Yun Hu looked at the wild boar on the ground and said proudly, "Well? What did I tell you? If you follow your Brother Hu, then you'll have meat to eat."
Qi Shaorong: "…" What an idiot!
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao, put on a serious expression, and said, "I couldn't tell, but you seem to weigh a lot despite your small build! You actually knocked down this wild boar in one hit, but how did you even fall from the tree in the first place?"
Zhuang Hao frowned, his heartbeat sped up a little.
Yun Hu suddenly had a realization, and he said casually, "Oh, I know, you were so frightened that you lost your footing and fell, right?"
Yun Hu slung an arm across Zhuang Hao's shoulders, heavily patted Zhuang Hao's shoulder, and said, "Brother! You're so old, yet you're still so cowardly. That's not good, you know!"
Qi Shaorong looked at Zhuang Hao's distorted expression and rubbed his nose. During these past few days, Zhuang Hao has probably lost enough face for this lifetime.
Qi Shaorong looked at Yun Hu and said, "Brother Hu, we should go back now."
Yun Hu nodded and said, "Right! Let's hurry up and leave."
Yun Hu tried to drag the wild boar with him, but it wouldn't budge. Zhuang Hao stepped forward to help.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao in surprise, and said, "Little thief, you're pretty strong!"
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"You should use your strength to do good things, not bad things, do you understand?" Yun Hu lectured him.
Zhuang Hao ground his teeth, and said, "I will definitely be a better person in the future, and I'll stop doing things like stealing."
Qi Shaorong looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "Are you all right?"
Zhuang Hao nodded and said, "I'm feeling great."
Qi Shaorong said: "…"
With much difficulty, Yun Hu and Zhuang Hao dragged the wild boar all the way back home.
Yun Que looked at the wild boar on the ground and said, "Little Brother, where did this wild boar come from! Could it be, did it accidentally crash into a tree and die, and you just stumbled upon it and got lucky?"
Yun Hu patted his chest and said, "Sister, you didn't expect this, right? I'm the one who caught this wild boar."
Yun Que looked at Yun Hu disdainfully and said, "Brother, do you really think that I, your sister, don't know about your capabilities?"
Yun Hu was dissatisfied and said, "Sister, I really was the one who hunted and caught this wild boar. I did better than usual today…"
Yun Que looked at Yun Hu and said, "Brother, you're shooting your mouth off again."
Yun Hu, "Sister, really, today it was like I was possessed or something! You weren't there, but I just fearlessly rushed towards the wild boar and slashed at it, and it was felled by me…"
Yun Ping, the old man, walked out with a cane, and poked the wild boar, saying, "How strange, its skull is completely shattered. It seems that there was a great force that struck the wild boar's head!��
Yun Hu's eyes widened and he said, "How could that be?"
"Maybe the wild boar was already injured before we ran into it." Qi Shaorong said.
Yun Ping looked at Qi Shaorong and asked doubtfully, "Really?"
"Yeah!" Qi Shaorong said confidently.
Yun Hu grabbed Yun Ping's arm and said, "Enough about that, Grandpa, we can eat meat tonight! This will be enough to feed us for a long time."
Qi Shaorong: "…"
Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Haos sat down at the table. There was a large pot of red braised pork set on the table in front of them.
Qi Shaorong, who was used to eating all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, didn't have much of an interest in the greasy, red braised pork. Yun Hu was different.
Yun Hu's chopsticks moved very quickly, and the meat in the pot that was as big as a washbasin quickly reduced in quantity. Yun Hu's cheeks bulged with food.
Yun Que looked at Yun Hu's appearance as he ate, frowned, and said, "Brother, slow down a little, be careful not to choke."
Yun Hu smiled embarrassedly.
Yun Hu's appetite really surprised Qi Shaorong, but what surprised Qi Shaorong even more was that Yun Que's appetite also wasn't small.
"Sister, you went into town today, is there any interesting news?" Yun Hu asked curiously, his mouth stuffed full with food.
Yun Que rested her chin in her hand and said, "I heard that the mayor's daughter recently went to Hongcheng to buy a set of cosmetics from Allure Cosmetics, and that she spent a thousand gold coins on it."
Yun Hu suddenly raised his head and said, "A thousand gold coins, is there a problem with the mayor's daughter's head? A thousand gold coins, imagine how much pork you could get with that!"
"You're the one who has a problem with your head. Do you really think that the mayor's daughter is like you, only thinking about pork all day! She doesn't lack any pork to eat." Yun Que said.
Yun Hu said gloomily, "I'd never marry such a spendthrift like that."
"You wish. That's the mayor's daughter, as you'll stand a chance with her?" Yun Que said with disdain.
Yun Hu looked at Yun Que and said unhappily, "Sister, don't look down on me! I'm going to be the leader of the mercenary group one day!"
Yun Que chuckled and said, "Future leader, hurry up and eat."
Yun Hu chewed on some pork and said, "Sister, Allure Cosmetics seems like a very profitable business. What kind of food do you think that the owner, Qi Shaorong, eats! Does he eat pork? Or maybe he only eats foreign delicacies instead!"
Qi Shaorong was nibbling on some pork and said, "He also eats pork, pork is a good-enough meal! If he doesn't eat it, then he'll starve to death."
"How could he starve to death, he's so rich! You sure know how to tell a joke. You're really lacking in knowledge." Yun Hu raised his head and said.
Qi Shaorong: "…" So what if he has money, it's all in his space ring right now, and he can't get any of it out.
"I heard that Qi Shaorong has gone missing." Yun Que said.
