Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

So, if your archery skills are not good enough, you need to practice more!

It is definitely not an easy task to shoot three arrows at the same time! You know, archery requires a high degree of concentration and skill, and controlling three arrows at the same time is a huge test of the archer's skills and abilities. Not only does it require excellent body coordination, accurate target positioning ability, and strong muscle control, but it also requires sufficient experience and training to master this difficult skill!

With the previous golden bow, Lin Xia could only shoot two arrows at most. Now that his technique has been honed to a certain level and has been upgraded to the mithril level, he can shoot three arrows at the same time. However, technique does not come with the upgrade of the bow and arrow; it requires solid practice.

Therefore, those who can really shoot three arrows at the same time and hit the target must be masters or elites in the field of archery! They have reached such a high level after a long period of hard work and practice.

Holding his breath and concentrating, Lin Xia tried hard to aim at the water birds in front of him. Fortunately, these water birds were not small in size. If they were sparrows, Lin Xia would have given up without saying a word.

The first time he shot arrows, only one arrow hit a wild goose, and the other two arrows pierced the wings of two other cormorants, scaring away a group of water birds. Without pausing, Lin Xia immediately took out three more arrows, aiming at the two injured cormorants first.

Fortunately, due to being frightened and the damage to the wings, which are the most important for flying, the two cormorants stumbled as they flew and were successfully shot in the vital parts.

Alas, I only managed to shoot 6 birds with 3 arrows. When will I be able to shoot 2 or 3 birds with one arrow? Only in this way can I achieve the level that Saibala said, "3 arrows are usually enough"!

While sighing, he started the kayak and headed towards the water birds. At this time, except for the three birds that were shot, all the other birds in the water flew away. Lin Xia took out a long-handled scoop net and fished up the birds in the water one by one.

Two of the golden arrows shot were lost. One was from the first wave and hit a bird's wing, but it was not stuck firmly and fell into the water. The other one was from the second wave and missed, so it didn't hit anything and also fell into the water. It was so sad!

No matter how heartbroken she was, Lin Xia would not be so bold as to jump into the river to retrieve the arrow. Who knows what dangerous things might be in the water!

After cleaning the pulled out arrow, he put it back into the quiver. After putting the water bird into the space, Lin Xia continued to sail forward. Suddenly, Da Zhuang spread his wings and flew out, diving into the water, while Ah Huang barked at Da Zhuang!

What's going on? Does Da Zhuang also want to experience the fun of catching fish?

Soon, Dazhuang flapped its wings and flew back to the boat. Lin Xia could see clearly that it was holding a long and thin water snake in its mouth. Looking at the snake's constantly twisting body, Lin Xia couldn't help but get goose bumps again!

"Don't come over here!" Lin Xia immediately stopped Da Zhuang from going forward, "Can you kill the snake first? Also, if it's poisonous, leave it to me. If it's not, take care of it yourself and don't let me see..."

Seeing Lin Xia's disdainful look, Da Zhuang was speechless: When you caught that python before, you didn't show such disdain. In the end, aren't you disdainful of the little one? Hey... Too...

Da Zhuang turned his butt towards Lin Xia and quickly dealt with the little water snake.

As the boat continued to move forward, animals drinking water began to appear from time to time on both sides of the river ahead. After referring to the map and analyzing the danger situation sent back by the exploration robot, Lin Xia chose a place to stop the boat and go ashore, preparing to hunt some deer and roe deer, which was another important thing to do this time.

In addition to repaying Huo An, it is impossible to hunt in winter, and winter is also a good time to eat venison. Lin Xia wants to hunt as much as possible, and then pickle some and send it to Sister Juan and the others.

After getting ashore, Lin Xia put away the kayak, told Ah Huang to follow Da Zhuang closely and pay attention to his own safety, and then began to look for the traces of the deer according to the map.

After leaving the river bank, Lin Xia entered the dense forest again. She moved forward cautiously, searching everything around her with sharp eyes. With every step, she carefully observed the traces on the ground, the broken branches, and the movements in the grass. These subtle clues could be the key to finding the deer.

