the power to change the world and create all things. The so-called turning stone into gold is nothing more than simple in front of the Gate of Eternity.
Pass the fine iron stone to the red panda.
The red panda first glanced at Zhong Yan, and then looked at the fine iron in front of him. His eyes suddenly shone with excitement, and his mouth seemed to be drooling. He wanted to catch it, but seemed a little afraid.
"want to?"
"Then give it to you."
Zhong Yan handed over the fine iron stone with great interest. At this time, the red panda seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. He stretched out his paws and grabbed the fine iron stone. He put it into his mouth, opened his mouth and bit down on the fine iron stone.
Click! !
Compared with fine iron, teeth are obviously harder than fine iron. If you bite it in one bite, you may break the teeth and break several big teeth.
But something strange happened. The red panda's teeth bit on the fine iron, and the piece of fine iron was bitten off in response. It was crunchy and chewed in the mouth. Its eyes narrowed happily, as if Tasting the best food in the world, the highest enjoyment.
One bite after another, a piece of fine iron stone the size of a fist was bitten into pieces, chewed, and swallowed by the red panda. Look at those teeth, they are really sparkling. Not only are they not damaged, they are even brighter.
"Hey, that's not right. How could this little iron-eating beast eat iron? Its teeth can really crush fine iron and swallow it. This is impossible. Iron-eating beasts can really eat iron." Liu Qingyun Witnessing it, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide at this moment, showing a look of shock.
According to what he knew, someone had caught iron-eating beasts before, and suddenly had the idea to see if iron-eating beasts could really eat iron, and gave them iron blocks to eat. I had no interest at all, and I didn’t even look at it, let alone put it in my mouth, forced it into my mouth, and bit it down, causing several teeth to break. It was obvious that he did not eat iron. Even if he swallowed it, he would not be able to digest it and he would die within a few days.
Therefore, many facts prove that iron-eating beasts do not eat iron.
But the one in front of him subverted his understanding.
The iron-eating beast actually eats iron. What's going on? Is it an atavism?
"I don't know. I just tried it. I didn't expect it to actually eat iron. Moreover, it seems that refined iron is an extremely delicious delicacy for it. It can be eaten and digested. The name Iron-Eating Beast should be It’s not obtained casually. I think the blood in this panda should be from its ancestors. In other words, this is the ability it should have originally, but I don’t know why, other pandas don’t have this ability.”
Zhong Yan looked curiously at the red panda in front of him, revealing a trace of inquiring eyes.
The power of the soul then explored its body. The power of the soul was invisible and invisible. It was more convenient and powerful than the mental power and divine consciousness. It could easily scan its body. Under the scan of the power of the soul, this animal Every inch of flesh and blood in the red panda's body is clearly presented to the soul.
"Sure enough, it's a young panda cub."
Under the power of the mind, the red panda's bone age was clearly felt. It was just born not long ago, and there was nothing special about it. However, there was a unique energy in the body of this red panda. This energy The Qi seemed to be dissipating before, but at this moment, this Qi merged with the fine iron it had just eaten. A trace of iron essence blended into this Qi, causing this Qi to appear in many places at once. A hint of dark light. Then the refined iron decomposes naturally. During the decomposition process, along with the Qi, it first merged into the bones in the body, causing traces of blackness and metallic luster to appear on the bones.
"Innate Qi, this Qi changes after it collides with the Qi of fine iron. It can actually decompose fine iron and integrate the substances in fine iron into the body. It is incredible."
Zhong Yan was shocked. His mind was racing.
A guess flashed in my mind.
"So that's it, the iron-eating beast, the iron-eating beast, has never degenerated, it just doesn't know how to activate its own talent. It turns out that the iron-eating beast still has innate energy in its body when it is born. This innate energy contains special Their characteristics allow them to directly possess the ability to swallow iron. This energy comes from innateness and will continue to dissipate the day after tomorrow. If they have not swallowed refined iron before dissipating, the innate energy can be integrated into the blood and become With his own bloodline talent, he will no longer be able to swallow iron and become a real iron-eating beast. He will only become a cute pet national treasure who can act cute."
A thought secretly flashed through Zhong Yan's mind.
Under the observation of the power of the mind, the energy in the red panda's body, after being fused with the fine iron energy, was directly integrated into his own blood, blended with his bloodline, and became his own talent. In his bloodline, it seemed that he could I saw mysterious runes emerging and hiding in the flesh. That is the process of completely transforming into a bloodline talent.
As for why other pandas don't have this ability, he guessed that it should be because they no longer have this kind of inheritance. They didn't know that they had to eat iron when they were born, and instead ate bamboo. Over time, the innate energy in their bodies dissipated. He no longer reacted to the sight of iron. From then on, he lost his natural ability to eat iron and became a national treasure that could only act cute.
The iron-eating panda is a mythical beast.
The panda, which cannot eat iron, is a national treasure.
The gap between the two was widened in an instant. It was a world of difference.
Just now, Zhong Yan clearly saw that the refined iron eaten can strengthen the panda itself, and can be integrated into the body's flesh and blood, continuously strengthening the physical body.
"This ability is very similar to Lao Tie's awakened power. They both eat various metals. Lao Tie can form a body of steel. I don't know how far this panda can go. Is there an iron-eating beast in Lao Tie's body? Bloodline.”
Zhong Yan thought of Tieniu again, which was surprisingly similar to Tieniu's superpower.
At the beginning, there was no ability to extend the power of the mind out of the body, so the situation inside Tieniu's body could not be detected and verified, but it was estimated that the two should have similar effects. I don’t know how Lao Tie is doing now. To be honest, he really missed him a little, and they didn't know when the brothers would be able to get together.
"My lord, since this iron-eating beast can really eat iron, it may become an excellent combat power when it grows up. It shouldn't be a problem to become a battle pet. Even Chi You uses it as a mount, so it must be special. place."
Liu Qingyun's attitude towards the little national treasure has changed significantly. There is a clear difference between those who can eat iron and those who cannot.
