Things in the cooperative are gradually getting on track, and Zhou Ming has more free time.

As for the practice he has not been able to stop in the past few months, and the system provides an "automatic cultivation" mode, helping Zhou Ming absorb the spiritual essence in the air at all times. Only when the realm is improved can he need to calm down and sit on the bed and meditate.

As for the realm, he can share Ye Kong's insights during his cultivation.

So overall, Zhou Ming’s cultivation speed is not slow.

Two days ago, I even broke through to the early stage of Qi Refining.

This cultivation level is only a starting point in the world of cultivation, but for ordinary people, it is the huge force of ten cows combined with one person, and it is a powerful player that even a hundred ordinary strong men cannot defeat.

Most of the strange beasts in the forest are just close to this level.

"Uncle Xia, please take me to the mountains to hunt tomorrow. I want to learn to hunt."

At the dinner table that day, Zhou Ming suddenly spoke to Uncle Xia.

"You want to hunt, too?"

Uncle Xia was shocked and shook his head, "You should stay at home to farm. Your cooperative is doing well, you don't have to go to the mountains."

Xia Xiaoyan's face turned pale, she quickly put down the bowl, took Zhou Ming's hand and said, "Shanhe, you are doing well in the cooperative, why are you going to hunt in the mountains? The mountains are dangerous, don't go!"

Her younger brother Xia Hu, a 15-year-old strong boy, gave her sister a blank look and said, "Sister, my dad and I have been hunting for two years. The mountains are not as dangerous as you said. Instead, there are many fun things. I like to hunt the most!"

"What are the fun things?" Zhou Ming's eyes lit up and he turned to ask Xia Hu.

"There are too many, for example...ah!"

Before Xia Hu could say it, he let out a shocking scream, but it was his sister Xia Xiaoyan who pinched his waist fiercely, and he screamed in pain: "Sister, please let go!"

Aunt Xia also criticized him: "You stupid kid, don't talk nonsense. There is no danger in the mountains, but once you encounter it, you won't be able to come back!"

He turned his head and said to Zhou Ming gently: "Shanhe, there is really nothing to go to in the mountains. With your ability, it is still the most suitable for staying in the village and running the cooperative well!"

"There is not much more happening in the cooperative. I want to follow the hunting team to enter the mountains a few times to learn about hunting." Zhou Ming said, and another new plan was brewing in his mind.

"Stop messing around!"

Uncle Xia knocked on the table twice and said seriously: "Zhang Shanhe, you are the best at doing things you are good at! Hunting is not as simple as you imagined. Walking into the mountains and forests, the pheasants and hares you are fighting are not called hunting at all! We hunters have to go deeper to hundreds of miles or thousands of miles to catch the most desired prey. Injury is common, and many people never come out again. This is not farming, and this matter is a matter of life!"

Aunt Xia and Xia Xiaoyan also advised Zhou Ming to give up his thoughts and not to take risks in the mountains.

Seeing so many people objecting, Zhou Ming didn't say anything, just buried his head in the meal.

The next day, Zhou Ming put on a set of strong suits, held a big bow in his hand, a quiver hanging around his waist, and a package behind his back. He followed the hunting team into the mountain.

Uncle Xia did not object. On the contrary, when other hunting team members questioned, they said to the hunters: "Take him up, he won't drag us down. If he really can't do it, we will throw him aside and arrange some miscellaneous work for him."

Uncle Xia is the deputy captain of the hunting team and has a lot of prestige, so the hunters no longer objected.

This dramatic change is very surprising.

How did Zhou Ming deal with Uncle Xia and make him nod and no longer object?

Archery, his archery demonstration that he made every move yesterday, made Uncle Xia, the old hunter, open his mouth wide and never objected.

After entering the mountains, Zhou Ming did not worry any hunters. Instead, he used many special wild survival skills, but instead asked some old hunters who had been hunting for half their lives, to open their eyes and learn and imitate.

For example, quick tent setting up, setting up camp warning traps, setting up hunting traps, making methods for outdoor food, etc.

The most popular one is of course the various wild delicacies he cooked through various simple ingredients. The old hunters did not expect that they would just take a few ordinary prey and get a few handfuls of wild vegetables, mushrooms, and some spices. The barbecue can be so delicious and the broth can be so delicious, it is simply a skill that turns decay into a magical skill.

But what shocked the hunters even more was just beginning.

Especially when there are more prey in the forest, prey that was not so easy to catch in the past has been reduced by several levels due to Zhou Ming's existence.

At this time, Zhou Ming also discovered several important problems.

One, there are a lot of prey in the forest, much more than he thought. If you walk a little distance, you will encounter a large number of deer, sheep, wild boars and other animals, with very high density.

