Chapter 524 (1/2)

Inheritance

Before the roots of the plant were bitten off, it had no particular smell. The flying squirrel wasn’t even willing to get close to it.

However, after it bit of some of the roots, there was a faint bitter smell.

Shao Xuan didn’t dare taste the plant, he knew that randomly consuming things in the forest may lead to death. Even a warrior with the strongest digestive system would avoid doing that. Not too long ago, some tribesmen spotted a plant that looked like a crop they grew in the tribe. They ate some and had diarrhoea for two days. At the end of it, they felt that their intestines had shrivelled up.

Hence, Shao Xuan wanted to play it safe and test with the flying squirrel.

When Shao Xuan took the Vein of the Sky away, the tiny animal struggled hard to get away but soon its movements slowed down to rest. It laid peaceful as if it was sleeping. Only its slow, deep breaths showed that it was still alive.

The many cuts on it had stopped bleeding too. A cut that was deep enough to see the animal’s bone had been covered up with a scab and small changes were seen in the muscles surrounding the area.

If Shao Xuan had left the flying squirrel in its original state, it may not even survive the night from losing too much blood. It seemed that it was healing itself now.

The fire pit had slowly died out, Shao Xuan didn’t add any more wood to it after his meal. To get a better look at the squirrel, he took out his Water Moon stone.

There was some beast in the area, Shao Xuan could see pairs of green eyes moving around him. They didn’t dare to attack as Shao Xuan had a really strong aura. The beasts mostly considered for a moment then left.

Shao Xuan stared at the flying squirrel’s body without paying attention to the predators around him. He didn’t hide his aura which came useful as saved him a lot of trouble from the beasts.

Seated on the floor with the flying squirrel tied on tree bark, Shao Xuan didn’t sleep that night. He spent the whole night looking at the tiny rodent.

When the sun started to peek out, the flying squirrel stirred from its sleep.

After waking up, it remembered that it was tied up and immediately struggled to get out. Its struggles only intensified as it saw Shao Xuan. Even though Shao Xuan was the one that fed it the Vein of the Sky and saved it, it still didn’t leave its guard down around him. Wild animals just highly protective of themselves against humans.

Shao Xuan looked at the scabs on its body. Some of them had fallen off when the squirrel was squirming about and revealed a new patch of skin.

Shao Xuan was filled with excitement and not a hint of tiredness could be found on him even though he had pulled an all nigher.

I guess this chase did lead to some benefits. I still don’t know much about where the leaf came from but I found this plant!

Vein of the Sky really is an amazing medicinal herb!

No wonder the Ji family used such a big plot of land to plant it.