Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 181 - 180: Taking the Proper Path up the Mountain for the First Time! Are There Still People Going to Scenic Areas to Harvest Mountain Goods?

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Taking the Proper Path up the Mountain for the First Time! Are There Still People Going to Scenic Areas to Harvest Mountain Goods?

The farm was a bit lonelier in the winter days.

The animals also disliked running out and merely moved about in the yard.

The yard was sheltered from the wind on all sides, relatively warmer; the cold wind whooshed over the open ground, chilling to the bone, hence their reluctance.

Xu Yang’s yard was lively every day.

After resting for another two days, the time to enter the mountains approached again.

It was early winter, though it hadn’t snowed yet, ice had formed in the mountains.

The road was not easy to travel.

Xu Yang figured it was better not to go deep into the mountains.

The risk factor of entering the deep mountains in the middle of winter was too high.

"Why not go check out that Northeast Tiger, Mountain God?"

"In this deep winter, it’s also not good at hunting," Xu Yang thought to himself.

"It’s a bit early to go now, let’s wait for the next time. It isn’t the coldest part of winter yet; the tiger should be fine."

In the end, Xu Yang decided just to visit the Changbai Mountain Scenic Spot.

This time, no shortcuts, he’d properly walk through part of the scenic area.

The next morning, Xu Yang drove his Audi A6, carrying only a backpack, heading towards Changbai Mountain Scenic Area.

"It seems I’ve lived in the mountains for so long, yet I’ve never actually visited a scenic spot properly,"

"Always taking the shortcuts."

"It’s a bit absurd," Xu Yang reminisced.

He had seen Changbai Mountain Heavenly Lake from many perspectives.

All from very high, wild mountain tops.

But he had never actually visited through the scenic spot.

It seems people don’t like visiting local scenic areas, some even might not go to ticketed places for ten or twenty years.

Subconsciously, everyone thinks, since I’m always here, anytime is fine, resulting in a never actually going.

However, at tourist spots elsewhere, the moment they think of it is as a rare opportunity, and they had to explore everything thoroughly,

"It’s rare to drive out, this feeling is quite comfortable," Xu Yang expressed.

Today he didn’t bring Little Leopard; he couldn’t bring him.

If he did bring him, not only would the scenic spot refuse entry, they would probably detain him too.

So he just carried a backpack and went in alone.

Xu Yang arrived at the scenic spot, parked the car, got his ticket checked, and prepared to go up the mountain.

After entering the mountain, Xu Yang turned on the drone and started the live stream.

Drone use was allowed here, and there were no restricted areas.

Soon, the number of viewers in the live stream began to surge.

[Old Xu, where is this?]

[Are you going into the mountains today?]

Many people asked as soon as they joined.

Xu Yang told everyone,

"Today I’ve come to see the Changbai Mountain Scenic Area."

"It hasn’t snowed recently, and the roads have been cleared, so it’s possible to go up the mountain."

"Believe it or not, having lived in Changbai Mountain for so long, this is my first time climbing up from the scenic area."

"Just feels like spending over 100 yuan to enter the mountains, seems like a big loss."

Hearing Xu Yang’s words, everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

[Hahaha, these days, doesn’t visiting any mountain scenery cost money!]

[True, the views you see are those the scenic areas don’t have!]

[You’ve never been to a scenic area before?]

[Normal, I live on the grassland, if you tell me there’s some big grassland scenic area next door, and it costs over 100 yuan to see it, going there would really be purely sick.]

[The scenic areas are too mild, not suitable for you!]

Everyone responded one after another.

The atmosphere became lively.

Normally, entering Changbai Mountain Scenic Area involves getting ticket checked, then sitting on a long bus ride up the mountain while viewing the Changbai Mountain scenery along the way.

The mountain roads are very dangerous, and there are no guardrails.

People who sit in the bus always exclaim a few times each time they pass through the winding mountain roads.

In fact, the drivers of these tour buses don’t know how many times they’ve traveled this route; if not driving with their eyes closed, they still do it as if it was muscle memory with familiar ease.

So, it really isn’t that dangerous.

"I’m queueing for the sightseeing bus to go up the mountain, it’ll be my turn soon,"

"There’s nothing much to livestream, just the ordinary winter mountain scenery."

"I’ll livestream again when I get to the last part of the route to Heavenly Lake."

"Another two hours, maybe restart around 11."

Xu Yang continued chatting with his viewers.

At that moment, two girls in white down jackets glanced over at Xu Yang.

"That’s Mr. Xu, the farmer who raises tigers and leopards!"

"It really is him!"

"He’s quite handsome!"

"Let’s go ask for a photo!"

The two walked over to Xu Yang’s side,

"Hello, are you Mr. Xu?"

One of the girls said softly.

Her voice was very pleasant, slightly accented, but not in an affected way; rather, it sounded soft and cute.

Xu Yang, accustomed to the local accent, found her voice quite appealing upon hearing it.

In the past, there were videos of Northeastern girls trying to imitate Southern girls, sadly they almost never captured the essence.

Such nuances truly can’t be mimicked.

"Hello,"

Xu Yang responded with a smile.

The two kept their gazes fixed on Xu Yang’s face,

"Can we take a photo together? We really love watching your live streams."

The other girl said.

Usually, such phrases are just polite, people say they are a fan when taking photos with someone, though it might just be to share on social networks,

"No problem,"

Xu Yang responded generously.

