Chapter 3

"Throwing Knife Technique."

The throwing knife shot straight out, hitting the throat of a wild wolf.

"-25!"

A critical hit, taking away a significant portion of the wild wolf's health.

Continue.

"Throwing Knife Technique."

"-15!"

"Throwing Knife Technique."

"-13!"

"Ding, congratulations to the player for defeating a level 5 wild wolf, gaining 5 experience points and 5 life energy. Due to defeating a monster four levels higher than yourself, you receive an additional 5 experience points."

"Ding, congratulations to the player for obtaining the Wild Wolf Wristguard."

It even dropped an item, a wristguard. Looks like my luck is pretty good.

Huang Yu checked the attributes of the wristguard.

Wild Wolf Wristguard:

Quality: Common Low Grade

Attack: +4

Defense: +6

Equipment Requirement: Level 3

This wristguard, although of Common Low Grade quality, is still better than nothing. It's better to have something than nothing.

Since he couldn't equip it yet, Huang Yu put the wristguard into his system backpack. His backpack currently has only twelve slots, meaning he can store twelve different items. Identical items can stack, which is an advantage. It seems similar to a game.

The two wild wolves that were killed did not cause the others to flee. The death and blood of their companions instead stirred their ferocity. The remaining wolves even ate the corpses of the fallen. Animals are animals, without ethics or intelligence.

Huang Yu naturally had no sympathy for them. Killing two wild wolves brought him significant benefits, so there was even less reason to give up on the rest. He would kill as many as he could. Although he only had one attack skill, the Throwing Knife Technique, it was extremely practical.

After continuously using the Throwing Knife Technique for two hours, Huang Yu had killed a total of ten wild wolves, including a level 6 Wild Wolf King. The other wolves, seeing their leader killed, fled for their lives, which made Huang Yu feel a bit regretful. Those were all potential life and cultivation points.

In this battle, he gained a total of 70 experience points and 51 life energy points. He also obtained another item, the Wild Wolf Soft Armor. This Wild Wolf Soft Armor was a decent piece of equipment, reaching Common High Grade quality, not much different from his fruit knife.

Wild Wolf Soft Armor:

Quality: Common High Grade

Defense: +8

Dodge: +2

Equipment Requirement: Level 3

At this point, Huang Yu's character attributes had changed significantly.

Huang Yu:

Level: 3 (21/40)

Cultivation: Qi Practitioner Level 6

Health: 40

Attack: 5 + 21 + 7

Defense: 5 + 20 + 14

Dodge: 6 + 15 + 2

Luck: 5

Sect: None

Life Energy: 146

Weapon and Equipment: Fruit Knife (Common High Grade), Wild Wolf Wristguard (Common Low Grade), Wild Wolf Soft Armor (Common High Grade)

Skills: Throwing Knife Technique (Common Supreme Grade, Upgradable), Gathering Technique (Common Low Grade, Upgradable), Investigation Technique (Common Low Grade, Upgradable)

After doing all this, it was already bright outside. It was time to continue on his journey.

The morning air was humid, and the dew was heavy. After walking for about an hour, Huang Yu's pants were half wet. He had no choice but to start a fire to dry them. It was autumn, and the mornings were still quite cool.

"Clatter... Clatter..."

"What's that sound?" Hearing the sudden noise, Huang Yu quickly stood up and looked in the direction of the sound.

There were people. Upon seeing them clearly, Huang Yu was overjoyed. After walking for so long, he finally saw someone. It was no easy feat.

In the distance, dust was rising, and three people on three horses were galloping towards Huang Yu.

At this moment, Huang Yu didn't dare to stand in the middle of the road and quickly moved to the side. If they had urgent matters or if they were bad people, he would be in trouble. Better to be cautious.

To his surprise, the three horsemen came straight to him, stopped when they saw him, and immediately dismounted, looking extremely excited. They shouted, "Young Master, it really is you! We finally found you!"

This made Huang Yu even more confused. They called him Young Master, which didn't make sense. However, Huang Yu found it strange that his hair had grown quite fast. Originally, his hair wasn't this long. Could he have not physically crossed over but possessed someone else's body? But that wasn't the case either, as his clothes hadn't changed, and he still had his fruit knife. So, it definitely wasn't possession.

"Are you talking to me?" Huang Yu looked at the three men, who were all around 27 or 28 years old, with the oldest looking about 30, and all appeared loyal and honest. They were all very excited.

"Young Master, don't you recognize me? I'm Ah Zhong." The oldest one said, looking at Huang Yu.

Huang Yu was still confused but remembered he had the Investigation Technique. He could use it to gather some information.

"Investigation Technique."

Lin Fu (Guard of Willow Forest Town Huang Family)

Level: 12

Cultivation: Qi Practitioner Level 3

Attack: 12

Defense: 8

Liu San (Guard of Willow Forest Town Huang Family)

Level: 12

Cultivation: Qi Practitioner Level 4

Attack: 16

Defense: 11

Zheng Zhong (Head Guard of Willow Forest Town Huang Family)

Level: Unknown

Cultivation: Unknown

Attack: Unknown

Defense: Unknown

"Lulu, Lulu." Huang Yu, seeing the results of the Investigation Technique, called out in his mind.

Lulu appeared before Huang Yu, rubbing her eyes and said, "Master, what do you need? I was sleeping."

"How did you come out? What if someone sees you?" Huang Yu was startled.

"Don't worry, Master. No one else can see me, no matter how high their cultivation is." Lulu smiled and flapped her wings, flying back and forth.

"Is that so?" Huang Yu sighed in relief.

"Master, what do you need?"

"Yes, I do need something. Lulu, why can I only see Zheng Zhong's name but not any other information?" Huang Yu asked, puzzled.

"That's because your level is too low, so you can't see Zheng Zhong's information. Your current Investigation Technique is only at the Common level, and you can only see information of people up to ten levels higher than yourself. Beyond that, you can't see their information." Lulu explained.

"I see. Then why do their levels and cultivation seem mismatched? Shouldn't they have reached the corresponding cultivation level if they are at level 12?" Huang Yu asked.

"That's different. Level and cultivation are not the same thing. A high level doesn't necessarily mean high cultivation. For example, some officials may have a high level but not necessarily strong cultivation, or even none at all." Lulu explained.

"Young Master."

"Ah, I'm not your Young Master. I think you've mistaken me for someone else." Huang Yu came back to his senses and shook his head, looking at the three men.

"That's impossible. Zheng Zhong has been with the Huang family for over thirty years. How could he mistake you? Young Master, stop joking. Something serious has happened to the Huang family. The master has passed away, and our jade business has been taken over by others. The Huang family jade shop is about to go bankrupt. This is no time for jokes. Young Master, you need to return immediately to take charge." Zheng Zhong said.