Chapter 183: Anger and Shame
After walking quickly in the Cangji Forest for nearly three hours, Lu Cheng and the others finally arrived at the area infested by the Wind Flame Fox. Niu Dali was not very tired because he had been pulled and run by Lu Cheng. At this time, the sky was already bright, and as soon as he stopped, he quickly discovered the mechanism left by Peng Mingge.
Niu Dali carefully observed these mechanisms, he was a good hunter, and he naturally understood it at a glance. He was also amazed by the number of these mechanisms, which were so exquisitely arranged and numerous. He quickly checked all the traps, and found no Storm Fox hooking. The Flame Fox is suspicious by nature and very intelligent, and it is too difficult to catch it with a trap.
This made Niu Dali very worried about Lu Cheng, so many exquisite mechanisms, all of which were coated with the feces of the Wind Flame Fox, could not catch the Wind Flame Fox. And Lu Cheng only relied on his own strength, how could he catch the Wind Flame Fox? Lu Cheng spoke up for himself and others, and he was very grateful. But if Lu Cheng was allowed to lose 2,000 taels of silver for them, how could he bear it?
Although Niu Dali has never caught the Wind Flame Fox, he has also heard from the older generation. If you want to catch the Flame Fox with a trap, the chances are very small. He wanted to take advantage of the daytime to catch more prey such as voles, hares, and birds that the Wind Flame Fox likes to eat, and put them next to the trap to see if he could make the Wind Flame Fox take the bait at night.
But when Niu Dali was about to discuss with Lu Cheng, he saw that Lu Cheng was already acting. Moreover, Lu Cheng's behavior was very strange, completely different from the method that they hunters had come up with.
Lu Cheng's method is actually very simple, during the day, the wind flame fox is cowered in the cave, and others are helpless against it. However, it was too simple for Lu Cheng to find them. It's just that because Niu Dali, Zhou Zhenyun and Wu Ruyan are watching from the side, he has to play tricks. It is impossible for Lu Cheng to tell anyone about the things that have the power of sensitivity. This is not only the help of his cultivation, but also the magic weapon of his life.
Lu Cheng searched within a radius of five miles, he lay on the ground from time to time, his ears were close to the ground, and he listened carefully to the situation underground. In fact, he had already scanned it with induction. The Flame Fox is indeed in a cave underground. It's just that it is crisscrossed by caves and has many exits. Even if it occasionally drilled out of the ground, it was as fast as lightning, even with Lu Cheng's skills, before it could chase it, it would burrow into another cave.
Niu Dali also did the same, lying on the ground and listening, but with his cultivation of the third layer of internal strength, he had no inductive power. Naturally, it is impossible to hear anything useful. But this aroused his curiosity even more, and at the same time, his confidence in Lu Cheng began to increase, perhaps, Lu Cheng really had a way to catch the Wind Flame Fox.
Lu Cheng kept walking around the area, and he found that even when the Wind Flame Fox was resting, his eyes were half-open. As long as the ground shakes a lot. It immediately subconsciously moves its position. Even if the movement is small, it will move a few steps. So that you can feel at ease. Therefore, Lu Cheng's first step was to collapse its cave passage and block its escape route.
Lu Cheng had already locked onto a Wind Flame Fox with his sensing force, and stepped lightly on the top of the cave passage a hundred feet away from it. Sometimes, even put the palm of your hand on the ground and slowly exert force to make the ground collapse, and the passage will naturally be blocked.
Lu Cheng's use of force is very ingenious. Although the power is large, the movement is small. Although the Wind Flame Fox has sharp front claws and is particularly good at digging holes, the soil that Lu Cheng steps on will be very strong, and it will collapse a distance of about one zhang at a time, and it is impossible for the Wind Flame Fox to dig through it in a short time. As far as Lu Cheng is concerned, it only takes a moment to be enough.
"Brother Lu Cheng, what are you doing?" Niu Dali asked puzzled when he saw Lu Cheng suddenly stomp on the ground.
"Below is the cave passage of the Wind Flame Fox, after stepping on it, see how it escapes. Lu Cheng said with a smile.
He knew that there was a wind flame fox a hundred zhang away, so in order not to alarm the other party, he made a big circle and blocked the passages in all directions. Then, slowly get closer, and finally let the Wind Flame Fox have no way to escape.
Zhou Zhenyun and Wu Ruyan kept watching behind Lu Cheng, and they also felt very strange in their hearts. Others were waiting for the Wind Flame Fox to come out to catch it, but Lu Cheng acted in broad daylight. At this time, as soon as they heard Lu Cheng's explanation, they immediately understood. Isn't this just catching a turtle in an urn?
Zhou Zhenyun's face suddenly became a little ugly, such a method was not very difficult for him. As long as he calms down and raises his internal strength to the highest, he will naturally be able to perceive the Wind Flame Fox underground. However, he was led astray by the incompetent Peng Mingge, which embarrassed him. His own cultivation is higher than Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng can catch the Wind Flame Fox in front of him, doesn't this also mean that he is also incompetent?
