On the ninth day of the fourth month, the day of sweeping the mountain.

The sky was faint, and the disciples of the Water Mirror Department gathered on the school grounds, talking in a low voice.

"Senior Brother Liao, have you ever had blood on your hands?"

"Does it count if you've killed two strange beasts?"

"No, have you ever killed someone?"

"That's not ......"

When Zhao Lin arrived, the disciples were discussing the issue of whether their hands had been stained with blood.

Most of them have only killed strange beasts, but Guo Enze went home to visit relatives last year and killed a fugitive when he assisted in the arrest of Kuai.

Zhang Xiaoshan saw Zhao Lin coming over and asked, "Has Senior Brother Zhao ever killed anyone?" ”

Zhao Lin silently calculated, the beard that died on his hand was not a hundred but eighty, and this number startled him.

However, the beard was not a human being, so he replied, "No, not a single 'person' has been killed." ”

"Neither do I."

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Zhao Lin and said curiously: "Senior Brother Zhao, what kind of weapon are you carrying?" How does it look like a fork? ”

The disciples of the Dancing Elephant Academy all aim at the blood realm, and they don't pay much attention to practicing weapons, and most of them use swords, guns, swords, and sticks.

Zhao Lin has an iron ruler hanging from his waist, and axes are inserted on the left and right, which is particularly different.

"This weapon is called an iron ruler, and on both sides are gauntlets, which can be used as a sword or a short club."

Zhao Lin explained with a smile.

"I said I think I've seen it somewhere, and that's what the city uses to catch fast......"

While the two were talking, Elder Shui Jing came to the school grounds, and the disciples instantly fell silent.

"Everyone is ready, let's go."

Elder Shui Jing counted the number of people correctly and led the disciples down the mountain.

All the way north, about an hour later, came to the front of Yuanze Mountain.

Yuanze Mountain is not high, the terrain is gentle, the shape is like an open fan, east-west, and there are some large and small hills on the top of the mountain.

Zhao Lin glanced at the third mountain in the east and thought, "I hope that strange fish is still alive, it's not easy to find a strange beast that can discharge." ”

The people who participated in the mountain sweeping this time were all disciples of the Dancing Elephant Academy, and there was no participation from the outer courtyard, and the disciples of the five divisions arrived one after another.

Elder Jin Shi said indifferently: "After everyone enters the mountain, remember to only hunt and kill strange beasts and fierce beasts, and take off the left ear as a record. ”

"The mild-tempered deer and sheep should not be killed at will."

After speaking, he waved his hand, "Let's go, sweep the mountain for two days, and come back tomorrow afternoon." ”

This time, no one rushed up the mountain, and walked up the mountain in twos and threes.

"Senior Brother Zhao, do you want to be together?" Zhang Xiaoshan sent an invitation to Zhao Lin.

"I'm sorry, I like to be alone."

Zhao Lin politely refused.

He has more important things to do on this trip, and it is inconvenient for him to gang up with others.

……

The mountains and forests are quiet, the morning mist is beginning to open, and occasionally there is a crisp birdsong or two.

Zhao Lin walked lightly along the beast path in the grass, checking the footprints on the ground as he walked.

Animals in the mountains, no matter how big or small, leave hoof prints and paw prints as soon as they come out to move.

Experienced hunters can determine what kind of animal it is, whether it is male or female, and whether it is out of the hole or returning to the hole according to the shape, size, and direction of the hoof prints.

This skill is called "Code Trace", which is a necessary skill for hunters, Zhao Lin has learned from Zhou Paotou and knows some of the inner doorways.

There is a proverb in the yard trace: look at the soil in spring, see the grass in summer, see the frost in autumn, and see snow in winter.

Zhao Lin judged from the traces of the soil being vigorously turned over that there should be a wild boar or a wild boar not far away.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, I saw a half-sized "wild boar" under a big tree in front of me, which was "humming" turning over the soil layer and digging up the roots and stems in the ground.

Unlike a common wild boar, its fangs are longer, and its back mane glows blue-blue, and its roots stand up.

This is a mutating Biaohao.

Since there is vitality in heaven and earth, and martial artists can use it to cultivate, animals seem to be more blessed in this regard, and some of them naturally mutate into alien beasts.

The wild boar in front of him is in the process of mutation, and if it really completes its evolution, it can weigh up to 1,000 catties, just like the one in Baitou Mountain.

"Don't arch, come and die."

Zhao Lin greeted in a small voice.

Yu Hao under the tree was startled, raised his head suddenly, stared at Zhao Lin with a fierce look, not only did not run, but buried his head, his hooves slashed a few times in place, roared, and rushed over.

Zhao Lin unhurriedly pulled out the iron ruler.

Bi Hao's reaction was exactly what he expected.

As the saying goes, one pig, two bears and three tigers, it is not that wild boars are more powerful than tigers and bears.

In fact, tigers are smart, they know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as long as they are not particularly hungry, they will hide when they see people.

People are afraid of tigers for three points, and tigers are afraid of people for seven points, and this is the truth.

Bears are also not very bold and only take the initiative to attack when they think they are threatened.

Only a wild boar, with thick fangs, a short temper, and a fearless heart.

No matter what kind of animal, as long as it provokes it, it will choose to be straight and tough.

Seeing that Yu Hao rushed to the front, Zhao Lin flashed lightly, and the iron ruler quickly shot down, hitting the upper part of its eyes.

This was the weakest part of Yu Hao, and he only used half of his strength.

Bang!

Hearing only a bang, Yu Hao lost consciousness and rolled and flew four or five feet away.

Zhao Lin took out the rope, tied Yu Hao strongly, carried it on his shoulders, and continued to look for the next target.

He didn't go directly up the mountain to find the strange fish, but hunted it first.

Once upon a time, I saw in a documentary that when the Amazon natives caught electric eels, they first drove the strong cattle and horses into the water and let the electric eels discharge at them.

Wait for the electric eel to run out of electricity before going into the water to catch fish.

This is because electric eels can emit high voltage, but they cannot discharge continuously.

Zhao Lin was going to adopt the same strategy, first catching some prey and letting the strange fish go to power.

The strength of the strange fish should not be underestimated, and the senior of the Blood Realm Triple in the notes of the Xingyun Sect was stunned by it, and it was too dangerous.

Next, Zhao Lin caught two more armor-retaining beasts and an iron thorn lizard.

The Armored Beast, also known as the Armored Pig, looks like a large armadillo, but the difference is that it has sharp claws, a rounder head, and light red scales all over its body.

Before the mutation, the armor beast was a nocturnal animal, with a mild temperament and no threat to medicine farmers, but after the mutation, its temperament changed greatly, and it liked to haunt during the day, and ordinary people could be attacked when they encountered it.

Because of the regular sweeping of the mountain, these strange beasts were not big, and Zhao Lin easily cleaned them up.

Considering that the strange fish would probably not discharge to the dead objects, Zhao Lin caught the strange beasts and beat them half to death first, then tied them up with ropes, dragged them with a belt, and headed to the third mountain peak in the east.

Be careful to avoid others along the way, otherwise it will be difficult to explain what you are doing.

Zhao Lin circled around the mountain peak, circling upward, trying not to miss every place.

Halfway up the mountain, I heard the sound of water.

When I walked over, there was a waterhole about ten zhang wide in front of me, and a mountain stream trickled into it.

The waterhole is deep and turquoise, and you can't see it all at a glance.

"This should be it."

(End of chapter)