In order to become a Heroic Spirit, I had no choice but to cause trouble in history.

"Hey Xiaoye... why are you always staring at Lord Xiang An?" Jiang Chun leaned closer and asked in a low voice.

"Huh?" Liao Ye was taken aback by Jiang Chun's question and didn't answer for a moment.

"And I remember you told me you were very afraid of Lord Xiang An. If you're afraid, why are you looking at him?" Jiang Chun felt that this young man must be hiding something and lacked martial ethics.

"It's nothing... it's just that Lord Xiang An, Lord Xiang An, he..." Liao Ye scratched the back of his head, thinking for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable word.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiang An turned his head and glanced at Jiang Chun and Liao Ye, looking puzzled. "Why did you call me?"

Liao Ye's body stiffened instantly, and he forced a cold laugh while sweating profusely: "No, it's nothing, Lord Xiang An..."

"Oh." Xiang An nodded, then turned back to continue chatting with Xiang Yu.

Liao Ye sighed, his hand holding the reins drooping, looking somewhat disheartened.

Jiang Chun shrugged and ignored him.

"Young people are so energetic." Xiang Liang, who was walking in front, turned around and glanced at his two brothers behind him, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Indeed, it reminds me of my childhood." The pleasant trip brought a smile to Uncle Xiang's face. "Back then, the fourth brother's archery skills scared even Dad."

"Fourth Brother's archery skills are truly superb," ​​Xiang Liang praised with a smile. "Where did you learn such archery skills?"

"An incredibly skilled marksman!" Xiang Lu's eyes were filled with nostalgia and pride. "I think he could even shoot a mountain apart!"

"Such an extraordinary person?" Xiang Bo looked astonished. "Could you introduce me? I've always been very interested in such talented and unusual individuals."

"Ah..." To everyone's surprise, Xiang Lu's expression quickly cooled down. "This...maybe not."

"Hmm? Why?" Xiang Bo asked, slightly surprised.

"He...is dead."

The atmosphere quieted down slightly after Xiang Lu's words.

Seeing Xiang Lu's dejected and heartbroken expression, Xiang Liang sighed softly and turned his head back.

"We're almost there. Stop chatting and focus! Don't let any wild animals escape!" Xiang Liang cleared his throat and looked at the forest ahead.

"Oh!" Xiang Yu and Xiang An, the two young men, responded first, took their bows and arrows from their backs, and began to observe their surroundings.

"Lord Xiang Liang, how many are you planning to hunt this time?" Now that they had entered hunting mode, there was no need to maintain the formation they had been keeping. Jiang Chun flicked the reins and asked as he walked alongside Xiang Liang.

“It’s November 8th now. From today until the 20th, hunt as many as you can.” Xiang Liang’s gaze was fixed on a distant tributary of the Huai River. Just because the Huai River doesn’t freeze doesn’t mean its tributaries won’t. “Now that it’s cold, there’s no need to worry about the prey spoiling. Hunt with abandon!”

"Alright!" Jiang Chun rubbed his hands together, eager to try, and also took down his bow and arrow.

The seven men stretched out their battle line and entered the jungle.

Before long, Xiang Lu had achieved his goal.

His eyes were sharp, like those of an eagle. He spotted a roe deer hiding in the bushes, then raised his hand and shot. With a loud "bang," the arrow pierced the roe deer's head, and without any further pursuit, the roe deer fell to the ground.

Xiang Lu spurred his horse over, picked up the plump roe deer, and proudly waved it in the direction of Xiang An and Xiang Liang.

"As expected, the fourth one is the first to open a store this year. He's amazing." Uncle Xiang clapped his hands and exclaimed in admiration.

"Lord Xiang Lu, you're quite skilled. It seems I should open for business soon too!" Jiang Chun chuckled, not wanting to be outdone.

They tied the roe deer to the horse's back and the seven men continued on their way.

Xiang An intently searched the jungle before him; he didn't want to lose to the older generation.

"Where, where... a rabbit, a roe deer, or even a leopard, give me one..." Xiang An muttered, riding his old yellow horse and searching the surrounding dense forest.

"Hmm?" After walking for a while, Jiang Chun and Xiang Lu each found a rabbit, and then Xiang An seemed to have found one as well.

“That is…” Xiang An squinted, trying to see what it was.

The creature swayed slowly in the woods, seemingly noticing something approaching. It stopped warily, raising its head to look around.

Looking up, Xiang An realized what it was.

That was a deer.

Xiang An was overjoyed and revealed an evil smile, sticking out his tongue to lick his lips.

"Heh, heh heh, I've finally got a good opportunity..." Xiang An gave a strange smile and quietly drew his bow.

Xiang An drew a powerful bow to its full extent and aimed at his target.

The deer suddenly felt its hair stand on end, realizing exactly what had happened, and took off running.

But—it was too late!

"Got it!" Xiang An said softly but confidently, abruptly releasing his grip on the bow.

stop--

puff!

The arrow struck the deer without any surprise, piercing its chest from the side!

The deer that was shot fled frantically towards a tributary of the Huai River.

Xiang An scoffed unhappily, put his longbow back behind him, and grabbed the reins of the old yellow horse.

"It missed again. If it had hit the heart, it should have killed him instantly."

"Gear up! I'll go after them!" Xiang An snapped the reins, told the others, and rode off on his horse.

Even if the arrow didn't hit the deer's heart, it had already pierced deep into its lungs, a fatal wound. If they chased it for a while, they would naturally succeed.

