Chapter 41 The function of the scarecrow's strange bead is to test...
As if to verify what Ye Lu said, the speed of the fleeing convoy increased by more than twice, and many times they ate directly in the carriages, as if they had to reach the outskirts of Shicheng before the new moon.
The cold moon rises and sets, and the moon keeps changing in the sky.
In the past few days, Ye Lu and his friends also discovered an unexpected surprise. Every time night fell and the cold moon rose, when the moonlight shone through the carriage window onto the leaves of the laurel tree, the entire body of the laurel tree would emit a faint, cold moonlight, from the seedlings to the tips of the branches and leaves.
The first one to discover this was the Ghost Scholar. He was stunned at first, put down the putty in his hand, and paused. He knew that many spiritual plants had strange phenomena, and he could understand it by thinking about the origin of the laurel seeds. But could the seeds of these spiritual plants still retain their original magical effects after being brought into this world and reborn?
This laurel tree... The ghost scholar was silent for a while, silently keeping this in mind.
Then the ghost scholar called Ye Lu over and said, "Master Dao, can you see if there is anything wrong?"
Ye Lu had just finished his training and was preparing to go out for a run, preferably to the guard team to take the opportunity to hunt weird creatures. There was one more mouth to feed in his family recently, and he already had a lot to eat. After the laurel tree sprouted, the demand was even greater. His spirit kept shouting at him that it was hungry and wanted to eat, and sometimes he even rolled on the ground feeling aggrieved.
Confused.
But the appetite of the laurel tree is several times bigger than that of other strange plants of the same kind. It is like a black hole that can never be filled. Ye Lu is like an old father who is busy running around for food for his children, and Xi Mingren is the old father plus two. The two of them take turns to grab work in the guard team every day.
Helan couldn't help but exclaim in amazement when he saw this scene, "You two slick guys are finally willing to work."
Ye Lu and the playboys heard the teasing behind them, but didn't say a word. They just buried their heads in their work, frantically rushing to kill the monsters before the guards.
There is no way. There is another strange plant in the village, and the demand for putty has also increased. The guard team has a certain amount of putty every day. Who can believe that over time, there will be fewer strange plants coming. The number of strange plants is limited. All we can do is rely on everyone's strength to grab it.
Ye Lu is now thankful that he fed the White Bone Lantern all at once during the last sneak attack by Snake Hanzi, otherwise they would have another mountain hanging over their heads.
As soon as Ye Lu opened his eyes, he had to feed his companion strange plant. If he didn't, that young spiritual consciousness would be too pitiful and would always cry out for hunger. When he heard the ghost scholar's words, he walked over and saw this scene.
“…It’s fine.” Ye Lu looked at the laurel tree that was glowing all over. Under the moonlight, it was as beautiful as the orchid and jade tree in the storybooks. Ye Lu carefully felt the consciousness of the other end. The laurel tree’s consciousness was free and comfortable, and it did not feel uncomfortable at all.
"It quite likes to bask in the moonlight." After a moment, Ye Lu said with certainty.
The laurel tree was gazing at the moonlight in a daze. It did not necessarily understand what the two humans were saying. It just simply liked the moonlight. Until the same aura approached, it immediately recognized the companion human and asked the other party through its spiritual sense to add some black soil to its soil, as that soil tasted better.
That is putty, but Laurel doesn't know it and calls it all black soil.
"I know, I know, my ancestor, you are even harder to serve than Chongshan." Ye Lu got a headache when he heard it, and said helplessly. After a moment, he remembered Chongshan Tengman's arrogant and domineering personality, and he overturned his previous statement: "No, you are better, don't really learn bad things from Chongshan."
"Chongshan should not have woken up yet." Ye Lu said hesitantly. He still had the seeds of strange plants in his talent. If Chongshan woke up and saw so many spiritual plants, he would definitely be furious and would definitely settle the score with him.
"Wait a minute, let Ah Gui feed you the black soil. All your food is with him." Ye Lu coaxed.
Upon hearing this, the laurel tree's consciousness immediately abandoned its evil companion and turned to the ghost it liked, circling around and sending out the consciousness it wanted.
Seeing that this heartless little thing only wanted a bite of fertilizer and didn't want a companion when he had food, Ye Lu snorted coldly.
The ghost scholar looked very helpless.
The Taoist priest clearly knew that Yuegui would only act like this when eating, but once the black soil was added, Yuegui would start looking for him everywhere again, hoping that he would stay by her side. Perhaps it was because the companion plant was too young, and its instinct would make it seek the protection of its companion. This was also the reason why Yuegui kept wanting putty.
It is still in the seedling stage and wants to grow up quickly.
The two were talking, and not long after, there was a knock on the door. It was the door of the carriage next to them, followed by a young voice: "Brother Ye, Uncle He San wants you to go to the ancestral hall carriage."
Ye Lu heard that the owner of the voice was a member of the guard team and had some connections with the He family.
"I know!" Ye Lu and the ghost scholar looked at each other, and it was needless to say what they were thinking. He replied loudly.
"As expected? Just like you said, the villagers will definitely prepare when the market opens." Ye Lu said in a low voice when the footsteps outside the carriage gradually faded away.
"You go and take a look first." The ghost scholar gladly accepted Ye Lu's praise and urged Ye Lu to hurry over as he had plenty of time to play with Yue Gui.
