Free Wilderness 15
The second day.
Along the river bank.
Thunder roared in all directions, and young people flocked like clouds.
Faint cries could be heard from the river, on the other side of the river, and from prey running through the deep forest.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The animal-skin drums of the Great Hunt stirred up the dust above, and the gray-haired, frail elders waved the wooden bells in their hands.
This hunt is different. Compared with the past, it is more exciting.
The youngsters of the Purple Star Reserve Group, who were highly expected by the various tribes, made their first appearance at the Grand Hunt, standing at the forefront with high spirits.
There were hundreds of cubs born that night, but only thirty showed any difference in the last competition.
"Brother! Come on!"
Wen Ye did not participate in this big hunt. He stood happily on the treetop and cheered his younger brother on.
The stern young man with black hair and black eyes quickly locked onto his brother's direction, raised the corner of his mouth, and waved at him: "Don't worry, brother."
Wen Guang was biting a thin vine that he had pulled out from somewhere. His slightly narrowed eyes revealed a bit of ambition. Since he was already here, it would be unreasonable not to take first place.
Wen Guang glanced at Fan Ze who was standing next to him.
He knew Fan Ze. They had fought each other in the first Purple Star Competition. Although he defeated him, the man's ferocious and desperate fighting attitude really left a deep impression on him.
Everyone was responding to the cheers of their family members, except Fan Ze, who was indifferent, his eyes fixed on the hunting ground in front of him, as if he had already locked onto his prey.
Wen Guang followed his gaze and saw that it was a huge and ferocious beast.
He kindly reminded, "Hey, you can't handle that beast with your strength."
It took Fan Ze a moment to realize that Wen Guang was addressing him. He paused and said, "Hunting it will guarantee a place in the top ten. It just takes some time."
As a race with a short lifespan, the Xi Clan hated the idea of "wasting time is a small matter," something only long-lived races would say. Although Fan Ze's words were unintentional, they clearly tread on Wen Guang's minefield.
Wen Guang played with the cane and sneered, "Big Hunting doesn't mean you have to risk your life. I'm advising you to do things within your ability. You really don't know what's good for you."
"?" Fan Ze's tone faded: "Even if he is injured, he should be healed in a rainy season. Don't worry about it."
One rainy season would be enough.
Wen Guang: “Haha.”
Three drum beats were heard in the distance, followed by a loud cry: "The Great Hunt—Begin!"
Wen Guang was the first to swoop down, flying straight towards the prey that Fan Ze had set his eyes on.
Fan Ze followed closely, tilted his head, and with his beautiful eyes suppressing anger, he said word by word: "You! Despicable!"
Wen Guang raised his eyebrows: "The prey didn't have your name written on it, why are you so anxious?"
A sharp black feather appeared in his hand. He held it with his backhand and instantly threw it towards the ferocious beast. The sharp edge of the feather directly pierced into the beast's aorta.
The scarlet blood instantly dyed the river beach red.
"It depends on your ability," Wen Guang said, "Do you know how to attack from a distance?"
Fan Ze said nothing. The moment he approached the prey, he immediately turned around and fell down, firmly grasped the long horns of the beast, and inserted the tip of his tail along the spine of the beast!
The moment it was pulled out, blood splattered on the side of his face, and the bone ring hanging on his ear swayed in the wind. His bent body was like a nimble leopard, and no matter how the ferocious beast swung it, it did not move at all, looking wild and dangerous.
Wen Guang hissed.
This guy's tail seemed to have become harder than the last fight, and his overall strength seemed to be stronger.
What a terrifying growth rate.
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In a small corner in the distance.
"You are so young and reckless..."
It's not easy to conquer these kids and become their teacher.
Ning Ren sighed after watching the system's broadcast, and then continued to painstakingly carve marks manually on two stones of appropriate size, sweating profusely from exhaustion.
In order to prevent the emergence of things like spaceships that violate the rules of the world, most of the products that can be purchased in his live broadcast room are virtual products.
