Fame Spreads Far and Wide

"No, Mother, I don't want silver, and I don't want clothes. Er Gou, don't take risks, all right?"

Zhang Chunhua choked back sobs, tears spilling out once more despite herself.

The village found it unbelievable, shocking, and admirable that Chen Xuan had killed a wild boar, but Zhang Chunhua felt nothing but worry.

Even though Zhang Chunhua did not know how difficult it was to hunt a wild boar, she knew it was extraordinarily dangerous. As his mother, she least wanted her son to put himself in danger.

Chen Xuan going up the mountain to hunt had already worried her greatly, yet now he had actually killed a wild boar. The worry in her heart erupted completely.

He gently held his mother until Zhang Chunhua gradually calmed down.

Only then did Chen Xuan pull away and look seriously at his mother.

Seeing Chen Xuan's gaze, Zhang Chunhua could not help but freeze slightly.

As she stood there dazed,

Chen Xuan spoke in a firm voice.

"Mother, we need to find Father and Eldest Brother. I want our whole family to be reunited and live a good life!"

His voice was still somewhat childish, but the words he spoke at that moment made Zhang Chunhua's body tremble slightly.

"The whole family..."

Zhang Chunhua repeated the words unconsciously.

"That's right. Our whole family will be reunited and live a good life. But Eldest Brother and Father were conscripted. To find them, we have to enter the city. I need silver—a great deal of silver."

"Mother, do you believe in me?"

Chen Xuan nodded and slowly explained.

Of course, he was not merely coaxing his mother.

Having transmigrated here, after several months of living together, he had fully accepted this family and accepted Zhang Chunhua as his mother.

He knew that his mother missed the father and eldest brother of this body every moment of every day. If possible, he would certainly bring them back.

Looking into Chen Xuan's eyes,

Zhang Chunhua opened her mouth.

In the end, her words became a soft murmur.

"Mother believes in you!"

Zhang Chunhua's voice was very quiet, but Chen Xuan heard it clearly at that moment.

"Don't worry, Mother. I'll take good care of myself!"

Chen Xuan spoke seriously once more.

Only after hearing Chen Xuan's words did Zhang Chunhua nod gently.

Then the mother and son returned home. At the courtyard gate, Xiao Shitou had already run out happily and flung himself into Chen Xuan's arms.

With a soft laugh, Chen Xuan picked Xiao Shitou up and carried him back inside.

Evening came.

In the small courtyard,

Arrows whistled through the air one after another.

Beside him, Chen Er Zhuang drew his bow and shot with difficulty.

Of course, while shooting, Chen Er Zhuang would glance at Chen Xuan from time to time, his eyes filled with nothing but worship.

"Remember, archery lies in the hand, the eye, and the heart. Feel your own sense of it!"

"Three points on one line!"

Chen Xuan taught earnestly at his side. He did not hold anything back from this cousin of his; he had even used the Conceptual Ability for him.

The results were extremely obvious.

After several months, Chen Er Zhuang's archery had thoroughly entered the beginner stage.

What remained was merely reaching minor mastery.

But clearly, Chen Er Zhuang would need far more time than Chen Xuan had to reach minor mastery.

Even so, Chen Er Zhuang was immensely excited. He had studied under Zhang Shan for several days before, and in his view, Zhang Shan had not taught nearly as well as his younger cousin.

Moreover, Zhang Shan certainly was not as capable as his younger cousin. His younger cousin could hunt Wild Boars.

This left him with nothing but admiration and worship for Chen Xuan.

The night gradually deepened.

Chen Er Zhuang left in exhaustion.

Chen Xuan entered his room and continued making settings.

Target: Retrieve Father, Eldest Brother (pending confirmation)

...

The night passed without incident.

A new day arrived, and Chen Xuan went up the mountain to hunt as usual.

This time, however, he did not choose to hunt fierce beasts such as Wild Boars. He merely killed a mountain goat before returning home.

He did need to quickly obtain enough money to enter the city.

But killing a wild boar or another fierce beast every day would be far too conspicuous and exaggerated on one hand, while on the other, fierce beasts like wild boars were not so easy to hunt. Although making a setting could produce a path, the difficulty would change according to existing conditions. Just like on the second day, hunting a wild boar had undoubtedly become much harder, so Chen Xuan ultimately chose to give up.

Fortunately, the system's settings soon presented another opportunity.

On the fourth day, Chen Xuan once again returned from the mountain with a wild boar.

Although this wild boar was not as large as the first one, it still weighed around two hundred jin.

Seeing the wild boar he had dragged back, the villagers could not help but gape once more.

Even Zhang Shan among the crowd widened his eyes, utterly incredulous.

"It really is a wild boar!"

"How did he do it?"

Zhang Shan muttered to himself.

The first time, he had still found it somewhat hard to believe.

He knew Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan had previously been learning archery from him, and his talent had seemed rather ordinary. He had only studied for a few days, and Zhang Shan had not even taught him all there was to archery, much less how to hunt.

Yet after only a few months, Chen Xuan had not only learned to hunt, but had even hunted a wild boar.

That was a wild boar.

Having once hunted a wild boar himself, Zhang Shan naturally knew just how troublesome such a creature was.

Bows and arrows simply could not inflict a fatal wound on one.

The last time he had killed a wild boar, it had been because there were many people. He had shot the boar in the eye with an arrow, then they had dug a trap, and finally everyone had used long spears to stab it to death.

But now, Chen Xuan was alone, yet he had killed a wild boar.

It made Zhang Shan's whole worldview waver.

Of course, Zhang Shan was not the only one in the crowd who was shaken at that moment.

The entire village was undoubtedly thrown into an uproar once more.

If, after the first wild boar, everyone had still harbored doubts and half-believed it, some even suspecting that Chen Xuan had simply been lucky enough to pick one up,

Though that possibility was almost infinitesimal,

They still found it impossible to accept that Chen Xuan could hunt Wild Boars.

But when Chen Xuan returned with a second wild boar, all those doubts and half-beliefs vanished completely.

The first could be called luck, but what about the second?

And this time, the blow dealt to the villagers was no less than the first.

Just like that, Chen Xuan's reputation in the village instantly rang out far and wide.

That evening, villagers even came to visit him directly.

Their purpose, naturally, was to have their children learn hunting from Chen Xuan.

After that one time with Zhang Shan, quite a few villagers had already sent their children to learn from him. Chen Xuan needed no further mention—he was a hunter who could kill Wild Boars.

Chen Xuan turned down every villager who made such requests.

He taught Chen Er Zhuang because his second uncle's family had truly helped them greatly, and when he had first transmigrated here, Chen Er Zhuang had also risked his life to save him. He had little interest in others and little time to spare.

His reason for refusing was simple: he had no time right now. He could teach them, but they would have to wait until next year.

As for whether he would still be in Small River Village next year, that was not something he needed to consider.