Chapter 308: Hunter's Professionalism
Before Su Cheng could speak, Su Sushu said, "I don't agree." It's not that I want to be lazy, we have enough food to prepare now, and we can replenish it for hunting, so it's better to take two more steps in time. Also, looking at the scenery, it's spring in the secret realm, and it's not the hunting season. β
Su Cheng thought for a while and agreed with him: "We, the people of the Seven Swords, have the requirements to act according to the characteristics of our profession. Spring is mostly the season when the beasts bring their young, and we don't hunt. You can fight if you want. If you don't have enough food to bring, you can buy a little from us at the market price. β
It's a bit interesting to take the strength career path, and I'm not good at hunting, so I actually agree with Qijian's approach: "The dry food I brought is enough." Seven Swords' style of doing things according to the characteristics of the profession as much as possible, I also support. Hehe, I'll do the same in the future. β
No one responded to the proposal, and King Kong Barbie was not angry, and she was ready to listen. But immediately there were a bunch of temptations in front of me!
A few red deer ran out of the grove not far away, and when they saw everyone, they only stopped slightly, and ran over from the team, and several deer jumped and followed.
King Kong Barbie took out his bow and arrows, looked at the deer herd, and then looked at the indifferent looks of the others, and finally put away the bow and arrows. The red deer passed, and then a group of silly roe deer ran past everyone's eyes. This time, King Kong Barbie couldn't hold back and shot a roe deer with an arrow.
The roe deer rolled over and fell to the ground, and a small roe deer that was sucking came running from the grass and arched the roe deer's body with its nose. Feeling a little bad, Su Cheng stopped King Kong Barbie's second hunt: "Stop." A good hunter will never hunt a young herbivore when there is plenty of food. β
King Kong Barbie showed her hand, thinking that the people of the Seven Swords would follow, but she didn't expect to attract Su Cheng's white eyes, so she had to put away her bow and arrows. Ye Luocha stepped forward, drove away the little roe deer, and took out a knife to peel the skin and extract the meat. The pink wolf smiled and said to the Seven Swords: "You don't have your share in the barbecue at night!" I have barbecue skills! β
Su Susu was also very dissatisfied with King Kong Barbie's hunting behavior: "I repeat, spring is not the hunting season!" This is a code of conduct that has been popular among hunters and mountain people for thousands of years, and it is said that it is also the will of the mountain gods! Think about it, you guys! β
The atmosphere was not very harmonious and the rain began to fall.
For the player, rain is not uncomfortable, except for increasing the physical exertion of the character and mount, and decreasing stamina.
"Let's set up camp!" Captain Su Cheng reluctantly ordered.
It's a little interesting and feels unnecessary, he also learns the names of the people of the Seven Swords and the Beauty Mercenary Group: "Boss Su, it doesn't matter if it rains, right?" You can walk ten miles more! β
"It's okay if it rains just yet, but if it rains heavily, it's not easy to set up camp. Moreover, seven or eight miles ahead of us, there were already people encamped. Looks like a mountain dweller! β
The mountain people are not easy to deal with, this is the news that the old immortal gave away for free, everyone knows it, so it is better to separate the camps. There is no need to set up fences, everyone is a small single tent, surrounded by a semicircle, with the opening facing inward to the bonfire. The order of duty is determined by drawing lots: the watchman's tent is in the middle, protruding outwards in a semicircle, with openings opposite to the others. The camp was set up in minutes, and the rain suddenly intensified, and the sky became darker and darker. The bonfire, which was already half-dead, gradually extinguished after a puff of black smoke.
On the Holy Way, it is necessary for the player to enter the inn or the room of the NPC's relatives and friends to rest, otherwise, all the attributes will be reduced to varying degrees the next day.
The thirteen people also lay down in their tents and began to chat, just like in reality. Let's talk about my own game experience, exchange dungeons and strategies in the wild.
