Harvest Complete, Consumption Advancement

That figure seemed to be waving.

Li Xian frowned. The rain was pouring heavily now; the dense curtain of rain, the misty vapor, and the swaying branches all obstructed his vision.

Traits such as "All-Around Hearing" and "Treading Snow" were all hindered by the environment.

"In the hunting woods, people are more dangerous than fierce beasts."

Li Xian wiped the rain from his face and raised a hand over his brow like a canopy. He gazed toward the figure, focusing his eyes on that single point.

Over the past two days of hunting, Li Xian had gone to great lengths to avoid signs of people and conceal his own movements.

This was the first person he had encountered.

"It's Grade-C House Guard Zhang Dan."

He finally made out who it was. Zhang Dan had once patrolled the area near the abandoned houses with Li Xian, so they naturally recognized each other.

Their acquaintance was shallow, no more than a nod in passing.

Zhang Dan was waving repeatedly, greeting Li Xian again and again. Elsewhere, Li Xian would not have ignored him, but here, he had no desire to stir up needless trouble.

He made a gesture, turned, and left.

After walking several li, he still felt that something was off. Unease stirred faintly in his heart as he repeatedly replayed the earlier scene in his mind.

"A Grade-C House Guard only gets ten Swiftfeather Arrows. Most Grade-C House Guards would leave the mountain after a day at most."

"Could Zhang Dan be like me, intending to hunt three bear beasts and use that to advance?"

Based on Li Xian's impression of him—

It did not seem likely.

Just then, Zhang Dan appeared in his sight again. This time, he seemed to have fallen into a trap and been injured, letting