Chapter 180: It's Not That Easy
Lu Cheng carried the rest of the roe deer meat that had been roasted and walked towards the east. Peng Mingge is the guard of the Zhou family, and his arrogance, unreasonableness and domineering also reflect the reputation of the Zhou family from the side. At least it also reflects Zhou Zhenyun's character, if he hadn't revealed the strength of the seventh layer of internal strength in the early stage, I'm afraid that a little bit of salt would not have been available.
After crossing two mountains, he found himself at the edge of the Cangji Forest. Lu Cheng noticed that at the edge of the Cangji Forest, there were also many fierce beasts. And the lethality is quite high, if he weren't a martial artist, I'm afraid he would be attacked.
Lu Cheng thought to himself, this is strange, how can this kind of beast be rare in the forest? He jumped on a big tree, stood on the canopy, and soon found that there was a small village near the woods. It's just that the fog in front of the village is vast, and it can't be seen very really.
After a meal, Lu Cheng approached the village. The village is not large, there is no farmland outside, only the villagers grow some vegetables. Moreover, the road into the village is extremely rough, and you have to go around a cliff, the narrowest point is no more than a foot wide, and if you are not careful, you will fall to pieces.
Ordinary people will definitely tremble when they walk on it, and I really don't know how people here would choose to live here. In fact, each place has its own characteristics, and it seems that it is not suitable for survival, but a dozen or so hunters live here, which is the most suitable.
The houses in the village are mainly wooden, and although they are very simple, they are sturdy. Apparently, the village made a living from hunting. The reason why the road outside is not easy to walk is probably also to prevent theft. Such a place is high and the emperor is far away, even if it is looted, it will not be known. And that rugged and treacherous road is a natural barrier for them.
Of course, no matter how rugged the road is, it is not difficult for Lu Cheng. He entered the small village with ease. There are only a dozen or so families in the whole village, and few people are at home, which seems very peaceful. At the entrance of the village, two children of five or six years old were playing.
I saw Lu Cheng who suddenly appeared, a timid child. He turned around and ran away. The remaining boy, with a somewhat round face, did not leave, but just looked at Lu Cheng curiously, and his face was not afraid at all.
"Little brother, can you take me to meet your parents?" Lu Cheng asked with a smile, although this child was bold, his eyes were a little cloudy, and he did not have the agility of other children. It made him feel a little strange.
"My name is Niu Niu. The child didn't seem to understand Lu Cheng's words, but just looked at the roe deer meat in Lu Cheng's hand stupidly, and said greedily.
"Niu Niu, give. Lu Cheng cut off a piece of roe deer meat with a dart and handed it to Niu Niu.
Niu Niu saw the roast meat handed over, his eyes lit up, he grabbed the meat and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. A piece of meat was eaten in three times and two times, and Lu Cheng handed over another piece. He had already scanned it with his senses. Although the village lived by hunting, they lived in poverty. At most, each household is rabbit skin and roe deer skin.
Seeing Niu Niu gobbling up, Lu Cheng suddenly had a sour nose. Seeing Niu Niu, he suddenly thought of his childhood. When I was as big as Niu Niu, I rarely ate meat. At that time, Lu Zhongcai bought a yard in Songjiazhuang, owed a lot of debt, and had to pay for himself to go to school. can only cut down on food and clothing, and live a very hard life. But those days were also Lu Cheng's happiest time. At the time, I felt bitter, but now that I think about it, I just had to be with my father. Nothing is bitter.
"Niu Niu!" a young woman in her thirties suddenly walked quickly, shouting from a distance, her voice full of love and worry. Seeing that Niu Niu was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief. Her name is Cai Jinhui, she is Niu Niu's mother, although she is not very old, but the years have left deep marks on her face, and she looks like a woman in her forties.
"Hello sister-in-law, I'm from Tianhua Kingdom, I want to buy some salt here, I don't know if you have it at home? I don't want much, a small bag is enough." Lu Cheng took out a piece of broken silver, if it was in the city, this piece of silver would be enough to buy a big bag of salt.
"We don't have any superfluous either. Cai Jinhui pulled Niu Niu to her side, looked at Lu Cheng vigilantly, and shook her head gently. It is rare for outsiders to come to this village, and a stranger like Lu Cheng does not see one in a year. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Cheng didn't seem malicious and wasn't very old, she would have called someone else to help a long time ago.
"Mom, the meat is delicious, you eat it too. Niu Niu stuffed the little meat left into his mother's hands.
