Becoming a God by Searching Mountains and Subduing Demons

Chapter 35 Zhou Family Baby
Jiang Yue fled frantically, running dozens of miles along the mountain road with the trap, cage and Xiaotian. This time, the only thing on his mind was escape. He ran with all his strength and his body almost reached its limit.

It was not until he reached the Stinky Vine Cave that Jiang Yue stopped, gasping for breath.

The strong stench dissipated, giving Jiang Yue a little sense of security.

All that happened just now was just a tiger roar! Just a tiger roar, he felt like he was about to die suddenly, how strong was that tiger?
"The roar of an ordinary big insect has a very low frequency and is very strong. It can travel very far and has strong penetration."

Jiang Yue drank a few sips of the spiritual pond water, recovered his breath, and recalled the trembling animals he saw along the way. He stroked his chin and thought: "But it can't be that far. This big insect is obviously not an ordinary big insect. The wild beasts around the Stinky Vine Cave, which is thirty or forty miles away from the bamboo forest, are all crawling on their backs. I guess the tiger's roar can be heard hundreds of miles outside the Funiushan Mountains."

When a tiger roars in the mountains, all the beasts submit.

This time, Jiang Yue personally felt the meaning of this sentence.

He looked at Xiaotian who had recovered a little and was slightly stunned. He thought, if a big beast was like Xiaotian and reached the limit of a tiger, how ferocious would it be?
The owner of that tiger roar just now has definitely reached the limit of tigers, or even stronger!
“There’s no way to go into the mountains anymore.”

Jiang Yue sighed.

When this predator with the highest ecological niche appears, any hunter who enters the mountains will be doomed.

From now on, life will probably be much more difficult.

Fortunately, I earned twenty taels of silver from the Cangying Cliff, so it will be easy to survive the winter and the New Year.

"Xiaotian is gone."

Jiang Yue rubbed Xiaotian’s head.

"Woo-"

Xiaotian was already frightened. After Jiang Yue had comforted him, Xiaotian finally stood up again, with some spirit returning to his eyes.

Xiaotian followed Jiang Yue closely, very intimately, looking at Jiang Yue who was walking freely, his eyes full of admiration.

In this way, Jiang Yue carried the trap cage in one hand, a sack filled with musk deer skin and meat in the other, and a few stinky vines, and left the forest under the cover of a strong stench.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yue breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Wandouao.

A few wild rabbits lay in front of the rabbit holes in Wandouao, their eyes dull and dazed, and they seemed to be frightened by the tiger's roar.

Jiang Yue didn't hesitate and picked it up and put it in his pocket.

When we walked to Funiu Village, the hunting dogs raised by the hunters in the village were barking like crazy. The hunters sat in front of the door to comfort the hunting dogs and talked to each other about the big tiger.

Jiang Yue was secretly shocked upon seeing this. He estimated that the whole town, and even the whole county, had heard the tiger's roar.

Zhao Qilang squatted at the door. Seeing Jiang Yue passing by, he said, "Erlang, did you hear the tiger howling?"

"I heard."

Jiang Yue sighed: "Just now I was in the mountains, and I heard the roar of a giant insect, which scared me so much that I hurried out."

"Oh, I'm glad you're okay. Erlang, you caught a goshawk?"

Zhao Qilang looked at the trap cage in Jiang Yue's hand in surprise. A goshawk was standing quietly in the cage, looking very handsome.

"Yeah, it was the last trip into the mountains this year, and I got a bit lucky."

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "I'm going to take it home and try it out to see if I can tame it."

"If this thing is tamed, it will be amazing."

Although Zhao Qilang was envious, he was not jealous, because he knew Jiang Yue's ability: "There are hawk trainers in Qing County who specialize in training hawks. They train hawks and sell them to the rich and powerful. A trained goshawk is worth hundreds of taels of silver. If you can really train one, you'd be amazing."

"It's just a try. No one can tell whether it will work or not."

Jiang Yue said modestly.

After that, the two exchanged a few words of greeting, and then they heard a very loud noise.

The two of them looked carefully and found that several young men from the Zhou family were holding sticks and beating a hunting dog to death. There was a woman next to them who was protecting a child and crying.

The owner of the hound cried and begged for mercy, but in the end the hound was beaten to death.

"I guess the hound got frightened and scared Zhou Tianyi."

Zhao Qilang sneered: "It's a pity for Old Man Niu. Such a good hunting dog was beaten to death like this."

"Zhou Tianyi?"

