Honghuang: Refining the Three-Legged Golden Toad from the Start

After tending his wounds in a ruined temple, he led a lame old mule deep into the mountains. He plunged a knife into its neck, and the smell of blood drew countless insects into a frenzy. A toad swallowed a rooster-crested snake, its belly swollen as if it might burst. I want to take both of them back.