Chapter 37 Small Shrubs It was a small cave. The entrance of the cave...

It was a not very big cave.

The entrance to the cave was blocked by a wall of tall trees. It was easy to overlook it if you didn't look closely. However, a group of people just followed Ye Lu and walked around the trees in a few steps to reach the entrance and see everything in the cave with their own eyes.

A skeleton wearing a red Taoist robe sat cross-legged in the cave, his head slightly lowered. However, the most eye-catching thing in the cave was a small bush next to him.

It is about the height of an adult man's thigh. It is not very thick and even looks a little weak. It is a special small shrub. Its leaves are round and a bit like eggs. They grow in pairs and emit a faint strange aura. This strange plant is deeply rooted around the white bones.

Because it is so weak, even its branches and leaves are a little too thin.

There were some bloodstains of strange creatures on the ground around the strange plant.

"Strange plant!" Helan Di, who came over from behind, recognized the identity of the small shrub at once and said in surprise. She first opened her eyes in disbelief, and then the smile on her face expanded uncontrollably.

"Good job!" When Helan came, the people in front of her involuntarily made way for her and squeezed aside. Helan patted Qian Gouzi and Ye Lu's shoulders with satisfaction. This time, these two little kids had made a great contribution.

Helan couldn't help but feel secretly happy again. Fortunately, fortunately, they finally listened to Lu Wazi's words.

They finally found a new strange plant.

The stone magician followed closely behind Helan, his eyes fixed on the small bush. This time it was the same. He could clearly sense that the strange power was genuine and not at all stiff as in the previous illusion.

This was also the first time that the stone mage saw the wild strange plants with his own eyes.

"Is this a small shrub?" The stone magician looked at it carefully for a moment, from top to bottom, and said hesitantly. It was the first time he saw this kind of strange plant. The leaves were not strange and the flowers could not be seen at the moment. This strange plant was too weak. It should be a variety that was drought-resistant and barren-resistant to survive in the cave until now.

The temperature of this cave is acceptable.

Anyway, the stone magician felt a little sorry for this strange plant when he saw it. He didn't know if it was because it hadn't eaten any good food since it was planted, and it was too weak. When he felt sorry for it, he completely ignored the bloodstains of the strange creature on the ground.

Hearing this, Helan stepped forward and looked down at the strange plant. After examining it for a moment, he stepped back carefully and said, "It doesn't look like a tree, nor a small tree. If it's a shrub, it can be called one. In fact, it's more like a perennial herb than one of these three types. This one is already a small shrub."

"Even if we are small shrubs, our level should be yellow-sharp level judging by the fluctuations of our strange power."

"We have to go back and take a closer look to find out what its specific uses are. My intuition tells me that it is quite useful." When he said this, Helan's smile became even more relaxed. This strange plant has been motionless, and seeing that they have not made any moves here, it is obvious that it completely despises human flesh and blood.

This shows that the usefulness of strange plants will tend to be hostile and strange to a certain extent.

That's better.

Ye Lu, who had been silent, focused all his attention on the white bones in the red Taoist robe. He stared at the man in the robe. Obviously, he was a monk, but he didn't know why he appeared in this cave. However, as an orthodox Shintoist, Ye Lu had no intention of getting close to this monk.

That's very strange.

As for the strange plant, Ye Lu recognized it at a glance.

Isn't this just a chili pepper? A chili pepper that has grown into a small shrub after not being pulled out for many years. In Ye Lu's previous life, his family was well off and he could go to the fields from time to time and occasionally see chili peppers. He recognized at a glance that this was some kind of red chili pepper.

From what the stone magician and Helan said, it turned out that they didn't know anything about Chili.

Ye Lu paused, then he understood. It seemed that chili peppers were indeed imported products in the previous life. In this life, even if they existed in this world, they should not be from their place. This strange plant was most likely brought by the man in Taoist robes from somewhere.

"He should be someone who sneaked out from a big tribe or village, right?" The stone magician had seen a lot. When he saw the man in Taoist robes was alone, and another person died in the cave with a strange plant on his body, he said calmly: "Occasionally there will be greedy or treacherous people in those villages who sneak away with strange plants."

"I have never seen this kind of strange plant outside. It is possible that it is a strange plant specially cultivated in a village." When the stone magician said this, he looked up at Helan with a hint of meaning.

Helan understood what the stone magician meant. She knew a lot. Their village was a small one, but outside there were still some big villages with terrifyingly profound cultural heritage. In the stone magician's words, the strange plants in those big villages were not sorted by individual but by type.

"They have completely mastered a certain type or kind of strange plant. It is a unique species of their village. Many caravans go there in pursuit of the signature strange plant that their village or force has mastered." The original words of the stone mage.

Helan couldn't help but be fascinated when he heard it. How powerful would it be to completely control a certain kind of strange plant in his hands and never be able to find the same kind of strange plant outside?

The stone magician also said that some of the effects of this kind of specially cultivated strange plants will be even more powerful.

"Take it away!" Helan made the decision without hesitation. She looked up and down, left and right. Before she could do anything, Deputy Commander Bai appeared, dragging the dead tree root. The dead tree root required at least three people to hug together. Or were they from He Village? Only they could hold it. It was almost as big as a jar, and Deputy Commander Bai dragged it easily.

