Chapter 200 The Wonderful Uses of Mugwort

During his time with the Black Deer tribe, Xu Que visibly aged and became haggard, even displaying countless signs of despondency. Perhaps it was the result of spending so much time in the primitive world and growing weary of such a life; or perhaps it was because he was surrounded by so many unambitious primitive people.

Hou and Xu Que are completely different in spirit and energy. They both lived in primitive society, so why is there such a big difference?

On the other hand, Xu Que has indeed been beaten a lot by the villagers during this period, and his shouts have more or less affected them.

At this moment, he ran up to Xu Que, who was sitting in a daze, with a half of a mosquito repellent device woven from moxa sticks and leaves. He lit it and stood not far from Xu Que.

Xu Que wrinkled his nose: "Mugwort! I visited my grandma's house in the countryside when I was very young, and she used this to repel mosquitoes at night! I especially love the smell of this! It feels refreshing and invigorating, like it clears the lungs and opens the orifices. After smelling it for a while, you feel refreshed and relaxed!"

"Really? I really didn't know that mugwort had so many benefits!" Hearing Xu Que's somewhat exaggerated statement, Hou couldn't help but pick up the braided mugwort standing on the ground and began to examine it carefully, occasionally bringing it close to his nose to smell it.

When he felt the mugwort wasn't burning brightly enough, he would hold it in his hand and continuously swing it in circles in the dark to help it burn.

"Okay! That's good! Now I'll put it here, and no more mosquitoes or bugs will bite you!" Hou said while operating it.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Ai Bian flickered in the darkness like a super firefly, with moths occasionally flying into the flame and getting burned with a crackling sound.

Xu Que carefully observed Hou's every move from beginning to end: "Why are you becoming more and more like a little girl? I'm talking about your personality!"

"What about your ambitions? What about your dreams? And your ambition to rule and conquer the earth? I remember how majestic and domineering you were when you first came to earth, but now... I really want to ask, what exactly has time done to you?" Xu Que asked curiously and incredulously.

"What? You sound like you want to conquer the world? Rule the earth? Exploit all living things on this planet? Do you mean I've dragged you down? Or caused you trouble?" Hou said with a sullen face and a pout, slightly displeased.

"No! No! How could I possibly blame you?! I was just curious and asked casually! I didn't mean anything by it! I think your current personality is better! It's just that you're too thin! Your constitution is too weak and you're prone to getting sick. In this dirty and chaotic primitive environment, I'm worried that you'll get sick even more easily! It still makes me a little uneasy!" Xu Que said sincerely.

"From now on, I can only raise you as my daughter! After observing you carefully, I feel that you are pure and kind-hearted, and quite lovely! Your lively, simple, and enthusiastic personality has touched me. You have rekindled my hope for life, making me, a decadent man who has been deeply poisoned by reality and suffered from primitive persecution, almost no longer love life..."

"How about we find a secluded place and live in seclusion?" Xu Que suddenly smiled, his eyes crinkling into slits.

Why go into seclusion?

"After we go into seclusion, we can get two or three cows or donkeys, and then we can farm, raise chickens... have a bunch of kids... In short, I'll fetch water while you water the flowers, you'll cook while I take care of the kids... that would be wonderful!" Xu Que closed his eyes and began to daydream or rather, to plan ahead.

"Uh..." The roar was speechless. It simply longed for this peaceful life.

"We're in a primitive state now. Even if we don't live in seclusion, not many people will bother us, and not many people know us! So I don't think there's any need to live in seclusion! As for having children, look at my physique, do you think I can have children? It's more like the child is having me!" Hou said half-jokingly.

Xu Que glanced at Ai Bian, who was burning and smoking, then looked back at her and roared, "Starting tomorrow, I'll go hunting! I'll try to catch two rabbits and two pheasants every day to make chicken soup for you to nourish your body! I'm counting on you to have a baby!"

He just smiled and didn't say anything.

Just as Xu Que and Hou fell into a brief silence and were feeling awkward, a palm-sized brick was suddenly thrown out from the darkness, either in front or behind them. A few seconds later, a series of clods of dirt followed, and Xu Que was hit on the head and back by the dirt and brick more than once or twice.

"Ugh! It's those scoundrels again! They've really gone too far! What's with them sticking to me like this? I've been getting beaten up for almost a whole month now! They really hold grudges! No wonder they're so poor, they're petty and short-sighted, they deserve to be poor!" Xu Que had nowhere to vent his anger, so he started cursing fiercely in front of Hou.

He roared in agreement: "Exactly! These guys are really going too far! We've been letting them off easy for over a month, and they still aren't satisfied with the beating! Honestly!"

Before he could finish shouting, another gust of dust erupted from Xu Que.

Hou was so angry that he picked up some broken tiles and old shoes around him and threw them hard in the direction from which the clods of dirt kept coming. When they landed, Hou clearly heard a person in the darkness who was throwing the clods of dirt yell.

"Did you see that? Did you hear that? I hit one of them! I think we shouldn't always run away. Otherwise, we'll only get beaten up every day. We need to learn to fight back. As long as we fight back hard, these people who secretly throw dirt at us in the dark will start to respect us!" he roared.

Hou looked at Xu Que's head again, to see if he had been hit by dirt or bricks like he had a few days ago! Maybe he was bloated or bleeding.

Hou immediately noticed the small wound on Xu Que's head.

Just as Hou was about to clean the wound on Xu Que's head from being hit by clods of dirt, another wave of dirt attacks came from the darkness.

Xu Que was so dizzy from being hit by the powerful clod of earth that he was like a chicken that had been beaten so badly that it couldn't even stand up straight.

"Run! If we don't run, these almost barbaric people will kill us with this head and these stones!" Xu Que shouted, then picked it up and ran away!

Hou and Xu Que now have a way to deal with these troublemakers who secretly throw clods of dirt and other things when it's darkest.

"From now on, I will never run away again! I have to go to the base first thing tomorrow morning, that abandoned base of my house, to see if there are any weapons of mass destruction like guns and cannons!"