Fearsome Farmer c1-60 Page 23

  chapter 48

  At dawn, Li Siwen finished dealing with the remains and went straight to the flooded valley. As soon as he reached, he immediately attracted the attention of two patrolling old wild boars. They let out a shrill grunt and charged thunderously at him on their huge pig trotters.

  They had the momentum of cavalry rushing to break a formation.

  But Li Siwen was already familiar with this routine. Without hesitation, he turned around and ran towards the top of the flooded valley, into the deep forest.

  The two old wild boars didn’t hesitate and pursued closely. At the same time, a humming sound rang out all over the forest. The other old wild boars had also been disturbed.

  However, their positions worried Li Siwen. Why did it feel like they were patrolling purposefully, two in the south, two in the northeast, and two in the northwest?

  This was not the case a few days ago.

  What was the reason for them to patrol around the wild boar territory day and night?

  Thinking about this, Li Siwen suddenly changed direction while running. He left the flooded valley and headed towards the back-land of the wild boar territory.

  Immediately, the two old wild boars behind him got anxious. One of them put on a burst of speed and rushed up quickly, while the other took a shortcut and prepared to intercept in front.

  Li Siwen pretended not to know any of this and continued rushing towards the back-land of the wild boar territory. Less than a minute later, he was successfully intercepted by the old wild boar who had taken a shortcut.

  At this moment, his expression was extremely horrified. There was another old wild boar speeding up, chasing after him. After hesitating for a second, he climbed up to a tree whose trunk was as big as three people holding hands.

  Well, this tree didn’t just happen to be near him by accident. It was part of Li Siwen’s plan from the beginning.

  Otherwise, an ordinary bucket-thick or a tree that could be encircled by one or two people would not have been able to withstand the violent collision of the two old wild boars.

  The old wild boar which had intercepted Li Siwen saw him escaping up to the tree and immediately huffed threateningly. It stood in front of him ten meters away from the tree, looking like he would jump up and chase him down, preventing Li Siwen from escaping by jumping onto another tree.

  At this time, the cries of old wild boars also sounded in other directions. They were encircling him and supporting each other. It was a great tactic.

  Li Siwen seemed to be have been really scared stupid. He climbed up the tree in a frenzy and climbed to a height of seven or eight meters in a blink of an eye. At this time, the old wild boar behind him also followed him up. It would not be so stupid to charge the tree. This was not a video game.

  Based on a mysterious angle that Li Siwen had accurately calculated, it was in a straight line with the first old wild boar at this moment. Which meant to say, the big tree that required three people to encircle was coincidentally blocking both their views.

  “Screech!”

  The old wild boar, who had been charging, halted in a hurry and leaned back, letting the center-of-gravity fall on its rump. However, its weight, which was over 2,000 catties, and his charging speed of 100 meters in 7 or 8 seconds were not so easy to stop. It could only ensure that it would not hit the tree and would most likely stop at a position three meters away from it.

  This was definitely a safe location. At least, it seemed that way to the two old wild boars. In their eyes, the monkey who had been chased up the tree had no chance of escaping!

  But at this moment, Li Siwen, who had climbed six or seven meters high, suddenly leaped off the tree holding a mountain axe in both hands. His body stretched like an arrow flying from a bowstring, in order to harness the greatest possible amount of potential energy!

  With the axe in his hand, he rushed towards the ground like thunder!

  No matter the angle, no matter the speed, no matter the timing, everything was excellent. Even the old wild boar could not avoid it. It was attempting to stop and the huge inertia of its body had it watching as it delivered itself to its death, unable to do a thing to stop it.

  The wind roared, and in a violent flash of movement, blood splattered. The mountain axe directly split the gigantic head of the old wild boar in half!

  One-shot kill!

  Li Siwen even had time to pull the mountain axe out and tried to run. Another old wild boar let out an earth-shattering roar a second later. The pig’s bristles were erected like steel needles and with trotters flying, it charged at Li Siwen like a tank from the north of the tree.

