Return From The Immortal World
Chapter 630: A Deeper Journey to the Mountain for Hunting
The mountainous area to the north of the Su Family Village was one of the mountain range branches on Yuzhou Ridge. It was only a few kilometers wide but consisted of quite a number of large and small hills. The place turned lush and green during the summer with towering old trees, yet looked deserted in the winter.
When Tang Xiu was a child, he followed the adults to venture into the back of the mountain, but only a few times did he ventured deeper into the mountains. Many old hunters who make a living from hunting may have ventured deeper. Su Ben's grandfather was one of those old hunters, but after Su Ben's generation of fathers, they didn't fully make a living from hunting anymore.
The towering stones that tapered were strange and extremely steep.
The four men searched for several hours on the outskirts and found no trace of the leopard, so they walked over the mountain and entered a very long valley on the back side. Here Tang Xiu narrowed his spiritual sense range to a radius of 50 meters to conserve his energy.
"Tang Xiu, we should jump over the mountain river later. Remember to do your best to jump, or you will fall. ”The journey of the four men stopped in the middle of the road on the mountain slope, when Su Ben pointed to the mountain river gap which was about seven meters more than them.
"Don't worry!" Answer Tang Xiu.
The gap in the mountain river was two meters plus wide and the four leaped carefully, and then rested for a dozen minutes before continuing with trekking inwards. They climb and head to the lower areas. And because of the area located behind the mountain, some places still have snow that has not melted. Walking on the mountain path here is very difficult.
Su Ben glanced at that moment on his phone. It was 4:30 in the afternoon. He stopped and said very seriously, “We can only climb this point today as it will be dark in about an hour. I'm afraid we'll face some danger if we get back late. ”
Tang Xiu pulled out his phone as well, and found that there was no signal, and then said, "Let's spend the night here. Let's venture deeper to find a hidden place to rest. Night is a time for wild animals and beasts to roam around, so our chance of seeing leopards is also greater if we stay here. ”
"This ..." Su Ben and Su Quan exchanged anxious and hesitant looks as well.
"Even if we have to hurry back now, we won't be able to get to the foot of the mountain until the sky has completely darkened, brother," Su Xiangfei said calmly. "Let's stay here!"
"Yup, don't worry!" Tang Xiu glanced at him with satisfaction. “How dare I go to the top of the mountain without two or three more people? I can guarantee your safety because I'm the one who brought you here. The leopard is disgusting. I'm afraid the villagers from some villages wouldn't be happy to celebrate the New Year if we didn't exterminate it. Moreover, I don't know how many people had to die when it appeared again a few days ago. ”
"All right, then!" Su Ben and Su Quan finally nodded.
After half an hour, the quartet rushed over and arrived at the very bottom of the valley. While looking at the small glittering lake in front, Su Ben pointed to a rock torn at the foot of the hill and said, “There is a cave behind the pile of rocks. I used to live there when I went hunting with my grandfather in the past. Let's stay here tonight. ”
“Yes, I once came here with your grandfather too. "Su Quan smiled saying. “Old grandfather gave us roasted chicken and liquor back then. This is my first time .. drinking! Unfortunately, we came here too hastily, otherwise I would have brought wine if I knew we would have spent the night here. ”
A glint flashed across Tang Xiu's eyes and a smiling expression rose onto his face. He stuffed his hand into his pocket to hide taking half a pound of white wine from his interspatial ring, and then smilingly said, "Well, I came prepared. ”
"You really have liquor in your pocket?" Su Quan was stunned. "Tell me, Tang Xiu, you've decided to spend the night here before? No, something's not right. Your clothes won't be that big, will they? It can't hide a bottle of wine underneath, can it? ”
"Half a pound of liquor isn't too big and can be put under my shirt pocket," Tang Xiu said with a smile. “However, go to the cave behind the riprap rock first. I'll comb around it and make you all a game. ”
"I'm coming with you, Tang Xiu," Su Ben said.
"No, don't worry, Brother Ben!" Tang Xiu shook his head and said with a smile. “I have faith in my strength. I'm afraid I should pay attention to take care of you too if you come with me. ”
Su Ben did not know Tang Xiu's strength, yet he realized one thing. After climbing the mountain at noon today, Tang Xiu did not look tired at all until now, not even sweating. We should know that she has been doing a lot of physical exercise every day since she started working on the Magnificent Tang Corporation's security team for the past six months. He thinks his physical fitness is already very good. But after secretly comparing herself to Tang Xiu, she finally discovered that her metabolism was not as good as hers.
"I know you're smart and careful because we're small, but still, you have to pay attention to your safety" Su Ben said in a low voice.
Patting his shoulders, Tang Xiu took a random direction and walked towards the dead forest. He picked up his speed as soon as he left their sight and smoothly crossed the forested mountain. He unleashed his spiritual senses and spread them over a wide scope. In just 10 minutes, he had explored the seven-plus kilometer radius, yet he found no trace of the leopard except for a few wild animals.