"Cow cow eats. The young woman looked at Niu Niu with pity, and when she saw Lu Cheng's surprised look, she said, "Niu Niu fell from a tree when he was young and injured his head. ”
"Niu Niu was lovely. Lu Cheng said with a smile.
"Thank you. Cai Jinhui heard Lu Cheng praise Niu Niu, and a smile appeared on her face. Niu Niu has always been regarded as a fool in the village, but in her mind, Niu Niu is always the smartest and most well-behaved.
"Sister-in-law, can you get a little bit from the other families?" Lu Cheng asked, he naturally understood that she was not lying, and none of the families here could meet his requirements. The little salt Zhou Zhenyun gave was basically smeared on the roe deer, and he didn't want to eat food without salt now.
"No, if you want to buy salt, you can go to Dinghe City. Cai Jinhui said that she is very clear about the situation in the village, and everyone is living a very hard life. If it's something from the mountains, such as game, maybe you can make up a little bit of it. But salt needs to be purchased from outside, who can buy so much at once and keep it at home?
"Sister-in-law, how far is it from Dinghe City?" Lu Cheng asked helplessly.
"If you walk east for half a day, you will see the official road, and if you go north along the official road, you will be able to reach Dinghe City after walking for another day and a half. The young woman said. Since she got married here, she has been going out again, and I'm afraid that in this life, she will rarely have the opportunity to go out.
"It takes two days to get to Dinghe City?" Lu Cheng said in surprise. It was too long for him.
But what Cai Jinhui said was not so terrifying, but Lu Cheng's mind didn't turn for a while. The two days that Cai Jinhui said and the half days that Zhou Zhenyun said are not the same concept at all.
The two days Cai Jinhui said were the time for the hunters in the village to go to Dinghe City. And what Zhou Zhenyun said for a long time was knowing that Lu Cheng was a cultivator in the early stage of the seventh layer of internal strength. In fact, if Lu Cheng uses his strength, he will arrive in Dinghe City, I am afraid it will not take half a day.
"If you don't want to go to Dinghe City, then wait here for two days. The men went to Dinghe City three days ago. Will definitely bring back the salt, which should be able to give you a little even. Cai Jinhui saw Lu Cheng's embarrassed appearance, and her heart softened.
"Thank you. "Lu Cheng really didn't want to toss back and forth for four days for a little salt, it only took him four days to get here from Tianhua City.
"Thanks, I'll come back tomorrow. Niu Niu. Would you like to give this to you?" Lu Cheng squatted down and stuffed the remaining roe deer meat into his hand. Today he had a full meal, even if he didn't eat for three or five days, it didn't matter.
"Thank you, brother. Niu Niu said happily, looking at such a large piece of roe deer meat, his saliva had long been uncontrollable.
"Little brother, this is too precious. Cai Jinhui hurriedly wanted to return the meat. Although her man is also a good hunter, it is not so easy to earn a living in the Cangji Forest. The prey they hit. Most of them have to be taken to Dinghe City to exchange for food, and they can eat more in spring and summer.
"I like Niu Niu, and this is for him. My name is Lu Cheng, and my sister-in-law doesn't need to be so polite. Lu Cheng said with a smile.
"There's a hot spring on the hill behind us, and if you don't have a place to sleep at night, you can sleep there. Cai Jinhui suddenly remembered one thing. Since Lu Cheng has to wait, he can't live in the village. You can only live over there.
"It turned out to be the water vapor caused by the hot springs, but I thought it was fog. Lu Cheng said that there was a hot spring that should have been brought to the village, and when he looked at it from a distance, he only felt that there was fog everywhere, and it was difficult to see the village clearly.
Lu Cheng has been in the Cangji Forest since he entered it. I have never taken a bath, but now I can soak in a hot spring, which is indeed a pleasure. In the water, Lu Cheng has a sense of security. The hot springs that flow down from the mountains are very hot. But at the back of the village, there are several large and small pools, and apparently, this is where the village bathes in the hot springs.
Lu Cheng didn't soak here, he went upstream, and after walking for a few miles, he saw two springs, which kept bubbling out with hot water. Lu Cheng touched it with his hand, the temperature was very high, and it was not suitable for bathing at all. Lu Cheng had never seen such a phenomenon, he released all his induction power, and found that inside the spring was actually a dark river, in the belly of the mountain, there were some stones, and the temperature was very high, and when the water of the dark river flowed through the stones, the water was heated.
