The youth's heart pounded like a drum, his hand still gripping the black-spined snake tightly.
"Yes... just like that..."
Quickly, as the decayed-bone dog lowered its head to sniff the wound on his leg, he suddenly sat up and threw the black-spined snake at its nose!
"Hiss!" The black snake viciously bit the decayed-bone dog's nose.
"Awoo!" The decayed-bone dog howled in pain, fiercely shaking its head, and in a fit of rage, it tore the snake to pieces in a few bites.
Ignoring the youth, it fled hastily toward the depths of the mountain.
Delighted, the youth seized the opportunity to struggle to his feet and staggeringly followed.
Because he remembered what his late father had told him as a child— "I have a trick, after spring sets in, put ten dogs in a cage, one male, nine females. After three days, release them and observe what grass the male dog eats, then seize it and eat it!"
