The cooperative's business is gradually on the right track, and Zhou Ming has more free time.

As for cultivation, he has not been pulled down in the past few months, and the system provides an "automatic cultivation" mode, Zhou Ming is absorbing the spiritual element in the air all the time, and only when the realm is improved, he needs to calm down and sit on the bed to meditate.

As for the realm, he can share the insights in Ye Kong's cultivation process.

So overall, Zhou Ming's cultivation speed was not slow.

Two days ago, it broke through to the early stage of qi refining.

This cultivation is only the beginning in the cultivation world, but for ordinary people, it is the great power of ten cows combined in one person, and it is a strong opponent that a hundred ordinary strong men cannot defeat.

Most of the strange beasts in the forest are only close to this level.

"Uncle Xia, take me to the mountains to hunt tomorrow, I want to learn to hunt. ”

At the dinner table that day, Zhou Ming suddenly said something to Uncle Xia.

"You want to go hunting, too?"

Uncle Xia was taken aback, and then shook his head, "You better stay at home and farm, your cooperative is doing well, you don't have to go to the mountains." ”

Xia Xiaoyan's face turned pale, she hurriedly put down the bowl, took Zhou Ming's hand and said, "Shanhe, you did a good job in the cooperative, why do you want to go hunting in the mountains? The mountains are dangerous, don't go!"

Her younger brother Xia Hu, a 15-year-old strong boy, glanced at his sister and said: "Sister, I have been hunting in the mountains with Abba for two years, and the mountains are not as dangerous as you say, but there are many interesting things, I like to hunt the most!"

"Fun things, what are the specifics?" Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to ask Xia Hu.

"That's a lot, like ...... Ahh

Before Xia Hu could say anything, he let out a shocking scream, but it was his sister Xia Xiaoyan who pinched his waist fiercely, and he shouted in pain: "Sister, let go!"

Aunt Xia also criticized him: "You fool, don't talk nonsense, there is no danger in the mountains, but once you run into it, you can't come back!"

He turned his head and said to Zhou Ming gently: "Mountains and rivers, there is really nothing to go to in the mountains, with your ability, it is still the most suitable to stay in the village and run the cooperative well!"

"There's not much going on in the cooperative, and I want to go into the mountains a few times with the hunting team to learn about the hunt. Zhou Ming said, in his heart, there was a new plan brewing.

"Stop messing around!"

Uncle Xia knocked on the table twice, and said with a serious face: "Zhang Shanhe, do what you are best at! Hunting is not as simple as you think, walking into the mountains and forests for ten miles, those pheasants and hares you shoot are not called hunting at all! We hunters have to go hundreds of miles and thousands of miles in order to catch the most desired prey, injuries are common, and there are many people who never come out again, this is not farming, you have to play with your life to do this!"

Aunt Xia and Xia Xiaoyan also persuaded Zhou Ming to dispel his thoughts and not to take risks in the mountains.

Seeing that so many people were opposed, Zhou Ming didn't say anything, just buried his head in eating.

The next day, Zhou Ming put on a strong suit, held a big bow in his hand, a quiver around his waist, and a package on his back, and followed the hunting team into the mountain.

Uncle Xia did not object, on the contrary, when the other hunters questioned one after another, he said to those hunters: "Take him with you, he won't hold us back, if he really can't do it, we will throw him aside and arrange some chores for him." ”

Uncle Xia is the vice captain of the hunting team, and he is quite prestigious, so the hunters no longer oppose it.

This dramatic turn of events is astonishing.

How did Zhou Ming settle Uncle Xia, make him nod his head in agreement, and no longer object?

Archery, yesterday's archery demonstration with a variety of tricks and hundreds of shots, made Uncle Xia, the old hunter, open his mouth wide, and he never objected again.

After entering the mountain, Zhou Ming did not worry any hunters, but he showed a lot of special survival skills in the wild, but called some old hunters who had been hunting for half their lives, and they opened their eyes and learned and imitated one after another.

For example, the technique of quickly setting up tents, setting up camp guard traps, setting up hunting traps, how to make wild food, and so on.

Among them, the most popular, of course, is the variety of wild delicacies he cooks through a variety of simple combinations of ingredients, and those old hunters did not expect it at all, but it is just to hunt a few ordinary prey, and then get a few handfuls of wild vegetables, mushrooms, and some spices, the barbecue can be so delicious, and the broth can be so delicious, it is simply a magical skill to turn decay into magic.

But what shocked the hunters even more was that it had just begun.

Especially when there are more prey in the forest, the prey that was not so easy to catch in the past has dropped by several levels due to Zhou Ming's existence.

At this time, Zhou Ming also found several important problems.

One, there were a lot of prey in the forest, much more than he had imagined, and a little distance, there were a large number of deer, sheep, wild boars and other animal groups, and the density was very high.

