Seeing that Young Master Wei had swallowed the rabbit meat, Ma Gu nodded slightly.
He picked up a piece of rabbit meat and started eating it.
Perhaps because he was so hungry, after swallowing a piece of rabbit meat, Young Master Wei found that apart from feeling psychologically uncomfortable, it was not as difficult to swallow as he had imagined.
So I wasn't so resistant anymore and quietly continued eating.
The two of them silently finished the whole rabbit raw.
After finishing his meal, Magu cleaned up the food, then leaned against the cave wall with his knife in his arms and closed his eyes to rest at the cave entrance.
Young Master Wei went to see his mother and found that her condition had not improved, which made him worried.
He wanted to talk to Magu, but the memory of Magu grabbing his neck earlier made him scared, so he could only sit there silently.
By this time, the night had completely fallen, but as a martial artist at the Bone and Tendon Realm, Magu's senses were still sharp.
In the darkness, he noticed Young Master Wei's movements and said calmly, "Go to sleep. I'll go find medicine for Madam Wei first thing tomorrow morning. Worrying now won't help. It's better to rest and conserve your energy."
Young Master Wei remained silent for a while.
He finally spoke, "Magu, tell me the truth, can my mother ever get better?"
Magoo did not answer immediately.
After a while, he said, "I don't know either. As I said, I'm not a doctor, and my understanding of medical principles is very superficial. Madam's injuries are not light. I can only try my best to find some medicinal herbs that I recognize and give them to her to see if they will help. As for whether she can pull through, we can only leave it to fate."
At this point, Magoo paused for a moment before continuing, "Unfortunately, we can't get out now. Otherwise, if we could get to Doctor Chen, your mother's life would definitely be safe."
Upon hearing this, Young Master Wei's eyes lit up immediately.
"Yes, we can send my mother to Doctor Chen!"
He remembered the last time he was seriously injured, and how that old doctor had saved him.
If we can send Mother there, her injuries will surely be healed!
Magu shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to send Madam there, but as you know, there are people searching for us everywhere, and we can't get out at all."
Young Master Wei then realized what was happening, and his gaze dimmed.
Yes, if they could get out, they wouldn't be trapped in this cave.
"Alright, go to sleep. We'll see how things go tomorrow."
Seeing that he was no longer speaking, Magu said something and then closed his eyes to rest.
That night, Young Master Wei did not get a good night's sleep.
He would wake up frequently to check on Madam Wei, give her water every now and then, and drift off to sleep, barely getting any rest.
Magu saw all of this, but remained silent.
The next morning, after telling Young Master Wei, he prepared to go out to find medicinal herbs.
He took a look and, perhaps the effects of the wound medicine were still present, although Madam Wei's condition did not continue to deteriorate overnight, she remained unconscious.
But this is not a good thing, the environment in the mountains is too harsh.
If she continues to be unconscious, she may never wake up again.
Carrying his weapon, Magu carefully walked through the mountains, searching for medicinal herbs he recognized.
Finally, by a mountain stream, he found a useful medicinal herb and was overjoyed, about to go forward and pick it.
Suddenly, a warning signal came to my senses, and I darted to the side.
In the next instant, a sharp arrow almost grazed his body and embedded itself in the ground, most of the arrow shaft buried in the soil, leaving only the fletching trembling slightly outside.
Magu felt a chill run down his spine.
If he hadn't dodged it, his entire body would probably have been pierced by that arrow.
He turned around abruptly and saw a figure standing on the branch of a large tree not far behind him.
He was a robust young man wearing leather armor, carrying a quiver on his back, holding a large bow in his hand, and a short knife at his waist.
It was obvious that the arrow just now was shot by him.
"Huh, something's got something. It actually managed to dodge my arrow?"
The young man in leather armor was somewhat surprised to find that his arrow had missed.
"Who are you, and why did you suddenly attack me?"
Magu drew his knife and asked in a deep voice.
His gaze swept around, checking the situation.
"Why play dumb? Two days ago, you were the one who took away the Wei family's lady and young master, weren't you? Tell me, where did you hide them? If you tell me, maybe I can spare your life," said the leather-armored youth.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just a hunter, out in the mountains hunting. I have no idea about the Wei family’s lady or son,” Ma Gu denied.
"A hunter at the Bone and Tendon Realm level? Do you really think I'm stupid?" The leather-armored youth shook his head. "It seems that only after I take you down will you tell the truth."
