The monster returned in despair with its head hanging down, unable to catch up with the medicine thief. It was very unwilling to do so. In a rage, it swung its claws and beat them. Many trees along the way were knocked to pieces by it and were smashed into pieces.
Heng Heng Ji came to the pit of the four-color elixir, observed it carefully, and judged from the paw prints that it must be a claw-like monster of the same size. He immediately had a target in his mind:
"It must have been done by that Yin Nang. He acted like a gangster. In this forest, only that Yin Nang has such sharp claws. Taking advantage of my mother's absence, he actually dared to dig up the elixir of my Stone Fox clan. The taboo circle meeting at the end of this year I must complain about it!
Let them compensate me double! "
Shi Hu thought bitterly, and was very strange in his heart. My mother didn't even know the exact location where the four-color elixir was buried. How did the treacherous one find the location?
Could it be that its sense of smell is more sensitive than our stone foxes? It would be nice to punish it to dig up elixirs for me if I have the chance...
Shi Hu suddenly thought of this and felt that he was too clever. His mood suddenly improved and he started to patrol around the pit. He slapped his hands here and there along the way, causing sawdust to fly and leaves to drift.
The three broken trees above Ye Congwen were not spared. They were smashed to pieces by the stone fox. The leaves fell one after another like a heavy rain. Within a few minutes, a thick layer of leaves fell, which was more than a foot deep. Instead, it covered the four sides. The color quilt cover was tightly covering her.
After more than an hour, the trees around the pit were all lying on the ground, and Shi Hu stood on the top of the mountain and stared at the place where the four-color elixir came out.
Broken trees and branches and fallen leaves had completely covered the four-color soil and spread all the way to the river bank. No large animals were seen running away. It seemed that it was not the work of others.
Based on the quality of the four-color soil here, a new four-color elixir will be born in a few hundred years, and then my descendants can continue to enjoy it.
"It's time to settle the score with the Yi clan. This traitor just bullied us, the Stone Fox clan, into not being good at water. I'm not afraid of you on land!"
He thought bitterly in his heart and turned around to leave.
Ye Congwen and the others hid under the thick leaves, waiting for the outside to quiet down. When they heard one or two occasional sounds of slapping trees in the distance, they expected that the monster had gone away.
I first slowly got out and observed it, and saw that the entire forest of big trees had been broken by this monster, as if they had been cut down manually.
I'm really glad that I didn't run away down the mountain. Otherwise, with this person's destructive ability and running speed, how could the three of them escape?
He turned back and pulled Yu and Lin up. The three of them sneaked down the mountain, hunching down and trying their best to walk under the fallen tree.
Returning this time went very smoothly. The three of them got on the small wooden boat, put on four-color quilt covers, and rowed along the river as much as possible.
Ye Congwen looked back at Baoshan and saw the thick fog. He expected that the monsters could not see what was going on in the river. He urged Lin Xiaoyu to row quickly and returned to the creek where the boat was parked in less than an hour.
After packing up all the things, Ye Congwen looked at the sky. It was probably three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and Ye Congwen didn't dare to stay here anymore.
The three of them worked together to get the boat out of the creek, set sail, and headed down the river to the place where the boat was last moored.
In just two days, he escaped from the mouth of a tiger with strange scales and saw half of the treasure mountain almost knocked over by monsters. It was really frightening. As a result, the three of them didn't dare to speak when they got on the boat. They were quiet all the way and returned to the backwater bay in less than two hours.
As soon as the boat was fixed, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't wait to pull Yu Yueyue into the room, eager to see the four-color elixir.
Yu Yueyue thought that it was time to clean the elixir, so the two of them ran outside to get a bucket of river water and went inside the room to scrub the mud around the elixir.
After Ye Congwen finished his work, he was pushed to the dining table by Lin Xiaoyu as soon as he walked into the room. He saw that there were many elixirs densely packed on the table, of different sizes and shapes.
"What's wrong, you two are ready to divide the spoils?"
Ye Congwen joked with a smile.
"What are you talking about? I just asked you to come over and count the quantity so as not to blame me for embezzling your things in the future."
Yu Yueyue was in a great mood, and her excitement was palpable, but she was too thin-skinned to say it out loud.
"I have just finished counting them for you. There are a total of four and a half pairs of two-color elixirs, five pairs of three-color elixirs, and one pair of four-color elixirs. Brother Congwen, how do you plan to divide them?"
Lin Xiaoyu rushed to answer, staring at Ye Congwen with both eyes, blinking continuously for hints.
“You, Sister Yueyue, are in charge of the elixir, are you afraid of losing it?
Naturally, it is stored in her precious treasure. You can take it out whenever you want. Could it be that you want to put it in a bag and carry it on your back every day? Aren't you afraid of others stealing from your home? "
Ye Congwen replied angrily, his eyes were like flashlights, what the hell was he thinking!
"Then if I return empty-handed, don't I have no sense of accomplishment at all? When my two brothers ask me, how will I answer them?"
"You come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and you don't just dig for elixirs. What's wrong with you? Besides, even if you dig for elixirs specifically, you may not get anything.
