In winter, the congregation is like cats in winter. It is like this every year, but this year the conditions are better, with enough food and warm clothes. The snowmen were wiped out in Tengxue Kingdom, and no one hunted in the snowy plains. I discussed with the elders whether we could take over this place in the future.
The elders thought it was feasible, so I sent a message to Wei Mao through He Chao, hoping that the monarch would give us the snowy plains bordering the Demon Cult. Of course, the hunting rights would be given.
The king thought about it for half a month and finally agreed.
I don’t know how intense the discussion was in the court, but they finally gave me a satisfactory reply.
The furs of snow wolves, snow foxes, snow rabbits, snow rats and other animals that live in the snowy plains are luxury goods in the south and can be sold at very high prices.
Not to mention the white tiger. A white tiger skin can buy a two-door courtyard in the city.
White tigers are ferocious, there are too few of them, and they are very good at hiding.
You can't catch a single snowman in a year, and you can't even see one.
The animals on the snowy plains are huge. An adult male snow wolf is as big as a donkey.
Ordinary bows and arrows cannot penetrate its fur.
The snowmen deal with them all year round. If they fight against them ten times, it would be good to win three times.
Therefore, the price of leather here is high, the quantity is small, and the price is high.
After all, things are more valuable when they are scarce, and hunters also make a fortune.
It is impossible for ordinary villagers to replace the snowman. They are far inferior to the snowman in terms of size and strength.
The snowman is naturally resistant to freezing and can hunt in the snowy fields for hours wearing only leather clothes.
Ordinary people went there, but the animals froze to death before they could hunt people.
Wearing something too thick will keep you warm, but it will make it difficult to move, and fighting with wild animals can kill you in minutes.
The followers of the Demon Sect are also ordinary people and do not have the innate anti-freeze physique of snowmen.
It is estimated that the little king and his think tank took this into consideration before agreeing to the Demon Cult taking over the hunting rights and fur business in the snowy plains.
Ordinary people can't make any splash in extremely cold places.
It was not a livable place. Wild beasts were running rampant and eating people in groups, especially the snow rats, which were cute and cruel.
They have recently been attacking other living creatures in groups.
That number was tantamount to an 'astronomical number' for ancient people with backward hunting tools.
There is nowhere to hide in the snowfield. Even if they climb a tree, a few snow rats can knock down a big tree in just a few minutes.
For this reason, Xiao Wuren wants to train a group of hunters. They have some hunting skills. As long as they improve their physical fitness, there is still hope of bringing back prey.
Evil person Xiao came to ask me for permission, but I didn't approve it. The original person knew the conditions of the snowy plain. She had been there and fought with a snow wolf.
Currently, there is no one in the martial arts hall who can successfully hunt in that kind of environment.
Improving the body can only reduce casualties. I think it is not cost-effective to lose church members for some prey, so I did not approve it.
And the fewer the prey, the higher the price. As long as the number of wild animals is ensured, there are not so many that they go to human villages to eat people.
The elders were puzzled, what on earth do I want to do if I apply for hunting rights so actively and the monarch approves but refuses to hunt?
I said of course I wanted to hunt, but I didn’t need too many hunters, I was enough.
At least this winter, it will be enough for me as a hunter.
The elders didn't understand at first, but they thought that the military force within the sect was weak now, and they really could no longer sacrifice the newly cultivated seedlings, so they agreed to my adventurous plan.
The outside world knows that the Tengxue Kingdom army destroyed the snowmen, and they also know that there will be a shortage of skins this year.
All the snowman's fur goods were confiscated by the army and put into the treasury.
There are no new products on the market at all, and some impatient villagers have already formed a team to hunt in the snowy fields and returned with failed results.
Many people died, and not a single piece of skin was recovered.
Years ago, the congregation prepared supplies for the New Year. I had nothing to do, so I took Yunzhou out.
Others thought the two of us were wandering around the Demon Cult, but in fact I took him to the snowy plains.
Following the route in the original memory, we arrived at the edge of the snowy plain.
The temperature here is about minus 30 degrees, and going deeper, it can reach minus 40 or 50 degrees.
There are few animals in the edge areas. The colder the place, the more ferocious beasts there are.
I don’t know what the reason is, and no one has investigated it in depth before.
The temperature in the deepest part of the snowy area is minus six or seventy degrees Celsius, or even lower.
People in this world do not yet have such equipment that allows them to explore the deepest depths.
The temperature values that people think of today are based on experience and speculation, because no one has ever gone to the depths of the snow and come back.
The furthest you can go is colder than at the edge, so they reasoned that the deeper you go, the colder it will be.
