Chapter 360 (2/2)

The old man stopped and panted. His nostrils enlarged and contracted, his eyes focused on the peak of the mountain top. His eyes never looked away, as if that was the only thing left in this whole world.

The old man’s eyes were filled with strong enthusiasm and excitement, the two fists clenched tight, anxiously wanting to rush forward and dig up the plants.

“That’s the ‘Thousand Grain Gold’?” Shao Xuan asked in a low voice.

“Yes! It must be!” The old man tried suppressed his excitement in his throat. He seemed to have ignored everything around him, completely focused on the plant. He was so excited that he started laughing out of control. “Ha! Hahahaha! I found it! I’ve finally found it!!”

Shao Xuan’s eyelid twitched a few times. Something wasn’t right.

As expected, the next moment after the old man laughed, the greyish-white wild rats in front looked back at the same time. Their small eyes narrowed threateningly. Especially the big wild rats nearer to the mountain top, who were almost two to three times larger than the usual wild rats- their eyes were red and filled with ferocity.

The few big ones on top of the mountain top looked at the swinging dark gold-colored grain, turned around and looked at the old man also staring at the grains. The big wild rats felt threatened. They stood up and made a series of sharp “squeak” sounds from their mouths.

Oh no.

Grabbing the old man by his clothes, Shao Xuan then started to focus the power of totem in his body, totemic patterns appeared like lava radiated energy surges into the air, shaking off surrounding rats that started to pounce with their jaws wide open. Shao Xuan’s feet were filled with power as he started to run down the mountain.

The wild rats were probably still concerned about the grains on the mountain top, therefore they did not dare to chase Shao Xuan and the old man. They were probably afraid of not being able to rush back on time to snatch the big meal.

Shao Xuan, still carrying the old man, sprinted down to the mountainside and only stopped to let go of the old man when he saw that the wild rats had stopped chasing them.

The old man did not bother to look at the totem tattoos on Shao Xuan’s body, all that mattered to the old man now was the plants on top of the mountain. The old man’s heart and mind were occupied by the dark, golden grains.

As soon as the old man was placed on the ground, he wanted to run back to the mountain top. Shao Xuan stopped him forcefully.

“Let me go, let me go! That was Thousand Grain Gold, Thousand Grain Gold, do you know what that means?!” the old man roared while struggling.

“I don’t care if it’s the Thousand Grain Gold or Thousand Grain Shit, all I know is that place is filled with wild rats. Do you want to be rat food?!” Shao Xuan yelled loudly.

The struggling old man heard these words and finally regained his sanity. He kept repeating Shao Xuan’s words…”Filled with wild rats?”

When the old man thought about those wild rats at the top of the mountain, he became very annoyed, “No no no no, the grains must not be wasted on the rats, they’ll be destroyed!”

Fortunately, the old man was still thinking logically. He circled around the same place, trying to figure out the best strategy.

“Those grains have not ripened fully yet, the rats were probably just waiting for them to ripen. All we need is to get rid of them before the grains turn ripe,” said the old man.

“How do we get rid of it?” Shao Xuan asked. It wasn’t because he had no idea how to deal with those wild rats. It was possible for him to fight with those wild rats by force but there would be a price to pay.

After all, there were too many rats and the larger ones nearer to the mountain top would be harder to deal with compared to others. He couldn’t guarantee that the grains on top of the mountain will not be damaged.