If you don’t believe me, go back and ask them tomorrow to see the results of their Wanquan County treasure hunting team. I can guarantee that they won’t be able to find a pair of two-color elixirs! "
Seeing Ye Congwen's sworn look, Yu Yueyue felt a little dissatisfied, especially after looking at the two, three, and four-color elixirs on the table, she asked softly:
"How can you be so sure? If they are lucky, the blind cat can still hit a dead mouse, let alone a few of them."
"There are four to five thousand people in the training camp digging for elixirs every year. This apprentice training camp has a history of at least hundreds of years, right?
Do you think there will be any elixir left for them? "
Ye Congwen explained with a smile that Yu Yueyue, a woman, had never experienced the pain of digging for elixirs. If she was asked to go up the mountain alone to dig for ten days and a half, she would know what despair meant. How can you feel the despair of returning empty-handed after following yourself.
Yu Yueyue was speechless, ashamed and angry, and asked unconvincedly:
"Since you already knew that there was no magic medicine in that mountain, why didn't you stop them? Don't forget that Yu Benben is also inside."
Ye Congwen smiled and was noncommittal. Lin Xiaoyu immediately replied:
"How could I, Brother Congwen, bring them on board the boat? We mainly came out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and the purpose of digging for elixirs was to treat me ascariasis. There are too many people and it's an eyesore. Neither of us has any private space!"
Lin Xiaoyu glanced at Yu Yueyue pointedly, and said in her heart that if it weren't for this beautiful and annoying sister, Brother Congwen might have fallen under my pomegranate skirt, and all these elixirs would be kept by me.
Yu Yueyue knew as soon as she heard that Lin Xiaoyu was criticizing Mulberry and Huaihuai, but the elixir is all on me. Even if you say you are dry, you will not even think about taking half of it from me. You are too lazy to argue with an outsider like you. He glanced at Ye Congwen lightly and stopped talking.
"Sister Xiaoyu is right. The three of us must unify our words and deeds and think in unison. This time we came out mainly to accompany my fiancée on a sightseeing tour. Digging for elixirs is just a casual thing."
Ye Congwen felt that this was a big deal and repeatedly told the two of them not to reveal the secret of the elixir they had dug. Whoever dared to reveal the secret would not only have no share in these elixirs, but he would never take her with him to dig for elixirs in the future!
He warned Lin Xiaoyu sternly, then smiled when he saw her solemn look on her face, and explained with sincerity:
"It's hard to know the heart but to know the person. Sister Yueyue has so many elixirs hidden in her body. It's not too much to say that they are worth a fortune. If you accidentally tell others, I'm afraid someone will have the idea of killing people and stealing goods. Then she will be alive." Dangerous. You two grew up together, and you don’t want to see anything happen to her, right?"
Lin Xiaoyu nodded, aware of the danger. He glanced at Yu Yueyue, walked over and hugged Yu Yueyue, admitting his mistake softly:
"Sister Yueyue, I was ignorant just now. You taught me the right lesson. I will listen to you in the future."
Ye Congwen suddenly had a bad premonition when he saw the two people. After asking carefully, it turned out that Lin Xiaoyu wanted to secretly take a pair of high-quality two-color elixirs to show off in front of everyone, but Yu Yueyue refused.
Ye Congwen's face changed with fright. This girl was a scammer. Now he even doubted whether she could keep the secret of the elixir?
The three of them talked for a while. When Ye Congwen saw the moon rising, he simply ate beef jerky and took a shower and went to bed.
This period can be described as thrilling and full of crises. Having stayed in the stream for the past ten days, the three of them talked little at night and even more silently during the day. They had long formed a habit.
Tonight, we finally arrived at a relatively safe place. As usual, we chatted in a low voice for a few words before falling asleep peacefully.
Until dawn, Ye Congwen woke up early in the morning, carefully inspected the ship, urged Yu and Lin to get up and work, and walked back in a mighty manner.
Carrying more than ten pairs of elixirs on her body, when she thought that she had the three-color elixir at the master level, Yu Yueyue touched the piece of jade and secretly sighed that her own mother had come in time, if she hadn't given her a magical treasure. Tou, how can I keep these elixirs by myself!
But when I glanced at Ye Congwen who was steering the sail, I couldn't help but feel depressed. I didn't know what she said to Ye Congwen. I always felt that with my own mother's temperament, she might not be able to say anything good.
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The boat was sailing along the current, the wind was strong, and with the three people returning in triumph, they were all very motivated and returned safely at four o'clock in the afternoon. Lin Xiaoyu handed over the boat to the Lin family's special personnel for supervision. He rewarded the servants with a handful of silver coins and asked them to use them to drink and have fun.
The three of them changed their horses and ran to the training camp quickly, laughing and chatting along the way. When the three of them arrived at the house, the sky had completely darkened.
Yu Benben heard a knock on the door outside and ran out immediately. When he saw Ye Congwen and Yu Yueyue, he glanced outside in panic. Seeing that no one was following him, he immediately pulled the two people into the house, carefully bolted the door, and said to Ye Congwen anxiously:
"Brother Congwen, it's not good! During this period, there have been three or four waves of people looking for trouble with you. I think they come with bad intentions!"
(Fourth update, please collect, recommend, and vote monthly.)
