Stunning Check-in: A Carefree Life Begins in the Countryside

Xia An is someone who won't listen to advice.

at this time,

He had arrived at the edge of the forest north of Anping Village and walked straight in.

On the outskirts of the mountains, there are very few tall shrubs, as most of them have been cut down.

Xia An guessed that this was a buffer zone deliberately cleared by the team members.

Just over ten meters away from the forest are fields, so we need to be wary of wild animal attacks.

Without pausing, he took out his pistol, gripped it, and headed into the depths of the mountains.

This trip,

In search of rare or commonly used herbs!

Also for hunting!

If possible, capture suitable prey alive and release them into the spiritual spring space to start animal husbandry.

But the latter possibility is too low.

Unless you disable the prey's ability to escape, try throwing it into the spiritual spring space and see if it can survive.

If possible, it would be great to breed the first generation of meat livestock.

But all of this is still just wishful thinking; whether it can be realized remains to be seen.

Xia An had only walked four or five hundred meters when he suddenly narrowed his eyes and slowed down.

His eyes were fixed on a bush a dozen meters away, and he raised his pistol.

Thanks to his triple physique, his hearing is also somewhat extraordinary.

at this time,

The sound coming from the bushes was clearly the noise made by the unknown creature.

He approached cautiously, his eyes filled with wariness, but he wasn't particularly nervous.

Judging from the sound, there is most likely a small animal inside.

It could be a rabbit, or a bird.

"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!"

A series of urgent cries suddenly came from the sky, growing ever closer.

Xia An was startled and quickly looked up, only to see a hazel grouse circling among the branches.

Its voice was urgent, its eyes fixed on Xia An, its gaze filled with hostility.

"A flying dragon?"

Xia An's expression brightened with joy. This was a top-notch delicacy! Was he really that lucky?

He raised his hand and pulled the trigger, and with a "bang," the bullet flew out.

The dragon paused, then fell straight down into the grass not far away.

Xia An rushed forward, only to find Feilong's corpse lying quietly in the grass, already dead.

"This marksmanship isn't very accurate!"

Xia An complained,

He originally intended to shoot the dragon's wings, but ended up killing it directly.

"No, this dragon's behavior..."

As if remembering something, his expression changed slightly.

He quickly put the flying dragon into his spiritual spring space and ran towards the bushes he had just been in.

Xia An parted the bushes, only to find some tiny downy feathers hanging on them.

"This is the fluffy fur of a baby dragon. Was the dragon warning its young to run away?"

He quickly observed carefully and, relying on his hunting skills, soon determined the direction in which the wyvern cub had fled.

"At this stage, the wyvern hatchlings have just left the nest and have almost no ability to fly."

"Judging from the traces at the scene, there should be at least two of them, and they couldn't have gone far."

Xia An discerned the direction and chased after it for more than ten meters before hearing a squeaking sound.

He rushed forward and saw a fledgling bird darting about in the grass.

The fledgling's downy feathers are a warm, light brown, with dark brown spots on its back and wings, like it's wearing a patterned little raincoat.

It's a wyvern cub!

Xia An's face lit up with joy, and he quickly put it into his spiritual spring space with a thought.

"The first live dragon has been caught, which is undoubtedly good news."

He chuckled and quickly used his hunting skills to search for other wyvern cubs.

Soon,

Xia An was in high spirits after acquiring two more baby dragons.

"I wonder if these three are both male and female; it would be great if they were."

He muttered to himself.

However, young wyverns are too young; they need to be at least eight weeks old before their sex can be accurately determined.

But by then, it already possessed basic flight capabilities, making it quite difficult to capture alive.

Xia An didn't think much of it and continued wandering in the mountains and forests, looking for herbs and suitable prey.

He has eyes that see in all directions and ears that hear in all directions.

Using his hunting skills, he quickly caught a hare.

Unfortunately, he still died.

During this period,

Xia An also found seven or eight kinds of herbs, totaling more than twenty herbs.

Among them is a herb that is beneficial to men—Epimedium!

It can tonify kidney yang, strengthen tendons and bones, and dispel wind and dampness. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as kidney yang deficiency, weakness of tendons and bones, rheumatic pain, numbness and contracture.

This kind of thing became a rare commodity in the wild after the 1980s and 1990s.

Xia An naturally began to cultivate this herb.

To be precise, he planted ten square meters of every rare or commonly used medicinal herb.

The herbs ripen once a month, and the amount grown on ten square meters of land is enough for daily use.

Ten acres of land, totaling 6666 square meters, is enough for him to grow 667 kinds of medicinal herbs.

Once the medicinal herb fields are full and the subsequent batches mature, there will be more than enough space to open a traditional Chinese medicine shop.

As Xia An walked through the mountains and forests, it felt as if he had entered a vast treasure trove.

The herbs are being harvested non-stop!

prey……

Xia An looked at the two pheasants trapped in the makeshift trap ahead and was speechless.

He's really lucky.

"I wonder which big shot was behind this?"

He muttered something and put the two pheasants into his spiritual spring space.

If you do not take what Heaven has given you, it will turn into disaster!

Since we've encountered a trapped, alive pheasant, why shouldn't we take it?

What's more, these are one male and one female pheasant, which is a gift from heaven!

Xia An restored the traps and then turned and left without lingering.

The Spirit Spring space already contains male and female crucian carp and pheasants; the flying dragon is still pending.

His livestock business has now begun.

Xia An was in high spirits and continued to wander through this natural treasure trove.

But whether his luck had run out for the day, or whether this was simply the outskirts of the mountains, was unknown.

After harvesting two pheasants, a long time has passed, and he has only harvested a rabbit and a pheasant.

And they were all killed by handguns.

They did harvest quite a few usable herbs, planting those that weren't available in the spiritual spring space.

Yes, they only take the medicinal part.

We tried our best to preserve the seeds, and adopted a protective harvesting strategy.

As the sun began to set, Xia An chose a direction and headed towards Anping Village.

He's been out for quite some time, and if he goes back now, he should be able to get out of the mountain before sunset.

Of course, he did not return the way he came.

Therefore, it would be even better if there were any gains on the way down the mountain.

Xia An walked at a steady pace, but much faster than when she arrived.

If you encounter prey, just fire a shot; if you find herbs, just pick them.

The journey was quite leisurely.

As Anping Village came into view in the distance, Xia An's lips curled into a slight smile.

"At this rate, we won't even need sunset; half an hour will be enough to leave the mountains."

He chuckled softly, his steps unwavering.

Just then, a gunshot rang out, startling Xia An.

"Are there hunters nearby?"

His gaze shifted to his right front, hesitating whether to go over and confront them, when two gunshots rang out in quick succession.

"What happened to the hunter?"

Xia An frowned slightly. What could possibly make a hunter who spends most of his time in the mountains fire three shots?

Could it be a herd of prey?

He was slightly surprised, but the voice that followed made his expression change drastically.