[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter":3,"chapter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-44":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1517263,1969,"Chapter 44: Hm? Why Spear Skill?","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>Wen Xiaoqiao... has disappeared...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Yuan heard this, he immediately felt a chill run down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did she disappear?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything was fine the night she stood watch, nothing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, she was wandering around Central City as usual, but by dusk, she suddenly went missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The miscellaneous task workers looked everywhere for her but couldn’t find her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze still wore an expression of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, he had also sensed the obvious oddity and abnormality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan asked again, \"What about Master Li?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze replied, \"Master Li is fine... but he hasn’t noticed anything unusual either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Saber Sect disciple, disguised in government official clothing, suddenly gave Li Yuan a strange look and then lowered his voice to say, \"Did you discover something, is that why you reported sick and stayed home ahead of time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan replied with a wry smile, \"How could that be... If even Master Li didn’t notice anything, how could I discover it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My injury is real. Brother Cai, you can ask the people at the Little Ink Workshop or the doctor at Huichun Hall; they all know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze paused for a moment and then said, \"Then what does Brother Li think is the problem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan thought for a moment and suddenly said, \"Yesterday, Brother Cai mentioned that those missing disciples might have been quietly killed. So... where are the bodies of these disciples? Where would the bodies be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze was taken aback. He had mentioned \"being killed\" casually yesterday, but now, when Li Yuan brought it up, he realized it was indeed possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he hadn’t entertained such speculation because, first, there were no signs of a struggle at the scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and secondly, the Blood Saber Sect was like an emperor of the domain at Silver Creek, and no one had dared to provoke them there for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze’s eyes rolled a bit, and he handed over a basket of apples, hurriedly saying, \"Brother Li, take good care of your injury. I’ll be heading back now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan accepted the apples, bowed, and offered, \"Brother Cai, come in for a drink of water...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... take care~~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dusk was like blood, stickily clinging to the narrow path outside the shelter area of Silver Creek Square, with a reddish hue that was somewhat unsettling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after Cai Ze left that Li Yuan closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand he held the apples with was trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze wasn’t here to visit him at all! Someone had sent him to test him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the matter of Wen Xiaoqiao’s disappearance seemed to be true. A disappearance once or twice might be treated as ordinary by the Blood Saber Sect, but now that Wen Xiaoqiao had also disappeared, the matter had to be thoroughly investigated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blood Saber Sect would not tolerate such a significant source of unease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hopefully... hopefully, it’s just killings, just social world sect violence...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan slightly closed his eyes, and the decayed, cold image of a mountain manor like a giant corpse reappeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with it came a series of terrifying memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, what’s wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of soft hands wrapped around Li Yuan’s waist from behind, and Yan Yu’s gentle voice rang in his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan grasped that hand with his eyes closed, feeling the warmth transmitted from his wife’s hand, and finally exhaled slightly, saying in a deep voice, \"Let’s eat. After eating, I’ll continue practicing my sword skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before transmigrating, he had immersed himself in the art of the slaughter knife for many years,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and recently, with persistent practice, he had vaguely grasped the method of exerting force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>especially that feeling of \"thrusting,\" which was very clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called skill is the way to maximize the expression of one’s power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a bow and arrow for long-range attacks, but for close combat, he had to have something as well, or he couldn’t feel at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moon was like frost and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan held a blade, slashing and thrusting in the moonlight of the backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm currents surged between his muscles, becoming increasingly at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Li Yuan seemed to find the feeling, his eyes opened wide, like a flash of electricity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust the blade three times, producing a slightly tearing sound, which had never occurred before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a mysterious feeling surged in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the flow of warmth, although rough, but if followed, it could exert stronger power than a normal strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan closed his eyes for a long while, finally exhaling a breath, then glanced at the few changed columns in his information:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Li Yuan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Add Points: 159 Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skills: Basic Spear Skill (1\u002F10)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan: ?????\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spear skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Practicing the blade resulted in a spear skill?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the knife in his hand, turned his head to look, and saw that the original \"12~13\" was still \"12~13.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Add Points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan tentatively tapped the \"+\" after \"Basic Spear Skill (1\u002F10)\" ten times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of memories appeared; they were memories of many days of diligent practice and sweating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these memories settled, his muscles underwent subtle changes, making his arms slightly sturdier, though not noticeably so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some details of his muscles also changed, allowing him to better adjust his strength when striking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Basic Spear Skill (1\u002F10)\" had turned into \"Intermediate Spear Skill (1\u002F20).