The sky is getting late, the night is slightly cooler, and the lanterns of Jiangjia Town are starting to light up.
Jiang Long, who was sitting cross-legged under the big tree outside the courtyard, was inexplicably uneasy.
Jiang Long, who was sitting cross-legged under a big tree outside the courtyard, was inexplicably uneasy.
Jiang Hu and Jiang Bao hadn't come back for a whole day, and Jiang Han hadn't come back either, which made him feel something was wrong.
The Third Elder asked him to guard the courtyard, and he didn't dare to leave his post without permission, so he could only wait anxiously.
Half an hour later, a tall and burly young man walked over quickly. Jiang Long hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Jiang Xiong, are Jiang Hu and Jiang Bao back?"
The tall and burly young man was called Jiang Xiong, Jiang Long's cousin, who had just broken through to the seventh level of the Purple Mansion.
He was as bear-like as his name, and he shook his head and said, "No, I went to check again just now, and neither of them came back. I also went to Jiang Han's house specially, but I didn't see anyone."
"Nothing will happen?" Jiang Long frowned slightly and said with some concern.
"What could happen?"
Jiang Xiong shook his head and said, "Jiang Hu and Jiang Bao are both at the sixth level of Purple Mansion, and Jiang Han is at the fifth level of Purple Mansion. Brother Long, don't think too much. I guess these two must have sneaked to the gambling house in Dujia Town to play, and they should be back tomorrow morning."
"Hmm..."
Jiang Long thought about it and it made sense. Jiang Hu and Jiang Bao have always been good at gambling, so it's normal for them to sneak to Dujia Town to play. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go back first. If they haven't come back tomorrow morning, take Jiang Xie and the others to look for them."
Jiang Xiong agreed and left. After Jiang Long patrolled around, he went back to his room and fell asleep.
...
Jiang Long didn't sleep well at night, but Jiang Han basically didn't sleep that night.
After digging a pit and hastily burying Jiang Hu and the other two, Jiang Han did not return to Jiangjia Town, but found a dilapidated temple at the foot of the mountain to spend the night.
After eating dry food and practicing Xuanli for a while, he lay on a broken wooden board and prepared to sleep.
It was his first time to kill someone, and he killed two people in a row. He was extremely excited after awakening a powerful bloodline ability, but at the same time, he was worried about the reaction of Jiangjia Town, his sister Jiang Li, and how to hunt the Phantom Rat next...
All kinds of messy thoughts filled his mind, making him unable to sleep, and he fell asleep in the second half of the night.
Jiang Han woke up just after dawn.
He thought for a long time last night, but he didn't have a good idea about how to hunt the Phantom Rat.
The Phantom Rat is also a first-level monster, with low value and not very strong combat power, but from the name of this monster, it can be seen that the speed of this Phantom Rat is very abnormal.
Jiang Han had seen the Phantom Rat several times, but this monster was almost fleeting, and he didn't have time to react before the Phantom Rat disappeared.
For so many years, he had never heard of an effective way to hunt the Phantom Rat. This first-level monster is very alert, and will run away immediately once someone appears near them.
With Jiang Han's current combat power, it is easy to kill the Phantom Rat by using the violent power ability. The problem is that the Phantom Mouse will not give him a chance to attack. It will run away immediately when it encounters him and cannot be caught up at all.
"Let's buy a black iron cage first!"
Jiang Han thought about it and only thought of a way, which is to use a cage to trap it. If the Phantom Mouse can be lured into the cage, it will be much easier to hunt it.
After replenishing his energy, Jiang Han did not dare to return to Jiangjia Town, but rushed for half an hour to Dujia Town in the west.
After arriving in Dujia Town, he spent some silver money to buy a black iron cage and some dry food, and then hurried into the mountains to Turtle Ridge near Dujia Town.
This time, he was very lucky!
This morning, Jiang Long saw that Jiang Hu and Jiang Bao had not returned, so he asked Jiang Xiong to take his three cousins out of town to look for them. Jiang Xiong and the other two entered the mountain from Jiangjia Town. If Jiang Han also walked from this side, he would most likely run into them.
After Jiang Han entered Turtle Ridge, he searched carefully for a long time, but did not find the Phantom Mouse. He immediately decided to go to the mountain next to it to continue searching.
The second mountain peak also did not find the Phantom Rat...
Half an hour later, Jiang Han finally found the Phantom Rat on the third mountain peak.
Whoosh!
Unfortunately, Jiang Han just found a Phantom Rat, and the little thing turned into a residual shadow and disappeared. He quickly followed it and searched the nearby area but found nothing.
The Phantom Rat was not small in size, with a body of about a foot, white hair all over, and a barbed tail. Their speed was at least comparable to that of a warrior in the ninth level of the Purple Mansion Realm, and it was very difficult for Jiang Han to search.
After searching for another half an hour, Jiang Han found several Phantom Rat on this mountain, but every time he saw it, the Phantom Rat flashed away and there was no chance to hunt it.
After running around for a long time, he was hungry and tired. After eating some dry food, he climbed up a big tree and closed his eyes to rest. He fell asleep soon...
Soon, he was awakened by a slight sound in his sleep, and he opened his eyes to explore immediately.
Soon, he saw a phantom mouse appear in a nearby bush. The phantom mouse was chewing the rhizome of a plant, making a slight sound.
Jiang Han did not attack the phantom mouse rashly, but observed patiently. After a moment, he was delighted!
He made an amazing discovery - the phantom mouse seemed to only chew the roots of a brown plant, and had no interest in other plants and wild fruits.
"Good!"
Jiang Han was very excited and jumped down from the tree quickly. The phantom mouse not far away sensed the danger, and disappeared instantly.
Jiang Han walked over and pulled out the brown plant, cut off the roots, and then quickly searched for this brown plant around.
After an incense stick, he collected the roots of several brown plants, put them in the black iron beast cage, threw them into the bushes, and then climbed up the tree and waited quietly.
This wait lasted half an hour!
Finally, a white shadow flashed by and rushed directly into the black iron beast cage.
As soon as Bai Ying entered, he triggered the mechanism of the black iron beast cage, and the iron door of the beast cage slammed shut. A phantom mouse was seen running around in the cage in a hurry, and its afterimage was all over the cage, as if there were more than a dozen phantom mice in it.
"Got it!"
Jiang Han jumped down from the tree and looked at the phantom mouse in the cage, overjoyed.
"Die!"
Jiang Han inserted the long knife through the gap of the beast cage and chopped at the phantom mouse in the cage. After confirming that the phantom mouse was dead, he opened the cage and took the phantom mouse's blood.
"Refine!"
After Jiang Han refined the phantom mouse's blood, he immediately visualized the Heavenly Beast Cauldron. After confirming that the pattern of the phantom mouse on the Heavenly Beast Cauldron was brighter and clearer, he began to clean up happily.
He took the beast cage to a nearby stream and washed the blood on the beast cage. Jiang Han followed suit and continued to set traps, waiting for the next phantom mouse to fall into the trap.
More than two hours later, the sky gradually darkened.
Jiang Han put away the black iron cage and walked down the mountain with satisfaction. He had lured and killed four Phantom Rats in one afternoon. He had mastered the trick now. If he could successfully kill six more tomorrow, he would be able to awaken another bloodline ability.