Chapter 402 (2/2)

The thigh had been more than a metre long, yet now it was only skin and bone!

Where did the white roots come from?

Shao Xuan got up to look outside. There were only Thousand Grain Gold seedlings outside in his backyard next to the pantry. Even weeds did not grow there! Right now, with Qi Qi and the rest here, they had already pulled out all the weeds but what about before? There hadn’t been many weeds here either?

Shao Xuan gently touched the white roots with his foot, then left the house to study it. He wanted to see if there were any more of these roots.

Using his extraordinary vision, he could look underground. These roots were from the region where the seedlings were planted but most of the roots were also deep underground so he couldn’t see them clearly.

Another ten days had passed.

Something happened.

Qi Qi, Quan Bai and the rest were frantic. There were a few that looked like they were going to wilt soon. They were worried, wondering if it was a second ‘roadblock’.

Quan Bai even went back to Taihe to bring back some special fertilisers. They used processed animal waste, processed plant waste and these successfully slowed down the wilting. While the number of wilting plants did not increase, those that looked sick seemed to worsen. Even Quan Bai could not save them.

Sixty-two plants--- seven died in an instant. Qi Qi, Quan Bai and the rest were crestfallen, lamenting that it was such a pity.

However, after a few days, more plants wilted. Everyone panicked. What now?!

Shao Xuan went to look for more meat and did not clean his pantry. He merely put the meat on the animal skin where the roots were.

On the next day, when he checked, there was a new strand of root growing into the piece of meat.

The changes in the meat were very obvious. Every day, it would shrink until only the skin was left. More white strands appeared on top.

Other than three more wilting seedlings, the fifty-two seedlings seemed to be fine. QI Qi and Quan Bai both heaved a sigh of relief, though confused. Shao Xuan had not explained.

Shao Xuan was looking at the two pieces of animal hide in silence. Then, he prodded the roots with his knife.

“Thousand GRain Gold? You’re a picky eater!”

Days passed. More long, needle-like leaves grew on the plants. They grew longer and longer, swaying healthily in the wind.

After noticing the white roots, Shao Xuan would cut off some meat and put it in his pantry for observation. He had confirmed that they were from the plants. It was even possible all fifty plants were sharing the same root system.

There was a huge gap between houses on the hill here, and no one would randomly toss out large pieces of meat. This only happened because Shao Xuan had forgotten about it.

As long as Shao Xuan stopped providing a supply of meat, something would happen in the backyard and the farmers would panic.

In the end, Shao Xuan told Qi Qi about his discovery, bringing her into the pantry to show her the stuff the seedlings ‘ate’ and the white roots.

“Perhaps some kind of fertiliser can help but at the moment, this is the only way,” he said as he pointed at the animal skin.

Qi Qi was surprised. Just as Shao Xuan was talking about how it was such a waste of effort and time, she cried in excitement, “This is amazing!”

The meat supply was not a problem. It wasn’t winter and a lot of meat was brought back from every hunt. They could eat less but not the plants! Right now, there were forty left and Qi Qi did not want to see them die.

Meat? More! More! More!

After Quan Bai knew, he was even more excited than the Flaming Horn farmers, always reminding that if there wasn’t enough meat here, Taihe could bring some over1