Under the gloomy sky, amidst the pouring rain, a three-ter tall mutated buffalo stood quietly on the road, looking at the human standing in front of it.
"Moo."
The mutated buffalo let out a low sound, seemingly trying to express sothing. Its black eyes had regained their calmness and were now quietly observing Li Ming.
"Such a big buffalo, it would be a waste to kill it."
Li Ming looked at the buffalo, shook his head, and led it forward by its horns. The mutated buffalo seed to have beco submissive, obediently following behind him in step.
The Chinese have a special affection for buffaloes. In ancient tis, it was expressly forbidden to slaughter them. They were an essential part of human survival, used for farming and plowing fields, playing a significant role in agricultural life.
In so special circumstances, the strong and hardworking buffalo would carry out special missions, serving as a reliable assistant for transporting heavy load.
Though the buffalo’s role has diminished a lot nowadays, it’s still an important resource in remote rural areas.
Besides, buffaloes are animals with a high degree of spirituality. There were plenty of myths and legends about them in ancient tis. Even now, incidents of buffaloes weeping or kneeling before they are slaughtered or about to die are often heard of.
It seems to have beco a special spirit accompanying humans.
Of course, it’s undeniable that buffaloes are expensive!
A buffalo, to say the least, can be sold for over ten thousand. Moreover, beef is highly nutritious.
In any case, Li Ming, who ca from a rural background, always had a special feeling for buffaloes. Encountering this road-blocking mutated buffalo on such a rainy day, he considered it a stroke of fate in this post-apocalyptic world.
So he decided to keep it. To accompany him. Maybe in the future it can serve as a mount, giving him another companion.
Perhaps the buffalo felt the sa way.
When Li Ming led it to the mobile ho, the mutated buffalo obeyed.
Li Ming clinched it to the back of the trailer using a strong rope. Then he pulled the buffalo to the side of the driver’s seat and told it to wait there. He then sat back in the driver’s seat, rolled down the window, and made eye contact with it.
"Moo."
The mutated buffalo looked at Li Ming and mooed. Li Ming smiled, left the window slightly open to let the rope pass through, and resud moving the vehicle forward.
Apparently, the mutated buffalo understood the situation. Seeing the mobile ho start moving, it also began to walk forward.
"Whir~"
As the wheels pressed against the road, splattering water, the mutated buffalo remained undeterred by the water splashes. It contently walked alongside the vehicle.
"Phew~"
Seeing the buffalo behaving so obediently, Li Ming also showed a smile on his face. He then asked Xu Xiu to drive and removed all his armor and weapons before heading to the bathroom for a shower, finally feeling refreshed.
After his struggle with the mutated buffalo, although his "Iron Shirt" skill had broken through to the seamless integration level, it had left him dirty and uncomfortable.
After the shower, Li Ming tested his skin’s defense by making a strong cut with a fruit knife. It only left a white mark, bringing a smile to Li Ming’s face.
"Monk Shanwu had to adjust his Qi to use the ’Iron Shirt’. I can have this effect on a normal state, which shows the panel indeed has an enhancent for the ’Iron Shirt’."
Satisfied, Li Ming took a towel from a woman next to him and wiped his body dry.
"Honey, are you letting that big buffalo follow us around?"
Zhang Yuan handed Li Ming so fresh clothes while looking at the mutated buffalo that was almost as big as their modified trailer and asked.
Our mobile ho is over four ters tall, with the buffalo only slightly shorter, making it easily visible from our mobile ho.
"Sothing like a buffalo could co in handy later. Didn’t feel like killing it, so decided to let it tag along."
Li Ming smiled and put on the clothes handed over by Zhang Yuan. Then he used one hand to carry Zhang Yuan and another to pick up Xu Yunyun, who just happened to walk by, towards the driver’s seat.
"Considering it has survived so long, it probably isn’t picky about what it eats. Weeds by the roadside would be enough, so there’s no need to worry about its food. It’s easy to take care of."
"After quite a fight earlier, I’m not done yet. You guys can accompany . A good opportunity to regain so stamina."
Li Ming spoke with an astute smile, walking them towards the driver’s cabin while he spoke.
"Honey, do you want to play a role too?"
Xu Xiu was carefully driving the mobile ho. Zhang Yuan asked as she was led in, thinking about Li Ming’s recent preferences, she couldn’t help but ask with a smirk.
"Neighbor’s Wife~"
"Mr. Li~"
"Yunyun gets to play the role of the nice girl next door~"
"Brother~"
"......"
(The proficiency level of "Secret Extre Sutra" 1)
After so intimate exchanges, the proficiency level of the "Secret Extre Sutra" had finally risen a bit!
After they cleaned themselves up and went to bed, Li Ming’s stamina recovery accelerated dramatically.
"The ’Secret Extre Sutra’ really is amazingly effective at the masterful proficiency level."
