I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 11 Advance again
Five days later.

[Chopping wood: (998/1000)]

[Chopping wood: (999/1000)]

[Chopping wood: (1000/1000)]

The number in front of Xie Yuan's eyes jumped and finally rose to one thousand.

The same wonderful feeling as before came over him, and Xie Yuan's mind suddenly filled with decades of experience of chopping wood in the mountains every day.

He had cut down countless trees and chopped firewood. He could tell the material of the tree and how to deal with it just by looking at it. He had seen many rare and famous tree species and could handle them well.

After decades of swinging the axe and chopping, the axe has become a part of his body and he can control it as easily as with his own arm.

One day, he suddenly had an idea and came up with a few moves, and he started practicing them excitedly.

One axe to chop, two axes to slash, three axes to cut, four axes...

When practicing to this point, Xie Yuan suddenly woke up and opened his eyes.

[After a long time of swinging the axe, you suddenly realize something and comprehend the "Three Axes".]

[Chopping wood: (1/10000)]

"Three axes..."

Xie Yuan muttered to himself, recalling a fierce axe-wielding general in his previous life and the story of the three axes.

Legend has it that the brave general was invincible on the battlefield with the axe in his hand, and he relied on his three axes.

No one has ever seen him use the fourth move. Some say he only knows three moves, others say he knows more, but three moves are enough because no one can handle them.

I don’t know what the truth is, but in the story, he did rely on his three axes to help his lord build his kingdom and become invincible for the rest of his life.

"I wonder if my three axes can compare to Cheng Zhijie?"

Xie Yuan picked up the axe, took a deep breath, and suddenly exploded.

A cold light came down from above, cutting the air in the courtyard in half;

Then there was a flash of lightning, which slanted upwards and condensed slightly.

It was as if the eve of a storm. The air was dull for a moment, and then a blinding cold lightning cut through the space. The axe blade slashed across with an evil wind, moving forward.

Xie Yuan staggered, and his hands were almost blown away by the axe; at the same time, the half-man-high pile of firewood in front of him broke into several pieces, which were chopped open by him and scattered all over the ground.

He leaned on his axe, breathing heavily, his eyes wide open.

The power of each of these three axes is greater than that of [Chopping], and it can be said to be a comprehensive advancement of Chopping!
Especially the last blow, which combined with all the previous explosions, completely exceeded the lethality that could be caused by his strength!

With these three axes, Xie Yuan had no doubt that even a poplar tree that could be hugged by a man could be chopped down with three axes!
But the consumption was also huge. After eating meat for a month, his strength increased a lot, but after this set of exercise, he was still exhausted and didn't even want to lift his hands.

Xie Yuan panted for a long time before he smiled:
"Now, Tiger and Zhang Laoer don't have to be afraid anymore."

However, although he was confident, when he really went up the mountain and encountered a tiger, he made up his mind to protect the hunters in front of him first and watch from behind.

Xie Yuan brought a message to Zhu Dongming, and agreed to go up the mountain around noon the next day after the morning fog dissipated. After delivering the message, he returned home and made preparations in silence.

Early the next morning.

Xie Yuan thought about it and decided to go to the next room and tell Li Lan first.

"Sister Lanhua, Zhu Dongming and I are going to the mountains to hunt. It may take two days. Don't worry about my meals for the next two days. Please take care of yourself."

Li Lan looked surprised:
"Ah? Yuanzi, why are you still going hunting with me? No, aren't there big insects in the mountains?"

Seeing her nervous face, Xie Yuan quickly comforted her:

"It's okay. It's on the next mountain, far away from us."

Li Lan looked a little relieved, but still very worried:
"Then you better be careful. You said you've never killed a chicken before, yet you go hunting with others. How can you deal with the snakes, insects, miasma, wild animals, and pits in the mountains?"

Xie Yuan waved his hand:
"It's winter, the mountains are much quieter, so novices should go up now. Okay, Sister Lanhua, they are waiting for me, I'll go first!" "Okay, Yuanzi, be careful."

When Xie Yuan reached the mountain pass, Zhu Dongming and three other people were already waiting there.