  At the moment when the old wild boar was about to cross the big tree, a blind spot formed between it and Li Siwen. Li Siwen retreated suddenly, and then, without looking, turned sideways, bent over, charged up and channeled energy. With the mountain axe in both hands, he swung upwards with all his force!

  The sharp mountain axe slashed the old wild boar’s throat from below with precise aiming. With the inertia from its charge, the pig’s head, which was over two hundred catties, flew into the air.

  At this point, Li Siwen was panting hard and while leaning against the tree. He was not out of Stamina. Although the two strikes consumed 20 points of his Stamina, it was not enough to drain him. He was just nervous, excited, and hungry.

  He opened the Attribute Bar and found that the yellow ball orb had been filled with Spirit points. There must have been some points which had been wasted, but it didn’t matter anymore.

  Taking a deep breath, Li Siwen raised the mountain axe again. A few strikes later, the hind legs of the old wild boar in front of him had been chopped off and carried away. If he didn’t run now, he might not escape later on.

  However, when Li Siwen ran across the flooded valley, he found that the old wild boars in the back didn’t chase him. Their small eyes were again vigilant and angry.

  “It’s weird. I’m even more curious about what secrets these old wild boars are trying to hide? Of course, they may also be scared.”

  Li Siwen couldn’t ask for more. Even if the old wild boars really dared to chase him, he was not afraid.

  Carrying two pig hind legs weighing at least 400 kilograms, he returned to the broken treehouse and rested. He used the mountain axe to take the skins off the two pig hind ends. He cut the pork into strips, but they were not for barbecuing. He had limited time, how could he waste it?

  After processing the pigs, Li Siwen found that there were three old wild boars staring at him from the flooded valley. Although they were hundreds of meters away, he could see their blood-red eyes. It was a little unsettling, but he needed only ten minutes.

  Opening the Attribute Bar, Li Siwen directly extracted one Vitality Point and decided he was going to add Defense to 4 points.

  After successfully adding the point, he immediately extracted another Vitality Point. Unfortunately, Defense had dimmed again. However, Agility and Strength had lighted up.

  Needless to say, Li Siwen extracted five Vitality Points and increased his Strength to 24 at one go. As for Agility, it was not time to add that.

  Less than ten seconds after adding the points, his stomach growled, but Li Siwen had already begun to quickly devour the cut raw pork.

  Everything was falling in place.

  chapter 49

  In just ten minutes, Li Siwen felt that he had turned into a gluttonous behemoth.

  The two pig hinds were about four hundred catties. After removing the pig skin and pig bones, the rest was still about three hundred and fifty catties. In the end, he ate two hundred catties of it in a frenzy.

  After the pork entered his stomach, it felt as if a blazing fire immediately vaporized all of it, turning it into energy. This energy was then rapidly absorbed by all parts of the body.

  He didn’t feel bloated at all.

  Li Siwen was curious. By right, one Vitality Point should not trigger such a huge effect. Its value was clear and has already been determined.


  Hence, there was only one possibility. This one Vitality Point added to Defense was a key to unlocking the genetic lock. However, what set off the huge energy change in his body was the accumulation of both the Health and Stamina attributes.

  This would make sense and explain why unique attributes could cover for each other’s shortcomings.

  Getting up from the ground, Li Siwen made a movement to stretch his body. He heard the bones all over his body crackling. The flow of power was like a flash flood, violent, fierce, and unrestrained!

  “I’m—am I getting taller?”

  Li Siwen kicked off the straw sandals on his feet and observed for a little while. He knew that he had grown at least three centimeters taller and his weight should also have nudged up. After all, the muscles on this body could not lie.

  He hung the remaining wild boar on a branch on an enormous tree to dry it. Li Siwen took the mountain axe and went straight to the opposite side of the flooded valley. Despite the threatening cry from the three old wild boars, he didn’t hesitate and walked over murderously.