Lu Cheng felt incredible, he could sense the distance of fifty zhang in the belly of the mountain, and naturally wanted to find the answer. He walked slowly forward outside the mountain, along the position of the dark river. It was only after going around the mountain that he found that there was originally a place under the belly of the mountain, where the stones seemed to have been melted, and the temperature inside was very high, even Lu Cheng's induction seemed to be unwilling to stay in it for too long, and only wanted to quickly return to Lu Cheng's eyebrows.
But behind the mountain, Lu Cheng found a few more springs, and all the groundwater in this mountain should have become hot springs. Lu Cheng didn't go back either, most of the people in the village were women and children, and if he was there to soak in the hot springs, it would be embarrassing if he met a woman in the village. It just so happened that there was also a place with a suitable temperature in the back, and Lu Cheng was soaking beautifully there.
The spring water with the right temperature made Lu Cheng's 36,000 pores open all over his body, how comfortable it was. He didn't want to come up at all, so he simply used the Turtle Breath Technique, and after holding his breath and concentrating, he sank his body and began to cultivate his internal strength.
After Lu Cheng left, Zhou Zhenyun and the three of them quickly began to arrange various traps and traps to catch the Wind Flame Fox. The fur of the Flame Fox is very valuable, but if it is damaged, its value will be greatly reduced. Therefore, only traps and traps can be used, and only the most astute hunters can shoot the Storm Flame Fox's eyes, leaving the entire fur intact.
The three of them were all high-level martial artists, and under Peng Mingge's personal teaching, they all quickly mastered the skills. Within a radius of ten miles, hundreds of mechanisms were arranged. As long as there is really a Wind Flame Fox in this vicinity, it will definitely not be able to escape.
"Second master, the Wind Flame Fox usually comes out to forage in the evening, and only returns to the cave early. Shall we leave first?" said Peng Mingge after setting up the mechanism.
"Of course, go out first and come back tomorrow morning. Zhou Zhenyun glanced at the sky, it didn't matter if he spent the night in the woods, but he had to give up this area to the Wind Flame Fox tonight.
Their departure, naturally, is not leaving the Cangji Forest. If they want to get out of the Cangji Forest, they have to walk for at least half a day, and if they go out, it will already be midnight. And you have to come back tomorrow, it's useless. They walked nearly twenty miles to the east, climbed over a mountain, found a shelter halfway up the mountain, and set up camp.
Peng Mingge skillfully set up a tent, built a fire, and Lu Cheng sent half a roe deer to them, so they didn't have to worry about food in the past two days. After the meat was roasted, Peng Mingge silently went to a tree in the distance to stand guard.
Early the next morning, the three of them returned to their original places, but after searching all the mechanisms, they found no trace of the Wind Flame Fox. found a few places of fresh feces of the Wind Flame Fox, but seeing the feces again did not make Zhou Zhenyun happy. Instead, he frowned tightly, his face gloomy. However, Peng Mingge suddenly picked a few large leaves and collected the feces of the Wind Flame Fox.
"Peng Mingge, what are you doing?" Wu Ruyan looked at Peng Mingge's approach, so disgusted that she almost vomited everything she ate last night.
"Second lady, the reason why the Wind Flame Fox didn't enter the mechanism may be because these mechanisms appeared too abruptly. If you can smear some feces on it, maybe you will have a harvest tonight. "Peng Mingge deserves to be a hunter, and quickly found a solution.
"That's a good idea. Zhou Zhenyun's brows slowly relaxed, and he nodded in a deep voice.
If you can catch the Wind Flame Fox because of this, then it doesn't matter if you play with feces. Of course, Zhou Zhenyun and Wu Ruyan will definitely not do it. When Peng Mingge was all busy and had to prepare lunch, Wu Ruyan didn't let Peng Mingge do it anyway, she would rather do it herself than let Peng Mingge touch the food again.
But one night later, when the three of them rushed back in a hurry, ready to capture the Wind Flame Fox, they searched all the mechanisms, where was the shadow of the Wind Flame Fox?
"Peng Mingge, can you do it? If not, say it early. Wu Ruyan has run out of patience, seeing that the feces of the Wind Flame Fox can be seen everywhere, but the Wind Flame Fox does not take the bait, she is already angry with Peng Mingge.
"Second Madam, if the Wind Flame Fox was so easy to catch, it wouldn't be so precious. Peng Mingge smiled bitterly and said that he was also frustrated, but what could he do.
How many hunters want to catch the Wind Flame Fox, but the best hunters may not be able to catch one in a year. You know, a hunter only needs to catch a live Wind Flame Fox, and if the fur is not damaged, it is enough for him to live for ten years.
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