Although she had the guidance of the robot, Lin Xia still wanted to train her ability to search for prey independently, so that if the robot encountered an accident one day, she would not be helpless.

The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, creating mottled shadows. As time goes by, the man and his two pets gradually come to the depths of the forest. The trees here are taller and denser, and the terrain has become more complicated.

Suddenly, Ah Huang found some fresh hoof prints and immediately called out to Lin Xia. Lin Xia was excited and immediately comforted Ah Huang, asking it to be quiet and not to disturb the prey.

These hoof prints indicated that they were getting closer and closer to the herd of deer. They continued to move forward in the direction of the hoof prints and finally saw a group of deer in an open valley. They were grazing leisurely, their alert ears moving from time to time, as if they were also paying attention to the surrounding environment.

This herd of deer is composed of three small herds of deer, with a total of about twenty to thirty deer, including three male deer scattered in three directions, and the rest are mostly female deer and young deer.

Lin Xia took a look at the current terrain. They were on a high ground, while the deer were on a low ground. It was very suitable for an ambush. However, she was the only one here. As soon as she released an arrow, the deer would definitely run to the other side. What should she do?

While looking for a more advantageous terrain for archery, Lin Xia was thinking that it would be great if he could dig a trap on the other side. He could shoot arrows from this side and the deer would run to the other side and fall directly into the trap. However, it was definitely too late to dig the trap now and he could only rely on Ah Huang.

"Ah Huang, quietly go to the opposite valley entrance. If there are deer running towards you, jump out and shout at them. You must guard the valley entrance over there and try to drive the deer in my direction. Got it?"

Ah Huang called out softly to show that he understood.

"Just scare them, don't rush in excitedly. The valley entrance is narrow, very suitable for guarding. Once you leave, it will be difficult to guard, understand?"

Ah Huang called out softly again.

"Da Zhuang, stay next to Ah Huang and help it when necessary!" Da Zhuang seemed to have no advantage in front of the herd of deer and could only play a supporting role.

After making the arrangements, Ah Huang and Da Zhuang ran to the opposite valley entrance. After Lin Xia confirmed that they were in ambush through the exploration robot, he took out the bow and arrow again and shot three arrows at once. Lin Xia wanted to seize every opportunity to practice.

Fortunately, in the first wave, the deer were basically still and easier to aim at. Lin Xia tightened the bowstring and aimed at three adult female deer that were relatively close.

Swoosh! Three arrows were shot out at the same time, two of which hit the necks of two deer respectively. They fell down due to the force of the arrows, and the other arrow hit the belly of the third deer. After being injured, it ran wildly towards the valley entrance.

Lin Xia ignored the three deer and quickly pulled out three arrows, aiming at the herd of deer huddled together and running to another place, and shot decisively. This time, the three arrows only hit the deer's buttocks and abdomen.

Then, Lin Xia pulled out three more arrows and put them on the bow, but did not shoot again, because the deer had already run out of the range of the golden arrows. Now he could only wait for Ah Huang to drive the deer back before taking any action.

It is very difficult for injured deer to survive, especially since they are running violently at this moment. Their injuries will become more serious. Without Lin Xia's additional arrows, they will probably die of exhaustion.

At this time, Lin Xia saw through the real-time images sent back by the robot that Ah Huang, as planned, suddenly jumped out to block the way of the deer when they were about to approach the valley entrance, and started barking wildly. Da Zhuang also flew into the air at this time to help drive away the lone deer. The deer were instantly panicked and turned around and ran towards Lin Xia again.

Turning around in a panic will inevitably lead to trampling and collisions, making it even more difficult for injured deer and fawns to escape.

Lin Xia quietly waited for the deer to approach, and when the deer reached the best shooting range, he released the arrows he had been aiming at without hesitation. This time, three deer were shot in the neck and fell to the ground. Lin Xia kept shooting, and almost every arrow hit the target. In the end, the panicked deer broke through the blockade of Ah Huang and Da Zhuang after running back and forth several times, and rushed out from the other side of the valley.

But the hunt was fruitful, with eighteen deer killed. Lin Xia looked at her results with satisfaction, and then took Ah Huang and Da Zhuang to collect the spoils.