Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 78 Nostalgia and Parkour

The sun has set, but a wisp of red glow still lingers on the horizon, graceful and ethereal, like a phoenix spreading its wings and soaring into the sky.

It seems that the next few days will be mostly sunny.

Inside the family campsite, an iron pot sat in the center of the yard, simmering beef bones, its aroma wafting far and wide, a sign that a wonderful night was about to begin.

From the sheds on the south side of the camp, the sounds of hammering and forging could still be heard, sparks flying everywhere. Thomas and Leon were working together, heating the chisels used to chisel stones red-hot in the charcoal fire and then re-quenching and forging them. This was a daily task, and the four of them took turns operating them, working in pairs.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky from the lime kiln next door, polluting the surrounding environment. But there was no other way; lime was needed to bind the stone buildings together.

Over the past four months, Thomas and his family's four young masters have quarried enough stone and produced enough lime. All they need to do now is wait for the ground to thaw before they can begin large-scale construction.

Just thinking about such a scene is exciting.

Because the outline of a castle would soon appear before their eyes.

In the yard, Penny was further processing cow and bear sinew, which are good materials for making compound bows. If she was lucky, she could make a compound bow of one-star quality.

Margaret, on the other hand, occupied the cowhide and bearskin.

Tanning is not under the tailor's jurisdiction, but the process of making leather armor is hers alone; it's a field that no one else can interfere with.

Fila brought out a table, divided the meat and bones into six portions according to the number of people, and poured a bowl of fruit wine for each person.

Soft, fragrant white bread was baked in the fireplace.

After all, the family's wealth has increased significantly once again, so they can afford to eat better.

Li Wei, carrying a recurve bow and holding an iron spear, patrolled around the camp. The aroma of their food was so strong that it might attract hungry wild beasts, which would be troublesome.

"Come back for dinner!"

Fila's voice echoed from afar, reverberating through the valley. Everyone returned one by one in tacit agreement, and even managed to chat for a while, a rare occurrence. Beneath the seemingly relaxed atmosphere lay a deep sense of camaraderie.

It's the first day of the month, and everyone has successfully obtained their respective main quests. They're all gearing up and working hard to complete them.

But if Li Wei were to look at it, he would think that everyone should really slow down and take a break for ten days or half a month.

Seriously, that's so unhealthy.

They all looked like ghosts.

Even though Fila contributed white bread and provided a daily bowl of mushroom soup, these two foods were good, but the problem was that the underlying illness was deep-seated and difficult to cure.

What's the point?

The dinner was very enjoyable, mainly because there was wine.

This fruit wine made by Fira is a bit sweet. Although it's not a one-star quality wine, it tastes pretty good and even makes you feel slightly tipsy.

A bonfire was lit in the courtyard. Although the early spring weather was still a bit cold, it was only a few degrees below zero.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, it got completely dark. Night fell, the stars twinkled, and the bonfire blazed, making everyone's faces glow.

Perhaps because he was too full, or perhaps because he was in a good mood, Thomas, the leader of the four young heroes, took a little break from work and instead leaned wearily against a wooden post, gazing at the crescent moon rising in the eastern sky.

Margaret continued sewing her leather armor, Li Wei picked her teeth and sat by the campfire, while Leon was still there, diligently cracking bones and licking the marrow inside, like a perpetually hungry puppy. There was no way around it; he was so thin he was practically skin and bones, and he had to find every opportunity to replenish his nutrition.

In the quiet courtyard, Penny suddenly began to hum a song softly. It wasn't in Chinese or English, and the system didn't translate it in real time because Li Wei couldn't understand it, but that didn't matter.

Anyway, it sounds pretty good.

At this moment, time seems to have frozen.

A group of scheming, deceitful fellows, having endured the long winter and exhausted to the point of near collapse, finally lost the strength to bare their teeth and raise their thorns.

In the flowing moonlight, under the soft night sky, alcohol, songs, another world, hometown—all these seemingly unrelated factors ultimately seem to transform into a wisp of homesickness.

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Spring has truly arrived, the kind that's almost tangible. Under the moonlight, Li Wei walks alone outside the camp, on night patrol.

This is his main task this month; it's not tiring, but it's quite boring.

He could do other things during the day, but he had to patrol all night to prevent another black bear from silently approaching and breaking in.

In the distance, the hooting of owls could be heard. The entire forest was quiet, and the moonlight seemed to turn into a grayish-white mist, changing shape at will. The more closely you looked, the more indescribable it became.

Of course, Li Wei was not afraid. He had killed people, slain wolf kings, and even killed black bears. His mentality and courage had long been honed.

Especially after spending the past three months conserving his energy, his physical condition is at its peak, to the point that he feels an inexplicable excitement and wants to take a walk in the mountains.

Summon the Farmer Card, and you'll see a new buff added to it.

[You have consumed the white bread made by Fira. For three hours, your health and stamina will continuously recover to 50% of their maximum.]

Good guy.

I was wondering why there was so much restlessness.

Li Wei smiled slightly. He couldn't waste this buff, so let's train.

He instinctively reached for the bow, but then changed his mind, returned to his room, and retrieved thirty wooden arrows with feathers attached but no arrowheads.

He then swapped his recurve bow for the one he used for training, took off his wolfskin robe and rabbitskin knee pads, keeping only a set of leather armor. After getting everything ready, he started jogging. Yes, he was going to practice shooting arrows while moving.

As a hunter, he will definitely go deep into the mountains and forests to hunt whenever he has time in the future.

He can't possibly search for a suitable spot to draw his bow and arrow in a complex mountainous environment.

Therefore, he doesn't expect to be able to draw his bow and shoot arrows at lightning speed in any environment or terrain, but he should be able to do so in most environments.

Of course, such rapid fire cannot be aimed at or drawn to a full circle; flexibility, maneuverability, and precise aiming are the biggest requirements.

This first requires him to be physically agile, like a parkour expert...

Li Wei's idea was good, but it was too difficult to implement in practice.

Finally, he simply threw away his bow and arrows and started practicing running bare-handed. The camp walls and the material storage area to the south were all his practice maps.

Anyway, I won't lack physical strength.

With 170 stamina points and a 50% recovery, it means that he can theoretically reach a stamina limit of 220 points.

You can run and jump as much as you want, even if you stumble and fall several times, it doesn't matter.

This is not a hobby or a pleasure, but a way to survive.

Two hours later, Li Wei, panting heavily, plopped down on the barrier at the camp entrance.

He didn't run and jump continuously at a high intensity; he would rest for a while every few minutes.

Even so, by this point he was sore all over, with probably more than twenty bruises from head to toe, and his stamina was almost zero.

Parkour is something no human can do.

It looks simple, but it's actually quite complex.

It's not just about physical exertion; sometimes, a lack of agility also consumes extra energy. Overall, after this training, he felt that his agility was insufficient.

Otherwise, even if he were to jog slowly, given his previous condition, he could easily run fifty or sixty miles in one go.

Unfortunately, before his first profession is upgraded to three stars, he cannot activate and bind the third profession card, and therefore he has no extra attribute points.

At this moment, Li Wei suddenly realized the importance of Fila's ability to cook one-star quality dishes.

(End of this chapter)