  When he was about a hundred meters away, the three old wild boars charged towards Li Siwen with a roar. He also grabbed his mountain axe and launched a head-on charge. However, when the two sides were still more than 20 meters away, he suddenly turned around and detoured around the three old wild boars, then headed straight to the center of the wild boar family.

  The three old wild boars were not as agile as Li Siwen, but their shrill cries were like alarms. In just a moment, under the leadership of the three old sows, a dozen young wild boars rushed over and tried to intercept them.

  Li Siwen feinted and headed straight to the battlefield where he had the double kill earlier. He picked up the wild boar carcass that had no hind end and no head, spilling viscera all over the floor, then turned around and ran.

  Now that he had 24 Strength, he could still move swiftly despite carrying more than a thousand catties of wild boar. The herd of wild boars chasing him were left far behind.

  After a while, Li Siwen had crossed the flooded valley. He looked back at the old wild boars who had drawn back again and sneered internally. This time, the scent of the blood should be powerful enough and cover an area that was big enough.

  He had deliberately run back and forth with the half carcass of the wild boar. His intention, of course, was to attract the attention of the beasts in the deep forest.

  Yes, although Li Siwen claimed that this was a war, he knew very well that he could no longer pull the same trick again. This was obvious from the way the wild boars who were chasing him earlier kept 30 meters away from him.

  Even if he increased his Defense to 4 points and his Strength to 24 points, would he dare face a herd of wild boars face on with his mountain axe?

  He was not stupid.

  In fact, the war was over.

  In addition, there were secrets in the small valley that the wild boars were protecting. It might not be a good thing for Li Siwen.

  Even if he really rushed in, what awaited him might be life-threatening.

  So in this case, wouldn’t it be better for him to attract other beasts to take the brunt of the wild boar family’s attack, and for him to benefit from it?

  He was fighting to survive, not to vent his anger.

  Intellect was the root of life!

  Li Siwen was ready to evacuate immediately if the wild boar family brought out some killing machine or if the scent of blood lured in the boorish Feudal Lord!

  He had to be thorough.

  Now that he had already gotten the most he could out of this location, it didn’t matter even if he had to move elsewhere and start all over again!

  Returning to the tree house, Li Siwen immediately skinned the pig. He threw the pig bones aside, cut the pork into strips, and hung it up on branches to dry.

  Then, he cut a large pile of wild anti-inflammatory herb, crushed it, and smeared himself with the very pungent broken leaves and sap to counter the stink of blood on his clothes.

  He quickly rubbed some wood to get a spark, set up a fire, threw some rhizomes and leaves of anti-inflammatory herb into it. Then he hung the air-dried pork on it for roasting.

  At the same time, he was still paying attention to the flooded valley on the opposite side. Once there was any development, he could respond in time, whether to retreat or take advantage of the situation.

  After busying himself for about half an hour, the roar of wild boars came from the forest across the flooded valley, accompanied by the roars of other wild beasts.

  However, Li Siwen didn’t move. What he was most afraid of now was the appearance of the boorish Feudal Lord. He was not a match for him. There was no way he could hold up against his full body of flames.

  Fortunately, it seemed that this worst-case scenario would not come to be.

  Two minutes later, the three old wild boars who were watching Li Siwen disappeared. The roaring in the dense forest continued. For a moment, he felt an urge to go over and look, but he managed to suppress it. Instead, he cleaned up the wooden house, set up some temporary defense measures, and seized the time to regain Stamina.

  As for adding Agility, never!

  Adding Spirit, never!

  Without being absolutely sure that it would be safe, he would never let himself fall into a situation where he would lose his combat effectiveness.

  This was not like adding to Defense. Even when he was stuffing himself in a frenzy, he retained his combat effectiveness.

  The fight in the wild boar territory continued. About ten minutes later, Li Siwen suddenly felt his scalp go numb. He looked up and saw a ghostly black panther staring at him tens of meters away.

