Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Eating Snake Meat Soup

Cang Mountain.

Gu Sheng moved forward cautiously.

Although he had entered the mountain more than ten times and was quite familiar with the surroundings, this time was different—it was his first time entering alone, and Gu Sheng was exercising the utmost caution.

Without teammates to remind or guard him, he had to pay attention to everything himself. His nerves were tightly wound, not daring to relax even the slightest bit.

In the forest, the chirping of insects rose and fell.

Occasionally, the breeze brushed through, tangling with dry leaves and branches, producing faint sounds.

Gu Sheng gradually acclimated to it all.

For his first solo venture into the forest, Gu Sheng chose not to hastily go too deep.

Everything has a process; Gu Sheng needed to adjust step by step to this transition.

"This time, I'll stick to the outskirts and familiarize myself slowly. If I'm lucky enough to bag some wild rabbits or pheasants, that'll be ideal. Even if I leave empty-handed, that's fine."

Gu Sheng made up his mind to accept the possibility of no harvest.

Holding a bow in his left hand and a machete in his right, he cut through the grasses and overgrown branches ahead. Slowly, a sense of ease began to wash over him.

Compared to hunting in a group.

Gu Sheng felt far more liberated; there was no need to deliberately hide his own skills.

Should danger draw near, he could spring into action at any moment.

Rustle—

Gu Sheng's ears suddenly perked as he caught the faintest of sounds. It was the noise of a small animal darting quickly through the underbrush, its movements brushing against wood. Having hunted for over two months, Gu Sheng was familiar with such sounds.

However, the sound came from a direction roughly fifty meters away.

Gu Sheng's eyes lit up.

An ordinary hunter faced with such prey would have to give up, but he did not.

Gu Sheng suddenly sped up. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}

He moved swiftly through the forest, maneuvering toward the prey.

At the same time, the prey seemed to sense the looming threat and began to dart away, widening the gap.

Others might have no choice but to give up, but Gu Sheng had the ability to keep pursuing.

He pushed himself even faster.

Suddenly.

His vision opened up to reveal a clearing ahead. Eighty meters away, a plump wild rabbit sprang into view, soon ready to vanish into the next patch of woods.

Given this distance, ordinary hunters—even someone like Gu Erniu—could do nothing but sigh in frustration and give up the chase.

But Gu Sheng, whose archery had now reached Great Success, had further increased his skill proficiency by 30% over the past month, making even a wild rabbit at a hundred meters an easy target!

Gu Sheng focused his gaze, his eyes sharp as blades.

The figure of the fleeing rabbit grew larger and clearer in his mind, its movements seeming as slow as a drumbeat or a wobble.

He planted his machete firmly into the ground, drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and locked the tip firmly onto the rabbit's figure. The sequence was smooth and fluid like water.

Whoosh!!

A piercing sound split the air. Combining his Great Success archery with Gu Erniu's hunter bow amplified its potency significantly, making the arrow's speed astonishingly fast, almost invisible to the naked eye.

The eighty-meter gap bridged in an instant.

The running rabbit was impaled through the heart, blood slowly oozing from the base of the arrow. A clean kill!

The sheer force drove the rabbit hard into a withered branch, leaving no room for struggle.

Fast, precise, steady!

Gu Sheng's eyes revealed a trace of joy.

This plump rabbit must weigh at least four or five pounds—a feast that would last several meals!

Remaining vigilant, he approached, collected the rabbit, and placed it in the leather bag he carried for storing game.

He couldn't help but muse to himself.

"If I were hunting with the group, I couldn't freely display my Great Success archery. This rabbit might have gotten away. Even catching it would mean dividing it among several people. Now, hunting alone, I get to enjoy the whole reward myself. Even if today's only catch is this fat rabbit, it's still worth coming into the mountain!"

"If I could solo hunt a muntjac or a fawn, that'd be even better!"

Solo hunting carries great risks, but the rewards are just as substantial!

Especially with Gu Sheng's archery at its peak, even more so than other hunters.

In merely a short time after entering the mountain, he already had a notable success. Gu Sheng felt quite pleased.

His decision had been right.

However.

He didn't let his success cloud his judgment, instead glancing toward the depths of the forest, restraining his greed and impulsiveness.

"Stick to hunting along the outskirts!"

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