74 Pyro (1/2)

Of course, Xu Xianchu, Ren Xiaosu, and Yang Xiaojin were not willing to carry the tattered doll with them. And since the question of whether to take the doll along with them was brought up by Liu Bu, he was automatically tasked with the responsibility of carrying it.

In reality, Ren Xiaosu and company didn't think the doll would be of any use to them. Although no one knew what usage it served before The Cataclysm, they were not dumb either.

But since they didn't have to carry the doll themselves, it wouldn't trouble them to bring it along.

As such, Liu Bu felt miserable the entire way. Even though he was exhausted, he still had to carry that tattered doll around with care.

The worst thing was that all of them had not eaten yet today.

Xu Xianchu suddenly stopped walking. Xu Xianchu could barely take it for much longer, let alone Liu BU, Luo XInyu, and Wang Lei. He turned around and said, ”Everyone, let's find some pine trees to pluck pine cones from. We'll eat something first before we continue on our journey.”

Based on Xu Xianchu and the others' wilderness survival lessons thus far, they had only learned the extent of plucking pine cones to fill their stomachs. In reality, these pine cones were incredibly difficult to peel and had very few nuts in them.

The pine nuts they could retrieve from a large pine tree wouldn't even be enough to fill their stomachs, but what else could they have if they did not eat this? They could only look at Ren Xiaosu, who did not seem to care about them at all.

They saw him take his dagger and cut into an unidentified tree next to him. Then a white, milky sap started flowing out of the incision he made. Xu Xianchu's eyes lit up. ”Can you drink that?”

The others also looked over in surprise. However, Ren Xiaosu shook his head and said, ”The majority of the milky saps that can be found in the forest are undrinkable because there's a high chance of getting poisoned if you do.”

Xu Xianchu wondered, ”Then why did you make an incision to get the sap?”

”I'm applying it onto my dagger,” Ren Xiaosu said, as though it were a matter of course.

The others immediately wondered what kind of person he was. He actually thought of applying poison onto his dagger? What a treacherous person!

But they did not dare to despise Ren Xiaosu's treachery. After all, they had been depending on him too much for the entire journey. If any of them were to get injured, they could only rely on him to suture their wounds together and apply the black medicine for them.

Liu Bu, Luo Xinyu, and Wang Lei still had some money left on them in case of any emergencies that would require Ren Xiaosu to save them.

They had already realized that having money might mean keeping their lives with Ren Xiaosu around.

If they offended Ren Xiaosu at this time, he would probably still be willing to treat their wounds if they paid him money. But who knew if Ren Xiaosu might end up having an extra kidney in his hand after suturing up their wounds? If that happened, what could they do?

While Liu Bu was plucking pine cones, he accidentally fell out of the tree. But luckily for him, it did not hurt as the ground was covered with soft pine needles that cushioned his fall.

He got so emotional that he nearly broke down. ”This is all the wolves' fault. Didn't they say in the stronghold that the wolves had run off to another mountain range? Why did they suddenly reappear here?! If not for those wolves, we might've already gotten back to the stronghold! It's just as the proverb says, 'The Wolf and the Bei make mischief.' Wolves were never good to start off with!”

However, Ren Xiaosu disagreed this time. ”I've also heard that proverb before, but have you seen an actual bei before?”

The others were stunned. ”Isn't the bei an animal that clings onto a wolf's behind? This proverb says that the wolves and bei work together to catch livestock by using their forelegs and hind legs respectively. It means that they collude with each other to do bad things.”

”Yes.” Ren Xiaosu nodded and said, ”That's what Mr. Zhang said in school, but my question remains, has anyone ever seen a bei before?”