Chapter 57: Stepping on the Cloud Musk
On the other side, after Qin Ziling left "Shanye Suju", he first went to the blacksmith shop to pick up the three-edged military bayonet and goose-feather knife that he had ordered yesterday, and then went straight to the martial arts training cave in Xisheng Mountain.
After training in the cave for a whole day, he naturally had to nourish himself with meat and medicinal herbs.
Late at night, Qin Ziling , accompanied by Yuan Da, traveled through Xisheng Mountain like a ghost, and then came to a hiding place he had already chosen. As usual, Yuan Da guarded his body, while his soul carried the three-edged military bayonet and the goose-feather knife, flying high in the forest.
Whether it was a three-edged military bayonet or a goose-feather knife, Qin Ziling painted them black with the branches and leaves of a non-toxic plant. Under the cover of night, they were difficult to detect with the naked eye.
It is high above the ground and has a wide field of vision .
Not long after, Qin Ziling discovered a pheasant.
These are wild animals that are relatively easy to find in the mountains, and they are also the wild animals that Qin Ziling has possessed the most in the past.
Qin Ziling first put down the three-edged military bayonet, then rolled up the goose-feather knife and attacked the pheasant's head silently.
"Cluck!" The pheasant sensed the danger and made uneasy sounds, and even instinctively ran in the opposite direction of the attack from the goose-feather knife.
However, the pheasant's escape speed was far slower than that of the goose-feather knife. With one chop of the sharp blade, the pheasant's head fell to the ground and blood gushed out.
Seeing this, Qin Ziling's spirit rolled up the goose-feather knife and the pheasant together, and also rolled up the three-edged military bayonet along the way. He returned to his hiding place, put the pheasant into the corpse-raising ring, and then set out again.
Not long after this time, Qin Ziling discovered an antelope, which is also a relatively common wild animal.
Qin Ziling used a three-edged military bayonet this time, but the antelope was more alert than the pheasant, and dodged and ran even faster. Qin Ziling failed to stab the antelope after several consecutive attempts, and finally let the antelope escape.
Watching the antelope disappear into the dense forest, Qin Ziling, who was a little tired, did not feel disappointed or frustrated at all.
The escape of the antelope showed that the spirit's control of the weapon was not quiet and covert enough, nor was it agile and swift enough, and that much more training was needed. On the other hand, it also proved that his decision to change his hunting methods was correct.
Only through this hunting method, and by constantly strengthening the training of his soul in controlling weapons, will he be able to better kill powerful enemies in the future.
After a short rest, Qin Ziling continued to fly in the air and search with the Mitsubishi bayonet and the goose-feather knife.
During this period, a pheasant, a python and a hare were discovered one after another.
It was easy to kill the pheasant and python with a goose-feather knife, but the hare was very alert and fast, so even with the lighter and more versatile goose-feather knife, it eventually escaped.
"This is just when facing wild animals that can only dodge but not counterattack, and have almost no IQ and can only react instinctively. It is still difficult to kill. If we really face a martial artist with profound cultivation, it will definitely be many times more difficult. It seems that I would rather earn less and try my best to control weapons to hunt and kill. Otherwise, even if my soul becomes stronger and stronger, I don't have much practical ability to control weapons to kill the enemy, and in the end I will have only the strength to spare!" Qin Ziling watched the wild rabbit "whoosh" and jumped into the bushes and left quickly. His mind turned, and he became more determined in his previous idea.
As his mind turned, Qin Ziling flew into the sky again.
"That's... the Cloud-stepping Musk Deer!" Not long after flying into the sky, Qin Ziling saw an animal that looked like a deer, but with cloud-like markings on its hooves. His heart skipped a beat and he immediately forgot all about his previous thoughts.
Qin Ziling had been hunting for four or five months, and he often went to "mountains and wilds to live", so he naturally had some understanding of various prey.
He recognized it immediately as the Musk Deer that he had seen in the catalog of wild animals in "Shan Ye Su Ju".
It is said that the Cloud-Stepping Musk Deer is not only extremely alert, but also runs like walking on clouds, and even flying arrows cannot catch up with it. Although Qin Ziling is determined to practice the art of driving animals more, he is not stupid enough to practice with the Cloud-Stepping Musk Deer.
The most important thing is that male musk deer produce musk.
Qin Ziling didn't know how much musk was worth, but he knew that the musk of the Tayun Musk Deer was rare and precious.
Although he saved five hundred taels of silver today because of Xiao Qing and was no longer short of money, compared with his huge expenditure, five hundred taels would not last long. So when he encountered a rare valuable wild animal, he naturally had to change his strategy.
Qin Ziling simply put down the three-edged military bayonet and the goose-feather knife, and then his soul quietly floated towards Tayunshe with the mountain breeze.
The Musk Deer was indeed extremely alert. Qin Ziling was already extremely careful, even drifting with the wind when it was windy, but the Musk Deer still seemed to have sensed something. Its ears suddenly stood up, its eyes looked around vigilantly in the dark, and its four hooves exerted slight force, obviously ready to run away if anything went wrong.
However, the Musk Deer could not see the Soul after all. Before it could really realize the danger, the Soul had already exerted its strength suddenly, and a shadow invisible to the naked eye suddenly enveloped the Musk Deer. Soon the Musk Deer trembled all over, and then a strange look flashed in its eyes. In the dark night, it walked towards the place where Qin Ziling placed the triangular military bayonet and the goose-wing knife, biting the handle with its mouth, and walked towards where Qin Ziling was hiding.
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On the second day, at Shanye Suju, Shopkeeper Zhu saw Qin Ziling walking into the shop carrying a large sack on his back and hurried to greet him.
"Mr. Qin, you are here. What wild animals did you catch this time?"
Qin Ziling put the sack on the counter and smiled without saying a word.
Shopkeeper Zhu was very curious when he saw this and quickly untied the bag.
"This, this is a stepping cloud musk deer!" Shopkeeper Zhu's face changed drastically when he saw this. He exclaimed in surprise, and then he couldn't wait to reach into the bag and touched the belly of the stepping cloud musk deer. He found something as big as an egg under the skin. His hands couldn't help but tremble, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Qin, you are really good. This male stepping cloud musk deer is said to run like stepping on clouds, and even flying arrows can't catch up. I didn't expect you to catch one. The spices made from the musk of this stepping cloud musk are very precious. Sometimes you can't buy it even if you have money. Good stuff, good stuff!"
Seeing the excitement of Shopkeeper Zhu, Qin Ziling was also a little excited, but on the surface he acted very calm and said lightly: "It's just luck, Shopkeeper Zhu, give me a price!"
"Let me think about this price carefully." Shopkeeper Zhu pulled his beard and said to Qin Ziling carefully after a while: "Mr. Qin, how about seven hundred taels? If you think the price is not enough, I can ask the boss for you to put this Musk Deer on the auction house in the inner city, and you can pay some commission then."
"The nourishing effect of the flesh and bones of this cloud-stepping musk deer is actually similar to that of ordinary muntjac deer, and it is not worth a lot of money, but the musk made from it has always been a treasure that noble ladies flock to. The most important thing is that the number of cloud-stepping musk deer is rare, and it is extremely fast. It is extremely difficult to encounter and capture, so it is very scarce in the market and very valuable. It is already qualified to be put up for auction."
