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Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Trading Children for Meat
【Simulation Month 1: Your strength still hasn't broken through to the first level of Qi Refining. You suspect the main reason is that the cultivation manual isn't well-suited to your constitution. A sword-cultivation technique would likely accelerate your progress significantly.】
【Unfortunately, you've never studied any such manuals or texts.】
【You think to yourself: at this rate, reaching the first level of Qi Refining will probably take a year. Of course, you also know that if spiritual energy were more abundant, the process might go faster.】
【But you remind yourself that surviving five years is the only thing that matters. If you don't make it, everything else is pointless. So you decide to play it safe for five years first, then worry about breaking through.】
Еn̄ û mа
【Over this past month, you've been observing Shi Yun. She genuinely has no hidden motives. For now, you keep her around to cook and look after your mother.】
【Unfortunately, Bai Yulan's condition hasn't improved at all this month.】
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【Though you wonder whether improvement would even be a good thing. If her mind returned, she might notice that you aren't really her daughter. Or she might drown in the agony of her memories—even with revenge taken, the pain of what happened would still be there.】
【So you don't push to restore Bai Yulan's mental state.】
【One day, Shi Yun comes to you with a problem: after a month of everyone eating their fill, only three days' worth of grain remains.】
【She gives you a mildly reproachful look. She'd told you they should ration, but you insisted on three full meals a day for everyone. Eating well every day was wonderful, but now the food situation is dire.】
Е̄n̂um а
【Shi Yun has resigned herself to going hungry alongside you before long.】
【Shi Yun says: this past month has been the happiest time of her life. If things really come down to it—if there truly isn't any food left—then you can use her as provisions.】
【You look at the dead seriousness on her face and think: this girl really is loyal, all things considered. She's willing to offer herself as food for you and Bai Yulan.】
【Your trust in her deepens a few more notches.】
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【You pat her on the head and tell her not to worry. You can handle the food situation yourself.】
【Just take good care of Bai Yulan, you say. That's enough.】
En uḿ а̊
【Hearing this, Shi Yun wants to press further, but ultimately holds her tongue.】
【She nods and says she'll look after Auntie Bai properly, and that she'll eat only one meal a day from now on.】
【You tell her there's no need for that. The food problem is under control.】
【You say nothing more.】
【As for how you'll solve it—hunting, naturally. You haven't reached the first level of Qi Refining, but below that threshold, nothing alive can match you. That much you're certain of.】
【Shi Yun doesn't push it. She leaves.】
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【That night, you take a cleaver and head into the mountain forest.】
【After a month of cultivation, your night vision is now indistinguishable from daytime.】
【You chose nighttime deliberately—if some ill-intentioned villager took advantage of your absence to raid the house, you'd have no one to blame but yourself.】
【You scout the forest thoroughly. No beasts that have crossed into demonhood. You figure that makes sense—the spiritual energy here is so thin that becoming a demon would be nearly impossible.】
【However, you notice that the ambient spiritual energy in the forest is considerably denser than in Shiyan Village, and it grows thicker the deeper you go.】
【You consider it: training deep in the forest could speed up your cultivation dramatically.】
E n̈ u m ӑ
【But the deeper you venture, the greater the danger. It's still too early. Better not to take unnecessary risks.】
【Plenty of nocturnal beasts are active. You lock onto a wild deer and deliver a killing blow.】
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【The deer weighs roughly two hundred jin—enough to last a good while.】
【You don't use the blade for the kill. Instead, you cave in the deer's skull, causing brain death.】
【If blood spilled, the scent would draw every beast in the vicinity and cause you no small amount of trouble.】
【You hoist the massive deer onto your small frame and haul it home.】
W е̂ b̂ n о̊v̌ e ĺ Ё nuḿа
【You push the door open, and a worried-looking Bai Yulan immediately throws her arms around you, asking where you'd gone—she was scared half to death.】
【Warmth blooms in your chest. You tell her it's getting late and ask why she's still up.】
【Shi Yun explains that she tried to coax Auntie Bai to sleep, but Bai Yulan refused to close her eyes until she saw you. If you hadn't come back, she probably would've waited until dawn.】
【You smile at Bai Yulan and tell her everything's fine. Time for bed.】
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【Bai Yulan wants to carry you to bed and sleep together.】
【But you don't have time for that. You still need to bathe, and after bathing, you need to train.】
W е́ b̆nȯ v̄ е́ l̀ È n̂ umа
【You tell her to sleep on her own. You're busy.】
【Hearing this, Bai Yulan's face crumbles with disappointment. She trudges back to her room.】
【Shi Yun stares at the enormous deer beside you, wide-eyed. "You did this? That's incredible! A deer this size—even Shi Gou, who came from a hunter's family, might not bring one down in a whole month!"】
【"And a deer like this would fetch a fortune in town! The wealthy folk there love venison. A single jin goes for at least two taels of silver, and one tael buys ten jin of rice! If we sold this deer, we'd eat well for ages!"】
【Shi Yun is practically glowing. For her, a full belly is the pinnacle of happiness.】
【You have no intention of hauling the deer into town. First, it's too much hassle. Second, at your current age, it would attract unwanted attention.】
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【You tell Shi Yun that the deer can wait until tomorrow.】
【Month 1, Day 1: You trade a portion of the venison to the villagers for grain, using a bit of forceful persuasion.】
【You distinctly hear them muttering that you've obviously run out of food and must have killed Shi Yun, and now you're strong-arming them for their grain on top of it.】
【They throw the venison you offered right back at you, adding that you could just steal the grain outright—why bother pretending to trade?】
【You shake your head. The meat has been skinned, sure, but nobody could be stupid enough to confuse deer with humans. You don't bother arguing. If they'd taken the venison into town, they could've gotten two or three times the grain back. Their loss for not knowing what they had.】
【Simulation Month 2: Several of the families who did accept the trade bring venison to town and return with enough grain to last another two or three months. The ones who threw theirs away are green with regret.】
Ӗnù mа̂. і̀ḋ
【They beg you for more venison, promising to sell it in town for you. You refuse.】
【Simulation Month 2, Day 15: A smell of cooking meat suddenly wafts through the village. You know exactly why, because you've seen it with your own eyes.】
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【The families who'd traded for grain are surviving. The rest—to stay alive—have resorted to trading children between households to slaughter and eat. You could help them easily enough. A few hunting trips into the mountains would solve everything.】
【But you aren't a saint. When Bai Yulan was being violated, these people stood by and watched. What right do they have to ask for your help now?】
【Shi Yun smells the meat in the air, and a chill runs through her. If you hadn't taken her in, she'd have starved to death long ago.】
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