Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

"Hey, I heard they're opening some kind of auction in the city."

Tang Wen went to the blacksmith to pick up his arrows and was stopped by Li Daniu.

"What are they auctioning?"

"They're selling everything. Mainly mutated beast meat and the three treasures of mutated beasts. They say you can even see the Queen!"

Mentioning the Queen, Li Daniu's face was full of respect.

Not just him, but everyone in the camp, including Tang Wen, held the Queen in respect, even gratitude.

In the camp, the Queen established an iron rule: no bullying the weak, no harming others!

And there was no room for argument. If someone deliberately provoked another, such as insulting their family in front of a man, forcing them to retaliate, and then killed them, claiming self-defense.

Once they got to the guards, they had unique methods to make people unable to lie.

And once they couldn't lie, the truth would quickly come out.

The evildoer would naturally not escape death.

Either they would be cut a few times and dragged into the mountains as bait, or they would be hung on the flagpole, wailing to death, to deter other evildoers.

It was precisely this iron rule that gave countless ordinary people a sense of security, making them willing to farm.

After all, the majority of people were law-abiding.

As for the mutated beast's three treasures that Li Daniu mentioned, they referred to the mutated beast's brain, heart, and liver.

Eating the three treasures was said to make warriors stronger and even help them break through barriers!

Mutated beasts were divided into strong and weak, the stronger the beast, the rarer it was, and the greater the effect of the three treasures.

And what level of mutated beast would the three treasures at the auction be?

Tang Wen thought of the silver wolf he had encountered before.

He asked, "Can we go to the auction?"

"Uh, you can, but it costs one tael of silver to enter, and it's non-refundable," Li Daniu said, uninterested.

Tang Wen wanted to go and see, mainly to broaden his horizons.

But feeling the money in his pocket, he decided against it.

He had a cultivation technique and an experience panel, so the most important thing now was to seize the time to improve himself, rather than joining in the fun everywhere.

Li Daniu added, "There was a silver wolf disaster a while ago, and they say our Queen took action personally! She captured a silver wolf and locked it up in the city."

"Alive? Why not kill it? It's a waste of food to keep it."

"Who says it isn't? They say it's locked up in a thick iron cage, in a basement."

"Aren't the people living nearby afraid?" Tang Wen had personally experienced the pressure of the silver wolf, and even thinking about it now, he couldn't help but feel nervous. That terrifying roar even made him unable to muster the will to resist.

"I don't know, it seems the place is quite remote. And it costs copper coins to go in and see it. A new recruit from the guard team went in, and guess what happened?"

"What happened?" Tang Wen asked.

"He peed his pants!" Li Daniu said with a smile, whispering, "Don't spread it around, but that new recruit really peed! Scared him silly! He'll never be able to hold his head up in the barracks again. Funny, isn't it? He paid money to become a laughingstock. Some ordinary people went in and ran out, scrambling and crawling, having nightmares every day."

"How much does it cost to see it once?"

Tang Wen didn't laugh. He figured that if he faced the silver wolf at close range, with the silver wolf's pressure concentrated on him alone.

He might pee his pants too, and crawl out.

"It seems to be ten copper coins," Li Daniu looked up, stunned, "What? Are you going?"

Tang Wen shook his head, "Not now, maybe I'll go see it later. After all, I'm a hunter, so it's good to see it."

Li Daniu touched his bald head, "Brother, your hunting business is really dangerous. It's better to become a guard as soon as possible. With your ability, if you train for a few years, you might be able to become a captain. Preferably a city guard captain, getting paid in rice and meat every month, with no danger and a lot of leisure."

Listening to him, Tang Wen's lips curled up.

He remembered when he had just graduated from college, his elders had also advised him to take the civil service exam.

At the time, he was very resistant, thinking, how much money could he earn by taking the civil service exam?

Now, he really wanted to be a guard, because the strong among the guards could deal with silver wolves.

Becoming a guard might allow him to obtain some more profound martial arts methods!

Leaving the blacksmith shop, Tang Wen didn't go home.

He took the copper badge and went to the city, asking the butcher for the exact location where the silver wolf was being held.

"What? Young man, are you going to see the silver wolf?" The butcher's voice was surprised.

The surrounding people looked over, their eyes revealing a sense of amusement.

Tang Wen remained calm, "I just want to know the location to tell my family and friends to avoid it."

"Oh~" The butcher seemed a little disappointed, "Then avoid the northeast corner of the city, the silver wolf is locked up in that area."

Thanking him, Tang Wen detoured and headed towards the northeast corner of the city.

He turned from the main street to a small road, and finally entered an alley.

At the end of the alley was an open gate, with three guards in armor warming themselves by a fire under the gate tower.

Before Tang Wen could speak, the guard opposite waved his hand at him with a look of disgust, "Go, go, go, you're just a kid. What are you learning from others, coming to see the silver wolf! Be careful you don't get scared to death, go, go, go!"

Tang Wen didn't mind at all, walking up and smiling, "Thank you for the reminder, big brother. Don't laugh at me, all three of you, I saw a silver wolf from afar in the wild before, and I was so scared that I couldn't even stand up. When I heard the silver wolf roar, I even fell hard!"

The three men inside the door looked at each other, and the one who had spoken earlier asked strangely, "Since you know you're afraid, why do you still dare to come?"

"I'm a herb gatherer from the medical clinic, and I always have to go outside the camp, so I was thinking if I could practice my courage without seeing the silver wolf. If I encounter a mutated beast again in the future, I won't be so afraid, and I can run faster when escaping."

Tang Wen's tone was sincere and calm, and the three guards were moved.

The leader looked him up and down and said, "It's rare that you think like this, it's not impossible. You go inside the door and walk fifty steps, there's a hole in the house, with stairs leading down. Standing at the entrance of the hole, you can feel something different. If you're not afraid of the silver wolf suddenly roaring, you can go in and try."

"Thank you, I don't know how many copper coins it costs?"

"It's ten copper coins to enter."

Tang Wen counted out the copper coins, carefully sticking to the wall, and stepped inside.

"Awoo~"

Suddenly a roar came from underground, Tang Wen shuddered, his legs went weak, and he quickly grabbed the wall beside him with both hands.

"This kid is really unlucky, the silver wolf roared as soon as he entered."

"Haha, hopefully he doesn't pee inside."

The three guards warmed themselves by the fire, talking and laughing, their expressions normal, with no reaction to the wolf's howl.

"This silver wolf, no, this environment, how should I use it? To train my skills?"

Getting rid of the fear brought by the silver wolf's roar, Tang Wen covered his wildly beating chest and began to think.

Practice the blade?

But if the silver wolf howled while I was practicing the blade, maybe the blade in my hand would fly out.

It's even possible that I might overreact and hurt myself.

I can't practice the blade.

After thinking about it, Tang Wen carefully walked into the house, found a corner against the wall, and began to practice his stance.

The Eight Vajra Arts can't be exposed outside, and flying stones and flying knives are not suitable.

The most suitable thing is the stance.

But the stance requires "embracing the one and guarding the one", requiring a calm mind.

Looking at the dark entrance, his heart could not calm down.

He couldn't help but imagine that the next second, the ferocious silver wolf would come out of the hole and swallow him in one bite, as easily as a wild boar swallowing a yam!