King Kong Barbie: "Boss Su, how do you know that there are mountain people camped ten miles away?" The player's vision is based on position! β
Su Cheng didn't speak, and sent a picture: "The golden monocular" has only one effect: it can see unhidden creatures within ten miles that are larger than wolf dogs. Seven Swords' judgment of this telescope is that it can see things beyond two screens in a straight line, and this distance is tested by everyone running on the map, which is very accurate. Indeed, what you can't see can't be said to be non-existent, and what is off-screen is also within the system. The pink wolf drooled and praised: This is a wasteland artifact!
At this time, the artifact of clearing the wilderness was in Su Sushu's hand, observing his falcon: "I'll go, this rain will also affect the falcon's reconnaissance effect!" Su Susu spoke. He was the first officer on duty: "My falcon came back by itself after a while, and when it was released again, the intimacy dropped by five points!" β
King Kong Barbie smiled: "You just know? Take it back! The eagle is the spoiler of the mountain, and the enslaved pet eagle will greatly reduce the detection range in the secret realm of the sacred mountain, and after being released, the intimacy will also decrease quickly, and the probability of defection will also increase greatly! β
"I can't get it back - I'll go, I really flew away, and the shared vision is gone! 5555, I said eldest sister, why didn't you say such important news earlier? Brother's blue falcon! β
An unfamiliar voice came: "The higher the quality and the wilder the pet, the higher the chance of defecting in the mountains." If it's a golden eagle, you may only get one chance to fly! If it is a beast with a high degree of domestication, such as war horses and hunting dogs, it only needs to be taken care of to maintain a high level of loyalty! β
It is his duty to be a sentry, and Su Sushu has not forgotten it, but he is holding a telescope to search for his blue falcon at this time. The telescope can only look in a straight line, to the side or behind him, even if someone else is standing on the side, he can't see.
When they came out of the tent, they saw a big man wearing a wide bamboo hat, holding a boulder in one hand and a wooden staff as high as him in the other, kicking the rain all the way to the bonfire that had long been extinguished, setting the big stone in his hand, and sitting down. The big man's eyebrows were like paint, and his beard was bearded and not angry: "Borrow your fire to warm a glass of wine!" As he spoke, he sprinkled some powder on the bonfire where there was still smoke, lowered his head and opened his mouth to blow, and a flame rose up, and the scorching smoke and rain seemed to have subsided. The man took out a silver jug and put it on the head of the rod and placed it on top of the flame: "It's a pity that my jug is too small, otherwise, I can invite you to have a drink!" β
The boulder was knee-high as a man. Su Cheng may be able to move, but he can't lift it with one hand like a big man. And the flask, the shiny silver, was no ordinary color. Let's take a look at the player's drinking utensils: wooden bowls, leather wine jugs, wooden wine barrels, and common porcelain cups, glasses, and metal utensils in daily life can only be seen in NPC hotel restaurants!
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, a little overwhelmed, Su Cheng smiled slightly, walked straight to Dahan's side, and went to the ground: "Everyone come and sit down and talk." There are enough drinks to drink, but we don't have a container for hot wine, so everyone will be served. Don't come here, keep your whistle honestly! The last sentence is said to Su Sushu, and it also has a slight meaning of punishment: the sentry is derelict in his duties, and punishment is necessary!
Looking at this person's appearance, he doesn't look like an ordinary person, nor does he look like a bad guy - it's not that players like to judge people by their appearance, the setting of the system is like this - most of the NPCs with good looks are set with strength and good conduct. Everyone climbed out of the tent and sat around the campfire, each took out dry food and wine, and braved the rain to start the meal.
Su Cheng raised his wine bag slightly to the big man: "Brother Tai is here for a pilgrimage?" I don't look like an ordinary mountain dweller! β
The name of the Great Han is TΓ‘r. He saw the leader of the team toast to him, and he also raised his silver kettle, took a sip of wine, and said, "I am a mountain people." At this moment, he is also a pilgrim. My child is dead, and I want him to sleep in the arms of the mountain god! He raised his hand and pointed into the distance: "I'm going to bury it there." β
The topic is not quite right. Looking at Tal's appearance, there was no sadness, and everyone didn't know how to answer.
