Chapter 68
Chapter 68 – A good hound serves as the hunter’s eyes and ears
Translated by Sunyancai
Sponsored by Nathanael
All the residents in the mountain foot district knew that Old Ke didn’t take any work in stoneware crafting anymore. People didn’t know what he was doing all day, but everyday, early in the morning, he would sit on a wolf’s back with his cane in his arms, and only late at night would he return home…
While Old Ke didn’t have to trade for food himself, for Shao Xuan’s game was beyond enough for both of them. In Shao Xuan’s words, he was “paying the tuition” with the meat, and Old Ke didn’t decline his offer after thinking about the proposal.
One person set the traps, while the other made every effort to break them. Although Old Ke was very tired these days, he was in quite a good mood. Finally, he could practice and perform all he had learnt after he left the hunting team. Although his skills weren’t as good as during his days in the hunting team, they were enough to benefit Shao Xuan after all.
Seeing that Shao Xuan got schooled by those traps and lassos every day, Old Ke had a good laugh. In his youth he was also being schooled that way. However, he wasn’t as talented as Shao Xuan now, and his schooling took much longer. So long, that even now, he refused to think of those days. Hence, Old Ke took every single minute to prolong Shao Xuan’s experience in feeling those “mysterious” moments.
Old Ke knew at heart that Shao Xuan was very talented. Perhaps after some time, all the traps he set wouldn’t be able to stop him. If Old Ke was at his peak, he could have been able to “school” Shao Xuan for longer.
In fact, he would love to bring the scene depicted on the walls of the orphan cave back to life. However, since someone deliberately covered it up with stone powder, Shao Xuan chose not to reveal the secret easily. Before he left the orphan cave, he painted a layer of stone powder on the fresco when the other kids were fishing outside. The window of that stone room was blocked as well, and no one had noticed that.
When they had enough rest and were about to head back home, Shao Xuan glanced at where Ta was standing earlier and sneered, before leaving with Old Ke’s tool box in his hand.