At this moment, a ferocious leopard lurked on the tall osmanthus tree.
It was lying quietly on a thick branch of a tree that stretched outwards. Its soft body like a snake was close to the trunk of the tree. Its particularly huge front paws were in a posture ready to pounce down from the tree at any time. They were extremely sharp.
His claws stretched out their sheaths and grasped the bark of the tree firmly, while his two fierce eyes stared at Yuan Qing, who was dozens of steps away.
This is an adult male leopard living in Xi Nei Yuan. It is the season when it is in heat and competing for females. It failed in the competition for females and was expelled from Xi Nei Yuan by other male leopards. It has designated this area as its own
Usually it comes out in the early morning or at night, but the smell of Yuanqing roasted pheasants attracted it.
Yuan Qing once killed a ferocious mastiff cleanly because it was a dog. No matter how ferocious it was, it was still a dog in Yuan Qing's mind. But the beast in front of him was a leopard, more than five feet long. Look
It looks like it weighs one hundred and fifty sixty pounds.
Yuan Qing couldn't help but take two steps back. His heart was pounding and he was extremely nervous. This was the leopard, second only to the tiger. Can he defeat it? If not, he would be bitten to death.
"Calm down! Calm down."
He warned himself in a low voice that even if the force value could not match it, the intelligence value exceeded it. Yuan Qing quickly thought about the strategy to kill the leopard. In just a moment, he had already thought of three strategies.
Yuan Qing took out an arrow from the quiver on his back, slowly raised the bow, unstrung the bowstring, narrowed his eyes and slowly aimed at the leopard's head dozens of steps away.
The leopard's pupils contracted violently, shrinking into a thin line, staring at Yuan Qing's bow and arrow, flashing with a frightening fierce light. Leopards generally will not attack unless they are attacked by people first. Although Yuan Qing broke into its territory,
If Yuan Qing can leave in time, it may not launch an attack. It is only hostile now, and there is a thin line between hostility and attack.
This thin line is a kind of hesitation. It is still in this state of hesitation, but it is this hesitation that caused the Leopard to suffer a big loss.
A long arrow shot out like lightning. The arrow was so powerful that the leopard was startled. He turned his head and tried to dodge the arrow, but the arrow was too fast. Although his forehead escaped, his eyes did not escape. There was a sound of 'Pfft!'
, the long arrow actually hit the leopard's left eye, causing blood to fly.
Suddenly the earth-shattering roar of the leopard rang out in the mountain forest, causing a large number of birds to fly away. The leopard went wild, jumped down from the osmanthus tree, and rushed towards Yuanqing desperately. It hated the human being who had invaded its territory and wanted to kill him.
He tore it into pieces.
Yuan Qing's second arrow shot 'Whoosh!', and the powerful long arrow hit its right eye, but this time the leopard was prepared. It shook its head, dodged the arrow, jumped, and jumped from a few
Zhangwai then pounced on Yuan Qing...
Yuan Qing threw away his long bow, drew his sword and struck it head-on. The sword was as fast as a flying shadow. This was the first move among the thirteen moves of Zhang Xutuo's sword technique. It was called "Splitting the Mountain". It was very simple, but it concentrated
The power is as strong as splitting Huashan Mountain. Because the force is controlled very strangely, it will create an illusion in the opponent's eyes, as if the knife is not fast and can be easily dodged or blocked. But in fact, when the opponent reacts, the knife has already hit the door.
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But it didn't seem to have this effect on the angry beast with an injured eye. Its reaction was faster and more agile than a human. The leopard turned its head in the air to avoid the killing blow, and in an instant it was in front of Yuan Qing's eyes.
, the front paws rushed towards his shoulders, the white canine teeth opened, and they bit Yuan Qing's throat.
The effect of foundation building and hard training in the third year of Yuan Qing was also vividly reflected at this moment. The flexibility of his body was far beyond that of ordinary people. Before the leopard claws could press his shoulders, his body turned backwards, like a bent wicker.
, his whole body bent into a semicircle, causing the leopard to pounce. At the same moment, he kicked his left foot upwards, hitting the leopard's egg.
The leopard roared in pain, and before he could use the leopard's tail-scissor stunt, he was kicked over and fell heavily into the river. This successful kick changed Yuan Qing's mentality. He could deal with this leopard, this one
The leopard is no longer a wild beast that will kill him, but a heavy piece of hundreds of coins.
Father Yang once said that a good-quality leopard skin is worth at least 300 dan, which is their family's living expenses for five years.
He jumped into the water with the leopard almost at the same time. This was originally his second plan, to fight the leopard in the water. There is no doubt that the leopard can swim, but it is not a fish, and it is impossible for it to fight itself in the water.
