In the world of martial arts, grind your skill level to become a saint.

Everyone nodded slightly upon hearing this, indicating that there was no problem.

Immediately, the group began preparing for their journey into the mountains the next day.

Time quickly moved to the next day.

Early in the morning, Su Hao and He Dazhong, along with a few others, took their prepared equipment and headed straight into the mountains, their destination the valley waterfall.

The valley waterfall is located only about ten miles away from the entrance of Yanshan Mountain by a straight-line mountain road.

However, because the mountain roads along the way are rugged and winding, requiring one to go up and down the mountain, it takes at least an hour and a half to complete this journey.

This is still a conservative estimate by Uncle Chen and his team.

If the river valley floods and we can't cross the river using the old route, and have to take a longer detour, the time may double.

The group successfully entered the mountains and continued upwards along the mountain path.

This time, Uncle Chen and the others brought hunting dogs specifically for hunting.

The purpose of doing this is not only to prevent attacks from wild animals, but also to identify and track the centaur bear.

Although everyone knows that centaurs are active in the valley waterfall area, it is still a very large area, and it is impossible to search for them one location at a time.

The journey was uneventful, and the group arrived smoothly at the winding mountain road leading down to the valley.

Looking down, the river water was almost completely dry, revealing a shallow riverbed, with clear water flowing down like ribbons.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At least we won't have to take a long detour anymore.

The weather inside the mountains is quite different from that outside. Sometimes it's sunny and clear outside, but deep in the mountains, there can be sudden and frequent storms, thunder and lightning, and flooding.

After crossing the valley, everyone stopped to rest briefly, then filled their containers with enough clean water and continued along the mountain paths on both sides of the river.

After walking for about half an hour, we finally heard the thunderous sound of water splashing down.

Su Hao looked up and saw that at the end of the river, there was a fault line, and the river water was sloping downwards, making the entire river surface look like a broken mirror.

A misty fog filled the air, refracting the sunlight into streaks of rainbow colors, and the surroundings became somewhat damp due to the fog.

"arrive!"

He Dazhong and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the waterfall that appeared in front of them.

Judging from the current water level, there should be quite a few centaurs coming out to forage in the area downstream of the falls.

This is the season when salmon swim upstream to spawn and reproduce, and the centaur bears will also lie in wait in the rocky areas of the river, hoping that these salmon will come to them.

Su Hao was starting to feel a sense of anticipation.

If he could indeed hunt centaur bears in this area, then this season is when centaur bears are most active, and with his heavy crossbow and arrows, hunting them wouldn't be a big problem.

And most importantly, a pair of bear paws costs several hundred taels of silver.

It's a treasure trove of useful information.

Immediately, the group fell silent and began to follow the trail, heading down the stone path along the waterfall's edge.

Upon arriving at a shallow area below a waterfall, Su Hao and his group spotted a school of fish swimming upstream, along with fresh, blood-stained fish scales and discarded fish bones.

Most importantly, the group also discovered large, clear footprints left on the shore.

The footprints were extremely thick, and the surrounding soil seemed to have cracked and turned up due to being compressed by the heavy object.

More importantly, the group also found some animal droppings in the traces. Moreover, they were not dried and were quite fresh, indicating that they had been left not long ago.

This means that this place is very likely the location where the centaur used to hunt fish.

Having figured this out, the group began to clearly divide their tasks and devise a battle plan for the centaur bears that might appear later.

The group originally planned to use a combination of traps, iron nets, and paralyzing poison to capture the centaur bear by waiting for it to run into their trap.

But seeing that the riverbank was completely bare, they left. There was nowhere to set a trap except for the pebbles and smooth stone walls.

They had no choice but to give up and began using hunting dogs to lead the way, relying on the centaur's droppings and footprints to track its den.

This is also a method.

However, this method is extremely dangerous; the hunting dogs might lead people to the centaur's den, making it a rather risky approach.

But nothing ventured, nothing gained. Rather than waiting here for the bear to appear, we should take the initiative and strike.

Then, following this method, the group split up in two directions with their hunting dogs and began searching.

Two groups of people, Su Hao and Chen Bo, followed the tracks of the bear and entered the forest to search.

The other two, Li Bin and his companion, continued down the valley to check for any lone bears fishing.

He Dazhong climbed to the top of a tree, hiding his body among the dense foliage, with a perfect view overlooking everything below.

However, after Su Hao and the others divided up the tasks, in the forest not far below the waterfall, there were two slender figures dressed in long black robes, moving quickly along the mountain path.

The two walked along a path covered with fallen leaves, but the sound they made was less than the rustling of the leaves in the wind, perfectly concealing their footsteps.

They were all clearly skilled in martial arts, and even experts in leg techniques.

"Ah Jie, would any hunter really dare to hunt this deep inside? Could it be those guys from the Alliance and the Fortress?"

One of the two, a pale-faced young man with dry, chapped lips who looked somewhat malnourished, licked the dead skin off his lips, bit off a piece, and chewed it.

"The Black Snow Sparrow's information should be correct. Although the guys from Bianyan Village who helped me gather intelligence before are all dead, the people I found this time should be reliable. They wouldn't be unfamiliar with the hunting teams of the Alliance and the Fortress, and their hunting grounds are full of centaurs and bears, so they wouldn't need to come here..."

Another young man with pockmarks, a flat nose, and dull eyes nodded in agreement.

They were originally outer disciples of the Black Sparrow Sect, and today they were responsible for patrolling the outer hunting area, as well as hunting ordinary hunters who approached the hunting area.

Just then, they received intelligence about the Black Snow Sparrow from scouts outside the mountains, so they rushed over immediately.

It seems that the Black Sparrow Sect has indeed been keeping a very low profile all this time.

Now, someone actually dares to provoke the Black Sparrow Clan, forming a team to hunt near their territory. They really like to joke with their own lives.

"As long as they're not from the 'One Alliance, One Fortress' group, that's fine. And you said there are five people, so you have to save three for me. I only need a few more to break through!"

The pale-faced man chuckled, his eyes filled with anticipation and longing.

"Don't worry, I only need one to play with."

The pockmarked young man smiled faintly.

He heard that this time, a tall young man was leading the team, and that the young man was the one who had hunted the tiger a few days ago.

This kind of guy is perfect for him!

Very well, let that boy see that there are many things in Yanshan that are more terrifying than tigers, and let him temper his youthful temper!