Some of the onlookers looked horrified, then guilty, shrinking back...

As the saying goes, don’t flash your wealth.

Qin Fang had pulled out fifteen taels of silver without blinking, tempting quite a few people...

But with the appearance of the Fish Dragon Gang, they immediately extinguished those little thoughts.

Qin Fang thought for a moment and didn’t refuse, nodding. "I appreciate the trouble."

"Not at all, not at all."

The few Fish Dragon Gang members replied hurriedly.

Qin Fang nodded, didn’t look again, and turned to leave.

The Fish Dragon Gang members quickly took charge of the wild boar. One of them looked at the Hunter and smiled. "Old Li, looks like your luck is pretty good today, huh? How much did it sell for?"

The Hunter gave an embarrassed smile. "Not much, not much... I know the rules... twenty percent, right?"

"Right."

"This pig sold for thirty taels, and that’s all I have. Thirty taels in total... Twenty percent would be six taels... Is that okay?"

"Fine."

The gang member nodded readily.

The Hunter also paid the money without hesitation.

Qin Fang glanced over, his eyes flickering slightly.

...The rule had always been twenty percent.

But before, the Hometown Association had been extorting people, raising that twenty percent all the way to forty.

However, during the last disturbance, he had killed many members of the Hometown Association. The survivors didn’t dare remain in Fisherman City... In a way, this had actually made life a little easier for the common people.

After all, one layer of extortion was gone.

No wonder that Hunter paid up so readily.

Qin Fang paid it no more mind. Seeing someone selling wild vegetables along the way, he bought some and headed home.

He had just arrived when the Fish Dragon Gang members showed up right behind him. They placed the wild boar in the courtyard, all of them thoroughly exhausted.

"Thank you for your hard work. Go ahead and cut off two jin of meat to take back with you," Qin Fang said to them.

One of them quickly shook his head with an honest smile. "Thank you, Master Qin, but there’s no need. How could we accept a reward for just doing a little work? In the future, if you need any help, just give us brothers the word! The boss said that seeing you is the same as seeing him!"

The others all nodded in agreement.

Then they took their leave.

Qin Fang raised an eyebrow but didn’t insist in the end.

He looked at the pork on the ground and licked his lips...

’I wonder what wild boar from this World tastes like.’

He’d eaten wild boar once in his previous life, an experience that was still ’fresh in his memory’...

He took out a sharp knife, rolled up his sleeves, and got to work...

...

「The next day arrived in the blink of an eye.」

When Qin Fang woke up today, he felt unexpectedly full of energy!

It was as if he had an endless supply of Strength.

As he moved, his whole body felt hot... While not as intense as after taking a Qi Blood Pill, it was definitely different than usual.

This made him click his tongue in amazement, though he didn’t understand why.

After taking a Qi Blood Pill and performing a session of Standing Pile, he checked his progress...

Qin Fang was shocked!

It had actually increased by a full thirty-six points?!

"Something’s not right!"

’This is more than just ’not right’! It’s completely wrong!’

’How could it increase so fast?’

’Even if he hadn’t trained yesterday, there shouldn’t be such a huge jump all at once...’

As he racked his brain, Qin Fang suddenly thought of something.

"That Pig King?"

He hurried to the kitchen and saw the pork he had cut into pieces.

...’If there was one difference, it was eating that Pig King Meat yesterday!’

’Could it be this stuff?’

Filled with doubt, Qin Fang took a deep breath.

’There’s only one way to find out.’

He cooked another meal in the morning, paying special attention as he ate...

And then he noticed the difference.

It seemed... there really was a surge of strength, different from usual, spreading from his abdomen.

Although it was very faint, it was continuous... and the total amount wasn’t small!

"Don’t tell me this Pig King Meat... is actually some kind of treasure meat?"

Qin Fang looked astonished.

Thinking back carefully...

’The taste is just so-so, nothing special... It’s just that the texture is a bit firmer...’

As he was thinking, he suddenly had another realization.

’No, the taste!’

’This Pig King Meat... it doesn’t seem to have a gamey smell?’

You have to understand, wild boar meat is usually very gamey. Not just gamey, but it even has a lingering smell of urine that’s impossible to get rid of.

In his previous life, Qin Fang had eaten wild boar. To be honest, it wasn’t prepared well, and he almost threw up after one bite, which is why the memory was so ’fresh’...

But yesterday, he had been busy for half the day before he got to eat. He was starving, and in the moment, he was only focused on gorging himself, so he hadn’t noticed this abnormality.

Only now, thinking back, did he realize something was wrong.

"Could it be that there isn’t just Treasure Fish... but good things in the mountains too?"

This Pig King was abnormally large, over a thousand jin. A normal wild boar, even a king, would be a hundred-odd jin at most.

...’Could it be... that it became this way because of something it ate?’

Qin Fang looked outside, thought for a moment, and then simply got up and headed straight for yesterday’s market stall.

But the Hunters weren’t there today. After looking around and not finding his target, Qin Fang could only return to his courtyard...

That was normal, of course. A Hunter would only come to the market when he had game to sell. Why would he come here for no reason?

After some thought, he let out a soft breath, a glint in his eyes.

’I’ll have to ask about this later...’

He committed the matter to memory.

’If there really was something good in the mountains, I can’t afford to miss it...’

Having gained thirty-six proficiency points in a single day, Qin Fang was in a great mood and began his afternoon training.

Then, he felt—though he wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination—that he was in unusually good condition today, and his progress was extremely fast!

The recovery of his skin, membranes, muscles, and bones all seemed to be much stronger!

After his Training Method, it was time for his Fist Technique and Sword Skill...

He went through a routine of each. The wind whistled with his movements, and his presence grew more and more powerful.

The improvement to his Physique was very obvious.

"The Training Method is used to improve one’s Physique. I wonder how strong I’ll be when I reach the Peak of Mingjin?"

He couldn’t help but dream about it.

Now, when he performed his Standing Pile, the thunderous sound of his bones was already beginning to appear...

Though, it was still very faint. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

That evening, just as he was about to rest, a knock came at the door.

Monkey’s voice came from outside.

"Master Qin, I’m back!"

Qin Fang’s eyes lit up. The letter from his senior brother had arrived.

He opened the door to find a somewhat pale Monkey smiling at him. "Master Qin, I’ve fulfilled my mission. I’ve brought back Master Zhou’s letter. Please, take a look."

He presented a letter with both hands.

Qin Fang took it and nodded. "Thank you for your hard work. Come in and rest for a bit?"

"No, no, Master Qin, you read your letter. I won’t disturb you," Monkey said, waving his hands hastily.

Since Monkey insisted, Qin Fang didn’t press the issue and just nodded. Only then did Monkey turn and leave.

Qin Fang watched Monkey walk away, then closed the courtyard gate, returned to his room, lit an oil lamp, and finally began to read the letter.

After quickly finishing the letter, Qin Fang let out a long sigh of relief...