Ye Lu looked down at his own attire and saw nothing wrong with it. He was in cultivation anyway and looked neat and tidy. He simply got off the bus and headed for the ancestral hall carriage.
As soon as he approached the carriage, Ye Lu realized something was wrong. There were several familiar guards outside the carriage, one of whom was Qian Linzi.
After Qian Gouzi brought home the share of Yangteng Fruit, he got a lot of benefits. These days, his parents didn't dare to let him continue to come to the guard team. Instead, Qian Linzi avoided his brother. Qian Gouzi insisted on giving him half of the share of Yangteng Fruit, but Qian Linzi didn't want it. He just wanted Qian Gouzi to be his twin brother, so he just went and took it. He didn't want half, so Qian Linzi simply hid away.
"Brother Ye, the village elders? They are all in the carriage." Qian Linzi was calmer than Qian Gouzi. He came forward and said in a low voice.
Ye Lu nodded to indicate that he understood.
When Ye Lu pushed the curtain of the carriage, he was somewhat surprised to see two village elders, Uncle He San and Village Elder Huang, and a stone master in the carriage. The three of them were sitting on a haystack not far from the coffee table. A large vat planted with green millet was not far from them, immersed in the moonlight.
"Is Lu kid here?" Village Master Huang spotted Ye Lu standing at the door and greeted him.
Ye Lu sensed that the atmosphere was not right and got into the car silently.
"Third uncle, Mr. Huangcun, the stone magician." Ye Lu asked everyone honestly. Everyone present was his elder, so it would be right for him to be honest.
"Uncle San, why did you call me here this time?" Ye Lu looked up at Uncle San He who had been silent. It was obvious that Uncle San He was sitting in the center among the people present and was the backbone of the three.
Uncle He San rubbed the cane in his hand for a while, and said: "According to the news brought by the rice birds, there will definitely be merchants from Shizhu Village in the market, but we don't know who they will be. But what is certain is that they will bring a lot of strange food resources." Uncle He San slowly told the news he had received.
Ye Lu was stunned when he heard this. He had heard of the Shizhu merchants. When Uncle He Qi was helping him answer his questions, he emphasized the merchants. Generally speaking, the merchants that people often talk about are from different ethnic groups in the same village, or different bloodlines. Outsiders cannot see clearly, but the merchants themselves can tell the difference clearly.
Some are called three lines, black line, black poison, black and white, stone green, etc., which are all names of bloodlines.
The merchant that Hecun had exchanged with before was also from Shizhu Village and was a man of Shilu bloodline. To be honest, apart from his fierce price-cutting, his sources of other strange foods were very complete. They could even provide some of the signature strange foods that only big forces had. Otherwise, Hecun would not have endured until now.
There are actually other businessmen on the mainland, but unfortunately they have too few strange food resources and are not as famous as Shizhu Village.
As soon as Ye Lu heard this, he understood that the village elders meant that they wanted to take advantage of the appearance of merchants from Shizhu Village at the market to see if they could exchange for more resources.
Then, Ye Lu's first reaction was: "We still have green millet in our village?" There was a hint of disbelief in their tone when they said this.
"...Ahem..." Village Master Huang coughed at the side. Why did Lu Wazi say it out loud? They? No matter whether there is anything in the village or not, they said it all without closing their eyes. Besides, didn't they give all the green millet to these awakened children? In addition, there are still some children in the village who have not awakened and need to eat some green millet from time to time to enhance their strange power. They? Next, they have to find a place to stay, which is another journey.
As a result, the remaining green millet in the village is not enough.
"Of course there is not enough green millet in the village." Village Master Huang began to explain. While he was speaking, he looked at Ye Lu helplessly several times. Why was there not enough green millet in stock? Lu Wazi didn't know yet. Ever since he awakened his super talent, especially after he made contributions, the He family has been eyeing the green millet stock in the village.
In addition, meeting the merchants from Shizhu Village this time was an unexpected surprise. They wanted to exchange for more strange food resources, so the previously expected share would not be enough.
"The solution discussed by the village elders is to take out the scarecrow magic beads that they had saved before and give them directly to Qingmizi, so that it can bloom and bear fruit again." Village elder Huang said slowly.
"The yield of green millet is 1,500 grains per mature harvest. Even if we leave half of them for the next flowering and fruiting, we can still have more than 700 green millet grains to exchange." Huang Cun Lao said with a hint of relief in his tone: "Fortunately, we came out this time when the drought forced the scarecrows out, so we got a bargain. Otherwise, we would not have encountered these strange creatures and would have been snatched away by the strange men from the big villages."
The Scarecrow's strange beads are a very rare fertilizer resource that will not damage the strange plants and their bases. Its strange power is very gentle, and it has the same origin as the strange plants. It almost allows the strange plants to absorb the strange power until it overflows, causing them to bloom and bear fruit uncontrollably, without affecting the next fruiting cycle.
"Since you have already discussed it, why are you asking me anything?" Ye Lu understood after hearing it. No wonder Uncle He had been signaling him to charge more at that time. This Scarecrow Magic Pearl was indeed a good thing. However, he was also a little puzzled, and had an inexplicable premonition in his heart.
"Let me tell you about this..." Before Mr. Huang opened his mouth, Uncle He San's voice sounded first. The old man's voice was neither hurried nor slow, and had its own rhythm.
"Lu, I heard that your laurel tree seeds have sprouted, right?" Uncle He San looked at Ye Lu and asked seriously.
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