Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Entering the Mountains, Where is the Wild Bear?

Hu! Hu!

The wind from the fist whistled!

Chu Liang’s entire body was burning hot, his Qi and blood surging. His figure was agile, his steps nimble, and every punch carried the faint sound of a dragon’s roar and a tiger’s howl.

After a long time, he finally stopped, steadied himself, and exhaled two white, dragon-like breaths of hot mist from his nostrils.

The medicinal effect of the Blood Replenishing Ointment was truly too strong, incredibly strong.

“Indeed, you get what you pay for!”

Chu Liang was delighted. With the help of this Blood Replenishing Ointment, the time it would take him to successfully achieve Blood Coagulation would be greatly reduced.

That day was not far away!

He took a deep breath and continued to practice his martial arts until nearly midnight before stopping to rest.

“For the next period, I’ll rely on this Blood Replenishing Ointment!”

In the following days, Chu Liang did not go out, staying at home to practice his martial arts.

The Qi and blood power he condensed increased rapidly, quickly climbing from forty percent to fifty percent, and then continuing to rise to sixty, seventy, eighty percent… getting closer and closer to successful Blood Coagulation.

During this time, Chu Shan came to find him several times.

Each time he came, his archery skills had improved.

“This kid’s talent is not bad, he has the makings of a hunter.”

Chu Liang was very satisfied with Chu Shan’s progress and began to gradually teach him tracking methods, prey habits, trap making, and other knowledge and skills.

Of course, since he hadn’t entered the mountains during this period, Chu Shan could only learn theory and couldn’t put it into practice.

However, Fourth Uncle’s son, Chu Qiang, was able to go into the mountains frequently with Zhao Hu and the others.

Just yesterday, Zhao Hu and the others hunted a muntjac.

Chu Qiang contributed a lot during the hunt and was given a deer leg and a large piece of ribs afterwards.

This made Fourth Uncle’s family very happy.

Early this morning, Fourth Uncle carried the deer leg and hurried to Second Uncle’s house, his face beaming with pride, and said with a smile, “Second Elder Brother, look, my boy is promising now, he can support himself in the future!”

“Yes, he is promising,” Second Uncle replied indifferently.

“Second Elder Brother, how is your boy doing? Why haven’t I heard any news about him?” Fourth Uncle asked knowingly, deliberately feigning a puzzled expression.

“A-Shan is still learning the skills,” Second Uncle said calmly.

“Still learning? He hasn’t entered the mountains even once?”

Fourth Uncle shook his head and said to Second Uncle, “Second Elder Brother, this is not good, learning a lot is not as good as practicing a lot, you should at least let A-Liang take your boy into the mountains!”

“There is no hurry, A-Liang has his own plans.”

“Second Elder Brother, do you trust A-Liang that much? In my opinion, you should let your boy go find Zhao Hu instead, and ask Zhao Hu to take him…”

“Alright, Old Fourth!”

Second Uncle looked displeased, frowned, and interrupted Fourth Uncle.

Fourth Uncle wisely shut his mouth and said no more, but his expression remained proud.

Some time ago, he had pleaded with Second Uncle to let Chu Liang take his son Chu Qiang as an apprentice, but Second Uncle firmly refused.

Now that he thought about it, it was fortunate that Second Uncle refused at that time, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone to Zhao Hu.

He came here today, naturally, to show off.

At this moment, Chu Shan was in the courtyard outside the house, listening to the conversation between his father and Fourth Uncle with a complicated expression.

“A-Qiang has already had some success, but I haven’t even entered the mountains yet. No, I have to go find Big Brother Liang.” He gritted his teeth and immediately ran out of the yard, running towards Chu Liang’s small courtyard not far away.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

He ran to the door and knocked.

Chu Liang opened the door and saw Chu Shan’s anxious face, immediately understanding what had happened.

He smiled and asked, “A-Shan, are you getting impatient?”

“I… Big Brother Liang, I should be able to enter the mountains now, right?”

“Of course you can.”

“I can?”

Chu Shan was stunned, not expecting Chu Liang to agree so easily.

He hurriedly asked, “Big Brother Liang, when are we going into the mountains?”

“Today, go get your tools.”

“Oh, oh, I’ll go right away!”

Chu Shan was a little excited, after so long, he could finally enter the mountains!

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He hurried back to his own yard, took the set of tools that Chu Liang had custom-made for him, took several deep breaths, tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, and returned to Chu Liang.

Chu Liang also took his tools, put the two little mice into his tool bag, and then led the three puppies out the door.

“Woof!”

“Woof! Woof!”

The three puppies jumped and wagged their tails, barking happily around Chu Liang.

They seemed to realize that today would be their first time following Chu Liang into the mountains to hunt.

Chu Shan was a little curious, looking at the three puppies and asking, “Big Brother Liang, they are still small, can they enter the mountains already?”

“Of course they can, don’t underestimate them.”

Chu Liang smiled and squatted down, patting the three furry dog heads.

In front of Chu Liang, these three puppies all behaved harmlessly and looked quite cute, but Chu Liang knew their true nature.

Previously in the county town’s market, they were locked in a cage with other puppies, and the other puppies didn’t dare to approach them.

This kind of innate ferocity and majesty is possessed by only a very few, most are ordinary.

“Let’s go!”

Chu Liang stood up and set off with Chu Shan.

Now, the outer mountains around the village held no secrets for Chu Liang.

During this period, Rat One and Rat Two had basically explored the nearby mountain forests.

Although the two mice didn’t find any valuable treasures, they did discover the locations where many prey hid and lived.

Chu Liang remembered those locations, and now he only needed to go and harvest them.

“A-Shan, this way.”

After entering the mountains, Chu Liang walked in front.

Chu Shan looked a little nervous, always carefully watching his surroundings.

His father often reminded him that after entering the mountains, he must be cautious and beware of possible wild bears.

The wild bear that Chu Liang had driven away was still a concern for many villagers, including Second Uncle.

“Big Brother Liang, Zhao Hu and the others enter the mountains every day, but they haven’t encountered that bear. Do you think… that bear might have already left?” Chu Shan couldn’t help but ask Chu Liang.

“It’s hard to say.”

Chu Liang shook his head, not giving a definite answer.

In fact, he really wanted to find that wild bear and avenge his previous serious injury.

But the two rats had searched the surrounding mountains and hadn’t found the wild bear, which could only mean that the wild bear had entered the deep mountains.

After a while, Chu Liang suddenly made a stop gesture, signaling Chu Shan to stop.

“Big Brother Liang, did you find something?” Chu Shan asked in a low voice.

“Yes.”

Chu Liang pointed to a patch of grass not far away and said to Chu Shan, “There’s a nest of mountain chickens in that grass. Later, I won’t do anything, you go and try.”

“Me?”

Chu Shan pointed at himself, a little stunned.

“Big Brother Liang, what should I do? Use the sleeping drug? Or use a bow and arrow?”

“Use the net, didn’t I teach you? First, set it up around the area…”

“Oh, oh…”

Soon, Chu Shan took action.

His movements were very clumsy. Perhaps he was too nervous, his body was too tense, and he fell several times while chasing the mountain chickens, causing many of them to escape.

Fortunately, he finally managed to drive two mountain chickens into the pre-arranged net.

“Big Brother Liang, Big Brother Liang, look!”

Chu Shan was so excited that his face was flushed, and he held up a mountain chicken in his hand.

He finally had some success!

Chu Liang smiled calmly, patted his shoulder, and said, “This is just the beginning, don’t get too excited.”