Little Crane Grass grew up in the countryside, so he naturally knew how the villagers treated their guests. Perhaps a large clan like the Hu Clan would be laughed at by their guests if they took out something extravagant. They would think that the Hu Clan had no taste and that they couldn't be called a large clan. Large clans like the Hu Clan were very particular about their food, especially when it came to receiving guests. They didn't need a lot of food, but they had to make sure that the food was exquisite. One could never get tired of eating fine food, and never get tired of eating fine food, this was the principle.
However, for the villagers, extravagant food was the mainstream. If you go to someone's house and they take out extravagant food to receive you, then it meant that they valued you.
Because of this, when Little Crane Grass saw the sumptuous dinner prepared by the village head, he couldn't help but stare blankly. Then he looked at the village head with an embarrassed expression and said, "Elder, you're too polite. I really can't accept such hospitality."
Seeing that Little Crane Grass wasn't angry and was instead very excited, the village head quickly said, "Sir, you're too polite. To be honest, our village can only take out these things. And these things, if it was another Sir, he might not like to eat them. In the past, we served a Sir Plant Master, and when we took out these things, we were scolded by that Sir. It's good that Sir doesn't mind."
Little Crane Grass looked at the village chief's excited face and couldn't help but take a deep breath. Then he smiled faintly and said, "I don't dislike it, why would I dislike it? Elder, I won't hide it from you, my family is also from the countryside. Right now, my grandparents and parents are still farming. For us farmers, eating these things is like celebrating the new year, why would I dislike it?"
When the village head heard Little Crane Grass, he immediately felt a lot more cordial. However, he didn't lose his manners and happily said, "It's good that Sir likes it, it's good that you like it."
Little Crane Grass smiled faintly and didn't refuse. He sat down and ate. He didn't invite the village head to eat with him because he knew that the village head wouldn't eat with him. Little Crane Grass was a Plant Master. For the village head, Little Crane Grass was a noble. How could the village head dare to eat with him?
Seeing Little Crane Grass eating so happily, the village chief was very happy. Previously, he thought that Little Crane Grass was just being polite, but now, it seemed that Little Crane Grass was telling the truth. This made the village chief even happier.
After eating, the village head immediately asked Stone to clean up the table and then served tea. Little Crane Grass drank a mouthful of hot tea and turned to the village head and said, "Elder, thank you for your hospitality today. I'll be leaving tomorrow. If there's anything in your village, tell me now. I'll definitely help if I can."
The Village Chief hurriedly said, "Sir, our village has been living very well, there's really nothing wrong. This time, it's just an accident. Sir, you'll be leaving tomorrow, I'll have them prepare some rations for you, alright?"
When Little Crane Grass heard the village head, he smiled faintly and said, "Thank you. Then I'll be going back to rest." The village head respectfully sent Little Crane Grass away.
After returning to his room, Little Crane Grass wasn't surprised at all by what happened today. He already knew about the status of a plant master among ordinary people. Today, the village chief's performance was already considered good. One must know that even the most destitute plant master would be a high and mighty existence in front of these village chiefs. Of course, plant masters couldn't casually kill people, otherwise, they would still be punished. However, relatively speaking, the punishment would be much lighter.
However, if Little Crane Grass didn't kill people and only bullied these villagers, then these villagers wouldn't be able to reason with him. Even if Little Crane Grass slept with the wives of these villagers, these villagers wouldn't dare to do anything to him. This was the gap between their status.
However, Little Crane Grass wouldn't do these things. He also came from a village, so he was very polite to these villagers. He even called the village head 'Old Man'.
After a night of silence, the next morning, Little Crane Grass packed his things and left Shi Family Village. When he left, the village head personally sent Little Crane Grass away. At the same time, they also prepared a lot of rations for Little Crane Grass. These rations were all pancakes. These pancakes looked a little hard, but they were very filling and tasted very good. People in the village were generally reluctant to eat them.
Little Crane Grass didn't stand on ceremony. Although the village had given him a lot of things, only the 10 gold coins would make the villagers feel a bit tired. The rest of the things wouldn't make the villagers poor.