He has to refine the Blood Link Puppet himself, and the mall only provides the production method and the final empowerment. The same is true for the [Weather Changer]. The user needs to find two hard stones of similar size and carve the empowering patterns on them without using external force.
Changing the weather in certain worlds can be enough to trigger natural disasters of unpredictable consequences. Therefore, the Weather Changer not only has purchase restrictions, but also limits its maximum usage, and comes with a strange penalty.
Although the restrictions are very large, with a full 600 words of product description and restriction supplement, it is enough for Ning Ren.
Apart from the punishment, just the hand-carving of patterns was enough to make him exhausted.
Not only is it forbidden to use mental power!
It's just abominable.
It was clearly meant to embarrass this frail young man with a physical debuff!
System: "Luckily, I came out early. If I had come at night, I would have missed it."
"That is to say," Ning Ren was so tired after carving the last stroke that he could not straighten his back. His wrist was shaking slightly from overexertion.
He rubbed himself and sighed inwardly.
His hands look nice, but they're useless.
Ning Ren jumped down from the big rock and suddenly paused. His every move became steady and the active youthfulness in his whole body faded.
The usual cheerful little gestures were gone.
He is going to be a teacher in the future, so he can't jump around like that, it's too unreliable.
Be majestic!
He buried the two stones in the soil, and all the procedures were completed.
Ning Ren looked towards the mall expectantly.
The mall flashed.
[Weather Changer] has been successfully enabled. Please click on your backpack to activate it. We have detected that you have enabled two weather changers. Friendly reminder: the penalties for consecutive use will be cumulative.
Penalty: You need to say 10 idiotic quotes within one year after using the product (the quote book has been put in your backpack, you can choose any one you like). I wish you a happy use~]
In fact, the punishment of these ten cheesy quotes is nothing compared to his own debuff, but considering Ning Ren's personality, this punishment is no less than ten mental attacks.
Woo woo woo.
Ning Ren covered his face. He started dipping his toes as he looked at those middle school quotes. He even wanted to say them out loud...
The tip of his ear turned red, and he rubbed his ears with his fingers again and again. Tuanba Tuanba stuffed the quotation book in his backpack into the most inconspicuous corner.
It took me a while to force myself not to think about it.
The hardware for a cool appearance has been solved, and the rest is software, such as clothes.
What Ning Ren is wearing now is made of feathers. Only a few species of birds have this skill, such as the Guhuo Bird.
However, the style and shape of the clothes that appear have a lot to do with cognition.
For example, Night Heron, the clothes she transformed into are very consistent with the aesthetics of the current riverside tribes.
The skill of transforming into feather clothing also requires practice. Ning Ren has no time to practice it for the time being, and there is no other clothing to change into -
All he had were those weird, little, ugly clothes his mother made for him.
I can't be naked...ah.
So this one is great, he doesn't plan to change it, he just needs to add some details.
Feather clothing does not include shoes, so Ning Ren found some soft grass with excellent toughness and started to weave straw sandals.
System: "Hey, Azai, aren't you planning on not wearing shoes?"
Ning Ren paused, his tone deep: "You'll know when the time comes."
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There was less than half an hour left until the end of the big hunt.
Except for a few people from the Purple Star Reserve Group, almost all the other young people have returned one after another. The rainy season reserve grain they hunted has piled up into a small mountain, and the people in charge of counting are so busy that they have no time to rest.
Wen Guang came back dragging the last large ferocious beast.
It fell to the ground with a bang, and there was a burst of surprise and cheers. He stepped on the head of the ferocious beast, shook off the blood on his hands, calmed the surging blood, and his eyes were full of high spirits.
"As expected of the first place winner in the last competition!"
“That’s amazing!”
"After all, they are the Xi Clan, known for exchanging their lifespan for power. It's normal that they can't compete with them."
"What's the point of being powerful? We're still a short-lived race..."
The sour mumblings faintly reached Wen Guang's ears.
His face turned cold, and when he was about to pull out the person who said this, his shoulders sank and he turned his head: "Brother?"
Wen Ye glanced down and said, "Good brother, today is a good day, it's not worth causing trouble."
