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Frightened, Qin Niu quickly dodged to the side and simultaneously swung the medicine hoe fiercely in retaliation.

Somehow, the medicine hoe ‘slipped’ from his grasp and flew out.

“Ah…”

Qin Niu, weaponless and panicked, was full of openings.

The old wolf, with its extensive hunting experience, was certainly not going to miss such an opportunity. Without his weapon, the man was like meat on a chopping board, ready to be cut as it pleased.

Without any hesitation, it lunged at Qin Niu, aiming for his throat.

Qin Niu’s body rolled backwards, flipping over through the fork of the tree, narrowly avoiding a fatal bite to the throat.

The wolf’s claws mercilessly raked across his body.

His thin clothes were as fragile as paper under the sharp wolf claws.

Four deep gashes appeared on his waist.

Luckily, he dodged quickly and wasn’t “chomped at the waist.”

It was precisely by using his body as bait that he successfully trapped half of the old wolf’s body in the tree fork.

Qin Niu paid such a heavy price and had already pulled out the kindling knife tucked at his waist, chopping fiercely into the old wolf’s spine.

“Ow——”

It let out a scream of agony. Its spine, housing vital nerves, was severed, causing its hind legs to instantly paralyze.

Qin Niu pulled out the knife with force, targeting its neck this time.

It turned its head, mouth opening to bite, but the paralysis of its hind body robbed it of its usual agility.

Thud!

The knife chopped fiercely into its cervical spine, accompanied by the sound of bones being cleaved.

Blood was already gushing out.

But it wasn’t dead yet; it let out a weakened howl and struggled to move its body, trying to escape.

That’s right, it was seriously injured and knew it couldn’t beat the human in front of it, so it decided to flee to save its life.

“If you had retreated right from the start, perhaps you could have gotten away unscathed. Now that we’ve come this far, do you think I can let you go?”

Qin Niu’s eyes showed a decisiveness that belied his age.

He swung the kindling knife in his hand fiercely, chopping again at the old wolf’s neck.

The strike hit precisely the previously wounded spot.

Crack!

The neck, having been hit in the same place twice, had its cervical spine completely severed, and its head drooped powerlessly.

It was still not dead, however.

Blood continued to gush from the wound.

It was now unable to make any sound.

Seeing the blood flow, Qin Niu felt it was a pity.

This was top-notch food for cultivation!

Confirming that this old wolf no longer posed a threat, he grabbed one of the wolf’s ears to prevent bites, not that it was likely, still being very cautious.

Then he bowed down and drank blood from the wolf’s neck wound.

The taste was somewhat fishy and salty with a hint of sweetness.

He drank heartily.

As the Wolf Blood entered his stomach, he felt a warm flow slowly spreading within his body, reaching every part.

The physical energy spent in the fierce battle with the wolf was rapidly recovering.

After about ten minutes, the wolf’s blood had run dry, and he had drunk his fill, his abdomen even slightly swollen.

This old wolf had lived for many years, and the Wolf Blood within its body was the essence of essences.

Much more nourishing than the blood of ordinary wolves.

He felt the wound on his waist still stinging painfully, and his clothes were torn as well. Fortunately, the wound was not deep, and the bleeding was minimal and had already stopped.

Being so thin, he probably didn’t have much blood to begin with.

“Even though it’s daytime, the mountains are still dangerous. I must hurry back, especially since the smell of blood can easily attract other beasts.”

Qin Niu looked at the corpse of the old wolf; it was high-quality meat and a great nourishment for the body. He had to drag it back home.

He picked up his fallen hoe and tucked it along with the kindling knife at his waist.

Then he bent down and exerted strength to pull the lifeless body of the old wolf out from the tree fork.

“Huh! My strength seems to have increased quite a bit!”

After a bit of thought, he understood what had happened.

It must have been the consumption of Wolf Blood, which allowed him to absorb some of its energy, leading to a noticeable increase in physical strength.

He dragged the wolf’s body down the mountain.

This was a subspecies of Grey Wolf, weighing close to eighty pounds or more.

If it were in its prime, the weight might have even reached over one hundred twenty pounds.

On the way, he thought he’d have to rest many times.

Unexpectedly, his strength seemed inexhaustible, which would have been unimaginable on an ordinary day.

Wolf Blood truly was a great tonic.

The benefits it brought to the body were beyond imagination.

When the villagers saw Qin Niu dragging back the corpse of a wild wolf, they all looked on with envy.

One of the gossipy village women called out to him, “Ah Niu, where did you get a dead wolf?”

“I stumbled upon good luck and found it in the mountains!”

Qin Niu responded without lifting his head.

“Oh my, that’s some good fortune, I wish I could come across such luck just once!”

The village woman said with even more envy.

Qin Niu dragged the wolf’s corpse back home, shut the door, and planned to rest a bit before dealing with it.

Subconsciously, he checked his personal attributes.

Qin Niu

Cultivation: Mortal Onefold 20.1/100, Low-Level Farmer 72/100, Low-Level Insect Master 3/100

Lifespan: 51 years

Cultivation Technique: None

Skills:

Planting Skills: Seeding Proficient 22.1/100, Soil Loosening Somewhat Accomplished 126.5/1000, Fertilizing Beginner 0/10, Watering Proficient 21/100, Weeding Somewhat Accomplished 126.5/1000

Insect Control: Insect Trace Identification Beginner 0/10.

Martial Arts: Chopping Beginner 0.1/10.

Talent: None

Divine Skills: None

Labor Points: 269.7

Initially earning 30 Labor Points per day, his increase in proficiency in Soil Loosening and Weeding to Somewhat Accomplished boosted his planting efficiency, allowing him to now earn 50 points per day.

So far, he had accumulated 269.7.

What surprised him was the addition of a Martial Skill — Chopping — among his skills.

It was the first basic martial skill he had come to understand on his own.

Then there was his cultivation level, Mortal Onefold 20.1/100, which had risen by 2.1 points in a short amount of time.

He knew this was due to drinking the Wolf Blood.

No wonder he felt much stronger.

If he ate the entire wolf carcass, to what heights could his cultivation reach?