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Chapter 105 Black Wood Rat

"My lord, here it is."

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Chu Zhong, a short man with tanned skin approaching him.

He had a row of big yellow teeth and held a straw hat in his hand and handed it to Du Beiting.

"What's this?"

Seeing that Chu Zhong was also wearing a straw hat, Du Beiting didn't know what he meant and didn't take it for a while.

“Mid-June is when the sun is at its most intense.

Therefore, you must wear a hat, clothes and pants. "

Chu Zhong pointed to the sun in the sky, which was piercing his eyes.

“Getting tan is the second most important thing, the biggest fear is getting sunburned.

After all, our trip out of the city will not take more than one or two days.

If you get sunburned, the outer skin will fall off.

When we get to the forest, it's muggy and hot, and there are mosquitoes everywhere, which will be a disaster. "

"Makes sense."

After hearing this, Du Beiding couldn't help but nodded slightly in agreement.

He didn't have much relevant experience in this matter, so it was better to follow Chu Zhong's arrangements.

After thinking for a moment, he walked back into the house.

After a while, he walked out with a simple gray baggage and hung it on his shoulder.

The clothes on my body were also changed from shorts to long shirts and trousers.

"Have you brought everything you need to prepare?"

“Please rest assured, sir, I will follow your instructions.

Everything, I've brought it all with me.

And, before going out, I checked it carefully. "

With that said, Chu Zhong untied the baggage hanging on his back in front of Du Beiting, took out the bottles and jars containing things, and explained it to Du Beiting in detail.

Du Beiping watched, but did not refuse.

This matter is related to whether the practice of "Fulong Bone Nourishing Manual" can be upgraded as soon as possible.
Therefore, in his opinion, necessary preparations and inspections are a normal thing before departure.

After confirming that everything is ready.

Du Beiting then took Chu Zhong to the Horned Snake Gang's stable, handed over the deposit, picked up a horse respectively, and rushed out of the city.

Under the leadership of Chu Zhong, they faced the scorching sun and rode straight to their destination.

The blood-nourishing and soul-gathering flower and the Xumiru body are exposed on the same hill.

It is located in the southeast of Taiyuan City. After walking out of the city gate, you need to bypass the wild forest near the outskirts of Taiyuan City and cross nearly two kilometers of swamps. You can reach it directly by walking six kilometers further.

All the way.

When dusk arrived, Du Bei stopped for two people before arriving at their destination.

Apart from encountering dozens of wolves looking for food in the wild, nothing else happened on the road.

This wolf pack was driven away by Chu Zhong.

He took out a dark earthen jar from his bag, then used a long stick-shaped stone to roll out a sticky mass similar to feces, and threw it into the wolves.

A group of wolves immediately tucked their tails between their legs and fled in a hurry, as if they had seen some extremely terrifying creature.

Du Beiting thought that the sticky mass rolled out of the earthen pot should be the feces of some kind of vicious creature.

Otherwise, the wolves would never run away in panic after seeing this thing.

Of course, the most important thing was that Du Beiding also smelled an extremely strong smell of shit.

He estimated that this was Chu Zhong's special preparation for this operation.

A big jar full.

The two camped on a higher plain, leaning against a lush tree nearly seven or eight meters high.

The surrounding area is full of complicated and messy weeds.

Chu Zhong was holding a sickle in his hand, cutting off the nearby weeds and wild flowers and piling them aside.

Make a clear space for the tent that will be pitched tonight.

Du Beiting sat under the big tree and built a simple stove with a few stones.

Firewood collected nearby was piled in it and a bonfire was lit.

Place the black clay pot on top, add water, dried meat slices, peas and large white rice grains.

After a while, a steaming can of braised meat slices and peas was ready.

"Come over and eat when the tent is set up." Du Beidian poured soy sauce into the earthen pot, mixed it with a wooden spoon, scooped out two bowls, and when he put the wooden spoon away, he didn't forget to go to Chu who was setting up the tent. Zhong shouted.

"okay."

Chu Zhong turned to the direction where Du Bei stopped and said, "Sir, you eat first. You don't have to wait for me. I'll get it done soon."

Du Beiting had no intention of waiting for Chu Zhong.

I've been on a long journey today.

Along the way, he only ate two meals in total.

Moreover, during both meals, I just ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and drank a sip of water, without even the slightest feeling of being stuffed in my belly.

