At dusk, it's getting dark.

Qi Jingzhi hid in a bush and looked out carefully along the gaps between the branches and leaves.

There was an old pine tree not far in front of him, and the base of the tree was covered with a thick layer of pine needles.

There was a large bamboo cage placed on the pine needles, with the cage opening open, and inside there was a pheasant tied up with five-flowered flowers.

Time passed like water, and the sunset, as red as blood, gradually disappeared from the treetops, and the dense forest became increasingly dark and gloomy.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound under the old pine tree.

Qi Jingzhi was immediately shaken. He opened his eyes wide and saw a small figure appearing next to the bamboo cage in the dim light.

It was a little guy over a foot long, with red fur, a slender nose, and a pair of eyes glowing with a faint green light.

"Is it a fox?"

Qi Jingzhi thought to himself, but still made no move.

I saw the red fox walking around the bamboo cage, and suddenly made a squeaking sound from its mouth, like a baby laughing.

Instead of getting in through the mouth of the bamboo cage, it went around to the side close to the pheasant, opened its mouth and bit the cage.

Its teeth were extremely sharp, and it could bite through a tough bamboo stick in just a few bites.

The pheasant in the cage sensed the danger and became obviously anxious. It stared and its neck moved uneasily. However, its wings and claws were tied tightly and it was impossible to get up.

In just a moment, the red fox had chewed a big hole in the bamboo cage.

It carefully stretched out a front paw, slowly reached into the bamboo cage, and hooked the string that bound the pheasant's feet.

The pheasant began to struggle wildly, and even let out a high-pitched and shrill cry.

The red fox immediately bared its teeth and whined a few times, as if threatening and scolding.

The pheasant suddenly stopped struggling and its cry changed to a whine, allowing the red fox to drag it out of the cage.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown, and gently clasped the handle of the sharp knife in his left sleeve with his fingers.

The handle of the knife was only slightly warm, which was far worse than when Lu Yunzi appeared.

The young man felt slightly relieved and continued to look in the direction of the bamboo cage.

I saw that the red fox had pinned the pheasant to the ground and bit its neck with its sharp teeth.

The bloody smell quickly spread through the mountains and forests.

After a while, the poor pheasant died.

The red fox let go of its mouth, stood up, and barked twice more, seeming extremely proud.

At this moment, the thick pine needles under the old pine tree suddenly made a roar, and a large net rose up from below. In an instant, the red fox, pheasants, and bamboo cages that stole the chicken were carried in, and they were hung in the air.

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Qi Jingzhi opened the bushes and nimbly got out of it. He jumped to the foot of the old pine tree in a few quick steps.

He looked up and saw that the red fox's fur was as red as fire, and its color was extremely gorgeous.

When the red fox saw the young man, his eyes immediately flashed with fierceness, he bared his teeth and let out the same low growl as before.

The corners of Qi Jingzhi's mouth raised slightly, and then he scolded: "You dare to bare your teeth when you are about to die! In the past few days, you have taken a lot of bait from me. I didn't want to embarrass you, but you have become more aggressive.

I really don’t know how to write the word death!”

After saying that, he reached out his hand and grabbed the red fox's neck through the net bag.

The red fox immediately became ferocious, opened its mouth wide, revealing a ring of white fangs, turned its head and bit hard at the young man's hand, and scratched randomly with its four claws.

Qi Jingzhi snorted coldly and exerted force on his hand. He heard a crisp click, the red fox screamed, and his body immediately froze.

Soon enough, the young man took out the hunting knife from his waist without hesitation, used the handle of the knife as a hammer, and hit the red fox between the eyebrows and the back of the head several times, so that the eyes bulged, the mouth and nose were

Hemorrhage, and you can see that he is dead.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and while looking at the red fox's body, he smiled and said: "This guy actually gave birth to a good coat of fur, which can be used to repay the debt for stealing bait, and the fox meat is even better nourishing meat!

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He looked up at the sky and saw that the moonlight was already shining through the gaps between the trees. He muttered: "I came out a bit far today. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back. Besides, I still have to peel the skin and get the meat while it's hot. It's too late."

The flesh and skin cannot be separated, and if you waste a good thing in vain, you are committing evil."

