The cannon fodder fake prince at the beginning, I won by hugging thighs

"This place is too close to the village." She pointed at the path trampled by people under her feet. "Look at this path. It was trampled by villagers who went up the mountain to chop firewood or collect mountain products. Even if there were wild animals outside, they were all killed by villagers or hunters."

Lu Ze pouted and snorted: "Brother said that he was scared away by me, how mean!"

Lu Jiao looked at Chen Wen and asked, "What do you think?"

Chen Wen followed Lu Jiao all the time, listening to their conversation while observing the surrounding environment.

Hearing Lu Jiao's question, he replied calmly: "Sir, what you said before was to prepare for a rainy day. There are indeed fewer wild animals outside the forest.

But as you go further in and over two hills, the situation becomes different. Not only can human voices easily scare away small wild animals, they may also attract large beasts.

But the villagers in the village didn't mention this just now, so I guess there aren't any ferocious beasts like giant worms or black bears in this forest!"

"Not bad!"

Lu Jiao nodded in satisfaction and added, "It is said that one mountain cannot support two tigers. Of course, there is a reason for fighting for territory, but there is another reason, which is that the total amount of wild animals in an area is only enough to satisfy the appetite of one large beast."

"That is to say, there are other large beasts in the forest!" Lu Ze's eyes lit up, and his mind quickly diverged, thinking of a detail that Chen Wen had not thought of, "That devil vine!"

"Exactly! I guess the devil vine has occupied a large area of forest. Even beasts like giant insects don't dare to cross the border easily."

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, she saw the excitement on Lu Ze's face and tapped him on the forehead.

"Don't even think about it. You were just delivering snacks to the Devil Ivy." Her eyes quickly swept over Lu Ze's delicate neck and she teased, "You are so tender, the Devil Ivy will definitely like you."

Chuck, chuck—Lu Ze's happy laughter came from the forest, startling several birds and sending them flying into the air.

Lu Jiao looked towards the direction of the sun in the sky and walked west with the two of them.

They soon found an open space with many traces of black ash on the ground, indicating that people often made fires here.

However, they did not make a fire. Instead, they sat directly on the stone blocks, took out the bread, and ate the meat sauce that Lu Jiao brought, enjoying it with relish.

Lu Ze stuffed his mouth with a piece of cake and said vaguely, "Brother, I feel that this meat sauce tastes much better in the wild than in the mansion."

"Okay! I'll definitely tell Chef Ding about this when I get back!"

"Brother! You can't do this!"

Ha ha ha ha--

Since they hadn't entered the mountains yet, Lu Jiao didn't try to suppress the sound.

The three of them walked and stopped as if they were on a picnic.

However, the small bow that was previously slung across the chest was taken down by the three men and held in their hands at all times.

Lu Jiao also divided the arrows in the quiver into two parts, one for Lu Ze and one for Chen Wen.

"Brother, don't you need arrows?"

Lu Jiao opened her palm and showed Lu Ze the small stone in her hand.

These were the stones she picked up by the stream, which she crushed into thumb-sized pieces. She used her inner strength to launch them, and their power and accuracy were no less than those of a bow and arrow.

Seeing a pheasant startled by Lu Ze's arrow and about to run out of the three people's sight, Lu Jiao picked up a small stone and hit it directly on the pheasant's neck.

When the pheasant was halfway through its flight, its neck suddenly broke and the cry stopped abruptly.

The wings were still flapping due to inertia, but the direction was straight towards the ground.

"Wow! Brother is so awesome!" Lu Ze clapped his hands and jumped twice, then ran towards the direction where the pheasant fell.

"Aze, be careful! Watch your step!"

Lu Jiao and Chen Wen looked at each other and quickly followed him.

I was worried that Lu Ze might accidentally step on something and sprain his ankle, and then the rest of the trip would have to be canceled.

Fortunately, Lu Ze ran to the pheasant safely, grabbed the pheasant by the neck and picked it up.

He shouted excitedly: "Brother, look! There is no blood at all!"

"Put it away for me."

Lu Jiao took the pheasant handed to her by Lu Ze and tied it around her waist with a thin hemp rope.

From a distance, the pheasant's body swayed as Lu Jiao ran, and it looked like a large pendant.

Lu Jiao seemed to sense something and slowed down his pace, extending his mental power towards the southwest.

The corners of his mouth were curved in a subtle arc.

Never mind, let’s just have fun with Lu Ze first and we can think about the rest later.

They hunted as they walked, and after they crossed two hills, the trees began to become lush and green.

Lu Jiao and Chen Wen also had two or three prey hanging on their waists. Only Lu Ze, the youngest and whose leg strength was not as good as Chen Wen, had no prey hanging on his body except his dry food and water bag.

Chen Wen also drew his bow to test his aim, but after scaring away four or five rabbits in a row, he stopped.

"Why don't you continue?"

Chen Wen was a little discouraged: "I didn't even touch the rabbit's fur, I'd better not make trouble!"

He didn't understand. When he was practicing at the target in the mansion, his accuracy was pretty good. Why was it so difficult when he encountered a living creature outside?

I can't even touch the edges.

"What's the point of causing trouble? As long as you and Lu Ze don't hurt each other, that's fine!"

Chen Wen wanted to say that it was too embarrassing to have to pick up the arrows he shot every time, but looking at Lu Jiao's encouraging eyes, he knew that such opportunities to practice/play would be hard to come by in the next few months.

After winter comes, the capital becomes extremely cold. I'm afraid you won't want to go out hunting.

He pursed his lips: "Okay! I'll go!"

Lu Ze and Chen Wen were having a lot of fun, so Lu Jiao stopped helping out.

The main reason was that he had five or six prey hanging on his body, which was enough for three people to eat in the evening.

As for tomorrow noon, you can wait until tomorrow morning to hunt fresh ones.

After all, it was almost mid-May, and even in the mountains, one could feel the heat. The prey would no longer be so fresh after being left outside overnight.

The sun slowly sets in the west, and the sunlight shines on the mountains and forests with an orange halo.

Lu Jiao's mental power radiated out, and he found a cave more than two miles away that had been vacant for a long time and had a water source nearby.

Lu Ze sat down on the ground, refusing to stand up.

"Brother, I can't walk anymore."

Chen Wen glanced at Lu Ze, then looked at Lu Jiao, and said hesitantly: "How about I deal with the wild animals?"

Lu Jiao waved at him and said to Lu Ze, “You’ve been gone for so long, you can’t just sit down suddenly.

Come, I will help you walk slowly. Let's go together to deal with the prey."

The latter sentence is a response to Chen Wen.

Seeing that Lu Jiao insisted and had no chance to cheat, Lu Ze supported her arm and stood up, then slowly moved towards the water source with a grin on his face.

Of the four chickens, Lu Jiao only kept one intact and skinned the other two rabbits.

The internal organs were also taken out and thrown into the water.

The blood flowed downstream along with the water.

Tomorrow they will wander around the area for an hour or two before going down the mountain, hoping that the blood will attract some large prey.

When the time comes, carry it down the mountain and distribute it to the villagers, it will be worth it for them to share so much information with Lu Jiao.