Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

Chapter 2 Wasting Time

Jiang Yue looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he hurried home.

It is not a good idea to study cheat codes outside because there are too many people around.

Funiu Village is built on the mountain and is located at the pass leading into the mountain.

Jiang Yue's home is on a small slope.

In front of the door are the bluestone steps where my father moved in twenty years ago. The house is made of a mixture of earth and wood and has fallen into disrepair after years of disrepair, so it is barely habitable.

Jiang Yue took two steps at a time, stepped over the bluestone steps, hurried into the courtyard, closed the door, and began to study his golden finger.

With a thought, the golden seal and the magical panel appeared in Jiang Yue's eyes again.

"Erlang Divine Seal."

Jiang Yue stroked his chin, looking at the "Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons" and "Capturing Dragons and Slaying Floodgates" pictures with curiosity.

Isn’t that young man with red lips, white teeth, a yellow robe, and divine eyes on his forehead the image of the legendary Erlang Shen?

Jiang Yue had a very deep impression of Erlang Shen, because he was born in a rural area of ​​Shu in his previous life, and his family had worshipped the statue of Emperor Sichuan since he was a child.

When he was a child, Jiang Yue often played house with the children in the village by pretending to be Erlang Shen.

"It's all fate."

Jiang Yue sighed and looked at the panel under the divine seal.

[Follow the fate of the hunting god, slay demons and monsters, search for spirits and treasures to earn time]

[Consume time to strengthen martial arts]

[Earn time to upgrade your fate and gain magical powers]

"You can gain time by going into the mountains to hunt?"

Jiang Yue chuckled in his heart, his eyes fixed on the time he had.

Exactly three years have passed in the panel.

"It seems that I just need to be a hunter honestly, go into the mountains to hunt, and look for medicinal herbs, so that I can gain time to improve my martial arts."

"After all, the first fate unlocked is the God of Hunting, which is related to the mountains."

Jiang Yue couldn't wait to try the added thrill, and his memory suddenly flashed.

He hurried to the side room, moved the rice jar away, and dug on the ground until a wooden door appeared lying on the ground.

The wooden door opened, and Jiang Yue went down the steps. After searching for a while, he found two old bows wrapped in white cloth, three iron arrows, ten wooden arrows, and a round jade pendant with the word "Yue" engraved on it.

The old bow and iron arrows were left to him by his father. One is a two-stone precious bow, which is very valuable and is an heirloom from his ancestors. Jiang Yue cannot use it at present. The other is an ordinary one-stone longbow, which was bought by Jiang Yue's father. Jiang Yue is having difficulty using it now and can only use it barely.

The jade pendant was left to him by his mother. He usually didn't dare to take it out and no one knew about it.

Jiang Yue did not touch the jade pendant with the word "Yue", two stone bows and iron arrows. He returned to the yard with a stone bow and a wooden arrow.

Holding an old stone bow, waves of familiar memories flooded into Jiang Yue's mind. It was the three years of teaching by his third grandfather Jiang Cong about the various uses of archery.

"That. Divine Seal, please add some for me."

"Yes, it is to add archery."

Jiang Yue thought to himself.

The divine seal circulated for a while, and the text on the panel changed.

[Three years of time spent on improving archery skills]

[Year 1: You are immersed in archery hunting. You become more and more proficient in the use of bows and arrows. Your archery skills become more sophisticated, your hit rate soars, and your strength and eyesight become stronger.]

[Second year: You continue to practice archery, immerse yourself in hunting with a bow, and exercise your body. You have new insights into the steps of standing, holding the bow, nocking the arrow, stringing, positioning, aiming, and releasing the arrow.]

[Third year: Your body becomes stronger and your skills become more sophisticated. After three years of training, you can easily use a crossbow and hit the target every time within 50 meters.]

Three years of memories appeared in Jiang Yue's mind out of thin air.

During these three years, he was completely focused, walking in the mountains and forests day after day, hunting all kinds of prey with a bow and arrow.

