The mountain range to the north of Sujiacun is one of the branches of the Yuzhou Ridge. It is only a few kilometers wide, but it is also composed of countless large and small hills. In summer, the foliage here is lush and the ancient trees are towering. In the cold winter, this place looks desolate.
When Tang Xiu was a child, he followed the adults to Back Mountain many times, but he rarely entered the depths of the mountains. Many old hunters who make a living by hunting may only go deep. Su Ben's grandfather was once an old hunter. Later, Su Ben's father's generation stopped focusing entirely on hunting to earn a living.
Strange peaks and rocks, steep and precipitous.
The four of them searched for several hours outside, but could not find any trace of the leopard beast, so they climbed over the mountain and entered the long valley inside. In order to save his spiritual consciousness, Tang Xiu only reduced the area covered by his spiritual consciousness to a radius of fifty meters.
"Tang Xiu, we have to jump over that mountain stream later. Remember, we must jump hard later, otherwise if we fall, we will be smashed to pieces." Halfway up the mountainside, the four people stopped. Su Ben pointed to the gap in the mountain stream seven or eight meters ahead and said.
Tang Xiu said: "Don't worry!"
The four of them jumped across the two to three meter wide gap in the mountain stream with extreme caution, then rested for ten minutes before continuing to walk inside. The terrain gets lower as you go inward, because this side is behind the mountain, so there is still some snow that has not melted, making it very difficult to walk on the mountain road.
Su Ben looked at the time on his phone. It was four-thirty in the afternoon, so he stopped and said seriously: "We can only get here today. It will be dark in an hour at most. If we go back too late, we may encounter problems." to danger.”
Tang Xiu took out his mobile phone and found that there was no signal at all, so he said: "We will spend the night in the mountains tonight. After we go further in, we will find a secluded place to rest. Nighttime is when wild beasts come out frequently. Let's stay in the mountains and find out The leopard has a better chance.”
"this… "
Su Ben and Su Quan looked at each other with expressions of hesitation.
Su Xiangfei said calmly: "Even if we rush back now, we won't be able to get back to the foot of the mountain before it gets completely dark. Just spend the night here!"
Tang Xiu glanced at him with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry! How dare you go to Liangshan without twos and threes? Since I brought you into the mountains, I can guarantee your safety. That leopard is too hateful. If you can't do it earlier, If we eradicate it, I'm afraid the folks in the nearby villages will not be in the mood to celebrate the New Year. If it appears again one day, I don't know how many people will die."
"All right!"
Su Ben and Su Quan finally nodded.
Half an hour later.
The four of them finally arrived at the bottom of the valley. Looking at the sparkling small lake in front of them, Su Ben pointed to the rocks at the foot of the mountain and said, "There is a cave behind here, which I used to go hunting with my grandfather. This is a temporary place to stay. Let’s spend the night here tonight.”
Su Quan smiled and said, "I've been here with your grandpa too. He brought soju and roasted chicken with him. That time... was my first time drinking! It's a pity that we came in such a hurry. I should have known that we would spend the night here." , I brought some wine and meat in."
A smile flashed in Tang Xiu's eyes. He put his hand into his pocket and took out a half-pound bottle of white wine from the space ring. He smiled and said, "I prepared it before I came here."
Su Quan was surprised: "You actually have wine in your pocket? I mean, Tang Xiu, have you already made up your mind to spend the night here! No, your clothes are so big? They can actually hold a wine bottle. ?”
Tang Xiu smiled lightly and said: "A half-catty wine bottle is not too big. My clothes pocket can just fit it in. Okay, you go to the cave behind the rocks first. I will go around the area and get some for you." Game is back.”
Su Ben quickly said: "Tang Xiu, I'll go with you."
Tang Xiu shook his head and smiled: "No, don't worry, Brother Ben! I am confident in my own strength. If you follow me, I'm afraid I will have to take care of you."
Su Ben didn't know Tang Xiu's strength, but he discovered one thing. After entering the mountain at noon today, until now, Tang Xiu didn't show any signs of fatigue, and he didn't even break out a drop of sweat. This made him I was secretly surprised in my heart. You know, in the past six months, he worked in the security team of Shengtang Group and conducted a lot of physical training every day. He thought his physical fitness was very good, but he secretly compared it with Tang Xiu, only to find that his system was not as good as Tang Xiu.
"Tang Xiu, you have been smart and cautious since you were a child, so you must pay attention to safety." Su Ben said in a low voice.
Tang Xiu patted his shoulder, casually found a direction, and walked towards the dead trees. After getting out of the sight of Su Ben and the others, Tang Xiu's movements immediately accelerated, moving through the mountains and forests like flowing clouds and flowing water. His consciousness also began to spread over a large area. In just ten minutes, he had observed an area of seven to eight kilometers in radius. Once again, I found that except for some ordinary beasts, there was no trace of the leopard beast at all.
