Chapter 71: Chapter 71 Special Wolf (Seeking Yue Tickets, Seeking Follow-Up Reads!)
The wolf that Da Bai brought back was truly large.
A normal wolf’s body length is generally between 1 to 1.3 meters, but the one it brought back was conservatively estimated to be over two meters, much larger than a regular wolf.
“Wait up, I’ll grab a knife.”
Although he couldn’t kill a sheep in eight minutes, he could at least slaughter an animal, and one wolf wasn’t a big problem.
More than ten minutes later, he had skinned the wolf. Of course, due to his lack of skill, the wolf’s hide was not intact, with some tattered parts.
He didn’t plan to eat the whole wolf, so he chopped off a leg and gave the rest to Mountain Lord.
…
“Roar~”
Though it was just skinning and removing the innards, Mountain Lord had never had such an “exquisite” meal before, so it ate very happily.
Wang Sheng naturally couldn’t eat it raw, so he cut a piece of meat off the leg, lit a fire, cooked it, and sprinkled some seasoning on it.
“Smells pretty good, wonder if it tastes just as nice?”
In his previous life, wolves were second-level protected animals, and he had never encountered a wolf in this life, so it was his first time eating wolf meat, which excited him.
He took a bite—
It wasn’t very tasty, not to mention the quality of the wolf meat, his barbecuing skills weren’t great either, the flavor was average, and some parts were burnt.
But after all it was his own cooking, he would eat it as long as it wasn’t disgusting.
But before he could finish, he felt something different.
This wolf meat actually had a replenishing effect on physical strength and Qi-Blood, and although it was almost negligible for him and wasn’t as terrifying as the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill, the replenishing effect was still noticeably different from ordinary meat.
He had eaten ordinary meat before while practicing Ba Duan Jin, and ordinary meat, combined with the strong consumption required during practice, could rapidly replenish Qi-Blood.
But this wolf meat had a definite effect just by eating it.
This wolf meat is definitely not simple!
“Roar~”
Da Bai, upon seeing Wang Sheng’s surprised expression, felt quite satisfied.
Now you know, this is good stuff, or else it wouldn’t have brought it back.
Hearing the roar, Wang Sheng turned to look at it and said, “Da Bai, this wolf isn’t one of those extremely special animals like you, is it?”
Simply put, an animal comparable to a Martial Artist.
“Roar~”
Da Bai nodded its own tiger head.
This wolf was indeed very special, and its strength was not bad, but of course, no match for the great Mountain Lord.
During the fight, it sensed something was off, which is why it brought the wolf back.
Wang Sheng had given it so many good things, and though those were his reward, the work was pretty easy, so sometimes it could reciprocate.
This kind of thing, even it rarely encountered.
While Wang Sheng was eating the wolf meat, he suddenly discovered his Beast Taming Skill jumped from “5 (10%)” to “6 (15%),” advancing by a large margin.
However, Wang Sheng wasn’t surprised, as the Beast Taming Skill would occasionally surge, with a sudden large improvement, it’s just that this time the increase was especially significant.
Compared to the Beast Taming Skill, he was more concerned about the wolf meat itself.
The effect of the wolf meat, coupled with Da Bai not contradicting him, confirmed that this wolf was probably much like Mountain Lord, a special individual among its species.
But were such special beings so easy to come by?
First, there was the Mountain Lord, which hadn’t appeared for decades, and now a special wolf, all within this small area.
Something seemed off.
There were two possibilities: one was that there was something special about their vicinity, which is why so many unique varieties appeared, or two, that there was a problem with Shuzhou.
The second thought wasn’t a random guess.
The attack on Shuzhou by King Yong Nian’s dynasty was an answer in itself.
But no matter which it was, it meant that the wilderness had become considerably more dangerous, after all, the combat power of common beasts was not on the same level as that of beasts comparable to martial artists.
Qingshan Village, nestled within the mountains and forests, faced a significantly heightened level of danger.
“We’d better go inform the village chief!”
Although beasts seldom attack human settlements, seldom didn’t mean never.
Especially now that the farming season was in full swing.
Villagers had already begun heading to the fields near the village in succession, and occasions of individuals being alone could occur.
Normally, with Da Bai around, ordinary beasts wouldn’t dare approach, but no one was clear on what beasts comparable to martial artists were like; it was necessary to be cautious.
He placed the remaining leg in front of Da Bai.
“I’m thankful you brought this back for me, but you might not even have enough for yourself, so take it all!”
With that, he stepped straight out the door.
Da Bai looked at the wolf leg returned to it with a face full of confusion.
Does Wang Sheng not like this sort of thing?
As it thought about this, it saw the cooked meat Wang Sheng had left on the table in the yard.
It walked over, wrapped the cooked meat in its mouth, chewed a few times, and made a displeasing face, the ‘Wang’ on its head all wrinkled together.
No wonder he didn’t like to eat it!
Indeed, raw meat was better, with its original flavor and a lot richer in nutrients.
“Roar~”
…
After Wang Sheng left his house, he went directly to the village chief’s home.
However, the village chief was not there.
“Did he go over to Old Jee’s place?”
Was the village chief in some sort of trouble?
“Someone got hurt, so the old man went to see what happened,” said the village chief’s wife, whom Wang Sheng usually called Grandma Zhou.
“I understand, Grandma Zhou!”
As Wang Sheng mulled over who might have been injured, he went straight to Old Jee’s place and indeed saw the village chief there.
Both he and Old Jee were gathered around what was called a “sickbed,” which was actually just a wooden plank.
Come to think of it, Old Jee was likely more skilled in surgery than internal medicine in this village, treating and bandaging various types of injuries each year.
Wang Sheng approached and saw that lying on the sickbed was Li Xingpeng.
He was rather surprised and said, “Old Jee, village chief, what happened here?”
Li Xingpeng, although just a First Grade Martial Artist, was still a martial artist. How did he get injured?
Wang Sheng’s appearance surprised the village chief and Old Jee, but the village chief still answered, “While they were patrolling, they encountered a wolf. That wolf had the strength of a martial artist. Xingpeng was caught off guard and was attacked, so that’s why he’s injured.”
“Another wolf comparable to a martial artist?”
“Another?” The village chief and Old Jee both asked in unison.
“Yun Sheng, what do you mean by that?”
“Well, Da Bai… uh, I mean, Mountain Lord caught a wolf, and the meat from that wolf was extraordinary. I suspected it was also a special wolf comparable to a martial artist. I thought it was just an isolated incident, but now it seems that might not be the case. Brother Xingpeng, what did the wolf that you encountered look like?”
Li Xingpeng was just injured and could still respond to questions; he said, “It was much larger than an ordinary wolf, about six or seven feet long… but in the end, I drove it off!”
This description matched the wolf that Mountain Lord had brought back.
And it was near Qingshan Village—
“Village chief, does the village have any measures to protect against wild beasts…?”