Xu Xiu was already too tired to continue driving and went to rest with Xu Yunyun. Li Ming, sitting alone in the driver’s seat, was discussing knowledge with Teacher Deng Yu while feeling his fast recovery. He couldn’t stop smiling.
After a while, when he finished conversing with Teacher Deng Yu and she left, he asked Teacher Zhang Nana to teach him English.
"No... no... no... yes, yes, yes..."
"No, or, yes?"
"Yes, yes, yes... accelerate, don’t stop... no, stop, slow down, slow down..."
"Don’t stop, or, stop, or, slow down?"
"Slow down, slow down..."
The English class was very lively and colorful, and in the process of learning, Li Ming’s physical strength recovered even faster.
It was not until he had roughly mastered English that he halfheartedly let his very exhausted dear Teacher Nana go back to bed to rest, appreciating her diligent teaching.
"Moo~"
A mutated buffalo mooed from outside the window and fanned its ears, apparently not interested in the noise just now.
With Li Ming’s physical strength slowly regaining completely, he satisfyingly started checking his status panel again.
[Na: Li Ming]
[Lifespan: 23/115]
[Skills: Fencing (Integrated 0%); Shooting (Integrated 0%)]
[Arm-Piercing Fist (Integrated 0%)]
[Form and Intent Boxing (Integrated 0%)]
[Tai Chi 24 Style (Integrated 0%)]
[Iron-Cloth Shirt (Integrated 0%)]
[Sheet-Unlocking thod (Mastering 40%)]
[Eight-Section Brocade (Proficient 61%)]
[Revitalize the Tendons thod (Beginner Practice 1%)]
[Bone Marrow Cleansing thod (Beginner Practice 1%)]
[Five Organs Exercise (Beginner Practice 1%)]
[Swimming Dragon Sword (Beginner Practice 1%)]
[Seven-Star Spear (Beginner Practice 1%)]
Li Ming’s attention was first drawn to his [Lifespan]. Perhaps due to the growth of his abilities and various martial arts and power, his lifespan had slowly increased by twenty years, reaching the maximum limit of 115!
No one wouldn’t want to live longer, and Li Ming was no exception. An increased lifespan was undoubtedly a delightful thing!
If the increase in [Lifespan] was an unexpected joy, then the breakthroughs in various martial arts were a solid increase in strength. The proficiency of many exercises had almost all reached their highest realm.
The only things left were the [Eight-Section Brocade], which could only increase single-digit proficiency every day, the yet-to-be-learned Revitalize Tendons, Bone cleansing Exercise, Five Organs Exercise, and the two combat techniques [Swimming Dragon Sword] and [Seven-Star Spear].
"With the basis of the current shooting and fencing skills, these two skills should not be difficult to improve."
Li Ming thought to himself. anwhile, he couldn’t help but smile.
With the proficiency panel, his strength would only get stronger over ti!
Ti, stand on my side!
"I wonder what special effects [Eight-Section Brocade] will have after breaking through to be good at it."
Looking at the [Eight-Section Brocade], Li Ming’s heart is filled with expectations. The proficiency of this thod is the hardest to increase among all his skills so far. Because of this, he is very much looking forward to its effects.
And according to the effect of [Sheet-Unlocking thod], maybe...this has a lot to do with the birth of [True Energy].
"True energy..."
Li Ming tapped on the steering wheel with his fingers, and an expectation rose in his heart. Then, he couldn’t help but speed up his progress.
He couldn’t wait to get ho to know his parents’ news and then concentrate on his practice!
"Dad, Mom~"
Thinking of his parents in the village, Li Ming’s mood beca heavy. He had been deliberately avoiding thinking about them-related matters all the way, for fear of unbearable things happening.
But now, the closer he is to his hotown, the more he has to think about it even if he tries to avoid it.
"Hoo~"
He exhaled longly and squeezed the steering wheel, driving the car quietly at a low speed.
If it were before the apocalypse, even if he didn’t take the expressway, he should have arrived by now. But the apocalypse and the heavy rain made even him drive slowly, so he still hasn’t arrived all day long.
Ti passed slowly, and at five in the afternoon, seeing that the sun was going to set, Li Ming was planning to stop the car by the side of the road to rest when an accident happened.
"Quak!!!"
Suddenly, a very loud frog sound rose on the road ahead, and the mutated buffalo following quietly beside the modified RV imdiately beca restless.
Li Ming took imdiate action to scan the disturbance, and what he found made him frown.
More than a thousand ters away, a golden toad as big as a small car was sitting on the ground, incessantly croaking at a vine.
What surprised Li Ming was that as the golden toad sprayed out strands of poison gas, the vine waved violently to create a strong wind, to drive away the poison gas.
Moreover, the vine quickly stretched, trying to attack the golden toad.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The golden toad’s speed was very swift, and the vine’s whipping branches couldn’t attack it at all. Instead, it was continuously counterattacking.
Seeing this, Li Ming was stunned.
"Could it be that this is a mutated plant?"
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