Chapter 48 Returning from the Hunt: The Prey Piled Up Like a Small Mountain in the Clearing.
Giant Wood Square.
"Wow! So fast!" A group of children shouted excitedly as they chased after a high-tech silver toy car that was speeding by.
Zhang Dafu said with envy, "Chenchen, did your brother give this to you? How can it run by itself? Is this a toy that children from the immortals play with? It's amazing!"
Zhang Xiaofu looked at Lu Chen expectantly, "Chenchen, can I borrow yours for a while?"
Several other children around also wanted to play, but they weren't as close to Lu Chen as the Zhang brothers, so they were too embarrassed to ask.
However, Lu Chen was not one to keep everything to himself. He generously let Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu play with the toy race car, and also let the others play for a little while.
The exquisitely crafted remote control, shaped like a small steering wheel, was passed around among a group of children. Those who got it were overjoyed, occasionally letting out sharp screams.
"This is so much fun!"
"I actually managed to drive that pretty little car really far! When my dad gets back, I'm going to tell him, he'll be so envious!"
"I even controlled that remote control to turn a really big curve!"
"The car was going really fast; I couldn't keep up with it at all."
The remote-controlled race cars not only attracted the attention of children, but also caught the eye of busy adults, who frequently glanced at them and exclaimed in amazement.
"You know what, that little car is really amazing. It can actually move on its own and even change direction!"
"What things from the gods aren't amazing? But that thing looks like it's just for kids to play with; it's not really useful."
"That's what you say, but don't you want to play?"
"Hey, you little brats' stuff, even if you want to play with it, how dare you take it from them?"
"Speaking of which, I've wanted to ask this before: do gods get sick too?"
The others looked at the speaker suspiciously. "What illness?"
Why did the topic suddenly jump so far?
"Isn't that right? If immortals didn't get sick, how could Lu Xuan have obtained such effective fever reducers from them?"
The others suddenly realized, "That makes sense!"
They were so worried about the child's health that they hadn't thought about this.
Someone thought for a moment and guessed, "Maybe the real immortals are not the same as what we imagine. Look at the medicine that Lu Xuan took out, it's different from any we've seen before."
"It's also possible that the medicine wasn't originally meant for the immortals themselves, but was saved for people like Lu Xuan who received divine guidance to save poor families like ours."
"That makes sense!"
"How about we ask the village chief, no, we ask Lu Xuan if we should prepare some offerings for the gods? The gods have been so good to us, we can't just leave without giving anything back."
It wouldn't be good if the gods thought they were ungrateful and wouldn't let Lu Xuan exchange things anymore.
That makes sense!
"Sigh, I wonder when Lu Xuan and the others will come back. If they don't, it will be dark soon." The deep mountains after dark are extremely dangerous.
"I don't know how well I've done when I get back, whether I've caught any prey or found anything to eat. I'm just afraid I won't have much to show for it and might even get hurt..."
"Pah! Don't jinx it! You definitely won't get hurt."
Just then, excited shouts suddenly came from afar.
"Quick! Lu Xuan and the others are back—!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then quickly put down what they were holding and went to meet them.
Those whose family members had joined the exploration team immediately found their relatives, checked them over from head to toe, and only after confirming that they were not injured did they begin to ask, "So, did you find the prey?"
"Have you found anything edible?"
"Are you in danger?"
"Did you encounter any ferocious beasts?"
Although Lu Qing knew that with Lu Xuan around, neither he nor Lei Yan would be in any danger, she still breathed a sigh of relief when she saw them return safely. She and Lu Chen surrounded them and asked about the exploration.
Li Tie, who was discussing matters with several elders in the cave, heard the commotion outside and ran out. Seeing that Lu Xuan and his group did not look injured and were all beaming with joy, he knew that they must have gained a lot.
Nevertheless, he loudly confirmed again: "How was the harvest?"
Surrounded by a group of people bombarding him with questions and unsure which to answer, Li Tuo heard his father's voice and immediately shouted impatiently, "A great harvest!"
The villagers were in an uproar, "Really!?"
The others grinned broadly, "Of course it's true! We not only caught a lot of pheasants and rabbits, but we also hunted wild boars!"
"And fish!"
"There are plenty of wild vegetables and mushrooms too!"
"So many!?" The villagers gaped in shock, then urged, "Quickly bring them out so we can see them."
"Don't talk big! If you try to make us happy for nothing, don't blame me for scolding you!"
"Who's bragging! Lu Xuan, Xiong Mao, Uncle Wu, quickly bring out the prey we hunted, and the wild vegetables and mushrooms we picked to show them!"
Lu Xuan waved his hand and took out the part he had hidden away.
Seeing this, Li Jing, Xiong Mao, Wu Cheng, and the others also took out their items.
Pheasants, rabbits, ducks, wild boars, big fish, wild vegetables, mushrooms... In the blink of an eye, the open space that the villagers had specially cleared out was piled up into a small mountain.
The villagers were immediately in an uproar.
"I thought he was just bragging, but I didn't expect he actually got so many good things!"
