Shao Xuan followed the old man around the mountain. If he saw a plant he needed, the old man would go up and pick it.
A short brown bush was cut off by the old man, and a spiral-shaped tree was peeled off. There were also some flowers that Shao Xuan had never seen before. The old man also picked the flowers.
"You are going to …" Shao Xuan saw the old man's actions and asked.
"Put down that group of wild rats!" The old man's tone was stern. For the suspected "Thousand Grain Gold" plants, he was determined to get them. He would never let those wild rats eat the grain.
"Poison them?" Shao Xuan asked. There were also a lot of wild rats. If he wanted to poison those wild rats, even if he used herbs, the amount would be very large, unless he used a special medicine.
However, the old man did not want to directly poison this group of wild rats.
"They are useful in this barren mountain. If there are more Thousand Grain Gold in the future, we may need to rely on them to find it. I can't poison them all. I just want to poison them." The old man's hands were already full. Although there was not much grass growing in every part of the mountain, and there was even less grass to pick, the old man was in a hurry. He was also familiar with the places where some plants might grow. In just a short while, his hands were already full.
"I'll take it. You continue." Shao Xuan took the grass from the old man's hands.
The old man did not insist. When he handed the grass to Shao Xuan, he warned: "Be careful, don't touch the cut. It won't be good if the grass juice gets on it. Also, don't get close to smell it. If you pour it in advance, I won't be able to put down all those wild rats. "
The two quickened their pace. The movement of the wild rats indicated that the grain on the top of the mountain would soon be fully ripe. They had to hurry.
Following the old man, Shao Xuan also learned a lot, but not to the extent of the old man's ability to use materials at any time. Because they were in a hurry, the old man would not say much. Shao Xuan could only watch and remember, maybe it would be useful in the future.
The mountain seemed to be full of short trees and weeds, but for people like the old man, it was actually full of treasures. Whether it was a waste or a treasure, it depended on the person. Some plants alone might not have much ability, but when combined together, it was different. What the old man wanted to concoct was a medicine that was a mixture of many kinds of plants.
"Okay, that's it."
The old man began to take out things to prepare for the production.
A small copper cauldron and a few oddly shaped knives were all that was needed to deal with all of this.
"Shao Xuan, go to the foot of the mountain and look for more 'One-Line Sorrow'. Look for those that have a small opening. Don't take those that haven't opened, and don't take those that have opened completely. " Old Ju did not lift his head as he spoke to Shao Xuan. His hands were busy, and he simply had no time to leave, nor could he match Shao Xuan's speed.
"Okay." Shao Xuan didn't say much. He knew what kind of plant the old man was talking about. On the way, the old man had taught him how to recognize it.
Shao Xuan remembered that the 'A Line' plants mostly grew in the valley between two mountains. He had seen a lot of them when he walked along the narrow part of the valley.
The 'A Line' shrub was not tall enough to reach Shao Xuan's waist. This was the old man's own name for the shrub.
Running down the mountain, Shao Xuan looked around and saw a 'A Line'.
The so-called 'A Line' was because when the fruit of this shrub was about to mature, a line would appear on the fruit with a hard shell. Then as the fruit became more and more mature, the line would crack. The wind and sun would dry up the inside of the fruit, leaving only a small core. When the time was right, the cracked fruit would completely open and the core inside would be ejected.
Shao Xuan tried it once and was hit by the core ejected from the fruit. It was quite painful. If it weren't for Shao Xuan's thick skin, perhaps his skin would have been broken.
Generally, after the fruit of this plant cracked, there would be no other beasts around. In the old man's words, "Seeing the line on the fruit makes you worried. You can't get close. You'll get hurt if you get close."
If it was not plucked properly, it would also stimulate the split fruit to shoot out the core in advance. That was why the old man had demonstrated twice to Shao Xuan, telling him how to pluck the 'One-Line Worry' correctly.
Compared to the previous two days, there were more and more fruits with lines and cracks on the tree, but he didn't know which ones were needed by the old man. Some of the cracks were still shallow and may not meet the old man's requirements.
After thinking about it, Shao Xuan directly cut off the branches that were more densely packed with fruit. After finding more than ten trees in a row and cutting off a lot of branches with fruit, Shao Xuan went up the mountain.
The old man said that the wild rats on the mountain were waiting for the moment when the ear was really ripe. When the ear reached the most perfect moment, the wild rats could get what they wanted from it. Maybe the bigger rats at the front of the group of wild rats had eaten a lot of Thousand Grain Gold and grew up like that. Or after getting it, he could also cook some for himself?
While thinking, Shao Xuan went up the mountain with the cut branches.
When Shao Xuan arrived, the old man had already lit the fire. The various kinds of grass next to it were almost ready. There was a pungent smell coming out of the copper cauldron.
"You stay away." The old man waved at Shao Xuan and let Shao Xuan put down the things and move away. After all, Shao Xuan didn't have a detoxification physique like the old man. He was afraid that Shao Xuan would collapse if he smelled too much of the smell.
When Shao Xuan smelled the smell, he felt a little dizzy, so he moved his feet and stood about ten meters away from the small cauldron.
The fire was very strong, and steam kept coming out of the copper cauldron. The old man squatted next to it and stared, his eyes never leaving the small cauldron. He kept stirring it with his knife.
"It's done!"
The old man shouted excitedly and put out the fire. He picked up the branch that Shao Xuan brought and quickly picked up the fruit that met his requirements. Then, he held the fruit in one hand and picked up two strange knives with the other hand. He scraped some powder from the small cauldron and poured the powder into the fruit through the gap between the fruit's opening.
Each fruit was about the size of a quail egg, and the gap on the fruit was even narrower. However, the old man only held the knife with one hand and used the two strange knives to pour the powder in. The powder that leaked out was almost negligible.
No wonder he brought so many strange knives. It turned out that he used them for this.
After pouring the powder in, the old man covered the gaps with a thin, almost transparent layer of leaf skin. This way, the fine powder wouldn't leak out.
He quickly poured the powder into all the fruits he picked and sealed the leaf skin. The old man picked up the last fruit with the least amount of powder and looked around.
Not far away, a small bird was pecking at insects on the ground. Aiming at the target, the old man flicked his finger, and the fruit flew straight in that direction. It hit the ground and made a "ka" sound. The fruit was completely opened, and the core was shot out. At the same time, the powder inside was also sprayed out.
Shao Xuan saw the bird flap its wings twice. It looked like it wanted to fly, but after shaking its wings twice, it fell down.
"What do you think?" The old man looked at Shao Xuan with a proud face. Obviously, he was very satisfied with what he had made.
Shao Xuan looked at the motionless bird on the ground and then at the completely opened and empty fruit shell. He sincerely commented, "It really is a divine artifact!"
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