Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 40 Hunting Skills Breakthrough

Shantytown in the outer city of Taiping County.

"Master Ba, please spare me, Master Ba, please spare me." A young man covered in blood knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Spare my life? Do you know what you have done wrong recently?" The old man sneered.

“I, I, I… I don’t know…” The young man was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and his smile was uglier than crying: “It’s been hard to catch prey in the mountains recently, so I became a woodcutter and sold some firewood to make a living…”

As if he had thought of something, the young man hurriedly said, "I didn't know that it was Mr. Ba's firewood. Damn me, damn me."

As he said this, he slapped himself twice on the face, then quickly took out a washed purse from his arms and said with an apologetic smile, "This is the money I earned from chopping wood. It's all here. Master Ba, please be merciful and treat me like a fart. I promise I won't dare to do it again."

The old man slapped the young man's purse and threw it to the ground: "Who wants those junk?"

The old man grabbed the young man by the collar, pulled him close, and asked in a cold voice, "Who did you give the blood bird's nest you got yesterday to?"

Hearing the words "blood bird's nest", the young man's face changed, then he smiled bitterly and pretended to be stupid, "Master Ba, you are really joking. Blood bird's nest is a mountain delicacy, where do I have this thing?"

The old man narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you still pretending to be stupid in front of me?"

He grabbed the young man's wrist and stimulated his blood. Suddenly, veins on his arm bulged and his muscles became as tight as tumors.

"If you don't accept my toast, don't blame me for being rude."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man squeezed his wrist hard.

"what!"

A shrill scream burst out from the young man's throat.

His face suddenly turned pale, his facial features were wrinkled, and his body spasmed involuntarily.

The young man looked down and found that his left wrist had been twisted into a knot and was completely disabled.

"Spare your life, spare your life..."

The young man knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy, his breathing suddenly becoming extremely heavy.

"Have you figured out anything now?"

The old man loosened his hand, and the wrist that he had broken hung limply, with the fingers on it twitching weakly.

The young man kept gasping for breath, a look of despair and fear on his face, knowing that he could not escape today.

He gritted his teeth and said painfully: "I... really didn't..."

However, before he could finish his words, the old man had already grabbed his right hand and said with a grim smile: "You'd better think it over before you speak."

The young man was shaking like a sieve, and he stammered twice, "I...I said, I sold the blood bird's nest to Wang Ma."

"You should have said no earlier." The old man let go of his hand, patted his chest and said, "If you had said it earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer this."

"Then... Master Ba... can I go back?"

"Of course, I'm not stopping you." The old man said as he moved aside slightly.

"Thank you, Master Xieba. Thank you, Master Xieba." The young man showed his joy at surviving the disaster and quickly fled from there.

However, after taking only two steps, the old man's sinister voice came over: "However, everyone in the West City knows that Wang Ma and I don't get along. Do you have any objections to me for giving him the blood bird's nest?"

"what?"

The young man was startled and looked back blankly.

boom!
A crisp sound of bones breaking was heard.

His spine was broken by the old man's slap.

The young man stared with his eyes wide open, his body limply collapsed, and he died.

The old man snorted coldly and shouted, "Xiao Liu."

"Ba Ye!"

A young man came in from outside. Seeing the body on the ground, he just glanced at it indifferently and then looked away, saying, "What do you want from me?" "Clean up here, then go call some help, we'll go to Wang Ma to settle the score. Damn it, he got a copy of the Nine Merits Brocade, and after practicing it until his Qi and blood were perfected, he thought he was invincible, and now he's reaching out to me."

"Okay." Xiao Liuzi agreed repeatedly.

He was about to go out when the old man stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, is there any news from the third brother about the man who killed so many of our brothers a few days ago?"

"Not yet. I haven't met the brothers from the outer city. They probably haven't come to the city yet."

"What's his background?"

"The brothers in the city have seen him go to Wanfeng Tower, but the other three brothers haven't found him. It should be the first time for a small hunter nearby to come into the city."

The old man raised his chest and said viciously, "A hunter from a broken village dared to attack us. It's simply not taking us seriously. It's unreasonable. Tell all the brothers that I, the old man, always take revenge when I have a grudge, and I repay my grudges when I have a grudge. Tell them to relax and give me a little more time. I will definitely avenge my brothers."

"The brothers all know what kind of person you are, Master Ba. They just complain a little in private, but most people still support you."

So many days have passed, and the old man still hasn't made any move regarding revenge. It's inevitable that his subordinates have some complaints and some rumors have spread.

The old man knew that someone was coveting his position and was secretly instigating it, hoping to take advantage of the situation to replace him.

Since it concerns his future, he has to take it seriously.

……

In the mountains and forests.

"Crack!"

A goat was caught in a trap and struggled desperately.

"Have it!"

Not far from the trap, Shen Qing, wearing a grey crotchless robe, walked out of the woods and approached with experience.

He walked very carefully so as not to provoke the goat to resist more violently.

When he walked in front of the goat, he held the reinforced rope in one hand and quickly took out a tough vine with the other hand. He skillfully tied up the goat tightly with clean and neat movements.

The resistance of the tied-up goat gradually weakened, and it could only stare at Shen Qing with resentful eyes, occasionally snorting with unwillingness.

"Goat, goat, don't blame me, you were born to be a dish. Go early this year and come early next year."

Shen Qing patted Shantou's head and seemed to be in a good mood.

"It seems that I have almost reached the peak of my hunting proficiency today."

There was a gleam in Shen Qing's eyes.

In the sight, paragraphs of ink-and-wash text slowly emerge in the mist of ink.

[Skill: Hunting (Minor Achievement)]

[Progress: 202/200 points]

[Status: Upgradable]

[Note: Continuous practice can lead to comprehensive breakthroughs. There is a certain probability that some hunting skills will undergo transformation.]

That's it.

Shen Qing's mind moved: "Promote!"

Suddenly, countless complicated memories suddenly appeared in his mind, and his whole body suddenly exuded a wild aura.

The muscles all over his body began to wriggle, as if they had been tempered countless times, making his muscle lines smoother and more powerful.
[Skill: Hunting (Great)]

[Progress: 2/300 points]

[Status: cannot be upgraded]

[Note: The continuous breakthrough in hunting skills has led to the transformation of baiting and concealment skills, and the awakening of new skills: Baiting with the Right Method, Poison Shadow Accompanying. Using this skill can greatly increase the success rate of hunting.]

(End of this chapter)