"Let's go."
The herb gatherer walked forward while observing the surrounding snow.
Xue Chengyuan followed behind. He did not feel any fear from the leopard that had just appeared.
Compared to the Manchurian tiger, Black Blind, and the wild boar, the leopard was not even as threatening as the wolf.
Of course, the wolves were mainly in packs. A lone wolf against a single leopard, and a leopard with its speed and bite strength, it was not a problem to deal with them.
Due to their small size and weight, leopards usually ate small animals. Sometimes, they would catch roe deers and deer.
The two of them walked for three hours. It was almost noon when they stopped at a gentle slope.
"When I came here a few years ago, I remember there was a ginseng here."”
"It was small then, and I didn't pick it for ten years.”
"Since we're already here, it's about time. Since you're here today, I'll bring you to broaden your horizons.”
As he spoke, he turned to the other side.
When they arrived at the location, the herb gatherer wanted to go up and scrape away the snow beside the rock, but Xue Chengyuan pulled him away.
A leopard covered in black rings appeared a few feet away.
His eyes were extremely cold, looking at the two of them as if they were dead.
The herb gatherer looked at the leopard in the distance and his heart sank.
This was something he had never expected. Why did he encounter another leopard here?
"This is the one just now."
Xue Chengyuan took down the crossbow and looked down at the leopard with the arrowhead. He said warily,""Be careful, don't act rashly."
"How did you know?"
"Look beside it."
The herb gatherer followed Xue Chengyuan's gaze and saw a furry leopard cub biting its prey.
Looking at its fur, it was a wild rabbit.
"It shouldn't be! We walked for three hours. A wild rabbit should have been finished long ago.”
"There must have been an accident in the middle."
The leopard cub found it difficult to bite the rabbit. After repeating it many times, it chose to give up.
Looking at Xue Chengyuan and the old medicine man standing in the distance, he shook his head with a curious expression. His four legs moved forward, wanting to take a closer look at what was in front of him.
In the end, the leopard bit his neck and jumped ten feet away, disappearing into the distance.
Just as the herb gatherer was about to catch his breath, he suddenly heard the grunting of a pig.
The two of them slowly turned around and looked back. Something the size of a small mountain was walking towards them, sniffing something.
"Oh no, we encountered a wild boar!"
When the herb gatherer saw what had appeared, his expression changed.
Everyone in the mountains knew that the most feared thing to encounter when entering the mountains was wild boars.
This thing would roll around in the mud when it was free in the summer and get a layer of mud on its body.
When winter came, the quagmire was dry and frozen, and the wild boars would rub against the trees.
Some trees would secrete sap that would wrap around their bodies, forming another layer.
As long as it did not carry a rifle, it was the overlord of the forest. Ordinary old barrels were useless against it.
Coupled with the weight of a few hundred pounds, it was no wonder that the leopard ran so fast just now. It picked up the little leopard and ran without even looking back.
They were not on the same level at all.
After watching the wild boar sniff for a long time, it suddenly raised its head and looked at the two of them with a pair of vigilant eyes.
For a moment, the forest was silent.
As the wild boar looked at the two of them, it hummed and shook its nose. It ground its pig trotters and ran straight towards Xue Chengyuan and the other man.
The noise was like a tank shuttling through the forest. The snow on the trees nearby fell down and landed on the wild boar.
After shaking off the snow that had fallen on its body, the wild boar became even more furious. Its eyes were red as it sped up again.
"Run!"
The herb gatherer shouted loudly and threw out the basket on his back. He took off the restraints and ran backward.
"Don't stop! There's a high point not far ahead. Follow me and run!”
Xue Chengyuan followed behind the herb gatherer, but the thick snow limited his speed.
Hearing the sound behind him getting closer and closer, Xue Chengyuan looked at the high point pointed out by the herb gatherer. It was at least two to three hundred meters away. He knew that running like this was impossible.
"Old Yao! No! You can't run away. I'm here to distract you. You go first!”
"Damn it, I don't need a young man like you to block me from behind! Do you still want the face of the people of Changbai Mountain?”
As he spoke, Old Yao turned around and saw that Xue Chengyuan's figure had already gone further and further away from him.
"Brat, you!"
"Hurry up and leave. Don't worry about me. I'll lure the wild boar away. Otherwise, no one will survive!”
He had the space with him, so he had a way to escape. If he was with Old Medicine, how could he let go?
Xue Chengyuan looked at the angry wild boar, bent down, grabbed a handful of snow, crushed it into a ball, and threw it hard.
The snowball hit the wild boar and exploded instantly.
The harmless snowball seemed to taunt the wild boar and attracted its aggro.
The front foot braked, the boar turned around, and the whole boar charged at Xue Chengyuan.
"Teacher Xue!"
The herb gatherer saw that the wild boar was getting closer and closer to Xue Chengyuan, but there was nothing in his hand.
The only tool he had left to dig up the herbs was already lost in his basket.
The herb gatherer gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran to a higher place. He had placed the pickaxe there just in case.
Teacher Xue, hold on. You still have the crossbow to hold on for a while. I'll come to save you as soon as I get the item.
On the other side, Xue Chengyuan looked at the herbalist who had already turned his back and left. He heaved a sigh of relief, picked up the crossbow, and shot an arrow at the running wild boar.
Due to the movement caused by running, the arrow only hit the wild boar's side.
However, the lethality of the crossbow was still relatively high. It directly penetrated the boar's body to the depth of a finger.
The wild boar let out a blood-curdling scream. Its running body shook and it shook its head. The hatred in its eyes as it looked at Xue Cheng Yuan increased, and it was filled with anger.
The humming sound became louder and louder as he ran faster.
Xue Chengyuan turned and ran to the left.
The place they had just come from had many dense trees, which could block them.
However, two legs were still not as fast as four legs in the snow. In less than half a meter, a towering tree was in front of them.
With a thought, Xue Chengyuan disappeared from where he was.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the wild boar crashed heavily into the trees, causing its head to see stars and its eyes to turn white.
As the snow fell from the trees, it covered the pigs.
Looking at the commotion outside, Xue Chengyuan reappeared in the same place, reloaded the crossbow, and tried to put the wild boar into the space.
However, he could not. He did not know if it was because he had resisted too much or because his vitality had not reached a certain level.
Seeing the snow pile begin to shake, Xue Chengyuan aimed the arrow at the wild boar's drowsy forehead. When the head was fully exposed, he aimed at the eye and shot an arrow.
"Roar!"
A scream that resounded through the forest rang out. Hearing it, the herb gatherer who had just gotten his pickaxe trembled.
Then, she hurriedly carried her things and ran in Xue Chengyuan's direction.
As the arrow went through the weakest eye and into the brain, the wild boar staggered and fell to the ground. Its four limbs swayed and howled, causing the tree to shake continuously.
The rest of the snow fell, covering half of the wild boar.
For a moment, the scene was chaotic. Snow flew everywhere, and blood and white flew in all directions.
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