After leaving Shi Family Village, Little Crane Grass slowly walked forward. While walking, he thought about the technique left behind by the Hammer King. It was too wasteful. It seems like he could practice a little while traveling. Thinking of this, Little Crane Grass immediately took action. He thought about the moves of the Eight Stone Hammer Techniques and began to practice them one by one.
Fortunately, there weren't many people on the official road. Otherwise, if people saw him walking while gesturing, they would treat him as a mental patient. But even so, those plants also treated Little Crane Grass as a mental patient.
Little Crane Grass didn't care. At first, he just used his hands to gesture the moves of the Eight Stone Hammer Techniques. These moves sometimes looked very strange. Most of the moves were mainly sweeping and smashing. It wasn't an easy thing to master.
Fortunately, Little Crane Grass wasn't in a hurry. Along the way, although he met a few people on the road, Little Crane Grass had already stopped his movements. So those people on the road only saw him as a plant that was going out to train.
At noon, Little Crane Grass didn't find a place to rest. He just rested on the roadside for a while, ate some rations, and continued on his way. This was really normal for plant masters.
Here in the Soul Realm, the land was vast and the population was sparse. The population wasn't much. In addition, Little Crane Grass was walking forward. Just walking for half a day and he already met people? That wasn't an easy thing to do.
But Little Crane Grass's luck wasn't bad. In the evening, he actually met a caravan that had missed a place to stay and was building a camp.
When the people of the caravan saw that Little Crane Grass was a plant master who was traveling alone, they also very warmly invited him to rest in their camp. Little Crane Grass didn't stand on ceremony and stayed in that camp.
The leader of this camp was a spirit soldier. Other than him, there were five other spirit soldiers following the team. These six people's spirit objects were all swords. The leader was around forty years old, and the rest were around thirty years old.
Other than them, there were five carriages in the camp. There were a total of twenty coachmen and workers. Seeing such a number of people, Little Crane Grass couldn't help but frown.
There were five carriages, but there were six Soul Soldiers guarding them. There were also more than twenty people who were obviously trained in martial arts. It seemed that the things in the carriages were very valuable. But in this case, why did they still invite him to rest in their camp? Weren't they afraid that he was the one who wanted to deal with them?
Little Crane Grass sat at the side. Seeing those workers building tents there and those spirit soldiers commanding at the side, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
But now that he had entered the camp, if he left at this time, it would arouse the suspicion of the other party. They might even make a move on him. But if he stayed, he was afraid that there would be danger. Little Crane Grass couldn't help but be in a dilemma for a moment.
At this moment, the leader of the spirit soldiers walked over to Little Crane Grass. Little Crane Grass quickly stood up and bowed to that person, "Thank you uncle for letting me rest here."
That person smiled and said, "You're welcome. Looking at you, you're a plant master who came out to train, right? Hehe, good, you're already a level one plant master at such a young age. Amazing. What's your name? "
Little Crane Grass quickly replied, "I'm called Crane Grass, Crane Grass. Uncle, you flatter me. I'm just lucky to become a plant master. I'm still far from it."
That person laughed and said, "Luck alone isn't enough to make someone a plant master. You don't need to be modest. Right, my surname is Liu, you can call me Uncle Liu. Crane Grass, where are you going? Do you have a destination? "
Little Crane Grass nodded and said, "I want to go to Emerald City. It's very close to Emerald Jade Mountain. I want to take a look at Emerald Jade Mountain."
Uncle Liu nodded and said, "That's good, you're going the same way as us. Why don't you come with us? That way, we can take care of each other."
Little Crane Grass originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw the look in Uncle Liu's eyes, he immediately rejected this idea. Uncle Liu's eyes contained a hint of probing. If he didn't agree, there was no guarantee that Uncle Liu would fall out with him.
Although Little Crane Grass wasn't afraid of them, he still wouldn't turn hostile at this time. Therefore, after pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Liu."
When Uncle Liu heard Little Crane Grass's agreement, his eyes flashed with surprise. Then he nodded and said, "It's no trouble at all. In any case, we're going the same way. If you walk step by step, it would take you a few months to reach Emerald City. You'll be faster if you follow us."