The rice is plump and flows down your throat mixed with chewed meat.

After eating two large bowls, Du Bei, who was not yet full, was about to fill up the third bowl.

Chu Zhongcai wiped the sweat from his brow, walked over and sat down, picked up the bowl of stewed rice that Du Bei had served him the morning before, and ate it.

By the time both of them finished eating, night had come.

The moonlight fills the earth.

In the earthen pot, there was stewed rice with sliced ​​meat and peas that had been stewed several times.

Nearly half of the food went into Du Beiding's stomach.

He wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, unscrewed the stopper of the water bag, and while filling his mouth with water, he glanced at Chu Zhong who was sitting beside him.

"How long will it take for the two of us to arrive here tomorrow?"

Du Beidian put his other hand into the baggage on the ground and took out a folded yellow paper.

The yellow paper was unfolded, with a crude map outline drawn on it.

Also annotated with words and circles.

Du Beiding's finger poked at a marked spot with a circle drawn on it.

Chu Zhong quickly took it, looked it up and down several times, thought about it for a while, and then gave the answer.

“Sir, this place is on the western edge of the hills.

Although this hilly area has been visited and developed by people, the number of people is less than ten.

Moreover, the areas they set foot on were in the east and south of the hills.

The west and north are land and water areas, mostly rivers, lakes, and swamps, and the terrain is dangerous and complex.

According to my experience over the years.

This kind of place where risks are unknown
Even if you are a warrior with a certain level of strength, do not cross it head-on.

It's best to take a detour.

Otherwise, people will easily die. "

After hearing this, Du Beiting nodded in agreement.

He's not a fool either.

Risk is something that is best avoided if it can be avoided.

There is absolutely no need to face unknown risks just to save so much time.

“Due to terrain issues, we are not allowed to ride horses on this trip to the west.

You can only walk there on foot.

It will take at least half a day to reach the destination.

It is estimated that we can arrive before dark. "

"Will it take nearly a day?" Du Bei paused and twirled his chin, thinking.

The time required for this was not much different from what he expected.

"How is Black Wood Rat doing now? Will he be able to find things normally by then?"

Du Beiping stopped and glanced at the cylindrical wooden tube hung by Chu Zhong's waist.

"I see that you haven't fed it all day."

"Please rest assured, sir, this black wood rat is a foreign object.

Its body structure is special.Not to mention starving for a day, even if you starve for a month, you will not die. "

With that said, Chu Zhong took off the cylindrical wooden tube hanging from his waist and opened the lid.

He touched it with his hand.

After some groping, he caught a black wood rat that was only the size of a palm.

The black wood rat looks like a mouse and is almost the same size, but its fur is a deep dark green.

Especially the top of the head has several wavy black lines.

A pair of blue eyes like rice grains, rolling around.

Chu Zhong pinched the back of the neck and lifted it up. It was originally struggling wildly with its limbs, but it seemed to smell the aroma of simmering rice. It stared at the earthen pot on the stove, and its limbs struggled even more.

“What’s more, the main reason for taking it out on this trip is to find something.

In order to avoid affecting its sense of taste and smell, the black wood rat should not eat or drink three days before looking for the object. "

Du Beiting looked up and down carefully before nodding, "Okay, as long as it won't delay the subsequent search for things."

On this trip, I went to find Chu Zhong to act together.

Letting him lead the way is the next best thing.

The most important thing was that Du Beiting fell in love with the black wood rat in his hand.

With the Black Wood Rat here, finding the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower and Xumi with his body exposed is basically a sure thing.

He stood up and walked towards the tent that Chu Zhong had set up for him. He turned his back to the latter and raised his hand, "Get some rest early. We will set off at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning.

If anything else happens, just call me loudly. "

"Yes."

Chu Zhong hurriedly responded. When he saw Du Bei stopped walking into the tent, he took out a small bag of powder from his baggage bag, walked around the camp, and sprinkled it on the ground to drive away insects and snakes.

Then, he took out a piece of firewood from the bonfire.

By the light of the fire, I picked up some dry firewood nearby and added it to the fire.

"Crackling!"

Sporadic sparks splashed from time to time, hidden in the dark night.

Early tomorrow morning, the sun gradually appeared, and the two of them woke up.

Follow the planned route and go straight to the west.

The route passes streams, lakes, and three swamps.

We also encountered wild beasts, insects and snakes.

