Chapter 044: Marksman
"Whoosh!"
A feathered arrow pierced through the dense branches and leaves, and disappeared in a flash.
Hearing only a wail, a multicolored pheasant resting alone on the branch was shot in the chest and abdomen by an arrow, scraping the branch, and "hulala" fell. Along the way, the snow piled up on the dark green leaves broke up and scattered, as if it had fallen in a small localized snowfall.
It fell to the snow-covered ground, "snapped" into it, flapped its strong wings, jumped out, let out a piercing scream, dying and struggling, leaping to fly.
Lynch hurried with a short bow on his back and a long dragon tooth bone sword behind him. When the colorful pheasant heard the movement, it jumped up violently and was about to fly away.
It was too late, it was too fast, Lynch swung his bone sword, slashed diagonally, and with a "bang", the colorful pheasant was knocked down in response.
Then, he took a lot of effort to catch this big bird with a strong will to survive, pinched its neck with one hand, grabbed its head with the other, twisted it hard, and made a crisp sound of "bang", which completely ended its life and did not let it suffer more.
This bird is called the colorful pheasant, which is an uncommon large bird, and the wild ones generally only exist in the Canglong Ridge of the Xia Kingdom.
It is an adult male bird, the size of a turkey, with a long peacock-like tail, a rooster-like red crown, and colorful feathers like a parrot.
It is said that the colorful pheasant has the bloodline of a phoenix bird, and is also known as the "pseudo-phoenix", which is a valuable bird with great ornamental value. The nobles and wealthy people of Xia Kingdom and many surrounding countries like to keep this precious and beautiful bird, which has a lifespan almost as long as a human being, as pets. In the southern wilderness and the territory of the country, there are even many ethnic groups who worship it as a sacred object and worship it in the temple, and it is never allowed to hunt it.
For Lynch, the pheasant is just one of his favorite prey, not to mention its delicious and nutritious flesh, and its strong and light feathers are also an excellent material for making feathered arrows.
From dawn onwards, he had been eyeing the coloured bird because of its distinctive call, and when he had finally succeeded in hunting it, it was dusk, and he had spent a whole day not bothering to hunt any other prey.
Although it had less meat, it was not enough for him to eat half full!
Pulling out the arrows, carrying the birds upside down, and stepping on the thick snow, Lynch went back to the nest where he had lived for five or six days.
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Lynch's nest was still in the tree, and when night fell, he made a fire under the tree, peeled and washed the hapless multicolored pheasant, roasted it, and patiently flipped it while making the tail of the arrow from the feathers he had sorted.
After he changed his eyes, his eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see a thousand meters as close as he could, as long as his arm strength was sufficient, and then practiced, it was a natural thing to become a sharpshooter who wore a hundred steps.
However, the bow and arrow is just a skill, and it is not a kung fu by all, and no matter how well it is learned, there is not much benefit to be gained in internal cultivation and body cultivation. In his extremely limited life, practicing this thing is a pure waste of time. Therefore, when he was in Xia Capital City, he never bothered to touch the bow and arrow, and he had always concentrated on cultivating swordsmanship and internal qi.
Now living in the mountains, one is to hunt blood food, the other is to protect himself, and he is weak, and he needs to master this survival skill.
He was in a hurry when he came, and his expression was in a trance, and when he came back to his senses, he had already been thrown at the foot of the mountain by Xu Gong, where would he think of bringing a bow and arrows?
So, he made a simple little short bow out of extremely tough bamboo and a big tendon of a strange beast, the strength was very small, far less than an ordinary strong bow, but it was enough for him. The arrows are made of sharpened wooden strips with tail feathers, and because there are no arrows, the power and accuracy are not very high.
The bow and arrows are very poor, and his own strength is weak, but he may have been born a good material for a marksman, and when he first started using the bow and arrow, he showed extraordinary attainments and incredible accuracy, which completely made up for the crudeness of the equipment and the lack of arm strength.
Moreover, his progress is so fast, it can almost be called a thousand miles a day, and in just over a month, his bow skills are so high that it cannot be said that there are no arrows, but it can also be said that he has a hundred shots.
