Chapter 20 Living in the Mountains
"I didn't expect that the possession technique is so useful for hunting. I caught a big pheasant so quickly." Qin Ziling, who had returned to his body, opened his eyes, then stood up, happily picked up the pheasant and stuffed it into the sack.
Fortunately, there was no one practicing the art of soul and spirit here at this time. Otherwise, if they knew that a fellow practitioner had actually used the art of possession to hunt a pheasant and was complacent about it, they would definitely nail Qin Ziling to the pillar of shame in the world of soul cultivation!
You know, since ancient times, those who cultivate the soul are all chosen by heaven. They are the most mysterious and awe-inspiring existences in the world. Why would they need to go into the mountains in the middle of the night to hunt a pheasant, let alone use the technique of possession?
After collecting the pheasants, Qin Ziling repeated his old trick and harvested two rabbits and a red muntjac, filling a sack.
Qin Ziling saw that he had reaped a lot of rewards and had performed the soul possession technique repeatedly. Not only did his soul feel a little tired, but his body also became a little weak as his soul had been away from his body for a long time. So he decided to call it a day and go home.
Qin Ziling put the sack containing the prey into a corner of the corpse-raising ring.
That corner is far away from the center where the coffins are placed, and the evil corpse energy is the thinnest, so there is no problem storing prey for a short period of time. On the contrary, because the corpse-raising ring has heavy yin energy and low temperature, it has some preservation effect.
However, because the corpse-raising ring is filled with evil corpse qi, if the prey is left inside for too long, the corpse qi will slowly seep in and the quality of the prey's meat will change.
"We have gained so much just from the outer periphery. If we go further in, we might be able to kill some medium-sized animals."
After going down the mountain and putting the bronze corpse into the corpse-raising ring, Qin Ziling stood at the foot of the mountain, turned his head and looked back at Xisheng Mountain in the dark night, his eyes shining, as if there was a mountain of gold and silver in front of him.
The next day, Qin Ziling entered the city early.
After entering the city, Qin Ziling did not go to the martial arts gym first, but went to the market in the west city first, bought some makeup items, and then found a secluded place to put on makeup.
When Qin Ziling entered the market again, he had changed from a handsome young man into a bearded man.
This disguise technique, which is commonly used in the martial arts world, comes partly from the incomplete memories and experience of the demon Li Mo, and partly from what he learned in his previous life when he was sitting in a wheelchair and reading books to kill time.
Entering the market again, Qin Ziling came to a shop called "Shanye Suju" after some inquiries.
This is a shop in the XC District Market that specializes in purchasing various wild animals and medicinal herbs.
The shop has two storefronts, one specializes in purchasing various wild animals, and the other specializes in purchasing various medicinal materials.
When Qin Ziling walked into the shop, a clerk was hurriedly leaving the shop carrying two bamboo baskets.
Through the gaps in the bamboo basket and the smell wafting out of it, Qin Ziling had no difficulty guessing that the basket contained game, and guessed that it was probably being delivered to a restaurant or some other place.
There were no customers in the shop now. A clerk was staring at the door in a daze, and the shopkeeper and accountant with a goatee was fiddling with an abacus.
The clerk who was staring at the door in a daze saw Qin Ziling coming in with a large sack on his back. His eyes lit up and he hurriedly went to greet him and asked politely, "Sir, are you here to sell goods?"
"That's right." Qin Ziling nodded, then with a "bang!" he placed a large sack heavily on the counter of the shop and said, "Give me an estimate of the price."
At this time, the shopkeeper had already put down the abacus account book in his hand, and walked over to Qin Ziling, bowed, and said: "I am the shopkeeper here, my surname is Zhu, may I know what your name is, sir?"
"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Zhu, nice to meet you. My surname is Qin." Qin Ziling replied.
"It's Mr. Qin. Nice to meet you." Shopkeeper Zhu bowed again, then turned to the waiter and said, "Lin Er, open it and take a look."
The man opened the sack as he was told, took out the two hares and the red muntjac inside and put them into a large bamboo basket beside him.
