On the dry and cracked land, the closer to the top of the mountain, the more cracks there were on the ground. There were fewer plants growing around, and in many places, only exposed stones and dry hard soil could be seen.
The wind at the top of the mountain gradually weakened, and the sun was scorching. Many wild rats waiting here had begun to feel thirsty, but they did not leave. Their claws only squeezed forward, not backward. Their eyes were fixed on the changing color of the grain on the top of the mountain, and their necks were itching to be thinner and longer, so that they could better see what was on the top of the mountain.
The previous dark golden color gradually became lighter, and the dark surface became glossy. From afar, it looked like it was shining with golden light.
"Squeak —"
It was unknown which wild rat made a sound.
This was like a signal for action, and the wild rats who were holding back their strength instantly moved, rushing forward.
The first few big wild rats were about to jump up and bite the grain when they suddenly heard a whooshing sound in their ears. Something shot from behind.
Then, there was a cracking sound, and an unpleasant smell rose around them. The wild rats who smelled these odors began to fall into a trance, and they could not walk steadily.
This was just the beginning. Finally, the dense cracking sound rang out one after another, smashing into the crowd of rats.
Shao Xuan held his breath, and while smashing the "artifact", he quickly rushed to the top of the mountain, and then stood there, smashing while dealing with the rushing rats.
The old man Ju's medicine had already overturned a large number of wild rats. Although it could not solve all the wild rats, it greatly reduced the pressure on Shao Xuan, and it was easy to deal with the rest. After all, they were just wild rats, not ferocious beasts. Shao Xuan smashed the "artifact" with one hand, and in the other hand, he held a broom-like thing tied with branches. When he saw the wild rats rushing over, he vigorously swept them.
In fact, Shao Xuan was more willing to use a fierce weapon, but the old man Ju personally made this broom, saying that it was useful to deal with wild rats, so Shao Xuan used it.
Sure enough, after being swept by the "broom", the wild rats seemed to be contaminated with something they didn't like. They hesitated and didn't want to immediately approach.
As for the big wild rats that had jumped up and bit the ears of the grains, after smelling the smell, they wanted to take the grains in their mouths and fall to the ground. Their legs did not stand firm and they rolled a few times, but they were able to last longer than the other wild rats. Knowing that things had changed, they ran away with the grains in their mouths. Unfortunately, they were caught by the old man who was guarding outside.
The old man used some of the leftover residue from the previous medicine to paint on the branches and leaves, circling around the wooden stick. After igniting the fire, the fire was extinguished, and smoke rose from the top. The smell of the smoke was more pungent, but unfortunately, the medicinal properties were far less than the powder that had been refined before. It was impossible to achieve the effect of poisoning. However, it was more than enough to deal with these big wild rats.
Seeing Shao Xuan blocking the top of the mountain, the old man felt relieved and concentrated on dealing with the rats that had slipped through the net. These must be the ones with the grains in their mouths! Snatching food from the mouths of rats was what the old man wanted to do now.
By the time Shao Xuan finished using the "artifacts", a large number of wild rats had fallen on the top of the mountain, like a layer of rat skin carpet.
As for the wild rats that had escaped the medicine, when they rushed up, they were swept away by Shao Xuan's broom.
After the old man finished dealing with the rats that had slipped through the net, he immediately ran to the top of the mountain next to the plants and carefully touched the bunches of grains. Because he wasn't sure if this was an annual plant, he didn't dare to cut it. Otherwise, he would have asked Shao Xuan to cut it all and take it away. He wouldn't have stayed here to fight with the wild rats.
Raising his hand and a little bit of force, the old man pulled out all the grains on the grains.
Putting all the grains into a cloth bag, the old man called Shao Xuan. "Let's go. Don't worry about the rest of the wild rats."
Waiting for the old man's words, Shao Xuan waved the broom, jumped up, and left the place with a few ups and downs. However, when he was out of the rat circle, Shao Xuan caught a few fat wild rats for a meal later. In this barren mountain, it was difficult to see big beasts, and it was not easy to eat meat. Taking advantage of this opportunity to catch a few.
"Take away the grains, and leave those in the same place. Are you not afraid of being destroyed by the wild rats? Don't you feel distressed? "Shao Xuan asked the old man. If the old man didn't feel distressed about the plants, thinking that there was still research value, Shao Xuan wouldn't have to work so hard and would have just cut it off.
"The wild rats are not interested in those. They only want to eat these grains. As for the few that are left there, the roots are too deep. It's not easy to dig them out, and it's not convenient to take them away … Forget it. Next time, wait for me to go back and bring people over." As long as those few plants did not wither before he brought people over, he would transplant all of them to his own field and study them well.
"Those wild rats that were drugged woke up, I don't know if they will faint again. Aren't you afraid of their revenge? "Shao Xuan joked.
The old man holding the bag of grains heard Shao Xuan's words and raised his eyebrows. "Revenge? Why should I be afraid? The next time I come, I won't give them a chance to retaliate. "The next time he came, he would definitely bring more people, so he didn't have to be afraid of those wild rats.
Leaving the mountain and looking for a place to sit down and rest, Shao Xuan reached out to the old man. "Take it out and let me see what the legendary thousand-grain gold looks like. I just went to sweep the wild rats and didn't pay attention to it."
The old man hesitated and did not open the bag of grains. Instead, he took out a grain from another small bag and put it in Shao Xuan's palm.
Shao Xuan looked at the soybean-sized round grain with a golden shell in his hand. There were teeth marks on it – the wild rats had bitten it.
Although it was only so big, he could feel the obvious weight in his hand. It was much heavier than Shao Xuan thought.
However, Shao Xuan didn't want to give up on such a broken grain.
"Anyway, I also have some merit. You're only giving me this?" Shao Xuan pinched the broken grain and shook it in front of the old man.
"What do you want this for?" The old man held the thing tightly.
"Eat." Concise and comprehensive.
Hearing this, the old man's eyebrows almost stood up. "Eat?!!"
"Aren't these planted for eating?"
"But we haven't started to plant a lot of them yet! These intact ones can only be used as seeds, they can't be eaten! "The old man's attitude was very firm.
"Well, you give me some. I'll go back to the tribe later and plant them." Seeing the old man still want to say something, Shao Xuan added, "Even if I don't know how to plant them, there must be people in our tribe who know. Don't be stingy. Come on, let's divide. Anyway, there are thousands of grains. There are so many on the top of the mountain. Even if the wild rats took some, we can still get tens of thousands of grains. Let's divide it half and half. "
"Half and half?!" The old man stared. "Impossible, absolutely impossible. I can give you other things, but I can't give you so much of this!"
"Well, half and half, three thousand grains." Shao Xuan said.
The old man held his breath and didn't say anything. Only the wrinkled skin on his old face twitched, as if he was trying his best to endure.
In the end, the old man only gave Shao Xuan a thousand grains. He still looked like he was cutting his own flesh. Every time he counted a grain, his heart would tremble and his liver would tremble. It was as if he had already foreseen the end of these grains being wasted into Shao Xuan's stomach.
"If it weren't for … if it weren't for you helping me, I wouldn't have given you a single grain!" The old man said with a bitter face.
"Hey, don't be so negative. Maybe you can't grow it, but I can grow it instead?" Shao Xuan said.
The old man just kept shaking his head. He didn't believe it anyway.
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