Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

"Whew! I'm exhausted."

Tang Wen moved his shoulders.

Carrying a pig weighing over a hundred pounds for such a long way had made his shoulders ache.

"Rest quickly." Tang Tang ran to drag over the chair she used for washing clothes and placed it behind him.

After sitting down to rest for a while, Tang Wen decided that tonight he would break through to the next level of the "Eight Vajra Divine Art."

With this wild boar, there would be enough food.

But the wild boar had a strong, foul smell. To enjoy a good meal, Tang Wen took the remaining red-beaked sparrows from home to the general store and exchanged them for a few pounds of Sichuan peppercorns, some ginger, garlic, chili peppers, and three pounds of salt. Finally, he went to the liquor store and exchanged for half a pound of sweet potato liquor.

Sichuan peppercorns weren't worth much, and the yellowed salt wasn't either. The camp seemed to have a stable source of salt, and it was always sold very cheaply.

The most expensive was the sweet potato liquor, followed by ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers.

At night, the north wind howled.

The siblings skinned the wild boar and chopped the meat early, but they waited until late at night, until no lights were on in the surrounding houses, before they started cooking the meat.

The reason was simple: to avoid attracting attention.

The neighbors lived too close, and the wild boar had a strong, foul smell. If they cooked it during the day, with people coming and going, everyone would know that the Tang family was eating pork before they even finished one meal!

In winter, when everyone was struggling to get enough to eat, your family was eating pork?

This would make people jealous and might attract unnecessary trouble.

Glug, glug, a bucket of well water was drawn up and poured into the large iron pot.

Tang Tang muttered while cooking the meat, "Why add chili peppers and liquor? It's such a waste! What's wrong with the meat being a little gamey? When we only had it once every six months, you even ate eggshells and chicken skin with feathers. Now you're being picky..."

Tang Wen: ...It wasn't me, don't talk nonsense! I've never eaten eggshells, let alone chicken skin with feathers!

When the first pot of a dozen pounds of ribs was cooked.

Tang Wen took a deep breath, stood in the center of the yard, and began to practice the "Eight Vajra Divine Art."

Preparatory stance...

First movement: Hands Interlock Above to Regulate the Triple Burner

...

Eighth movement: Heel Bounces to Aid Digestion

Concluding stance...

Huff!

Tang Wen exhaled a long stream of white air.

The breath condensed without dissipating, reaching half a foot long!

In the dark, he felt as if he had broken through something.

He suddenly felt that the night scene before him was different. He raised his head, and the sky was like blue silk, with the brilliant stars seeming closer to him.

【Skill: Eight Vajra Divine Art, Entry Level → Mastery (1/3000)】

Skill breakthrough!

The breakthrough was followed by a surge in attributes.

【Body: 1.09 → 2.09】

【Essence: 1.05 → 2.05】

The last breakthrough increased both attributes by 0.7 each.

This time, the attribute values directly increased by 1 point!

Don't think the numbers seem small. In fact, according to Tang Wen's own exploration and practice.

"Body: 1.0" is actually the highest physique attribute of a healthy adult male, encompassing strength, endurance, speed, and other aspects.

"1.0" means being able to carry a weight of over a hundred pounds and walk two miles.

In terms of speed, running 100 meters in 12 or 13 seconds is no problem.

If it weren't for this, Tang Wen would not have been able to carry back such a heavy wild boar.

So, what about breaking through "2.0"?

How abnormal would that be?

Tang Wen's heart was full of anticipation.

A strange noise, his stomach growling with hunger, like drumming.

He tore off two ribs and handed them to his sister, picked up the remaining ribs, and began to devour them.

"Hiss, huff, so hot, so hot!"

"So fragrant, both spicy and numbing!" Tang Tang ate in small bites, savoring carefully, her big eyes narrowed into a pair of crescent moons.

One rack of ribs, along with two large wooden buckets of millet rice. The flavorful meat and millet, slipped into his stomach, transforming into nourishment and energy, nourishing Tang Wen's whole body.

"Water, sis, water!" He choked from eating too fast.

"Here, the whole bucket is here." Tang Tang picked up a wooden bowl and scooped half a bowl of warm water directly from the bucket, handing it to him.

Glug, glug...

"Huff! I'm full!"

