"Let's slow down, watch out for traps!" Zhang Guodong followed Li Yun speechlessly, watching with his heart pounding. This woman's eyes were only on her prey, and she didn't care at all whether there were traps under her feet. He couldn't help but remind her.
"Coward!" Li Yun muttered, then turned around and asked, "Hey, are you really selling vegetables? What's this Treasure Pavilion?"
Zhang Guodong smiled and said calmly, "'Green Treasure Pavilion,' yes, I'm just a vegetable seller—"
She was inwardly annoyed. What, did they look down on vegetable sellers? Zhao Jinlong's dismissive tone made Li Yun's question particularly harsh. But Zhang Guodong didn't notice the sly glint in the woman's eyes.
"Is it next to the provincial TV station? The rent there isn't cheap!" Li Yun muttered. "But there are a lot of beautiful women there, and it seems like a lot of TV presenters pass by every day, right?"
"Yes, a lot!" Zhang Guodong replied absentmindedly. His eyes, however, darted around, keeping a distance from Li Yun. Suddenly, a series of small footprints caught his eye on the snow, seemingly the tracks of birds, very clear!
"Shh, something's up!" Zhang Guodong shushed Li Yun in a low voice.
"Where? Where?" Upon hearing that something was wrong, Li Yun hurriedly ran over, making a loud noise as she stepped on the snow. Zhang Guodong was a bit arrogant.
He's a newbie, but Li Yun is even more of a newbie. She walks around so loudly that even a snail would be scared away!
The two newbies' observation was quite interesting. They climbed over and took a look, confirming that it wasn't left by a wild rabbit. It was very slender, more like a bird, but this thing doesn't fly in the sky, it lands on branches, and goes down to the ground to find food.
A sweet, youthful scent wafted into Zhang Guodong's nostrils, and he suddenly felt his mouth go dry. He was now very close to Li Yun; it was the first time he'd ever been so close to a woman, their heads almost touching.
Li Yun didn't notice Zhang Guodong's embarrassment. She carefully observed the direction of the footprints, which extended into the bushes about ten meters away. She immediately became excited.
The knowledge of finding prey tracks that Lao Ying taught me finally came in handy.
"Zhang Guodong, can I have this prey?" Li Yun said to Zhang Guodong.
Zhang Guodong nodded instinctively, and then Li Yun excitedly walked away to find her prey. Only then did Zhang Guodong realize he'd been tricked. How could he have nodded in agreement so readily?
Wild game, like a pheasant, can sell for hundreds of yuan in the city, and you might not even be able to buy it.
Since Li Yun had already stolen him away, Zhang Guodong could only stand there and watch, scratching his head. It was just footprints; any prey would probably have flown away long ago. If it wasn't just a sparrow, then all his hopes would be dashed.
The bushes were only about ten meters away. Li Yun quietly moved closer, and when she was about seven or eight meters away, Zhang Guodong was stunned when he saw her draw her bow and arrow. Could there really be prey?
That's way too close! Even if there were prey, wouldn't it run away?
It's ridiculous that you can find it based on a vague footprint, unless the bird is a giant idiot.
"Whoosh!" The alloy arrow shot out. Zhang Guodong closed his eyes, sighed, and didn't want to watch anymore. The arrow actually shot towards a tree four or five meters away. Is this what you call archery? It's so weak and the direction seems too inaccurate. Even if an elephant was standing in front of you, you probably couldn't hit it!
bass!
Splash! Splash!
"Yay!" came Li Yun's delighted exclamation.
Zhang Guodong opened his eyes and looked around, feeling dizzy. There seemed to be something thrashing about on the snow. The alloy arrow was sticking out of the ground and swaying. Clearly, it had hit its target!
It turned out that the alloy arrow wasn't very powerful and didn't hit the tree, but it grazed the tree, twisted, and fell down, landing right on the unfortunate prey.
Zhang Guodong was dumbfounded; it was like a blind cat catching a dead mouse!
Over there, Lao Ying heard Li Yun's voice and rushed over. Lao Ying's dead prey was a white, fleshy creature about the size of a pheasant, plump and chubby, with a long beak, small eyes, and a small head.
"Good luck, this is a Snow Dragon. Hehe, it's very rare to see one in the snow. It would sell for over a thousand yuan!" Old Ying took the arrow off, picked it up, and praised it.
It looks like a pheasant, but it's called a snow dragon.
"This snow dragon doesn't burrow in the ground; it's also called the 'clumsy bird.' It can't fly far, but its feathers change with the seasons. In heavy snow, it's all white. Usually, when it encounters danger, it burrows its head into the snow or into a cave instead of flying, only its genitals sticking out, blending in with the environment, making it very difficult to spot. Here!" Old Ying handed the snow dragon to the excited Li Yun. "Snow dragons spend most of their time on the ground and often feed on medicinal herbs, so their meat is much tastier than pheasant meat. The meat has a medicinal aroma and is very nourishing. Even here, it's not a common sight!"
"However, even without guns and arrows, you can catch snow dragons by hand. You can catch them alive, but snow dragons are too few in number and hard to find. Also, where there are snow dragons, there may be medicinal herbs!"
