Not Even as Good as a Pig!

How could he not be diligent? Feng Wu was busy stealing kills!

To everyone else, livestock was just livestock. But to Feng Wu, they were walking experience points!

The more he killed, the more he gained!

Feng Wu wandered along and soon arrived outside the west wing. From afar, he could hear the miserable screams of pigs from within the courtyard.

The Xiao Clan had several hundred members, and everyone on the Dou Qi Continent cultivated Dou Qi, so they ate a great deal. Thirty-odd chickens definitely would not be enough.

Pigs, cattle, and sheep were the real main courses.

Hearing the cries from inside, Feng Wu's heart ached. Those were all experience points!

Carrying the Butchering Knife, Feng Wu strode through the courtyard gate.

But the moment he entered, something unexpected happened!

Either the rope had not been tied tightly enough, or this pig was simply too strong. The instant Feng Wu entered, he saw a pig covered in blood, with a knife still lodged in its neck, charging straight for the gate.

The pig was trying to escape!

"Feng Wu, get out of the way!" The other servants and an old master butcher in the courtyard turned pale when they saw Feng Wu standing in the gateway.

This pig was incredibly strong!

Feng Wu was only at the fifth stage of Dou Qi. His strength could not be all that great! Empty-handed, he would not come out well from this.

As for the Butchering Knife in Feng Wu's hand, the old master butcher had instinctively ignored it. That battered old blade was not a proper weapon at all!

At that moment, Feng Wu also saw the crazed, red-eyed fat pig charging at him. He took a small step back.

Seeing this, the fleeing pig might not have been very intelligent, but its instincts told it that Feng Wu was afraid!

The pain from its wound drove it even more mad, and it accelerated as it rammed toward Feng Wu!

Just as the fat pig was about to crash into him, Feng Wu suddenly twisted sideways, slipping out of its path. Yet the hand holding his knife stretched straight out to the side!

"Slash—!"

A crisp sound, like an oar cutting through water, rang out. Blood sprayed violently as a long gash opened along the fat pig's side, from its head and face all the way to its waist and tail!

"Squeal—!" With a shrill cry, the fat pig burst through the gate and ran another ten-odd meters before its remaining strength finally gave out. It hit the ground with a thud and collapsed helplessly!

System notification: Killed one Pig King. Experience +0.7

Feng Wu glanced back. That had been close. Good thing he had not tried to block it himself.

He had originally wanted to stop it with his own hands. His thinking had been, I'm a grown man, and I've even transmigrated. Am I really going to lose to a pig?

But reality was just that cruel.

When he had gathered his strength, circulated his Dou Qi, and focused on the pig, text similar to what had appeared on the evolved Butchering Knife had appeared over the pig!

A Pig King. Your strength is about the same as its, but it is currently enraged. Be careful not to provoke it! Unless you want several broken ribs.

Perhaps you could try dodging and let it run into your knife. It would definitely die quickly!

Pig King (Capturable/Upgradeable): Experience can be extracted to make Experience Pills, used as pet upgrade materials.

Enraged State: Strength and speed increased by 15%. In its current state, it might be able to contend with a seventh-stage Dou Qi cultivator.

At the time, system notifications flooded Feng Wu's vision. Their meaning filled the screen—he was not even as good as a pig!

Still, Feng Wu had no habit of putting himself in danger. Hiding away and collecting experience was the best way.

In the end, he chose to follow the system's suggestion. Being brave was not the same as being stupid, and Feng Wu was no fool!

However, Feng Wu's move had clearly stunned everyone in the courtyard.

In the end, Feng Wu clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, hurry up and lend a hand. You don't expect me to carry such a heavy pig inside by myself, do you?

"If we're any slower, all the pig's blood will drain out."

Only then did everyone snap out of it and rush over in a flurry to help.

The old master butcher in the courtyard stared with shining eyes. "Feng Wu, have you reached the sixth stage of Dou Qi?"

The old master butcher's cultivation was not high, but he was old and experienced enough to have a discerning eye. Feng Wu's speed just now had clearly been faster than it was in the morning.

"Mm. I broke through not long ago."

After receiving Feng Wu's confirmation, the old master butcher's smile grew even brighter, like an old withered chrysanthemum. The other servants immediately began praising him as well.

At his age, reaching the sixth stage of Dou Qi was rare within the Xiao Clan, and even Wu Tan City did not have many like him. Most of the servants here were only at the fourth or fifth stage of Dou Qi at Feng Wu's age.

Though he could not compare to the Xiao Clan's geniuses—Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Ning, and the like—once he matured, becoming the captain of a market district guard squad would not be a problem.

That was far better than slaughtering livestock in the kitchen. Wherever there were people, there were social circles and human relations. So, those with any sense all wanted to get closer to him, flatter him a little, and become familiar with him.

In the end, Feng Wu could not take it anymore. He quickly claimed that he had come to help slaughter livestock and directly went looking for work before finally getting away.

Even then, the old master butcher wanted to assign Feng Wu some easier work as a favor.

In the end, only after Feng Wu strongly insisted did he get the job of using the knife!

But after his next cut, things were different.

System notification: Killed one domestic pig. Gained 0.5 experience.

Only half a point of experience? Was it because that previous pig had been a Pig King, and its strength was different?

With that question in mind, Feng Wu turned around and killed a cow, a sheep, and a fish.

System notification: Killed one sheep. Gained 0.4 experience.

System notification: Killed one bull. Gained 0.8 experience.

System notification: Killed one domestic crucian carp. Gained 0.1 experience.

Another batch of experience came in, and Feng Wu confirmed it: killing different creatures granted different amounts of experience.

In particular, the stronger the creature he killed, the more experience he received!

One cow gave as much as 0.8!

There was nothing more to say. Feng Wu immediately went to steal the cattle-killing jobs.

But large livestock yielded a lot of meat, and the kitchen did not need that much.

Even if they killed extra to stockpile it, three cows were enough.

By the end of the afternoon, Feng Wu had personally slaughtered three cows, five pigs, six sheep, and fifty fish.

In the end, the crucian carp, which had been slaughtered in the greatest quantity, gave Feng Wu the most experience.

Including the Pig King, everything combined had given Feng Wu thirteen experience points!

Adding the one and a half points he already had, his experience had reached an astonishing (14.5/15).

He was just a tiny bit away from leveling up again!

Two stages in one day!

If the old master butcher had not firmly refused to let Feng Wu continue slaughtering the household's livestock, Feng Wu would have killed another pig no matter what!

This was torture for someone with obsessive-compulsive tendencies!

The Xiao Clan's main household had only several hundred people, and even counting the servants, there were barely over a thousand.

More than three thousand jin of meat was enough to feed them all, with plenty left over.

Seeing that the old master butcher would not relent, Feng Wu gave up and left.

He had an even better idea!

Since even weapons and livestock could be upgraded with his experience, what about cultivation techniques and Dou Skills?

Could they be upgraded too?

Note: The more than three thousand jin of meat I mentioned is the amount after the usable meat yield.

I looked it up online. A pig's usable meat yield is around 60%, while cattle and sheep are both between 40% and 50%, so I used 45%.

I do not know whether that is accurate. My family is not in this line of work, so let's just go with it.