Hao Yang carefully folded the animal skin, but the skin was too big and he had no good way to put it away. He was very clear about the principle of not showing off one's wealth, especially for an orphan like him who had experienced the ups and downs of life since childhood.
Not to mention a piece of animal skin, even a leftover sesame cake was a treasure in the eyes of these people. After all, it was a meal. Many beggars might starve to death because they couldn't get a piece of sesame cake.
This is the case with a piece of pancake, let alone such a large piece of animal skin. For them, it is the best material to keep warm in winter. After coming to Qilian Village for three years, Hao Yang has witnessed dozens or even hundreds of people being frozen to death every winter.
Looking at the neatly folded animal skins in his hands, Hao Yang felt distressed, not knowing what to do with them.
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a way to have the best of both worlds, and he scratched his head, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, a feeling of hunger came over Hao Yang, and he came back to his senses from his deep thoughts. But he soon became confused: Isn't it said that immortals don't eat worldly food, so it's okay even if they don't eat? But why do I feel hungry?
Soon Hao Yang showed a look of sudden enlightenment and said, "It seems that my cultivation is still too shallow, so I need to eat. When my cultivation is more advanced, I should not need to eat anymore."
However, he did not know that this was called Bigu among cultivators. As long as one could contain the spiritual energy in the body and let it settle, one would not need to eat anything else to satisfy the body's energy needs.
After looking at the animal skin for a while, Hao Yang sighed, hesitated for a moment, and finally picked it up, intending to put the skin on his body first. He vaguely remembered that he was in a forest and it was unlikely that he would meet anyone. As for after walking out of the forest, he didn't think about it and decided to take one step at a time.
Putting the animal skin under his armpit, Hao Yang looked at the small hole above his head. He jumped lightly and grabbed the plant hanging from the hole. Unlike what he expected, the roots of this plant were tough and could fully bear his weight.
What surprised Hao Yang was that although he was bearing the weight of his entire body with one hand at this moment, he did not seem to be struggling, but rather felt extremely relaxed.
He crawled out of the hole easily, but he did not come out immediately. Instead, he gently pushed aside some of the grass, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he completely crawled out of the grass.
It was midnight, the sky was full of twinkling stars, and a crescent moon hung high in the sky, casting soft moonlight and covering the earth with a layer of silver veil.
Looking at the dense forest in front of him, Hao Yang rushed in without any fear.
It was dark in the woods, but to him at that moment, it was as bright as day. He could clearly see everything in front of him, even some places that he could not see without careful observation.
He moved skillfully through the mountains and forests, and it seemed that this was not his first time looking for food in such a place.
"The third rule of survival is to learn to find food to eat in the wild." Hao Yang muttered to himself while looking for food to fill his stomach.
The law of survival is a law that Hao Yang formulated through all the experiences he has experienced and seen. Don't think that this is just something made up by a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy. This so-called method of survival has saved Hao Yang many times.
Soon, he followed some clues and walked along the way. After about three incense sticks of time, the view in front of him suddenly became clear and he found that there was actually a small lake.
The lake is not big, only ten meters in diameter, but the water is crystal clear, with the moonlight reflected on it, twisting and swaying with the green waves.
Hao Yang looked around carefully. He knew that night was the time when wild animals were active. Although all signs showed that there had been no wild animal activities nearby so far, he still did not dare to take it lightly.
At this time, his stomach rumbled again. Hao Yang touched his stomach, frowned and thought about it, but finally shook his head and gave up. He chose a big tree and climbed up quietly.
"Rule 5 of survival: Don't act rashly unless you are 100% sure."
Hao Yang lay on the branch, using the leaves to cover himself while trying his best to conceal his breath, and began to stare at the lake intently.
About an hour later, a little deer slowly walked out, looked around vigilantly with its big eyes, and sniffed the air with its nose. It seemed that after making sure there was no danger, it came to the edge of the lake with peace of mind and began to drink water with its head down. However, its ears were still erect and its muscles were tense, ready to escape at any time.
Nothing happened until the deer finished drinking the water. The deer seemed to be relieved, and its muscles relaxed for a moment. At this moment, something strange happened.
A pair of emerald green eyes suddenly light up from the darkness on the side, and a huge murderous intent burst out, instantly locking onto the deer. Almost at the same time, a huge black shadow rushed out, giving the deer no chance at all. Its fangs bit the deer's neck, and with a force of its lower jaw, it bit off the deer's neck with a click.
In the moonlight, you can clearly see that it is a cheetah, with brown fur covered with black plum blossom patterns. All its movements from beginning to end were smooth and flowing, without any pause, and it easily caught the deer.
After the cheetah successfully hunted, it immediately carried the deer away, because it knew that if it continued to stay there, the smell of blood would attract more powerful beasts, and then the prey it had hunted with great difficulty would fall into the stomachs of other beasts.
Hao Yang only showed a pair of eyes, staring at the cruel scene in the lake, but he did not have any emotional fluctuations. He had a deep understanding of the law of the jungle, the most basic law of nature.
Not long after the cheetah left, all kinds of wild animals were attracted by the smell of blood. For a while, the air around the lake was filled with a faint murderous intent."