Jiang Yue's memory was churning, and he asked in surprise: "Silly baby from the Zhou family?"

"you do not say."

Zhao Qilang sneered: "Ever since the fortune-telling charlatan said that Zhou Tianyi could become a mountain patrol official, the Zhou family's hunters have been like nothing, treating this stupid kid like a treasure. Anyone who says otherwise will be beaten." "One dares to say it, and the other dares to believe it."

Jiang Yue smiled.

Zhou Tianyi from the Zhou family was formerly called Zhou Wuchang. He has some intellectual problems. Now he is eight or nine years old and can hardly speak fluently. However, the Zhou family treats him as a treasure and even specially asked a fortune teller to change his name to Tianyi.

"Well, come to my house for dinner tonight, Erlang. I guess you won't be free to stay up late later."

Zhao Qilang invited, "You are my savior, don't refuse!"

"also."

Jiang Yue looked at the sky and said, "I'm going to the market and will be back soon."

"okay."

Zhao Qilang rubbed his hands excitedly, told his wife to prepare a good meal, and then went to tell the Zhao family elders that they were going to host a banquet for Jiang Yue.

As for Jiang Yue, he went back home to put the goshawk and musk deer meat away, asked Xiaotian to look after the house, and then went to Qingyang Town with a sack of musk deer skins.
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Qingyang Town was no different from Funiu Village, with hunters everywhere talking about the roar of tigers.

Jiang Yue was on his way while listening to the hunters' discussions.

I found that the focus of the hunters' discussions was mostly on the appearance of big insects, which prevented them from going into the mountains to hunt.

The difficult winter is coming, and the hunting tax will have to be paid in a dozen days. The pressure of survival falls on everyone, and the arrival of the big insects is like adding insult to injury.

"Fortunately, I have the divine seal."

Jiang Yue couldn't help but feel fortunate.

If he didn't have the divine seal, perhaps Grandpa Jiang Cong would have endured the pain and discomfort in his knees and run around in the damp and cold mountains and forests all day long. Perhaps Grandpa would have risked being killed by big beasts and continued to go into the mountains to save money. Perhaps he would have gone into the mountains to dig for medicine and catch snakes after the mountains were closed due to heavy snow.

Perhaps the three generations of grandfather, grandson, and the disabled fourth uncle will not survive this winter.

With his thoughts in all directions, Jiang Yue unknowingly arrived at Luo's Hunting Gathering.

Because of the tiger's roar, there were very few hunters going into the mountains, and there were also fewer hunters coming to hunt and gather mountain products. The one-armed old man sat alone in front of the stall, smoking a pipe out of boredom.

Seeing Jiang Yue coming, the one-armed old man's eyes lit up. He put out his pipe and rubbed his hands.

"Erlang is here. Did you hear the tiger roar?"

The old one-armed man looked at the sack in Jiang Yue's hand and said in surprise, "You are really not afraid of death. The mountain king is back, and you still dare to go into the mountain."

“I didn’t know at first.”

Jiang Yue said helplessly: "I ran back when I heard the noise. The roar of a tiger in the forest is really terrifying."

"really."

The old one-armed man nodded slightly, took the sack from Jiang Yue's hand, and walked into the shed while saying, "But the mountain range covers hundreds of miles, and our Qingyang Town is only a small part of it. Over the years, there has never been a case of a mountain beast coming down the mountain to kill people. As long as you don't go into the mountains, it's still very safe."

As the one-armed old man finished inspecting the musk deer skin, he did not discuss the price with Jiang Yue and directly paid Jiang Yue according to the previous price of three hundred coins per piece, a total of one thousand eight hundred coins.

"If you don't go to the mountains, it's hard to have enough food."

Jiang Yue took the purse and said, "By the way, Cang Yingya said the other day that there is a job for ten taels of silver. I wonder if this mountain king will still do the job now that he is back?"

When exchanging Tianfeng Grass for money at Cangying Cliff, Lao Dubi and Jiang Yue mentioned that there was a job to be done recently.

The one-armed old man did not explain what kind of work it was, he just said that people would die.

"This job has nothing to do with Shanjun. It's an official job."

The old one-armed man shook his head.

"Escort?"

Jiang Yue guessed.

"That's about right. We'll leave on November 15th."

The old one-armed man patted Jiang Yue on the shoulder and said, "Fourteen, come to Luo's Trading Company. I will tell you the plan when the time comes. It's up to you to decide whether to do it or not. It's very dangerous."

"Row."

Jiang Yue nodded, took the purse and left.

(End of this chapter)