Xu Han patted Mu'er's head and praised her, "Mu'er is so good."

After saying goodbye, the three embarked on their journey into the deep mountains.

As we walked along, we could clearly see that the shrubs in the mountains had turned yellow and lost their leaves. It was already late autumn, and the temperature was gradually getting colder. It was time to prepare the items needed for winter.

As they walked, they chatted, “While we’re hunting, let’s see if we can pick some chestnuts, walnuts, pine nuts, or the like to take back. We’ve almost finished what we prepared, so it would be best to replenish our supplies if we can find any.”

Lu Chuan continued, "When I came here with the Taoist priest before, I did find some, but not many of them were growing. I'll see if I can pick some to take back in the next few days, so that the two children can have some snacks."

"Okay, keep a close eye on them and try to pick as many as possible."

The Taoist priest also loved pine nuts, but he ate them too quickly, and they were almost gone. So Xu Han stopped giving him any and saved the rest for the two children.

So when Xu Han mentioned picking some pine nuts, the Taoist priest immediately agreed, and even wanted to pick more.

Once we decided to pick these nuts and the like, we couldn't keep looking at the ground while walking, because these things grow on trees, so we had to look up to find them.

Fortunately, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest have been coming to the deep mountains frequently recently, and they are already very familiar with the various locations and environments, so they know roughly what is there.

Guided by the trail, they soon arrived at a walnut tree. The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan quickly climbed up the tree and began picking walnuts and throwing them down.

Lu Chuan has been practicing with the Taoist priest for so long that his accuracy in throwing things has improved a lot. He can now throw the walnuts he picks directly into the basket that Xu Han has placed to the side.

As for the Taoist priest, there's even less to worry about. Lu Chuan sometimes misses his target, but the Taoist priest never misses; he hits the target every time and gets all the balls into the basket.

Seeing that there was nothing more for her to do, Xu Han found a stick and started digging at the walnuts on the ground.

However, because the trees in the mountains did not bear much fruit this year, and a large portion of the trees withered and died, there were very few nuts this year.

Moreover, Xu Han and the others arrived rather late, and many of the good nuts had already been picked up by squirrels and other small animals in the mountains.

Fortunately, not only were there fewer trees, but there were also far fewer small animals, which allowed the group to collect some.

The two climbed the tree and quickly picked all the walnuts.

Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest nimbly jumped down from the tree. Xu Han put the walnuts from her basket into another basket, stored them in her spatial storage, and continued walking forward.

They walked and stopped along the way, taking many detours to pick these things, but by the time it was getting dark, they still hadn't reached their destination.

"It's getting dark. I remember there's a cave nearby, and it's quite big. Why don't we go to the cave first? It's not safe to be in the deep mountains at night."

Xu Han wrapped her clothes tighter around herself and nodded.

Upon arriving at the cave, the three of them worked together to quickly clean it up.

Then Xu Han spread out the bedding she had brought. Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest slept on the bedding, while Xu Han herself set up a tent inside the cave and slept in her sleeping bag. It was more convenient for the three of them to stay together.

After making the bed, Xu Han asked, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

The Taoist priest said, "On such a cold day, have a bowl of hot noodles."

Lu Chuan quickly chimed in, "I want noodles too, noodles will keep me warm."

"Alright then, you guys eat noodles and I'll eat noodles too. The three of us will eat the same thing."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she took out sweet potato leaf and shredded pork noodles from her spatial storage, and the three of them ate without even looking up.

After eating, I felt warm all over, which was very comfortable.

The next morning, after breakfast, the three continued their journey.

Just like yesterday, they traveled and collected materials along the way. It wasn't until around four o'clock in the afternoon, when it was almost dark, that the three of them finally arrived at their destination.

"It's getting dark, so we won't go today. We'll go first thing tomorrow morning."

Xu Han agreed, "Okay, let's find a place to rest first, and go tomorrow."

On the third day, with the Taoist priest's help, Lu Chuan and Xu Han stopped digging traps and went directly to hunt wild buffalo.

Through the combined efforts of Lu Chuan, the Taoist priest, and the dogs, they finally hunted three bison, all of which were adult and exceptionally large.

Xu Han said, "Let's go back. These three bison are enough for us to eat for a long time, and there's still some beef in our space. We can't finish hunting too many, so we'll hunt again when we've eaten them all."

"Alright, it's still early. Let's continue deeper into the mountains. We've come all this way, we can't just turn back now."

Lu Chuan chimed in, "Yes, yes, it's still early. We can go hunt some more wild sheep. We can make delicious mutton hot pot in winter."

“Okay, then let’s stay in the mountains for a few days, hunt whatever we come across, and pick as many nuts as possible to take back. Anyway, there’s still plenty of space in the space, enough to hold them all.”

"Then let's continue northwest. I remember there are many flocks of sheep over there."

So the three of them continued into the deep mountains, picking as they went, and hunting whenever they encountered prey.

On the fourth day, the three successfully hunted eight wild goats, and then changed direction and continued on their way.

On the fifth day, the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan unexpectedly hunted four more wild boars, which looked like a family of four, two adults and two children, a complete family.

On the sixth day, there wasn't much of a harvest; they only managed to hunt a few pheasants and rabbits here and there.

By the seventh day, the three of them had traveled a very, very far place, at least to a location that Xu Han had never been before.

Xu Han asked curiously, "Do you hunt in places this far away now?"

Lu Chuan explained, "Yes, I've been here several times recently. This area is located in the very center of the deep mountains, so it's rich in resources and has a wide variety of prey."

"Then you spend most of your time traveling, then go straight to hunting after arriving at this place, and then rush home."

The Taoist priest chuckled and said, "We walk much faster than you. We usually get here in just one day. If it weren't for you coming with us this time, Xiao Chuan and I would have arrived long ago."

"When it's just the Taoist priest and me, we set off early in the morning and travel without resting. Even then, we still manage to get there as fast as we can."

Xu Han rolled her eyes at the two smug people, saying, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been able to hunt so many things."