The inside of the dead tree root had been completely hollowed out, with only a small bottom left. Next to him was Ximingren?. When Deputy Commander Bai went out just now, he also dragged Ximingren out. Now Ximingren? was holding a large leaf in his hand, with a thick layer of blue-black putty inside the leaf.

It seems that Xiong Huanteng's body was not left after all.

"Good!" When Helan saw that Deputy Commander Bai was so well prepared, his eyes lit up and he praised him repeatedly. As expected, he was worthy of being the deputy commander brought up by He Si, he was meticulous.

"Use the putty and the soil under the cave. Ah Xiwa, add some fertile soil from outside. Combine the three into one and plant them together. This strange plant has become accustomed to the soil in the cave." Deputy Commander Bai also gave orders to Ximingren, who went out to find soil obediently.

The remaining people in the cave were carefully using their own methods to dig out the strange plants. This was when the advantage of Helan's talent was revealed. When her talent was activated, and they were in the cave, except for the people with tools in their hands, the rocks on the ground automatically made way.

The people in He Village are all very strong.

It’s a pity that children and inexperienced people are not allowed to touch it.

With so many people, Helan only allowed the stone magician and He Shiyi to dig with her. When they got close to the roots of the strange plants, Helan even allowed herself to dig with pure physical strength, carefully feeling the ground and accurately bypassing all the roots.

By the time he finished digging, Ximingren had almost filled the hole with enough soil and put putty in, filling it up to just one-third, leaving a big hole in the middle. It must be said that Ximingren had a good eyesight and his combat senses were powerful. The mud hole he dug was just big enough to fit this strange plant.

Helan and Deputy Commander Bai were responsible for carrying it and carefully placed it into the cave. Everyone present couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Okay, okay, this strange plant has agreed to let us take it away." Helan wiped the sweat from his forehead, overjoyed. From the time they first dug it up to the time they transplanted it now, this strange plant didn't move at all. This meant it had agreed to go with them. Okay, okay, they really got a big bargain.

"Old Bai, be careful when covering the soil and adding some putty. It's obvious that this poor little thing doesn't eat enough." Helan stepped back and looked at Deputy Commander Bai, who was sprinkling putty on the ground some distance away from the tree roots, and couldn't help but remind him.

Deputy Commander Bai said as he did so: "I know. It seems that this strange plant is often bullied by that strange creature. When we leave the forest later, take all the putty of the bear vine with you and use it as fertilizer."

Helan was satisfied.

The strange plant seemed to understand what these humans were saying. It moved silently, and a small section of its roots popped out from the ground, quietly eating several mouthfuls of putty.

The next second, a faint light emanated from the small green shrub, and its size gradually shrank in the light, until it was almost a sub-adult seedling, and then it stopped.

"Chief, chief, why has this strange plant changed?!" Qian Gouzi has been staring at the new strange plant. He likes the new strange plant very much, but it's a pity that Chief Helan dislikes them for being clumsy and doesn't allow them to touch it at all. Qian Gouzi also knows what is good and what is bad, so he obediently stands aside with Ye Lu, and screams as soon as he sees the strange plant become smaller.

The sound was almost like hitting him.

The adults' hearts skipped a beat, then they looked down and all breathed a sigh of relief.

"You little dog, this is the strange plant changing its shape, why are you yelling, don't scare the strange plant!" Helan hurriedly called out Qian Gouzi's nickname, and his tone sounded like he was going to hit a child.

In comparison, Deputy Commander Bai was much more stable. This smiling deputy commander loved to tease and take care of children. He smiled and explained, "This is a good thing. It means Guizhi is willing to follow us."

"Gouzi, think about it, when we were fleeing from the famine, did the green millet also become smaller?"

Ye Lu was still secretly rejoicing that if Qian Gouzi had not spoken first, he would have been the one to speak later. After hearing what Deputy Commander Bai said, he thought carefully and it seemed to be true. Qingmi was also in a big vat and was also a small seedling.

Wait a minute, a puzzlement flashed through Ye Lu's mind, and he said: "The green millet seems to be smaller than this strange plant?" This seedling that looks like a small shrub of pepper, no matter how small it is, can be seen as a small shrub. The root system has become lignified, but it is in a sub-adult state.

Green millet is a complete seedling, very green, and Ye Lu has a deep memory of seeing it at that time.

After saying this, Helan couldn't help but smile brightly, and said: "Because the two strange plants are different."

"The green millet is a grass, and this strange plant is a shrub. Generally speaking, the yield ranking of strange plants is large trees > medium-sized trees > small trees > shrubs > grasses."

"This strange plant is most likely a small shrub."

"Hahahahahaha, we made a fortune." Helan couldn't help laughing out loud.

The yield of the strange plant in each stage is almost doubled, and some of its effects will be even stronger. Helan was not sure at first that this strange plant was a small shrub.

Now looking at it, hahaha, it really is a small shrub.

If Helan hadn't been holding onto the tree roots, she would have laughed out loud. Their He Village finally had another strange plant.