Chapter 359
C359 – Taste Test
Posted on May 13, 2019 by AzureOrchid92
For this mountain wild rat to make the old man so excited, was it perhaps related to what the old man called the “thousand gold grains”?
Shao Xuan did not stay idle for long, briskly keeping up with that wild rat.
The wild rat ran fast, but it stopped at times. Whenever it paused, it looked around with vigilance, then continued to run if it found no threat around.
Shao Xuan could only use some low trees or slightly higher grass for cover since the plants in this area were sparse so he could not find a lot of obstructions. Therefore, quietly keeping up with the wild rat was a little difficult.
For Shao Xuan, even if the difficulty was big, he could still overcome it and could successfully keep up with that wild rat, but that was not the same with the old man. His skill in hiding was not as good as Shao Xuan, so he could only remain a little farther away as he followed. Fortunately, he did not have to keep his eye on that wild rat. He only had to follow Shao Xuan.
After about twenty minutes, the wild rat finally stopped. Shao Xuan stood from somewhere nearby, watching the wild rat eating the food it found. He turned behind him to look at the old man and signal to him with a wave of his hand.
Even if Shao Xuan did not know that plant, he was still sure that that was not what the old man was looking for, the “thousand gold grains”. It was only a nearly metre high shrub, with a number of small fingernail-sized red fruits above. The wild rat’s goal was those red fruits.
After seeing the wild rat eating the fruit, the old man squinted his eyes, then sighed. “It’s a pity.”