With that said, Qi Jingzhi took back the hunting knife, put down the net, took out the fox corpse, looked around again, and saw a creek not far away, which looked very bright in the moonlight, so he immediately packed up some tools

Walked over.

He found a big stone beside the stream, put all the debris on the stone, and sat down with his back against the big stone.

Immediately, he pulled out the sharp knife with one hand, picked up the right hind leg of the fox corpse with the other hand, started cutting from the elbow joint, and moved all the way up the inner thigh, first opening a gap for the fox corpse.

"Speaking of eating meat, I only learned the first level of muscle-stretching and bone-pulling skills from outside. My appetite has doubled. I have to eat a lot of meat, otherwise I wouldn't have to go so far into the mountains."

Qi Jingzhi began to peel off the skin while thinking in his heart: "Fortunately, I am not yet sixteen years old, and the joint fascia has not yet grown to death. After these days of hard work, the stretching of muscles and bones has been effective, and I can try to get involved in the second world."

Layer, start washing the marrow and cutting off the hair."

"I remember that the fragments of the "Immortal Feather Sutra" specifically mentioned that fox meat can remove evil spirits from the five internal organs and is best eaten when the marrow is washed and the hair is cut. This beast bumped into my hand without knowing whether it was alive or dead, and it was just the right time."

While thinking about it, Qi Jingzhi had already neatly peeled off the skin of the fox corpse's right hind leg, cut off the tailbone and leg bones, leaving only the pad of the right hind paw.

"Well, these bones have no special effect on spiritual practice. Pick a few and take them back to Grandpa to make wine."

Under the bright moon, in the deep forest, beside a stream or a big rock, a young man was quietly skinning a red fox corpse with a smile on his face. Ordinary people would be frightened to see this.

Qi Jingzhi was completely unaware and pulled the left hind leg of the fox corpse over.

After the same skinning and deboning, he turned over the skin of the two hind legs of the fox corpse, and while pulling it upward, cut the tendons with a knife to completely separate the skin from the flesh.

Then, he went to work on the two forelimbs in the same way, not forgetting to make an inch-long slit in each armpit of the fox corpse, so that he could later turn the leg bones out of the skin.

The last step is scalping, which requires the most meticulous care. The ears, nose, eyes, and mouth of the red fox must be preserved intact.

In the past, Old Man Qi had done this kind of work himself. Qi Jingzhi had never done it many times. If he wanted to make no mistakes, he had to concentrate on it.

He just worked hard like this, and he didn't know how long it took before he finally put down the knife.

The young man held the whole fox skin in front of him, looked through it carefully for a long time, nodded with satisfaction and said: "The next step is to shave oil, wash the skin, shape it, and dry it. These time-consuming tasks are not in a hurry.

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As he spoke, he spread the fox skin on the bluestone, picked up some firewood, lit a fire and roasted a fox leg, and ate it hungrily.

Burping in his mouth, the young man thought with satisfaction: "Let's practice Feihe Quan first."

In the fragments of the Immortal Feather Sutra, the step of strengthening the muscles and bones outside Zhuangming is divided into three levels, namely stretching the muscles and pulling out the bones, washing the marrow and cutting the hair, and focusing on the Qi to soften, which are all water-grinding skills that lay the foundation.

Feihe Fist, as an entry-level boxing technique, is the most effective in stretching muscles and bones. It requires Qi Jingzhi to practice diligently over a long period of time.

He slowly stood up and did not rush to practice boxing. Instead, he recited the Boxing Sutra silently.

"The one with immortal feathers is the crane."

"Crane is a yang bird, and it swims in yin. Because of the metal energy, it rides on the fire essence to support itself. The number of gold is nine, and the number of fire is seven. Therefore, a small change in the crane will occur in seven years, a major change in sixteen years, and a hundred and sixty years.

Changes have ceased, and the shape has been fixed for sixteen hundred years."

"The body is clean, so its color is white. The sound is heard in the sky, so its head is red. It eats in water, so its beak is long. It lives on land, so its feet are high. It flies in the clouds, so its hair is rich but its flesh is sparse. It has a big throat.
Chapter completed!