Chapter 362 (2/2)

After Shao Xuan had heard what the old man said, he jumped up and down several times with his broom in order to leave that place. Shao Xuan also brought some of the bigger size wild rats with him for his meal. It was not easy to catch a slightly bigger animal in this deserted mountain. Therefore, he grabbed this opportunity and caught a few of them.

“You took the grains and left the plant there. Aren’t you afraid they’ll be destroyed by the wild rats?” Shao Xuan asked the old man. If it wasn’t because the old man was concerned about the plants and thought that it was still valuable for research, Shao Xuan would’ve just cut the entire thing out for him.

“The rats are only interested in these grains. As for the plant- the roots were too deep and it won’t be easy to dig it out. Forget it, I’ll come back here again with my people.”

As long as the plants didn’t wither before he returned, he would soon be able to transplant all of them into his own land and slowly study them.

“The rats poisoned by your medicine are probably furious. Aren’t you afraid they’ll come back for revenge? Shao Xuan joked.

The old man clutched the bag of grains tight and raised his eyebrows when he heard what Shao Xuan said. “Revenge? Why should I be afraid? I would not give them a chance for revenge when I return to this place again.” He planned to bring more people with him so he didn’t have to fear the rats.

After leaving the mountain, they looked for a place to rest. Shao Xuan stretched out his hand towards the old man and said, “Show me, I want to know what the legendary Thousand Grain Gold looks like. All I did was fight rats, I haven’t taken a good look at them yet.”

The old man hesitated for a moment. Instead of opening the bag containing the grains, he took one grain from the other small bag and put it in Shao Xuan’s palm.

Shao Xuan looked at the grain that was about the size of a soybean in his palm. The grain was coated with a golden shell and there was a tooth mark on it too ——it had been bitten by a rat.

Although one grain was so small in size, it was a lot heavier than expected. It was heavier than what Shao Xuan thought.

However, Shao Xuan did not want to accept this damaged grain.

“I helped you get these grains. How could you give just one to me?” Shao Xuan waved the damaged grain at the old man.

“What do you want to do with these grains?” The old man clutched the grains protectively.

“To eat,” Shao Xuan replied curtly.

The old man raised his eyebrows as soon as he heard Shao Xuan’s reply. “Eat?!”

“Aren’t these grains supposed to be eaten after planting it?”

“But we haven’t planted it on a large scale yet! All these undamaged grains can only be used as seeds, not food!” the angry man was very determined.

“That’s fine. You share some of it with me and I will plant it when I get back to my tribe.” When Shao Xuan saw that the old man wanted to say something, he quickly said, “Even though I might not know the right way to plant it, there must be somebody from our tribe who knows how. Quit being so selfish, come, let’s share. There were thousands of grains on one plant anyways. There were so many plants on the mountain top and you were still able to get so much even though the rats had taken some. So let’s split it in half.”

“Half?!” The old man glared. “No way, that’s impossible. I can give you some of my other plants but I can’t give you that many grains!”

“Alright, then I’ll take half of the half. Three thousand grains,” Shao Xuan said.

The old man held his breath and never said a word. However, it was obvious that the old man was trying hard to be patient as his wrinkled face was quivering.

In the end, the old man only gave one thousand grains. He’d given them unwillingly and looked sad as he could imagine these grains ending up in Shao Xuan’s stomach instead of being used properly.

“If it wasn’t... If it wasn’t because you’d helped me so much, I never would’ve even shared one grain with you!” The old man said bitterly.

“Hey, don’t say that. What if I end up the only one being able to plant the grain?” said Shao Xuan.