Xiang An chased after the deer in the direction it had fled.

Meanwhile, on a distant tributary of the Huai River, something is drinking water.

As if sensing something, it raised its head and glanced towards the forest.

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Chapter 822 The Appearance of a Herd of Horses

Xiang An rode his old yellow horse out of the forest and ran to the riverbank, where the deer lay on the ground, spitting blood.

"Hehe, I knew it." Xiang An dismounted and walked towards the still-breathing deer, saying as he went, "Deer are so fat this time of year!"

"Hmm?" Xiang An pulled out a dagger and slashed at the deer's throat, but then noticed something else.

He squatted on the ground, gently stroking the dry mud with one hand, lost in thought.

Those are horse hoof prints.

......

"Young man, Xiang An is back." Xiang Lu was searching for prey, and in just a short while, his horse had caught two more prey.

However, none of them were big prey. Besides the roe deer and rabbit he caught at the beginning, he also caught a rabbit and... a small scorpion?

Calling it "Little Fierce" is a bit inappropriate now. This squirrel was clearly shot in the head, and for a squirrel of its size, its head has practically exploded, covered in blood.

"Fourth Uncle, why... why are you hunting this thing?" Xiang An wanted to complain, but didn't know where to begin.

"Uh... it was just a coincidence." Xiang Lu waved his hand awkwardly. "I didn't want to hunt this thing, after all, it's too small and there's not enough to eat, but... well, anyway, since it's already dead, I can't just let it go to waste."

"Whatever makes you happy." Xiang An rolled his eyes, turned around and left.

......

While Xiang An and his companions were hunting in the forests near the Huai River, a young man and woman were sparring in the martial arts training ground of the Xiang residence.

"Hey—" Zijuan shouted softly, thrusting her spear toward Xiang Jing's head.

Xiang Jing held his spear upright, blocking Zijuan's thrust, and at the same time, he turned the spearhead and swept it from below towards Zijuan's face.

Zijuan leaned back to avoid Xiang Jing's sweeping attack. At the same time, she adjusted her position, suddenly swung her gun, deflected Xiang Jing's gun, spun around, and with her back to the camera, she was faster than the gun. Suddenly, she shoved the gun out from the side of her head.

Xiang Jing was startled and quickly dodged.

"Wow, little sister is really amazing!" Xiang Jing exclaimed, scratching the scars on his body.

"No way, if it weren't for the fact that you're blind in one eye, Third Brother, I'm afraid I would have lost completely." Zijuan exhaled a heavy breath, placed the gun beside her, and said with a wry smile.

Her final attack was aimed at Xiang Jing's visual impairment; she practically slipped out from a blind spot, but Xiang Jing still managed to dodge it.

In this round, Zijuan won by a narrow margin.

"Sigh, with one eye blind, it's really hard to improve my martial arts skills..." Xiang Jing tossed his spear back onto the weapon rack, rubbed his wrist, and sighed.

He is twelve years old this year, while Zijuan is only nine. He is not only older than Zijuan, but he has also been practicing martial arts for longer. However, he often falls behind in such competitions, which makes him feel a little irritable.

It wasn't Zijuan's irritability that was being directed at me, but rather my own irritability.

Ever since Zijuan was rescued from the ruins by Xiang An and adopted as Xiang Liang's goddaughter, she has been holding back a lot of energy. She understands the pain of losing everything, so she chose to work hard to become stronger. In terms of effort, Xiang Jing is indeed not as good as Zijuan.

He was mainly upset about his eyes.

The physical scars are all fine, but this eye...

Once you're blind, you're blind forever.

"Brother, are you alright?" Zijuan walked to Xiang Jing's side and asked with some concern.

"Huh? What?" Xiang Jing was thinking and didn't hear what Zijuan said.

“Um, I said…” Zijuan wanted to repeat herself.

"Oh, I'm fine, just thinking about something." Xiang Jing interrupted Zijuan's further question by waving his hand. "Let's go, it's time for lunch."

......

The sky was already turning red, and a group of men had finished hunting and were sitting around the newly lit campfire.

"Good results on the first day, not bad, not bad." Xiang Liang smiled broadly, holding a skinned rabbit in his hand, which he placed on the campfire.

Xiang Liang hunted a rabbit and a wild goat; Xiang Bo hunted two rabbits and a dove; Xiang Lu had the most prey, with five rabbits, a roe deer, and a squirrel; Xiang Yu hunted a rabbit and a pheasant; Xiang An only hunted a deer, but that was also the biggest prey of the day; Jiang Chun had a lot of prey, with four rabbits; Liao Ye only hunted a wild duck.

"But Xiang An is still the most surprising kid. He managed to hunt a large wild animal like a deer on the first day. How about hunting a big insect for fun tomorrow?" Xiang Lu looked at Xiang An with a playful expression.

“Sure, if the big bug comes, I’ll take care of it, I’ll give you a job.” Xiang An wasn’t shy at all, he was a complete social terrorist.

The Gene Era

"It's really nice to be able to come out and wander around occasionally, hunt some wild animals, and relax," Xiang Liang said with a sigh, lying on the ground without any regard for his image.

Ever since he took on all the affairs of the Xiang family, he had felt so tired that he could hardly breathe. Although Xiang Bo and Xiang Lu shared the burden with him, it did not change the fact that he was exhausted. On the contrary, it made the exhausted person three.