Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 4 Wilderness Survival, Innate Superhuman Strength

"Boom~~"

Thunder rumbled in the distance, and the sky was eerily gloomy. Chen Xiuyuan looked up, glanced at the distant view, and then shook his head.

"It seems the rain isn't over yet."

As they spoke, Chen Xiuyuan arrived at the door of a house. The earthen wall was not high, and after being washed by the rain, a lot of weeds were exposed inside. This was a way of mixing mud; adding a little weeds to the mud during the mixing process could improve the mud's adhesion and strength.

There was a man at the door, about 1.7 meters tall, with his head drooping and leaning against the earthen wall in front of the door. There was a large pool of blood on his chest, and his beard was unkempt, covering his neck.

Following the line of sight, you can see a pair of dark hands with thick knuckles and calluses. He is wearing a pair of khaki trousers and straw sandals.

It's easy to see that this isn't a wealthy family; they're just ordinary, poor people.

However, at this moment, the man had been dead for a long time, with a penetrating wound on his chest, which looked like it was left by a sharp longsword.

Chen Xiuyuan clasped his hands together and bowed.

He stepped into the house, and as soon as he entered, his brows furrowed. There was no one inside, and it was quiet. A gust of wind blew, carrying a pungent smell, a strange odor mixed with the smell of sweat, even more pungent than the smell of rotten grass roots he had smelled in the woodshed earlier.

However, at this moment, Chen Xiuyuan couldn't care less about anything else and began to look around. The hunter he had guessed earlier was this family, and the man's hands when he entered the house also proved something.

"That's strange, that shouldn't be the case~~"

After looking around, Chen Xiuyuan still hadn't found what he was looking for, and he felt a little disappointed.

"Wait, could there be something I've overlooked?"

Logically speaking, no matter how skilled this person is, he cannot possibly deal with those wild beasts on his own. You must know that at this time, the wild beasts in the wild are not only rabbits and pheasants, but also large carnivorous beasts such as tigers and jackals.

A hunter should have at least a few of these handy tools, such as a bow and arrow, a long sword, and a short dagger; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to work as a hunter.

However, he then remembered that the management of iron tools must have been very strict during this period. In addition, with the continuous wars between various countries, even hoes in the hands of ordinary people might have been confiscated. Therefore, such items might not have been displayed openly.

So Chen Xiuyuan patiently searched under the bed and in several inconspicuous places.

"Got it~~"

Under a tattered cloth, Chen Xiuyuan found a bow as he wished, a hard bow that had been worn smooth.

The bow's body is made of wood, though Chen Xiuyuan couldn't determine the exact type. However, he knew the wood was heavy, and the bowstring wasn't hemp rope as he had imagined, but rather a very special material with a faint fishy smell.

Looking at the object before him, Chen Xiuyuan's gaze flickered with uncertainty. It wasn't that the bow was bad, but rather that its weight was a bit too much for him. His body was still small, his bones hadn't fully developed, and he wasn't very strong. Carrying such a thing on his journey was truly inconvenient.

But he doesn't know the situation outside. Having a bow for self-defense is definitely better than not having one. If he encounters a large wild beast, this thing is much better than a short sword.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Xiuyuan reached out and grabbed the bow in front of him again. The bow was about one and a half meters long and should be suitable for an adult.

"Huh??" Suddenly, Chen Xiuyuan let out a soft exclamation.

He had tried it briefly before, and the bow was quite heavy. Because his body had shrunk, he couldn't judge the exact weight of the bow, but it must have weighed at least several tens of kilograms. But now, when he held the bow in his hand, it felt as if he had just picked up a stick.

As if defying superstition, Chen Xiuyuan put the bow back, then picked it up again, feeling the same way.

Chen Xiuyuan suddenly frowned. Such a strange thing was truly—a ghostly sight.

However, time was of the essence, and Chen Xiuyuan couldn't worry about anything else. He searched again and found seven arrows in a bamboo basket. These arrows were wrapped in a simple leather quiver, and the fletchings were sparse, showing that these arrows had been used countless times.

He casually picked up an arrow; the arrowhead was sharpened, but the material was strange—it wasn't iron, yet it looked somewhat like it.

Chen Xiuyuan held it in his hand and examined it for a moment, then came to the conclusion that it should be a kind of iron ore, which was later obtained by this hunter and polished into an arrowhead.

Chen Xiuyuan put the arrows back into the quiver and casually slung it over his shoulder. Then his gaze swept to other places. While rummaging through his things, he found some knife-shaped coins. If he wasn't mistaken, these should be the currency currently in use in the Zhao Kingdom.

Of course, there was also some dried meat and some dry food, or rather, cornbread. In the spirit of not wasting anything, Chen Xiuyuan simply tidied up these things and then packed them up with a piece of cloth.

Finally, looking at the room he had turned upside down, he shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's about wilderness survival, you know~~"

As Chen Xiuyuan was leaving the house, he subconsciously turned around and glanced back, wondering if he should tidy it up a bit in case anyone noticed anything amiss.
But then he shook his head. In this day and age, and given the state of affairs in the village, it was not unusual for one or two bandits to come in and ransack the place. If he were to clean it up after them, it would seem like he was trying to cover something up.

"This is the first time a good young person of the new era has done something like this."

After saying goodbye to the man, he left the house.

After that, it was a similar process. Chen Xiuyuan visited all forty-odd houses in Sanyang Village. As for his gains, they were not small. Compared to the beginning, he had an extra bow, seven arrows, a rusty short sword, dozens of knife coins, and some food.

At this moment, the sky darkened as if it had fallen. Chen Xiuyuan carried his things to the house at the entrance of the village, intending to wait for the rain to pass before leaving. At this time, who knew if he would catch a cold and die, so he was very careful.

Sitting on the ground, Chen Xiuyuan looked at his small hands, his eyes becoming deep. After all the previous activities, he finally understood what the bow was all about.

"Born with superhuman strength~~"

Chen Xiuyuan's words rang out slowly. Although no one knew what was going on, his strength had become terrifying. He could even draw the bow to its fullest extent.

"If I remember correctly, there should have been a person in this era who was born with superhuman strength. I really don't know if that person would have such strength at this age. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I probably would never have believed that a person could lift a cauldron."

The wind blew outside, carrying the smell of earth. Chen Xiuyuan pulled himself out of his thoughts and quietly looked outside.

"Heavy rain is coming."

(End of this chapter)