13 Hunting Training I (2/2)
Looking at Chen Hanchen who was smiling in leasure as if the snake attack was never there, Yan Xiu could only replied weakly. Yan Xiu didn't intended to underestimate the danger of the forest.
But thinking he was still in the outskirt and Chen Hanchen was with him, Yan Xiu unknowingly let his guard down. Yan Xiu never expected that he would be taught a lesson so soon.
”Well then, shall we start the hunting training?” (CH)
Yan Xiu nodded and went with Chen Hanchen. This time he didn't let his guard down, but he was too tense and overreact to anything. Chen Hanchen chuckled, he reminded of how he was when he went to his first hunting training.
That was just how all the hunter apprentices were at their first hunting training, they either too relaxed or too tense. Chen Hanchen tried to loosen Yan Xiu up by talking to him. He told him which fruit or plant was okay to eat, how to walk without sound, the trick to sense presence, and so on.
Yan Xiu gradually loosen up but still vigilant, he slowly put what Chen Hanchen said to practice. The duo kept walking and talking before Chen Hanchen suddenly stopped. He pointed at their right, when Yan Xiu followed where he pointed, he saw the behind of a beast.
”That's a Rock-head Boar, it's head is protected by a layer or rock-like armor, that's why they got that name. They got a mean rush but they couldn't turn once they start running, so once you dodge you'll be safe.
Their pretty easy to hunt, you just need to watch out for their rush and keep your distance. The only part that hard is their head, so aim elsewhere.” (CH)
”You want me to hunt it alone?” (MC)
”Yeah, it's something all apprentices have to do. Relax, you can do it. It's only a Qi Refining second stage beast. Just remember your training and you'll be fine.” (CH)
”... Okay.” (MC)
Yan Xiu adjusted his breathing before he slowly closing to the boar. Yan Xiu climbed a tree close to the boar, he took aim with a javelin in his hand. The brown boar with rock-like layer covering his head and face didn't sense Yan Xiu, he threw the javelin with the boar's back as the target.
Before the javelin hit the target, the boar's feral instinct was alarmed. It quickly dodge to the side, the javelin didn't stabbed it's body but it tore a long wound on it's side.
The boar yelped in pain before turning and saw Yan Xiu on top of the tree. It quickly rushed toward the tree Yan Xiu was on. Receiving the boar animosity, Yan Xiu froze a little before he took his whip. He latched it to a nearby tree branch and swung down to the ground.
With booming sound, the boar hit the tree Yan Xiu previously on and felled it. Yan Xiu was shocked, the boar rush was truly strong, even as a Qi Refining third stage Yan Xiu couldn't felled a tree with pure brute strength.
Taking the advantage while the boar wasn't moving, Yan Xiu threw his needles at the boar's legs. Maybe affected by the boar's animosity and it being his first fight, Yan Xiu accurately fell. He threw four needles, one hit the boar's leg, one hit the body, and the other two hit the ground and tree.
The boar yelped in pain before rushing toward Yan Xiu. Affected by the pain, the boar's rush slowed down, Yan Xiu dodge in the last minute and caught the boar's wounded leg with his whip. Yan Xiu was pulled a little because of the boar's powerful rush, Yan Xiu stood his ground and forcefully pulled his whip.
The boar fell down. Without wasting time, Yan Xiu threw his javelin and it stabbed deep into the boar's side. The boar fell to it's side and struggled fiercely, Yan Xiu threw another javelin, this time it hit the boar's neck.
Blood flowed from the wound, dyeing the ground red. After some time, the boar stopped moving and went limp. Confirming the boar's dead, Yan Xiu slumped to the ground. His strength leaving him.
Chen Hanchen came out of the bushes with a smile on his face.
”Good job, little bro. You fought very well, for your first hunt and fight, you did very well. Can you stand?” (CH)
”Yes.” (MC)
After helping Yan Xiu get up on his feet, Chen Hanchen collected the thrown javelins and needles. He cleaned it first before returning it to Yan Xiu.
”Let's stop here for today. There's still tomorrow.” (CH)
”Un.” (MC)
Yan Xiu wanted to stay and hunt something once more, but he knew it was pushing it. Yan Xiu could feel his feet wobbling and the absence of strength in his body. The fight he just experienced took a heavy toll on him, the pressure of being targeted and the heightened sense when fighting drained him.
Chen Hanchen brought the boar in one hand, the duo then went back to the village. Chen Hanchen give the boar to Lu Rianli to process before taking Yan Xiu home.
Yan Xiu randomly took off his clothes before climbing to bed and slept. He didn't check the fields or the livestock, he was too tired. And so, the curtain fell down for Yan Xiu first hunting training.