Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 78: Homesickness and Parkour

The sun had set, but a wisp of red sunset glow still lingered on the horizon, ethereal and nimble, like a fiery phoenix soaring with wings outstretched.

It seemed the next few days would be predominantly clear and sunny.

Within the family camp, the iron pot was placed in the center of the yard, boiling ox bones inside. The aroma drifted far into the distance, heralding a wonderful night to come.

From the shed south of the camp, the sound of hammering and forging iron could still be heard, sparks flying chaotically. This was Thomas and Leon working together, reheating the chisels used for quarrying stone in the charcoal fire and reforging them with quenching. This was a daily task, with the Four Workhorses taking turns operating in pairs of two.

From the nearby lime kiln, billowing thick smoke rose skyward, wantonly polluting the surrounding environment. But there was no other way; building with stone required lime for mortar.

Over the past four months, the family's Four Workhorses, led by Thomas, had already quarried enough stone and produced a sufficient quantity of lime. Now, they only needed to wait for the ground to thaw before they could begin large-scale construction.

Just thinking about such a scene was exciting.

Because the embryonic form of a castle would begin to take shape before their very eyes.

In the yard, Penny was further processing the ox sinews and bear sinews. These were excellent materials for making a compound bow. With luck, they could craft a one-star quality compound bow.

Meanwhile, Margaret had claimed that ox hide and bear pelt.Tanning wasn't the tailor's domain, but the process of making them into leather armor was undoubtedly her exclusive territory, an area where no one else could intervene.

Fila moved the table outside, divided the meaty bones into six portions according to the number of people, and poured each person a bowl of fruit wine.

Soft, fragrant white bread was baked in the fireplace.

After all, the family's wealth had increased significantly once again, so they could afford to eat a little better.

And Li Wei, carrying his recurve bow on his back and holding an iron spear in hand, was patrolling around the camp. The aroma of their food was so rich; it wouldn't be good if it attracted hungry beasts.

"Come back to eat!"

Fila's voice carried from afar, echoing in the valley. Everyone tacitly returned one by one, and could even, for once, chat a few words. Beneath the seemingly relaxed atmosphere lay genuine camaraderie.

This was the first day of the month. Everyone had gotten their corresponding main quests as they wished and were now putting all their effort into working hard for a big push.

But in Li Wei's view, he felt everyone should really slow down and rest for ten days to half a month.

Really, it was too unhealthy.

Each of them looked like ghosts.

Even though Fila contributed white bread and they could have mushroom meat soup once a day, while these two foods were good, the problem was that deep-seated ailments were hidden, and accumulated problems were hard to reverse.

What was the point?

This dinner was quite enjoyable, mainly because there was wine.

The fruit wine Fila brewed was a bit sweet. Although it wasn't one-star quality, it felt quite good to drink, even inducing a slight buzz.

A bonfire was lit in the yard. Although the early spring weather was still somewhat cold, it was actually only a few degrees below zero.

Once everyone was full and satisfied, the sky darkened completely. The night hung low, stars twinkled, and the bonfire blazed brightly, making everyone's faces glow red.

Perhaps because they were stuffed, or perhaps because they were in a good mood, even Thomas, the leader of the Four Workhorses, slacked off a little. He didn't go to work but leaned wearily against a wooden stump, gazing at the crescent moon rising on the eastern horizon.

Margaret continued busily sewing her leather armor. Li Wei, picking his teeth, sat by the bonfire. Leon was still there diligently cracking bones and licking out the marrow inside, like a perpetually hungry puppy. There was no helping it; he had become as skinny as a rail, needing to seize every opportunity to supplement his nutrition.

In the quiet yard, Penny suddenly began humming a song softly. It wasn't in Chinese, nor in English. The system didn't provide an instant translation either, because Li Wei actually couldn't understand it. But it didn't matter.

It sounded quite nice anyway.

At this moment, time seemed to freeze here.

