Chapter 23 - Panning for Gold in Dung (2/2)

Lu Yu first rested for a while. After calming down the boiling qi-blood, he broke a tree branch as a crutch to prevent himself from falling because of his weak legs.

After walking for a while, Lu Yu heard the sound of running water. He threw away the crutch in his hand and sped up to the side of the stream.

A two-meter-wide clear stream flowed across the forest. There were small fish swimming around in the stream.

Lu Yu held a few mouthfuls of water and drank it. Then, he took out a cloth bag containing yellow sand and put it into the water to shake gently.

The fine sand was carried away by the stream, dyeing the stream yellow. The water mixed with yellow sand only flowed for a few meters before it became clear again.

Looking at the stream water that became muddy and clear again, Lu Yu felt like he was panning for gold.

The bag became lighter and lighter, and there were fewer and fewer things in it. When there was no obvious yellow sand flowing out of the bag, Lu Yu lifted the cloth bag.

He opened the cloth bag, and there were some small grains of sand lying inside. Around the grains of sand were even finer pieces of iron essence.

The sand with the size of a fist was washed out from the cloth bag. There was only finger-sized residue. Iron essence only accounted for a very small part of it, and it was hard to say if there was even a fifth of it.

Lu Yu did not want to pick the sand one by one, so he planned to bring it back and let Little Tail pick it. She had nothing to do anyway, so he wanted to find something for her to do so that she would not cause trouble for him.

Looking at the sun in the sky, Lu Yu identified the direction and walked towards the direction with his back facing the sun. When he walked from Windmill Town to the Wind Rock Demon’s nest, he was facing the sun. So, he needed to walk in the opposite direction of the sun to get back to Windmill Town

On the way, Lu Yu went to the Wind Rock Demon’s nest again. He found Wind Rock Demons had not calmed down yet, so he directly returned to Windmill Town. He wanted to verify some things.

When he returned to the small house in the backyard of the Ji Min Hall, he threw the cloth bag to Little Tail and asked her to pick out the iron essence. He took some objects and tried to find the mechanism of the backpack system.

When he was escaping, he suddenly thought of directly put the yellow sand into his backpack, but he couldn’t. He didn’t even put a grain of sand into his backpack.

He found many things and tried various situations. After a period of exploration, Lu Yu found the system’s general mechanism to determine how he could put the item into his backpack.

He was not entirely sure about the mechanism of the backpack because there were some experiments that he couldn’t do. For example, he tried to touch the other party’s weapon during battle and try to see if he could directly put it into his backpack.

First, the system would determine whether the ownership of the item belonged to the player. If it belonged to the player, then it had the highest storage authority and could be put into the backpack within a certain range. Lu Yu’s initial judgment was that the range was one meter.

If it did not belong to the player, then the player needed to touch the object and there was no other force to stop the player. That was to say, the item was an ownerless item, no matter how weak the blocking force was, it could not be put into the backpack.

This was the conclusion Lu Yu came to using a rabbit. He gave a carrot to the rabbit and tried to put the carrot into the backpack while the rabbit was eating it, but he failed.

Later, without Little Tail’s knowledge, he proved his guess.

Then, he tested the object that was in a whole or scattered. The whole object met the requirement, it could be put into the backpack. Scattered objects like a pile of sand could not be put into the backpack. But if the scattered object was turned into a whole object, it could be put into the backpack.

For example, a handful of soil could not be put into the backpack, but if the soil was wrapped in paper, it could be put into the backpack.

Finally, he tested living things. Living things could not be put into the backpack, but dead things could be put into the backpack. Intact plants could also be put into the backpack, and animals could be put into the backpack after they died.

At present, Lu Yu had summed up these mechanisms.

Lu Yu had not tested out the storage limit of the backpack. However, when there were too many things in the backpack, Lu Yu could feel an invisible pressure on his body, making it difficult for him to move around.

He guessed that the capacity of the backpack might be related to his strength.

“I have picked out all the black stones. I have not missed a single one.” Little Tail took the bag and walked in front of Lu Yu.

Lu Yu opened the bag and took a look. Indeed, there were no extra grains of sand in it. It was filled with iron essence. He couldn’t feel its weight at all. It was probably only a few grams.

If he wanted to sell it, he would have to trade in teal. One teal was equivalent to 50 grams. This was far from enough.

According to his thoughts, he couldn’t do it alone. Lu Yu looked at Little Tail, who was standing in front of him and looking at the bag in his hand. Her eyes were filled with curiosity.

“Isn’t she the best candidate?” Lu Yu’s eyes were shining.

Little Tail was weak. If she wanted to escape and something happened to her, he would be able to get rid of her as quickly as possible. Otherwise, he couldn’t get rid of her by himself.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu asked, “When I was away, you didn’t tell anyone about the mysterious person, did you?”

Little Tail shook her head like a rattle-drum and quickly said, “No. Other than begging for food, I haven’t said a word to anyone.”

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“Do you like money?”

“Yes… I do.” Little Tail whispered, “Money can buy a lot of food. With money, you won’t go hungry.”

“You’ll go out with me. You’ll do whatever I say. I’ll give you money when I come back. Whatever you want to buy, I’ll take you out to buy.”

After saying that, Lu Yu felt a sense of guilt, “Was this considered child labor?”

“Okay.” Little Tail answered..