Although the mountain wall was almost perpendicular to the ground and was difficult for many people to climb, it was nothing for Shao Xuan. After all, he had climbed this kind of mountain wall many times when he was hunting in the tribe, so he was very familiar with it.
The old man stood below and watched Shao Xuan nimbly climb up the mountain wall from below like a gecko sticking to the wall. He seemed to be at ease and didn't seem to be strenuous at all. Seeing this, the old man couldn't help but raise his white eyebrows. He stared at Shao Xuan's back with shining eyes.
Shao Xuan, who was climbing up the mountain wall, sensed something. He stopped and looked back, just in time to meet the old man's gaze.
The old man smiled unusually amiably. He waved at Shao Xuan and pointed at the grass on the mountain wall, saying, "Go on, go on."
Shao Xuan suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to climb up. He reached out to grab the grass, intending to pull it down directly.
"Hey! Don't pull it, don't pull it! If you use it to dig it, the roots will stay longer. Use my knife to dig it. Catch! "The old man took out a strange-looking copper knife from his leather bag and threw it at Shao Xuan.
So troublesome. Shao Xuan cursed in his heart.
The throw was accurate. Shao Xuan caught the depression in the mountain wall with one hand and caught the knife with the other. He then used the knife to dig up the grass with white stripes.
The knife looked strange, but it was very suitable for digging up grass that grew on the mountain wall. It didn't take long for him to dig up the grass, roots included.
"Catch!" Shao Xuan threw the knife and the grass down.
The old man hurried over, ignoring the falling knife and carefully catching the falling grass.
"What are you using this grass for?" Shao Xuan asked as he came down from the mountain wall and saw the old man cut a leaf and put it in his mouth.
"Medicine. It's useful for bone injuries." The old man didn't say much. He just kept chewing the leaf, the muscles on his face twitching. When he was almost done, he swallowed it. After tasting it for a moment, he felt that it wasn't enough, so he cut off a smaller leaf and continued chewing.
Thinking of the bone injury on the old man's arm, Shao Xuan memorized the appearance of the grass. When the old man chewed the grass, he seemed to be in pain. Shao Xuan asked, "How does it taste?"
The old man didn't say much. He cut off a small leaf and handed it to Shao Xuan. "Try it."
"You can eat it even when you're not injured?"
"Yes. As long as you don't eat too much, you'll be fine. "
"Alright." Shao Xuan took the leaf. He didn't look at it carefully when he was digging earlier, but now he realized that the veins of the grass were harder than he had imagined. Especially the thickest veins with white stripes, they seemed to produce a crisp sound if he tried to break them.
Shao Xuan bit the tip of the leaf first. Feeling the cool bitter taste, he didn't find anything wrong with his body, so he bit another half of the leaf and chewed. This time, he ate more of the veins, so the strong bitterness suppressed the cool taste.
No wonder the old man's face twitched when he chewed. It was so bitter.
The old man originally wanted to see Shao Xuan stomp his feet in pain, but he found that Shao Xuan just frowned and didn't have any other expression.
Could it be that his sense of taste is bad? The old man thought. If so, this young man is really pitiful. He can't taste the world.
Ignoring the old man's thoughts, Shao Xuan finished chewing the whole leaf. The bitter taste gradually disappeared, and the cool taste lingered. His exhaustion disappeared a lot. As for his bones, because there were no bone injuries, Shao Xuan didn't feel much. He only felt that some strength seemed to flow into his bones.
Since the old man was fine, Shao Xuan planned to leave. This time, as soon as Shao Xuan moved, the old man hurriedly stopped him.
"Hey, wait. You want to go that way? I'll go with you. "The old man stood up and carefully put the white striped grass into a cloth bag.
Shao Xuan turned to look at the old man. He didn't say anything, waiting for the old man to continue.
"I came here to look for something. Although I don't know much about this area, I know more things than you. Don't be fooled by the fact that this place is very desolate. There are many poisonous things here. If something happens to you, I can help you. "The old man said.
"What else?" Shao Xuan asked.
"It's not easy for me to move. If I find something, you can help." The old man thought that this was a very good idea. "Okay, that's it."
However, Shao Xuan ignored him and continued to follow the route of the plan.
The old man hurriedly followed and continued to persuade Shao Xuan.
When the old man's saliva was almost dry, Shao Xuan asked, "What are you looking for here?"
"Looking for …" The old man paused. He seemed to have some concerns and didn't want to say it.
"Forget it if you don't want to say it."
Seeing Shao Xuan quicken his pace, the old man took a few steps forward and sighed. "Have you ever heard of 'Thousand Gold Grains'?"
Thousand Gold Grains?
The word "gold" in the name definitely didn't refer to gold or metal. Since the old man was here, he should be looking for a plant. Since the word "gold" was in the name, it either referred to the color or to highlight its value.
Thinking about it, Shao Xuan shook his head and said, "Never heard of it."
The old man looked at Shao Xuan with an "ignorant" expression and said, "I came here to look for 'Thousand Gold Grains'. It is said that 'Thousand Gold Grains' can produce a thousand grains per plant. It is also drought-resistant and can grow in barren land with very little rain. "
Food crops?
"So you came here to try your luck?" Shao Xuan asked. This place was indeed barren. Although there were streams and springs in the mountains, there was not much rain in this place and it was dry.
"Yes, we grow food there. In the past two years, there has been less rain. It is said that the drought will continue for a few years." Speaking of this, the old man was very emotional. But it was useless to complain, so he came to look for these drought-resistant food crops.
"Aren't there witches and sorcerers? Can't they pray for rain? "Shao Xuan asked again. He didn't know if the tribes here could pray for rain, so he asked this question just to test the waters. In this place, in addition to some tribal sorcerers, there were some independent professional sorcerers. Many people would pay these sorcerers to solve some problems that others couldn't solve.
When the old man heard this, his face showed anger. "Don't mention it, a bunch of trash! Descendants of the ancient sorcerers, you can't even pray for rain. Bah! "
Shao Xuan was speechless.
People who dared to "bah" the sorcerers, Shao Xuan had only seen one so far, and he was almost starved to death. The people of the Macca tribe absolutely did not dare to "bah" the sorcerers. Most of the people he had seen until now held a kind of awe for the sorcerers. Except for the one next to him.
If they couldn't solve the problem of rain, they could only work on crops. No matter what the old man's temper was, traveling thousands of miles to find a solution was admirable.
"That 'thousand gold grain', what does it look like?" Shao Xuan asked.
"It's thousand gold grains! I haven't seen it with my own eyes. "
"How can you find it if you haven't seen it?"
"I'll be able to recognize it when I see it." The old man didn't think there was a problem at all.
"Right, what's your name?" The old man asked.
"Shao Xuan, what about you?"
"My name is' Gui '." The old man also wrote the words on the ground with a branch.
The old man didn't ask which tribe Shao Xuan was from. He was not interested in which tribe Shao Xuan came from.
Shao Xuan was about to ask again. He wanted to inquire about some things about the Yanjiao tribe from the old man, but he heard the old man suddenly say, "That, Shao Xuan something, take that off for me."
"No, I'm not your slave." Shao Xuan didn't look back.
Seeing that Shao Xuan was going away, the old man realized the problem with his tone. He quickly slowed down and stepped forward to pull Shao Xuan. "Do me a favor, take that off for me."
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