Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 133: In his farm, no one is allowed to be more awesome than him!

Chapter 133: Chapter 133: In his farm, no one is allowed to be more awesome than him!

The mountain goods market in autumn was busier than ever before.

This was when the mountain goods were at their peak of ripeness.

In the summer, as soon as the mountain runners came in, the middlemen would immediately swarm around them.

Because the summer mountain goods were in high demand and scarce, they seemed precious.

Autumn was different; various wild fruits, walnuts, and mushrooms all started to ripen, and the market stalls were full.

The middlemen didn’t come asking anymore.

There was no shortage anyway.

Xu Yang brought round dates to the market, found a stall, and began selling.

His goods sold quite quickly.

Mainly because round dates were quite popular, and many people, upon seeing them, immediately felt a craving and wanted to buy some to take home.

Moreover, many people recognized Xu Yang and specifically came to chat with him.

Xu Yang responded politely.

He wasn’t livestreaming; he was just visiting the mountain goods market.

People glanced at him from time to time, probably because he was too popular, but the locals lived relaxed lives and didn’t disturb Xu Yang.

After selling all the round dates, Xu Yang bought some mushrooms and medicinal herbs to take back to the farm for future use.

Farm life definitely required stocking up on food and drink at home.

The next day, Xu Yang took a day off and wandered around the yard.

At noon, he looked into the recipe for beer duck.

After all, from the last time with the mallard’s affection reward, he had earned ten duck meat recipes and hadn’t had the chance to try them out yet.

Unfortunately, there was no oven on the farm; otherwise, he would have made roast duck.

The beer duck turned out delicious, though.

It really tasted better since he had mastered the recipe.

This was thanks to the mallard’s gift.

After lunch, Xu Yang walked around the farm and saw Little Black and Black Horse Jingzhe running and playing together.

Xu Yang watched from a distance and found it quite curious.

At first, Xu Yang worried that Little Black would be trampled to death by Black Horse.

Horses had strong attack power, and their little hooves could cause significant damage, otherwise, centaur heroes in games wouldn’t have "War Stomp" skills.

However, seeing Black Horse’s gentle nature following Little Black, Xu Yang felt reassured.

The two black animals got along quite well.

Maquan always loyally followed Xu Yang, occasionally wandering off on his own.

Seeing these animals lifted Xu Yang’s spirits.

Just then, Tabby Cat coolly walked past Xu Yang.

The little guy was indeed handsome and aloof.

Now proud, it wouldn’t let anyone touch it.

When Xu Yang called it, it pretended not to hear.

Cats’ ears are very sharp; not responding just means it couldn’t be bothered.

Remembering the cat treats he had bought specifically for it, Xu Yang immediately went back to his room to get them.

He returned to the yard with the treats, calling out in the direction of Tabby Cat:

"Sang Biao, come here, I have something tasty!"

The words "something tasty" caught Tabby Cat’s attention.

Tabby Cat immediately turned its head and looked in Xu Yang’s direction.

"It really is something tasty."

Xu Yang tore open the cat treat packaging, squeezed out the nutrient paste, and started shaking his hand.

Tabby Cat, skeptical at first, slowly approached Xu Yang.

It first sniffed the smell in the air, noticed nothing, then ran in front of the nutrient paste to sniff it.

Then it cautiously tried a small bite.

That bite seemed to open the door to a new world.

Tabby Cat’s pupils suddenly dilated, its small face showing great surprise.

It’s this delicious?

Tabby Cat immediately pushed its head forward, gobbling up the paste from the cat treat.

Xu Yang casually started petting Tabby Cat’s head and body.

Nice try, can’t get the better of you.

And yet it still got petted, didn’t it?

Even the most aloof cats can’t resist the temptation of cat treats.

Xu Yang’s beast taming skills were still as impressive as ever.

After all, this was his farm, and within it, no one could surpass him.

Xu Yang pet the cat for a while, until the cat treat was finished.

He waved his hands, "No more, no more."

Tabby Cat, still wanting more, licked its tongue and looked at Xu Yang, not so aloof anymore.

"Catch more mice, and there will definitely be rewards," he said.

"There are more mice over at the junkyard, remember to catch them timely."

Xu Yang didn’t forget to assign Tabby Cat a task.

Hearing his words, Tabby Cat licked its paws, washed its face, then sauntered off.

Probably off to take care of business.

Xu Yang then looked toward Black Horse, planning to ride around the village.

It was the peak of autumn harvest, and people in the village were especially busy.

Some were busy getting into the mountains for wild fruits, others busy picking corns, and cutting rice.

Endless farm work.

Xu Yang had leased out his land and didn’t need to do farm work; after all, his family ran a supermarket and just grew some vegetables in their yard.

Xu Yang dealt with off-season fruits.

As it was off-season, he wasn’t busy when others were.

So, he was considered one of the leisurely folks in the village.

No serious business.

Just having fun.

But he was still planning to head to the mountains tomorrow.