"These wild rabbits are so fat! They're almost as good as the chickens I raise at home."
"Ha! This fish is almost as long as my arm! It'll take several meals to finish it!"
The women's eyes fell on several baskets of vegetarian food. "These mushrooms are growing so well, big and plump, they look much tastier than the ones we occasionally find at the foot of the mountain."
"It's amazing to find so many fresh and tender wild vegetables this season!"
"One, two, three, four... We actually picked a total of five baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms!"
"There are also wild chicken eggs, no, the eggs here are bigger, they should be duck eggs, right? If I add them all up, there must be over a hundred."
"You found so much in just one day! How far did you travel?" Old Master Zhang exclaimed in amazement.
Zhang Chengming replied, "It's not far, mainly because there are so many resources in the mountains."
Wu Cheng nodded, "That's right. No one else in these deep mountains would pick these except us. We can easily find a lot. Today, we'll mainly focus on hunting. The women in the village can bring more baskets to collect them later. We should be able to gather even more."
Li Jing wiped his sweat with the cloth Wu Yinyin handed him and grinned, "We didn't actually take all the eggs. We left some fertilized eggs for them to incubate and lay their young. If we had taken them all, the price would have at least doubled."
Li Tie finally calculated their total gains from this trip.
Forty pheasants, twenty-five wild ducks, twenty-five wild rabbits, and twenty fish, most of which were larger than the ones Lu Xuan caught at the small waterfall last time. The few smaller ones were caught by Wu Cheng.
Five baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms, one hundred and five chicken and duck eggs, some medicinal herbs that Lu Xuan found, and finally, the heavyweight four wild boars, two large and two small.
The most eye-catching thing, which even made many women and children gasp in fright, was the large pig that was seen as being cut in half.
Upon learning that Lu Xuan was responsible, the villagers looked at him with awe.
To cut such a large wild boar in half with a single stroke—that's something no ordinary person could do!
Divine guidance, terrifying indeed!
Although the two half-grown piglets didn't die as tragically as the adult pigs, and weren't cut in two, Lu Xuan completely shredded their hearts. It wasn't visible on the outside, but it would still be a surprise when they were dealt with later.
Li Tie calmed his excitement and reminded everyone, "Alright, let's quickly prepare all the game before dark, and bleed the wild boar as soon as possible." Otherwise, wild boar meat, which is tough and has a strong fishy smell, will be even more difficult to cook.
“That’s right! Come on, everyone get moving!” Miao Jinfeng clapped her hands and beckoned the women to come and help.
The women were responsible for handling smaller prey such as pheasants and rabbits, while the men were responsible for handling wild boars.
The group quickly got to work, some bleeding the prey, others boiling water to scald its fur.
Lu Xuan, as one of the people in charge of the butchering, was still the most efficient. He peeled the skin, removed the bones, and cut the different body parts. Not a single movement was superfluous. His movements were so smooth that it was like he was performing a show. Not only were the villagers mesmerized, but the viewers in the live broadcast room were also enjoying it immensely.
During the cleanup, someone quickly noticed the differences in the wounds on the prey.
Those that were hit by arrows were one thing, but some of the prey even had their heads explode, leaving them covered in blood.
“Those are Lu Xuan’s prey.”
“We didn’t shoot that many chickens, ducks and rabbits at first; many of them were shot by Lu Xuan on his way back.”
"Let me tell you, Lu Xuan is amazing! He can pick up a few pebbles from the ground and kill any pheasants or rabbits he finds in just a few 'whoosh' shots!" Li Tuo excitedly gestured to the other villagers who hadn't gone with them.
Zhang Chengming said, "If you ask me, the most impressive moment was when we were chopping down that wild boar at the very beginning!"
"Haha, that's right, Xiong Mao was terrified back then."
"If Lu Xuan hadn't intervened in time, Xiong Mao might have been injured by the wild boar."
Su Ying, who had just received the spatial bracelet from Xiong Mao, overheard this and her expression changed. She nervously patted Xiong Mao all over and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Xiong Mao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, wife, I'm fine. I'm not hurt at all."
At most, he was a little frightened by the blood splattered on his face, but he certainly couldn't say such embarrassing things to Su Ying.
Su Ying noticed the change in Xiong Mao's expression and assumed he was upset that Lu Xuan had saved him. When the others weren't looking, she whispered a reminder: "Didn't I tell you before? Lu Xuan is different now than before. Don't go against him; it won't do us any good."
Xiong Mao's lips twitched slightly. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Don't you know me?"
Having witnessed firsthand how Lu Xuan cleaved a wild boar in two with a single stroke, he no longer had the courage to oppose him.
Su Ying thought to herself, "They certainly know that; they bully the weak and fear the strong."
Thinking about it this way, it's indeed unlikely that Xiong Mao will continue to oppose Lu Xuan.
Su Ying finally felt relieved.
After the game was almost cleaned, Miao Jinfeng came over and asked, "What are we having for dinner tonight? How much game should we prepare?"
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