On a new day, the tide has just subsided.

Normally, at this time, most of the villagers in Heqian Village are still immersed in sleep, but today is different from the past, every house is lit up with lights and smoke!

Because today is the day when hunters go up the mountain to hunt.

For Heqian Village, a small mountain village, hunting is the most important activity, and the amount of prey hunted by the hunters determines the daily life of hundreds of families in the village, whether they can be fed and clothed.

The meat of the game is the source of food, and the fur material is used to pay taxes and exchange for daily necessities, so every time the village organizes a team to go up the mountain to hunt, the whole village will inevitably go out to prepare.

One hunter after another, under the eager and worried gaze of their families, packed their bags and walked out of the house.

Their bags contained three days' worth of dry food, as well as essential liquor, wound medicine, straps, tinder, salt, and of course, weapons such as bows and arrows, daggers, and red sulfur knives.

These heavily armed hunters soon gathered in front of Yan Dashan's house.

Yan Dashan was already waiting there, and there were also Wei Changfeng and Yan Tiezhu present.

Yan Dashan first counted the number of people, and after confirming that everyone had arrived, he said to Yan Tiezhu: "Tiezhu, the affairs of the village will be handed over to you." ”

Yan Tiezhu said in a deep voice: "Brother Dashan, you can rest assured!"

Yan Dashan led people up the mountain to hunt, and someone in the village must be in charge of guarding, this time he organized a full forty hunters to go out, so he left the most trusted Yan Tiezhu.

Yan Tiezhu said to Wei Changfeng next to him: "Brother Wei, please help me take care of Brother Dashan." ”

Wei Changfeng nodded.

He knew that the situation in Heqian Village was very bad now. The matter of witch civil strife has not been completely resolved. Yan Qi and several other villagers were locked up in the dungeon. The hearts of the people in the village are fluctuating.

The most troublesome thing is that Yan Dashan took people to Taixing City a few days ago, and he didn't bring back much of anything, because the animal skins and medicinal materials they brought were basically used to pay taxes.

The taxes distributed by Dawu to various villages and towns are getting heavier and heavier, and small villages like Heqian Village have to bear more and more pressure to pay taxes if they do not want to be annexed by other villages.

That's why this time Yan Dashan will bring most of the hunters in the village, and ask Wei Changfeng to go up the mountain together. The purpose is undoubtedly to solve the current dilemma faced by the village.

Wei Changfeng also had the heart to help.

"Let's go!"

Under the leadership of Yan Dashan, the hunting team left the village and headed for the mountain ahead.

Many villagers came out to bid farewell to their relatives, and the scene was quite lively.

"Brother"

As soon as Wei Changfeng walked out of the village, Yan Xiaohuan chased after him from behind and stuffed two hot pheasant eggs into his hands: "Give you something to eat on the way!"

"Thank you!"

Wei Changfeng couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, touched her hair and said, "Go back"

The little girl nodded, bit her lip and took two steps back to look at him.

Wei Changfeng shook his head, didn't say anything more, turned around and quickened his pace to keep up with the hunter team in front.

Most of the hunters in the team are young people. Divided into several squads led by experienced veteran hunters, plus it was not the first time to enter the mountain. Therefore, the speed of progress was quite fast, and it didn't take long to leave Heqian Village far behind.

At first, the hunters in the team were still talking and laughing, but since they set foot on the narrow and rugged mountain road, they have all become silent, and their faces have become more vigilant and solemn.

In the mountains, there are countless dangers lurking.

Although most of the demon beasts and evil beasts will not come out to move when the evil tide subsides, the dark forest and trees are still a dangerous forbidden area, and stepping into them often cost their lives.

The outskirts of the mountains are safe and calm, and there are no monsters along the way.

Half an hour after leaving the village, the hunting party reached the top of the mountain.

The mountain is not very high, but from the top of the mountain, you can enjoy the surrounding scenery, and the mountains are undulating for a short distance, and the huge volcano spewing smoke and flames in the distance is particularly eye-catching.

"This mountain is called Black Dragon Mountain"

Yan Dashan pointed to the mountain range at his feet and introduced Wei Changfeng: "We are now standing in the position of the dragon's tail, and from here we have been going all the way to the Longshou Volcano over there, and the distance is two hundred miles!"

Wei Changfeng looked in the direction of his finger, but saw that the mountain range was winding forward, and the dangerous peaks were stacked on top of each other, as if it was like a black dragon dormant on the plains, reaching the volcano.

Yan Dashan said: "Let's go in this direction!"

Wei Changfeng faintly felt that what Yan Dashan said was not just to introduce him to the terrain, but also seemed to have ulterior motives.

But he didn't go into detail, nodded and said, "Everything is up to you, Elder!"

"Don't Call Me Elder Anymore"

Yan Dashan said: "Let's still be brothers!"

The hunters next to him all cast envious glances at Wei Changfeng, you must know that in Heqian Village, there are only a few people who are really qualified to call Yan Dashan brothers.

Wei Changfeng was not pretentious, and said with a smile: "Okay!"

Yan Dashan smiled, reached out and patted Wei Changfeng's shoulder vigorously: "Good brother!"

"Let's go!"

The rest of the journey was not so easy.

There are almost no really feasible mountain trails between the barren mountains and mountains, and the trails that were once trampled by hunters or wild beasts are basically occupied by grass and vines, and people who are not familiar with the terrain will easily get lost in the reckless jungle when they come here.

Fortunately, the team's veteran hunters are not only experienced, but also familiar with the surrounding environment, and under their leadership, the team has traveled all the way deep into the depths of the Black Dragon Mountain, walking through the mountains and forests, looking for prey from the herds.

In the process of moving forward, from time to time, long snakes and small beasts were disturbed, and flying insects and flies could be seen everywhere, Wei Changfeng found that the situation in the Zuwu River Valley was different from the Nine Secluded Land in his impression, and there were more creatures here.

The team walked for half a day, and there was nothing to gain except two skinny hares.

Yan Dashan is also helpless in this regard.

"There are fewer and fewer black wild boars now, and most of them hide in deep places in the mountains, where the evil beasts and demon beasts are very powerful, and we can't deal with them. ”

Wei Changfeng nodded.

His heart suddenly moved, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the way he came, and his eyes shone fiercely.

The grass is deep and everything is calm.

Yan Dashan was taken aback and asked, "Brother Wei, what's wrong?"

Wei Changfeng frowned, waved his hand towards Yan Dashan, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Come out!"

What comes out?

The hunters were puzzled.

(To be continued......)