Chapter 207 Wolf Meat
Pan Yun broke off a lot of branches and spread them on the ground to isolate the cold ground, and then laid mats on top of the branches.

Miaozhen and Miaohe have limited space, so they don't want to use mats to take up space.

Seeing Pan Yun take out the mat, the two of them squeezed next to her.

Pan Yun said: "We sleep together at night."

They spread a mat and then a blanket, and even though it was early winter and the weather was cold, the three of them still felt warm.

The three of them found a lot of firewood and placed it where they could easily add more. By the time they had eaten and drunk their fill, it was completely dark.

The three of them did not lie down to sleep immediately, but took out their own cushions and meditated for half an hour before lying down to sleep.

At night, the howling of wolves could be heard. Miaozhenmiaohe huddled next to Pan Yun. The three of them stacked two quilts together and covered themselves with them. With a fire, although there was a cold wind in the wild, it was not cold.

Miaozhenmiaohe was listening carefully to the wolf's howling, sincerely hoping that it would come.

After listening for a long time, the wolf didn't come, but Pan Yun fell asleep.

Listening to Pan Yun's long breathing and the howling of wolves in the distance, their eyelids became heavier and heavier, and they gradually fell asleep.

Pan Xiaohei moved in the quilt, and a black head poked out from the corner of the quilt. He listened to the breathing of the three people opposite the quilt, lowered his head, and closed his eyes.

A bird was jumping on a branch not far away, still cursing Pan Yun tirelessly, chirping from time to time.

It was late at night and everything was quiet. After an unknown amount of time, the chirping of birds disappeared, and even the sound of insects in the grass disappeared. Pan Jun opened his eyes.

She stretched her hand out from under the quilt, pushed it down slightly, and looked out, only to meet a pair of green eyes by the tree.

Pan Yun paused slightly, then gently slid out from under the quilt, moved away Miao and Miaozhen's hands that were holding her, and stood on the ground barefoot.

The wolf that had been staring at her seemed to sense the danger and took two steps back.

A sword appeared in Pan Yun's hand. The wolf stared at Pan Yun and continued to retreat...

Pan Jun stepped lightly on the fallen leaves and approached step by step.

The wolf let out a low whimpering sound from its throat, slightly bent its front legs, and stared at Pan Yun.

After Pan Yun took another step forward, it suddenly jumped up, opened its big mouth and bit Pan Yun's neck. Pan Yun quickly drew out his sword, flashed his body, and passed by the wolf.

The wolf fell from mid-air with a thud and hit the ground.

Pan Jun shook the sword to shake off the blood drops on the sword. She turned around to look at the wolf. There was a large bloodstain on the ground where it fell.

Awakened by the sound of the wolf hitting the ground, Miaozhen Miaohe sat up abruptly, hugging the quilt and looking at the wolf falling not far away with a blank look on his face.

Pan Jun inserted the sword into the scabbard and put it into the spiritual space, and asked with a smile: "Are you awake?"

The two of them came back to their senses instantly, and when they looked at the wolf on the ground, their eyes widened instantly.

“Wolf, wolf, wolf…”

"There really are wolves!"

Pan Xiaohei looked at them with contempt, stepped out from under the quilt, walked to the wolf, avoided the direction where the blood was flowing, and meowed, "Don't you want this blood?"

Pan Yun glanced at it and said, "Of course."

She said to Miaozhen and Miaohe, "Find me a clean jar or medicine bottle. I want to store wolf blood."

This thing is wonderful and useful. She found several big-bellied medicine bottles from the space and gave them to Pan Yun, "Uncle Junior Master, won't this blood coagulate?"

Pan Yun said: "I don't add salt."

Miao He squatted beside and watched. After swallowing, he asked, "Will wolf blood taste good?"

Pan Yun tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "I haven't eaten it before. Do you want to try it?"

Miaohe: "Then try the wolf meat. I have never eaten wolf meat before."

Pan Yun nodded.

Miaozhen: "I heard that wolves hold grudges."

Pan Yun: "If it has a wolf pack, will one wolf come to us?"

Pan Yun took out a pair of scissors and a sword, picked up the wolf's head, and when it passed by, Pan Yun stabbed it from bottom to top with his sword and killed it.

At this time, there was a hole in the neck and blood was gushing out.

Pan Yun caught it in a medicine bottle, and after collecting two bottles of fresh wolf blood, he stoppered the bottle and put it into the spiritual space.

Miaohe didn't put on any shoes or socks, nor did she add any clothes. She just held a large bowl to collect the remaining blood, and then added a spoonful of salt to it.

As soon as the blood came into contact with the salt, it began to coagulate. After a short while, the whole bowl of blood had coagulated.

Pan Yun brought the wolf to the stream and used scissors and a sword to slowly peel off its skin, leaving only the wolf meat and the wolf head.

Pan Yun cut a few pieces of meat from the wolf's legs and gave them to Miaozhen. Miaozhen cut the meat, added water, ginger, star anise and other ingredients, and stewed it directly on the fire.

Pan Yun was about to throw away the remaining wolf meat, but Miaohe was reluctant to do so and took the initiative to step forward to clean it up.

"The wolf's Adam's apple is a medicine, and wolf meat can also be used as medicine. It would be a shame to just throw it away like this." Miaohe said, "Now that the weather is cold, we can stay for a few days."

Pan Yun: "Be careful not to eat too much and get a sore throat." Miao He: "No, if you do get a sore throat, I'll prescribe medicine for you."

