Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

Widow Tian blinked, her face full of doubt, and did not take the rice bag.

Lu Fengnian added, "I borrowed your bow and shot my prey."

Widow Tian was taken aback. "You really caught some prey?"

Lu Fengnian nodded and stuffed the rice bag into Widow Tian's hands. "I'll continue to use your hunting bow. I'll share any game I catch with you in the future."

As he spoke, he took out a steamed bun wrapped in oil paper from his pocket and handed it to Widow Tian. "Sister Tian, ​​this is for Tian Tian."

Widow Tian took the steamed bun, stared blankly at Lu Fengnian, and asked again, "Did you really catch any prey?"

Lu Fengnian smiled slightly, "Otherwise, where would I get the money to buy rice and steamed buns?"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Widow Tian called out, "Lu Fengnian, wait a moment, I'll return the robe to you."

Lu Fengnian didn't turn around, but waved his hand, "We agreed before that when I return the bow to you, you can give me the robe back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned past an old tree and disappeared from sight.

Widow Tian stared blankly in the direction where Lu Fengnian had disappeared, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

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The family's basic needs for food and clothing have been temporarily met.

Lu Fengnian did not rush to go into the mountains again, but instead took the time to practice archery.

Two days later, in the elm grove behind the Lu family's house.

Lu Fengnian once again shot the bamboo arrow three zhang away, and a mechanical voice suddenly rang in his mind:

Ding! Congratulations on your archery skill level being upgraded to level two.

At the same time, just like when archery skills advance from beginner to level one, a warm current rises from the dantian in the abdomen and quickly flows throughout the body.

The warm current flowed through my body for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before disappearing.

He then felt that his physical strength and speed had improved again.

Although the improvement wasn't as significant as when archery skills went from beginner to level one, it was still quite pleasing.

He secretly compared himself to Qiu Qingbai if he were to encounter him again with his current physical strength.

The odds of who goes up and who goes down should be about 50/50.

At the same time, he believed that with his current physical strength, no one in the entire Mao'er Village could compare to him.

With this physique, coupled with his fighting experience from his previous life, he could hold his own even against tigers and leopards.

In addition to his enhanced physical strength, his sensory abilities have also improved.

However, unlike last time, he did not vomit any more nauseating filth.

He then focused his thoughts on the matter, and saw that the text on the system panel had changed:

Archery: Level 2

Proficiency: 1/10000

Number of learnable skills: 0

When you upgrade from level 2 to level 3, your proficiency cap jumps from 1,000 to 10,000.

Lu Fengnian sighed inwardly. If this trend continued, it would only become more and more difficult to improve his archery skills in the future.

Soon, he remembered something, quickly took out a bamboo arrow, drew his bow and shot it ten zhang away.

Looking at the system panel again, I saw that the proficiency value had increased by one.

Lu Fengnian breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that the difficulty of improving his proficiency would also increase.

Now, I can rest assured.

Then he took out a bamboo arrow, drew the bowstring taut, and aimed at a white elm tree about seventy feet away.

He narrowed his eyes, straining his vision to its limit, and was able to see the texture on the bark of the white elm tree.

With a snap!

The bamboo arrow flew through the wind and hit its target squarely.

A look of joy appeared on Lu Fengnian's face.

Hitting the target at seventy feet is something no one in the entire Qinghe County could do. Even in the whole of Daqing, that would be considered the work of a master archer.

Moreover, he felt that this was not his limit.

Level 2 archery is already this impressive!

He couldn't imagine how powerful his archery skills would become if he improved them further.

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On the third day, he did not continue practicing archery.

I found a bunch of ramie and started twisting it into rope. After twisting, I soaked it in water with civet oil added, and then dried it.

At the same time, he also asked Lu Xiaoyu to find some dried mugwort and dried cypress leaves.

Once the hemp rope was dry, he began to weave a net.

The net is half a zhang high, and a series of slipknots are tied at the opening. If prey crawls into the net and bumps forward, the slipknots at the opening will tighten, and the prey will not be able to escape.

Seeing Lu Fengnian tinkering with these things at home, Liu Yunjuan and Lu Xiaoyu were used to it and would even come over to lend a hand when they had free time.

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Fourth day.

It was still dark when Lu Fengnian got up.

They gathered up the bow and arrows, short sword, rope, net, flint and steel, and also brought two sand pears that had been kept in the cellar.

Just as she stepped out of the room, Lu Xiaoyu emerged from the kitchen, still half asleep, carrying a large bowl of steaming rice topped with finely shredded radish and cabbage stir-fried with civet meat.

At the same time, a large bag of rice crusts was also packed in a cloth bag.

Lu Fengnian anticipated that they might have to spend the night in the mountains this time, which is why Lu Xiaoyu prepared so many rice crackers.

Liu Yunjuan naturally did not want Lu Fengnian to stay overnight in the mountains, and was worried about his safety.

However, Lu Fengnian went to the back of the house, demonstrated his archery skills by hitting a target from a hundred paces away, and then patiently persuaded her before he could convince her.

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This was Lu Fengnian's second time entering the mountains, and with his greatly enhanced physique and full belly, he easily crossed the Blackwater Ridge and entered the deep mountain area.

It was still dark.

Following his memory, he went to the place where he had hunted the civet cat last time.

With superhuman eyesight, a careful observation quickly revealed fresh civet footprints.

By following the footprints, scratches on the bark, fallen hair, feces, and smells, Lu Fengnian finally found the civet's den.

Unfortunately, the civets' den was a large pile of rocks.

There are many large crevices in the rocks inside, and civets most likely hide in these crevices.

There are too many crevices in the rocks to search them all, and it would be easy to disturb them and alert them.

After circling the pile of rocks, Lu Fengnian determined a route that civets often took. About half a mile away from the pile of rocks, he selected a suitable spot, took out the hoe he had prepared in advance, and began digging a hole.

Soon, a pit about three and a half feet deep was dug, and the inner walls of the pit were flattened to make them smooth.

They then added another layer of leaves to the bottom of the pit.

After checking everything, Lu Fengnian found some branches, placed them over the entrance of the cave, and then covered them with a layer of leaves.

Finally, he placed a sand pear on the leaves.

After finishing that, they went to another place and continued digging holes.

They used the same method to set up a second trap.

The civet cat is not called that for nothing. Fruit is its staple food. Only when there is no fruit to eat will it eat other things, such as insects, small animals like mice and frogs, as well as plant tubers.

Moreover, they love to eat overripe, rotten fruit.

Lu Fengnian's two sand pears, which had been sitting for several days, were ripe and showed signs of rotting. The smell they emitted was fatally tempting to these civets.