But Chu Zhong has rich experience, and under his leadership, there were no accidents between the two of them along the way.

They avoided all dangers on the road.

Just before dusk approached, the two of them successfully arrived at their destination.

"While there is still some time before it gets dark."

In a lush green bamboo forest with lush foliage, the soft soil is covered with a thin layer of bamboo leaves.

Du Bei stopped in the bamboo forest.

He looked around the surroundings and looked at the rustling swaying bamboo leaves for a while, then turned to look at Chu Zhong beside him and shouted.

"Take out the black wood rat."

"Yes, sir." Chu Zhong responded quickly.

Then, he opened the lid of the cylindrical wooden tube hanging at his side.

A black wood rat was caught by him.

Du Beiting, on the other hand, put his left hand into the bag and took out a flower nearly half a meter long.

The flower is a cylindrical corolla composed of many connected petals, which is dark red in color.

Each petal is densely covered with irregularly growing brown-yellow stripes, and the core of the flower is filled with deep black.

The main stem is green and slender, covered with emerald-like blade-like leaves.

This thing is a very common ornamental flower called beauty flower.

Contrary to its name, the beauty flower does not have the effect of beautifying the skin.

As a very common ornamental flower, there is nothing special about it.

The only characteristic is that its taste and smell are the same as those of the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower, almost exactly the same.

This is also the reason why Ducupine needs to be used.

The functions of black wood rats and meat worms are similar.

However, unlike flesh insects, black wood rats are not sensitive to things that contain energy and blood.

It can't look for meat, it can only look for things and plant plants.

It uses eating to determine the smell and taste of the objects and creatures it is looking for, and then search for them.

This was also the reason why Chu Zhong had to fast for the Black Wood Rat during the first three days when it was looking for something.

After the black wood rat was caught, its limbs kept struggling, clawing and clawing desperately, trying to bite the hand that grabbed the back of its neck.

But the distance is always one point.

Not to mention biting it, I couldn't even touch it.

Chu Zhong gently poked the black wood rat's shriveled belly, then looked at Du Beiding, "Sir, the black wood rat can start eating now."

"Ah."

Du Beiding nodded lightly and placed the beauty flower in his hand in front of Black Wood Rat.

The eyes of the black wood rat immediately lit up, and its tiny paws were busy grabbing the beauty flowers, including the stems and flowers, and stuffing them into its mouth, chewing them with big mouthfuls, making bursts of crunching sounds.

Soon, the beauty flower was eaten by it.

There isn't even a little bit left.

Its blue and black eyes were staring straight at Du Beiding, as if waiting for the latter to continue taking out food and feeding it to him.

But Du Bei stopped and didn't move, showing no signs of feeding him.

The black wood rat immediately struggled with its limbs and chirped in protest.

His nose was still twitching, as if he was sniffing something.

His head kept turning in the southwest direction.

"Sir, the Black Wood Rat is about to start looking for food.

It's a bit fast, so you have to keep up. "

Seeing the condition of Black Wood Rat, Chu Zhong shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Black Wood Rat's stomach made a series of muffled gurgling sounds just after eating a beauty flower.

The abdomen, which was originally slightly bulging, quickly shriveled up.

The struggle of its limbs and head became more and more intense, and it almost bit Chu Zhong several times.

"Well, put it down."

Du Beiting's face was calm, and he pressed his right hand down to give a signal.

The next second, Chu Zhong let go of his right hand, and the black wood rat in his hand immediately fell to the ground.

At the moment of landing.

With a "swish", a blurry black shadow flashed past, and it ran away quickly, heading straight to the south.

And Du Beiting had also disappeared from where he was.

He kept a distance from the black wood rat that had been running wildly, and followed closely to its left.

"So fast?!"

Chu Zhong was slightly surprised by how quickly Du Bei stopped and reacted.

He was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and quickly followed.

After nearly two sticks of incense have passed.

Du Bei didn't stop until he stopped.

In front of him, there was still a bamboo forest.

However, the bamboo forest in front of him was slightly sparse.

There are only a few here and there.

Moreover, most of the bamboo leaves are withered and yellow, the bamboo is low, and the roots are old and hard with cracks.

There were no bamboo shoots around, and they seemed not to be growing well.

And right in front of this bamboo forest, there is a small pool downhill.

There are nearly 60 square meters.

(End of this chapter)