"The bandits must have discovered the bodies of their companions."
Seeing this situation, Zhao Lin immediately thought of the possible reasons.
Baiqiao Village is relatively close to the town, and there are mostly hunters in the village, and there are many villagers with good skills. It is reasonable for Huzi to be suspicious.
Zhao Lin didn't expect that his sudden interest in wealth would cause trouble to Zhou Paotou and the others, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Is everyone here?"
Beard summoned everyone to the entrance of the village, asked the village elder to bring a roster, and called everyone by name. At the same time, he also sent people to search from house to house.
By the light of the fire, Zhao Lin saw that Zhu Dachun, Liang Song and Zhou Paotou were also in the crowd.
The masked bandit leader shouted: "All men, roll up your sleeves and stretch out your hands!"
The villagers looked at each other, wondering why the bandit made such a strange request, but Zhao Lin understood the bandit's intention.
During the skin training stage, due to shedding, the new skin is lighter in color than the original, especially the skin on the hands. It will take several years to return to normal.
If the skin training is successful and you have truly reached the first level of strength, there will be a blue vertical line on the palm of your hand.
The bandits wanted to use this method to find people who had practiced martial arts.
Zhao Lin lowered his head and glanced at his hands. After only two molts, the color change was not obvious and the difference was almost indiscernible.
Several bandits held torches and stepped forward to check one by one. After going around, no suspicious person was found.
Zhao Lin was relieved. He knew that Liang Song was practicing skin training, but he had just completed his first molt, so it was not visible on the surface.
In fact, it doesn't matter even if they find out, Diao Liu is at the second level of the strength realm, and his strength is much stronger than the people who just started training. They should be looking for someone who has reached at least the first level of the strength realm.
Zhao Lin stopped snooping and quietly disappeared into the darkness.
When he returned to Sanjia Village, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that the village was quiet as usual and the bandits did not come to harass him.
Perhaps it was the medicine he took in the medicine hall that took effect, and Zhao Lin slept particularly soundly that night.
The next day, he deliberately got up early and rushed to Zhou Paotou's house to inquire about the situation.
"What, you killed two beards yesterday?"
Zhou Paotou and Zhu Dachun were both shocked, "I said the beard looked crazy, but it turned out to be you."
Liang Song's reaction was different from the two of them: "Brother Zhao, why didn't Sha Beard drag me along?"
"I did it on the spur of the moment, and I won't take such risks again."
Zhao Lin explained, "Since Beard has discovered Xiong Zhi's body, let them slowly look for bear bile. We still have to be more cautious when using money."
"That's true. Fortunately, our bear bile is sold to Songyuan County. Beard will have to work hard to find it there."
Zhou Paotou smiled.
With money in hand, Zhao Lin can finally practice martial arts at Liuhemen with peace of mind.
During the skin training process, there needs to be an interval between each molt. Otherwise, beating and irritating the skin as soon as it is born will make the skin red, swollen and itchy, which is not conducive to growth.
Zhao Lin took advantage of this break and asked Yuan Cheng for a few days' leave - he had a big thing to do.
He wanted to open the second grid of the spirit animal map.
The reason is that he wants to improve his strength as soon as possible.
Mr. Zhao Lin was worried that one day Huzi would find out that he was the "real murderer" and come to settle accounts with him.
Although after the transformation of the spirit beast map, his physical talent is already ahead of most people, but no matter how good the talent is, it takes time to polish, and many things cannot be done quickly.
He wants to gain additional abilities.
There are still eight empty spaces in the spirit beast map, which is a waste no matter how you look at it. No matter how you arrange it in the future, using one first cannot be considered a waste.
Zhao Lin had carefully considered what kind of talent this grid would be used to absorb.
Several major elements of fighting: strength, speed, skill, resistance, and intelligence.
He already has the power and can eliminate it directly.
There is no need for intelligence. Humans are the primates of all things, so there is no need to obtain intelligence from beasts.
Skills are improved through continuous practice and actual combat. They require one's own efforts and it is not easy to ask for help from outside forces.
As for resistance, Zhao Lin’s first reaction was pangolin.
But the pangolin’s “protective clothing” is made of scales, which are not only ugly but also affect their movement.
Zhao Lin didn't know if he would grow scales after absorbing the pangolin's soul. If it was of such resistance, then it wouldn't matter if he didn't.
Turtles also have armor, but their armor is actually bones, not skin.
After analyzing each item, the most practical and useful specialty is speed.
When it comes to speed, the first thing that flashes in Zhao Lin's mind is the cheetah.
The cheetah is the king of land speed. If you can hunt a leopard and obtain its unparalleled speed, your combat power will definitely be greatly improved.
However, after Zhao Lin communicated with Zhou Paotou, he found that the matter was almost impossible.
The reason is not that there are no leopards in Baekdu Mountain. There is a kind of golden leopard in Baekdu Mountain. It runs like lightning and is also called the mountain leopard.
In fact, the name of the bandit Zhuanshan Leopard was borrowed from this.
But leopards are difficult to hunt. This kind of beast is extremely alert and always comes and goes without a trace. I have never heard of anyone going hunting in the mountains for a leopard. I have only heard of a hunter being attacked by a leopard.
Leopards are good at lurking and their whereabouts are unpredictable. Even experienced hunters cannot keep track of their whereabouts.
Zhao Lin was very disappointed after hearing this, so he had to settle for the next best thing and asked, "Are there any antelopes in Baekdu Mountain?"
He remembered that when he looked at the animal world in the past, the antelope was the second fastest animal after the leopard, and it had excellent jumping and agility.
"What antelope? I've never heard of it." Zhou Paotou looked confused.
Are there no antelopes in this world?
Zhao Lin felt chilled, borrowed pen and paper, and drew an antelope pattern on a piece of paper.
"It looks like a sheep, but also a bit like a deer. It has a pair of standing horns on its head. It runs very fast, second only to a leopard." Zhao Lin explained.
"Oh, you said it."
Zhou Paotou slapped his head and said with a smile: "I will understand as soon as you draw it. This thing is not called an antelope. We call it a rock donkey."
"This thing is bigger than a sheep. It looks like a donkey. It weighs one or two hundred pounds. It likes to move on the top of high mountains."
"With a single jump, you can reach a height of ten feet, and with a single jump, you can reach a distance of more than three feet."
"The fur is ginger red, with a white belly, black stripes on its legs, a tuft of black hair on its hind hooves, and two long and pointed horns with a bend in the middle."
As Zhou Paotou said this, he redrawn the image of the rock donkey in his mouth.
After hearing this, Zhao Lin was overjoyed and said, "Yes, that's what I'm talking about! Does it run fast?"
Zhou Paotou kept nodding, "Quick, follow the wind. I saw it before when I was collecting herbs on the top of the mountain, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye."
Zhao Lin asked: "Do you think it's easy to catch them?"
Zhou Paotou shook his head and said: "It's not easy. You definitely can't catch it, and you can't even shoot it with arrows. This thing is very timid, and it's hard to even get close."
"But it's possible to trap them, but they live on the top of the mountain and can walk on the cliffs like walking on flat ground. We don't have that ability."
"I advise you not to take advantage of them. It's a thankless task."
