Chapter 22 Sawtooth Rat

In the silent stone cave, two people were fighting with a group of sawtooth rats. Although the ranks of these sawtooth rats were not very high, most of them were first- and second-rank monsters, and there were only two third-rank sawtooth rats, but they were no match for their large numbers. Looking at the tired looks of the two, it was clear that they had been fighting for quite some time. "Brother, this won't work. You help me block it and I'll set up the formation," Leng Youran said to Leng Qianmo while using his flying sword to kill the sawtooth rats that were rushing towards him. The red light in Leng Qianmo's hand was so strong that it blocked the sawtooth rats that were rushing towards him. Leng Youran's reaction was not slow either. He quickly took out seventy-two third-grade talismans to form a formation that combined protection and attack, protecting the two of them inside. After doing this, he said to Leng Qianmo, "Brother, leave this to me. You recover your spiritual power first. When you recover, we will rush out. Don't worry, this formation can last for a while. Just say that you have used up this one and I can set up another one." Leng Qianmo glanced at the formation, nodded, sat down cross-legged and began to meditate.

Leng Youran pinched his fingers and saw flames light up on the periphery of the formation, burning to death batches of sawtooth rats that pounced on them. Looking at the monsters that pounced on them one after another, his scalp suddenly felt numb. The monsters he encountered before were only one or a few, but never so many. There were probably thousands of monsters here. If they didn't have the talisman, even if the two of them exhausted their spiritual power, they wouldn't be able to kill them all, which would be troublesome.

A quarter of an hour later, Leng Qianmo opened his eyes, stood up, looked at the sawtooth rats outside, frowned, thought for a while and asked her, "Little sister, how long can your formation last? These sawtooth rats are all first- and second-level monsters, and occasionally there are third-level monsters. I suspect there are high-level monsters behind." Leng Youran glanced at the monsters opposite, with a serious expression on his face, "Brother, I can still hold on for an hour. Even if the spiritual power of these talismans is exhausted, I can set up another one. If there are no fifth-level monsters, it can probably hold on for two hours." Leng Qianmo nodded and signaled Leng Youran to control the formation. The two slowly walked forward. Such a strange scene appeared in the humid passage. A group of monsters surrounded a round ball like a fireball and kept attacking, and the huge fireball slowly rolled forward.

Leng Qianmo looked at the surrounding environment carefully in the formation. The further they went in, the more ferocious the monsters attacked. At first, one or two third-sister saw-toothed rats appeared occasionally. There were already quite a few saw-toothed rat corpses lying outside the formation. They must be protecting something. The two exchanged glances without saying a word, and became more alert.

Leng Youran first pulled out a dozen ninth-grade talismans and talismans of sixth grade and above from his storage bag, about a hundred in total. He put them into a storage bag and handed it to Leng Qianmo for self-defense. Leng Qianmo took the storage bag and scanned it with his spiritual sense. He was shocked to see the contents, but then he felt relieved when he thought of his younger sister's identity as a talisman maker. He took the storage bag and put it into his storage bracelet. As soon as he looked up, he saw his younger sister pull out a dozen fourth-grade talismans from the storage bag. The corner of his mouth twitched. "Little sister! These are talismans, not waste paper. These are fourth-grade talismans! Doesn't he usually practice all the time to make talismans?" Without mentioning Leng Qianmo's complaints, Leng Youran first took back the third-grade talisman array. Although there was not much spiritual power in it, it could still be used. It was not that she did not want to explode it now, but she was afraid that if all of them were exploded, the entire passage would be destroyed, and they would be buried alive inside. The talisman array had just been put away when the monsters outside attacked. Leng Qianmo saw that the monsters were about to pounce on her, and quickly held up a protective shield to block all the attacks for her. Leng Youran was about to set up another array when all the monsters stopped attacking and stared at them. Seeing the weird scene opposite them, the two looked at each other again and suddenly became tense. He looked at the opposite side with nervous vigilance, and saw a fifth-level sawtooth rat appear on the opposite side, followed by two fourth-level sawtooth rats. The fifth-level sawtooth rat opened its mouth slightly, and a hoarse voice came, "Humans, I don't care how you found this place, please leave now. This is not a place for you to stay, leave!" The monsters can speak when they reach the fifth level, and rat monsters are always smarter. Most cultivators will take a detour when they encounter rat monsters. Leng Youran and the others ran here to find an exit. If there is any possibility, they don't want to confront these sawtooth rats.

The fifth-level sawtooth rat had seen them for so long but had not been able to drive them away. Moreover, it had just discovered that these two people had a lot of talismans in their hands. It seemed that it had also seen talismans that made it feel terrified. Seeing this situation, it knew that they had no way to deal with these two people. Since it could not keep them, it started to drive them away.

Leng Youran noticed a thousand-year-old Ice Heart Grass behind the sawtooth rat. It seemed they were guarding this spiritual medicine! After all, the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine had some effect on these monsters.

Before Leng Qianmo could say anything, Leng Youran interrupted them and asked about this strange phenomenon.

