Chapter 356 (2/2)

The old man was slightly relieved, but he was still on alert.

“If I wanted to, I would have grabbed it, I don’t need to wait. Plus, even if I’m going to grab it now, do you think you can stop me?” Shao Xuan said.

Yeah, he was right. The grey-haired old man’s eyes appeared less wary and less murderous. He felt a bit dizzy, trying to relax. Then, he moved his nose as if he had sensed something and looked at Shao Xuan, “You have meat?”

It was a question, but he sounded quite certain.

Shao Xuan grabbed one piece of meat from his bag and threw it toward the old man, asked, “What happened? Why did you faint?”

The old man quickly caught the meat Shao Xuan thrown and smelled it. His eyes showed dislike, but his movement was fast. He quickly took a few bites and answered Shao Xuan in a murmur, “No food.”

Shao Xuan thought the old man was poisoned or some other reason but did not expect that the answer turned out to be starving.

Quickly finished the piece of meat that Shao Xuan gave him, the old man again looked at Shao Xuan, “Any more?”

Shao Xuan took out another piece of meat but did not pass it to the old man right away, he said, “Answer a few questions and I will give the meat to you.”

The old man frowned and did not speak, seemed unwilling to do so.

Shao Xuan didn’t care either, he pointed his finger and asked, “If i keep walking this way, how long will it take to see the dense woods?”

After hearing Shao Xuan’s question, the old man stopped frowning. He thought Shao Xuan was going to ask him something more troubling.

“I don’t know. I have never been there, and this is my first time here. But as far as I know, you will never get to see the dense woods in at least two days, everywhere else is just like here,” the old man answered, “it is a well-known wasteland, not a single tribe lives here. Even if you walk for another two days, you will never see anyone else.”

After passing the meat to the old man, Shao Xuan walked to the stream to wash his face and continued on his way. The old man should have regained his energy after eating meat, and Shao Xuan could finally leave without having to worry about him.

However, after walking a few steps, there came the old man’s voice from behind.

“Hey, wait! Buddy!”

A few moments ago, the old man was still very wary of Shao Xuan as if he was guarding against a thief, and now he was intimately calling Shao Xuan “buddy”. He must have some other intentions.

Shao Xuan turned around and looked at the old man with questioning eyes.

The old man got up from the ground and looked around. His eyes fell on somewhere and happily pointed over there, “There! The white-striped grass over there, pluck it for me.”

The old man had spoken in a commanding tone. Shao Xuan turned to look at the place where the old man pointed at. There were several blades of white-striped grass, half an arm's length, growing on the side of a hill almost perpendicular to the ground. And they were at least 30 meters away from the ground.

Shao Xuan was about to turn and leave but seeing the old man didn’t seem to realize his tone was wrong, Shao Xuan thought for a moment and shook his head. He decided not to argue with an old man. Plus, he wanted to know what the white-striped grass was used for.