Su Cheng pondered for a moment before saying, "It seems that you are a competent father. He drank to the ground and took another sip: "May his soul rest in peace!" β
Tal laughed, "There's nothing to be sad about. I am a child who was born frail, and I will do my best to keep him safe and happy in the world. Death, or the summoning of him by the mountain god, is not something that a mortal can stop. Are you an alien adventurer? After receiving an affirmative answer, Tal glanced around the crowd: "The will of the mountain god is not to hunt in the spring. Have you disobeyed? β
Su Cheng looked at the three members of the Beauty Mercenary Group: "We are indeed against the will of the mountain god. But it has come to this, and complaining and waiting are to no avail. I promise my partner won't make similar mistakes again. If the mountain god is punished, we will only take it as a thunder and storm, and we will bear it. I don't know what advice my brother can have. β
"I can't talk about advice. The mountain god will not severely punish a few adventurers for this. You may be penalized by the Luck Reduction. As for whether there are other punishments, it is not up to a mountain man like me to understand. β
Angela's mouth was the sweetest, and when she saw Su Cheng start asking questions related to the secret realm mission, she also asked: "Brother Thal, you know that we are adventurers outside the mountain. When we entered the mountain, it was just the weather in September, why is it a spring scenery here? β
Tal smiled: "Spring, summer, autumn and winter, you will all go through. You only need to remember what season and what seasons to do, and if you can adapt to the weather, you will naturally reach your goal more smoothly. β
When King Kong saw that Tal began to shake the flask, he knew that there was not much wine in the jug, and he sent Angela a secret chat: Serve the wine! Only then did he say to Thal: "Brother, meeting is fate." We've got enough drinks here, do you need some? If it's rainy or winter, it's a great idea to drink some cold weather! β
Tal was not polite, and handed the flask to Angela: "Please help me fill the jug." β
Xiao Nizi had already placed a few wine bags in front of her, took the wine jug, and began to pour wine. This time, everyone saw the extraordinaryness of this big man: Angela poured ten bags of wine into it, and only then did Kankan fill the silver kettle smaller than a wine bag. She looked at the wine jug with a rare look: "Brother TΓ‘r, this wine jug of yours is not ordinary!" As he spoke, he cautiously handed the flask to TΓ‘r: "Don't open it today, just drink ours!" He handed Tal a large wine sac.
Tal smiled, took the two wine jugs, picked up his silver jug, and picked up the wine bag of the seven swords: "When we meet on a rainy day, I am grateful to be able to get everyone's help and give me wine." I still have a lot of things to do, the bones of the little guy, can you please bring them to the sacred mountain? β
And no matter what ethnicity or identity you are, it doesn't make sense to ask someone else to carry your bones. A group of adventurers looked at each other, and then looked at Su Cheng.
Su Cheng sat next to Tal and stretched out his hands: "Take it." Your appearance and bearing are not ordinary people. It's my pleasure to help you! β
Tal took out a wooden box the size of a chair and handed it to Su Cheng: "Just bury it on the highest peak of the sacred mountain." The child's soul will rest in peace. You'd better not open it! β
Su Cheng held the box and nodded to TΓ‘r: "No! This word is not a simple promise, but a promise.
When the rain subsided, Tal looked at the sky, got up and said, "It's time for me to go, guys, I hope we'll have a meeting later!" β
Everyone stood and saw off as TΓ‘r's figure disappeared into the darkness.