A group of scheming, deceitful individuals, after enduring the long winter and being worked to the point of nearly vomiting blood, finally had no energy left to bare their fangs or raise their prickles.

In the moonlight flowing at this moment, under the gentle night sky, alcohol, song, a different world, hometown... all these seemingly unrelated elements finally seemed to coalesce into a wisp of homesickness.

——

Spring had truly arrived, the kind you could almost reach out and touch.

Under the moonlight, Li Wei walked alone outside the camp. He was on night patrol.

This was his main task for the month. It wasn't tiring, but quite boring.

During the day, he could do other things, but at night, he had to patrol the entire night. They absolutely couldn't let another black bear silently approach and break in again.

In the distance, the call of a night owl could be heard. The entire mountain forest was quiet. The moonlight seemed to transform into a grayish-white mist, arbitrarily changing shapes. The more one looked closely, the more indescribable it became.

Of course, Li Wei couldn't possibly be afraid. By now, he had muddled through killing people, slaughtering the Wolf King, and even stabbing a black bear to death. His mental state and courage had long been tempered.

Especially after the past three months of recuperating and building up strength, his physical condition was at its peak. So much so that at this moment, he felt like taking a walk in the mountain forest, filled with an inexplicable excitement.

Summoning the Farmer Card, he saw an additional buff on it.

【You have consumed the white bread made by Fila. For the next three hours, your Health and Stamina Points will continuously recover by 50% of their maximum.】

Wow.

So that's why I'm so restless.

Li Wei smiled slightly. He couldn't waste this kind of buff. Well then, time to train.

He instinctively reached for his bow but suddenly changed his mind. He returned to the room and fetched thirty wooden arrows with feathers attached but without arrowheads installed.

He also swapped his recurve bow for the training one, took off his wolfskin robe and rabbit fur kneepads, keeping only a set of leather armor. Finally, after getting ready, he started jogging. That's right, he was going to practice shooting arrows while moving.

As a hunter, when he had time in the future, he would definitely venture deep into the mountain forest to hunt.

He couldn't possibly need to find a suitable position to draw his bow and nock an arrow in complex mountainous terrain, could he?

So he didn't aspire to be able to draw and shoot an arrow at extreme speed in any environment or terrain, but he should be able to manage in most environments, right?

Of course, such rapid shooting couldn't involve careful aiming or drawing the bow to a full moon. Flexibility, mobility, and instinctive shooting were the primary requirements.

And this first required his body to be agile enough, like a parkour expert...

Li Wei's idea was good, but implementing it was actually extremely difficult.

In the end, he simply threw down the bow and arrows and first practiced running empty-handed. The camp's courtyard walls and the material storage area to the south were his training grounds.

Anyway, stamina wouldn't be lacking.

170 points of Stamina, recovering 50%, theoretically meant he could reach an upper limit of 220 Stamina points.

He could run and jump to his heart's content. Even though he bumped and scraped during this, even falling flat on his face several times, it didn't matter.

This wasn't a hobby or fun; it was a way of survival.

Two hours later, Li Wei, panting heavily, plopped down on the obstacle at the camp entrance.

He hadn't run and jumped continuously at high intensity; he rested for a while every few minutes.

But even so, by now his whole body ached. From head to toe, he probably had over twenty bruises, and his Stamina Points were nearly depleted.

Parkour really wasn't something meant for humans.

It seemed simple, but it was actually very not simple.

It wasn't just about stamina consumption. Sometimes, if the body wasn't flexible enough, it would consume extra stamina. Overall, after this training session, he believed his Agility attribute was insufficient.

Otherwise, with his previous condition, even if he were jogging slowly, he could have run fifty or sixty *li* in one go without a problem.

Unfortunately, before his first profession reached three stars, he couldn't activate and bind a third profession card, and thus had no extra attribute points to allocate.

At this moment, Li Wei also suddenly realized the importance of Fila being able to cook one-star quality dishes.