Two birds and one rabbit. It should be enough for the four of us to eat, right?
Tang Xiu took out the precious spices and put them into his interspatial ring, and then sat down with the random prey caught on the pile of rocks not far from the edge of the lake.
"Oh?"
"There's something unusual here!"
Tang Xiu quickly stuffed the pheasant and entered his interspatial ring. He took out Bloodguzzler's dagger and swiftly held it, as he then carefully scanned the surroundings as well as estimated the concentration of the world's spiritual qi, and then headed to a place of higher concentration. He realized that he was slowly straying from the direction he had to go back due to the direction towards another mountain on the other side of the valley.
Ten minutes later, he stopped in front of a seven-meter-high stone forest. Although there were also many trees growing here, its visibility was much further since dead wood was already rare. However, under the unification of his spiritual feelings, he discovered some peculiarities in this stone forest.
“This is an arrangement of stones formed by nature. I really didn't expect there would be an array of natural stones here. However, he did not possess any attacking power, so this one should be a kind of Phantasmagoric Array. ”
After observing her for two minutes, Tang Xiu firmly stepped into the stone forest. After estimation and appraisal, it easily reached its center. And at this moment, the concentration of Heaven and Earth spiritual qi here was already ten times that of other places.
"My luck wasn't bad, too bad …"
Looking at the 'squeaky' white mist from the spring in front of him, there was a forced smile on Tang Xiu's face. It was the Spirit Spring, formed by spiritual veins containing a large amount of spiritual energy. If cultivators were to cultivate here, they would definitely get results twice with half the effort. Their cultivation speed would definitely be a hundred times faster than their usual cultivation if they immersed themselves within this Spirit Spring.
He felt that it was a pity because this Spirit Spring would not help him much because the energy he absorbed was star power, whereas the earth spirit power only had an additional effect on him.
Suddenly, an idea popped into his head as he recalled Su Ben and Su Quan. He immediately decided to teach these two people as a cultivation technique. He had decided to gather talent, and they were close to him, his family, so that he knew very well their character and disposition. Both of them would be able to help him more in the future if he trained them well.
But something made Tang Xiu hesitate — Su Xiangfei was also with them at the moment. Even though he had already changed his disposition, more steady and more mature, having undergone drastic changes in his family and had even acknowledged and approved of him as a family, but they were, after all …
After pondering for a few minutes, Tang Xiu then decided to teach Su Xiangfei a cultivation technique as well. Although the grievances between them were quite deep in the past, he believed that Su Xiangfei was someone who could change. Not to mention that he had made her lose more. He just needs to show her that he is tough enough and believe that the cousin will not give birth to any more evil thoughts towards him.
With that in mind, Tang Xiu immediately retreated from the stone forest and quickly returned to the cave where the three of them were secretly staying. When he arrived there, he saw the three standing at the entrance of the cave, waiting and observing the surroundings.
"Fill your stomach first. I'll give you all a great chance. "Tang Xiu threw two pheasants and a rabbit in front of the trio and spoke with a smile.
When the three of them looked at the birds and rabbits, shocked expressions immediately appeared on their faces. They didn't think that Tang Xiu could actually hunt a game in the middle of the night. The three, however, were perplexed after hearing his remark, when Su Quan asked, "What exactly is the opportunity you want to give us, Tang Xiu?"
"Eat first," Tang Xiu said.
After answering, he took out salt and spices from his pocket. All of this was inside his interspatial ring, but he had already put it in small bottles on the way home, so it didn't look strange.
Collect dry wood branches to light a campfire.
Su Ben quickly killed the pheasant and the rabbit with the knife he carried and cleaned it by the lake. After that he roasted it in the campfire. They were descendants who lived close to the mountain and had roasted the game every time they gathered. Soon after, both the yellowish roasted chicken and the rabbit had been roasted.
“Custom once! Too bad there's not enough booze. ”
With half a pound of booze and four men, no one could drink more than a sip or two. But with roasted chicken and chicken, the four still gobbled them up, making them feel warm and pleasant.
After they finished eating, Su Quan asked again, "You won't make us second-guess anymore, will you, Tang Xiu? Come, spit. What great opportunity do you want to give us, exactly? ”
While shooting the trio with a deep gaze, Tang Xiu asked, "Before I tell you, I want to ask you something. Are you all willing to give your life to me? "
“I make a living from you, eating and drinking with you. So I will naturally try my best for you, "said Su Ben without thinking.
However, Su Quan hesitated for a while before replying, “We grew up and played together until becoming adults. We are bound by blood and kinship as well, so of course, we are willing to work hard for you, Tang Xiu. Actually, my feelings are similar to those of Brother Ben. We are all brothers and sisters. You just need to talk as long as you need something from us. ”
Tang Xiu nodded without a word, as he looked at Su Xiangfei.