"Hunting!"
Chen Xuan spoke softly.
The next moment, text appeared.
Objective: Obtain hunting skills (to be determined) Setting complete "Loading..." "Loading successful!" "Path One: Bring one jin of meat to Zhang Shan's home every three days. Zhang Shan will agree to teach you hunting skills." "Path Two: Go to the forest and live there every day. After one month, you will obtain hunting skills."
As the text appeared, a path was swiftly generated the moment the new objective was set.
Yet looking at those paths, Chen Xuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Both were undoubtedly extremely difficult.
There was no need to mention the second path. Go into the forest and survive there every day, gaining hunting skills after a month? Bullshit. If he failed to gain hunting skills after a month, he would be dead.
As for the first path, it was no simpler. One jin of meat for Zhang Shan to teach him for three days—at this time, that fee was not low. It was outrageously high.
That one Mountain Chicken of his would only be enough for ten days or half a month of lessons.
And learning hunting skills in ten days or half a month was nothing more than a fool's dream.
"I'll have to take a risk!"
Chen Xuan spoke softly and could not help looking at another path among last night's food options.
Taking the Mountain Chicken to seek instruction was clearly unsuitable.
That left only the large black carp.
Although catching that black carp meant going into the water, he could no longer afford to care about that.
If he did not quickly master some skills, even filling his stomach would be a problem, let alone anything else.
With that thought, he reminded Xiao Shitou of a few things before walking out the door.
Half an hour later, he arrived by the river.
Chen Xuan searched around and quickly found his target.
He immediately began to act.
With great difficulty, he moved a large rock into the water, then pushed it through the water toward the target location.
Every movement was arduous and exhausting.
The water grew deeper and deeper.
It gradually rose past his thighs.
But Chen Xuan could not care about that and continued shoving the rock forward.
More than two hours later, panting heavily, he finally moved the rock into position.
"Whew!"
Looking at where it had been placed, then comparing it with the location, Chen Xuan let out a long breath and prepared to head back.
But at that very moment, his footing seemed to slip.
Splash!
The sound of someone falling into the water rang out, and Chen Xuan immediately sank straight toward the riverbed.
"Gulp, gulp!"
Great mouthfuls of water rushed into his stomach, and his consciousness instantly went blank for a moment.
Only after a while did Chen Xuan react and begin struggling desperately.
Yet it felt as though his feet had been bound. He could not break free at all.
"Break! Break for me!"
Realizing he was sinking deeper and deeper, Chen Xuan panicked. His hands tore wildly at whatever was around him.
At that moment, text appeared.
Objective: Undo the restraints (to be determined) "Loading..." "Loading successful!" "Path One: Douse it with Virgin Boy Urine. The restraints will be undone after ten seconds." "Path Two:"
The text flooded into his mind, and a cool current seemed to flow through his brain. His consciousness instantly cleared.
"Urine? Virgin Boy Urine?"
His expression was full of confusion, but feeling himself sink ever farther down, Chen Xuan could not care less. He hurriedly forced himself to piss.
Fortunately, he had not gone to the toilet all day. The urge quickly came.
His urine sprayed out.
The moment it mixed with the water, the mist wrapped around his feet seemed to encounter boiling water in the haze. It suddenly shrank back, curling up rapidly, and the restraints on him vanished in an instant.
Chen Xuan felt his feet grow light. He no longer cared about anything else and struggled with all his strength toward the surface.
A moment later.
At the riverbank, Chen Xuan crawled out violently, drenched from head to toe and gasping for air.
After taking only two steps, he staggered and collapsed beside the river.
"I... I made it up."
Looking at the blue sky and white clouds, Chen Xuan was still shaken to the core.
His gaze drifted uncontrollably toward the dark, deep river, and instinctive fear rose within him.
He could not help retreating several steps.
What had just happened was no different from escaping death by the skin of his teeth.
What frightened him even more was what exactly had wrapped around him.
When he had first crossed over, he might have assumed it was waterweed.
But now, he could no longer think that.
His mind had been perfectly clear just then.
He remembered that it seemed his Virgin Boy Urine had undone the restraints.
What kind of thing needed Virgin Boy Urine to break its hold?
Just thinking of such a thing was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
He even instinctively wanted to flee.
Only when he saw the Blue Stone he had propped upright did Chen Xuan forcibly stop.
There was not much time left before the system-designated moment to obtain the black carp. If he left now, someone would definitely take the fish, and getting food again would not be so easy.
Moreover, this incident had made him clearly understand that while the system could set objectives and generate paths to complete them, that did not mean he could finish those paths with absolute certainty.
If he missed this chance, he would undoubtedly have to keep taking risks the next time he wanted food.
"Damn it, don't tell me this world has ghosts!"
Chen Xuan could not help cursing under his breath, yet the unease in his heart did not lessen in the slightest.
Until—
Splash!
A black carp leaped from the water, intending to rush upstream as usual. But this time, at the height of its jump, it was blocked by a not-so-large stone.
Bang!
A dull impact rang out.
The same scene from last night happened again.
Only this time, the fish was bigger and its momentum greater. The tremendous sound could be heard even from dozens of meters away.
The next moment, before Chen Xuan's dumbfounded eyes, the large black carp smashed its head straight into the Blue Stone and bounced to his feet.
Its body continued to twitch violently.
Only after it flopped twice did Chen Xuan suddenly come to his senses. He hurriedly pinned down the big fish and brought a stone down hard on its head.
He then swiftly stuffed the big fish into the bamboo basket he had prepared beforehand.
Only then did Chen Xuan let out a slight breath of relief.
He cast a deep glance at the river, then, without the slightest hesitation, hoisted the bamboo basket onto his back and quickly left.
From now on, unless absolutely necessary, he had no intention of coming to this stretch of river again.
Chen Xuan quickly departed.
Deep beneath the riverbed.
Strands of black qi churned endlessly, and an ominous aura spread without cease.
The urine Chen Xuan had released earlier had, without his noticing, completely evaporated.
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