  Li Siwen sneered and looked at it indifferently, but broke out in a cold sweat mentally.

  After a long time, the black panther jumped past Li Siwen’s tree house, and went straight to flooded valley, joining in the fight against the wild boar family.

  A few minutes later, another huge fanged tiger appeared silently from the forest to the south. It had a broken fang and a healed gash on its body. It looked very pathetic, but it still processed the bearing of a tiger. Li Siwen could only hold the mountain axe and be ready to fight (flee). After all, this was a being that was qualified to become the boorish Feudal Lord’s prey.

  However, in the end, this tiger with broken fangs stared at Li Siwen for a while, then left. It joined the group fighting to the north. There was a lot of food there, so there was no need for it to fight here and take the rest of being seriously injured. No, a tragic win was as good as a failure. All beasts knew how terrible the consequences of failure and injury are.

  chapter 50

  Finally, no more wild animals appeared.

  However, the sound of the beasts fighting in the north of the flooded valley continued. It only gradually calmed down more than an hour later. There were occasionally one or two low roars, which led one to think of the beasts having their meal.

  This showed one thing. The wild boar family was a goner.

  There was no time to feel emotional or regretful. Neither was he interested to know the secret that the wild boar family tried to protect.

  Li Siwen was busy. Since the tiger with the broken fang appeared, he had already predicted this outcome. Then he immediately worked on rebuilding the treehouse.

  There was no need to escape. Unless he was willing to give up over one thousand catties of wild boar meat.

  Hence, if he wanted to avoid the wild beasts from coming after him after feasting on the wild boar family, a defense system was necessary.

  Those old wild boars were so powerful they could overturn the treehouse. But it didn’t mean that they could go against the leopards and tigers. He would stand on the treehouse with his mountain axe and kill them as they came!

  It would be much simpler to rebuild the treehouse. After all, all the materials were available.

  There was no need to lay the foundation. All he needed was a hoe to dig a trench aro
und the periphery of the treehouse. Previously, the trench he dug was only one meter deep, and those wild boars turned his treehouse upside down. Learning from the lesson, he was going to dig a two meters deep trench, surrounding it with logs buried in the ground, leaving five to six meters above the ground. Then, he would use stones to secure them and finally bury them in the mud. Hundreds of catties of stones tamping it down. He didn’t even need the vines, and it was stronger.

  Li Siwen buried two rows of log wall and firmly tied it up with vines at the top end. And so, the primary structure of the treehouse took shape.

  In the evening, the Broken Fang Tiger passed by Li Siwen’s treehouse with a full belly. In its mouth was a carcass of a two-year-old wild boar, weighing over two hundred catties. The nearest it came was more than a hundred meters away. The Broken Fang Tiger didn’t make any stops and soon disappeared into the forest.

  Li Siwen didn’t think it would be the end. The biggest test had just begun. After all, there were over 30 wild boars in the wild boar family. That was an extensive amount of food. If the boorish Feudal Lord knew, he would be tempted as well.

  Now the Broken Fang Tiger left prematurely. Even if it was full and had a small wild boar in its mouth, it was enough to prove that it was the first carnivore to be eliminated when more food was distributed.

  “Hence, what I’m facing next could be a gang of wild beasts!”

  Li Siwen thought, “Fortunately, I’ve already taken advantage of building the treehouse in advance, and have more than one thousand catties of pork reserves. As long as there is rain every three to five days, I can last for a month or even longer. That’s impossible for the wild beasts’ gang.”

  “This is the worst-case scenario. I will be delayed for more than one month and my plans will be ruined. Hence, I have to stand strong and make them retreat.”

  Right then, while the sky was still bright, Li Siwen jumped out of the treehouse and brought back the logs of the trees he cut down. He placed them flat on top of the treehouse as the roof to strengthen it. He even tied up every three logs with vines.