The Treasure Compass had accumulated five uses, so Xu Yang planned to go into the forest for a task.

Doing tasks was truly addictive.

It was so interesting.

He had no idea what he was supposed to do, nor did he know what the reward would be.

But it was more interesting than finding a few precious mushrooms.

This time he would walk deeper into the mountain to see what he could encounter.

The next morning, Xu Yang had the unlicensed taxi driver take him to the mountain road bright and early.

Xu Yang was a regular customer of his, and every time Xu Yang called, he would arrive as soon as possible.

"Going into the mountain again?"

"Tell me, which road?"

The unlicensed taxi driver asked.

Usually, Xu Yang would get off at a mountain road and then simply walk into the mountain along the side of the road.

Sometimes the mountain was steep, but he would effortlessly climb up and disappear in a blink of an eye.

Just not too steep.

"The same mountain road as last time."

"Don’t go too high up this time, just walk up, and I’ll stop when you tell me to,"

Xu Yang responded.

"Got it!" the unlicensed taxi driver immediately agreed.

It was only six o’clock in the morning, and Xu Yang was already en route to the mountain.

He arrived at the destination around seven o’clock.

He planned to walk into the mountains for two hours and start live streaming at nine.

At that point, he wouldn’t know where he was without looking at a map.

Anyway, heading deeper was the right way to go.

With his Climbing Skills, Xu Yang was now quite the expert at mountain climbing.

He would daringly climb up some slightly steep cliffs barehanded.

Of course, the maximum height was ten meters; beyond that, he would take a detour.

Taking a little risk was okay, but risking his life was out of the question.

At nine o’clock, Xu Yang took out the drone and started the live stream.

It was still the familiar scenery.

The viewers didn’t know where he had gone, but they knew it was deep in the old mountain forests, where any animal could appear.

And indeed, Xu Yang’s live streams were just like that, with wildlife occasionally darting out, each appearance making the live chat go wild.

Wild animals gave a completely different feeling.

"I’m now deep in the Changbai Mountain Range."

"Now, the sense of autumn is quite strong in these deep mountains. Look here, a large area of the trees have turned yellow."

"The fallen leaves on the ground are very thick, and stepping on them feels very soft."

Xu Yang turned on the microphone, walking on the leaves, making a "rustling" sound.

In this season, the forests are just like this, areas with dense trees are almost entirely covered with fallen leaves, many of which have decomposed into the soil, covered by more fallen leaves.

In areas where the trees are sparse, the ground is somewhat firmer.

The drone filmed ahead.

As Xu Yang said, a large part of the forest had turned yellow.

The viewers got a tangible sense of "autumn."

In the past when they watched Xu Yang’s live streams, everything was green, all sorts of trees and wild grasses, growing everywhere.

Now, the grass is still green, but the trees have turned yellow.

Now is just early autumn, the yellowing of the leaves isn’t very noticeable, but by late autumn, the whole forest turns a dead yellow color.

[This forest is so beautiful!]

[Old Xu is in a birch forest, birch forests start turning yellow in early September, now is the perfect time to enjoy them!]

[Wow, such a large area of the forest has turned yellow? That’s quite a rare sight!]

[Why does everyone else have autumn, what exactly does autumn feel like, it’s still hot here, and we’ll be heading straight into winter soon!]

The atmosphere in the live stream was very lively.

Xu Yang strolled through the mountain forest.

He still remained alert.

After all, now without the Good Person Card for protection, encountering large fierce beasts was still dangerous.

He was far from the National Tiger and Leopard Forest Park, so relatively speaking, it was safer.

Hopefully, there wouldn’t be any major issues.

Xu Yang continued to walk deeper, occasionally picking up mushrooms.

This season, there were many fallen leaves, and also many mushrooms.

Often, what looked like a pile of fallen leaves to others, would reveal two or three plump mushrooms hidden underneath when Xu Yang gave it a sweep.

People didn’t know how he could tell there were mushrooms there.

The piles of fallen leaves were thick, concealing the mushrooms growing among them well.

But they still couldn’t escape Xu Yang’s sharp eyes.

"It’s actually very simple, just focus on the areas next to the tree roots, and the mounds of soil, mushrooms tend to grow a lot in these places,"

"Once you get practiced, you’ll notice them easily,"

Xu Yang shared his experience of finding mushrooms with everyone.

It was really just a matter of practice making perfect.

The viewers still found it incredible, jokingly saying:

[You might as well use a lock picker or an X-ray device!]

[Mushroom Immortal!]

[I’d rather buy mushrooms at the market!]

[The mushrooms here are so well-hidden, ours are all growing in open fields, very easy to spot.]

Xu Yang collected quite a few mushrooms along the way, this season the forest really had a lot of mushrooms.

He walked further in, seeing the distance to a large river getting closer.

Xu Yang decided to use the Treasure Hunting Task feature of the Treasure Compass.

The invisible compass scanned the surrounding area.

The Treasure Hunting Task was successfully triggered.