"Medicinal herbs?" Zhang Guodong's ears perked up immediately, showing interest. He didn't really care about wild game, but some precious medicinal herbs could be cultivated.
Imagine if precious medicinal herbs like ginseng were planted in Peach Blossom Spring. You could then obtain a large quantity of rapidly growing, miraculous herbs, some lasting ten, several decades, even a hundred years. That would be a tremendous fortune!
Nodding, Old Ying explained in detail: "Yes, the manual lists more than a dozen kinds of precious medicinal herbs, but in reality, there are far more precious medicinal herbs in the Qinling Mountains than that. However, now that more people are collecting wild medicinal herbs, many of them have disappeared from this area and are very difficult to find!"
"Master Ying, it must be hard to find medicinal herbs in this snowy weather, right?" Zhang Guodong couldn't help but ask, disappointed upon hearing that precious wild medicinal herbs had disappeared.
"It's not easy to find them. It's better in the spring, but now that it's winter, many medicinal herbs are buried under the snow and won't be harvested until new leaves sprout next year. So there are very few people collecting herbs right now!" Old Ying said, carefully searching the ground.
Unfortunately, this snow dragon seemed to be new, and Old Ying didn't notice anything unusual, so he gave up.
Holding the gift, Li Yun proudly waved it at Zhang Guodong: "Hehe!"
Zhang Guodong glanced at her and exclaimed, "Your archery skills are quite good!"
Then continue searching for prey ahead.
Her face flushed red instantly, then quickly turned angry. Li Yun said, "If you're jealous, then be jealous! Humph!"
Jealous, jealous, you petty man! She completely forgot to test Zhang Guodong and find out the 'secret' between him and Lin Yue.
Old Ying smiled at the two of them, then walked towards the others. There were many dangers in these mountains and forests, so he had to constantly watch his surroundings and remind everyone.
Zhang Guodong glanced around, looking at the area within a few meters, and then looked around the trees and bushes, digging through the snow. The manual said that golden snake grass fruit, ginseng, and black fungus grew in these places, and might even be found in the crevices of some trees or between branches.
But precious medicinal herbs are not so easy to obtain, otherwise they would all have been harvested.
"What are you doing?" Li Yun followed, and seeing Zhang Guodong looking around mysteriously, she finally couldn't help but ask.
"Find the treasure!" Zhang Guodong shouted without turning his head.
"What treasure?" Li Yun asked immediately.
"The manual says that these places may have precious medicinal herbs, and a single plant could be worth hundreds or thousands of yuan. Let's try our luck!" Zhang Guodong said calmly.
He had no hope of mastering archery. While archery might seem simple, hitting the target was incredibly difficult, and without regular practice, one's arm strength simply wouldn't be up to par, let alone achieve the desired accuracy. Of course, 'Li Yun's archery technique' was an exception; he couldn't learn that.
"Tch, there are so many trees, take your time searching!" Li Yun rolled her eyes. Old Ying had already searched, but there wasn't a single tree. She lost interest and was about to look for her next prey, but after taking a few steps, she stopped and said to Zhang Guodong 'fiercely', "I'm warning you, don't tell anyone what happened just now!"
Zhang Guodong nodded with his head down, but he was actually laughing hysterically.
That arrow was truly ridiculous; it actually managed to hit the prey. Sigh, it's hilarious if word gets out.
"You're laughing?!" Li Yun exclaimed angrily.
Zhang Guodong rolled his eyes and said, "What do you care what I'm laughing at? Anyway, I won't talk about your arrow. I'll just say your archery skills are superb, you hit the target every time!"
"Damn it! I'll tell Lin Yue that you called her a slut!" Li Yun said angrily, her eyes flashing.
Zhang Guodong almost fell to the ground.
Oh dear, if Li Yun really tells Lin Yue this, whether it's true or not, it'll probably cause trouble. He really doesn't want any contact with Lin Yue; their only relationship is that of landlord and tenant.
“Go ahead and tell them, but don’t forget I’m also part of the catch. A snow dragon costs a thousand, but I provided the information, so give me five hundred!” Zhang Guodong said, stretching out his hand.
"Five hundred? No way! This is my game! Hmph, don't even think about it, haha!" Li Yun picked up her game and ran away, as if afraid that Zhang Guodong would cause trouble if she was slow.
"Finally, some peace and quiet!" Zhang Guodong muttered helplessly. Watching Li Yun walk towards Lin Yue, he was suddenly all alone.
I was just joking. Li Yun is actually quite kind, and Zhang Guodong has a good impression of her.
Zhang Guodong walked back and stopped in front of a withered tree. He hadn't been searching aimlessly; he had only noticed the footprints, but he unexpectedly sensed a faint fluctuation that made him feel incredibly refreshed.
He could sense the presence of this spiritual energy; the precious medicinal herbs emitted a unique spiritual energy, but Lao Ying and Li Yun, who were passing by, did not notice it. This ancient and legendary phenomenon of spiritual energy had actually appeared in precious medicinal herbs that had absorbed the energy of heaven and earth.
Although the fluctuations of spiritual energy were extremely weak, as if they could be cut off at any moment.
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