C4

At the beginning of March, the sun was shining brightly and the grass was growing like birds.

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At the edge of a pool that was half the size of a football field, there was a youth dressed in azure clothes. He brandished a thin sword and looked extremely proficient in his moves. Suddenly, a gleam flashed across the youth's eyes. He saw that the speed at which he brandished his sword had also suddenly increased. His swordplay had also become more complicated.

"Ha! One strike to the west!" A strand of sword Qi shot straight to the surface of the water. Layers of waves rose up from the water, reaching half a meter in height.

The waves of water fell and the clouds fell. The youth sheathed his sword and stood at the edge of the pond.

This youth was Dugu Yifeng. Six years had passed, and he was now 12 years old. These past six years, Dugu Yifeng had bitterly practiced the techniques of his previous life. Although he was still young, his strength was no longer below that of an ordinary adult.

"This sword move is indeed powerful. It seems like the consequence of my weak foundation in my previous life is more than just being unable to break through. I have practiced this move thousands of times in my previous life. Even with the same amount of power, I still used the move with the greatest power."

"However, I have been cultivating by myself this winter. I have to think of a way to do it!"

"It's finally the beginning of spring. I can go to the mountain and fight those wild beasts, and then I can test out the fruits of my cultivation."

"..."

The next morning, Dugu Yifeng put on his own sword and carried a bow and arrow on his shoulder as he entered the mountain. As for his parents, they had long since gotten used to this and thought that Dugu Yifeng had gone somewhere to practice martial arts.

Six years ago, under his father's tutelage, Dugu Yifeng learned the most basic path of Qi sensing. Since then, he would go out early in the morning to train, and his family members did not know where he would go to train. However, every afternoon, he would go to the small pond in the village to practice his sword arts, which made the people in the village believe that his young master had always been diligently practicing martial arts.

"..."

Dugu Yifeng ran all the way towards the mountain. After about an hour, he finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. The mountain was not high, only a few dozen meters high. From afar, it looked like a small hill that was slightly concave. This mountain was called Beast Mountain. Although it wasn't very tall, it was still quite large and had a radius of ten thousand mu.

However, there were a lot of wild beasts in the mountains, and the trees were also very dense. There were all kinds of wild beasts hiding in the mountains, and if one was not careful, they could easily lose their life.

After reaching the foot of the mountain, Dugu Yifeng rushed into the woods, not being too careful at all. He knew that the outer parts of the mountain were basically filled with wild rabbits and the like. There were very few of them. As far as hunters were concerned, if they wanted to reach any kind of precious prey, they would go a little deeper.

Dugu Yifeng made his way into the forest, arriving at the place where hunters often hunted. His pace had already slowed down. There were already some dangerous prey in this place, so it was quite normal for these creatures to notice them. At this moment, Dugu Yifeng was in a similar situation. He looked at the snake in front of him. It was a bright green snake lying motionless in the middle of the green grass. It was not very obvious. If it wasn't for the fact that they were constantly in the forest, they would not have discovered it.

"It's really been a long time since I've been to this kind of place. I almost didn't discover this little thing just now ?" Dugu Yifeng inwardly raised his vigilance.

He then pretended as if nothing had happened and walked forward, while his hand quietly placed on the hilt of his sword. Suddenly, the bright green snake glided from the underbrush towards Dugu Yifeng, moving as fast as lightning. In a split-second, a sword light flashed. The sword in Dugu Yifeng's hand had been unsheathed as he attacked the incoming green snake.

The blade sliced through the snake's skin, causing blood to spurt out. The snake was also sent flying by its head, while its remaining body tumbled to the side. Fresh blood flowed down from the tip of the sword. However, Dugu Yifeng didn't care too much about it. He sheathed his sword, and after cleaning the snake gall, he quickly left, not daring to stay for long.

In the Beast Mountain, the smell of blood was the worst. Animals were far more sensitive to blood than humans. One could smell the smell from far away.

As a result, any experienced hunter would quickly leave after killing their prey, and would never stay in the same place to hunt for wild beasts. That would be suicide.

Noon

In the depths of the Beast Mountain, Dugu Yifeng was hiding behind a tree and looking at the wild boar in front of him that was engrossed in eating something. He estimated in his heart what would happen next.

"Although this wild boar's battle power is not strong, this wild boar has never been someone to be trifled with." Dugu Yifeng muttered in his heart.

He had encountered wild boars in his previous life. Once this creature was hunted down, it would never run away. Instead, it would ram into the Hunters and fight them to the death. For example, this five hundred Jin wild boar in front of them, a single strike would have the strength of a thousand pounds. If one were to be hit by it, even if one didn't die, half of his or her life would be lost.

After figuring out what to do, Dugu Yifeng leapt forward and charged straight at the wild boar, thrusting his sword from the side towards its stomach, which was the most vulnerable part of the wild boar's body.

After stabbing the wild boar, Dugu Yifeng immediately let go of his hand. The wild boar had already turned around, and Dugu Yifeng kicked the wild boar on its nose. Although the little foot looked very weak, the strength behind it was never small. At this moment, the sword hilt that was stuck in his stomach hit the ground and stabbed even deeper. Blood oozed out of the boar, but the boar showed some signs of movement.

Dugu Yifeng didn't rush forward. Instead, he waited for a moment to confirm that the wild boar was truly dead before he approached it and drew his sword. However, he didn't reorganize the wild boar and left.

Although wild boars were huge in size, they were in the mountains and were extremely difficult to carry. Dugu Yifeng had no choice but to abandon them. This was also the reason why normal hunters didn't fight with the wild boar. No one was willing to waste effort on something they didn't want to do.

The setting sun shone on the surface of the water, giving it an exceptionally elegant look. Dugu Yifeng was washing his blood-stained clothes. While washing his clothes, Dugu Yifeng recalled the events of his battle today.

"That wild boar, my stab was a little off! Otherwise, I would have been able to kill it in one hit! I wouldn't have been struck by it!"

"The strength of my thigh is still not strong enough. That wild boar was stabbed even deeper and died. Luck is a big part of it. I still need to work hard ?"

Dugu Yifeng knew that since his rebirth, his body's reaction speed could not compare to that of his previous life. He still needed to continue fighting to make his body's reaction speed completely comparable to his own.

Dugu Yifeng picked up some of the spoils of war he had left behind today, put on his clothes, and walked in the direction of his home ?