Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Chapter 6 Awakening Talent
The hunting team killed a black bear. If they ate it sparingly, the bear, along with some corn, would be enough to feed the villagers for a while.

This was enough to alleviate the food shortage in the village, saving the hunting party from having to venture deeper into the jungle.

The entire village was filled with joy upon the return of the hunting party.

Chi Limu would always wait for Wu Tian to return not far from the village entrance, fearing that he might get hurt.

This time was no exception. When she saw the hunting team return after killing a black bear, a worried look appeared on her little face, fearing that one of her uncles or elders might get hurt.

"Uncle Gu Xiong, is everyone alright?"

"Chi Li, don't worry, no one is hurt."

As they were talking, Wu Tian also darted out from the group and circled around the Red Wood, wagging his tail.

The little girl didn't mind that he was dirty; she hugged him tightly and said happily, "Bai Long'er, are you alright? Now everyone's going to have meat to eat! Hehe, you guys are so awesome..."

The chieftain arrived quickly and led his people to process the black bear hides and meat they had brought back. Some of the hides and meat would be distributed, while others would be dried and stored.

When night fell, everyone in the village was asleep.

Wu Tian lay in the little girl's arms, silently sorting out his gains over the past period.

Joining the hunting team accelerated its progress. Although it had only been a few days, the progress of both the Hunting and Listening to the Wind skills had increased to over 30%.

Even his talent for poison absorption has increased by 10%.

Although the speed of skill improvement gradually slows down as the progress increases, he is still confident that he can reach 100% in both skills within a few months.

"I wonder what will happen when the skill progress reaches 100%?"

Wu Tian had a vague premonition that once his skill progress reached 100%, there might be some surprising changes.

Besides improving his own skills, he also paid close attention to the Gu techniques used by the hunting team during the past few days.

"The Gu magic in the village is not as magical as I imagined. Those Gu worms are only used to repel snakes and insects, purify water, and ingest poison, allowing the people in the village to survive better in the jungle."

"As for the kind of magical and ferocious Gu worms I imagine, I'm afraid only Gu Xiongmu and the clan chief possess them."

Wu Tian once saw Gu Xiongmu release a centipede with a completely green body from a bamboo tube. This centipede was as green as jade, and it did not look fierce at all. Instead, it looked like it was carved from beautiful jade.

But as soon as the centipede appeared, the surrounding poisonous insects were almost frozen in place in fright.

When the members of the hunting team saw the jade centipede, their faces showed even more awe, and even a little fear.

But Wu Tian had no idea what this jade centipede was capable of, nor had he ever seen Gu Xiongmu use it against an enemy.

"We need to find ways to acquire new skills; relying solely on hunting and listening to the wind will not be enough to become a demon."

"Gu Xiongmu said that there was a black bear that had become a spirit in the east of the village. The last time so many people died in the village was also because of that black bear spirit."

"I wonder how that black bear became a spirit?"

Wu Tian's mind wandered, and he soon fell asleep.

For the next period of time, the hunting team focused on the wolf pack roaming the area, which posed a significant threat to the village if left unattended.

However, there are quite a few wolves in this pack, and forcibly eating them would definitely cause casualties.

Therefore, Gu Xiongmu led his hunting team to adopt a guerrilla strategy, using traps, encirclement, and ambush to kill two or three wolves every day.

After seven or eight days, less than ten wolves remained in the pack.

The alpha wolf in the pack was also a very cunning and treacherous creature. Seeing that the pack was dwindling in number, it fled into the depths of the jungle. Gu Xiongmu then led his white dog and the hunting party in pursuit.

They chased the wolves for miles, and in the end, all the remaining wolves except for the alpha wolf were hunted down.

Although the meat of these wolves is very unpalatable, the meat from more than twenty wolves is enough to feed the village for a long time.

Moreover, while chasing the wolf pack, they also discovered a herd of deer deep in the jungle, which was another piece of good news.

However, there were signs of other humans hunting nearby.

"They must be from Crimson Blood Village." Gu Xiongmu was very cautious and did not rush into hunting; their harvest over this period of time had been sufficient.

"Let's go back first, find out the surrounding environment, and then make a plan."

Wu Tian was also carefully exploring his surroundings. His keen sense of smell allowed him to detect the lingering scents of humans, and his ability to hear the wind allowed him to detect dangerous information remaining in the air.

Gu Xiongmu's judgment was very accurate; there must be other people hunting nearby, and those people were very dangerous.

During this period, he maintained a very steady rate of improvement, with his hunting and listening skills exceeding 40%, gradually catching up with the level of those adult white dogs.

According to Wu Tian's assessment, the adult white dogs generally had more than 60% in both skills, and some even reached 80%.

As for the King of Dogs, Silver Frost, he was a little unsure.

But Wu Tian could sense that Silver Frost was extremely terrifying, definitely not an ordinary adult white dog, and could even fight against the alpha wolf and black bear.

But Silverfrost is also very cautious and never takes unnecessary risks; she is a very patient hunter.

Time flew by, and Gu Xiongmu then carefully examined the environment around the deer herd, discovering that in addition to the deer, there were also many ferocious beasts nearby that were almost sentient.

Moreover, they discovered traces of activity by the people of Crimson Blood Village once again.

"The people of Crimson Blood Village can cultivate and refine Crimson Blood Gu. Crimson Blood Gu can enter the body through the orifices of the eyes, ears, mouth and nose, go straight into the internal organs, and gnaw at the heart. It is extremely terrifying."

"They dare to hunt even ferocious birds and beasts that are about to become spirits. It is said that the Crimson Blood Gu King in their village has even hunted spirits."

Gu Xiongmu was very wary of the people of Chixue Village and dared not approach them at all. Instead, he investigated their activity patterns, avoided their hunting times, and then poached the deer herds.

They were very careful each time, and with the help of other prey in the jungle, the village's food reserves gradually increased.

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is now late autumn. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the number of deer is decreasing.

However, Wu Tian's progress was terrifying. Even as his skill improvement slowed down in the later stages, he continued to improve at a slow but steady pace.

His body was already two feet long, only slightly smaller than those adult white dogs, but in terms of both strength and speed, he was far more terrifying than ordinary adult white dogs.

Its fur is soft and white as snow, and its claws and teeth are as sharp as knives.

His skills had also reached their limit.

After yet another hunt, the system panel unexpectedly appeared before my eyes.

Ding! System notification: Your Hunting skill has been upgraded to perfection and can be awakened as a talent. Please choose one of the following three talents.

Option 1, Claws: Your claws will become sharper, and you will gain a power boost.

Option two, Agility, will significantly improve your running and reaction speed.

Option 3, Regeneration, significantly enhances your vitality, and increases your stamina and injury recovery speed.

(End of this chapter)