Chapter 11: Hunting Bears (Part 2)

  This roar, like a crack of thunder in the ear, made people's eardrums buzz. Wu Ji and Yang Xiu Xiu were shocked, holding their breath, and nervously sizing each other up.

  A black figure emerged from the cave, not much different from a buffalo, with shiny black fur all over its body. Its head was as big as a bucket, and its eyes were like lanterns, very fierce. Its sturdy legs stomped on the ground, making a loud rumbling sound, which was quite frightening.

  "Such a big bear?"

  Although Wu Qi had heard Wu Qing say so, and knew that the bear was very large, yet when he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be shocked. A bear of this size must have been enormous! Had it grown old and become a spirit? No wonder the strong men from Wu's village, as well as Song Jun, were no match for it.

  As she looked at Yang Xiuxiu, her face was also filled with a look of horror, her pretty face pale and tense. If the giant bear hadn't been right in front of them, she would have definitely let out a loud shriek. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, covering her mouth with her hand, barely avoiding making a sound.

  "Roar!"

  The giant bear turned its head, looked around, raised its head to the sky and let out a roar. The roar was filled with anger, as if it was provoking someone.

  A moment of silence, except for the sound of the mountain wind whizzing by, there was no other sound. The giant bear's ears perked up, as if listening. Wu Ji had a misconception that if they made even the slightest sound, they would be discovered.

  The giant bear set off on all fours, heading towards the direction of the ball, its pace was not fast, but extremely slow, as it walked, it perked up its ears to listen carefully, just like a vigilant human being.

  "Done! Done!" Wu Ji's heart was extremely excited, his fists clenched tightly, and his face turned red with tension.

  The giant bear is Wu Jie's hope, not only can it improve his life and raise his small body well, but he can also get the principal back and do business. As for what business to do, Wu Jie already has a plan in mind. In the Song Dynasty, there are many ways to make money, but the most suitable one for him is to do weapon business. No need to say more, just making explosives would be enough for him to make a fortune.

  In the Song Dynasty, even the most primitive bombs were incredible inventions that could shock people. Not to mention, this was Wu Ji's exclusive business, with a monopoly position, except for him, there was no other, everything was up to him, and it was hard to imagine how much money he could make.

  But what he lacked was strength, and what he lacked was capital. As long as the bear was killed, everything would become a reality. At the moment when the giant bear rushed towards death, Wu Ji couldn't help but feel extremely nervous.

  Yang Xiuxiu was both nervous and disbelieving, she couldn't think that there would be such a deceptive method of hunting bears. She had absolute confidence in Wu Jia, believing that as long as the bear bit the bullet, it would definitely die, and her pretty face was full of joyful color.

  However, they both liked it too early. The giant bear ran towards the ball for a distance, stopped, and kept turning its head to look around.

  "Go up quickly! Go and bite!" Wu Ji shouted loudly in his heart.

  Yang Xiuxiu was also tense, with sweat beads on her face. If the giant bear didn't attack, Wu Jie would have been busy for nothing. Wu Jie's body was empty, and he had spent a lot of energy hunting bears, which made Yang Xiuxiu feel heartbroken.

  "Roar!"

  The giant bear let out a thunderous roar and turned around to run away.

  "Wu Ji's mouth made a grinding sound, his face filled with disappointment. Just as they were about to succeed, who would have thought that something unexpected would happen, and the giant bear suddenly ran away."

  The giant bear didn't run back into its den, but instead ran towards the distance, occasionally letting out a thunderous roar that was both furious and provocative.

  Looking at the giant bear running further and further away, Wu Ji could only accept this fact with no other choice.

  "Wu Lang, what's wrong with you?" Yang Xiuxiu also looked disappointed, sizing up Wu Jue.

  "Wait! Wait until the bear runs far away, and then we'll collect our marbles and go back." Wu Jie gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I don't believe I won't be able to hunt you down! Hmph! If it doesn't work this time, next time I'll kill you with brute force! I'll prepare more gunpowder, make some bombs, call up Third Uncle and the others, and throw them into the cave, covering the whole place, see if you can survive or not?"