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The heat is just right, and the golden crispy skin keeps dripping hot oil, falling into the fire, making a "whoosh" sound. The faint aroma of meat escaped, making his index finger move after being hungry all day, drooling, and even his stomach was hooked.
However, the meat is not yet fully cooked, and he still has to endure it, otherwise, the hard-won colorful pheasant will be wasted. Not to mention that the mountains and wilderness are not as good as at home, in case you eat a bad stomach, no one will take care of yourself.
Finally, the aroma exploded, and the soup in the belly of the bird boiled and overflowed, indicating that the barbecue was finally completed.
Lynch took the fragrant roasted pheasant off the fire, cut the dried meat with a knife, poured the soup into the boiling water that had already been boiled, and sprinkled a few handfuls of minced wild vegetables to mix it into a large bowl of light and fragrant broth.
This roasting method was learned by Lei Weitong when she served in the Eagle Knights, and when the Lin family was still here, every time she went to Lushan to hunt, she would roast two or three wild fowl with great interest. With the remnants of his childhood memories, Lynch drew a scoop with a gourd, and after several failures, he was finally roasted to a point.
I remember when he was a child, he was not only sick and weak, but also very stupid in his hands and feet, Brother Bai Lei loved himself the most, even more than his mother, he would always tear the best meat into small pieces and feed it to himself, and use a small spoon to scoop soup for himself to drink, never annoying.
Now, it has been many years since Brother Bai Lei was gone, and Lynch still often thinks of the gentle brother who is both smart and strong, and he admires him in his heart, sometimes he misses him, and sometimes he is afraid of forgetting him.
"Oh woo...... Woowoowoo......"
The roar of the wild wolf dragged a long tail from afar, and it looked particularly melodious in the quiet winter night, like a cold wind blowing, which was terrifying.
This should be the voice of the wolf, because as soon as this sound sounded, there were echoing voices from all directions, one after another, endlessly.
The mountain area where he was located was a territory of a large pack of at least eighty young wolves, and no other predator dared to approach it easily. The wolf is an extremely intelligent beast, and it is because of their intelligence that Lynch dares to take the risk of taking a temporary residence here.
On the first night he came here, he had just caught fire and alarmed the wolves. They followed the smoke and fire to find him, and surrounded him, and the scene was really terrifying. And when he took out the dragon tooth sword, the head wolf immediately smelled the smell of danger, and after shouting with warning, he obediently retreated.
The aura of the dragon tooth sword is so powerful that even the five-flowered dog with the blood of the pan gourd does not dare to approach, and the wild wolf in the mountains and forests certainly does not dare to offend easily.
Lynch really wanted to taste the taste of wolf meat, but the wolves were not easy to mess with, as long as he made a move, it was estimated that he would not be able to eat wolf meat, but would become a delicious meal for wolves. After all, he is actually very weak, and the dragon tooth sword can be used to bluff wolves, and if he really fights with the wolves, he is definitely not an opponent.
After eating and drinking, he took the Tianshi lantern around and saw that the moonlight was very good, and practiced swordsmanship for a long time before returning to the tree and climbing up along a straw rope made by himself.
The fourth level of the Qilinzi trial, "Tongtian Suo", is actually a rope climbing, and the rope he wants to climb is less than half the length of "Tongtian Suo". But he had climbed less than a quarter of the way before he was so tired that he was out of breath and could not exert any strength.
He deftly grabbed the rope with his feet and rested in the air for a long time before continuing to climb up. It took five or six times to finally climb to the nest of the tree.
Lynch is undoubtedly a stubborn person, even though he left the summer capital city and left the Qilin Academy, he is still haunted by the fact that he became a Qilinzi without passing the Qilinzi trial. Climbing the rope up the tree, mainly to get up the tree, and secondly, to exercise yourself intentionally or unintentionally.
"Hoo ......"
He sat cross-legged on a thick branch, breathing and exhaling according to the basic qilin method, and channeling his breath and refining qi.
When I was in the Qilin Academy, there were morning repairs in the morning and evening repairs in the evening, all of which were practiced on the Qingding platform in the direction of Lushan.
