newbobooks Chapter 66 The wild boar herd is bringing her warmth!
Chapter 66 The wild boar herd is bringing her warmth!
The daytime consumption of spiritual energy is too great; it will take at least ten days of rest for the overloaded body to recover.
time does not wait.
Night falls—
While Xia's mother and the others were asleep, Xia sneaked into the deep mountains, choosing a place where wolves roamed as his location.
The alpha wolf saw Xia Mo from afar and greeted her warmly, howling as it commanded the pack to make room for her in their cave.
When it gets cold, it's nice to take a bath in a warm place, and naturally, the best place to take a bath is in a warm place at the end of summer.
The alpha wolf himself sat guarding the entrance to the cave.
She lit the stove, set up the stone bucket, put in the medicinal herbs, and added herself to the pot to cook together. It had a bit of a... stewed meat feel to it.
That is, at this moment...
Outside the cave—
"Awoo..."
The alpha wolf outside the cave let out a warning howl, scare away the wild boar herd that approached their territory.
Wild boars usually avoid wolf packs when they encounter them.
But it's winter now, and food is scarce.
Importantly, wild boars are different from domestic pigs; they are omnivorous, eating both meat and plants.
Now, they are in packs of more than a dozen, each with a pair of sharp fangs. They are fearless and daring even when facing a pack of wolves!
The wolf pack, following the alpha wolf's command, lined up in formation, each wolf baring its teeth and fiercely staring at the wild boar herd, ready to confront them at any moment.
The wild boars launched the first attack, followed closely by the wolf pack!
Wild boars use their sharp tusks to strike, while wolves use their sharp teeth to tear and bite.
Wild boars have thick hides, and wolves often manage to get a bite out of them before the boar spins around and shakes them off.
In this battle between wild boars and wolves, the wolves did not gain the upper hand despite having more wolves.
Xia Mo's body is currently overloaded and unable to use her divine sense. If the wolf pack is defeated and flees, Xia Mo, who is being cooked in the stone barrel, will become the target of the wild boars' attacks.
Half an hour later...
Xia Mo gracefully and calmly emerged from the stone tub, her body jolting slightly as she shook off the water droplets, and then calmly put on her clothes.
Xia left the stone cave at the end of summer.
This time, the alpha wolf also joined the battle against the wild boar herd, facing off against the strongest boar in the group.
The wolf pack had more than a dozen wolves that were injured, with blood gushing out.
Some of the wild boars were also injured, but their condition was better than that of the wolves.
Seeing the situation, the wolf pack was at a disadvantage.
Xia Mo was pleasantly surprised to see so much wild boar meat. If it was preserved well, they could eat it all winter!
The wild boars have come to bring her warmth.
With a sudden thought, Xia Mo took out a large cleaver nearly two feet long from his soul space. The cleaver's sharpness reflected a chilling, eerie light under the moonlight.
This is a spiritual weapon she collected in the cultivation world. However, in this world, without the spiritual energy of immortals, its power is greatly reduced. But using it to deal with a dozen wild boars is like using a sharp knife to cut tofu—overkill.
Xia Mo has grown a bit taller recently, but she's still only 1.42 meters tall. When she carries a nearly two-foot-long cleaver, she gives off the impression of a child stealing something from an adult.
Xia Mo charged into the wild boar herd with a large machete. With each swift stroke, he took down a boar, his clean cuts as smooth as polished mirrors.
The alpha wolf was the first to notice the terror of Xia Mo. Its fur stood on end, and it flinched in fear. If this human were to use this knife to cut it, wouldn't it be one wolf per cut?
terrible!
Fifteen minutes later—
They killed every single wild boar.
Xia Mo swung her broadsword, and the pig's blood on it splattered more than ten feet away, staining the trees and grass with droplets of blood. But she remained spotless, clean and fresh, just as she had been when she changed into clean clothes.
Xia Mo put the broadsword back into his soul space and started hopping around counting the wild boar meat.
“One, two, three… sixteen, not bad,” Xia Mo licked his lips. Judging from the current market price of wild boars, if he sold them all, he could probably get two or three hundred taels of silver.
The alpha wolf stared longingly at Xia Mo, its four paws stomping lightly on the ground.
Xia Mo: "...Alright, I'll leave you half. You can take these eight heads to my house."
Upon hearing that half of the wolf could be saved, the alpha wolf excitedly howled and communicated with the pack.
The wolves all looked towards Xia Mo and lowered their heads before him.
Xia Mo received the emotional turmoil that the wolf pack wanted to recognize her as their alpha.
The wolf pack, drawn by strength, didn't care that Xia Mo was a human.
"No need, I won't be the leader. We'll still be partners," Xia Mo waved her hand. It was too much trouble; she wouldn't do it.
Xia Mo went into the mountains for a bath and almost got mistaken for the leader by a pack of wolves.
* * *
Anjia Village, Xiajia Village—
Xia Mo avoided everyone, returned home, lay down on the bed, and after using her divine sense to survey the situation of the entire Anjia Village, she closed her eyes and entered a state of hibernation.
At this late summer hour, she had no idea what a momentous thing she had done that night!
The next day—
At dawn, as the sky begins to lighten and darkness meets day, the entire village is enveloped in a soft, hazy glow.
People in the countryside get up early, even during the winter off-season, they are used to getting things done early.
The saying goes that the early bird catches the worm, which tells people that they need to be diligent in order to have a full meal. But no one says that early risers will be scared out of their wits by a pack of wolves!
The sight of a dozen wolves dragging a wild boar carcass into the village was incredibly shocking.
The villagers who witnessed it were so frightened that they fled back home, or hiccuped in fear.
The smoke rising from the chimneys in Anjia Village early in the morning seemed to pause briefly because of the wolf pack entering the village.
Xia Family —
The Xia family is also used to getting up early.
Having witnessed the benefits of the "Breath Nourishing Technique," Xia Erge and Xia Sange got up early and, taking advantage of the fresh morning air, practiced it a few times.
As summer faded, Xia stretched leisurely as she emerged from her room, first using her divine sense to survey the entire village.
The information transmitted back by her divine sense allowed her to clearly see the current situation, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.
She forgot to mention yesterday that the wolves had made a little too much noise.
Was it even a little bit big? It startled hundreds of people in Anjia Village.
The wolves worked in pairs to drag the eight wild boars into the village and out of the Xia family's courtyard.
When Xia's mother saw the pack of wolves, she turned pale with fright and tried to drag Xia Mo into the house.
Xia Mo quickly grasped her mother's hand and gently comforted her, "...Mother, the wolves don't seem to be attacking us. Look, they all have wild boar in their mouths."
Xia's mother looked closely and was shocked; it really was true!
“These are…”
Instead of fleeing on her own, Xia's mother held Xia Mo's hand tightly and kept a close eye on the wolf pack's movements.
Xia Erge and Xia Sange forgot that their little sister was more powerful than them, and stood in front of Xia Mo, watching the wolf pack warily.
The wolf pack dragged their food outside the Xia family's courtyard.
The alpha wolf glanced at Xia Erge and Xia Sange, twitched its nose a few times to confirm the scent, and then howled a few times at Xia Mo, as if giving instructions. After that, the alpha wolf turned and left, and the pack followed.