Chapter 048 Returning from Hunting
Giant Tree Square.
"Wow! So fast!" A group of children screamed excitedly as they chased after a speeding high-tech silver toy car.
Zhang Dafu said with envy, "Chenchen, is this what your brother gave you? How can it run on its own? Is this the toy that children from immortal families play with? It's amazing!"
Zhang Xiaofu looked at Lu Chen eagerly, "Chenchen, can you lend it to me to play with for a while?"
Several other children around also wanted to play, but their relationship with Lu Chen was not as good as that of the Zhang brothers, so they were too embarrassed to ask.
However, Lu Chen was not the kind of person who would eat alone. Not only did he generously let Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu play with the toy racing cars, he also let others play with them for a while.
The exquisitely crafted remote control in the shape of a small steering wheel was passed around in the hands of a group of children. Everyone who got it was so happy that they let out sharp screams from time to time.
“It’s so fun!”
"I actually managed to control this beautiful little car and ran quite a distance just now. I'm going to tell my dad when he comes back. He's going to be envious!"
"I even controlled the remote control to make a big turn!"
"The car was running really fast. I couldn't catch up at all."
The remote control racing car not only attracted the children's attention, but also the adults who were busy working frequently glanced over and exclaimed in amazement.
"You know what? That little car is amazing! It can actually run on its own and even change direction!"
"What magical things aren't magical? But that thing looks like it's just for kids. It has no practical use."
"Having said that, don't you want to play?"
"Well, even if you want to play with the little brats' things, do you have the nerve to fight with them for it?"
"Come to think of it, I've wanted to ask this before, can gods get sick too?"
The others looked at the speaker suspiciously, "What's wrong?"
How did the topic jump so far?
"Isn't that right? If immortals didn't get sick, how could Lu Xuan have obtained such an effective fever-reducing medicine from them?"
Others suddenly realized, that’s right!
Before, they were so busy worrying about the child's health that they didn't think about this.
Someone thought about it and guessed: "Maybe the real immortals are different from what we imagined. Look, the medicine Lu Xuan took out is different from what we have seen before."
"It's also possible that the medicine wasn't originally meant for the gods themselves, but was reserved for people like Lu Xuan who had received divine guidance to use to save poor people like us."
“That makes sense!”
"Why don't we ask the village chief, no, ask Lu Xuan if we should prepare some tributes for the gods. The gods have been so kind to us, it would be bad for us to not give anything in return."
It would be bad if the gods thought they were ungrateful and stopped Lu Xuan from exchanging things in the future.
"That's right!"
"Oh, I don't know when Lu Xuan and the others will come back. It will be dark soon if they don't come back." It is extremely dangerous in the deep mountains after dark.
"I don't know what I've gained since I came back. I don't know if I can hunt or find something to eat. I'm afraid I won't get much and I'll get hurt..."
"Pfft! Stop talking nonsense! I'm sure you won't get hurt."
As he was speaking, excited shouts suddenly came from a distance.
"Hurry! Lu Xuan and the others are back--!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then quickly put down what they were holding and went over.
Those who had family members join the exploration team immediately found their family members, grabbed them and checked them from head to toe. After confirming that they were not injured, they began to ask, "How is it going? Did you find any prey?"
"Did you find anything edible?"
"Are you in danger?"
"You didn't encounter any ferocious beasts, did you?"
Although Lu Qing knew that he and Lei Yan would be fine as long as Lu Xuan was there, she was relieved to see them return safely. She and Lu Chen surrounded them and asked about their exploration.
Li Tie, who was discussing things with several elders in the big cave, ran out when he heard the noise outside. Seeing that Lu Xuan and his group did not look injured and were all in high spirits, he knew that they would definitely gain a lot.
Despite this, he still confirmed loudly: "How was the harvest?"
Surrounded by a group of people and bombarded with questions, Li Tuo, unsure of which to answer, heard his father's voice and immediately shouted, "Great harvest!"
The villagers were in an uproar, "Really!?"
The others grinned happily, "Of course it's true! We not only hunted a lot of pheasants and rabbits, but also wild boars!"
“And fish!”
“There are also plenty of wild vegetables and mushrooms!”
"So many!?" The villagers opened their mouths in shock, and then urged: "Hurry up and take out the things so we can see them."
"Don't talk big, don't blame me for scolding you if you dare to make us happy for nothing!"
"Who's bragging? Lu Xuan, Xiong Mao, Uncle Wu, quickly bring out the prey we hunted and the wild vegetables and mushrooms we picked so they can enjoy their food!"
Lu Xuan waved his hand and took out the part he had put away.
Seeing this, Li Jing, Xiong Mao, Wu Cheng and others also took out their things.
Pheasants, wild rabbits, wild ducks, wild boars, big fish, wild vegetables, mushrooms... in the blink of an eye, the open space specially cleared by the villagers was piled up into a small hill.