"..." Wen Guang crossed his arms and snorted coldly.
While they were talking, Fan Ze also came back.
He was practically covered in blood, his white hair was soaked in blood, and the colorful stone fangs on his neck looked extremely ferocious.
The area around Fanze was deserted, with only a few tribal elders who looked unhappy surrounding him.
She scolded him: "Others hunt large beasts, but you only hunted one large beast, and the rest were small prey. Most of the tribe's resources are tilted towards you, and you..."
Fan Ze lowered his head and listened, then suddenly asked, "Why didn't my father and mother come?"
The tribal elder said, "...Why are you asking this?"
Fan Ze said calmly, "You're worried that I'll take my family and run away to another tribe, so you're withholding their freedom, but you're wrong." He wiped the blood from his face, his eyelashes drooping. "The tribe treats us very well, I won't run away."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across the faces of the tribal elders, followed by relief.
"But we still have to take the necessary precautions. After all, those tribes without Purple Star candidates are all looking for strongmen."
After counting the prey, the elder announced the first place winner of this big hunt with a smile.
It was undoubtedly Wen Guang.
He stood on the tall head of a ferocious beast and was awarded the title of warrior.
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The other side.
Ning Ren had silently appeared high up in the treetops, watching silently, looking for the right opportunity.
The place where the [Weather Modifier] was buried in the ground emitted a faint light, which seemed to be facing the stars in the sky from afar.
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It's getting dark.
Bonfires were lit everywhere.
The top thirty members of the Purple Star preparatory team were gathered together for a barbecue, under the pretext of strengthening their relationships.
In fact, the competitive spirit between them was almost overflowing. There were even a few people who didn't like each other and challenged each other to fight face to face. The fight went to the side and there was a lot of cheering as they punched and kicked each other.
The elders and tribal leaders don't have time to take care of these things now.
He was busy distributing the spoils of the great hunt.
Because some tribes are a little far away, the prey will be slow to transport.
Elder: "When did the wizard calculate the rain would fall? Is it about the same as in previous years?"
The chief of the muskbird tribe: "Yes, it is expected to be in six hours, which is the second half of the night." It is definitely in time for transportation.
At the beginning of the rainy season, there were violent thunder and lightning, which was very dangerous. If possible, they would not choose to hunt on this day.
But there was no way. Only on the first day of the rainy season would the various creatures in the hunting grounds instinctively seek shelter from the rain, and only then would they have the opportunity to hunt.
"Then please, leaders, quickly mobilize the people we have already prepared to transport them."
"The elders are worried."
The elder smiled and said, "As it should be, as it should be. The wizard's prediction was correct. The rainy season is tough, and it's good to be able to save a member of our tribe from starvation."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stars and moonlight in the sky were instantly swallowed up by dark clouds.
Elder: “……?”
He looked up blankly.
In just a few seconds, those with a keen sense of smell could already smell the dampness in the air.
A cool breeze blew up from the ground, and the bonfire flickered.
The wizards from each tribe also looked up and stared at the sky nervously.
"This is--"
Dazzling lightning struck from the sky, illuminating the completely dark night for a moment, and then it became dark again. There was a muffled thunder that made people feel uneasy.
“——The rainy season is coming!!”
Someone shouted in fear, and the next second screams were heard everywhere.
"Didn't you say you'd come in the middle of the night?"
"Hurry up, hurry up! Take the child and run! If you're struck by lightning, you'll be dead!"
"With prey!"
"What the hell are you doing?! How can you steal someone else's prey?!"
The young boys and girls who looked at each other didn't care about the emotions in their hearts, but hurriedly separated to help their elderly or younger brothers and sisters and rush home quickly.
Some of them tried their best to catch their prey.
It's a mess.
Elder: "The rainy season has arrived early. This has never happened before..."
"Stop looking! Hurry up and go! Getting struck by lightning is no joke!"
The wizards of the various tribes were different from them. They knelt down in fear and kowtowed to the night sky.
The starry sky above their heads is "God" to them. They rely on calculating the trajectory of the stars to figure out when it will rain and when there will be disasters. Now that the results they calculated are different from the actual situation, they naturally think that "God" is angry.
