The slender young man used a sturdy small wooden barrel to take out four iron claw crab hatchlings from the pond, and he sealed the top of the barrel, leaving only a few small holes for ventilation.
Lu Xuan gave him eighty spirit stones and headed home with the barrel in tow.
Along the way, sounds of clattering intermittently emanated from the barrel as the iron claw crabs inside vigorously stirred about.
Half a moment later, back at home, the Cloud Leopard jumped down from Lu Xuan's shoulder and gracefully entered the spirit field.
Lu Xuan brought the barrel to the edge of the Lingquan Pool and when he opened the sealed wooden lid, the boldest of the bunch leaped out brandishing its claw feet like a pair of large daggers. It seemed resistant to Lu Xuan, as if protesting against being kept in the closed barrel for so long.
The other three followed, lining up one after the other, all of them defiant and domineering.
