Ark Journey

Just as he was about to speak to test whether this cracked beast was the owner, the bushes began to shake again.

This time, a young man dressed as a hunter came out. He was an Elafia, and there were a lot of leaves hanging on his curved antlers.

He took Xue Zhi's hesitant expression as being frightened, so he hurriedly said to Xue Zhi apologetically:

"Ah, sorry, my Hill has caused you trouble. Don't be afraid, she just likes to scare people, she doesn't mean any harm."

Then he shook the beast, trying to make it follow him.

"It's time to go, Hill. Don't cause trouble for others with the children. You must have scared someone and taken all this food."

However, the size of the Rift Beast was obviously too big for him to push. It stood still and even patted the seat next to it, motioning the young man to sit down.

Seeing that the young man's efforts were in vain, Xue Zhi smiled and said:

"It's okay. It didn't scare me. I gave it these on my own initiative. I have some crab meat here. Would you like to sit down and eat some together?"

The young man was not surprised. People who walked alone in the wilderness were more or less capable. This was something that all the robbers, except those with some mental problems, knew.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I haven't caught today's prey yet, so I can't stop."

Combining his words with his simple outfit, Xue Zhi guessed that there might be a settlement nearby, so she asked:

"Do you have a village nearby? Do you welcome outsiders?"

There was a hint of caution in the young man's eyes, but he still said:

"Of course you are welcome."

"Can you take me there? I want to get my car fixed. I can pay with food."

The young man looked in the direction Xue Zhi pointed and saw a dusty motorcycle.

He glanced at Xue Zhi a few more times and found that the man had a relatively kind face and should not be a bad person.

"Okay, please follow me. But please be careful, there are still many ferocious beasts in our village."

"understood."

Chapter 6: Small Village

After following the young man for a while, Xue Zhi soon found the village in the night.

The village is not big, but looking at the sand and stone buildings inside, you can tell that it is a very prosperous place.

There were walls and watchtowers with torches around them, and patrolling guards were armed with swords, guns, bows and arrows, and were accompanied by fat and strong hunting dogs.

“It’s a good place.”

"Of course, our village is the best around here."

The young man was also very proud to hear Xue Zhi's praise.

After approaching, he exchanged secret signals with the guard, and Xue Zhi was allowed to enter after a simple inspection after briefly explaining her purpose.

After entering the village, Xue Zhi discovered that the ground inside had obviously been treated, and it was quite solid to step on, with very little dust.

Just as the young man said, the Split Beast was indeed raised by the people here. The villagers were not afraid of it. After entering the village, the Split Beast also walked away in another direction alone.

Some villagers even came out to watch when they saw outsiders pushing motorcycles, and some took out their own things and wanted to trade with Xue Zhi.

After exchanging the potato for a beautifully decorated wolf tooth, Xue Zhi followed the young man to his doorstep.

Thinking about Xue Zhi's behavior of exchanging potatoes for accessories on the road, the young man thought for a moment and said:

"It's late, Uncle Vip who is in charge of repairing the machinery has gone to rest, and there is no hotel here, so you can stay at my house first. If you have a lot of food, I can take you to the village chief's house, where you should be able to exchange for some of the things you need."

Xue Zhi, who felt that their animal taming skills were pretty good, kind of wanted it.

Wouldn't it be a huge profit if we learn this and teach it to the people in Kazitun and the Integration Movement?

"Thank you. I have plenty of food."

"Okay then, I'll take you there once I change my clothes."

After the young man changed his clothes, he took Xue Zhi, who had parked the car, to a house in the center of the village.

At the door of the house sat a kind old man, fanning himself.

When he saw someone coming, he stopped.

"Little William, and this traveler, is there anything you need at this time?"

The young man named William introduced:

"Grandpa Hunt, this traveler wants to exchange some things for food."

"Oh? Please come in quickly."

After entering the house, it should be the old man’s grandson who gave the two some water.

"What do you need, young traveler?"

"Just call me Xue Zhi, old man. I came here not only to maintain the car, but also to ask if I can gain your animal taming skills and experience."

Hunter stroked his beard and said slowly:

"Ali is not here, but I can make the decision for him. It depends on whether you can afford it. These are not cheap."

Xue Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, as long as it wasn't non-saleable.

"Of course, I know that knowledge is priceless. Whatever you need, I have a lot of things here."

As he spoke, he placed on the table a 500g bag of salt, a 5-jin bag of flour, a potato, a string bean, a cabbage, a carrot and a soybean.

"I have a lot of these, including meat, and I can even give you Originium if you want it."

After taking a look at the things he had laid out, I discovered that they were all of very good quality, especially the table salt, which was much better than the rock salt they ate that had been purified several times.

Hunt thought for a moment and said:

"How about 40 bags of salt, and 20 kilograms of each of the vegetables you put out, except for the potatoes?"

"Row."

Anyway, what Hunt wanted would not cost even a single point, so Xue Zhi agreed without thinking.

If there is a premium, just think of it as respecting the elderly and knowledge.

"That's the deal then. I'll have Ali give you a portion of his stuff tomorrow."

"Thank you."

After reaching a pleasant deal, Xue Zhi, who had slept at William's house for a night, pushed the car to Vip's to have it maintained.

