Chapter 14: "Becoming Stronger"

A lot of times, it's hard to do something for the first time.

For example, the first time I rode a roller coaster, the first time I jumped an in, and the first time I ate bugs......

But with the first time, it will obviously be much more adaptable to doing it later.

One also eats, and two also eats, and Li Hang found all the insects in the entire canopy and ate them all as he ate.

He had a pantothenic acid in his stomach, a burp, and the flatulence he spit out was filled with a strong smell of bugs.

He put aside the uncomfortable feeling in his stomach and heart for the time being, and hurriedly lay down on his stomach and entered a state of cultivation.

As the true qi in his body worked again, his heart gradually calmed down, and every time the true qi circulated, it would produce a trace of new true qi with the rapid digestion in his stomach.

The operation of the true qi became faster and faster, and after a while, all the worms in his stomach had been digested, and the true qi in his body had completely reached that critical point.

Li Hang felt that his body was gradually changing with the operation of the true qi, and the true qi was circulating rapidly, and began to disperse into the flesh and bones.

Every time a wisp of true qi slowly melted into his muscles, the strength of his muscles would increase a little, and when it was integrated into the bones, the hardness and toughness of his bones would also increase a little, and even the nails on his teeth and claws would become harder.

With the rapid consumption of true qi, Li Hang endured the pain and itching caused by the enhancement of his body, and concentrated on running the exercises.

After a long while, the true qi was finally consumed, and only a thin trace of new life remained, dormant in the depths of the heart, waiting for the next cultivation replenishment.

Li Hang shook the dark red sweat stuck to his body, which was some impurities forced out when he was strengthened by his true qi, and he felt that his body was much stronger, and the cold disappeared without a trace with the enhanced physique!

He raised his paw and waved, then popped out his sharp nails, and scratched at a tree trunk, which was scratched with deep five marks, Li Hang nodded with satisfaction.

After the excitement passed, he finally couldn't bear the strange smell of his body, returned to the river, washed it again, and then quickly jumped on a stone that had been whitened by the sun, and faced the scorching sun, shaking the hair on his body for a while, waiting to be completely dried.

Li Hang's stomach was hungry again, after all, the cultivation just now consumed a lot of energy in his body, he stood on the stone, raised his head, twitched his nose, and carefully distinguished the various different breaths coming from the air.

He filtered out the unfamiliar smells and followed a faint familiar scent to a small valley.

Surrounded by clouds and mist, the mountains were shrouded in mist, and the breeze blew through the grass that covered the valley like a green lake with waves.

Li Hang didn't bother to enjoy the beautiful scenery like a picture scroll, followed the breath closely, and got into the half-human-high grass.

Against the wind, he walked almost prostrate in the grass, twitching his nose silently, determining the exact direction of his prey.

He followed the direction of the wind and tirelessly adjusted his position over and over again, always keeping himself downwind of the source of the breath, slowly leaning over, and stopping about 2 meters away from the prey.

There are layers of weeds in front of him, and he can't see the other party's appearance at all, and the other party can't see himself, but in his heart, he has simulated the general situation of the other side and all the reactions of the other party.

Can't wait any longer, the conspicuous color on his body may be discovered by the other party at any time, he raised his body slightly, and launched a surprise attack forward.

"Chirp, flutter"

A brocade pheasant that was taking a nap was startled by this sudden danger, and did not look at what the situation was, and quickly flapped its wings and flew towards the sky at the first time.

However, although its reaction was fast, Li Hang's reaction was even faster, almost jumping up, and scratching towards the colorful body of the golden rooster in the air.

His sharp nails pierced through the feathers and tightly clucked at the golden chicken's body, and he returned to the ground with the golden chicken that had just flown up as he fell.

I saw that Li Hang did not hesitate at all, one paw pressed the golden chicken fiercely, and at the same time, he opened his mouth and bit the neck of the golden chicken.

The golden rooster was just about to resist, Li Hang's other paw also pressed up, pressing him to the ground, his teeth suddenly tightened, pulling the golden chicken's neck, pulling it upwards hard, and shaking his head back and forth.

In the blink of an eye, the neck of the golden pheasant was bitten and broken, and he collapsed on the ground, only one paw was still standing on his body, and he grabbed at the air, as if he wanted to grab a life-saving straw.

But it was too late, and Li Hang couldn't wait to bite off its neck after quickly settling the battle.

After a good meal, Li Hang turned around and walked to a slightly sparse grass behind him, cleaning up the feather blood stains stuck to his body while waiting for other hunters who smelled blood to arrive.