Yeti also only hunts in the middle zone and lives in areas close to the edge.
The snow area is not affected by the four seasons, and the temperature remains the same all year round without any change.
Some of the natural phenomena or animals and plants in this world are very different from my original world.
I didn't make a fuss, thinking that there must be a reason for them to be like this.
It seemed that Yunzhou had come to the snowy plain for the first time. When he saw the endless snowfield, he wrapped himself tightly in his cloak and rolled in the snow.
His cloak is made of snow fox fur, so he won't freeze even if he lies in the snow.
The two of us went out alone, riding only a fast horse. The horse was left in the village on the edge of the snowfield.
As we walk deep into the snowfield, we must use Qinggong.
Yunzhou played "Treading on the Snow Without Traces" on the snow.
He can't make it truly traceless yet, and will leave a shallow mark.
I'm not afraid of him suffering from frostbite, as my healing energy is protecting him inside his body.
Although this energy is said to be useful, it is not a good thing if it is used too much and too widely.
You can't use it all the time or at any time with people you don't know well. It's okay to save people in times of danger.
For someone like Yunzhou who is already very familiar with me and knows that he will not harm me, of course I can use it if I can.
From the edge of the snow-covered plain, all the way to the middle is an endless snowfield that looks fresh at first, but will make you blind after looking at it for a long time.
Crossing the middle and going deeper, there are mountains connected together, but no one has gone there and returned. They always go and never return, so no one knows what is inside the mountains.
Hunting with supernatural powers is actually very simple, as long as you can meet the prey face to face.
Don’t be afraid of their large numbers, but be afraid of not encountering them.
We wandered around the snowfield for three days. On my way back, I encountered a group of snow wolves.
Eleven snow wolves met us head-on, and both sides stopped in place.
I am setting up the air net and air shield. They are observing and judging our strength.
Snowmen often come here to increase their presence, and the wild animals here should be familiar to humans.
There were so many of them, there were only two of us and we had no hunting tools, so the snow wolves decided to attack us.
They didn't see that there were air shields around me and Yunzhou. The snow wolf hit the air shield and was also penetrated by air threads. The previous battle scene did not appear. The wolves collectively fell down and died.
There was no trauma or bleeding. I didn’t have to worry about other beasts coming to find me. I would tie the snow wolf’s legs with air ropes and drag them through the snow.
Yunzhou tied a snow wolf with a real rope and happily dragged it with me.
I told him to close his mouth and be careful about choking on the wind. The wind in the snowfield was as hard as a stone and as sharp as a knife.
No matter how miserable he was, he had never survived in such an environment.
The wind was blowing snow particles like wild beasts. It was impossible to light a fire on such a large plain. We did not bring tents or other wind-proof equipment.
There are no windproof lighters in this world, so snowman hunting requires a large group of people, and two or three vehicles are required to carry just the equipment.
Yun Zhou and I did not die from hypothermia under the protection of the healing powers.
After walking for several days in the wind and snow, I could not see a stone higher than a person's knee.
The body of the snow wolf was frozen solid. Finally, we piled the body on the edge of the snowfield and sent a signal to the people waiting in the village.
Since the two of us were unable to transport the wolf carcasses back to the Demon Cult, we only rode one horse. Transporting a large number of wolf carcasses would require a 'big truck' in this world.
I had made an agreement with the people in the village before that I would send a signal to them when I came back, and they would send people to transport the goods for us.
There are not enough cars in the whole village, so they use special sledges pulled by animals.
The villagers only knew that we were here to hunt, and they even tried to persuade me not to die.
I didn’t want to explain too much, so I promised them to come back as soon as they took a stroll.
Therefore, when the villagers saw a pile of snow wolf corpses, they looked at me with a look that could not be described as strange, as if they were looking at a monster.
I paid a deposit to invite them to pick me up and promised to give them a generous reward.
They have no reason to struggle with money. Even if I am really a monster, for the sake of money, they will continue to work for me.
The villagers had little income in the winter, so they organized people to transport the wolf corpse for me, directly to the place where the demon sect disciples would pick us up.
I paid the money and asked the people from the Demon Cult to move the wolf corpse to our truck.
The temperature is low in winter and the wolf carcasses are frozen solid and will not melt on the road.
There is no one in the Demon Cult who can handle leather, but there are experts in this field in the town.
I sent someone to invite the cobbler into the Demon Cult. The cobbler was dumbfounded. He had never expected that there would be so many leathers before he came.
As far as the Snow Wolf is concerned, the Snowmen have been saving for a year, but when it comes to shipping, they don’t have the quantity.
