Chapter 497 - 484: Hunting
After getting off the cable car, staff members led them up, and after ten minutes, they saw Phoenix Mountain Villa.
Phoenix Mountain Villa looked very humble, but every decoration and arrangement was extraordinary; even the calligraphy painting at the entrance cost hundreds of thousands.
Xiao Hu looked at it for a while and drew a conclusion, "This painting seems to be personally done by Master Wang."
"You, a gamer, study this kind of thing?"
Wang Li also looked for a long time but couldn’t make any sense of it.
Xiao Hu gave her a disdainful glance, "Just a family tradition of expertise."
Wang Li snorted dismissively, not taking it seriously.
They continued walking inside and reached the lobby, where an elderly man in a white Zhongshan suit came out to greet them.
"Hello, everyone. I am the owner of Phoenix Mountain Villa. My name is Xu Min, but you can call me Old Xu." Old Xu’s voice was steady and deep, exceptionally commanding, "We are very pleased to have you come here for filming, and today’s expenses are on me. I hope you enjoy yourselves and eat to your heart’s content."
Old Xu cheerfully introduced himself, and then Su Yu announced the start of the task, handing over the task cards to the two teams.
Qin Yun took a look; their team’s task was hunting, while Team B was assigned to harvest black truffles and bird’s nests.
"Really? Hunting?"
Li Ning was surprised, unable to keep his emotions in check.
He asked Old Xu desperately, "Is it with bows and arrows?"
Old Xu shook his head with a smile, "Of course not. We have our own game preserve where small animals are raised in enclosed areas. Tools for hunting are typically traps and animal snares, and sometimes nets. There are no large animals in the preserve, so you can be assured of that."
After his explanation, Li Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I see, then I’m relieved. I thought I’d have to ride horses and shoot arrows like in movies. I couldn’t manage that."
Qin Yun’s eyes lit up. Since they are enclosed animals, can they hunt as many as they want?
She eagerly asked Old Xu, "Are there limits on the game?"
Old Xu chuckled again, "You have three hours; all the animals you catch are yours. Our villa doesn’t charge any fees, and we’ll even cook them for free."
Qin Yun’s eyes shone even brighter, "Really?"
This familiar scene made Su Yu involuntarily sweat for Old Xu, but Old Xu was unaware and confidently nodded, "Yes, all the game you catch, I’ll give to you."
"That’s fantastic!"
Qin Yun sincerely thanked Old Xu, then took the task card and went up the mountain with the team.
Concerned for the participants’ safety, Old Xu assigned a staff member to each team to provide technical assistance.
Soon, Qin Yun and her team arrived at the entrance of the preserve.
"What do we need to do?"
Qin Yun rolled up her sleeves; she was wearing casual attire today, and it made her look particularly decisive.
She rubbed her hands expectantly, looking at the staff, eager to try.
"First, we need to go to the warehouse to get tools. Do you want to use animal snares or nets? Nets are faster but generally catch smaller game. Snares require luck; only when you drive the game onto the snare can you potentially catch them."
"Then there are traps in the forest, usually for slightly larger game."
"Are there large game in the forest?"
"Yes, like farm-raised deer, farm-raised sheep, and similar animals."
Qin Yun asked, "Are they easy to hunt?"
The staff shook his head, "Large game aren’t easy to hunt; they are quite smart and agile, making them difficult to capture. Even when we hunt them, we need many people together."
"I want to try."
Qin Yun looked back at all the team members, "What about you guys? What do you plan to use?"
Li Ning and Bai Ziyu decided to use nets to catch smaller game, while Xiao Hu wanted to follow Qin Yun and Pei Yan.
The staff first taught Li Ning and Bai Ziyu how to use nets, then took Qin Yun and her team to nearby traps.
"These are traps we previously set; I’ll open them now and sprinkle feed around, then they’ll come attracted by the scent."
The staff reset the fallen leaves on the trap and then sprinkled feed on them.
"Just like this? Don’t we need to drive them?"
After speaking, Qin Yun curiously examined a trap and found it was a very deep pit, covered with thin wooden slats and fallen leaves, almost undetectable unless carefully examined.
The staff commented with a smile, "Animals are smart; they have an instinct for danger. Traps aren’t always successful at catching game."
Stuff in the forest have a special sixth sense for danger, always instinctively avoiding it.
So, traps aren’t frequently used.
But since Qin Yun chose to try, he dutifully explained.
However, he didn’t have high hopes for the outcome.
"Is that so?"
Qin Yun nodded, then looked at Pei Yan, "Mr. Pei, can you accompany me to look around nearby? Let’s see if there are any game."
Pei Yan nodded, "Let’s go."
Left Xiao Hu and the staff watching by the trap, Pei Yan took Qin Yun and walked to the side.
The cameraman followed, and this scene was live-streamed to the audience.
[Oh my gosh, Director Su can come up with such dangerous tasks? What if something goes wrong?]
[Yunyun, if it really doesn’t work, let’s change the approach.]
[No way, no way, what is Director Su thinking? Isn’t this pushing these five people into a fire pit? Li Ning and Bai Ziyu are slightly better; they’re just using nets, but Qin Yun and her team are facing large game.]
["I can’t believe this. Isn’t all this Qin Yun’s choice? Her desire for adventure has nothing to do with others, yet she doesn’t consider her teammates’ safety, and dragged Pei Yan and Xiao Hu into this. She’s the one pushing them towards danger!]
[What’s upstairs babbling? Before Qin Yun chose, she asked Mr. Pei and Xiao Hu for their opinions, okay? They agreed before Qin Yun involved them.]
[Stop arguing, what’s there to argue about? Having followed Qin Yun for so long, don’t you know she’s been lucky, without usual danger? Plus, big rewards follow. You forgot the details she confirmed repeatedly with Old Xu earlier?]
[Exactly! Yunyun never disappoints us! Feel free to keep watching.]
[Quit bickering, a bunch of worrywarts! Didn’t the villa owner say there aren’t any large animals? Those that can be raised, are generally tame.]
The live-stream audience promptly lost interest in arguing and focused intently on the stream content.
Qin Yun and Pei Yan were walking, and the sound of rustling leaves began to echo, causing Qin Yun’s ears to perk up.