"So in order to eat wolf meat, do we still need to take medicine?"

But Miaohe just couldn't bear to throw it away. How could she throw away the meat?
She wrapped the headless wolf in dry lotus leaves, tied it up with a rope and put it away in the space.

Pan Yun hesitated to speak, so Miao Zhen asked directly: "In this way, will the things in your space be tainted with a fishy smell?"

When Miaohe heard this, he also became conflicted. He took out the wolf meat again and carried it away in his hands the next day.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen did not stop her because they found that wolf meat was quite delicious after being stewed thoroughly, so Miaohe could take it with her if she wanted.

The three of them only dozed off for about an hour in the second half of the night, then got up to eat the stewed wolf meat and put everything in order. Pan Yun used magic to turn over the land, buried the blood and traces on the ground, and diverted water to flush the ground to destroy their smell.

The whole night was peaceful, which means this was indeed a lone wolf, but we still have to be on the safe side.

Pan Yun has bad luck, so she absolutely does not allow herself to make things more difficult due to carelessness.

After erasing all traces, the three of them left with their luggage.

There was a rope with meat hanging on Miaohe's hand.

She made a plan. "How about we have stewed and roasted wolf meat for dinner and make the rest into jerky?"

Pan Jun motioned her to look ahead, "Maybe we can sell the wolf meat."

Miao Zhen: "I don't want to actually take the fire medicine because of eating wolf meat."

There was smoke rising not far ahead, and it looked like a fairly large village.

The three of them quickened their pace, and by the time they entered the village, it was already a quarter of an hour later. It was true that they were always running too fast, and it seemed quite close just now.

October is the slack season in the village, as winter wheat has been planted. However, most farmers will not let themselves be idle. They carry hoes to the fields to hoe out the weeds that have just emerged and turn over their roots to bask in the sun.

There were also people carrying hoes and turning the soil by the riverbank and the fields.

Miao and Miao Zhen didn't understand why they wanted to turn over the land where no crops were grown, but Pan Yun saw the insect eggs hidden in the soil at a glance.

She watched with some surprise as they turned out the insect eggs and then set fire to the weeds, straw, etc. on the ground.

The fire swept through, crackling, and after it burned, Pan Jun smelled the aroma of protein.

Miaohe also sniffed and looked around, "I smell the aroma of meat, it seems to be roasted, is someone roasting meat?"

Pan Yun: "No one is grilling meat, but someone is grilling bugs."

Pan Yun led the two people forward. The villagers who were watching the fire with their hoes also saw Pan Yun and the other two. Seeing them walking straight towards them, they asked, "Whose children are you three? Why have we never seen you before?"

Pan Yun clasped his fists and said, "I am Pan Yun from Longhu Mountain. I am passing by the entrance of the village and saw that your village is full of auspicious energy, so I came to take a look. Are you kind people burning pests?"

When the villagers heard this, they immediately stood up straight and nodded happily, "Yes, yes, yes, we are burning insects. Taoist priest, you said that our village is full of auspiciousness. Is there any happy event in our village?"

Pan Yun smiled and said, "May everything be safe and smooth, and may the harvest be good."

There are no better words than this. Even if it may be false, the villagers are willing to warmly welcome Pan Yun and the other two, just as a blessing for their words.

The villagers took the three people into the village and left only one person to watch the fire.

There was smoke rising from the village, and the heaviest smoke came from a brick house in the center of the village, so the villagers led them to the house.

"That's the village chief's house. The Taoist priests came at the right time. The villagers are preparing breakfast."

Miaohe: "Are you having breakfast now?"

"In the winter, the days are short and there is nothing to do, so we only need to eat two meals a day," the villagers explained. "Eat early and eat later, and eat late and eat earlier."

This is similar to the villages at the foot of Sanqing Mountain, but they would not eat so late, it is almost noon.

When Miaohe raised his question, the villagers chuckled and said, "It's better to eat later, so that you can have enough for one meal a day."

Pan Jun was slightly stunned and asked, "Are the villagers' lives so difficult now? They only have one meal a day?"

The villagers said, "We can't help it. The landlords are asking for higher rents. We hope that next year will be as the Taoist said, with peace and prosperity, and a good harvest. Then we can live a better life."

As they were talking, they walked to the door of the village chief's house. The villagers pushed open the fence and went in, shouting, "Uncle San, Uncle San, come out quickly, the Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain is here."

An old man with patches all over his body and a hunched back came out. When he saw Pan Yun, he smiled with a bitter face and greeted him warmly: "Are you the Taoist priest from Mount Longhu? Please come in, please come in."

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen glanced at his face and followed him into the house.

The outside walls were clearly made of bricks and the roof was covered with tiles, but inside the room there was only a table and a few stools, making the room look empty.

Seeing that they were young, the old man looked at them several times. It was unknown what he saw, but he pulled up his sleeves and wiped the stools, warmly invited them to sit down, and then loudly asked his wife and daughter in the kitchen to serve more rice and cook, "Kill another chicken, pick more vegetables and bring them back to entertain the Taoist priests."

Pan Yun turned to look at the woman who came out of the kitchen, his eyes moving across her face.

Miao He also saw the woman and leaned close to Pan Yun's ear and said, "Master Junior, she is ill. Wolf meat is just the right thing for her condition."

Pan Jun also felt that the wolf seemed to have fought just for her. It was such a coincidence that she had cold accumulation in her stomach and her complexion looked very serious.

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)