Everything seemed to happen in person, but in reality only a second had passed.

"It's so magical."

Jiang Yue waved his hands and felt that his strength had increased a lot.

He had not fully grown yet, was only about 1.7 meters tall, and looked rather thin. He usually only set crude traps when he went into the mountains. Whether he could eat enough depended entirely on his luck and how much prey his third grandfather had hunted.

Now he has more muscles and although he still looks thin, he is much stronger!

Three years!

It was as if he had experienced it himself!
Three years of hunting had greatly improved his archery skills and his body had become stronger. Not only that, the three years of hunting experience that came with practicing archery also appeared in Jiang Yue's mind, as if it were instinct!

[Martial Arts: Archery (lv2) Trap (lv1)]

【Time: 0】

The words on the panel changed.

"He can skillfully use a crossbow and hit the target every time within 2 meters, but he is only at level ?"

Jiang Yue was secretly shocked.

In the Zhou Dynasty, one dan was equal to one hundred jin.

The Zhou Dynasty was rich in resources, and ordinary rice, flour, and meat had something that seemed to have "spiritual energy". The physical fitness of ordinary people was generally better than that of the ancient dynasties, but even so, being able to shoot a stone with a bow was considered quite good.

As for hitting the target every time within fifty meters, it is already an extremely terrifying accuracy.

"Under normal circumstances, the improvement in three years wouldn't be that great. After all, one has to consider eating, paying taxes, various donations and the like. By directly spending time, it seems that there is food to eat every day, and there is no need to worry about the loss of arrows." Jiang Yue touched his chest, abdomen and arms, feeling happy.

"Try it!"

Jiang Yue couldn't help but pick up an old stone bow wrapped in white cloth and put a wooden arrow on it.

At this moment, everything in his field of vision changed. Jiang Yue's eyes became sharp, and he could even see the leaves on the trees dozens of meters away.

Standing, holding the bow, putting the arrow on, pulling the string, positioning, aiming, everything was done in one go, and Jiang Yue shot the arrow.

whoosh-

There was a loud bang like thunder, and a wooden arrow was shot out and pierced into a tree trunk in the distance. The bark exploded, and the arrow shattered, with feathers flying everywhere.

"hiss--"

Jiang Yue took a deep breath, shocked at his own strength, and then felt a little distressed.

Wooden arrows are not valuable, but they are also equipped with feathers, which are made of blue and white bird feathers. Three feathers are worth more than thirty coins.

Just when I was feeling heartbroken, I heard a bang bang bang sound. Someone was knocking on the door of Jiang Yue's house. I knew it was not a good person when I heard the noise.

Jiang Yue hurried back to the side room, put the old bow and wooden arrows back into the cellar, covered them with earth at a lightning speed, moved the rice jar back to press them down, and then went back to open the door.

bang bang bang --

"Who is it——"

Jiang Yue opened the door, and just then a servant flew over and kicked the door.

The door was wide open, the servant lost his balance and kicked straight at Jiang Yue.

If it was before, Jiang Yue might not be able to react, but now he is no longer the same person as before. His body slightly tilted, and the servant flew into the yard and fell to the ground.

"Jiang Er, you fucking..."

The servant stood up and raised his hand, wanting to slap Jiang Yue in the face.

"Wang Xiao, stop it."

The owner of this voice was dressed gorgeously. He walked straight into Jiang Yue's courtyard and looked around curiously.

Memories came flooding back, and Jiang Yue recognized the two people in front of him.

Wang Xiao is a descendant of the Wang family in Funiu Village. He is about the same age as Jiang Yue, but he is still a servant in the Lin Mansion in the town. When he is not going into the mountains to hunt, he hangs out with the eldest young master of the Lin family. He has an older brother named Wang Da, who is also a servant of the Lin family. After these two entered the Lin Mansion, they gradually became the leaders of the town's ruffians and hooligans, and even bullies in Funiu Village.