Zhou Zhenyun is actually the same as the Wind Flame Fox, and he is also suspicious by nature. When Lu Cheng first appeared, he always thought that Lu Cheng had ulterior motives. In the face of Lu Cheng's kindness, he refused to be thousands of miles away. Even when Lu Cheng offered to help catch the Wind Flame Fox, he thought that Lu Cheng wanted to show favor to himself in order to achieve the goal of getting close to him.
The children who grew up in the Zhou family learned intrigue from an early age. In order to put an eyeliner in front of the opponent, do everything you can. Zhou Zhenyun had done this kind of thing himself, otherwise how would he gain a foothold in the Zhou family? But now, he could be sure that Lu Cheng might really be just an ordinary martial artist in the Tianhua Kingdom, and he just wanted to enter the Cangji Forest to practice.
But the more this happened, the more an inexplicable anger in his heart went straight to the top of his head and made him angry. He never feels that he will be wrong, no matter what he does wrong, it is someone else's mistake. Now, seeing that Lu Cheng's method was so simple, he felt that everything was Lu Cheng's fault.
If Lu Cheng hadn't appeared, even if he couldn't hunt the Wind Flame Fox, he wouldn't have been so annoyed in his heart. At the very least, it won't make him feel incompetent. And at this moment, Lu Cheng has become his inner demon, and he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible. If Lu Cheng's cultivation surpassed Zhou Zhenyun's, maybe he could only bury this resentment in his heart, but now, he could implement it. And killing people in the Cangji Forest, no one will ever know.
Zhou Zhenyun was overjoyed and angry, although he had a thousand ideas in his heart, he still had a faint smile on his face. Lu Cheng probably couldn't have imagined that he kindly helped Zhou Zhenyun catch the Wind Flame Fox, but in the end, he brought himself a killing opportunity.
But in fact, Zhou Zhenyun was also wrong, even if he knew Lu Cheng's method now, if he was replaced by him, he might not be able to determine the location of the Wind Flame Fox. After all, his perception is at most a distance of thirty or fifty zhang, at such a distance. As long as he makes a move, it will definitely cause the Wind Flame Fox to flee.
Lu Cheng is different, he has a sensing range of one hundred and twenty zhang, and he can block all the passages outside a hundred zhang first, and then slowly approach, even if the wind flame fox finds out. There is no way back.
After Lu Cheng blocked all the passages in all directions, the Wind Flame Fox finally noticed the abnormality. But when it was about to change to a safe place, it found that the passage in front of it was blocked. It is normal for the passage in the cave to collapse sometimes, and it doesn't think much about it, so it turns around and prepares to go to other passages.
But everything, it's too late.
"Brother Niu, open the cage and prepare to capture. Lu Cheng saw that "the wind and flame fox moved." He also immediately followed, and Lu Cheng quickly rushed over, but his route was on the passage. With every step he took, he trampled the passage down. Although this affected his speed somewhat, it reduced the Wind Flame Fox's range even more.
Soon, the range of the Wind Flame Fox's activities became smaller and smaller. This situation has never been encountered by the Wind Flame Fox. The passage was blocked in all directions, and it began to panic. The front paws dig frantically into the dirt. I want to dig out a way of life for myself. However, how could Lu Cheng let it succeed? The distance of a hundred zhang was only an instant, and finally, he blocked the Wind Flame Fox in a single passage.
Lu Cheng kept approaching, blocking all the roads on both sides of the passage. Moreover, as Lu Cheng approached, the collapsed passage became longer and longer, and the space for the Wind Flame Fox to move became smaller and smaller.
"It's down there. Lu Cheng said firmly.
"Lu Cheng, how did you do it?" Zhou Zhenyun could naturally hear the panicked cry of the Wind Flame Fox underground. Start with Lu Cheng to prepare. Now, less than an hour has passed, which is too surprising. Zhou Zhenyun looked at Lu Cheng jealously, the murderous intent in his eyes was even stronger, he couldn't tolerate others being excellent.
"As long as you put your mind to it, you can do it. Lu Cheng pretended to be mysterious and said, in fact, even if he was attentive, if he didn't have the ability to help, it would be in vain. It's a pity that Lu Cheng's attention was on the Wind Flame Fox and didn't notice the strangeness in Zhou Zhenyun's eyes.
Lu Cheng held the iron cage, and the ox vigorously dug the ground, and just dug less than a foot, suddenly, a red figure, with lightning speed, suddenly burst out of the ground. Niu Dali was shocked, and subconsciously turned his body away, wanting to dodge. But when he moved away, he suddenly remembered, isn't this the Wind Flame Fox?