Not to mention that the villagers were confused and the cobbler was dumbfounded, even the people from the Demon Cult started gossiping for a while when they saw so many snow wolf skins being shipped back.
Neither Yun Zhou nor I seem to be strong people, we are both tall and slender. We are from the south and have just lived in the north not long ago.
There were so many things that puzzled them about my hunting trip. If they couldn't understand it, they just didn't think about it. They just boiled it down to metaphysics.
So this didn't bother them for long. All they could think about was whether they could get a bite of wolf meat.
The snow wolf is different from other wolves or the wolves in my original world. Its meat is very delicious and suitable for hot pot.
A dozen snow wolves are equivalent to the 'meat' of a dozen donkeys.
Ordinary congregants don't have this blessing, only the heads of each church are thinking about it all day long.
However, there are fewer wolves and more people. Although I want to give everyone a share, it is really not enough.
In the end, no one succeeded and they were all sold.
Use the money from selling the snow wolf to buy things for the New Year, so that everyone can share it equally.
We didn't eat wolf meat, but we did eat pork, and most people were satisfied.
In the past, ordinary churchgoers could only eat meat-filled snacks during the New Year celebrations. This year, everyone was given two pieces of meat, which they could stew and eat.
For things like candies, the demand within the church is still very small.
The shop owners in the town have already stocked up on my orders.
I was afraid of the trouble and the need for additional manpower, so I asked them to act as middlemen. This year, they will be responsible for all the supplies for the New Year in the church.
Clothing, food, and daily necessities for more than 2,000 people are not a small amount.
The payment for the goods was borrowed from me, from me personally, and it did not go to the Demon Cult's account.
Because the elders are reluctant to part with the money in the bank, they only want to get in and not get out.
Funds are required to pay salaries, and they have no choice but to borrow money from outside, but they can choose not to borrow it.
I had no choice but to provide payment for the store in my own name.
Time is tight, so as long as they collect the goods within the stipulated time and return the principal to me, they don't have to pay me interest.
Xiaojiao and Guard Jia went to the town to play. They heard that the shop owner called the seventh and eighth aunts who had not seen each other for many years in order to prepare supplies.
The town has been in depression for a long time. Not only is it short of goods, it is also short of manpower.
People who were idle at home in the nearby villages rushed to the town to do odd jobs for daily wages.
The buildings in the town are still dilapidated, but the atmosphere is lively. The Demon Sect has bought the empty shops and plans to rent them out in the future.
Therefore, the church members who were willing to make more money took over the cleaning job and went to clean up the old shops that had been idle for many years. They replaced the doors and windows that needed to be replaced and repaired the internal and external walls that needed to be repaired.
All the inns in the town closed down during the "Demon Cult Purge" storm. I asked Ximen Wuhen's new house decoration team to go over and renovate the inn. After the year, I plan to let Xiaojiao be the boss.
Xiaojiao disagreed. She wanted to be my assistant and didn't want to leave my side.
I said that I would ask her to cover the shift for a period of time. When the Demon Cult becomes stable, I will send someone to replace her if I see who is suitable.
The inn has a lot of information, so I feel more comfortable using my own people.
Xiaojiao nodded in agreement after hearing the reason.
The New Year in Tengxue Country is not the first day of the new year, nor the Spring Festival, but the coldest day in winter.
This day is very precise, every year on the same day, the temperature drops to the lowest value.
As for what the rules are, no one can tell clearly. They only know that it is the rules set by the ancestors.
Maybe it was a celebration that they survived another winter and didn't freeze to death on the coldest day?
So on the day of the New Year, people in Tengxue Country don't set off firecrackers, they set fire.
Every household will light a special brazier with a flame three feet high. The pot will be placed in the courtyard or at the door of the home.
Whoever's brazier fire is high will be 'happy'.
Guard Jia and the others thought of a trick and set up a 'torch' at the entrance of the courtyard where we lived.
I used a lampshade to cover the top. I was afraid that the torch would not be able to stand alone, so I also placed a stone statue under the torch.
When I came back from outside, at first glance I thought it was a 'free' nvshen.
It's just that the stone statue they moved was a man, and he was short and fat. The torch was long and thin.
I asked them to withdraw, and Wan'er ran over and pulled my sleeves in a cute way, pitifully persuading me to keep it, because the brazier had another meaning.
"What does it mean?" I had a feeling it wouldn't be a good thing.
"More children, more blessings!" Wan'er leaned close to my ear and whispered.
"Oh? But the meaning of this thing you set up is more like a single seedling with few people." I glanced at the slender torch and poured out a basin of cold water.
