Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

The closer they got to their target, the less Zhao Lian dared to make any rash moves. At this moment, the snake seemed to sense the danger as well, and its movements began to slow down.

"If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move either." Zhao Lian didn't hear the snake crawling, so she stopped. But her eyes searched everywhere, not letting any suspicious place slip by.

Finally, about two meters away, she noticed a peculiar pattern among a pile of withered branches and leaves.

With its black background and yellow markings, it was undoubtedly a rat snake. Zhao Lian took a few more steps forward and looked more closely. The snake was hiding in a pile of leaves.

At this point, she was basically certain that it was indeed a rat snake, non-venomous, but it was quite large.

It was as thick as her arm, about 1.3 or 1.4 meters long, and weighed about 3 kilograms. Although this rat snake was non-venomous, it was still quite ferocious.

Zhao Lian opened her palm and looked at it. Her palm was too small. If she didn't have enough strength, it would be difficult to control the snake with her bare hands. So she still needed to use a tree branch.

The sky was getting darker again, and Zhao Lian could no longer delay. She had originally thought that she would not move unless the enemy moved, but now that was not an option. She had to take the initiative to attack.

Zhao Lian picked up the stick and carefully walked forward. Because the leaves were partially obscuring the snake's head, she wasn't sure which side it was on.

Zhao Lian picked up a stick and gently tapped it. Startled, the snake began to crawl.

At this moment, Zhao Lian had already seen the direction it was crawling in, and quickly walked forward, following behind the snake.

Just in case, Zhao Lian picked up the tree branch in her hand, aimed at the snake, and with lightning speed, quickly inserted the branch into the snake's neck, pressing its head down firmly.

At this moment, the snake's head was controlled, but its body was twisting violently. Zhao Lian stepped on the snake's tail with one foot, and then grabbed the snake's neck with her right hand.

Zhao Lian tried to loosen her legs and grabbed the snake's tail with her left hand.

As soon as she released her foot, the snake began to writhe violently. Despite weighing only a few pounds, the snake was incredibly strong, which secretly alarmed Zhao Lian.

Fortunately, Zhao Lian had been practicing her skills recently, and her arm strength had improved; otherwise, she might not have been able to catch it.

Strangely enough, the snake only twitched a few times, flicking its tongue, and after two minutes it became docile, its tail gently coiling around the lotus.

Although she saw that it was docile, Zhaolian still dared not be careless.

It grew darker, and Zhao Lian hurried along, carrying a load of over ten kilograms, which was quite heavy for her. She also had to walk along mountain paths and hold a snake in her hand.

Zhao Lian wanted to sell the snake to a restaurant, where it would fetch a higher price if sold fresh, so she couldn't kill it.

Zhaolian's hand, which had been holding the snake, was quite tired, so she switched it to her left hand.

Suddenly, a man walked out from the front. Zhao Lian looked closely and saw that it was Hunter Yang. She immediately shouted happily, "Uncle Yang!"

Suddenly hearing someone calling him from the mountain, Hunter Yang stopped in his tracks. At that moment, he also saw Zhao Lian.

"Oh, it's Zhao Lian. It's getting dark, what are you still doing here?" Hunter Yang walked over with a smile.

At this moment, Zhao Lian noticed that the hunter Yang was carrying a pheasant and had a rabbit tied around his waist, and she was immediately filled with envy.

Before Hunter Yang even got close to Zhao Lian, his smile suddenly froze on his face, as if he had seen something terrifying.

Zhao Lian had a snake in her hand, and her calm and composed expression, showing no fear whatsoever, shocked Hunter Yang!

"Zhao Lian, you actually caught a snake! Aren't you scared?" Hunter Yang finally snapped out of his shock, his face full of disbelief.

“Yes!” Zhao Lian nodded, saying nonchalantly, “I’m not afraid, this snake won’t bite me.”

Her childlike, innocent words left Liang the hunter speechless, and he was even more impressed with Zhao Lian.

Then Zhao Lian looked at Hunter Yang and asked, "Hunter Yang, does this restaurant need snakes? I'm going to the market tomorrow, and I want to sell these snakes to the restaurant."

Hunter Yang nodded: "This is a good thing; restaurants are scrambling to get it."

He also caught a snake last time, but it wasn't as big as the one Zhao Lian caught. The shopkeeper was overjoyed and kept saying how delicious the wild game was.

"Really!" Zhao Lian's eyes lit up, and then she asked expectantly, "Can you take me with you tomorrow?"

Hunter Yang already knew about Zhao Lian's break with the He family. He knew that the girl had a hard life and now had to make a living on her own.

What impressed him was that Zhao Lian was indeed bold; not only did she dare to go up the mountain alone, but she also dared to catch snakes, which made him look at Zhao Lian with new respect.

Anyway, taking her to the market is just a small favor, so I'll help if I can.

Hunter Yang nodded: "Okay, but you have to leave early tomorrow. I'll be waiting for you at the village entrance at 5 a.m., or you won't be able to wait for me."

"Okay!" Zhao Lian nodded happily.

Immediately afterwards, Hunter Yang took the thing that looked like a towel off his waist and handed it to Zhao Lian: "Here, put the snake in this bag."

He carried this cloth bag up the mountain every day, just in case. Sometimes he would catch snakes. He never expected it would come in handy for Zhaolian.

"Okay." Zhao Lian took the bag, her face full of excitement, and said, "Thank you so much. I was just wondering what to put it in."

The cloth bag was about 60 or 70 centimeters long and 30 or 40 centimeters wide. Zhao Lian opened the bag, put the snake's tail in first, and then put the snake's head in as well.

After putting it inside, he held the snake's head tightly with his other hand through the cloth bag before letting go of the hand inside.

Then quickly pinch the bag opening tightly, tie it with a rope, and then tie it to the side of the basket.

Finally freeing her hands, Zhao Lian felt much more relaxed. The snake was quite big, and her hands were small, so it took a lot of effort.

Looking at Zhaolian's basket, Hunter Yang was full of surprise again: "Zhaolian, you've had a good haul today."

"Hmm~"

Zhao Lian laughed: "I wandered around the outskirts of Gouhun Mountain today, but I didn't dare to go in. However, I did find some things."

Zhao Lian's words made Yang the hunter lose his composure again. He stared at Zhao Lian with wide eyes: "Zhao Lian, I didn't expect you to be so bold! Aren't you afraid of death? You dare to go to Gouhun Mountain?"

Zhao Lian said with a serious expression, "Of course I'm afraid of dying, but if I don't go, I'll starve to death. Either way, I'm going to die."

"Then let's take a gamble. Besides, I didn't even go inside; I just wandered around the perimeter."

Seeing Zhao Lian's nonchalant expression, Hunter Yang immediately felt inferior, realizing that he, a hunter, was less courageous than a little girl.

He never dared to venture into the Soul-Hooking Mountain. He only ever wandered around the outskirts, thinking that if he could hunt a few pheasants each day, he would be content.