Chapter 20: Bloody Hands

Despite Zhong Yuan's repeated blockades, Ma Xie still decided to enter the mountain, after all, this is the best way to solve the current matter, Ma Xie feels that as long as he is careful, there should be no problem.

Before going up the mountain, Ma Xie went to find Master Yuan again and told him that he was not Zhong Mengqiu's opponent, but he would pay off the debts for the Zhong family brothers and sisters.

"I'll come back tomorrow morning, and I hope the master will tell me the news of Master. Ma Xie was also very anxious in his heart, he didn't want to delay here for too long.

After saying that, Ma Xie said goodbye to the Zhong brothers and sisters and went into the mountain. Before leaving, Zhong Mengqiu gave Ma Xie a talisman made by himself, and then lowered his head and said, "I can be regarded as an apology." ”

Ma Xie didn't appreciate the girl's careful thoughts, and said with a big grin: "I didn't go to my heart, you think too much!"

The mountain forest behind Yuanjia Town is part of the Xinglong Mountains in the northern part of the Jin Kingdom, and the dense forest spreads from the northern Jin Kingdom to the central part of the Jin Kingdom. I heard Zhong Yuan say that there are abundant products and many animals, except for some small animals such as rabbits and foxes, you can often encounter large beasts such as bears and tigers.

Before leaving, Zhong Yuan gave Ma Xie a map, which marked some places where fierce beasts were easy to appear, and marked the range of his exploration, and the most important thing was to draw the location of the trap carefully for Ma Xie.

Ma Xie had grown up in the mountains and forests, and hunting was a daily routine for him, and he quickly reached the depths of the mountains and forests along the way up the mountain.

It was already far from the town below the mountain, and along the way Ma Xie saw several small animals, but none of them moved, and the purpose of his visit this time was to catch a large beast.

Between two tall red pines, Ma Xie found a hidden hut built by Jonghara, which was a stronghold where Jonghara stored food and goods while hunting. Ma Xie walked inside, found a knife and a bag of water, and then took a short break to start his hunting plan.

Ma Xie first probed the traps that Zhong Yuan had set up around him, and if he caught anything in the trap, it would be effortless. It's a pity that there are no wolves, deer or anything like these traps, so Ma Xie can only give up, and according to Zhong Yuan, he came to a place where bears are said to be infested.

Originally, the range of these large beasts of prey was generally between a few mountains, but probably there was too much food and water here, and tigers and black bears from several nearby mountains often came to hunt in this area.

Soon after Ma Xie left, he found a trace, and Ma Xie recognized that it was the feces of a black bear, and according to Ma Xie's judgment, the black bear had just left here. Licking his lips, which were a little dry, Ma Xie completely entered the state of a hunter.

Sure enough, after walking a short distance, Ma Xie heard a loud sound of "bang bang" in the forest in front of him, and Ma Xie knew that the guy he was looking for appeared. Bears are hibernators, they eat a lot of food before winter comes, store fat in their bodies, and then find a suitable place to sleep for the winter. After the arrival of spring, some bears eat too much and accumulate too much fat, which affects their hunting and activities, so these bears will climb a tree and then fall down hard, so that the fat will be consumed as quickly as possible, which is called "falling". Ma Xie naturally knew what the sound was, and he hurriedly looked for the sound excitedly.

The shrubs and grasses in the mountains and forests are so lush that it is easy to hide a humanoid of average height. Ma Xie carefully hid behind some low trees, holding his breath, the sword in his hand held tightly. Because he has set his sights on his prey.

Although Ma Xie is confident that he can defeat this huge black bear head-on, it is too risky, and a good hunter must ensure that he will be hit with one blow!

The black bear apparently didn't notice the horse evil, and it was slowly climbing up a ash. Ma Xie is not in a hurry, this is not the best time, and when this bear is tired, it is the best time for Ma Xie to make a move.

The sun soon set, and the bear rested against the tree, and Ma Xie knew that his time had come. Just as the bear was asleep, Ma Xie flew out of the grass, and the long sword was infused with true qi, and slashed horizontally at the black bear's belly.

The reason why Ma Xie didn't stab it directly was because this guy's skin and fat were too thick, and if the sword stabbed too deep and couldn't pull it out, not only would it not cause any danger to the black bear, but it would make him fall into passivity.

After a sword, the black bear woke up, and it pounced furiously at the human in front of it, which was exactly in the hands of Ma Evil. When the black bear was three feet away from him, he flashed to the side, and the long sword in his hand pierced the black bear's eyes with the word "dot".

At this moment, the black bear suddenly messed up and rushed everywhere, and the horse evil kept leaving wounds of different lengths on the black bear's body, and within a quarter of an hour, the black bear died of exhaustion.

This is hunting, originally a large animal like a black bear, after being caught in a trap, it can only be captured by constantly hitting with a spear or heavy weapon, but Ma Xie relied on his exquisite swordsmanship and sufficient internal strength, and held on to this brute beast for half an hour, and finally solved the black bear.

"This skin should be able to pay off Brother Zhong's debts. Ma Xie thought about it in his heart, and then used the knife he found from Zhong Yuan to skillfully peel off the bear skin, take out the bear bile, cut off the bear paws, and then threw the bear meat aside.

Ma Xie packed everything up and walked to Zhong Yuan's hunting hut.

At this time, it was dark, but Ma Xie could accurately distinguish the direction, he was like a dexterous deer walking through the mountains and forests, "I haven't felt like this for a long time!" Ma Xie was very comfortable in his heart, and the feeling of walking through the mountains and forests without restraint made him miss it very much.

When he came to the hut, Ma Xie noticed something unusual.

Someone has been to this hut!

Ma Xie hid himself vigilantly, he was a child who grew up in the mountains and forests, and his nose was more reliable than his eyes in the mountains, and he asked in the air a smell of humans who did not belong to him. He slowly approached the hut, and sure enough, he heard something inside.

In the mountains and forests, relax a little, and it is very likely that you will be greeted by death, and Ma Xie will not give others this chance. He kicked the door open and put his sword on the neck of the man inside.

But the man did not move at all, and seemed to have passed out. Ma Xie's other hand took out the fire fold from his bosom, lit it, and looked towards the bed.

I saw a hunter lying on the bed dressed up, his face no longer bloody, but there was still a trace of breath, his hands on his chest, and he was lying there in pain.

It seems that this person is a nearby hunter, who may have known Zhong Yuan and hid here. Ma Xie probed his wounds, and it turned out to be the same as Zhong Yuan's!

A bloody palm print appeared on the man's chest.