Leaking Bottle Lane, Li Family, before Li's father passed away, he left behind a massive gambling debt. Everything of value in the house had been ransacked.

The most valuable items were the hunter's bow and arrows.

At the time, Li Xian couldn't bear to see the bow and arrows fall into someone else's hands, so he buried them in a forest.

At this moment, following his memory, he walked to a forested area.

Ensuring there was no one around, Li Xian crouched down, used his hands to dig into the ground for over a quarter of an hour…

"Got it!"

He saw a wooden box.

Bows and arrows hidden in the soil could be corroded or bug-eaten, so they needed to be stored in a wooden box to be buried for a long time.

He took out the wooden box, opened the iron clasp. A long bow came into view, still just as familiar.

"Old friend, I didn't expect to see you again."

Li Xian sighed with emotion.

The surrounding forest trees were all owned by others, and Li Xian thought it would be hard to hunt with a bow in this lifetime.

Unexpectedly… Yihetang Manor had this winter hunting event.

The wooden bow was adorned with animal fur.

These were the furs Li Xian collected from hunted animals and pasted on the bow as mementos.

Li Xian raised the wooden bow.

[Skill: Archery]

[Skill Level: 997/1000 Mastery]

[Description: Standing shots, running shots, jumping shots are a piece of cake, capable of precise shots in complex terrains. More than enough to hunt deer and tigers.]

Because before activating "Heaven Rewards Diligence," Li Xian had already mastered archery.

At the moment he picked up the bow, a strange feeling surged, as if he and the bow became one with every breath.

"To shoot well, one must cultivate good martial skills."

"The body is like a bow, tendons like strings."

"Breathing is steady…"

"Eyes are secondary."

Inside the wooden box, there were three wooden arrows, which Li Xian skillfully nocked and shot. With just a "swish," they flew out.

The arrow flew several miles, accurately hitting a falling leaf.

[Arrow intent is natural, innate divine shot, Skill Level +15]

[Skill: Archery]

[Skill Level: 12/1500 Minor Achievement]

[Description: Arrows fly like shuttle, your arrows will be more accurate, faster, more powerful! You comprehend the breathing of arrows, can use breathing rhythm to make the five senses more keen.]

Li Xian's eyes lit up, he nocked another arrow, slowing his breath… everything in his sight became much slower.

His ears moved, he could hear the faint buzzing of flies' wings, and with a glance, he could see the muscles of a distant deer contracting and changing as it ran…

Thus predicting its next step.

His fingers relaxed, and this arrow left the string, directly hitting the previous arrow.

"Crack!"

The rear arrow split the front arrow.

There was indeed quite a difference between the two arrows. While it seemed to be from [Mastery] to [Minor Achievement], the gap was as vast as a chasm.

Li Xian's archery had been stuck at this point for years, unable to achieve great success, stuck by a bottleneck.

But now, this bottleneck was so easily and smoothly broken through.

...

...

Seven days later, when the sky cleared, at Bear Tiger Mountain.

The sky was somewhat dark, as if clouds were brewing.

The terrain here was unique, a feng shui pattern that nurtured ferocious beasts.

During the deep winter, the forest thrived, and beneath the snow, the greenery did not wither or decay.

Standing at the entrance of Bear Tiger Mountain.

Looking inside, one wouldn't know what to say, the scenery of spring and winter mixed together, appearing beautiful, yet looking further, the dark depths of the forest sent a shiver down your spine.

Not to mention…

The occasional roars of bears and tigers making one's heart tremble.

"Last time you asked me how to enter the Leisure Martial Pavilion?"

"Now I have the answer."

Pang Long wore a suit, with a giant bow on his back, his rugged features quite excited.

Every year's winter hunt is the liveliest event in the manor.

Because the lady likes it.

Li Xian had seen the lady once; judging by her appearance, she seemed dignified, elegant, serene, and noble, not like someone who enjoyed hunting.

"Commander Pang, you mean…"

"That's right, it's the winter hunt, you'll know soon enough."

Pang Long stretched his muscles, his whole body crackling, ready for the winter hunt.

"By the way, your bow looks quite unique."

Pang Long noticed Li Xian's wooden bow, "Does it have a name? My bow is called the Giant Stone Bow, with a draw weight of five stones."

Li Xian secretly clicked his tongue.

Wouldn't such an arrow cut down trees and turn prey into minced meat? How could that be called "hunting"?

"My bow is named 'Deer Hunting Bow,' only two stones, but it's enough." Li Xian smiled.

"Two stones bow… it's a bit weak, but it will do."

The two chatted for a while, seeing that the nursing home participants in the winter hunt had all arrived. Pang Long shouted three times, gathering all the nursing home attendees before him.

Each year, the winter hunt allows participants from the nursing home.

But the D-class nursing home must enter in batches, not all at once into Bear Tiger Mountain.

At this moment, Li Xian saw many familiar faces.

Hua Hanying, Fang Tianyu, Jiang Yun, and others, all had arrived on the scene, their bows and arrows each different, seemingly of fine quality.

"The lady has passed down the orders."

"This year's winter hunt rewards are generous."

"Shooting a deer rewards seven hundred wen, shooting a tiger rewards one tael and two, shooting a bear rewards one tael and five."

"As for common small beasts, rewards depend on the situation."

"Shooting three deer can earn an additional Deer Blood Pill."

"Shooting three tigers gains access to Leisure Martial Pavilion to choose a martial art and receive a Tiger Blood Pill."

"Shooting three bears earns an additional Bear Gall Pill, and the nursing home level is promoted by one level."

"If you're an A-class nursing home, another reward will be given."

...

Pang Long read aloud the winter hunt rules. The nursing home attendees' eyes burned with enthusiasm at his words.

"Wild deer are rare and fully valuable, worth at least ten taels. Ultimately, these rewards are just some benefits trickling down from the lady's fingernails."

Li Xian yearned for those rewards.

But then he thought, the entire mountain belongs to the lady. The deer, tigers, and bears within it… all belong to the lady.

"Commander Pang, facing the size of the deer, tiger, and bear, even if shot, how will we transport them back from the mountain?" Li Xian asked.

"No need to worry about that, just listen to me,"

Pang Long continued, "As per the lady's instructions, A-class nursing home will be rewarded with twenty Lingyu Arrows, B-class with fifteen, and C-class with ten. "

For D-class, only five. Only prey shot with Lingyu Arrows are considered legitimate prey.

But you can use your own bows and arrows to harry the prey. However, whoever shoots the prey dead with Lingyu Arrows first claims it."

"The lady dislikes deceit, so don't think about fooling her. Who is the lady? She can tell from the arrow marks, where and how you killed the prey."

Pang Long once again praised her.

In the end, he took out dozens of small "flesh bags."

"These are called Shrinking Flesh Bags, made from the Greedy Python's stomach lining. When you catch prey, just use the bag to wrap the prey, and by channeling Inner Qi, it compresses the prey to the size of a fist."

Li Xian was taken aback by this.

He recalled that during a previous snowstorm when the lady killed a Snow Demon Monkey, it vanished in an instant.

Back then, it must have been with this that the monkey's body was contained.

While distributing the [Shrinking Flesh Bags], the lady arrived on horseback in the distance.

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