Chapter 5 is too immoral...

  To the north of Wildfire Town, the terrain gradually became flat, and large tracts of forest occupied most of the northern part of Wildfire Plains. There were no high mountains here, even if occasionally encountered a few highlands, they were just some earthy slopes, only these not-so-high mountain slopes, often stretched for seven or eight miles. Just like the heavens had set up one by one roadblocks on Wildfire Plains.

  Xia Yalai ran all the way, crossing mountains and ridges. The skills he had practiced in the mountains since childhood were fully utilized - his speed running on slopes and in dense forests was even faster than on flat roads. He bowed his body, like a nimble and robust mountain cat, quickly shuttling through the forest, dodging branches that came out from time to time with agility while running. His feet stepped on the ground covered with fallen leaves, making only a very slight rustling sound.

  Xiaya Lei had already consciously controlled his speed, he had to conserve his physical strength because he knew that his rations were not abundant. A large piece of black bread, no matter how frugal, would only be enough for him to eat for two days.

  Fortunately, by dusk, he found a long-snouted beast's den in the woods.

  This long-snouted beast is a common wild animal living on the Wildfire Prairie, about the size of a small dog. It likes to burrow in the mud, making its fur oily and its limbs short and slow-moving. However, its mouth is flat and long, with a sharp tip. This creature loves to insert its pointed snout into insect holes in the mud to eat insect eggs.

  This long-snouted beast was unlucky, encountered Xia Yalai, and was tied up by Xia Yalai with a skilled rope trick, taken out of its nest, and became Xia Yalai's dinner.

  The meat of the long-snouted beast was hard to eat, with a strong and unpleasant earthy smell. However, for Xia Yareng, who was poor and white, having a mouthful of meat in his belly on such a cold night was already a great pleasure.

  He wasn't without the idea of hunting other beasts, such as bringing back a deer, which might be more delicious, but he was clearer that he needed to conserve his strength now and it's best not to think about hunting those large beasts.

  The next day at noon, his luck arrived.

  Xia Yalai found a silly musk deer in the woods, this stupid thing's antlers were tangled in a thorny bush, and it had been struggling for a while.

  Xia Yalai let out a loud whoop and rushed forward, but he didn't intend to kill the guy. Instead, he took out a rope and tied two knots, carefully securing them to the deer's antlers and neck, then pulled the antlers out of the thorns.

  The deer, having escaped its predicament, immediately panicked and tried to run away, but Xiā Yǎ Léi had already seized the opportunity, flipping over and landing on the deer's back, pulling tight the rope as if riding a horse.

  He was obviously not doing this for the first time, his manipulation of the deer's hands was very skilled, and the deer was pulled back and forth several times before finally listening to him. Xia Yareng carefully used the "reins" in his hand to control the direction of the deer's run, then hugged the deer's neck.

  The deer was chased by Xiaya for a whole morning, and it wasn't until noon that Xiaya finally spared the exhausted creature. However, he still used one end of his fire fork to prick a small hole in the deer's body, letting out some blood, before applying some herbs he had picked from the underbrush to the wound, only then did he let the deer go.

  After drinking a few mouthfuls of deer blood, a warm air quickly rose in the belly, and this warmth spread rapidly throughout the body. Although the cold wind was howling around, people felt warm and cozy.

  Xia Yali judged the direction and determined that she was already more than 200 miles north of Wildfire Town. However, the direction wasn't exactly due north, but slightly westward.

  Can't go any further. Going any further would bring us close to the dwarves' territory. Shayarek doesn't want to send himself to his death.

  Going east is no good either. The east is a vast wilderness, which is the territory of the earth spirits. Those earth rats are more troublesome than dwarves.

  The old rogue on the black market told his own news that the lion beast should be lurking in this jungle nearby. Maybe a little bit westward.

  It's time to make some preparations!

  Xia Yalai walked crouched in the jungle for a while, and finally found several black mud frogs croaking by a small swamp. This kind of mud frog is similar to a toad, with a sac on its back.

  These little things are fools and won't move at all, they just squat by the swamp all day and night, making a racket, even if you go up to catch them, they won't budge.

  Xia Yalai found a sharp branch and extracted some toad sac fluid from the backs of several mud frogs - this stuff wasn't too toxic, but it would give people a numb feeling.