Then he went to the village chief's house.

There, Ali, who came at the call of the village chief, handed Xue Zhi a thick stack of straw paper.

Xue Zhi took a few glances and found that the records were very detailed, so she accepted it with peace of mind.

While waiting for the car to be serviced, Ali also orally told Xue Zhi some of his animal training experiences that he could not express in words.

Xue Zhi, being a good student, wrote these down on paper in her own words.

Before leaving, Xue Zhi left quite a lot of medicine for this small village.

Xue Zhi, who paid Vip with several bags of salt, pushed the brand new motorcycle, which had at least two kilograms less sand and dust, to the entrance of the village.

"How do you feel about this place?"

"It's quite good. It can be called a paradise in the wilderness."

"Then why don't you stay a few more days? Our village really welcomes newcomers."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I have more important things to do."

"Well, bon voyage."

"Ah."

After chatting with the guard for a few words, Xue Zhi got on his bike and continued his journey.

"Let me see how to tame this beast."

At night, in the matchbox, Xue Zhi was lying on the bed, flipping through the book of animal taming tips that he had bound into a volume.

"First this... then that... then this... well, I know everything now, now I'm going to go outside and find an animal to experiment on!"

After watching for about two or three hours, Xue Zhi got out of bed and planned to go outside to find something to try.

It is now one o'clock in the morning, the moon is at its zenith, and the night breeze is cool. It is the time when a lot of wild animals are active.

He punched a tooth beast that tried to open the door for him and killed it on the nose. Xue Zhi curled her lips as she watched the tooth beast rolling on the ground with blood flowing from its nose.

"Tsk, this one won't work either, it's too weak."

Without paying any more attention to the fanged beast, Xue Zhi closed the door and looked towards the woods where she was camping. She listened to the various noises coming from the surroundings from time to time, and finally found a direction to walk in.

There seems to be a sound of flapping wings over there. Although birds are not as easy to raise as dogs and cats, some birds are very smart and quite useful. If you get tired of playing with drones, it would be nice to have a whole bird.

Xue Zhi walked quietly, carefully pushing aside the bushes that blocked her way, trying not to make any noise and alert any possible targets.

The sound of airflow caused by the flapping wings in front sounded louder. Xue Zhi could also distinguish from the overlapping sounds that there was more than one bird over there, at least one big one and several smaller ones.

Xue Zhi inserted the blade into the brain of the sleeping Originium worm on the ground but blocking the way, killing it instantly, then sheathed the knife and continued forward.

The sound over there had become fainter, so he had to speed up.

Soon, a small clearing in the forest became visible through the gaps in the bushes ahead, and on the ground there was a bird that looked like an owl struggling, and it seemed unable to fly.

[Ouch, owls are great, they are smart, they will rely on you for food, and they are also good at fighting. ]

Seeing this situation, Xue Zhi no longer hid and emerged from the bushes.

Chapter 7: Big Tail Wolf

The owl was so frightened that it changed its appearance. It flapped its wings desperately to escape, but it was unable to take off and was caught by Xue Zhi's feet.

Recalling the novels by Shen Shixi that she had read before, Xue Zhi reached her hand under the wings of the struggling owl and lifted it up in a posture that was more comfortable for the bird.

Ignoring its desperate struggle, Xue Zhi glanced around and found several small headless birds on the trees and on the ground.

"Is it hunting or is it seeking revenge at night after being killed during the day? Never mind, there's nothing to worry about. Let's go back to training the bird."

Xue Zhi carried the struggling owl back to the matchbox and built a small nest for it next to it.

After putting it inside, Xue Zhi changed out an eye mask and put it on it.

After the little guy calmed down, he used the knowledge in the book and his own superb perception to straighten the injured bone in its wing with his bare hands.

The owl pecked Xue Zhi several times during the bone-setting operation, but it didn't hurt at all and it almost injured its own beak.

Xue Zhi took off the blindfold of the animal huddled in the corner, took out a piece of beef, and cut it into small pieces to feed it.

Although it was shivering and looked very scared, this little creature was really greedy and it swallowed all the pieces of meat in no time.

After feeding, Xue Zhi looked at the owl, who was still in the corner but had calmed down because he was full, and said while washing her hands:

"Okay, in a few days I'll let you know what 'happy and not thinking about rats' means."

So in the next few days, Xue Zhi would always put it in front of her when riding a motorcycle, so that it could get used to having her by its side. The speed of the motorcycle was nothing to the raptor that was good at high-altitude diving.

Then provide it with meat and water while it rests, and check the recovery of its wings.

About a week later, the owl was able to stand on his arm and eat obediently.

In the following days, Xue Zhi tied a small camera and small headphones around its neck, trying to train it to be a reconnaissance eagle.

As for assisting hunting, it was of no use to Xue Zhi, as he had no worries about food, and his speed was not enough to catch prey.

A unit that would not arouse suspicion but could conduct reconnaissance was more important to him.

And in this way, the training difficulty will be much lower.

At this moment, Xue Zhi was holding a pad and observing the images coming from the camera.

Seeing that the signal transmission distance was about to reach its limit, Xue Zhi said:

"Alpha, come back."

Not long after, a sleek owl landed from the sky onto Xue Zhi's raised arm.

“What a nice bird.”