On her first day out, Ye Zi had almost nothing to show for it; as it was getting dark, she only had a pheasant in her hand.

It was just pure luck that this pheasant was caught while practicing throwing stones during the day; otherwise, we would have had to roast the bear meat we brought out to eat that night.

Although no fewer than a hundred stones were thrown that day, very few hit their target; most of the targets were not prey, but tree trunks.

The experience gained by the system is only gained by focusing on a single objective.

So, after a whole day, besides gaining 27 experience points, I only got one pheasant.

However, Ye Zi was not discouraged. He had plenty of time, and the stones he found along the way were of two kinds.

One type is a rounded stone with a relatively hard texture. This is the flying stone that Ye Zi has stored up for himself, to be used exclusively after he masters the flying stone skill.

Another type is a practice stone that is the right size, irregular in shape, and of average quality. You can pick it up, find a target, and throw it.

Thanks to the muscle memory she developed from her past herding sheep, Yezi easily found the most suitable way to exert force.

This is a kind of muscle memory, something that takes a long time to form.

However, when I used to herd sheep, I only needed to throw the ball to the approximate location and did not require accuracy. So now, although I have found a familiar way to exert force, my accuracy is much worse.

They found a suitable spot, collected branches to use as fuel, and poured out the embers from the tinderbox, quickly creating a campfire.

After cleaning the pheasant, Ye Zi roasted it over a fire, and in her spare time, she made herself a makeshift shelter.

A frame shaped like the Chinese character "人" (ren), a tree with a branch in the middle, and branches arranged in a row of lush twigs behind it, facing the fire.

Using pine branches as a bed, the temporary shelter was complete.

It has no other function than to block the wind.

With Yezi's current physical condition, she wouldn't get sick even if she slept on the ground. It's just that the wind is uncomfortable, so she came up with this shelter.

After eating the roast chicken, I drank water and went to sleep.

With no entertainment, sleeping is the only pleasure.

The system is already a mature system, so there is no need to specifically instruct it to investigate the surrounding situation.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Ye Zi ate some roasted bear meat, and after confirming that the fire had been extinguished, she left.

Just like the first day he went out, the system was responsible for exploring the surroundings, while he picked up stones and observed the marks on the ground.

Chickens flew and rabbits ran all the way.

Another day passed, and Ye Zi now had a wild rabbit and a pheasant in her hands.

My Flying Stone experience has also increased significantly, now reaching 86 points.

Ye Zi asked casually:

"System, what happens when my experience points reach one hundred?"

The system's response is:

"Once your experience points reach one hundred, you can hit the bullseye every time, but you'll need to aim carefully."

"How much experience will be needed for the next level up?"

"Five hundred," the system replied curtly.

"What effect?"

"Aiming time halved."

"So you mean I'm only at level one right now?"

"No, the host's flying stone is only at the beginner level right now. It takes 100 experience points to level up."

Ye Zi nodded, surprised that she was only at the beginner level, and continued:

"Level 1 grants 100 experience points, Level 2 grants 500 experience points, and what about Level 3 and Level 4?"

"Upgrading to level three requires 1,000 experience points, and the effect is that you don't need to aim when shooting at stationary targets."

Upgrading to level four requires 5,000 experience points, and the effect is that you don't need to aim when shooting at moving targets.

Reaching level 5 requires 10,000 experience points. The effect is that you can attack the target from any angle and at any time.

Ye Zi was dumbfounded. Any angle, any time, in other words, it meant doing whatever one wanted, fighting however one pleased.

As the old saying goes, "Practice makes perfect." Ye Zi's newly developed flying stone skill has already gained over 10,000 experience points just from effectively hitting the target.

Including the shots that missed the target, the number of practice sessions must have been more than ten thousand, even more than two thousand.

If the Flying Stone skill can be upgraded to level five, then it would be reasonable for Ye Zi to use it at will.

If tens of thousands of repetitions still don't work, either the leaf is faulty or the system is faulty; there's no other explanation.

When resting at night, Yezi did the same thing as yesterday: makeshift shelter and barbecue.

Fortunately, we found a stream during the day and replenished our water supply; otherwise, we would have been thirsty.

When replenishing the water source, Ye Zi also found more than a dozen pebbles in the stream and threw them out as practice stones, using all the ones she had picked up on the road earlier.

Pebbles, after being washed by water for a long time, become not only round and smooth, but also hard, making them ideal for use as projectiles.

After two days without finding any trace of large animals, Yezi decided to try a different approach.

No matter what kind of animal it is, it always needs to drink water. After two days of travel, Yezi only found this one stream. If there were large animals nearby, they would definitely come to the stream to drink.

Once animals come to the creek to drink, they will definitely leave traces.

As for the leaves, you only need to follow the tracks left by the animals, and you're sure to find them.

Therefore, Yezi's temporary shelter was not far from the stream, making it convenient for their actions the next day.

Resting on that day doesn't mean going straight to sleep after dinner; it means preparing new tinder.

The two I brought with me when I left home are already used up, but the two empty tubes, each as thick as an arm, are still usable.

This kind of tinder made from leaves, though called a tinderbox, can only preserve a spark.

To put it bluntly, this spark is just a few embers. Even if you blow on it, it won't turn into a flame like in TV dramas.

Not only will it not turn into a flame, but if you blow on it several times in a row, it might even extinguish the tiny spark.

The correct way to use it is to pour it out onto the prepared tinder, and then pick up the tinder and gently shake it in the air until it catches fire.

The fuel in the two tinderboxes had run out, and Ye Zi hadn't found any prey yet. He could only refill the two empty cylinders with fuel made of pine resin mixed with dry grass and wood chips, and make tinderboxes again when he left the temporary shelter.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, after setting off, Ye Zi would occasionally bend down and pick up a few pebbles from the stream, practicing as she walked. If she felt a pebble in her hand was nice, she would put it in her pocket, and throw the rest away.

Before long, the remaining dozen or so experience points were in hand, and the system thoughtfully sent a notification.

"Congratulations, host, your Flying Stone skill has broken through to level one. We hope you will continue your efforts."

Ye Zi grinned. The 500 experience points for level 2 could only be earned slowly. Now that he had the flying stone that could hit the target every time after aiming, he was sure to get a harvest as long as he didn't disturb the prey.

Continuing onward, for the first time today, prey has entered the system's detection range. After Ye Zi got closer, a wild rabbit was drinking water by the stream.

He didn't make a move, or even aim; he just waited quietly.