"We were looking for an exit and accidentally broke in here. We are very sorry to disturb you, but we are here and saw this thousand-year-old elixir, and we also want to get it." Seeing that the sawtooth rat was about to get angry, he hurriedly comforted it, "Don't be angry, listen to me. Although this Ice Heart Grass has some effect on you, it is not very effective. How about I exchange some things that are useful to you? I can provide you with some elixirs below the fifth grade as a condition for exchange. What do you think of this?" Yes! Leng Youran was already a fifth-grade alchemist before she met Leng Qianmo, so she dared to say that she would exchange elixirs with it, and she had also refined quite a few elixirs, so she was very confident about the exchange.

The fifth-level sawtooth rat's face turned ugly when it heard that she wanted the Ice Heart Grass. Its eyes were very deep, and it wanted to tear this little girl to pieces. But after hearing his next words, its face became better. Then it looked at her and thought for a while with its head tilted. It was whispering with the two fourth-level sawtooth rats behind it. Leng Youran didn't know what they were talking about. She could only look at this group of rats with boredom, watching them staring at them with their round eyes, as if the fifth-level sawtooth rat would pounce on them and bite them to death at the command. Leng Youran rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and stopped looking.

And the fifth-order sawtooth rat discussed with other sawtooth rats for a quarter of an hour and then told Leng Youran their demands, "We can give you this ten thousand year old ice heart grass, then give us three hundred fifth-grade medicinal pills, five hundred fourth-grade medicinal pills, five hundred second-grade medicinal pills, and one thousand first-grade medicinal pills. Do you agree to these things?" Although this ice heart grass is a ten thousand year old elixir outside, it is only the main ingredient needed to refine special elixirs. It has no effect on other elixirs. It is somewhat effective for ice root cultivators, but it is only effective for ice root cultivators in the Golden Core stage. Although it is a ten thousand year old elixir, the price outside is not very high, so The fifth-rank sawtooth rat's request was too high, and Leng Youran didn't want to give the old thing a bargain, but he wanted the Ice Heart Grass, so he thought about it and said, "One hundred fifth-grade pills, two hundred fourth-grade pills, two hundred third-grade pills, three hundred second-grade pills, and as for the first-grade, I'll give you five hundred. I don't have more than that. I'm a Qi training cultivator, how can I have so many pills? I can only give you this much. Do you think these are feasible? If you don't think they are, then forget it." The fifth-rank sawtooth rat heard the number she gave and thought about it. This was a lot more than they had expected. It looked at the other sawtooth rats and nodded in agreement.

Leng Youran walked forward and put the Ice Heart Grass into the jade box using the method specifically used to pick spiritual herbs. Seeing that there were a few seedlings nearby, he took out a medicine hoe, dug them up, and threw them into the space to plant them when he had time.

Then she took out some jade bottles from the storage bag and introduced the pills to the sawtooth rat, "These are ten bottles of fifth-grade pills, twenty bottles of fourth-grade pills, twenty bottles of third-grade pills, thirty bottles of second-grade pills, and fifty bottles of first-grade pills. There are ten pills in each bottle. Check to see if the number is correct. If the number is correct, we will leave." Leng Youran put the jade bottle containing the pills on the ground. It was not that she was reluctant to give it the storage bag, but that monsters without contracts could not use storage bags. High-level monsters all had their own storage space, so she was not worried about them not having any. The sawtooth rat walked forward leisurely, glancing at the jade bottle on the ground and putting it away with a wave of its claws. It glanced at the two people again, waved them away, and let them go. It wasn't that it didn't want to keep them, but it noticed that they still had a lot of talismans in their hands. Moreover, it saw that Leng Qianmo was holding a ninth-grade talisman in his hand. The power of the ninth-grade talisman's explosion was so powerful that it would not be able to escape. Leng Youran's reaction was even more exaggerated. She was holding a dozen talismans in her hand. The sawtooth rat took a closer look and shuddered with fear. Oh my God! What kind of monster is this? This little monster actually has a dozen in his hand. Is he trying to kill it? He simply waved his hand and let them leave. If he didn't let them leave, would he keep them for the New Year?

Leng Qianmo only came to his senses when Leng Youran pulled him away. He realized what he had just seen. He was really shocked by the generosity of his younger sister, but he didn't say anything and let Leng Youran communicate with him and let his younger sister pull him out of the passage.

Leng Youran saw that he had come to his senses and gave him the jade box. "Big brother, this thing is of no use to me. This thousand-year-old Ice Heart Grass can only be refined by high-level alchemists. I heard that your elder is a high-level alchemist, so let this be my gift to you!" Leng Qianmo didn't bother to be polite with her. He glanced at the Ice Heart Grass and smiled before putting it away. He thought that if his little sister needed something in the future, he would give it to her. Besides, grandpa has been collecting high-level spiritual medicines recently, so he should be interested in this Ice Heart Grass. After all, thousand-year-old spiritual medicines have a certain appeal to high-level alchemists, don't they?