  Basically, many hunters familiar with the jungle know this thing, and many old hunters are used to using this thing as a painkiller when they are injured.

  Xia Yalai found another tall pine tree, trampled on dozens of dry and sharp pine needles, found a thin branch, pulled out the twigs inside, and did not damage the bark at all - while doing these things, his hands were delicate and gentle, extremely skilled.

  This is also thanks to the old guy who has passed away, he taught Xia Yareng's axe skills - you have to hold a 20-pound axe and carve flowers on tofu every day, after a few years, you can also practice a pair of clever hands.

  Rolled-up tree bark was used as a blowpipe, and pine needles were dipped in the toxic liquid of the mud frog. This formed a set of blow darts.

  Xia Yali even applied a bit of the poisonous liquid from the mud frog to her own fire fork and axe blade. Then she tied up her pants legs with rope, and began patrolling and searching in the jungle.

  Just as he had left the marsh for less than a meal, suddenly, a rustling sound came from the front thicket. This sound immediately startled Xia Yalai.

  His eyes lit up! Is my luck really this good?!

  He immediately picked up the axe in his hand, cautiously approaching with tiptoes, while his other hand held a fire fork, ready to be thrown as a spear at any time!

  Note that lions can be very ferocious!

  When he walked to about a dozen steps away from the thicket, Xiaya suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood. He was slightly puzzled and hesitated for a moment before quickly picking up a stone on the ground and throwing it over.

  Bang!

  The stone was thrown into the thicket, and a muffled sound came out. Then, a faint "hmm" could be heard, which seemed somewhat unclear but carried a tone of pain.

  Is it human?!

  Xia Yali was taken aback for a moment, then walked over and used a fire fork to pry open the thicket.

  Behind the bushes, there was a person on the ground. The guy was wearing a high-quality leather coat, his body curled up into a ball, his hands clasped tightly around his head, blood streaming from his forehead, and fresh blood seeping out from between his filthy fingers.

  It's obvious that this is the retribution for the stone I smashed earlier...

  Xia Yali let out a sigh of relief, and in a bad mood, she glared at the guy on the ground and shouted loudly: "Hey! Brother! Do you know that scaring people can kill them?! Luckily I didn't throw my chopsticks just now, or else you'd be dead by now!"

  That person covered his head and muttered in a low voice, as if calling out something like "it hurts so much".

  Xia Yalai walked up with a bad temper: "Nonsense, of course it hurts when your head hits a rock. What's wrong with you? Why are you hiding in the bushes, I almost took you for a demon... You almost got me killed, do you know that?!"

  He walked over, but suddenly caught sight of this guy's left leg!

  A circular steel cuff clamped tightly around his calf!

  It's an iron animal trap, with sharp iron teeth on the biting mouth. The guy was badly injured, he was originally wearing thick leather boots, but the boots had been pierced, and there was a bloody wound on his left calf, with blood and flesh blurred together, and a pool of fresh blood on the ground.

  It's obvious that this is a trap set by some hunter, and this poor devil probably doesn't know why he stepped into it.

  Seeing this scene, Xia Yare was stunned...

  Uh... hitting someone with a rock is already very immoral, let alone hitting a poor creature that's already seriously injured?

  Well...

  At this point, even Xia Yalai himself felt a little uneasy in his heart. So he immediately ran over and helped the poor worm up, then struggled to grab the beast clip and forced it open.

  At last, the poor wretch let out a miserable cry, and Xia Yali rushed to his rescue, lifting up his body and moving it backward.

  But as soon as he broke free, he suddenly started struggling violently, pushing Xia Yareng away with both hands and shouting indistinctly: "Let me go, I'd rather die than go back with you!"

  Xia Yali was stunned and thrown off by him. This guy immediately jumped up, don't know where he got the strength, and hopped away trying to escape.

  Just ran two steps, Xia Yali couldn't help but shout: "Hey, wait a minute..."

  "Go away, I'd rather die than go back!"

  "No, I mean..."

  Xia Yalai hadn't finished speaking when he heard a shrill, ear-piercing scream of "Ah!!!!" mixed with the sound of metal clashing together.

  Unfortunately, the poor guy stepped into the same trap again...

  And this time, it's my right leg...

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