Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 5 The oriole is behind
As the sun sets, the river flows in the valley, and a white deer strolls in it, occasionally lowering its head to take a bite of the tenderest grass tips, looking very comfortable and leisurely.

Downwind, in the shadows, Jiang Chen stood with a bow in his hand, silently sensing everything. From beginning to end, his eyes never fell directly on Bai Lu.

"Given the white deer's alertness and speed, I only have one chance to attack. If I fail, I won't be able to catch up with the white deer in this forest even if I master the Willow Catkins Movement Skills."

"The most important thing is that once frightened, the white deer will definitely leave this place completely, and it will be difficult to find it again."

As his thoughts turned, like a piece of stubborn stone, the murderous intent in Jiang Chen's heart became more and more restrained, without any ripples.

As time passed, the white deer slowly walked into the stream in the valley. It drank the stream water carefully and spit out some grass residue, as if it was washing. As these grass residues mixed with the stream water, a strange fishy smell quietly spread in the stream.

Attracted by the fishy smell, fish of various species, some large and some small, soon appeared in the stream. They chased the grass residue madly, as if it were some delicious delicacy.

Looking at these fish scrambling to swim upstream, the white deer remained indifferent and continued to play in the stream.

After a while, a flash of silver light suddenly appeared, splitting the stream. At this moment, a hint of cunning flashed quietly in the white deer's seemingly pure eyes, and the fish was hooked.

It stuck its head out, opened its mouth, and bit. The whole process was extremely fast, like a flash of lightning. Seizing the fleeting opportunity, the white deer bit tightly onto a palm-sized, silver-white fish.

Scarlet fish blood slid from the corner of its mouth, staining its snow-white hair red. The white deer's originally harmless face became ferocious. It was no vegetarian.

But at this moment, murderous intent suddenly appeared, and a feather arrow came and pierced directly through its eyes and passed through.

Uh uh uh, an unconscious roar came from its throat, and its breath stopped. The white deer's body softened and fell straight into the stream. It died, died at its proudest moment, so that the hint of pride on its face had not yet disappeared.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. It thinks of itself as a hunter, using grass residue as bait to catch silverfish, but it doesn't know that someone is also using silverfish as bait to catch it. At the moment it successfully catches the silverfish, it is indeed a successful hunter, but at the same time it also reveals its biggest flaw and becomes a prey in the eyes of others.

The next moment, Jiang Chen's figure floated over.

"The archery skills I honed during Doomsday were not wasted after all. It's a pity that the muscle memory in this body is a little poor, otherwise I should be able to do better."

Looking at the fallen Bai Lu, a thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

The archery skills of his predecessor Jiang Wang were just average, at the level of an ordinary hunter, but he was different. In the early days of the apocalypse, his soul abilities had not been developed and his abilities were quite limited, so he could only serve as an auxiliary. At that time, in order to save his life, he had practiced archery hard.

Under the pressure of life and death, and with the help of his soul power, his attainments in archery advanced by leaps and bounds, and at one time became his most powerful means of attack. This phenomenon did not change until his soul power was further improved.

"If it was just a guess before, now I am more confident."

His eyes fell on a claw mark on the back of the white deer. Jiang Chen's eyes moved slightly. It was left by some kind of bird, most likely an eagle.

"Ordinary animals have no intelligence and their souls are muddled, so it's impossible to find any useful information. However, this white deer has shown some spirituality, which is quite impressive. I think we can give it a try."

"Soul Illumination!" With the activation of his supernatural power, Jiang Chen saw a ball of light slowly floating out from the white deer's body.

The next moment, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the ethereal light, which was the soul of the white deer. At the same time, some blurry and chaotic images began to merge into Jiang Chen's mind.

Shocked by this information, Jiang Chen couldn't help but frown slightly, but as he continued to activate his supernatural powers, he still found the information he wanted from the chaos and even got an unexpected surprise.

Perhaps because Bai Lu had just been injured by this gray-feathered eagle, his memory of the eagle was particularly clear, which saved Jiang Chen a lot of effort.

"It's him, Old Hound, one of the six leaders of the Dangjiang bandits."

Looking at the gray-feathered eagle in Bai Lu's memory, Jiang Chen truly confirmed his guess. Bai Lu's appearance here was not an accident. It was deliberately driven to this area, and the gray-feathered eagle was the identity symbol of the old hunting dog.

He was born into a family of hunters, with three generations of his ancestors being hunters. Not only was he extremely good at tracking prey, he also had a rather unique skill in falconry training. It was precisely because of this that he could stand out among the six big bosses of the Dangjiang bandits, and was valued by the second-in-command, Sky Eagle Claw, and was taken in as his confidant.

"The most urgent thing is to get the white deer's heart blood to prevent any accidents. I believe that the old hound will be here soon. I also need to go to the white deer's nest. If I am not mistaken, there should be a spiritual object in the new nest it found. If I can obtain it, it may help speed up my cultivation."

As his thoughts turned, Jiang Chen had a complete plan in his mind.

The next moment, he immediately squatted down and began to deal with the white deer's body on the spot, taking out its heart blood and sealing it in a porcelain bottle that had been prepared long ago.

After doing all this, Jiang Chen felt relieved. As long as he could get the blood, this trip would be a success.

"With this heart blood, the practice of the Blood Flame Technique can be put on the right track. It is not difficult to comprehend this technique. The real difficulty lies in the white deer's heart blood."

"As for the remains of the white deer, I can only hide it somewhere for now, and then have Skinny Monkey take it back later. Unfortunately, I haven't yet mastered Qi training, so I can't use treasures like storage bags."

His eyes fell on the remains of the white deer, and Jiang Chen couldn't help but shook his head. It was not an easy task to hide the body of the white deer and take it out in this deep mountain forest.

As for the storage bag, it is a treasure commonly used by practitioners. It is made from the skin of a strange animal and contains some spatial mysteries. It is quite magical. However, it requires true qi to activate it, and only practitioners above the Qi training level can use it.

The predecessor Jiang Wang had a storage bag, which was left by his teacher. It contained the cultivation methods of the Qi training level and several treasures. Unfortunately, his cultivation level was not enough and he could not open it at all.

Just after Jiang Chen hid Bai Lu's body, he suddenly realized something and looked up at the sky. A black shadow flashed across the sky. It was an eagle.

"Is it finally here? The speed is even faster than I expected. It seems that they really can't wait any longer."

The black shadow went away, and Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze. There was a sharp look in the corner of his eyes.

(End of this chapter)