Among the three, there was a sturdy young man with a stubbled beard named Zhou Feng. He was the son of the only blacksmith in the village, but he didn't like blacksmithing and preferred hunting.

A sturdy middle-aged man, surnamed Wu, the fourth child in the family, and everyone in the village called him Wu Laosi;

The last one was a middle-aged man with gray hair. He was the oldest and thinnest, but very agile, with sparkling eyes. The hunting bow behind him was bigger than Zhu Dongming's. He was Chen Yun, the oldest hunter in the village.

Xie Yuan greeted several people one by one, and Zhu Dongming waved his hand:

"Let's go."

He went into the forest first, holding a big black dog in his left hand and a hatchet in his right hand, chopping off branches that blocked his way;

Wu Laosi also held a hatchet in his right hand, but a rattan shield in his left hand, and walked on the left side of Zhu Dongming.

Chen Yun took the bow in his hand and walked to the right of Zhu Dongming; Zhou Feng finally took a short spear and pulled Xie Yuan:
"You follow me behind. Don't be afraid. The four of us can easily deal with an adult giant insect, but Brother Zhu insisted that you come along. Well, you don't have to do anything. Just watch from behind.

"Once you find the big beast, don't panic. Don't run away with your back to it. The worst thing to do when you encounter a wild beast is to turn around and run away..."

Zhou Feng was a little excited. He kept talking to Xie Yuan about the precautions. After a while, he started talking about how he would be so powerful in the village after he killed the tiger, and how he would go around everywhere.

Chen Yun was more mature and prudent, and whispered:
"Zhou Feng, take good care of Xiao Xie and explain things to him clearly. Don't let him run around in a panic."

Wu Laosi also nodded slightly.

In fact, several people were puzzled as to why Zhu Dongming insisted on dragging Xie Yuan along.

There are many things to hunting, and it's not something you can learn in one go, especially if you're here to hunt tigers. If you drag a newbie with you, and he gets scared and runs around, he might kill everyone!

But Zhu Dongming had great prestige and his own way of hunting, and he did lead everyone to a lot of gains; so the two older men couldn't refute him, and they only privately reminded Zhou Feng to keep an eye on Xie Yuan, for fear that he would fall behind.

Xie Yuan felt that several people did not trust him, so letting him stay behind to "hold the fort" was exactly what he wanted, and he was very happy about it.

Zhu Dongming said at this time:

"Yuanzi, both of you brothers in the Xie family are courageous. Your brother was a brave man, and you are no less brave than him.

"I wanted to take him hunting with me back then, but he was concerned about your young age and your inability to be alone, and we sometimes had to go into the mountains for several days, so he never came. What a pity..."

Xie Yuan was silent for a while, then suddenly said:

"Could this tiger be the culprit that killed my brother?"

Zhu Dongming hesitated for a moment and shook his head.
"Your brother had many animal prints at that time, it was very messy...but there was no tiger print."

Xie Yuan already knew that the place where his elder brother met his death seemed to have been visited by a pack of beasts, probably a pack of wolves, which were not common, but the scene was in such a mess that no one dared to give a definite answer.

As the five people went deeper into the area where the giant beast appeared, they gradually talked less and paid attention to the movements around them.

Half a day later, Xie Yuan and them walked into the depths of the forest where they had never been before. Along the way, they saw many beautiful trees and silently took note of them.

Suddenly, Zhu Dongming raised his hand, and everyone stopped quietly, held their breath, squatted in the bushes, and looked forward.

Ahead was a large clearing in the forest. Under a tree whose green canopy covered half of the forest, a tiger was lying, seemingly soundly asleep.

It was early winter and many trees and vegetation had withered, but this woodland was covered with green grass, with sturdy trees with verdant canopies and tigers lying beneath them.

Several hunters were stunned when they saw this wonderful scene.

But they still lowered their heads and looked at the tiger under the tree, their breathing becoming quietly rapid.

The big beast is not in the cave, but is sleeping under the tree?
good chance!
But Xie Yuan's attention was still on the tree:

"What a beautiful tree...how much would it sell for if it were cut down?"

(End of this chapter)