"No, it's nothing. It was this thing that attacked me?"
Robb was stunned when he saw the attacker. It was a direwolf, their family crest.
Chapter 135 Ice Wolf
"Probably, it's not about to die."
Hao Yun shrugged, looking completely indifferent.
As for Robb, he walked up to the direwolf and sighed inwardly. He had never seen a live direwolf before in all his life.
He remembered his father saying that only in the coldest places north of the Great Wall could the direwolves survive.
Robb was terrified when faced with this behemoth that was over three meters long. His father was right; the direwolf was indeed a ferocious beast.
"She's quite good-looking."
Hao Yun tied his warhorse to a tree to prevent it from escaping, then approached the dire wolf.
The direwolf was still breathing, but it was on its last breath, lying on the ground barely alive.
Hao Yun stroked his chin. He was just missing a mount, and this Ice Wolf looked pretty good. He would definitely look cool riding it.
Having made up his mind, Hao Yun took out a pill and stuffed it into the mouth of the Ice Wolf.
"Swallow it if you don't want to die."
Crouching down in front of the dire wolf, Hao Yun placed his right hand on its head and performed an enlightenment technique to awaken its intelligence.
This move is recorded in the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques. In the primordial era, most of the gatekeepers of Taoist temples were enlightened in this way.
This was the first time Hao Yun had used this trick, so he wasn't very skilled at it.
A sliver of white light entered the dire wolf's brain, and its originally ferocious eyes became clear.
The medicinal effects of the elixir also came into play at this time, and its internal injuries were rapidly restored.
"Get up once your injury has healed."
The dire wolf that had been lying on the ground quickly got up and squatted down in front of Hao Yun.
Robb's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. What was going on? The direwolf had looked like it was about to die, but now it looked full of energy.
"What...what's going on?"
Robb felt his brain was starting to malfunction. Could Hao Yun really be a god? If not, why had the direwolves suddenly become so obedient?
Guess?
Hao Yun did not answer Robb's question, but instead mounted the direwolf.
It's nice and comfortable, but I don't know how it will be when running.
"Let's go, it's getting dark, I don't want to spend the night outside the city."
"oh."
Robb, whose brain was overworked, obediently mounted his warhorse and prepared to return to the city.
Just as the two were about to leave, the Ice Wolf suddenly turned its head and howled twice at Hao Yun.
"Any younger ones? Take me there."
Hao Yun called out to Robb, and the two followed the direwolf into the forest, arriving at a tree hole.
The direwolf howled twice at the tree hole, and six direwolf cubs emerged.
Hao Yun's lips twitched. Wasn't this the direwolf that appeared in the original story?
There were six little dire wolves, five of which had silver-gray fur, but only one was unique, with white fur and red eyes.
The six little dire wolves, upon discovering Hao Yun and Robb, two strangers, began to growl softly.
One of them even rushed up to Hao Yun and tried to bite his trouser leg.
Just as the large direwolf was about to stop him, Hao Yun gestured that it wasn't necessary and reached out to scoop up the little direwolf that was charging at him.
The ice wolf, held in Hao Yun's hand, was somewhat panicked and kept twisting its body, trying to break free.
"Don't move, let me take a look."
Holding the little direwolf in his arms, Hao Yun petted it like a dog.
After just a few strokes, the little dire wolf in Hao Yun's arms quieted down. It raised its head and stared at Hao Yun curiously, looking him up and down.
"You little rascal, you're quite clever."
Robb, standing to the side, looked at Hao Yun with envy. He also wanted to pet the Direwolf, but he didn't dare.
With such a huge direwolf squatting nearby, if you actually reached out to touch its cubs, it would bite your hand off.
Hao Yun placed the little direwolf on the ground, took out two bags, connected them with a rope, and hung them on the big direwolf.
After putting the six cubs into a bag, Hao Yun patted the big direwolf.
"I brought them all, let's go."
Hao Yun mounted the direwolf and looked at Robb beside him.
"Damn it, run!"
Robb kicked the warhorse hard, and the trembling horse, startled by the pain, finally took off running wildly.
The two of them, one in front of the other, began to race towards Winterfell.
There are people ahead!
The soldiers who went out of the city to search for Hao Yun and Luo Bo discovered the warhorses galloping towards them.
