Chapter 50 Rest and Recuperation
Now that it was dawn, Shi Lin and the other two were finally relieved.
Even if the Thunder Jackal pack returns by now, Shi An and Lin Yu alone can kill these Thunder Jackals who have not yet reached a hundred years of cultivation.
Shi An and Lin Yu were fine; they rested well in the first half of the night. However, Shi Lin didn't sleep at all. Although he didn't fall asleep sitting up, he was quite exhausted.
"Brother An, Lin Yu, you two go and skin and gut those three Thunder Jackals. Light a campfire later and roast them for rations. Leave the rest of the ingredients for me; I need them." Shi Lin said to Shi An and Lin Yu, sitting on the ground.
"Yes, young master," Shi An and Lin Yu immediately replied to Shi Lin.
Last night, they killed three Thunder Jackals. He thought they should be able to use the materials from these three Thunder Jackals to refine some high-quality Gu worms, which will also increase their combat power.
Shi An and Lin Yu collected all three Thunder Jackals and went to the campfire to begin processing their corpses.
With the help of the morning sunlight, Shi Lin was finally able to see clearly what the Thunder Jackals that had surrounded him and his companions the night before looked like.
The Thunder Jackal was only the size of a mongrel, with a large head that was almost one-to-one with its body. Its fur was a striped pattern of dark yellow and blue, which provided excellent camouflage in the dark.
What is most striking about the Thunder Jackal is the small, silvery-white horn about the size of a finger on its forehead.
The Thunder Jackal is able to unleash lightning attacks because of this small silver horn, and the lightning power within the Thunder Jackal's body is also stored in this small horn.
Lin Yu was not skilled at skinning and dismembering, but Shi An was very skilled. In less than a few minutes, he had divided all three Thunder Jackals into several parts.
To help Shi An take better care of Shi Lin, Fugui had Shi An learn a lot about wilderness survival, including knowledge of wilderness, cooking, and skinning and tendon removal.
Because these Thunder Jackals had been left for a long time, their blood had drained completely, so not much blood was collected.
Under normal circumstances, the meat of the Thunder Jackal can be used to make Jackal Meat Gu, but it doesn't have much value.
However, to avoid wasting the Thunder Jackal's meat, Shi Lin mustered his spirits and used a piece of Thunder Jackal's meat to refine a Gu worm.
He wanted to examine whether the meat of the Thunder Jackal can be refined into powerful Gu worms.
However, a few minutes later, Shi Lin proved that his guess was correct. The Gu worm made from the meat of the Thunder Jackal was a Jackal Meat Gu, which tasted just like the meat of a jackal and had virtually no value.
"Brother An, Lin Yu, this is a bamboo leaf Gu, a top-grade Gu insect. I've contracted three, and I have two more top-grade ones left. You two can each have one. Lin Yu, then you contract two more high-grade bamboo leaf Gu. I'm going to take a nap. After you two roast the jackal meat, go practice using the Gu insects." Shi Lin said listlessly to the two people in front of him.
Then Shi Lin took out a few Gu worms from the bamboo basket at his waist and handed them to Shi An and Lin Yu.
They must quickly improve the combat effectiveness of the two or three people to avoid a repeat of last night's situation.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An and Lin Yu took several Gu worms from Shi Lin, distributed them, and then went to make contracts.
After glancing at the two people, Shi Lin took off his armor, leaned against the stone wall, and quickly fell asleep.
There's nothing he can do; Shi Lin is still growing.
Three hours later, Shi Lin slowly opened his eyes. This body was still young; after staying up all night, he had basically recovered after sleeping for a few hours.
"Brother An, how long have I been asleep?" Shi Lin rubbed his eyes and asked Shi An.
"Young Master, you only slept for about three hours." Shi An immediately came to Shi Lin's side and reported to him.
"Three hours... How's the disposal of the Thunder Jackal's body going?" Shi Lin struggled to get up from the ground, then asked Shi An while putting on his armor.
"Young Master, the Thunder Jackal's body has been disposed of, and the meat is roasted. It just needs to be heated up, but the taste is a bit unpleasant." Shi An came to Shi Lin's side and said to him with some difficulty.
While the meat was being grilled, Shi An smelled a particularly unpleasant odor emanating from the roasted Thunder Jackal meat. Shi An also tasted it and found it not to be tasty.
"Not tasty? How much tastier could it be?" Shi Lin said to Shi An irritably, then tightened the armor completely.
Shi An and Shi Lin arrived at the campfire, where Lin Yu was smoking the meat of the Thunder Jackal to make it into jerky for easy storage.
Because the three of them were wearing armor and some of them needed to carry Gu worms, they didn't have much food to bring into the Soul Hunting Forest. The meat of these Thunder Jackals could be made into jerky and used as dry rations.
After the three of them sat around the campfire, Shi An handed a skewer of freshly grilled meat to Shi Lin.
Shi Lin also opened his mouth and bit off a piece of meat.
The jackal meat was sour! And it had a particularly unpleasant smell.
Shi Lin almost spat out the meat in his mouth.
"Young Master, you can eat dry rations, I'll eat the Thunder Jackal's meat," Shi An said, looking at Shi Lin with some reluctance.
"It's alright. We only have limited space in our pack this time, so we didn't bring much food. It'll last us as long as it lasts." Shi Lin said irritably, then took another bite of meat and swallowed it without even chewing it.
It took the three of them more than ten minutes to finish their meal, drink some water, and then rest for a while.
"Young Master, these are the remaining materials from the Thunder Jackal. They're all here." Shi An took out a bundle, opened it, and placed it in front of Shi Lin.
The bundle contained some Thunder Jackal bones and skin, as well as the small horn from the Thunder Jackal's forehead.
Shi Lin picked up the small horn and examined it carefully.
"I wonder what kind of Gu worms this thing can be used to refine," Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
However, now is not the time to refine Gu worms. If they were to refine Gu worms now, they would probably have to spend the night here.
Given the vengeful nature of those jackals, they will definitely come back to harass them again tonight. If Shi Lin wants to get a good night's sleep, he can't linger here any longer.
"Pack your things, let's set off and set up camp near the Golden Horned Rhinoceros's territory," Shi Lin immediately decided, then said to Shi An and Lin Yu.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An and Lin Yu nodded immediately without any hesitation.
Shi An repacked the bundle, while Lin Yu extinguished the campfire and arranged the dried meat, packing it into Lin Yu's bundle to eat that evening.
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