Before he finished speaking, he had already reached into the quiver on his back, pulled out three arrows, and placed them on the bow.
In the next instant, almost without pause, three arrows were fired one after another towards Magu.
"A triple alignment?!"
Three sharp arrows, arranged in a triangular formation, arrived one after the other, almost completely sealing off the space around Magu, leaving him little room to dodge.
Magu was greatly surprised and immediately recognized the archery technique used by the leather-armored youth.
This is a very famous archery technique, representing that an archer has truly mastered the art of archery.
escape!
Magu made a decision instantly. He swung his sword to deflect one of the arrows, then rolled over to avoid the other two.
As he rolled, he flicked his wrist, and a dart flew out stealthily, striking the leather-armored youth in the face.
"Um?"
This counterattack came suddenly, catching even the leather-armored youth off guard.
He swung his bow, knocking the dart away. When he looked ahead, he saw that Magu's figure was already dozens of feet away.
It turned out that when the dart was thrown, Magu didn't even look at the result, and lunged backward to escape.
While fleeing, he constantly used the trees to conceal his figure, preventing the leather-armored youth from locking onto him with his bow and arrow.
"That's interesting. If this still lets you escape, where will I put my face?"
The young man in leather armor chuckled, slung his large bow over his shoulder, and used his movement technique to chase after Ma Gu.
Its speed was even faster than that of Magu.
Hearing the commotion of the leather-armored youth chasing after him, Magu inwardly groaned.
Upon witnessing the leather-armored youth's three-star combo technique, Magu knew he was no match for him.
The "Three Stars in a Row" technique is a highly sophisticated archery skill.
To unleash three bursts of power in an extremely short period of time, drawing a hard bow, is something that only a martial arts master at the minor completion stage of the Bone and Tendon Realm could accomplish.
Such a master is a level above him; in a fight, he would definitely suffer a great loss.
Not to mention, who knows how many other enemies are lurking around here.
If the commotion gets bigger, even more people will probably come over.
Therefore, escaping is the only option.
But now it seems that even if he tries to escape, he might not be able to.
Sensing the approaching footsteps behind him, Magu felt a growing sense of urgency.
He had thought that it wouldn't be very convenient for the leather-armored youth to move around in the forest carrying such a large bow.
Unexpectedly, the opponent's movement skills were so superb that he was able to gradually catch up with him under these circumstances.
But he couldn't stop, so he steeled himself and turned to rush into the denser bushes nearby.
This would slow him down, and the unknown thorny plants would scratch him all over.
But he was betting that the leather-armored youth carrying the large bow would suffer even more than he did.
Sure enough, once they reached the dense thicket, the young man in leather armor was greatly hampered in his movements.
The slender vines would occasionally entangle his precious bow, but he dared not exert any force, for fear of damaging his beloved bow.
As Magu's figure was about to disappear from his sight, the leather-armored youth was furious.
He sneered, "You cowardly rat who only knows how to run away, do you think you can escape like this?"
He took off his beloved bow from his back, pulled out a very special black arrow, and aimed it.
That rat in front had a good idea to escape to the bushes.
But he forgot one thing: once he was out of the cover of those big trees, these small shrubs couldn't stop his arrows!
The young man in leather armor, having been tricked, was filled with anger.
This time, he held back, unleashing his secret technique, causing his blood and energy to explode, his bones and tendons to creak, and a powerful aura to rise.
He drew the bow with both hands like a full moon, locking his aura onto Magu in front of him. The next moment, he released his fingers, and a sharp whistling sound rang out.
The black arrow left the bowstring instantly and flew rapidly toward Magu.
Its rapid rotation and the resulting shockwaves pierced through everything, tearing apart countless leaves and weeds in front of it, creating a passage connecting the two people—a truly spectacular sight.
In an instant, Magu felt an extreme danger surging from the depths of his heart.
He didn't have time to turn around, or even to think; his body instinctively lunged forward.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a pain in his back, followed by a loud bang in front of him, and a shockwave swept over him, making his head ache.
Magu looked up and saw a deep crater in front of him, on a tree that would take two people to encircle. A black arrow was stuck in the crater, its fletching shaking violently.
This horrifying scene terrified him.
Is such powerful archery really something that a martial artist at the Bone and Tendon Realm could produce?
What kind of enemies has the Wei family provoked?