The two took photos with Xu Yang one by one, then asked a passerby to help, and the three took a photo together.

This scene was broadcasted live.

The live chat suddenly exploded.

"Wow, Old Xu actually has female fans?"

"Must be hired with money, definitely hired with money!"

"Girls really like watching his livestream—two people in my dorm are really into him!"

"I’m a female fan, not interested in him gathering mountain goods, just plainly because he’s good-looking and genuine!"

As the chat progressed, everyone realized that Xu Yang had quite a few female fans.

When Xu Yang posed for a photo, several more tourists noticed what was happening over here.

People talked among themselves and came to know that Xu Yang was the broadcaster who dared to feed milk to tigers.

"It’s him, I remember now, I’ve seen his video, the one feeding milk to the wild Northeast Tiger, right?" one person exclaimed.

"Didn’t I hear that he was eaten by a tiger?" another said with a shocked face, based on some gossip he heard from nowhere.

"He even harvested Gem Corn a while ago, I’ve followed him!" said another person.

"Didn’t he also hold a little leopard and fight a wild boar?" asked a nearby person.

There were also some passersby tourists who hadn’t followed Xu Yang; listening to everyone’s idle chat, the expressions on their faces became more and more confused.

What are you talking about?

Feeding tigers in the mountains, holding a leopard, fighting a wild boar?

Are these the things a person can do?

That young man?

Are people in the mountains already this exaggerated?

While everyone was discussing, more young people came over, gathering around Xu Yang for photos.

Young people still prefer such lively scenes, especially sharing about it on social circles to show off.

It always feels good.

Xu Yang decisively agreed to take photos with them.

Anyway, it was no big deal.

The viewers in the livestream felt envious.

"Old Xu is quite popular, huh!"

"How could he not be popular? Who else would dare to do what he does!"

"He’s a big broadcaster with several million followers by now; of course he’s popular!"

"Not necessarily, there are a few broadcasters with ten or twenty million followers that I’ve never even heard of!"

Xu Yang and the tourists took photos for a while.

Just then, the tour bus arrived, and Xu Yang packed up his drone, shouldered his backpack, and got on the bus.

Little did he know that the bus driver had already noticed the crowd around him. Seeing Xu Yang getting aboard, he took out his cellphone and asked,

"Could we take a photo together?"

"Ah? Sure!" Xu Yang, slightly startled, then posed for a photo with the bus driver.

"The Northeast Tiger you touched didn’t bite you? I encountered one before, and it scared me quite a bit, but thankfully it just ran away," the driver, clearly a man of stories, inquired.

"You do need to be careful around tigers; I had no choice back then and I was scared too," Xu Yang responded politely.

After all, he couldn’t just mention that he had other ways to gain the tiger’s favor, so he just made casual conversation.

The tour bus quickly filled with people.

The bus slowly started and moved up the mountain road.

The mountain road was very spacious and offered a clear view of the beautiful landscape.

Everyone gazed out the bus windows, and many even pulled out their cellphones to take photos.

Xu Yang glanced outside briefly through the window and then, feeling utterly bored, squinted his eyes and dozed off.

It couldn’t be helped; the down jacket was too warm.

Sitting down, feeling comfortable and warm, sleepiness came over him quickly.

Plus, he was tired of the mountain scenery, which had lost all its novelty.

Perhaps observing Heavenly Lake up close would bring a different feeling.

Everyone in the car was amazed.

"Wow!"

"Ah!"

"It’s so beautiful!"

Xu Yang, however, was fast asleep with his eyes closed.

His body occasionally swayed with the turns of the bus, feeling very comfortable.

Two hours later, the tour bus arrived at the destination.

People got off the bus.

Outside there was no fog, the air carried a bit of chill, and the view was extremely clear.

Xu Yang got off the bus, stretched his body a bit, went to the restroom, and then restarted his livestream.

"The weather is nice."

"Sometimes during the rainy season in Changbai Mountain, the humidity is high, and the mountains are all hazy with fog, and you can’t even see Heavenly Lake."

"It has to be weather like this, clear and slightly dry, with no fog on the mountain, to be able to see the full view of Heavenly Lake," Xu Yang explained to his audience.

The next thing was to follow the scenic area’s designated paths.

Some paths were natural stone roads, some were walkways with railings.

The scenic area’s sightseeing routes were all well-marked; one just needed to follow them.

Xu Yang felt exceptionally relaxed.

Previously while mountain climbing, not only did he need to be aware of the surroundings, but also to constantly guard against possible dangers.

These were skills honed from long periods spent in the mountains.

Ordinary people really couldn’t venture into the deep mountains.

Without any signs, just trees and grass around, if one got lost, many might end up stuck in the mountains needing the Rescue Team for rescue.

Xu Yang just walked forward.

To tell the truth, it was somewhat boring.

The scenery wasn’t that great either.

And there were no animals.

The only thing he could look forward to was observing Heavenly Lake up close.

He didn’t use the Treasure Compass either.

After all, the scenic spot was managed and operated by people, and they generally didn’t allow random wandering.

He certainly couldn’t just run to someone else’s scenic spot to collect mountain goods.

If so, the scenic spot’s management would probably be baffled.

No, were there actually people running into scenic spots to dig up mountain goods?

So Xu Yang just continued walking forward, along with the crowd.

Occasionally, he stopped to look at the scenery, then continued at a brisk pace forward.