Live Strong in the Wilderness-Chapter 243: New Skill

Xu Yi carefully walked over and quickly picked up the basket.

Splash!

The water quickly drained out, leaving the lively little shrimps, some small fish, and loaches inside.

"Wow, so many?" Xu Yi exclaimed in surprise, seeing that the fish and shrimp together weighed about seven or eight pounds, far exceeding his expectations.

Lu Ke immediately came over to take a look and couldn’t help but feel delighted when she saw the bouncing fish and shrimp.

"Xu Yi, these shrimps are pretty big, we’re in for a treat tonight," Lu Ke said happily, as she personally loved shrimp and crab.

"Yeah, we can’t finish them in one meal, we can keep them for later," Xu Yi said with a smile.

"Okay, I’ll go get the pot to store the shrimp," Lu Ke said, and happily ran off to grab a pot, coming back with it filled with freshwater shrimp.

Xu Yi placed the basket securely to prevent it from being washed away by water.

After setting everything up, Xu Yi returned to the first floor of the campsite.

Lu Ke had already lit the fire, covering the pot with something to prevent the shrimp from jumping out.

She was in a particularly good mood and was even humming a little tune.

Xu Yi sat down to rest for a while, considering he and Lu Ke hadn’t stopped walking in their hurry to return to the camp before dark.

Shrimp cooks quickly, and if boiled too long, the meat becomes tough.

So, when the water started boiling, Lu Ke lifted the lid.

"Xu Yi, get ready to eat shrimp, they look pretty good," Lu Ke said, stirring with chopsticks.

"It would be better with some garlic and soy sauce, it would taste even better," Xu Yi said with slight dissatisfaction, but he didn’t plan to use points to exchange for these items.

Although Xu Yi and Lu Ke had 569 points, they were reluctant to spend them on food, especially condiments.

After all, they had so much smoked meat that it was unnecessary to waste points on these.

"We’ll find them in the forest. There are plenty of shrimps, we can often catch them to eat," Lu Ke said without thinking of exchanging points, only thinking of searching in the jungle.

Lu Ke felt that in such a big forest, there should be opportunities to find some.

After all, they’ve already found shepherd’s purse, so other things should exist, just not encountered yet.

"Sure, we can catch some occasionally to change the taste," Xu Yi agreed, as frequently eating jerky could become monotonous. He really wanted to find potatoes or yams to serve as staple food plants.

Xu Yi wasn’t quite used to having meat as a staple since he grew up eating rice.

"Mm, it’s delicious, very fresh," Lu Ke said, her eyes lighting up after eating one.

A steaming bowl was placed in front of Xu Yi too.

He picked up a bright red shrimp, placed it in his mouth, and chewed a few times, the fresh juice stimulating his taste buds.

The shrimp shells were soft, so there was no need to peel them, and Xu Yi and Lu Ke ate them whole.

After eating their fill, they rested for a while and then started digging nearby.

They needed to dig out a clay kiln to fire pottery.

After all, the clay bricks hadn’t been fired and couldn’t be used to build a brick kiln.

Xu Yi was responsible for digging while Lu Ke handled moving the soil away.

The two worked until 11 o’clock without much rest.

Since it was all physical labor, they were covered in sweat and needed a shower before resting.

Honestly, taking a shower so late required a lot of courage due to the low temperature.

After showering, they both gradually fell asleep.

When Xu Yi opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

Today, Xu Yi was going to receive a new weekly gift pack.

At this point, Xu Yi immediately instructed in his mind, "System, check-in."

"Ding, 7 days of check-in completed, receiving a Basic Gift Package."

"Open the gift package!" Xu Yi said expectantly.

Would it be another skill package?

Xu Yi thought a skill package was more valuable.

"Ding, received Taming Skills (currently 0.1% success rate)!"

Xu Yi immediately sat down, excited enough to shout a few times.

Taming, this is a taming skill, a skill for taming animals!

Even if it’s only a 0.1% chance, it’s still a very powerful skill.

If successful, he could tame animals.

Previously, he was worried that if he and Lu Ke actually caught a reindeer, they wouldn’t be able to tame it.

But with this Taming Skill, now there’s a chance of success.

If it doesn’t work once, then a hundred times, a thousand times, it would eventually succeed, right?

"System, receive the taming skills," Xu Yi said excitedly, eager to learn how to tame.

Then, he felt a tingling in his brain, like being electrocuted.

"Sure enough, it’s similar to the Binding Skills, requiring the use of Spiritual Power. Moreover, the stronger the Spiritual Power, the higher the success rate," Xu Yi murmured to himself.

This skill needs to be used when the target’s emotions are calmed, continuously soothing the target, then activating the skill, which would make the target dependent on and close to Xu Yi after success, thus achieving the purpose of controlling the other party.

Moreover, this skill only works on animals and has no effect on advanced animals like humans.

Unlike the Binding Skills, which also affect humans, although without enough Spiritual Power, the effect is minimal or even absent.

He felt that if he couldn’t tame animals with such skills, then it would be even less possible for others.

Now, he should go catch a reindeer and test how effective his taming skills are.

As Xu Yi was about to get up, he realized he was naked, his clothes missing, only covered by Lu Ke’s fur coat.

Xu Yi froze.

"Did I do something with Lu Ke last night... no way, impossible, I didn’t drink, so how could I not have any memory?" Xu Yi shook his head vigorously, recalling clearly that he went to sleep after Lu Ke slept, and nothing happened between them.

Seeing that his underwear was still on, Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xu Yi, are you awake? I took your clothes for washing this morning, they should be dry now. Should I bring them up for you?" Lu Ke’s voice came from above.

Xu Yi breathed a complete sigh of relief and replied, "No need, I’ll come down and put them on myself."

Then, Xu Yi calmed himself, waited until he felt composed, and went downstairs to get dressed.

Lu Ke was still practicing her Fighting Techniques, wearing only a tank top and pants, with her coat placed by the fire pit to dry.