At that moment, Magu was plunged into deep despair.
The leather-armored youth behind him—that arrow was so terrifying; there were clearly only two reasons.
Firstly, the other party was just playing around with him and didn't use their full strength at all.
His strength is far more than just the initial stage of the Bone and Tendon Realm.
Another possibility is that the opponent used some extraordinary secret technique to unleash an arrow far exceeding their own level.
Either of these reasons is absolutely bad news for Magoo.
This means that his chances of escaping are already very slim.
However slim the chances may be, we still have to escape.
Sitting around waiting to die is not in Magu's nature.
He touched his back, which was covered in blood. Fortunately, he had dodged quickly and was only grazed by the arrow's force; it was not life-threatening.
Realizing that his injuries did not impair his mobility, Magu leaped up and continued his escape.
The leather-armored youth behind him, after firing this astonishing secret arrow, also gasped for breath and felt his whole body go limp.
Even with his talent, the secret arrow technique his master taught him can only fire a maximum of two arrows at present.
After two arrows, he will be completely weakened, and his strength will be even less than that of someone in the Qi and Blood Realm.
Fortunately, the arrow was quite effective.
He felt a surge of pleasure when he saw Magu being shot down.
You wretch, to die by my secret arrow is too good for you!
However, before the leather-armored youth could even manage a smile, he saw that Magu, who should have been dead, suddenly jumped up again and ran forward.
Damn it! I'm still affected by this thicket after all!
The young man in leather armor was initially taken aback, but then immediately understood what was going on.
His arrow pierced through the entire thicket, a truly spectacular and terrifying sight.
But the arrow's trajectory was ultimately slowed down by a fraction, and this slight delay allowed the rat to react and dodge the arrow.
Seeing that his arrow, which he had fired with all his might, had been dodged by a mere mortal inferior to himself, the young man in cloth armor felt a surge of humiliation rising in his heart.
"You wretch, I will kill you!"
An angry roar echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
Hearing the chilling roar behind him, Magu felt even more bitter.
He regretted even more that he had been so foolish as to leave the group to go to the market.
If he had returned to his clan that day, none of this mess would have happened!
Unfortunately, no matter how much I regret it now, it's too late.
Hearing the noise behind him again, knowing that the young man in cloth armor had caught up again, Magu could only grit his teeth and continue to flee.
This time, however, he heard a sound behind him that was getting closer and closer, and the speed was much faster than before.
"not good!"
Taking a moment to look back, Magu discovered that the large bow on the young man in cloth armor was no longer there.
Without the large bow to restrain him, escaping through the bushes would be at a disadvantage for him.
But at this moment, it was too late for Magu to turn around, so he could only grit his teeth and run forward desperately.
"You wretch, you can't escape now. Stop now, and I might spare your life!"
The voice of the young man in cloth armor rang out not far behind Magu.
Magu dared not answer, afraid of losing his breath, and just ran forward with all his might.
After running for a few more breaths, as the sounds behind him grew closer and closer, Magu felt increasingly desperate.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of flowing water ahead, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.
If there were a river in front of him, he might still have a chance to survive!
This sudden glimmer of hope reignited Magu's will to survive, and a strange power surged from his body, increasing his speed once again.
"Trying to escape by diving into the water?"
The young man in cloth armor behind him also heard the sound of water ahead and saw Magu speed up, so he immediately understood his plan.
He disregarded everything else and activated the secret technique again, increasing his speed dramatically. At the same time, he took an arrow from his quiver.
The moment the arrow was in his hand, a clearing appeared before him, and Magu leaped high into the air.
"Go!"
The young man in cloth armor used a concealed weapon technique to throw the arrow in his hand.
Magu, who was in mid-air, could no longer dodge the arrow. It pierced his shoulder, and he fell from the sky, landing on a pile of pebbles.
"This isn't a river, it's a waterfall or a mountain stream?"
Despite the pain, when Magu finally saw his surroundings, he felt a chill run through him.
At this moment, he was in a valley, and the sound of water he had just heard was from a waterfall in the valley.
"You rat, it seems your luck is a bit bad."
At this moment, the young man in cloth armor also slowly walked out of the woods, his face full of mockery.
"This time, let's see how you run now."
As the young man in cloth armor drew closer, Magu's eyes filled with despair, and a look of death appeared on his face.
"Master Ma?"
Just then, a surprised voice rang out from the side.