Yun Hu suddenly raised his head and said, "Qi Shaorong's missing? How could that be?"
Yun Que shook her head and said, "I don't know! That's just what everyone is saying outside. Rumour has it that the Business Alliance is offering a reward of one million gold coins, in exchange for any information concerning Qi Shaorong and Zhuang Hao's whereabouts."
"One million? And it's one million in gold coins, wow! That's so much money, if I can find these two people, then I'll be rich." Yun Hu said.
Yun Que glanced at Yun Hu and said, "Brother, stop dreaming. They disappeared in the capital of Li Country, and Li Country is tens of thousands of miles away from where we are now. How could you ever find them? If you have time, you should focus more on how you're going to break through to become a third-level martial artist instead."
"As long as you become a third-level martial artist, you can join the mercenary group. As long as you join the mercenary group, you'll be guaranteed a minimum commission of 20 gold coins every month. If you make a lot of contributions, you can even get a bonus. Then, it won't be a problem anymore, you can eat as much pork as you'd like."
Yun Hu frowned, and said a little dispiritedly, "I can clearly feel that I'm going to break through soon! But every time I'm about to make a breakthrough, I always get cut off halfway there."
"It's all Grandpa's fault! I don't have money to buy you any training manuals, so you can only practice using an incomplete training method." Yun Ping said apologetically.
Zhuang Hao lowered his head. Under most circumstances, people from noble families and proper sects usually performed much better than ordinary people. Their learning environments were just too different. Nobles, upon birth, had access to countless classics and manuals to choose from, whereas for ordinary people, even if they had talent, they didn't have any suitable cultivation methods to practice. Many will end up spending their entire lives searching for suitable cultivation manuals. A good number of geniuses were ultimately held back because of these unfortunate conditions.
He had originally wondered why Yun Hu, even though he was clearly on the verge of breaking through, couldn't make it. So it turned out that maybe it's a problem with his method?
Yun Hu raised his fist and said, "Grandpa, don't worry, I will definitely break through."
Early the next morning, Yun Hu stood in the yard practicing his punches.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "Little thief, you're up! Do you want to train with me!"
Zhuang Hao looked a little tired and stood at the side, saying, "No need…" Too much had happened in the past two days, and he really didn't want to spend what little energy he had left to practice punching!
Yun Hu glanced at Zhuang Hao and said, "It's not good for you to be so tired and lazy and all the time! You have to be more like me! Look at how full my muscles are! Now look at you, you're as thin and weak as a little chicken."
Zhuang Hao rested his chin in his hand and said, "I think I'm pretty good like this. There are many people who don't like muscles."
"Yeah! Why is that girls nowadays don't like people with muscles, they like little white faces instead! What's so good about those white-cut chickens [1] like you!" Yun Hu said with dissatisfaction.
"Hurry up and continue training, I'll watch and learn from you…"
Hearing Zhuang Hao say that he wanted to watch, Yun Hu's mood suddenly became much better, and his movements were a lot more vigorous.
As Zhuang Hao got to know Yun Hu better, it became clear that Yun Hu, this guy, was a huge chatterbox.
"Little thief, do you know who I admire the most?"
Zhuang Hao looked to the side and saw that Qi Shaorong was nearby. Zhuang Hao said, "Is it Qi Shaorong?"
"No, the person I admire is Zhuang Hao." Yun Hu said.
Zhuang Hao's interest suddenly rose, "Why? Is it because Zhuang Hao is very strong?"
Yun Hu shook his head and said, "No, it's because that guy married Qi Shaorong! That little white face is good! He managed to find himself such a rich partner, and now he can spend the rest of his life mooching off of him [2]. Why don't I have such good luck…"
Zhuang Hao: "…"
Qi Shaorong walked out and said over and said, "Zhuang Hao and Qi Shaorong are only engaged, they haven't officially gotten married yet."
Yun Hu nodded and said, "Yes! If Zhuang Hao wants to mooch off of Qi Shaorong, he still has to wait a while."
Yun Hu flexed his biceps and said, "Just wait, someday when Qi Shaorong finally falls in love with someone who's muscular and full of masculinity like me, he'll definitely leave Zhuang Hao, that pretty boy."
Qi Shaorong: "…"
Zhuang Hao: "…"
"Your movements when you're training don't seem too right!" Zhuang Hao said.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao and said, "How do you know that!"
"When I used to chop wood for my former client, I've seen the young master of the family training before. He seemed to do it differently from you." Zhuang Hao said.
Yun Hu looked at Zhuang Hao with bright eyes and grabbed his arm, "Really? I can't believe you were lucky enough to have seen the young master's training method. Can you help me with mine?"
Zhuang Hao stepped forward and corrected a few of Yu Hu's movements.
Yun Hu's movements, which had originally been slow and sluggish, suddenly became more natural and flowing.
Yun Hu felt a rapid surge of energy rushing through his meridians. "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Several loud and crisp sounds burst from Yun Hu's body, and he successfully broke through to become a third-level martial artist.
Yun Hu shouted and wept with joy.
Qi Shaorong looked at Yun Hu, who was crying like crazy, and couldn't help rubbing his forehead. Yun Hu, this guy, was already so old, yet he's still crying like this!
Footnotes:
Little white face, white-cut chicken: A little white face refers to an attractive young man or "pretty boy" (usually used in a derogatory way), and white-cut chicken is a cold dish of tender boiled chicken with soy sauce lol. It's probably referring to the whole "weak chicken" thing.
Mooching off of him: It's originally "eating soft rice", which is when a man doesn't really have a job or anything and just lives by relying on a woman.