Second, the hunting efficiency of the hunters is very low, even if they have very rich hunting skills and seamless teamwork, but the prey they catch is pitiful every time...... Even if they themselves were very satisfied, in Zhou Ming's eyes, it was only equivalent to the hunting level of primitive people.

Why is this happening?

The animals are alert, fast and agile on the one hand, but above all the weapons and tools in the hunters' hands are rudimentary.

Bows and arrows are the most commonly used weapons, followed by hardwood clubs, short spears, and metal weapons with only a few daggers and two knives...... Mainly wooden weapons, the attack power is weak.

Finally, there is a hunting method, the division of labor and cooperation is there, and the cooperation is relatively tacit, but due to the backwardness of the tools, the traps are rarely used, and there are quite a lot of brute forces that rush up, and the result is often unable to catch up with the prey group.

"Their way of hunting is a bit like a fisherman, standing in a pond full of fish, not knowing how to weave nets to catch fish, and not knowing how to make a good harpoon, purely touching it in the water with his hands, and it is strange that it can be efficient!"

The shortage of metal weapons is the main limitation, but it does not mean that it is impossible to break through this limit, because in this vast forest, some kinds of trees can be comparable in hardness and toughness to steel, and can completely become a substitute for metal.

"The reason for this is that the hunters' strong physique gives them a certain degree of inertia, they are long in the tempering of the body, short in the use and development of tools, in a word, they are - simple minds, developed limbs. ”

Of course, this is not a problem of hunters alone, but a common phenomenon in all walks of life on this continent.

So this is also a very good platform for Zhou Ming to play.

Therefore, in the next few days, in front of these hunters, Zhou Ming showed off what is the real hunting operation.

Pitfall.

All sorts of traps.

Traps in the ground + heavy logs hanging from trees, hanging nets made by bending trees, strong bites shaped like crocodile mouths...... Get some more food and place it around these traps.

Then just stay at the camp and wait.

"Whew~"

"Huhu~"

"Oh~"

Every day, you can hear the screams of your prey after falling into a trap.

Ten trap devices, harvesting every day, and several well-placed traps, can harvest several prey a day.

Zhou Ming even made a bet with the more than 100 hunters that he and Xia Hu would catch no less prey than them.

It was a provocation and an insult, and the hunters were furious, and they were all determined to win the game, to make the young man speak, and to be careful with a little measure and politeness.

But five days later, when they looked at the two piles of prey stacked together on the ground, which were obviously higher than Zhou Ming's group, all the hunters blushed, clenched their fists and couldn't say a word.

"Prey is not that difficult to catch, as long as we set a few traps and put a few pieces of bait in the place where they must go, we just have to wait and we can get something. ”

"You...... You are cheating! Hunting that there is such a catch, this is not the way we hunters hunt!" a young man blushed and pointed at Zhou Ming and said, his face full of disbelief.

"A hunter must have a hunter's way of catching, and if you use a trap, you are not a hunter!" someone followed.

"Yes! You're playing tricks by hunting like this! You're not winning at all!"

"No, no, no. ”

Zhou Ming waved his index finger, shook his head and said: "Our purpose is ultimately the prey, as long as the prey catches the hand, no matter what way it is used, it can be called a hunter." ”

"It's just that there are two kinds of hunters, one is the hunter who uses his brain, and the other is the hunter who uses his hands, I belong to the former, and you belong to the latter. ”

"You can think about it, is it better to use a little brain to harvest the inexhaustible prey, or is it better to be tired and tired and chase all over the mountains and finally only harvest a small amount of prey?"

"As long as you use your brain more, not only will there be more prey and shorter time, but the possibility of encountering danger will be greatly reduced......"

"Don't you think there's a better way to hunt?"

These words made the hunters fall into deep thought, as if they had an understanding.

Some people are still unconvinced, but they have to admit that this way of hunting is indeed much easier and easier.

"Boy, do you mean that we hunters don't have brains?" Uncle Xia, who was also pondering just now, had a face like the bottom of a pot, black and terrifying.

"Huh~" The others also reacted and began to stare at him with unkind expressions.

"No, no, no. Zhou Ming restrained his smile and waved his hand repeatedly.

"I think that's what you mean!"

Someone grabbed him from behind, and his expression became fierce, "This guy is so hateful, let's beat him up!"

"Damn, dare we say we don't have brains, let's come up and him together!" said the other man, clenched his fists.

"Roast whole sheep, fragrant roasted whole sheep! There is also a golden roast pig, plus a delicious and authentic mushroom and fresh fish soup, and each person comes with a delicious and authentic flower rabbit!

Everyone immediately paused.

Someone's throat moved, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The hand on his shoulder was also loosened, and the strong man took a step back, and his mouth buzzed: "Hmph! For the sake of delicious food, I will spare you for once." ”