  Forcing a kill is also possible, but it would require a lot of gunpowder to be consumed, which would be too costly. Moreover, Wu Ji's reward would be greatly reduced. If there was really no other way, then this strategy could only be used.

  "Wu Lang, Xiong Tai is too cunning, don't be impatient. If it doesn't work this time, there's always next time." Yang Xiuxiu hurriedly comforted Wu Ji.

  The giant bear ran far away, but the roar continued without stopping, which made Wu Ji somewhat surprised. Wu Ji originally thought that when the giant bear ran far away, it would be quiet and they could leave. However, with the giant bear making such a big commotion, Wu Ji didn't dare to come down from the tree and could only stay there.

  The chilly autumn wind blew over, and Wu Ji couldn't help but feel a chill run down his body, as cold as an ice block. This was indeed a form of torture.

  "Wu Lang, San Shu said that bears are cunning and like to circle around. Is the bear circling around?" Yang Xiuxiu listened to the sound of the bear's roar, as if she had an epiphany.

  "Is it a scam?" Wu Ji gave her a reminder, and couldn't help but feel some surprise. This statement was somewhat absurd, but judging from the current situation, it wasn't necessarily impossible.

  Perhaps the bear wanted to repeat its old trick, dispersing the people who came to hunt and kill it, and then pouncing on them. If that's really the case, this giant bear is truly too cunning.

  The bear kept roaring, Wu Ji and the others didn't dare to get down from the tree, they could only stay on the tree. Time passed in the sound of the bear's roar, Wu Ji was almost frozen stiff, he raised his head and took a look, the sun had already set to the west, if they didn't go back now, it would be dark soon.

  In this situation, it is also helpless, except for waiting, still waiting.

  "Roar!"

  Another loud roar, the giant bear finally came back, Wu Ji and Yang Xiuxiu held their breath.

  A giant bear came before the Tangzi, with hot air spraying from its nostrils, occasionally sniffing at the Tangzi, but not biting down.

  "Bite! Bite!" Wu Ji urged in his heart, but the giant bear only licked its tongue and refused to bite, making Wu Ji so frustrated that he wanted to die.

  At this moment, Wu Jie was frantic. This way of hunting bears was clever, but it was too passive and completely dependent on the bear, with no control over humans. If there were lathes to manufacture rifles, it would be the other way around, with Wu Jie in control. But during the Song Dynasty, conditions were such that they didn't have the tools, so they could only use this method.

  Yang Xiuxiu's face turned pale with anxiety, her hands clenched tightly together, her wrists turning blue.

  What made Wu Ji greatly disappointed was that the giant bear did not bite, but instead turned around, took a stride and walked away.

  "It's all over! No chance left! Can only force a win now!" Wu Ji no longer held any hope, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, only to discover that he had been too tense, his palms were all sweaty.

  Yang Xiuxiu also had a disappointed face, loosening her tightly clenched hands, wanting to comfort Wu Ji, but was afraid of the giant bear in front of her and didn't dare speak, so she could only use her eyes to hint.

  Wu Ji nodded, indicating understanding.

  Suddenly, Yang Xiuxiu touched Wu Ji's hand, pointing at the bear with her finger, and looked shocked. Wu Ji took a look and saw that the giant bear had run far away, suddenly turned around, and flew towards Paozi.

  This time, the giant bear rushed over like a gust of wind and arrived in front of the ball in the blink of an eye. Its big mouth opened wide, biting the ball into its mouth, gently biting it several times before spitting it out. It circled around the ball, occasionally roaring, seemingly very happy.

  "Is it playing us?" Wu Ji seemed to understand the giant bear's intention, and after all this time, it was just playing with people. Is this still a bear? It must be a bear spirit!

  Just as Wu Jie was about to speak, the giant bear let out a loud roar, opened its big mouth and bit down on the bullet with great force.

  Bang!

  A deafening explosion shook the sky and a burst of flames flashed before their eyes.

  (Friendly reminder: the slingshot is extremely dangerous, don't imitate it at all. If something goes wrong, don't say you've read my book. My uncle used this method to blow up a bear. According to him, the bear was very cunning and would make various attempts when biting the slingshot, until it confirmed that there was no problem before biting the slingshot.)