The villagers were in an uproar.
"I thought he was just bragging, but I didn't expect he actually got so many goodies!"
"These wild rabbits are so fat! They're almost as fat as the chickens I raise at home."
"Wow! This fish is almost as long as my arm. It will take me several meals to finish it!"
The women's eyes fell on several baskets of vegetarian food. "These mushrooms are growing really well, big and plump. They look much tastier than the ones we occasionally find at the foot of the mountain."
“It’s so rare to find so many fresh wild vegetables in this season!”
"One, two, three, four... I picked five baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms!"
"There are also pheasant eggs. No, the eggs here are bigger. They should be duck eggs, right? Roughly counting them, there are probably over a hundred of them."
"You found so many things in just one day. How far did you run?" Old Master Zhang exclaimed in amazement.
Zhang Chengming replied, "It's not far. It's mainly because there are so many products in the mountains."
Wu Cheng nodded. "That's right. This deep in the mountains, no one else can pick these except us. We can find a lot of them if we just look around. Today we're mainly hunting. If the women in the village bring more baskets to gather them, we should be able to collect more."
Li Jing wiped his sweat with the cloth Wu Yinyin handed him and grinned, "We didn't take all the eggs. We left some fertilized eggs for them to hatch. If we took them all, we would have at least doubled the amount."
Li Tie finally calculated their total gains this time.
There were forty pheasants, twenty-five wild ducks, twenty-five wild rabbits, and twenty fish. Most of them were bigger than the ones Lu Xuan caught last time at the small waterfall. The two or three smaller ones were caught by Wu Cheng.
There were five baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms, one hundred and five chicken and duck eggs, some medicinal herbs found by Lu Xuan, and finally four heavyweight wild boars, two large and two small.
The most eye-catching thing among them, which even scared many women and children and made them scream, was naturally the big pig that was seen as being cut in two.
When the villagers learned that it was Lu Xuan who did it, their expressions were full of awe when they looked at Lu Xuan.
Cutting a wild boar that big in half with one knife is something that no ordinary person can do!
The enlightenment of the gods is so terrifying!
Although the two half-grown piglets did not die as tragically as the adult pigs and were not cut in half, their hearts were completely chopped into pieces by Lu Xuan. It was not visible from the outside, but it would be enough to surprise people when they were dealt with later.
Li Tie calmed down his excitement and reminded everyone: "Okay, let's quickly clean up all the prey before it gets dark, and bleed the wild boar quickly." Otherwise, the wild boar meat will be tough and have a strong fishy smell, making it even more difficult to cook.
"That's right! Come on, get moving!" Miao Jinfeng clapped her hands and called on the female family members to come and help.
Small prey such as pheasants and hares were handled by the women, while wild boars were left to the men.
Some were bleeding the prey, some were boiling water to burn its fur, and everyone was busy working quickly.
As one of the people in charge of cooking, Lu Xuan was still the most efficient one. He peeled the skin, removed the bones, and cut different body parts. Not a single movement was redundant. It was as smooth as a performance. Not only were the villagers fascinated by it, but the audience in the live broadcast room were also watching with gusto.
During the cleanup process, someone soon discovered the difference in the injuries on the prey.
Not only were the ones hit by arrows, but some of the prey even had their heads exploded, covered in blood.
"Those are Lu Xuan's prey."
"We didn't shoot that many chickens, ducks, and rabbits at the beginning. 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 small stones on the ground and kill all the pheasants and rabbits he finds with just a few 'whoosh whoosh' shots!" Li Tuo excitedly gestured to the other villagers who didn't go with them.
Zhang Chengming said: "If you ask me, the most impressive moment was when I first chopped down that wild boar!"
"Haha, that's right, Xiong Mao was really scared at that time."
"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 space bracelet from Xiong Mao, happened to hear this and her face changed. She nervously felt Xiong Mao up and down and said, "Are you okay?"
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 when the blood splashed on his face, but he definitely couldn't say such embarrassing words to Su Ying.
Su Ying noticed the change in Xiong Mao's expression and thought he was upset about being saved by Lu Xuan. While the others weren't paying attention, they whispered a reminder: "Didn't I tell you before? Lu Xuan is different now. Don't go against him. It won't do us any good."
Xiong Mao's mouth twitched slightly, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. Don't you know me?"
Having seen with his own eyes how Lu Xuan chopped a wild boar in half with one knife, how could he still have the courage to fight against him?
Su Ying thought to herself, that's what I know, he bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Thinking about it this way, it is indeed unlikely that Xiong Mao will continue to oppose Lu Xuan.
Su Ying finally felt relieved.
After the prey was almost gathered, Miao Jinfeng came over and asked, "What are you eating tonight? How much prey do you want?"
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