\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan thought for a moment, hurriedly fetched an arrow, then took a hardwood rod previously a clothesline pole from the backyard, tied them tightly together, and weighed it in his hand, then turned his head to look, only to see the value change to \"14~15.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to know that this was just a crude \"spear\" made of a broken bamboo pole and an arrow tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet holding such a weapon, the display showed numbers even stronger than wielding a fine steel blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Husband, it’s getting dark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oiled paper window was opened slightly, revealing Lady Yan’s delicate face in the candlelight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll practice sword... spear... for a while longer,\" Li Yuan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This dangerous world filled him with a sense of urgency. Previously, he almost completely relied on adding points, but in the future... whenever he had the time, he would use his own cultivation to save a few points, even if not many, every little bit helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Yuan gripped his spear, beginning to thrust forward fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he thrust, the more natural it felt, like a perfect fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the cold Lake Heart Island, the black market was as bustling as ever, and a few corners of the island were anchored with several ships belonging to the Blood Saber Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the sides of these ships stood some people dressed in tight leather suits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people had ropes tied around their waists, with tin circular masks over their noses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop! Plop! Plop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of diving into the water were not particularly noticeable amidst the black market’s clamor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the rope suddenly twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on the ship understood tacitly, hurriedly pulling the rope to bring the person up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were professional \"divers,\" or rather \"pearl gatherers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After coming up, the pearl gatherers shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people on the boat handed over blankets and hot water to prevent the pearl gatherers from catching cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the boats continued to move forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once reaching a new location, the pearl gatherers undid the blankets and continued diving into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ripples spread across the water; soon it calmed again. Then once more the rope was tugged, and the pearl gatherers returned to the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any findings?\" the people on the boat continued to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pearl gatherers still shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so... it repeated over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pearl gatherers and several boats patiently searched the area around Lake Heart Island until evening, when the sky darkened before they ended their search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were... searching for \"bodies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze, wearing plain clothes, arrived in front of a rather grand pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hanging on the pavilion gate was a stack of pearl curtains, revealing the faint silhouette of beautiful girls amidst giggles and laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze did not dare to enter, merely standing in front of the stone steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, a tipsy man’s voice came from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come in, come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Cai Ze step inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon entering, the warm air from the dragon stove rose, fully blocking out the cold from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In times of chaos outside the county, with starvation within, to have a dragon stove here was nothing short of extravagant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the heat, the spacious wooden pavilion was adorned with beautiful women wrapped in blankets, each exuding her own charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze swallowed hard, walked to the end, and looked at a man in the darkness being attended to by two beauties, saying, \"Black-faced Elder, today’s investigation yielded nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man addressed as the Black-faced Elder nodded, saying, \"Then keep investigating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If those three disciples weren’t missing but were killed, the one disposing of their bodies would surely toss them into the nearby lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Check and you’ll know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Ze respectfully replied \"Yes,\" and was about to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black-faced Elder said, \"That young fellow who entered the rank is still recuperating?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He’s an interesting person, also someone with great fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find a chance to let him know, he could have become an Outer Disciple directly, but our Vice Sect Leader didn’t think highly of him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You may go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pearl gatherers continued exploring, to no avail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong winds, paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the fourth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strong winds again, paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the fifth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resumed searching, but still no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the sixth day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continued searching, with no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the seventh day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When one pearl gatherer dived into a new water area for routine exploration, suddenly his body froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim, distant-from-sunlight water, he vaguely saw a few sallow, swollen faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those faces, twisted, grim, exuded a certain eeriness and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pearl gatherer who made the discovery immediately shivered, goosebumps rising incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hurriedly pulled the rope, desperately fleeing. Once on the boat, he breathlessly stammered, \"F-found it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1732,"2026-06-06T05:24:25.076Z",1,"novelbin.me","696bb89ff3e6c559008378fe7f8d4f75d2efd1186616f2287d8dd77fd70244b8","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-45","eternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-chapter-43",563,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starts-as-a-hunter-cover.jpg"]