This time, William Clark did not refuse.

Before Henry Clark started practicing boxing, his archery skills had already reached perfection, making him fully capable of accompanying him into the mountains.

At the same time, he was well aware that after practicing boxing, his appetite had greatly increased. Relying on his own hunting alone would not be enough to supply Henry Clark's cultivation needs and would only delay Henry Clark's progress.

By working together, their efficiency would surely increase significantly.

Henry Clark, holding a hunting bow, plunged into Woniu Mountain together with William Clark.

The outskirts of Woniu Mountain had long been thoroughly searched by others. Wild vegetables and fruits were almost nowhere to be found, and animals were extremely scarce, so they did not linger and headed straight for the inner area.

William Clark had divided Woniu Mountain into the outskirts, the inner area, and the deep mountains.

The outskirts only had some small animals, and now even those were rare.

The inner area had more small animals, and sometimes large beasts would appear.

The deep mountains, on the other hand, were a paradise for large beasts, and ordinary people simply dared not enter.

William Clark usually hunted in the inner area and had only entered the deep mountains once. Although he managed to hunt a roe deer, he was also injured.

On the way, William Clark would also teach Henry Clark some trapping and tracking techniques.

Soon, they entered the inner area.

“Dad, there’s a wild rabbit up ahead.”

Henry Clark said in a low voice.

“Keep your voice down, Yan’er. You stay here and lie in ambush, I’ll go to the other side to cut it off.”

After saying this, William Clark held his breath, crouched low, and quietly circled to the other side, then drew an arrow and nocked it to the bowstring.

Whoosh!

The arrow shot through the air, but the wild rabbit was extremely alert. The moment the arrow flew out, it seemed to sense something and bolted away, causing William Clark's arrow to miss.

In the mountains, it’s survival of the fittest. Animals that grow up in the forest are extremely alert and highly vigilant.

But William Clark had already calculated the route. The direction in which the rabbit fled in panic was exactly where Henry Clark was lying in wait.

Henry Clark was already prepared. As the rabbit approached, he shot an arrow. The arrow flew out like lightning and struck the rabbit right in the belly.

The rabbit thrashed a few times and then fell still.

“Yan’er, your archery seems to have improved quite a bit again.”

William Clark picked up the rabbit, his face full of joy.

This was the benefit of working together. When William Clark hunted alone, if he missed with one arrow, the prey would escape and be almost impossible to chase down.

With two people, they could encircle the prey, making their efficiency several times higher.

“It has improved a bit.”

Henry Clark smiled.

“Let’s bury this rabbit first.”

William Clark took out a small hoe, originally used for digging wild yams in the mountains, dug a pit, covered the rabbit with leaves, and marked the spot.

Carrying a rabbit while hunting was obviously not an option—the smell of blood would attract large beasts and also alert other small prey.

They continued hunting.

An hour later, working together, they hunted a yellow goat weighing over thirty jin.

“Yan’er, you’re really lucky. On your first hunt, you caught a yellow goat.”

William Clark beamed with joy.

Actually, it wasn’t just luck. When he hunted alone, he had also encountered yellow goats, deer, roe deer, and the like many times, but these animals were too alert. Every time, before he could even draw his bow, the prey would sense danger and escape in advance.

Henry Clark also smiled. With this meat, his cultivation progress would greatly increase.

The two of them wandered for another hour or so without further gains, so they chopped a large bundle of firewood, tied the yellow goat in the middle, retrieved the previously buried rabbit, and returned to Kaoshan Village.

At noon, Henry Clark ate three jin of meat and immediately went to the bamboo forest to practice boxing.

In the days that followed, every morning Henry Clark would go hunting in the mountains with William Clark, and in the afternoon he would practice boxing to accumulate qi and blood, tempering his body.

With Henry Clark joining in, their hunting efficiency increased greatly. Although they couldn’t guarantee catching yellow goats or roe deer—these medium-sized animals—every day, they always had small game, ensuring that Henry Clark could get an average of five jin of meat per day.

As the meat reserves increased, Olivia Smith and William Clark also began to allow themselves to eat some.

The improvement in martial arts was finally starting to show results.

With ample meat, Henry Clark's progress was extremely rapid. Not only did his boxing skills advance, but his accumulation of qi and blood also sped up greatly.

According to William Clark, only when the qi and blood in the body overflowed, and you operated it with all your might, could you sense the existence of the ‘sealed gate.’

Once you broke through the sealed gate, you could become a limit-breaking martial artist, and your strength would soar.

In this way, more than a month passed.

By this time, it had been over a hundred days since Henry Clark began practicing boxing—105 days, to be exact.

His Iron Thread Fist had surpassed perfection and reached the realm of mastery.

105 days to reach mastery in Iron Thread Fist—if word got out, it would scare people to death.

For an ordinary person to train a third-rate martial art to mastery would take at least thirty years of hard work.

In the bamboo forest, Henry Clark continuously practiced Iron Thread Fist. As he swung his fists, a whistling sound could be heard in the air. Black lines circled around his fists and forearms, exceptionally clear, as if he were wearing gloves woven from iron threads.

This made Henry Clark's palms and arms exceptionally tough.

He was drenched in sweat, his skin flushed red as if blood might drip out, and a faint red mist could be seen emanating from the surface of his skin.