Now, he is in Lushan, and the spiritual energy in the mountains is more abundant, so he pays more and more attention to internal cultivation, and has never wasted even a day.
More than a month ago, for more than ten days when he first arrived in Lushan, he was cold and hungry, frightened, and almost lived by swallowing Huiyang water, and did not dare to light a fire or light at night, and slept with one eye open and one eye closed.
After gradually adapting to life in the mountains, he recognized the law of the jungle, became more and more experienced, and his courage became stronger and stronger, and his only goal was to survive and live well.
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The mountains do not remember the years and months, and before you know it, spring has arrived, the winter snow melts, the water flows smoothly, and everything blooms with vitality.
Because there is no sign of a killer from the outside world, Lynch has been living in this tree nest, which is indirectly protected by wolves, which also saves him a lot of trouble.
On this day, Lynch had a good harvest, hunting a lynx, a roe deer, and several hares and pheasants. Originally, he planned to end this day's hunting early and go home to concentrate on cultivation, but he unexpectedly encountered a big black bear that had just woken up from hibernation.
Bears, like tigers, are the prey he wants to hunt the most. Don't say that bear paw is the best delicacy in the world, bear heart, bear bile, etc. are all by-medicines of Huiyang water, if you can hunt one, it will be very good for him.
Moreover, he has always hunted some weaker animals, and after such a long time of training, it is time to attack the real beasts.
He hung his prey on a tree and quietly followed, approaching cautiously.
The black bear was nearly seven feet long, and if it stood upright, it was estimated to reach a foot tall, making it a terrifying behemoth. He had to kill him in the shortest possible time with the most effective method possible, and if he angered this guy, he would lose half his life if he was slapped by his strong claws and feet.
As the black bear lay down in the bushes and nibbled on the young leaves, Lynch unwittingly went around in front of it, took off his short bow, drew two of his best feathered arrows, and put them on the string at the same time.
He secretly planned to shoot the blind black bear first. An arrow in one eye is not difficult for him. But when the black bear is hit by an arrow, it will definitely burst out and hurt people, and it will not be easy to shoot the other eye at that time.
So, the best option is to shoot it in both eyes at once. If it is successful, then make a calculation, if it is not successful, it is better to go.
Lynch pinched an arrow between the two fingers on each side of the middle finger of his left hand, half-filled the bow, and then pursed his lips and whistled.
The black bear was frightened and looked up. It was a fierce beast with great combat power, how could it be immediately frightened away like an ordinary wild thing, and raised its head and looked at it vigilantly.
"Whew!"
As soon as Lynch let go, two feathered arrows came out of the string at the same time, following his line of sight, and stabbing into the black bear's eyes.
The two arrows hit the same and plunged deep into the eye socket of the black bear, and the score was exactly right!
The black bear was in severe pain, roared sharply, stood upright, and waved its giant palms wildly, and the small trees with thick bowls seemed to be easily knocked down like paper.
Lynch threw down his bow and arrows, grabbed his dragon's tooth sword, jumped out of the bushes, and rushed boldly to the black bear.
Although the black bear could not see him, it could hear the movement and feel his breath, and instead of fleeing, it roared and pounced.
Of course, Lynch didn't dare to fight this monster hard, so he hurriedly avoided it and acted on camera. His "Wufang Qilin Step" has long been practiced, and it is not difficult to avoid this completely blind black bear.
In this way, one bear and one person, one irascible pounce, one dexterous dodge, stalemate for more than a dozen rounds. Although the black bear is injured, it is tireless because it is in a rage. Lynch was so dignified, but he was so tired that he was out of breath, and he had to drink a few sips of Huiyang water.
"Roar!"
The black bear stood up high and swooped down again.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Lynch didn't dodge, holding the sword with both hands, taking a lunge with his left leg, retracting his momentum, and stabbing out with a "rain stabbing style".
"Poof!"
The unusually long bone sword pierced into the black bear's gaping mouth, and the sharp tip pierced through its skull, revealing a crimson half.
The black bear was killed on the spot, his huge body was weak and collapsed, and Lynch didn't have time to get out of the way, screamed, and was crushed underneath the whole body.
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