Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 143: Stealing the Leopard

On the second day, Lu Ke got up early as usual, then did several rounds of the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening, and prepared breakfast.

Today’s breakfast was stewed ribs, Bone Wolf’s ribs, paired with two taros.

Lu Ke still remembered the taste of the grilled meat slices from last night, so she was quite looking forward to the stewed Bone Wolf ribs.

She washed the ribs clean, put them into two pottery pots, and added a sufficient amount of water.

Then she lit the fire and started stewing.

During this time, Lu Ke took some flax stems and continued to strip the fibers from them.

During the day, she had to go out hunting to earn points.

Stripping flax fibers could only be done under these conditions.

She wanted to free up her evening time so she could make pottery.

The usable pottery was getting fewer, so she needed to fire a batch of new pottery.

Just as Lu Ke started stripping the fibers, Xu Yi also got up.

Xu Yi practiced several rounds of the Eighteen Forms of Body Strengthening, washed up, and the rib soup was still not done.

Xu Yi checked on the rabbits and chicks, felt that the clover was running short, so he picked up the basket.

"Lu Ke, I’m going to collect some rabbit grass." After saying that, Xu Yi took his new bow and machete and went straight out.

After going out, he first checked on the two traps.

The bait was already starting to rot, but the traps hadn’t caught any animals.

The leopard that had appeared once didn’t know where it had run off to.

Now, Xu Yi actually hoped it would attack his camp.

After all, the camp had some defense abilities, safer than being outside.

Leopards were different from other creatures, their ability to climb trees was strong; there’s no advantage on the tree unless you climb high enough to have adequate attack time.

He got 6 points for hunting a Bone Wolf, a leopard should be worth around 8 or 10, right?

Regrettably, he didn’t know where it was.

Putting aside his thoughts, Xu Yi found a patch of tender grass, cut and filled half the basket then returned to camp.

"Just in time, the rib soup is ready." Lu Ke was just placing the two pottery pots on the table.

Xu Yi put down the basket; the tender grass was still a bit dewy, not suitable for feeding the rabbits. He poured it out to dry, intending to feed the rabbits and chicks with it in the evening.

"There’s no movement at the traps, don’t know where that leopard went." Xu Yi said proactively after sitting down.

"Could it have run to Wang Jin and Lu Yao’s place?" Lu Ke said while serving Xu Yi some rib soup.

"It’s possible, hope they manage to hunt it." Xu Yi picked up his spoon, still hoping the leopard had been killed.

If not, it might end up eliminating someone.

The Bone Wolf rib soup was very delicious, Xu Yi couldn’t stop after taking a sip.

Both of them ate until they were sweating profusely, and their stomachs were round and full.

This was probably the most filling breakfast Lu Ke and Xu Yi had eaten.

So they had to strip flax fibers for twenty minutes before leaving camp.

"Let’s continue heading in the direction we went yesterday, we can bring back some bamboo afterward." Xu Yi said before leading the way.

Lu Ke followed Xu Yi, one in front, the other in back walking forward.

By noon, past 1 PM, the two had traveled further than yesterday but hadn’t encountered any wild beasts, only managed to catch two rabbits.

Unfortunately, rabbits didn’t earn points.

Considering they still had to chop bamboo to bring back, Xu Yi and Lu Ke decided to return directly. Otherwise, they might have to spend the night outside.

They hadn’t prepared for that, the dangers of spending the night outside were too high.

Around 3 PM, the two arrived at the bamboo forest.

One chop per trunk, cutting bamboo didn’t take much time.

Xu Yi cut more than a dozen shoots, then dealt with the branches.

He didn’t plan on carrying them all back, a four-meter-long bamboo was quite heavy.

Xu Yi cut the bamboo into two sections and tied them together.

Four meters long was too difficult to carry through the jungle, two meters was more suitable.

Xu Yi took four sections himself, as his strength was much greater than Lu Ke’s.

Then the two carried the bamboo heading back to camp.

When they neared the camp, Xu Yi heard a roar.

"Leopard, Xu Yi, it’s a leopard, I’ve heard this sound before, it’s a leopard." Lu Ke said nervously, fearful of the leopard.

After all, it was a top predator.

"Not just a leopard, I also hear Lu Yao’s voice." Xu Yi dropped the bamboo on the ground and said to Lu Ke: "You go back to the camp, I’ll see if I can snatch the monster."

"Damn, merciless, actually thinking of snatching the monster?"

"Don’t know if you’re genuinely foolish or faking it, are you going to help and risk getting eliminated?"

"Exactly, Xu Yi couldn’t possibly be trying to snatch the monster."

"Quickly go, if you don’t, cousin will get bitten to death."

"Wang Jin has already been knocked out by a wild boar, the leopard is attacking Lu Yao, hurry, save people."

"Oh, what’s going on, first a wild boar, then a leopard?"

"Originally, Wanzi and cousin were dealing with an injured wild boar, Wanzi reacted a bit slow and got knocked away by the boar. Cousin seized the chance and stabbed the machete in the boar’s behind, killing it. Who knew, a leopard suddenly appeared and launched an attack on cousin."

Just as the audience worried Lu Yao would be bitten to death by the leopard, Xu Yi appeared timely.

He drew his bow, released an arrow.

Xu Yi’s arrow directly struck the leopard’s body.

The leopard screamed, leaped to one side. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Lu Yao took the opportunity to flip over, stand up, and went to grab her machete.

But, the leopard had already dashed away.

Xu Yi didn’t pause, he charged ahead, pursuing the leopard.

Struck by an arrow, it wouldn’t run far, Xu Yi wouldn’t miss this chance.

Lu Yao looked not too bad.

At least, she didn’t seem in any life-threatening situation. Only the large area on her shoulder was stained red with blood, claw marks were visible. Additionally, Xu Yi didn’t see other wounds.

"Sorry, snatched your prey, will repay you later if possible." Xu Yi said before accelerating his chase.

"Snatched my prey?" Lu Yao muttered before her expression changed.

She knew clearly, if not for Xu Yi’s timely appearance and that arrow, her neck would have been snapped by the leopard.

"Xu Yi, if the organizers didn’t prohibit us from attacking each other, I would definitely not let you off." Lu Yao cooperatively put on a fierce statement, then quickly ran to Wang Jin’s side.

Her own wound wasn’t serious, she was concerned about Wang Jin’s condition.

If Wang Jin was seriously injured, they would have to withdraw.