King Kong Barbie's position was a little far away from TΓ‘r, and he always felt a coercion enveloping his body, and he didn't dare to speak. She had a private chat with the team's pink wolf and Ye Luocha, and the two of them also had the same feeling as her, and they were indescribably uncomfortable. At this time, Tal was gone, and she breathed a sigh of relief. "Boss Su, the box that Tal handed you is so small, how can it be the bones of his child? It can't lie to us, right? β
Su Cheng said: "Why are you lying to us?" You are thirty-four, can you see his rank? β
"I can't see it. Does it matter? β
"You sat far away, and you didn't see a deer's head carved into his staff. But you've all seen his jugβsilver! Coupled with the fact that his rank is not observable by us, it shows that he is by no means an ordinary mountain man. Look at this stone again! "Pat the boulder of Tal as a bench" If this man wants to embarrass us, we may not be able to withstand it. Even if you can win, you can't afford to lose people! Hey, good stuff! "This stone, sitting on the grass for a long time, has begun to sink into the earth due to its weight. Su Cheng slapped twice, changed to the title of senior blacksmith, and used the dwarf ore identification technique to observe carefully, only to confirm that this was actually a piece of heavenly iron! Obediently, this piece of heavenly iron is at least enough to build twenty or thirty long swords by yourself. Bending down to try, Su Cheng couldn't move this boulder. He took out his knife and cleaned the dirt from the bottom of the stones, and then with both hands, he picked up the stones and put them in his backpack. The stone and wooden boxes occupy the five compartments of the backpack, which not only occupies a lot of space, but also shows the extraordinary nature of the items.
Seeing that Su Cheng actually put a stone into his backpack, he was a little interesting: "Boss Su, is this an ore?" β
"Sky Rail."
To put it succinctly, the three beauties and a little interesting began to drool.
Nothing was said all night.
Gathering in the morning, everyone received an inquiry from three beauties of the urban beauty: "What happened to my luck value?" What about yours? Take a look at it and give me a comparison. β
King Kong Barbie, who hunts a doe, drops a lucky three. Skinning and extracting the flesh of the night Rocha drops two lucky points. Pink Wolf drops a little.
It's kind of funny 'oh' and said, "I didn't lose my luck!" Orange Boss, how are your people? β
King Kong grinned and said, "Everything is normal! It seems that you broke the rules of the hunters. Do you still want to hunt? β
The pink wolf didn't want to suffer a loss in his mouth: "Why don't you fight?" It's a big deal to wait until the summer to do it! β
Yesterday, everyone traveled all the way and found some medicinal herbs such as ferulcao, cistanche, and Suoyang on the side of the road, but today they did not encounter a single herb. Ye Luocha thought that it was because of the reduced luck of the three of them, so he was embarrassed to open his mouth, but secretly asked the pink wolf to apologize to the others on behalf of the three of them. The pink wolf told everyone, and Su Cheng smiled and said that it was not because of your two or three points of luck, but because someone walked this road yesterday. "You forgot? Not far ahead is the camp of the mountain people I mentioned yesterday. Tal is also going in this direction! β
In a short time, everyone found the camp of the mountain people.
Judging from the traces, there were about 20 people in this group of mountain people. The camp is relatively chaotic, and although the bonfire is extinguished, it is also obvious that one is large and the other is small. A little interesting, he pointed to the large pile of bonfire ruins and said, "Boss Su, you see there is also a boulder over there!" It must have been left by Tal! Let's see, shall we? β
Do you think Tal is looking for meteorites?
Not wanting to dampen the enthusiasm that was a little interesting, Su Cheng went over to take a closer look: "The ordinary big bluestone is used as a stool!" β
Although the camp was chaotic, Ye Luocha still found a little question: "Su Susu, you said that you can't hunt in spring, why do these mountain people hunt small animals for food?" β
Su Susu went over to take a look: "This is the fur of a few pikas and marmots." For mountain people, both are pests that will destroy pastures. If you find it, you will knock it out! β
"Can we hunt these things too?"
Su Cheng interjected: "You can fight if you want." Several of us decided to strictly follow the rules of the spring hunt. Also, the pika is a special protected animal, and the mountain people are okay if they fight, but if you do, I guess you will be lucky! You are players from Yihe Mansion, how can you not know about such creatures as pikas? β
The people of Yihe Mansion should know these things? The pink wolf is not convinced.