Little Crane Grass nodded and said, "I also want to reach Emerald City as soon as possible. I'll have to trouble Uncle Liu along the way."
Uncle Liu waved his hand and smiled, "There's no need to be polite. You take a rest first. After the tent is set up, I'll have them prepare some delicious food." Then he turned around and left.
Little Crane Grass looked at Uncle Liu's back and frowned. However, he didn't say anything. Instead, he was communicating with the surrounding plants in his mind. He wanted the plants to help him see if there were other people besides them and if there were people who wanted to deal with them. Fortunately, from the information he got from the plants, there was no one else in the vicinity.
It was clear that these people often walked outside, so they set up their tents very quickly. Before long, two tents, one big and one small, were set up. The big tent was prepared for the workers while the small tent was prepared for Uncle Liu's group.
After the tents were set up, the people immediately began to prepare food. Two people went out to hunt while the others prepared their own rations. When Little Crane Grass saw the rations these people brought, he knew that the trouble this time wouldn't be small. This was because the rations these people brought were military rations. It was different from the rations made by ordinary civilians.
Military rations were carefully made by the army. They were specially prepared for marching and fighting. Normally, they wouldn't eat these things. Military rations looked like pancakes. However, these pancakes were different from Little Crane Grass's pancakes. Their pancakes had salt, dried vegetable leaves, bean powder, meat powder, and flour. These pancakes looked dry and hard, but they could be preserved for a long time. Moreover, they could be eaten as soon as they were brought over. If there were conditions, they could also be boiled before eating. The taste was very good.
However, the production cost of military rations was very high. If it was an ordinary person, they wouldn't eat military rations. Although military rations were more nutritious and tasted better, Little Crane Grass's rations were actually made by Uncle Liu's group. However, the rations that Uncle Liu and the others took out were all military rations. The reason why Little Crane Grass was able to recognize that it was military rations was because after the rations were made, they would be divided into groups of ten and then packed in special rations bags. These bags were made of fine cloth, and they were very thick and sturdy. The rations that Uncle Liu and the others took out were all packed in these rations bags.
Military rations weren't something that ordinary people could afford. However, looking at the calm expression of Uncle Liu and the others, one could see that these rations were just ordinary things in their eyes. In other words, Uncle Liu and the others' identities weren't ordinary. From the soul items on their heads, one could see that Uncle Liu and the others were inextricably linked to the Imperial Family of the Saber Spirit Country.
However, Little Crane Grass didn't keep staring at Uncle Liu and the others. He only glanced at the rations that Uncle Liu and the others took out before he turned around and pretended to pack his things.
In fact, Uncle Liu had been paying attention to Little Crane Grass. He felt that Little Crane Grass's appearance was too coincidental. It was just when they were about to rest in the evening, and Little Crane Grass just happened to arrive at their camp. This coincidence was very abnormal in Uncle Liu's eyes. The reason why he didn't kill Little Crane Grass was because he wanted to see what Little Crane Grass's goal was. Was it really a coincidence or was it a conspiracy? If it was a conspiracy, it would be more suitable to keep Little Crane Grass by his side instead of letting him go. If he kept Little Crane Grass by his side, he could keep an eye on him. If Little Crane Grass made any strange movements, he could just kill him directly. If he let Little Crane Grass out, it would be like letting a poisonous snake hide in the grass. Who knew when it would come out and bite you.
Little Crane Grass didn't think that Uncle Liu would stay because of this. However, the way Uncle Liu looked at him made him very vigilant. He felt that if he asked to leave at that time, Uncle Liu might deal with him. That was why he stayed. But now, Little Crane Grass really regretted it. If the other party was really related to the royal family of the Saber Spirit Country, then what Uncle Liu and the others were going to do this time must be very important. Of course, it would also be very dangerous. And if he stayed, it would only be more dangerous. Unfortunately, if he wanted to leave now, Uncle Liu and the others would definitely turn hostile. Therefore, Little Crane Grass could only take one step at a time.
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