He knocked his hands hard, not daring to hold back at all.
Seeing the adults and elders so flustered, the younger generations were even more at a loss and nervously followed the instructions.
The same was true for the thirty young men from the Purple Star Reserve Group who were gathered together. They were talented, but they did not have much experience after all.
Fine and dense raindrops floated down and soon turned into a downpour.
Wen Guang was soaked to the skin and shouted anxiously, "Brother! Take less prey! Life is at stake!"
His voice was drowned out by the rumbling thunder and could not be clearly heard. Wen Ye could roughly guess what he was saying and shouted, "No! If we don't bring back enough, our people will starve!"
Wen Guang cursed softly.
Another person who works as hard as Wen Ye is Fan Ze.
He dragged the heavy prey and walked slowly forward. Even with the strength given by his mental power, he was still not fast. The blood from his wounds scattered in the mud and water, and he looked in a miserable state.
At this moment, someone pointed to the sky and shouted, "Look! There's someone in the sky!!"
"Someone is sealed by Zhennan!"
"Who is that?! Don't want to die!"
Almost everyone looked up at the sky.
Fan Ze stopped and held the prey beside him. His vision went dark and he shook his head.
Wen Guang wiped the rain off his face and looked up.
Under the dark clouds and lightning in the night sky, a strange young man appeared at some point.
His age was between a teenager and a young adult, with purple hues mixed in his white hair. His light purple clothes fluttered in the strong wind, with a faint silver-green tint. He looked mysterious, noble, and ethereal.
This style of clothing was something the tribes along the river had never seen before.
His white eyelashes drooped as he looked at the people fleeing in panic below. His eyes were calm and his whole body had an indifferent and steady temperament, as if his apparent age was not his real age, but that he had experienced many years.
He was wearing a pair of simple straw sandals and was in the midst of a heavy rain, but he was not wet.
Noticing that the people below were looking at him, the mysterious young man opened his mouth, his tone slightly doubtful, his voice not loud enough for everyone to hear clearly:
"...Excuse me, is this along the riverbank? I'm looking for someone."
The elder didn't dare to offend, but he didn't dare to answer rashly. He just stepped forward tremblingly and said loudly: "It's raining heavily now, it's very dangerous. Our distant visitor, we don't have time to entertain you now. You'd better leave quickly!"
Lightning danced wildly, the sky and the earth were bright for a moment, and several purple thunders seemed to be aimed at the mysterious young man, striking him on the head!
"ah!!"
Some of the timid ones have already closed their eyes.
If you are struck by purple lightning, you will lose a layer of skin even if you don’t die, and your flesh may even be cooked!
After a long time, I didn't smell the aroma of barbecue, but I heard a soft, somewhat unhappy voice: "This thunder is so noisy."
The mysterious visitor from afar raised his hands and formed an extremely complex and gorgeous hand seal with his slender pale hands.
The silver and gold spiritual powers entangled and mixed together, and instantly spread out under the dark clouds and lightning!
The handsome appearance, the majestic power and the mystery revealed in the gorgeous seal made the eyes of young men such as Wen Guangfanze light up instantly.
The seal was pushed out against the sky, and the smooth white palm seemed to hold thunder. The man's tone was still steady, "The rain falls at an untimely time. When you shouldn't come, go back."
The first ray of light from the [Weather Modifier] that flickered on the ground in the distance suddenly disappeared.
The early rainy season has been put back on track.
It seemed as if all the chaos, anxiety and panic that had just happened were an illusion. Only the moisture in the air, the leaves that were washed smooth as new, and all the living creatures on the wet ground remained.
The moon peeked out from behind the dark clouds, and the bright moonlight fell on the strange visitor, and everyone's eyes changed.
The man lowered his eyes and said softly, "You should be less anxious now. Can you answer my question?"
There was a dead silence along the riverbank. What had just happened before their eyes was obviously beyond their comprehension. The incomparable impact shook their senses.
Unable to speak for a long time.
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