Today was the sixth day of the Yongxing Brigade's spring hunt.
It had to be said, after five days of hunting, signs of wild animals in the surrounding hundred-li stretch of mountains had grown scarce.
The animals that were gone had either been killed or had sensed the danger and gone into hiding.
On their way up the mountain, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu spotted some animal tracks. But despite scouring the mountainside all morning, they hadn't managed to bag anything.
This prompted Li Baoyu to sigh, lamenting how great it would be if they had a dog with them.
After all, a dog could not only follow a trail but also track by scent, whereas a human could only follow the physical footprints of an animal.
That made things difficult.
Take Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu, for example. They had been following a set of wild boar tracks for over an hour without even a glimpse of the animal, but then they stumbled upon a fresh trail of roe deer prints.
