This time, Shao Qingyuan’s movements were even more agile. After walking for nearly two hours, they finally reached the wild boar den.

Shao Qingyuan stopped Gu Yundong from advancing. “You hide up there in that tree. You have a crossbow, which is suitable for long-range shooting. I’ll lure the wild boars out later. I’ll deal with the first two, and you just focus on the third one.”

“You’ll deal with two? Isn’t that too dangerous?”

“It’s fine. I know what I’m doing,” Shao Qingyuan said confidently, though he furrowed his brow slightly. “Just be careful.”

Gu Yundong nodded and swiftly climbed up the tree.

Looking up, Shao Qingyuan saw her using leaves to conceal herself completely. The tree trunk was sturdy enough, and there wasn’t much danger. He turned and walked towards the wild boar den.

Gu Yundong watched as he skillfully approached the den, occasionally crouching down to set up traps along the way.

Shao Qingyuan used smoke to drive the wild boars out of the den.

As soon as the wild boars emerged, he leaped down from the tree with agility.

Gu Yundong watched intently as one wild boar ran out. It was quite large, estimated to weigh about four hundred catties.

The second one followed, slightly smaller than the first but still weighing over three hundred catties.

Gu Yundong kept waiting for the third one, but it never appeared.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shao Qingyuan lured the first wild boar into his trap. When its front hooves stepped into the snare he had set on the ground, he yanked it hard, and then leaped down from the tree. The wild boar’s front hooves were lifted a few centimeters off the ground, leaving only its hind legs on the ground.

It began to struggle frantically, but the rope was securely tied to the tree. Shao Qingyuan approached quickly and stabbed his dagger into its neck.

The wild boar howled in pain, blood gushing out of its body. It glared angrily at Shao Qingyuan and tried to charge at him.

Shao Qingyuan quickly stepped back, but at that moment, the second wild boar also rushed towards him.

Shao Qingyuan was agile, wielding a large piece of wood from the ground and smashing it down on the wild boar’s head.

The wild boar was stunned for a moment, then became even more enraged. It charged at him furiously.

Shao Qingyuan dodged left and right, but the wild boar knocked down two trees in succession.

Gu Yundong, hidden in the tree, couldn’t wait any longer for the third wild boar. She adjusted her crossbow’s direction, aiming at the wild boar that was charging recklessly.

But it was too fast, and with Shao Qingyuan occasionally approaching it, she couldn’t aim properly.

Frowning, Gu Yundong watched as Shao Qingyuan suddenly turned and ran away, with the wild boar chasing after him.

Gu Yundong sighed.

Losing track of both the man and the pig, Gu Yundong’s gaze eventually settled on the wild boar that was still tied by a rope to the tree, its leg trapped. It was still struggling, but it was losing strength due to the wound inflicted by Shao Qingyuan.

Gu Yundong aimed her crossbow at it and shot. The arrow struck its neck, and the wild boar struggled a few more times before collapsing to the ground, lifeless.

Gu Yundong slid down from the tree and hurried in the direction Shao Qingyuan had left.

Halfway there, she saw Shao Qingyuan returning, with no sign of the wild boar behind him.

His body was stained with blood, but it wasn’t clear if it was his own or the wild boar’s.

“Are you injured?” Gu Yundong asked.

Shao Qingyuan shook his head. “No, the first wild boar is dead. I went back and took care of the second one.”

“No need. I shot it again, and it’s not moving anymore. But… I never saw the third wild boar. Was there really a third one?” Gu Yundong asked skeptically.