Early the next morning, Shen Yao quickly changed her clothes and prepared to set out. Today, she put on a black tracksuit, which would make moving through the mountains much easier.
She took her basket from the storeroom, locked the courtyard gate, and began to run towards one of the mountains.
Using her wind ability to run all the way, she reached the edge of the deep mountains in two hours. Standing at the entrance to the deep mountains, she immediately noticed the difference. The trees in the deep mountains were lush, and even the wild plants on the ground were green and thriving. Unlike the outer and middle areas, where the grass was withered and anything edible had already been picked clean by the villagers.
Carrying a bow and arrows, Shen Yao ventured deeper into the mountains. She had barely walked for a while before she caught several wild pheasants and rabbits. The prey in these deep mountains were quite plump. It seemed there was no shortage of food here.
Shen Yao kept hunting along the way. Whether she encountered wild pheasants, rabbits, or deer, as long as they were plump enough, she shot them all. She also collected a lot of wild eggs. Before she knew it, she had walked deep into the mountain.
She sat down on a rock to rest, took out her water flask, and poured herself a cup of spiritual spring water. Then she extended all her mental power outward. Now at the fifth level, she could scan everything within a 300-meter radius.
“Master, this mountain only has some prey and common medicinal herbs. There are a few ordinary ginseng and reishi mushrooms, but nothing else.”
Xiao Ling had just woken up from her cultivation. Her divine sense now covered the entire mountain, so she could clearly detect everything inside. She was far more powerful than her master, hehe~
Shen Yao’s face darkened as she heard the little phoenix’s thoughts. What was there to be smug about? A phoenix that had lived over ten thousand years longer than her, yet she still had the nerve to say she was better than her. That was some thick skin.
“Xiao Ling, you’ve gotten a bit too full of yourself lately, you know that? Be careful, if I ever get a craving for phoenix meat, I’ll roast you and eat you.”
Little brat, daring to show off in front of her. It seemed she hadn’t plucked her feathers in a while, and the little phoenix had forgotten who was in charge.
“Hmph~ Master only knows how to bully her spirit beast. I was just stating the facts. I really am stronger than Master right now.”
Not satisfied even after saying that, Xiao Ling smugly flew several circles inside the space. After all, Master wasn’t in the space and couldn’t see her anyway.
Shen Yao thought this phoenix really needed to be taught a lesson. When she returned to the space tonight, she would definitely pluck a few of her feathers. “Xiao Ling, which direction has the most prey in this mountain?”
“Master, to your far north, there’s a mountain hollow about a thousand meters away. A herd of wild boars has gathered there.”
“Alright, got it.” Shen Yao took her weapons and headed towards her destination. Along the way, she came across many wild mushrooms, including termite mushrooms, oak mushrooms, and porcini mushrooms, as well as wood ear mushrooms and wild vegetables. She also collected some common medicinal herbs.
She felt that coming to the deep mountains was definitely the right decision. These all-natural wild mushrooms were treasures. Decades later, these things would be highly sought after.
“Master, why are you picking these useless mushrooms?” Xiao Ling thought her master had gone crazy. These things were everywhere in the mountains, hardly worth a glance in her eyes. The ordinary ginseng and reishi were barely acceptable.
Shen Yao rolled her eyes inwardly at Xiao Ling. What did this spirit beast know? These were all pure natural wild mushrooms, treasures!
She loved eating wild mushrooms. They were delicious in so many ways. They were tender, fragrant, and especially delicious. Just thinking about them made her hungry. What could she say? She was a natural-born foodie. As the saying goes, no one understands the world of a foodie.
“I wouldn’t want to eat them anyway.” Xiao Ling didn’t eat human food. How would she know these things? She usually drank spiritual spring water and ate spirit fruits from the space. The ordinary things outside wouldn’t help her cultivation anyway.
Shen Yao ignored her, squatted down, and carefully picked mushrooms. Only after picking the last one did she continue north. When she was still a hundred meters from the mountain hollow, she first used her mental power to check the number of wild boars. There were twelve in total, the largest probably weighing over 700 jin.
This was only the first day, and she had already caught so much prey. She could take them to the city and sell them on the black market. With the New Year approaching, everyone wanted to buy meat to celebrate, so the prices would definitely be high.
She lightened her footsteps and slowly approached the hollow. The closer she got to her destination, the thicker and lusher the surrounding trees became.
Looking at the mountain hollow before her, Shen Yao chose a large tree with the best lighting and quickly climbed up onto a branch. Not far away, she saw the herd of wild boars drinking and foraging by a small stream.
Hey! You came to me on your own. Don’t blame me for taking you all in.
Giving the boars no chance to react, Shen Yao drew her bow and released six arrows simultaneously. Each arrow precisely pierced a wild boar’s vital point.
She wasn’t about to let the remaining wild boars escape. Quickly releasing another six arrows, she watched as the remaining six wild boars fell instantly without even realizing what had hit them.
After eliminating the wild boar herd, she jumped down from the tree and walked quickly to the twelve wild boars lying on the ground. Shen Yao pulled out the arrows from their vital points and stored the wild boars in her space.
“Master, there are two ginseng plants in the grass by the stream,” Xiao Ling reminded her, afraid her master would forget.
Shen Yao had already detected them with her mental power. Both ginseng plants were over a hundred years old, not bad at all. These deep mountains were really treasure troves. In this era, a hundred-year-old ginseng plant could sell for several hundred yuan. This was all profit with no cost.
“Don’t worry, I remember.” She wasn’t the type to turn down good things that came her way.
Walking to the patch of grass where the ginseng grew, Shen Yao pushed aside the vegetation, revealing the two ginseng plants. She took out a sharp dagger and carefully dug them out, then tossed them directly into the medicinal garden in her space to continue growing. She didn’t need them right now, so it wouldn’t be too late to dig them up when she needed them.
After scanning once more with her mental power to confirm there was nothing else within three hundred meters, she slowly continued forward.
“Master, don’t you like wild fruits? We can head west now. There are a few wild fruit trees in that direction.” Xiao Ling had seen that there were still fruits hanging on them.
Shen Yao’s eyes lit up. That was great! Wild fruits were delicious too. If she couldn’t finish them, she could brew them into wild fruit wine. She quickened her pace. Along the way, any mushrooms or wild vegetables she came across—sorry, she picked them all. No one else came to these deep mountains, so it would be a waste not to pick them.
She walked and stopped along the way, storing any prey she encountered into her space. It was an hour later when she finally reached the wild fruit trees.
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