He's excited about his performance, not just in terms of getting stronger physically, but also about the experience and fighting skills that he's growing up so quickly!

He desperately needed an opponent who would allow him to prove his strength, and he thought that if the opponent who came over was stronger than him, he would run away quickly!

The gentle wind slowly carried the smell of blood on the ground into the distance.

After a while, an animal that wanted to get a piece of the pie came through the grass and came nearby.

It was a yellow-throated marten, with a long tail and golden fur, but his face was as black as if he had a mask.

It came to the pile of scattered chicken feathers, lowered its head and sniffed, stretched out its paws to flick the bright chicken feathers, and looked up at Li Hang.

Li Hang didn't know the yellow-throated marten, and saw that although it was a little slenderer than himself, it was slightly longer than him, and under its body, two thick claws were clubbing on the ground, and its barbed nails were even sharper.

He arched his back in fear, the hair on his body stood up, and he screamed twice threateningly, and at the same time slowly stepped back.

It's not that Li Hang is afraid of him, it's just that the two of them are of equal strength, and if they really fight to the death, the result will inevitably be one death and one serious injury, he doesn't need to fight with it, but there is no need to run away, after all, the golden chicken has been eaten by him, and there is no fight over food, so the other party will not start the battle lightly, and the other party is a beast who knows the serious consequences of injury better than him.

Sure enough, the yellow-throated marten stared at Li Hang for a while, his eyes did not leave him, and his body fell backwards into the grass, and slowly disappeared with the sound of rubbing the grass.

Li Hang's tense body relaxed, and he squatted down quietly, retaining a vigilant recovery of true qi, even if the next animal was too powerful, it could briefly turn into a rabbit.

After a while, a figure came from a distance through the grass, Li Hang looked at the animal that appeared, and had a toothache, this animal he had seen, it was the civet cat who almost recognized the wrong person before.

He looked at the civet cat, which was a circle bigger than himself, and suddenly reacted, and secretly cursed his stupidity.

He should have thought that even if there weren't many large predators in the Qinling Mountains, few of those carnivores who were weaker than himself would dare to follow the smell of blood, so what he encountered would be the more powerful yellow-throated marten and civets, and as for the weasels who just wanted to pick up the leaks last time, they might be extremely rare.

Taking advantage of the fact that the civet cat was far away from him, Li Hang turned around and walked out of the grass, preparing to go to the planned mountain.

He walked all the way down the river bank until the foot of the mountain, but he didn't encounter any big catch, and as for the small catch, if a little lizard was not enough for him as a snack!

The river meanders around the mountain in front of it, stretching deep into the mountain, and only a clear spring flows down from the mountain to meet the river.

Li Hang said goodbye to the river and continued to walk up the mountain along the mountain spring, and after a while, he estimated the time and stopped.

Standing in an open group of rocks, he looked at the peak above his head, the whole mountain appeared extraordinarily huge, and a thin layer of clouds and mist shrouded the top of the mountain, making him a little unable to see the top of the mountain.

He decided to stop and recuperate, and set off again tomorrow morning, so that he could reach the top of the mountain in the clearest noon day he could see, and he was almost hungry!

Leaving the rock pile and walking down the hillside for a while, he found a pine forest.

After recalling the smell of squirrels before, he leaned down and gently stepped on the ground covered with pine needles into the pine forest, sniffing the squirrels while looking for a place to stay tonight.

The pine forest was littered with the scent of many squirrels, and he followed the scent to the point, but pounced several times.

Either the source of the smell is only the hair shed from the squirrel's body, or the squirrel flies, and only once did it see a squirrel squatting in a tree, only to be quickly spotted and flee because of the lack of shelter around.

I found a very suitable place to stay, which was a few large stones half-buried in the earth piled up among the pine trees. Several rocks were next to each other, with several crevices leading into the ground that could be used as a temporary habitat for him.

He remembered this place, didn't look too much, and reluctantly walked around the pine forest a few times again, but still found nothing.

He thought to himself, if he really can't do it, let's go find some worms to eat, although disgusting, it is much better than sleeping hungry, and he thought as he walked towards the crack in the stone.

Just as he was about to approach the crack in the stone, he suddenly noticed a fat gray hare crouching on the ground next to the stone.

The saliva at the corner of Li Hang's mouth was about to flow out, and he blinked, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

The hare pricked up his ears, vigilantly paying attention to his surroundings, and jumped under a pine tree step by step, rummaging for something with his head down, and he didn't seem to notice Li Hang's figure not far away.

Li Hang saw that there was nothing around him that could make him hide, so he simply pounced directly.