When Shopkeeper Zhu saw the red muntjac, his eyes lit up slightly. He stroked his goatee and was about to speak when two women walked in from outside.
A woman wearing a goose yellow shirt, tall figure, exceptionally long legs, clear facial lines, healthy and even ivory skin, smooth and shiny, her jet-black hair tied back with a simple hairband, elegant with a hint of heroism and competence, she should be only twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
The other woman was plump and older, about 27 or 28 years old. Her facial features were soft and she had the charm of a mature woman. However, when her peach blossom eyes fell on the heads of the hare and the red muntjac, the sharp look that inadvertently flashed through them made Qin Ziling's heart tremble slightly. He knew that this woman was a ruthless character and was not as charming as she looked on the surface.
"Boss , Miss Xia, you are here!" When Shopkeeper Zhu saw the two women coming in, he didn't bother to talk about the price with Qin Ziling, and hurriedly bowed and greeted them.
The tall woman in a yellow shirt nodded slightly to Shopkeeper Zhu, then turned to Qin Ziling and said with a slight bow: "Hello, sir. I am the owner of this shop, Xiao Qing."
"It's Miss Xiao, nice to meet you, Qin Feng." Qin Ziling bowed and made up a name.
"It's Mr. Qin. The smell here is strong. Please follow me to the backyard to discuss the price." Xiao Qing gestured and said.
When Shopkeeper Zhu and his clerks saw that their boss personally invited Qin Ziling to the backyard to discuss the price, they couldn't help but show a look of surprise and surprise on their faces.
Qin Ziling didn't know Xiao Qing's identity, but they knew it, and they also knew that she had a cold personality.
Although the red muntjac that Qin Ziling brought was worth some money, it was far from the level that required Xiao Qing to personally come out to entertain it.
"Thank you." Qin Ziling nodded frankly, then followed Xiao Qing through a small door behind the shop and came to the backyard.
The backyard was surprisingly decorated in an elegant and leisurely manner, with all kinds of flowers and plants planted throughout. There was also a rockery pavilion and a pond in the middle of the yard, with several red brocade fish swimming around in the clear water, which was in stark contrast to the scene outside where the shops were filled with all kinds of bloody wild animals.
The two of them came to the rockery pavilion and sat down, and the mature and charming Miss Xia brought them tea and some snacks.
"Although the red muntjac is not a valuable prey, it is naturally timid and will run away at the slightest disturbance. It is also good at jumping and running, so it is not easy to catch and kill it. Mr. Qin must be a master hunter to be able to catch a red muntjac!" Xiao Qing said after accompanying Qin Ziling to take a sip of tea.
"It's just good luck." Qin Ziling replied indifferently.
"Two hares and a red muntjac were killed with a single blow to the head. This is really good luck!" Xiao Qing said.
Both the red muntjac and the hare were killed by the bronze corpse using the back of an axe to hit them directly on the head. Therefore, apart from the severe deformation of the heads of the red muntjac and the hare, there were no arrow wounds or signs of being caught by hunting devices elsewhere.
Qin Ziling smiled but , with a mysterious and intriguing look in his eyes.
"Those two hares should weigh about ten pounds, and the red muntjac should weigh about thirty-four or thirty-five pounds, with their leather intact. The hares are not worth much, but the red muntjac's bones and meat can nourish the body, and its leather can be made into leather, which is rare among rich families. How about three taels of silver?" Seeing that Qin Ziling smiled but said nothing, Xiao Qing changed the subject and started talking about the price.
"Okay!" Qin Ziling nodded decisively.
Before coming here, he had already asked people in the market for prices, and those people offered only 2 taels and 8 cents at most. However, Qin Ziling would be selling his prey over a long period of time, so it would be unrealistic to set up a stall to sell it himself. He must find a suitable long-term buyer, so he only asked for prices to get a good idea before coming to "Shanye Suju" to sell it, so as not to be taken advantage of.
Now Xiao Qing's bid is slightly higher than the market price outside, so Qin Ziling naturally agreed.