A man and a leopard fell into the river. The man was brave, but the leopard was afraid. Yesterday, the leopard was defeated by its own kind, and today it was injured by a human again. The two heavy setbacks made its ambition quickly fade, and it also realized that it was no match for this little human.
As soon as it entered the water, it swam quickly to the other side to escape.
But before it could swim more than a foot, its tail was grabbed by Yuan Qing and he forcefully pulled it back. The leopard became angry and turned around to bite it.
This was the moment that Yuan Qing was waiting for. When the leopard turned back to bite him, he had already dived into the water. Just like practicing swordsmanship in the water thousands of times, he swung his knife and stabbed towards the softest heart of the leopard. He used
The front end of the barrier knife was sharp, and it pierced the leopard's heart.
The leopard roared and struggled in the water. Gradually, its body stopped moving, and its blood had stained the river water red...
When Yuan Qing dragged the leopard weighing more than 160 kilograms ashore, he was already panting from exhaustion. The fifteen bright pheasant feathers were still flying in the air, but at this time, in Yuan Qing's eyes, they were really...
Light as a feather.
.......
An hour later, a boy who looked like he was twelve years old appeared on the streets of the city carrying a money leopard that was more than five feet long and weighed more than 160 kilograms. It immediately caused a sensation in the city, and countless people gathered around to watch.
The metropolis was the East Market of the Tang Dynasty, while the West Market of the Tang Dynasty was called Liren Market at this time. Most of the products sold in the metropolis were luxury goods, including all kinds of silks and satins, jewelry and jade, gold, silver, and jade, etc.
It mainly supplies the princes and nobles, while Liren Market sells ordinary tea, rice, oil and salt, which are daily necessities.
Yuan Qing's leopard could of course be sold in Liren Market, but he wanted to sell it at a high price and didn't want to be exploited by merchants. He wanted to see if he could meet wealthy princes and nobles in the city, and the price would definitely be more than three dollars.
Hundreds of coins.
The merchants and customers in the East Market have surrounded him on three floors inside and three floors outside. There are hundreds of people, most of them are watching the fun, but some are tempted.
"Xiao Lang, where did you get this leopard?" asked someone with good intentions.
Of course Yuan Qing did not dare to say it was in the north of the city, which was the Xineiyuan. This leopard was probably free-range for the royal family. If you cheetah in the Xineiyuan, you will be caught if someone reports it.
Emperor Yang Jian has just decreed that anyone who steals a piece of money is a thief. If he poaches an imperial leopard, shouldn't he be beheaded?
"Haha! I hunted it in Zhongnan Mountain."
Zhongnan Mountain is the Qinling Mountains. Naturally, no one said anything about cheetahs in the Qinling Mountains. It was just that everyone did not believe that this little boy could actually hunt a big leopard, and there was a lot of discussion.
At this time, a shopkeeper squeezed in. He was the shopkeeper of Baibaozhai, surnamed Wu. He looked at the leopard up and down, and saw that the left eye of the leopard was injured, but the fur was not injured, and the fatal part was in the heart.
That means you can get a perfect leopard skin, which is very rare.
His eyes lit up and he asked Yuan Qing, "Young man, how about selling this leopard to me for 300 yuan?"
Someone nearby shouted, "Shopkeeper Wu, you are from a jewelry store, what do you want leopard skin for?"
"Go! Go! Go! Don't make trouble, okay? I'll hang it up in the lobby."
Yuan Qing shook his head, "I won't sell it for three hundred condoms!"
Although Fourth Master Yang had said that a leopard skin could be sold for 300 pounds, his leopard skin was flawless and must have cost more than 300 pounds. What about the leopard meat? Leopard bones can also be used as medicine, so how could he agree to it?
Yesterday, shopkeeper Wu went to He Ruobi's house to deliver jewelry. He overheard the housekeeper of He's house saying that He Ruobi's mother would be celebrating her 70th birthday next month. He Ruobi wanted to give his mother a good tiger skin or leopard skin as a birthday gift.
He would help keep an eye on it and if it was in good condition, he could offer a price of ten taels of gold.
So Shopkeeper Wu took a fancy to this flawless leopard skin at a glance.
In fact, the leopard skin worth three hundred tons is clouded leopard skin. There are many in the Qinling Mountains, but there are very few large leopards. The leopard shot in Yuanqing was a rare leopard released by the royal family in Xineiyuan. It was an adult male leopard, which is of course rare.
The market price of a leopard skin of this quality is at least five to six hundred yuan, and precious leopard bones are also expensive.
It's just that he took advantage of Yuan Qing's young age and wanted to buy it at a low price.
"The three hundred and fifty hangings, including the leopard bones and meat money, are enough now!"
Yuan Qing's bottom limit was four hundred hangings. He was about to make a quotation. At this moment, someone in the distance shouted, "People in front of you get out of the way, don't be in the way!"