When they were young, Jiang Yue had a good relationship with Wang Xiao, and Jiang Yue showed Wang Xiao the old bow at home.

After becoming a servant, this guy learned that the eldest young master of the Lin family liked to collect these old items. In order to please his master, he directly sold Jiang Yue.

Before this, Wang Xiao had come to Jiang Yue's house alone several times to ask for the old bow, but Jiang Yue always evaded him. He never expected that this time he came with the eldest son of the Lin family.

"Jiang Yue, I am a chivalrous man and I will not bully you. I will pay you six taels of silver to buy your family's heirloom bow. Are you willing?"

The eldest young master of the Lin family said with a smile: "Six taels of silver is enough to pay for the precious bow."

Jiang Yue remained silent, but was secretly complaining in his heart.

The two stonings in the family are the property saved by my great-grandfather during the prosperous times. They are passed down from generation to generation and are the hunters’ livelihood tools. How could they be sold to others?

Besides, if he can spend more time to improve his skills, it won't be long before he can use a double-crossbow.

Even at the market price of six taels, Jiang Yue was unwilling to sell it.

"Mr. Lin, my family did have an old bow that was passed down from generation to generation."

Jiang Yue suddenly had an idea and put the blame on Sun Yat-sen: "But I am an orphan and cannot afford the hunting tax. Lord Sun emptied out all the things in my house two years ago, including the old bow. I guess Lord Sun sold it a long time ago."

"Oh?"

Master Lin frowned slightly, this is indeed possible.

"Master, don't listen to his nonsense. I saw him demonstrate the precious bow with my own eyes."

Wang Xiao said hurriedly, "That precious bow is an heirloom. It is not comparable to any other two-stone bow. It is extremely valuable. If Sun Yat-sen had obtained it, he would have presented it to you as a gift. It must have been hidden by Jiang Lao Er."

Jiang Yue spread his hands in dismay, and said, "My Lord, if the elders hadn't helped me pay the hunting tax, I would have been sent to repair the Huai Canal. If I really had the precious bow, I would have sold it for money. Why would I keep it for myself? You know Mr. Sun's character. If he gets the treasure, will he honor you or keep it for himself?"

At this point, Jiang Yue paused and said with emotion: "Wang Xiao and I have an old grudge. He wants to use you as his master to kill someone with a borrowed knife. How can there be a slave taking advantage of his master in this world? Please understand clearly, sir!"

"Makes sense."

Master Lin glanced at Wang Xiao with a gloomy expression, which frightened Wang Xiao so much that he shivered. He never expected that Jiang Yue, who was usually dull, could be so eloquent.

It is a big taboo for servants to take advantage of their masters.

Wang Xiao knows the eldest young master of the Lin family very well. He always claims that he is quite chivalrous, but in fact he is narrow-minded and hypocritical.

"Master, Master, Wang Xiao definitely doesn't have that kind of thought."

Wang Xiaona bowed his head, tears streaming down his face, and looked at Jiang Yue with eyes full of resentment.

"Wang Xiao, go back home!"

Young Master Lin glanced at Wang Xiao coldly, turned away, and Wang Xiao hurried to follow.

Jiang Yue saw them off with a smile. Only after the two of them disappeared at the end of the mountain road did Jiang Yue return to the courtyard and close the door. His smile gradually disappeared.

He didn't expect that his ancestral double-stone bow was being targeted again.

Jiang Yue vaguely remembered a story he had read in his previous life: a purple clay teapot caused the destruction of a family.

In the eyes of these young masters, I, a mere hunter, am not even considered a human being. If I fail to buy it this time by pretending to be sincere, I will have to ask Sun Yayi where his precious bow is. Next time, they will force me to buy it, and the next time, it will be my life.

In this feudal chaos where power is respected, it is much more difficult for ordinary people to survive than in the chaos of an ordinary dynasty!
(End of this chapter)