Chapter 16

The rest were either lost or broken and couldn't be used.

Duan Yu looked down at the quiver and pulled out an arrow.

His expression was thoughtful.

"If only I could hunt a tiger or a leopard."

"The fur of a tiger or leopard would definitely sell for a good price."

"Those noble clans and powerful families should all like them."

Duan Yu nocked the arrow on the bow, then stood up and looked at the sun that had already begun to set.

"Let's go home; it seems that's all for today."

"Tomorrow I'll go into the city to purchase some equipment and then go into the mountains."

As he spoke, Duan Yu lowered his head to prepare to pack up his trophies and then retreat.

And at the same time.

On a tree only about two meters away from Duan Yu.

A leopard covered in spots.

With patterns like copper coins, its tense muscles suddenly relaxed, and then it lunged forward, its two huge front paws spread out, heading straight for Duan Yu's head.

Duan Yu, who was lowering his head, had a cold look in his eyes; he raised his arm, pulled the bow to the full, and shot the arrow.

All in one go.

"Beast, I've waited for you for so long, you finally took the bait!"

Duan Yu sneered.

The bow and arrow in his hand had already been shot.

Mixed with the wind, the arrow went from bottom to top.

It went directly in through the leopard's lower jaw and out through the top of its skull and left ear.

Just as the first arrow hit, Duan Yu had already pulled out a second arrow and shot it again.

The position hit by the two arrows was almost the same.

The leopard, still in mid-air, fell to the ground with a thud and then twitched twice.

"Hehe."

Duan Yu smiled.

He stepped forward and kicked the leopard twice.

Confirming there was no reaction and it was dead.

Duan Yu bent down, lifted the leopard's two front paws, and looked at it with satisfaction.

"With this leopard, I should be able to make a big profit when I go into the city tomorrow," Duan Yu was very happy.

When he was sitting here just now, Duan Yu had already sensed danger.

As a mercenary, he had been running around on the battlefield for years.

The sense of crisis had long been cultivated.

But the leopard was very vigilant.

And it was fast.

Duan Yu was afraid that if he took the initiative to attack, he might scare the leopard away.

So he set up a trap to lure the leopard into taking the bait.

When he stood up, the bow and arrow were already nocked on the bowstring.

Bending down and lowering his head was intentionally exposing a flaw to the leopard waiting in the tree.

Only in this way could he catch it off guard.

The strategy was successful.

The leopard took the bait, so it died.

Tying the leopard's two front paws with a rope and carrying it directly on his back, Duan Yu stepped toward the foot of the mountain with satisfaction.

Two rabbits, two pheasants, three foxes, and a leopard.

This was Duan Yu's harvest for the day.

If an old hunter in the mountains saw these trophies, he would definitely be ashamed to death.

Accompanied by the setting sun, Duan Yu's steps were light.

"With these trophies, I can trade them for money tomorrow when I go into the city, and I can also buy some clothes and rouge for Diaochan."

"This little girl has suffered too much over the years."

Duan Yu thought to himself.

Duan Yu didn't want to think about things like contending for the world for now.

After all, it was too far away from him.

At most, he could be considered a person without a household registration.

No household registration, no identity.

Not to mention comparing himself to people like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, he was far behind even Liu Bei.

So, put aside the idea of contending for the world for now.

Survive first, and live a good life.

This is what should be done right now.

Walk steadily and firmly step by step.

As for what happens later, we'll see.

He didn't have that kind of heaven-defying system either.

Where he starts with one hundred thousand soldiers or a million-strong army.

This system also requires a little bit of effort to get a return.

"Let the little girl live a good life first, so she doesn't end up becoming a singing girl in someone else's house."

The sunset was fiery red, and the clouds filled the sky.

Diaochan stood in front of her dilapidated wattle courtyard, looking into the distance.

Just like a little wife looking forward to her husband's return.

Wisps of cooking smoke rose from the thatched hut behind her.

The water vat placed outside was already full of water.

Beside the water vat was a wooden basin.

Hot water was steaming in the wooden basin.

A rooster and a hen were pecking at the gravel and the newly awakened small insects on the ground in the small courtyard.

"Why hasn't Brother Duan come back yet?"

Diaochan's eyes were a bit anxious, and her tone was slightly worried.

The figure standing on tiptoe and looking into the distance represented her urgent mood at this time.

Her uncle hadn't returned all day, but Diaochan wasn't worried.

Because Diaochan knew that her uncle must have gone to drink.

It was also possible that he was drunk somewhere.

But Duan Yu was different.

Duan Yu went into the mountains to hunt.

Diaochan had heard before that someone went into the mountains to hunt and either got lost in the mountains or never came back.

Everyone knew that the meat was delicious.

But not just anyone could hunt the wild beasts in the mountains.

So Diaochan was very worried.

Just as Diaochan was looking at the distance at the entrance of the village.

A little boy wearing tattered coarse cloth clothes ran quickly past Diaochan's small courtyard.

"Sister Diaochan, Sister Diaochan, come and see, a knight-errant has come to the entrance of the village, and he is carrying a big leopard, it's this big."

The little boy stretched out his hands hard to gesture.

While shouting, he ran toward the village.