Chapter 21: Martial Arts

Lu Yu! The Liu Jia Xiong Di have already left; besides him, who else in the Hunting Team could possess such a Divine Skill with a bow?

But how could this be possible?

Look at these few pieces of prey on the ground; every single one was killed with a single arrow, and there are no other wounds on their bodies. This means these prey were most likely shot to death by arrows, and the others didn't even have a chance to strike.

Wang Bo's gaze turned toward the members of the Hunting Team gathered in the middle, yet he alone could not see the figure of Lu Yu.

Li Yang and the others gradually noticed this as well, and an ominous premonition welled up in their hearts. But looking at Lu Guohao's expression, it was full of joy, which was strange.

More and more people from all around arrived upon hearing the news. After seeing the prey, everyone was overjoyed, and some were even moved to tears.

"Ahem, everyone, please be quiet for a moment."

Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Zhao Shan signaled for the crowd to quiet down, then pointed at the prey on the ground and said, "Does everyone know how we managed to hunt so much prey today?"

Over a hundred people looked at each other in blank dismay.

Someone spoke up: "It was shot to death with arrows."

"That's right!"

Zhao Shan nodded with satisfaction, his gaze immediately locking onto Li Yang in the crowd.

In an instant, dozens, even a hundred gazes, shot straight toward Li Yang.

Li Yang bit the bullet and said, "Zhao Shu, was it... was it done by Brother Yu?"

"Yes, was it done by Lu Yu?"

Liu Kai and the others couldn't help but feel nervous.

Their intuition told them it must be Lu Yu, but without a definitive answer, they dared not jump to conclusions. After all, Wang Bo had said before that the probability of Lu Yu hitting prey on his first time out was extremely small.

Zhao Shan was all smiles, his gaze sweeping over everyone present: "That's right, all this prey was shot by Lu Yu. We just followed along today; aside from helping to transport the prey back, we barely helped at all."

As soon as these words were spoken, a sound of gasping echoed all around.

Lu Yu? Lu Guohao's son, that teenager who insisted on following the Hunting Team out this morning with a bow and arrows on his back—everyone remembered him, of course; it had caused quite a stir at the time.

In everyone's view, it was far too dangerous for such a young child to go hunting. They didn't expect him to hit any prey; they would have thanked the heavens if he had just returned safely.

But now, Zhao Shan was saying that all this prey was shot by him alone? This sounded simply incredible.

"You don't believe it? Hahaha, if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, we wouldn't have believed it either," a middle-aged man said with a loud laugh. "You didn't see how cool Xiao Yu was when he shot that Giant-Horned Rhino; three arrows fired in succession, so fast that we didn't even react."

"That's right, the first arrow missed at the time, and I thought there was no hope, but then—whoosh—in the blink of an eye, an arrow struck its throat and knocked the Giant-Horned Rhino to the ground."

"This Archery is truly divine! I think with Xiao Yu here, our Zhai won't have to worry about going hungry in the future."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

In these difficult times, not going hungry was the greatest happiness.

"Zhao Shu, you've been talking for a while, where is Brother Yu?"

Li Yang couldn't help but ask, scanning the surrounding crowd, but he didn't see Lu Yu's figure.

"Yes, where is he?"

"Why don't we see him?"

The others also realized this and all wanted to properly thank this great hero.

"Ahem," Zhao Shan laughed heartily, "He is thin-skinned and has already gone back. But don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future. Come, line up, let's distribute the meat!"

In an instant, the atmosphere at the scene reached a climax.

At this moment, Lu Yu was at home, looking somewhat helplessly at his mother: "Mom, I'm really fine, I don't have a single injury." As he spoke, he even spun around a few times.

"Are you really okay?" His mother still didn't quite believe him.

His younger brother nodded from the side, his face also showing a skeptical expression.

"Yes." Lu Yu sighed and sat down to drink some water. Although life was hard and they lacked food and clothing, the water in the Zhai was still sufficient. If one was hungry, one could drink water to stave off hunger, and if one was worried, one could boil the water before drinking.

"It's good that you're okay." His mother finally felt completely at ease and said, "After you and your dad went out, I was restless at home, fearing that something might happen to you both. It's good that you both returned safely. By the way."

She seemed to have just noticed something wrong.

"Why did you come back so early today?"

"Yes, Brother, it's so lively at the gate of the Zhai. Did you catch some prey?" His younger brother looked at Lu Yu with eager eyes.

"Yes." Lu Yu patted his younger brother's head and smiled, "Not only did we catch prey, but it was a bumper harvest!"

"A bumper harvest?" His younger brother was so tempted that he almost drooled.

"A bumper harvest?" His mother was also stunned.

"Yes." Lu Yu smiled and recounted what had happened, leaving both mother and son dumbfounded.

"So you mean, all that prey was shot to death by you alone with a bow and arrow?" His mother looked at Lu Yu and asked in astonishment.

"I can't really say that." Lu Yu shook his head, "Everyone contributed."

Everyone was responsible for observing the surroundings and staying alert, and transporting the prey at the end was also very important. There is strength in numbers, which invisibly avoided a lot of trouble. If he had gone out alone, it would be hard to say whether he could have returned safely.

"But you still contributed the most." His mother rolled her eyes at him and continued, "Don't worry, your mom isn't unreasonable. When the Liu Jia Xiong Di were here, they contributed the most to catching prey, and no one had any objections to the distribution of the meat. Now that it's you, I won't say anything either. It's just, I wish they could have left a day later."

"Yes." Lu Yu also felt a bit regretful.

Near noon, Lu Guohao returned home with nearly thirty catties of meat, and the house was instantly filled with laughter and joy.

Near noon, Lu Guohao returned home with about thirty catties of meat, and the room was suddenly filled with laughter.

"I didn't want to take so much, but everyone insisted." Lu Guohao was somewhat amused.

However, this time, everyone else in the Zhai also received quite a bit of meat, at least five or six catties per household. If they ate sparingly, it would last for a week.

"I'll go cook the meat." His mother beamed with joy, took a piece of meat weighing at least two or three catties, and walked into the kitchen. The remaining meat was properly stored away.

Fortunately, it was already autumn, so the meat could be kept for a while. Of course, if it wasn't eaten quickly, it would still spoil unless it was cured with salt.

In the Zhai, salt was even more precious than grain. Usually, when cooking, they only dared to add a tiny bit; using it to cure beast meat was truly too extravagant.

Lu Yu was full of anticipation. Last time he ate Wild Rabbit meat, ten slices of meat provided him with 1 Potential Point. Estimating it, ten slices of meat were probably only one or two taels in weight.

For this meal later, it shouldn't be excessive for him to eat a catty, right? That would at least earn him 5 Potential Points. If this was Giant-Horned Rhino meat, the Potential Points gained would only be more.

【61】 Strengthening his body once would definitely be enough.

However, there was still some time, so taking this opportunity, Lu Yu looked at Lu Guohao and asked, "Dad, do you know if anyone in the Zhai knows martial arts like Taiji Fist?"