Chapter 115: Wild Buffalo Herd

Chen Wuji's wounds finally improved a bit.

Now, apart from his relatively severe right hand that hasn't healed yet, the other wounds on his body are basically no longer a hindrance.

This made Chen Wuji can't help but feel that a young body is indeed wonderful.

Such a severe injury healed in less than ten days.

In the morning, after hanging out with Huo Sanniang and the others for a while and having a simple breakfast, Chen Wuji led Yuan Jinshi and Licentiate Yuan up the mountain.

He deliberately brought two burlap sacks today, the main target being the mountain's aquatic products.

He hasn't fished in the pond for a while, and today he plans to test the depths.

If luck is better, catching a few forest frogs would be even better.

Chen Wuji is also rather craving that thing.

The mountain wilderness was tranquil, and before the three of them even entered the mountain they encountered a sneaky yellow‑skinned creature.

"Presented Scholar, strike him!" Chen Wuji immediately barked in a deep voice.

His bow is in Yuan Jinshi's hands today.

However, it's not the Three‑Stone Hard Bow he bought with a fortune, but the Two‑Stone Bow his elderly father left him.

Even the Three‑Stone Bow is a struggle for him to draw, let alone the skinny Yuan Jinshi who looks like a stick.

Hearing Chen Wuji's voice, Yuan Jinshi without hesitation immediately nocked an arrow.

Licentiate Yuan also darted out like a leopard, moving to block the yellow‑skinned creature's path from the front.

Although these two boys are now so skinny that you can't see even two taels of flesh, their resilience and explosiveness are the strongest Chen Wuji has seen, bearing a hint of fearless bravado.

However, Yuan Jinshi has just begun practicing archery, and his technique is poor, missing the target several times.

The only arrow seemed to hit, but it was too off‑center to be fatal, allowing the yellow‑skinned creature to flee with the arrow lodged in it. In the end, helpless, the two brothers blocked it from both sides, caught up, and slashed it dead.

"Brother Wuji, why are we hitting this thing? It doesn't seem edible," Licentiate Yuan said, carrying the yellow‑skinned creature and walking through grass as tall as him, asking in confusion.

"Although it can't be eaten, it can be sold for money!" Chen Wuji said, "This thing is worth three hundred wen, and it belongs to you two."

"Brother Wuji, we are servants; don't always be thinking about giving us money. We're still young, and your way isn't good; if our minds become crooked, it's easy for you to lead us astray," Licentiate Yuan muttered.

Chen Wuji chuckled, "Where did these useless principles come from, you little brats? I can tell if your minds are crooked, so consider this a reward from me; just hold onto it peacefully. You said it yesterday, you say it today; you two aren't bothering me yet I feel my ears hurt, I'll give it to you, just take it."

Chen Wuji appreciated their mindset, yet also disliked it.

At such a young age, they think too much.

"Brother Wuji, indeed too much..." Yuan Jinshi said.

Chen Wuji raised his hand, "Enough, stop talking, let's go up the mountain!"

Only then did the two brothers fall silent.

Having packed the yellow‑skinned creature, the three continued up the mountain.

Just after rounding the rolling low hills at the foot of the mountain, Chen Wuji saw a herd of wild buffalo.

"Brother Wuji, wild buffalo!" Yuan Jinshi exclaimed.

Chen Wuji watched the herd, heads down grazing and strolling leisurely on the meadow, startled yet his heart thumped hard.

They were in groups, numbering dozens of wild buffalo.

If we could drive them back, we'd become instantly rich.

But wild buffalo, after all, have "wild" in their name, so their temperament is rather wild.

If they get angered, their two bull‑demon king‑style horns aren't mere decorations; they can casually toss an adult up into the heavens.

"Is the cow from Chen Bushi's family male or female?" Chen Wuji suddenly asked.

The question left Yuan Jinshi and Licentiate Yuan both stunned.

"Seems like it's female..." Yuan Jinshi said, not very certain.

Chen Wuji decided to act, "You two go back to the village and bring back the mother cow from your San Shu's family. Also, find Xiong Paozi; he's not at home, so you should look for his mother and wife and get something that helps a mother cow give birth."

Chen Wuji found this request hard to explain, and after thinking added, "Tell them it's something that helps both the bull and the cow to produce offspring; don't mix it up."

"Brother Wuji, are you talking about... breeding?" Yuan Jinshi asked.

"If I had known you already understood, I wouldn't have to go to such lengths—just that thing. Remember, the amount must be large, enough to make a dozen cows simultaneously so confused they can't find north."

"Got it, Brother Wuji," Yuan Jinshi said, leaving his bow and arrows with Chen Wuji, then left with his brother.

Xishan Village has few draft cows, totaling only about ten.

Six of them belong to the Yuan Jinbao brothers.

Among the Chen clan's dozen households, only Chen Bushi has a single draft cow.

It's more a contraption than a commodity; when idle, he just rides the cow around aimlessly.

Although there aren't many cows, Xishan Village does have a skilled person who handles breeding for cows, mules, and horses.

That person is Xiong Paozi, whose name matches his side business perfectly.

Even some families in Yunan City who wish to breed their cattle or horses will send someone to the village to hire Xiong Paozi.

However, because it's a lowly trade, Xiong Paozi doesn't earn much from this skill; each time he returns he can only bring back some food.

Yet because of this skill, his life is much better than others in the village; every few days he at least gets a meat meal to improve his life.

Chen Wuji lay on a pile of stones, watching the herd on the meadow, his appetite for them growing.

He must find a way to get a few back.

Wild buffalo herds and wild elephant herds are said to be abundant on Shenxian Ling, but generally you don't encounter them.

They mostly roam deep mountains, rarely appearing at the fringes of Shenxian Ling.

After waiting nearly an hour and a half, the two brothers arrived leading a cow, followed by Chen Bushi, Chen Luozi, and Xiong Paozi.

"Good boy, I thought there were only a few, but so many!" Xiong Paozi said, raising his hand forward, drooling almost, "Leave this to me; I guarantee each of our families will get one back today."

"Damn it, I've been hunting these beasts for years and haven't caught a single one. Wuji, what's your luck? Are hunters just different from us farmers?"

"What's different? If we have to say it's different, then it's only because I go into the mountains almost every day, so the chance of bumping into something is higher; you just go into the mountains whenever you think of it, deliberately going to look for it, so of course you might not run into it!" Chen Wuji said, this perhaps has something to do with luck, but definitely not much.

"That's not the same, I still think you little brat have good luck, ridiculously good, so good it makes people red-eyed with envy and their eyes burn, hate to not be able to learn those rumored immortal secret techniques and seize your body!" Xiong Paozi said, shaking his head.

Chen Wuji gave a low laugh.

He really almost guessed it right.

Although he couldn't completely be considered a seizure, he only came via soul transmigration after the previous body died.

But it's pretty much the same.

Xiong Paozi swayed his head and sighed, then turned to ask Chen Bushi, "Your cow has eaten and drunk its fill; can it find its way home on its own?"

"It should be fine; anyway, I normally let it graze outside, and it comes back by itself in the evening." Chen Bushi said, "But I advise you not to do that; if you let my cow run off with the wild cattle, I'll kill you!"

"No, no, I'm watching from the side!" Xiong Paozi said.

"You guys don't worry about this; this stall's matter is mine. Today I'm going to do something big, I'll let this whole herd of wild cattle get away. This cow is really good, look at all that tendon meat, it's definitely delicious."

Upon seeing the livestock, he seemed to go mad.

That gaze, as if he saw a group of unparalleled beauties without clothes.