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

The short knife struck the cave five times intermittently, and the smoke inside was thick enough that the foxes finally stopped approaching the largest opening.

Lu Fengnian did not stop and continued to send the smoke into the cave.

He didn't stop until all the dried mugwort and cypress leaves had burned.

They immediately went to the second largest cave entrance and found that the mechanisms of the three traps had been activated.

Inside each net was a yellow fox.

The three foxes struggled incessantly, even tearing at the net ropes with their claws and teeth, but because their bodies were bound by the ropes, the more they struggled, the tighter they were constricted.

Finally, they were firmly bound by the net, and no matter how much they struggled, it was all in vain.

Of the four foxes, three were captured. Lu Fengnian didn't care whether the remaining one was hiding in its den or had already escaped.

If you find a nest, preserve its offspring; do not slaughter the entire nest.

He never intended to wipe out the entire den of foxes in one fell swoop.

Slowly approaching one of the nets, Lu Fengnian prepared to capture the fox trapped inside.

The conventional approach is to first find a tree branch, hook it around the fox's neck, and then capture it.

However, Lu Fengnian was highly skilled and daring. Instead of spending time looking for tree branches, he decided to work with his bare hands.

The fox caught in the net had its head stuck in the mesh. When it saw Chen Shi'an approaching, it was filled with fear. It opened its sharp snout, revealing its sharp fangs, and roared and howled repeatedly.

Lu Fengnian stopped three steps away from the fox and stared at it quietly.

Seizing the opportunity, he suddenly lunged forward, crouched down abruptly, grabbed the fox by the neck, and pinned it to the ground.

The fox's head was immobile, and its limbs were bound in the mesh. Despite its desperate struggles, it was to no avail.

Lu Fengnian took out the hemp rope he had prepared beforehand, wrapped it around the fox's mouth three or two times, and tied it shut.

Then, cut the net rope and tie its limbs.

He then used the same method to capture the remaining two foxes alive.

……

With a bountiful harvest, Lu Fengnian didn't linger. He packed his things, carrying the three foxes that were tied up like dumplings, and quickly left Tiger Leaping Gully.

They headed towards Blackwater Ridge.

After looking at the two traps used to catch civets, I went straight home.

There were still about three or four miles to go before reaching Blackwater Ridge. Lu Fengnian was walking cautiously through the mountains and forests, keeping his feet low to the ground.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a bowstring being pulled.

Without any hesitation, he immediately slipped behind an old tree beside him.

With a whoosh!

An arrow flew past the spot where he had just stood.

Lu Fengnian broke out in a cold sweat, quickly put down his prey, took the longbow off his back, and listened intently.

Clearly, a hunter had his eye on the three foxes in his possession and wanted to kill them to steal the prey.

Lu Fengnian deduced from the sound of the bowstring being drawn that the archer was hiding behind a bush in the distance.

Having determined his opponent's location, he did not make any rash moves.

Because it is still uncertain how many people are on the other side.

Lu Fengnian hid behind the old tree, listening quietly.

The opponent failed to land a blow and then fell silent.

A silence fell between the two sides.

Time passed slowly, and the woods were quiet.

Soon, Lu Fengnian used his powerful hearing to detect two faint breathing sounds coming from behind the bushes.

There were two of them, not one, both lying hidden behind the bushes.

After waiting for about 15 minutes, a man's voice came from the bushes in the distance: "Three foxes, give me two, how about it?"

Lu Fengnian did not respond.

After waiting a moment, the other party said again, "Then I'll take one. If you don't give it to me, we'll just stay here and see who can outlast whom."

Lu Fengnian cleared his throat. "I went to great lengths to hunt this fox. We're not related, yet you just ask to take one away. What gives you the right?"

The other party immediately responded, "We can't bear to lose even one, but we might lose all three, and we might even lose our lives here."

Young man, don't be so greedy.

"You've already made a fortune by taking two foxes with you."

Lu Fengnian deliberately paused for a moment, then said, "You guarantee you'll only take one?"

"I promise I'll keep my word," the other party assured them confidently.

Lu Fengnian added, "How can you guarantee that? What if I give you the fox, and then you shoot me with your bow?"

The other person raised their voice, "If you don't trust me, you can throw a fox out from behind a tree first, and I'll tie a rope to the bow and throw it out, how about that?"

Lu Feng chuckled, "You're so skilled at this; you must have done this kind of thing quite a bit."

The other person's voice came quickly from behind the bushes, "Enough with the nonsense, do you agree or not?"

Lu Fengnian paused briefly, then said, "Okay."

The other person immediately followed up with, "You throw the fox first, then I'll throw the bow. After that, you have to leave immediately; there can't be any delays."

If we delay even a minute longer, I'll retrieve the bow, and we'll keep at it."

Lu Fengnian replied with a "okay" and threw a fox out from behind the tree.

The other party acted decisively, immediately throwing the bow out from behind the bushes.

It was tied with a hemp rope, the other end of which extended directly behind the bushes.

This is a hard bow made of mulberry wood, complete with ox horn and sinew, and it looks quite good, similar to the bow from the Widow of Hotan.

At that moment, the other person's voice rang out again, "I've already thrown the bow, you'd better leave now."

Lu Fengnian hesitated for a moment before slowly emerging from behind the old tree.

Just as he had fully exposed himself, a sharp sound was heard, and an arrow shot out rapidly from behind the bushes.

Lu Fengnian was prepared and quickly slipped behind the old tree.

As the arrow flew past, he leaned out and drew his bow.

The bow is drawn taut, and the arrow flies like a shooting star.

The next moment, a piercing scream came from behind the bushes.

Without pausing for a moment, Lu Fengnian continued to bend his bow and shot two more arrows into the bushes before hiding behind the old tree again.

Behind the bushes, two piercing screams rose and fell.

Lu Fengnian waited a while before slowly peeking out and saw that the bow that had been thrown was still lying on the ground.

A pleading voice came from behind the bushes, "I'm dying...please save me!"

Lu Fengnian then cautiously emerged from behind the old tree, walking slowly forward with his hunting bow in hand, the bowstring fully drawn, the arrow tip pointing directly at the bushes.

A moment later, he walked behind the bushes.

Behind the bushes was a small slope, where two men were huddled at the bottom, both with arrows stuck in their bodies and blood flowing everywhere.

The man with a gray turban tied around his head had been struck squarely in the center of the wound by an arrow; his eyes were wide open, and he was no longer breathing.

Another short man, with an arrow piercing each of his shoulders, was the one who cried for help.

"Brother, please save me... I'll never do it again, please save me." The short man clutched his shoulder tightly, pleading pitifully as he saw Lu Fengnian approaching.

Lu Fengnian looked quietly at the short man, "If only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

God knows what you did.

What goes around comes around.

As soon as he finished speaking, he released the bowstring, and the arrow shot out swiftly...