Niu Dali turned around and wanted to look for the Wind Flame Fox, but he only heard a "snort", and he suddenly saw a red shadow in the iron cage. When I looked at it again, I saw a long pointed face and two round eyes, revealing a look of horror.
Zhou Zhenyun's face also showed a look of shock, not because of the Wind Flame Fox, but because of Lu Cheng's methods. When the cow vigorously dug the ground, Lu Cheng stood by casually with an iron cage. However, when the wind and flame fox rushed out, Zhou Zhenyun was taken aback. The fiery red wind flame fox stabbed his eyes, and most people would subconsciously avoid it.
But Lu Cheng seemed to know the direction of the Wind Flame Fox's escape in advance, he raised the iron cage, there was no gorgeous action at all, just raised the iron cage, and the Wind Flame Fox obediently got into the iron cage by himself.
Lu Cheng's actions seem to be very simple, but in Zhou Zhenyun's opinion, they are simplified. Because with the speed of the Wind Flame Fox, even if it is a slight miss, it will be a thousand miles wrong. At least, Zhou Zhenyun felt that he couldn't do it. Now it's only the early stage of the seventh layer of internal strength, and if it takes time, it will be enough.
"Brother Niu, take it, there is another one here, I will come when I go. Lu Cheng handed the iron cage to Niu Dali, and the cry of this Wind Flame Fox just now attracted another Wind Flame Fox to come over.
Lu Cheng took the cloth bag and quickly patrolled the area, he didn't have much time, if the other Wind Flame Fox knew that the passage was blocked, with its suspicious nature, it would definitely run away. If you want to catch it again, I don't know how much more effort it will take.
"Lu Cheng is indeed a talent. Wu Ruyan looked at Lu Cheng who was walking away, and sighed softly.
"He's talented, but he's arrogant. Zhou Zhenyun said with a gloomy face. Lu Cheng seems to be helping himself, but in fact he is helping Niu Dali. In Lu Cheng's eyes, I'm afraid that his status is not as good as Niu Dali.
"Don't be impulsive, you can catch a live Flame Fox, and you can raise your eyebrows when you go back. Wu Ruyan glanced at Zhou Zhenyun and hurriedly said.
Knowing her husband and wife, Zhou Zhenyun's thoughts, she can easily guess. Now that the Wind Flame Fox has been caught, and it is so easy to catch, Zhou Zhenyun will naturally feel that spending two thousand five hundred taels of silver is really too wrong, and at the same time, it will also make Zhou Zhenyun feel that he is too stupid.
Lu Cheng is not from the Honglan Empire, and Niu Dali's cultivation is so low, if he gets rid of them, not only can he save two thousand five hundred taels, but most importantly, he can relieve Zhou Zhenyun's anger. As for the lives of Lu Cheng and Niu Dali, Zhou Zhenyun will definitely not care about it.
"Lu Cheng humiliated Peng Mingge, that is, humiliated the Zhou family. Zhou Zhenyun said slowly, after Lu Cheng separated, his attitude towards him suddenly became much colder. Although he knew that it was because he was at fault first, he was the second master of the Zhou family, and he would never tolerate someone being so rude to him.
"You didn't seize the opportunity yourself, so who can blame you?" Wu Ruyan said that Lu Cheng actually humiliated Peng Mingge, but Zhou Zhenyun. Now that the Wind Flame Fox is in hand, Zhou Zhenyun's violent nature is probably about to be revealed.
"What about them?" Lu Cheng had his first experience, and when he caught the second Wind Flame Fox, it would be even easier. This Wind Flame Fox was a male, and in order to prevent it from scurrying around in the cloth bag, Lu Cheng knocked it unconscious.
"They went first. Zhou Zhenyun said with a smile.
"Oh. Lu Cheng glanced to the front of the right, and suddenly found that Wu Ruyan and Niu Dali were fifty zhang away. Wu Ruyan stood there with bated breath, while Niu Dali had already fallen to the ground. Niu Dali was badly injured and was already breathing weakly.
"Lu Cheng, can you sell this Wind Flame Fox to me? I can give 10,000 taels of silver. Zhou Zhenyun slowly approached Lu Cheng and said sincerely.
"I'm sorry, I'm going to give this Wind Flame Fox's brain to Brother Niu, if you want its fur, you can consider it. Lu Cheng secretly raised his internal strength, shook his head slightly, and said.
"Fur is okay, is it still alive?" Zhou Zhenyun reached out and was about to take the cloth bag in Lu Cheng's hand, but just as his hand was about to touch Lu Cheng, he suddenly turned his hand into a palm and slammed it at Lu Cheng.
Zhou Zhenyun is a martial artist in the late stage of the eighth layer of internal strength, and he is a sneak attack, and he thinks that Lu Cheng is just a martial artist in the early stage of the seventh layer of internal strength, and he is defenseless, so it is reasonable to be killed by his own palm.
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