Hunting and the Five Elements Fist

The next day, Bai Yu took Old Mo into the mountains.

After walking several miles into the mountains, Bai Yu was already panting with exhaustion.

Although his Strength had now reached 10, which was about 100 pounds.

His Blood Essence was depleted, and his constitution was weak.

In other words, he was a five-second wonder.

Very fierce, but not durable.

After resting for a good while, he regained his vigor and began preparing to hunt.

As soon as he entered the forest, the knowledge in his mind became incredibly clear.

He could easily distinguish the footprints of wild animals.

He could even deduce what kind of animal it was and how many days ago it had passed by, based on the traces of activity.

Relying on his entry-level hunter experience, he set up several snare traps on the paths of wild animals.

As soon as a wild animal triggered the trap, it would be caught by the rope and unable to escape.

In addition, he also set up many slab traps.

When small animals came to eat the food, they would be crushed by the slab.

Half a day later, Bai Yu took out two baked sweet potatoes from his pocket.

He and Old Mo each took one and slowly ate them.

"Old Mo, in a few days, we'll be able to eat meat."

He couldn't help but imagine the fragrant braised pork.

"Woof woof~"

Old Mo also began to drool.

A few days ago, both man and dog were starving.

However, the next day when Bai Yu went up the mountain, the traps yielded nothing.

On the third day, he only caught a mountain rat, which had already been crushed into a rat pancake by the slab.

Although he tasted a bit of meat, it wasn't even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.

On the fourth day, Bai Yu went up the mountain again with an uneasy heart.

"Amitabha, Boundless Celestial Worthy, may all the Immortal Emperors bless me with a bountiful harvest this time, Amen!"

He and Old Mo checked the traps one by one.

Finally, at the last trap, they found a wild deer hanging.

The wild deer was about the size of a goat, hanging from a tree by a rope, and looked like it had just died.

"Thank you for the gift of nature."

Tears of gratitude flowed from the corners of Bai Yu's mouth.

He almost jumped over, took down the wild deer, and carried it down the mountain.

"Old Mo, we have meat to eat."

Bai Yu carefully peeled off the deer skin.

A complete deer skin could be sold for hundreds of coins in the city, and even if sold to a peddler who collected hides, it could be sold for sixty or seventy coins.

The deer antlers could be used in medicine and sold to a doctor for about thirty coins.

This one deer could bring in nearly a hundred copper coins.

And there were hundreds of pounds of meat, which, if eaten sparingly, would last for a month or two.

Bai Yu packed up the deer antlers and deer skin, skillfully bled and cut the meat, and hung a lot of the meat to smoke and dry.

That noon, he cooked a pot of heart and lung soup.

Delicious internal organs, paired with grilled liver and grilled venison.

Bai Yu and the little black dog ate with greasy mouths, exclaiming with satisfaction.

"Old Mo, this is what I call life, having food and drink, it would be even better if there was a little beauty."

"When we become rich in the future, I will definitely find three or five beauties and have an all-night... mahjong game."

"Yeah, and then I'll find you some little fema—damn it, you ate all the grilled liver!"

"Are you even a dog? Leave some for me!"

Old Mo licked his lips and grinned foolishly.

What beauties, what puppies, he didn't care about any of that.

He just wanted to follow Bai Yu and be able to eat his fill every day, and he was already satisfied.

Bai Yu was furious and drank all the heart and lung soup on the spot, not leaving a single drop for Old Mo.

Having eaten his fill, Bai Yu patted his stomach and stood up.

"Old Mo, you stay home and watch the house. I'm going to take some venison to Uncle Dazhuang and them."

When Bai Yu arrived at his door, Uncle Dazhuang was holding a bowl, eating wild vegetable and coarse rice.

"Changsheng, have you eaten? If not, come and have some."

"Uncle Dazhuang, I've already eaten. I got a deer today, so I brought some over for you."

Uncle Dazhuang was taken aback, looking at Bai Yu in disbelief.

In this day and age, it wasn't easy to get meat.

Ordinary families only saw meat during festivals. Usually, they would save a little cured meat to entertain guests.

Uncle Dazhuang hurriedly waved his hand:

"Changsheng, what are you doing? How can your uncle take your things, especially meat?"

Bai Yu forcibly put down the venison:

"Uncle Dazhuang, I can't eat that much by myself. Besides, I still need to thank you for that bag of rice you sent."

Uncle Dazhuang refused repeatedly, praising Bai Yu for his ability.

As Bai Yu turned around, he heard Uncle Dazhuang's son, Xiaozhuang, cheering:

"Great, we're having meat! Mom, let's eat meat today!"

"Eat what? The fat is for making oil, and the lean meat is pickled to make cured meat for guests."

"Wife, put two pieces of the fried oil residue in there. The child is growing."

"Dad is right."

"Right about what? Look at Changsheng, how old is he, and he can already go into the mountains to hunt."

"Mom is also right."

Bai Yu, who was outside the house, smiled knowingly.

He went to Sister-in-law San's house and gave her a piece of venison.

Sister-in-law San was equally surprised and delighted, praising Bai Yu for having the makings of a hunter.

The surrounding neighbors sighed secretly, wondering why they hadn't helped Changsheng when he was down on his luck.

Finally, Bai Yu carried a deer leg to Master Meng's house.

Master Meng was both his teacher and had helped the Bai family out, so the debt of gratitude was the greatest.

Master Meng didn't seem to be home, so Bai Yu simply hung the deer leg on the door and prepared to leave.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Master Meng standing not far behind him.

Bai Yu hurriedly bowed.

"Master Meng, I've brought you a deer leg."

Master Meng was holding a ruler in his hand, not looking at the deer leg, but with a serious expression:

"You haven't been to school for a few days. Have you fallen behind in your studies? Recite the Thousand Character Classic."

Master Meng was always rigid, and the first thing he asked about was his studies.

If he couldn't recite it, his ruler would never show mercy.

"Heaven and earth are dark and yellow, the universe vast and wild..."

Bai Yu recited it word for word, and Master Meng's face softened a lot.

"Of the Three Hundred Poems, how many can you recite?"

"He threw a peach to me, I repaid him with a jasper gem..."

Bai Yu recited more than a dozen poems in a row, and Master Meng listened, nodding repeatedly, the look of approval in his eyes growing stronger.

After Bai Yu finished reciting, a rare smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad, not bad, this child is teachable."

Only then did he take the deer leg, open the door, and invite Bai Yu in to sit down.

He sighed:

"Alas, you are my most outstanding student, and it is truly a pity that you have given up your studies like this."

Master Meng tapped the table lightly with his finger and said:

"I know it's not easy for you, but you can't fall behind in your studies."

"In the future, come to my house for lessons on the first and fifteenth of every month."

The first and fifteenth of the month were when the village school was out of session, and Master Meng meant to give Bai Yu private tutoring.

Bai Yu wanted to refuse, but seeing Master Meng's unquestionable expression, the words came to his lips and he swallowed them back down.

"Changsheng thanks the Master for the kindness of teaching."

Master Meng nodded, took out two books from the drawer, and handed them to Bai Yu.

"This pair of books, one is a copy of the Spring and Autumn Annals that I transcribed. Take it back and study it; there will be an assessment on the first day of next month."

"The other is a martial arts technique I obtained by chance. Practice it; it can be used for self-defense."

Bai Yu's breathing grew heavy.

The Spring and Autumn Annals was fine, but the martial arts technique was exactly what he urgently needed.

He saw the blue cover with the words Five Elements Fist written on it.