As the group raised their torches, they immediately spotted the giant wolf relentlessly pursuing their warhorses.
"Quickly, prepare for battle!"
This squad of ten soldiers was all terrified in the face of such a large wolf.
Robb also saw the Winterfell soldiers at this moment. Without thinking much, he urged his horse forward and was about to speak when the soldiers shielded him in the center.
"My lord, we've held off the giant wolf for you. The lord is not far behind us. Please leave immediately."
As they spoke, the ten soldiers drew their longswords, preparing to defend themselves against the giant wolf.
Robb paused for a moment, then hurriedly called out.
"Stop! Do not attack, they are friendly forces!"
On their way back, whenever their warhorses got close to the Ice Wolf, they would either be too scared to walk or run away in a frenzy. In order to make the journey easier, Hao Yun could only follow at a distance.
"Friendly forces?"
As the giant wolf drew closer, the soldiers discovered that a person was sitting atop it.
Hao Yun, riding an ice wolf, was preoccupied with figuring out what kind of pills to feed it to improve its physical condition, and didn't even notice the soldiers not far away.
“My father is getting impatient, let’s go back quickly.”
Robb spoke quickly. When he saw the soldiers coming out to find him, he knew his family was getting impatient, otherwise they wouldn't have sent so many people.
The two met up with Ed, and Robb briefly explained what they had encountered on the way.
Ed stared at the direwolf beneath Hao Yun, his jaw nearly dropping to the floor. He even wondered if direwolves were extinct, having not seen one for many years.
"You're really amazing; you managed to tame such a ferocious beast."
Ed looked on with admiration. Dire wolves are very proud creatures. Taming a young dire wolf is easy, but taming an adult dire wolf is something Ed has never even heard of.
"Go back to the city, everyone is waiting for you."
After withdrawing their troops and returning to the city, Ed led the two back to the castle.
Several hours had been wasted, and the dinner was long gone, so the kitchen prepared a fresh set.
At the dinner table, Arya learned that Hao Yun had tamed a direwolf, and she immediately clamored to go see it. Even Jon and the others nearby were somewhat tempted.
Lady Caitlin immediately scolded Arya for her rudeness. Once Arya calmed down, she gave Hao Yun an apologetic smile.
As for Ed, he understood his children's desire to see the direwolves, so he didn't say anything.
"It's alright, I can take you to see it after dinner."
Upon hearing Hao Yun's words, Arya's disappointed expression quickly disappeared. She ate the food on her plate and looked at Hao Yun expectantly.
Everyone ate quickly. Lady Caitlin glared at Ed and complained that he hadn't stopped his children from behaving rudely.
Chapter 136 Naming Difficulty
After the Shrek family dinner ended, Hao Yun led a group of curious children to the backyard.
The direwolf smelled Hao Yun's scent, got up and looked over. Having awakened its intelligence, its wisdom was almost that of an adult.
As for the six smaller ones, Hao Yun hadn't had time to awaken their intelligence yet.
As for whether or not to give the direwolf cub to House Stark according to the plot, Hao Yun chuckled and said, "What I found is mine, why should I give it to them?"
If these six wolf cubs were to be given to members of House Stark, half of them would die.
Hao Yun loves furry little animals. He had long forgotten about the two little Qilin he had adopted before. Those two little creatures were ugly and covered in scales, so they were impossible to pet.
Now that he has found a litter of wolf cubs, Hao Yuncai is reluctant to give them away; he thinks it's better to raise them himself.
This den of direwolves is very intelligent, especially the heterochromatic direwolf, which is large, fierce, and has a calm temperament.
Wow! So that's a direwolf!
Arya, incredibly brave, rushed to the direwolf without a second thought and reached out to touch the cubs lying beneath the large direwolf.
Her action terrified Robb and Jon, who broke out in a cold sweat. If the direwolf got angry, it could easily bite Arya's head off.
Worried about disturbing the dire wolves, the two kept gesturing to Hao Yun with their eyes, asking him to take good care of his sister.
Theon stood in the crowd, his eyes filled with envy as he looked at Hao Yun. Hao Yun had just returned on his direwolf, garnering countless exclamations of wonder along the way.