"Two pheasants and one hare, are they enough for the four of us?"
Tang Xiu casually put a precious herb into his space ring, and then, with satisfaction, he took the randomly caught prey and rushed towards the pile of rocks not far from the lake.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Tang Xiu's expression changed as he returned from a detour, with a bit of surprise in his eyes. He suddenly discovered that the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding world was stronger, and as he moved, the concentration of spiritual energy became thicker and thicker. Even after walking nearly a kilometer, the concentration of spiritual energy was already two or three times that of other places.
"Something's wrong!"
Tang Xiu quickly put the pheasant and hare into the space ring. After holding the blood-drinking dagger in his backhand, he carefully observed the surroundings. At the same time, he also judged the concentration of spiritual energy and moved towards the place with the highest concentration. He found that he was slowly deviating from the direction of return and was approaching another large mountain on the side of the valley.
Ten minutes later.
Tang Xiu stopped in front of a stone forest seven or eight meters high. Although there are many trees growing in the stone forest, because there are few dead branches, his visibility is farther. However, under the cover of his spiritual consciousness, he has discovered the specialness of this stone forest.
"Natural stone formation, I really didn't expect that there is a natural stone formation here. It is not offensive, it should be a psychedelic formation."
Tang Xiu observed it for two minutes, then resolutely stepped into the stone forest. After his judgment, he easily reached the center of the stone forest. At this time, the concentration of spiritual energy here is already more than ten times that of other places.
"Good luck, but unfortunately..."
Tang Xiu looked at the "Gugu" spring in front of him that was emitting white smoke, with a wry smile on his face. Spirit springs, springs formed by spiritual veins, contain huge earth vein spiritual power. If a cultivator can practice here, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. If he can practice soaking in the spiritual spring, he will definitely practice more than a hundred times faster than usual.
He felt that it was a pity that this spiritual spring did not help him much. What he absorbed was star power, and the earth's spiritual power only had a supporting effect on him.
suddenly.
An idea came to his mind. Thinking of Su Ben and Su Quan, he immediately made up his mind to teach them the cultivation techniques. Since he decided to cultivate talents, they were people close to him and he knew their characters well. , if we train them in the future, we will have two more helping hands.
However, Su Xiangfei was also with them.
Tang Xiu was a little hesitant. Although Su Xiangfei's personality had changed, and he had become much more mature and stable after experiencing the drastic changes in his family. He even recognized the family relationship with him, but after all, he and he...
Tang Xiu pondered for a few minutes and then decided to teach Su Xiangfei the cultivation techniques. Even though he had a deep grudge with him at the beginning, he believed that Su Xiangfei was a talent that could be made. He had indeed caused him to lose a lot, but as long as he It is powerful enough to give him more, and I believe that he will no longer have evil thoughts about himself.
Having made up his mind, Tang Xiu immediately exited the stone forest and quickly arrived outside the cave where Su Ben and the others were hiding. He saw the three of them squatting at the entrance of the cave and looking around.
"First fill your stomach, and I will give you a big opportunity later."
Tang Xiu threw two pheasants and a hare in front of the three of them and said with a smile.
When the three of them saw pheasants and hares, they immediately expressed surprise. They did not expect that Tang Xiu could actually hunt prey in the middle of the night. However, the three of them were a little confused by Tang Xiu's words. Su Quan even asked: "Tang Xiu, what opportunity do you want to give us?"
Tang Xiu said: "Get some food first."
As he spoke, he took out salt and seasonings from his pocket. These things were all stored in his space ring. On the way back, he had packed some in small bottles, so it didn't seem out of place.
Dry firewood and make a fire.
Su Ben quickly killed chickens and rabbits with the knife he brought, and finished cleaning them by the lake. After setting it on the fire, grill it. They, the children of the family, almost knew how to barbecue game. Soon, two yellow roasted chickens and a yellow roasted rabbit were cooked.
"It smells good! It's a pity that there's a little less wine."
Half a catty of wine, four people, no one drank more than one or two. But after eating roasted pheasant and roasted hare, the four of them still had their mouths full of oil and their whole bodies were warm.
Finished eating.
Su Quan then asked again: "Tang Xiu, you don't need to show off now, right? Tell me, what big opportunity are you going to give us?"
Tang Xiu took a deep look at the three of them and asked, "Before I tell you, I want to ask you a question. Are you willing to sell your lives to me?"
Su Ben said without thinking: "I make money from you, eat and drink with you, and of course I will work hard for you."
Su Quan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "We grew up playing naked together, and we are related, so naturally we are willing to sacrifice our lives for you. Tang Xiu, in fact, Brother Ben should have the same idea as me. We are all relatives. We are all brothers, whenever we need us, it’s just a word from you.”
Tang Xiu nodded silently and looked at Su Xiangfei.