Skinning is an extremely exhausting process.
Lin Yu'an's breathing became heavy, the warm flow of air continuously clashing with the cold atmosphere, forming dense white mist in front of him.
The wolf's carcass is cooling rapidly; he can clearly feel the layer of fat beneath the skin gradually losing its elasticity, shifting from a soft, paste-like form towards a solid-state akin to hard wax.
This makes each peel more difficult than the last, forcing him to speed up.
Upon reaching the shoulder blade of the wolf's foreleg, he encountered the first difficulty.
He paused, pointing at the area: "Scapula, the muscle groups here are unusually complex, and the subcutaneous fat is thin, with the skin almost directly attached to the fascia. In such places, brute force should never be used."
He had to pick up the hunting knife again, using merely the tip of the blade to carefully separate the tightly adhering skin from the intricate muscle groups surrounding the joint.
