Shocked Zhang Chunhua

His figure hurried down the mountain. Chen Xuan felt a bit nervous inside, but thankfully nothing happened. Half an hour later, his figure finally returned to the village.

Back in the village, he wrapped the bamboo basket containing the Mountain Chicken and bow and arrow with weeds before heading towards his home.

No one paid attention to a child carrying a huge bamboo basket.

No one knew that four Mountain Chickens, each weighing over ten catties, lay quietly in Chen Xuan's bamboo basket.

About a quarter of an hour later, Chen Xuan returned home.

"Guoguo!"

"Guoguo!"

Hearing the sound from outside the door, Xiao Shitou's cheerful voice rang out.

"Good boy, Xiao Shitou!"

Chen Xuan smiled and picked up Xiao Shitou, gently stroked his little head, then put him down and began to sort through the weeds in the basket.

At this moment, his mother, Zhang Chunhua, also walked out of the room.

She hadn't paid attention to Chen Xuan's basket at first, but when Chen Xuan took out the bow and arrow and the Mountain Chickens from the basket, Zhang Chunhua's expression changed slightly, and she quickly walked over.

"Er Gou, you went up the mountain?"

Zhang Chunhua spoke with a hint of nervousness, her gaze involuntarily scanning Chen Xuan's body, afraid that something had happened to him.

"It's okay, Mother. I just wandered around the foot of the mountain. I was quite lucky and actually caught four Mountain Chickens."

Chen Xuan said with a smile, comforting his mother's nervous emotions.

"Er Gou!"

Looking at the four Mountain Chickens, Zhang Chunhua opened her mouth, wanting to scold him, but at this moment, she couldn't say anything.

"Don't worry, Mother, I know."

"See? I'm fine, aren't I?"

Seeming to understand Zhang Chunhua's feelings, Chen Xuan turned around in front of her, then said with a smile.

"Er Gou!"

"It's Mother who's useless!"

Tears fell from Zhang Chunhua's face. The next moment, Chen Xuan only felt his body tighten, and then he was held tightly.

"Mother!"

Chen Xuan called out softly, but his figure didn't move.

And Zhang Chunhua held Chen Xuan tightly until he was almost out of breath before letting go.

Tear stains were still visible on her haggard face.

"Mother, I'm fine. Mother, do you know? There are so many Mountain Chickens at the foot of the mountain. From now on, our family won't lack food, and maybe we'll even have money to go into the city to find Father."

Chen Xuan spoke with feigned excitement, seemingly trying to comfort Zhang Chunhua.

"Er Gou!"

"Promise Mom you won't take risks, okay?"

Zhang Chunhua spoke softly.

"Okay!"

"I know, Mom!"

Chen Xuan sighed inwardly, but his figure still nodded.

As a transmigrator, he knew very well the fragility of a mother.

And only after Zhang Chunhua saw Chen Xuan nod did she let out a slight breath.

Even though she knew from the day Chen Xuan started practicing archery and learning from Zhang Shan that he would go up the mountain, and she knew now that her child couldn't possibly not go up the mountain, and going up the mountain would inevitably be dangerous, at this moment, this was all she could do.

Silently, she got up and took out the four Mountain Chickens from Chen Xuan's basket.

"Er Gou, you take this one to your Second Uncle's house later. Er Zhuang has been practicing with you for a long time these past few days, and we haven't thanked them yet."

She was silent for a moment, then picked out one of the Mountain Chickens and handed it to Chen Xuan.

"Okay, Mom!"

Chen Xuan nodded, not refusing.

His archery skills had improved so quickly during this time, largely thanks to Chen Er Zhuang's help. Especially in the last ten-plus days, he hadn't provided any meat, yet Chen Er Zhuang still helped him practice diligently. He remembered this kindness.

She put the Mountain Chickens back into the basket, and Chen Xuan immediately headed towards his Second Uncle's house.

At Second Uncle's house.

The door opened.

Second Aunt's face looked a bit haggard, but when she saw Chen Xuan, she forced a smile.

"Er Gou."

"Have you eaten? Come in quickly and have a bite."

Second Aunt's gentle voice sounded.

"No, Second Aunt, this is the game I caught today. My mom asked me to bring some over. Please take it."

Chen Xuan shook his head, then took out the Mountain Chicken from his basket.

"Game?"

Second Aunt was a little confused, but soon noticed the Mountain Chicken Chen Xuan had taken out, and her expression couldn't help but show surprise.

"Second Aunt, my mom is still waiting for me to eat, so I'll be going now!"

Handing the Mountain Chicken to the stunned Second Aunt, Chen Xuan's figure immediately left.

"Er Gou!"

When Chen Xuan left, Second Aunt finally reacted and quickly chased after him.

But at this moment, Chen Xuan had already gone far away.

Second Aunt could only return home, still in shock, carrying the Mountain Chicken.

And when the news reached Second Uncle's ears, Second Uncle was also shocked, even somewhat disbelieving.

Of course, Chen Xuan didn't know about this at the moment.

After giving the Mountain Chicken to Second Aunt, he went straight home.

At home.

His mother's dinner would take some time.

Chen Xuan was not in a hurry and began to ponder his future path.

With the Conceptual Ability and his archery skills having reached minor accomplishment, it was unlikely that food would be a problem anymore.

But as a transmigrator, merely not starving was clearly impossible; he wasn't truly a thirteen or fourteen-year-old village boy.

But how should he proceed next, or rather, what could he do with the help of the system?

This was undoubtedly something to ponder.

With a thought.

Text appeared.

Target: Archery mastery (to be determined)

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Path one: Green Mountain City. Fierce Mountain Hall is recruiting members. Arrive in Green Mountain City within twenty-four hours, offer one tael of silver to Steward Chen, and you can join Fierce Mountain Hall. Achieve great merit, and you can become a disciple of Fierce Mountain Hall's Deputy Hall Master, Zhang Qiushan, to learn archery. Your archery will reach mastery in five years.

Path two: With your archery already at minor accomplishment, hunt in the mountains daily. Your archery will reach mastery in twenty years.

Text appeared, these were the paths generated based on the archery mastery target he had set earlier.

However, at this moment, Chen Xuan's gaze merely swept over these words.

It wasn't because the paths to mastery, or even the time required, were extremely long; more importantly, as a transmigrator, the appeal of archery mastery to him was only so-so.

Involuntarily, his mind once again thought of the terror in the river.

"This world!"

He spoke softly, the rest of the words unspoken, the meaning of which only Chen Xuan himself could understand.

After a moment, he let out a slight exhale of turbid air, his gaze once again fixed on his Conceptual Ability.

Target: Archery mastery in a short time (to be determined)

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Text appeared. Looking at the content for archery mastery, a smile couldn't help but appear on Chen Xuan's face.