The ninth day of April is the day of mountain sweeping.
The sky was dimming, and a group of disciples from the Shui Jing Department gathered on the school grounds, chatting in low voices.
"Senior Brother Liao, have you ever had blood on your hands?"
"Does killing two strange beasts count?"
"Not really, have you killed anyone?"
"That's not..."
When Zhao Lin arrived, the disciples were discussing whether they had blood on their hands.
Most of them had only killed exotic animals. Only Guo Enze killed a fugitive when he went home to visit relatives last year and assisted the police in handling a case.
Zhang Xiaoshan saw Zhao Lin approaching and asked, "Has Junior Brother Zhao ever killed anyone?"
Zhao Lin silently calculated that the number of beards that died on his hands was eighty if not one hundred. This number even shocked him.
However, the beard did not count as a person, so he replied: "No, I haven't killed a single 'person'."
"I do not have either."
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Zhao Lin and asked curiously: "Junior Brother Zhao, what kind of weapon are you carrying? Why does it look like a fork?"
The disciples of Wuxiang Yuan all aim at the blood realm and don't pay much attention to practicing weapons. Most of them use swords, guns, swords and sticks.
Zhao Lin has an iron ruler hanging from his waist and axes stuck on the left and right sides, which makes him look particularly unique.
"This weapon is called an iron ruler. It has hand guards on both sides. It can be used as a sword or a short stick."
Zhao Lin explained with a smile.
"I thought I had seen it somewhere. This is what the police in the city use..."
While the two were talking, Elder Shui Jing came to the school grounds, and the disciples fell silent instantly.
"Everyone is here, let's go."
Elder Shui Jing counted the number of people correctly and led the disciples down the mountain.
After traveling north for more than an hour, we arrived at Yuanze Mountain.
Yuanze Mountain is not high, the terrain is gentle, and it is shaped like an open fan, running east to west. There are some large and small hills on the top of the mountain.
Zhao Lin glanced at the third hill from the east and thought to himself: "I hope that strange fish is still alive. Strange beasts that can discharge electricity are not easy to find."
The people participating in the mountain sweeping this time were all disciples of the Wuxiang Academy. There was no participation from the outer academy, and the five groups of disciples arrived one after another.
Elder Jinshi said calmly: "After everyone enters the mountain, remember to only kill strange and ferocious beasts, and take off the left ear as a record."
"Don't kill people of the deer and sheep genus with a gentle temperament."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. The mountain sweeping will last for two days. You can just come back tomorrow afternoon."
This time no one rushed up the mountain, and they walked up the mountain in twos and threes.
"Junior Brother Zhao, do you want to come together?" Zhang Xiaoshan invited Zhao Lin.
"Sorry, I like to be alone."
Zhao Lin declined politely.
He has more important things to do during this trip, and it is not convenient for him to gang up with others.
…
The mountain forest is quiet, the morning fog has begun to lift, and occasionally one or two crisp bird songs can be heard.
Zhao Lin walked softly along the animal path in the grass, checking the footprints on the ground as he walked.
Animals in the mountains, no matter how big or small, will leave hoofprints and claw marks whenever they move out.
Experienced hunters can determine what kind of animal it is based on the shape, size, and direction of the hoofprints, whether it is male or female, and whether it is leaving or returning to the cave.
This skill is called "code tracking", which is an essential skill for hunters. Zhao Lin has learned it from Zhou Paotou and knows some of the inner tricks.
There is a proverb in Ma Zong: Look at the soil in spring, the grass in summer, the frost in autumn, and the snow in winter.
Zhao Lin judged from the traces of the soil being turned over vigorously that there should be a wild boar or shehao 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, "humming, humming", turning over the soil and digging out roots from the ground.
Different from ordinary wild boars, its tusks are longer, and the bristles on its back glow with blue light and stand upright.
This is a She Hao that is mutating.
Since the existence of vitality between heaven and earth, warriors can use it to practice, animals seem to be more unique in this regard, and some of them naturally mutate into strange beasts.
The wild boar in front of me is in the process of mutation. If it truly evolves, it will weigh up to a thousand kilograms, just like the wild boar in Baekdu Mountain.
"Stop arching, come here and die."
Zhao Lin greeted in a low voice.
She Hao, who was under the tree, was startled. He raised his head suddenly and stared at Zhao Lin fiercely. Instead of running away, he lowered his head, dug his hooves on the spot a few times, roared, and charged towards him with all his strength.
Zhao Lin calmly took out the iron ruler.
Shen Hao's reaction was as expected.
As the saying goes, one pig, two bears, and three tigers do not mean that wild boars are more powerful than tigers and bears.
In fact, tigers are smart and 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 30% afraid of tigers, and tigers are 70% afraid of people. This is the truth.
Bears are not very courageous and only attack when they think they are threatened.
Only the wild boar has thick tusks, a bad temper, and a fearless heart.
No matter what kind of animal it is, as long as it is provoked, it will choose to be violent.
Seeing She Hao rushing forward, Zhao Lin dodged lightly and quickly shot down the iron ruler, hitting it just above the middle of its eyes.
This is She Hao's weakest part, and he only used half of his strength.
boom!
Hearing a boom, She Hao lost consciousness and rolled and flew four to five feet away.
Zhao Lin took out the rope, tied She Hao firmly, put it on his shoulders, and continued to look for the next target.
He did not go directly up the mountain to find the strange fish, but hunted it first.
I have seen in documentaries that when Amazon natives catch electric eels, they first drive strong cattle and horses into the water and let the electric eels discharge electricity at them.
Wait until the electric eel's electricity is discharged before going into the water to catch fish.
Because although electric eels can emit high-voltage electricity, they cannot discharge continuously.
Zhao Lin planned to adopt the same strategy, first catching some prey and letting the strange fish electrocute it.
The strength of the strange fish should not be underestimated. In the notes, the senior of the Xingyun Sect at the third level of the blood realm was stunned by it. It was too dangerous to attack him forcefully.
Next, Zhao Lin caught two more armored beasts and an iron-spined lizard.
The armored beast, also known as the armored pig, looks like a large armadillo. The difference is that it has sharp claws, a rounder head, and light red scales all over its body.
Before the mutation, the armored beast was a nocturnal animal with a gentle temperament and no threat to drug farmers. However, after the mutation, its temperament changed drastically and it preferred to be out and about during the day. Ordinary people might be attacked when they encountered it.
Because of the regular mountain sweeping, these strange beasts were not big in size, so Zhao Lin took care of them easily.
Considering that the strange fish would probably not discharge electricity to dead objects, Zhao Lin caught the strange beasts and beat them half to death, then tied them up with ropes and dragged them to the third mountain peak in the east.
Be careful to avoid other people along the way, otherwise it will be difficult to explain what you are doing.
Zhao Lin circled the mountain peak and circled upward, trying not to miss any place.
Halfway up the mountain, I heard the sound of water.
When I walked over and took a look, I saw a pool of water about ten feet wide in front of me, with water from the mountain stream trickling into it.
The pool is deep and green, and you can't even see the bottom at a glance.
"It should be right here."
(End of chapter)