It's a must! Because there are only so many kinds of special protected animals native to Yihe Province, you don't know, how can they be mixed on the map of Yihe Province? Su Sushu despised them: "I want to be a hunter, but I don't even have a basic understanding of the various local beasts, so you just want to upgrade, right?" β
The traces of the march after the rain were very obvious, and the gang was walking in the same direction as the Seven Swords Beauty Regiment. Su Cheng didn't intend to avoid them either. And they continued along the path that the mountain people had walked. After a walk, I found that there are some places where the mountain people will deliberately detour. Su Sushu and the blood rush were a little unconvinced, but they had to go in a straight line - after walking over, they found that there were many shallow swamps that could trap horses' hooves, and some thick and thorny weeds, in short, it was very difficult to walk. In vain laughed and scolded: "Two cheap guys." You don't know how to open a skill survey and then talk about it? The barracks condolences are all in vain! "It's well deserved. Exploring the way and observing the terrain and landforms, at least three people in the scout camp of the Seven Swords learned similar skills, but they didn't know how to use them at this time.
A few people opened their skills only to find that the road that the mountain people had walked not only avoided all the difficult places to travel, but also tried to choose a path with a solid road, which was not only labor-saving, but also very fast.
The horseshoe mark fades away.
Su Susu dismounted and lowered his body to check, and shouted: "It's scattered, so the hoof prints are not obvious." Could it be that they found us and wanted to make us dumplings so that they could blackmail three melons and two dates? β
Fu said with a smile: "What you said is very correct! Twenty-three people, scattered in a semicircle, set up an ambush in front! β
Su Susu couldn't believe it: "! You can see all this, I recognize you as a master! As he spoke, he stood up, but saw that there was really a team of men and horses not far away, waiting for the Seven Swords to come to the door!" Peaches are naughty! Don't tell me if you see it! β
In the face of all the mountain people riding horses, the Seven Swords Beauty Regiment had no idea of escaping. Not to mention the mounts, even the ground situation is not familiar to anyone, once retreated, it is estimated that the twelve people except for a few golden war horses, the others will not be able to outrun the mountain people in front of them. Su Cheng slapped his horse forward, waved his hand, and asked the others to line up all the way to follow him.
The group of mountain people were dressed in long robes and rode horses of different colors. Unlike ordinary NPCs, everyone was holding sabers, bows and arrows, horse poles and other weapons, lined up at the top of a hill, silently watching the Seven Swords Beauty Group run down the hill, and then run up the hill step by step, and came to him.
Su Cheng ran to the middle of the wall and stroked his chest and said, "Jax! I am the leader of the Seven Swords Beauty Mercenary Regiment. Which of you is the leader? β
Actually, there is no need to ask about this, only the person riding a big green horse in the middle of these more than 20 NPCs has a name: Buick.
Buick smacked the horse's belly, and Daqing immediately stepped forward: "Jax." I am the leader of this tribe, the Buick. We would like to exchange a little groceries with you! "Buick's voice is cold, and he can maintain basic politeness, which is only based on the other party's 'Jax' greeting. People can greet themselves with the etiquette of their own people, and they can't be too rude.
Su Cheng smiled: "We are adventurers, not traders on the grassland. If it is not a necessity for life, I am afraid that I will not be able to exchange much with you. β
Sac death give! That's what I'm trying to say, okay? Buick glared: "You brought some sprinkled things?" β
"Some dry food, alcohol. And salt, tea, some weapons. Except for salt and tea, we have to use other things ourselves, and we can't exchange them with you! β
Buick nodded: "Not bad." We also only need salt and tea! With a wave of his hand, he ran out and got between the two of them, laid down a thin blanket on the spot, and seven or eight hands touched it, and in a few moments the thin blanket was filled with herbs, jade, and skins. A big-faced rider put on a tattered wolf skin, looked at it for a long time, but still took it back, took out a black stone the size of a bowl and put it on it.
(End of chapter)