After eating dozens of pounds of food and drinking a large bucket of water, Tang Wen's belly was as big as a pregnant woman's. He returned to the house and fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.

Outside, Tang Tang, by the stove, scooped a spoonful of meat broth and poured it over the steamed millet, eating slowly and methodically.

However, she didn't notice that on the roof dozens of meters away, there was a dark figure, holding a bamboo tube-like object, staring at her with the help of the starlight.

"Meat! This little girl is eating meat?"

"Damn it! I haven't eaten such good meat before!"

"Those are ribs, right? Slurp!"

"Damn! I really want to go down and snatch it! That whole pot is meat, all meat! I'll go now!"

The dark figure climbed down the house, but halfway down, he turned back.

"No, such good meat can't be obtained by a little girl. There must be someone else in her family. I have to figure it out..."

The cold starlight illuminated the person's face: a hooked nose, and triangular eyes, very recognizable.

If Tang Wen saw him, he would definitely recognize him. This was the guy he had met at the blacksmith shop before.

Li Da Niu had specifically warned him that this person was not a good bird.

Tang Wen woke up slowly the next day in the late afternoon.

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After taking care of his physiological needs, he came to the yard and stretched, his joints cracking all over.

"Xiao Wen, you've gotten taller, more handsome, and stronger."

Tang Tang was processing pigskins in the yard. Seeing her younger brother's height spurt overnight, she couldn't help but gesture with her hand a few times.

Finally, she nodded with satisfaction: "It wasn't a waste of those 13 pounds of ribs, 30 pounds of millet rice, and 1 bucket of salt water!"

Tang Wen: ...

"Sis, my clothes are too small."

Overnight, Tang Wen's height and muscles had grown, and the originally loose linen clothes had become tight-fitting.

"Too small? Then quickly take them off, and I'll alter them for you."

"Yeah, good."

The two returned to the house one after another.

On the roof not far away, the person from yesterday was still staring at the yard.

"Hey! There really are only two little brats! Just like what I heard during the day!"

The hooked nose became excited, and the triangular eyes gleamed.

"Their house is much better than mine! If I kill the boy, his meat, the house, and that little girl will all be mine!"

Inside the house, Tang Tang altered clothes, and Tang Wen, wearing thin underwear, began to practice the Eight Vajra Divine Art.

He practiced very slowly, each move and stance full of rhythm.

The young lady altering clothes couldn't help but stare at her younger brother, lost in thought. For a long time, she didn't alter the clothes well and simply hugged them and went to the inner room.

Tang Wen practiced one round, feeling light all over, an unprecedented experience.

That feeling was addictive.

【Skill: Eight Vajra Divine Art, Mastery (1→10/3000)】

One round gives 9 experience points?

It seems higher than before?

What's the reason for this?

Could it be because my realm is higher, I practice better, so I get more experience?

He didn't dwell on this question.

The feeling of seeing the harvest immediately after every effort was too intoxicating. Tang Wen was a bit addicted. He didn't even go to the yard to practice his knife skills for one night, but practiced the Eight Vajra Divine Art in the house again and again!

He was completely immersed in it, ignoring everything outside.

He didn't even notice when Tang Tang started practicing with him.

Unknowingly, one night passed.

"Grumble..."

The young lady covered her stomach: "Uh, I'm hungry."

"Then let's have a midnight snack!"

The young lady sighed: "Recently, my strength has also increased, but I've also become a glutton."

Tang Wen smiled. Tang Tang's changes were still obvious. Originally, when she used a jar to fetch water, she would have to rest three times to carry a half-full jar of water home.

But now, when they moved house the other day, there was no room on the donkey cart, so she carried the bucket of water, pots, pans, and utensils all the way to the new house without getting tired. She was also busy cleaning the house and was still quite energetic until dark.

It was clear that she also had good results from practicing the Eight Vajra Divine Art.

The siblings ate a meal of meat and went to sleep in the middle of the night.

The next day, Tang Wen carried a basket on his back and went out hunting.

The hooked nose, with huge dark circles under his eyes, saw him from afar and was very excited: "Little bastard, finally going out. Let's see how I deal with you..."

A ferocious, excited light appeared in his triangular eyes as he followed Tang Wen from a distance.