Two, the hunting efficiency of hunting is very low. Even though they have very rich hunting skills and seamless team cooperation, the prey they catch is pitiful every time... Even though they are very satisfied with it, in Zhou Ming's eyes, it is only equivalent to the hunting level of the primitive man.

Why does this happen?

Animals are very alert, fast and flexible in response; the most important thing is that the weapons and tools held by hunters are really simple.

Bows and arrows are the most commonly used weapons, followed by hardwood sticks, short spears, and metal weapons only have a few daggers and two hijabs... Mainly made of wooden weapons, the attack power is relatively weak.

Finally, there is a hunting method, there are division of labor and cooperation, and there is also a tacit understanding of cooperation. However, due to the backward tools, there are very few traps used, and there are quite a lot of people who rush to do it, and the result is that they often cannot catch up with the prey group.

"Their hunting method is a bit like a fisherman. He stands in a pond full of fish. He doesn't know how to weave nets and make a useful harpoon. He just touches it with his hands in the water. It's strange that he can be efficient!"

The shortage of metal weapons is the main limitation, but it does not mean that this limitation cannot be broken, because in this vast forest, some types of trees, hardness and toughness can be comparable to steel, and can be completely replaced by metals.

"The reason for this situation is the strong body of the hunters, which has caused them to develop a certain degree of laziness. They are good at tempering their bodies and short of the utilization and development of tools. In a word, they are simply minded and well-developed."

Of course, this is not a problem with the hunter's professional group, but a phenomenon that is common in all walks of life in this continent.

So this is also a very good platform for Zhou Ming to play.

Therefore, in the next few days, Zhou Ming showed off in front of these hunters, what is the real hunting operation?

trap.

All kinds of traps.

The pits on the ground + heavy logs hanging on the trees; hanging nets made of bends of trees; strong bite traps shaped like the mouth of a crocodile... and then make some food and place them around these traps.

Then stay in the camp and wait.

"Aowu~"

“Hohu~”

“Oh ~”

Every day, you can hear all kinds of screams from the prey after it falls into a trap.

There are ten trap devices that can harvest every day, and there are several traps with good locations, which can harvest several prey a day.

Zhou Ming even made a bet with the more than 100 hunters that the prey he and Xia Hu caught would not be less than theirs.

This is provocation and insult. The hunters are very angry and try their best to win this game. They must ask young people to speak, pay attention to their sense of decisiveness and politeness.

But five days later, when looking at the two piles of prey placed together on the ground, it was obvious that Zhou Ming's group was piled higher, all the hunters blushed and couldn't say a word with their fists.

"Pret is actually not that difficult to catch. Just place a few traps and put a few pieces of bait on the land they must pass, and we can get something by waiting quietly."

"You... you are cheating! There is something like this to hunt. This is not the way we hunters hunt!" A young man blushed and pointed at Zhou Ming, his face full of dissatisfaction.

"Hunters need to have hunters' methods. If you use traps, you are not considered hunters!" someone said.

"Yes! You hunt like this is a trick! You didn't win at all!"

"No, no, no."

Zhou Ming waved his index finger and shook his head and said, "Our purpose is ultimately prey. As long as the prey is caught, no matter what method is used, it can be called a hunter."

"But there are two types of hunters, one is a brain-using hunter, the other is a hands-on hunter. I belong to the former, and you belong to the latter."

"You can think about it. Should you use your brain and collect endless prey? Or should you be exhausted and chased all over the mountains and finally harvest only a small amount of prey?"

"As long as you use your brain more, not only will there be more prey, but the time is short, the possibility of danger will be greatly reduced..."

"Don't you think you should change a better hunting method?"

These words made the hunters fall into deep thought and realize something.

Some people are still dissatisfied, but they have to admit that this hunting method is indeed much easier and easier.

"Boy, do you mean that we hunters have no brains?" Uncle Xia, who was also thinking just now, had a face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and was terriblely black.

"Huh~" the others also reacted and began to stare at him with a bad look.

"No, no, there is absolutely no such meaning." Zhou Ming curled his smile and waved his hands repeatedly.

"I think that's what you mean!"

Someone held him from behind, and his expression became fierce and vicious, "This guy is so hateful, let's beat him up!"

"Damn it! I dare to say that we have no brains, come up and fuck him together!" Another man came over with his fists clenched.

"Grilled whole lamb, fragrant roasted whole lamb! There is also a golden roasted pig, plus delicious mushroom fresh fish soup, and each person comes with an authentic beggar rabbit! I beat me up, but these are gone!" Zhou Ming shouted at the top of his voice.

Everyone immediately paused.

Someone moved his throat and couldn't help swallowing.
Chapter completed!