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Chapter 74 Isn't this just catnip?
The Frostbeast was stunned, completely unexpected that Nanran was struggling with this...

[Well, that's because fragrant bamboo rice, as a companion plant to the cloud-piercing bamboo shoots, relies on absorbing nutrients from the bamboo shoots for its own survival.]
[But the bamboo shoots pierce the clouds...]
The Frostbeast looked up at the towering, cloud-piercing bamboo shoot, its tip long since obscured: "[Born in the morning, dying in the evening, until the golden crow sets in the west—]"
There was a hint of sadness in its expression.

[This bamboo shoot that pierces the clouds will transform into a gentle spring breeze and drizzle, carrying the essence of the earth accumulated throughout its life, to bless the vegetation within a ten-mile radius.]
[As the epiphytic host dies, the fragrant bamboo rice will naturally wither and die quickly as well.]
[So in this short day, the fragrant bamboo rice will continuously produce seeds, fall to the ground, take root and sprout, grow, fully mature, produce seeds again, fall to the ground...]
hiss!
It sounds so tragic.

"Since this thing produces seeds, can't we collect the seeds and take them back to plant?"

Nan Ran really didn't want to keep harvesting chives... ah, no, I mean, cutting foxtail grass.

She felt like she was the one being cut down as she cut the foxtail grass.

No, it should be cattle and horses.

Only cows and horses like to eat grass...

She glanced at the Frostbear beast beside her—hmm, a deer that looked like a rabbit, she liked that too.

[Only the seeds of the Ninth-Rank Fragrant Bamboo Rice can successfully germinate without the essence of the earth provided by the Cloud-Piercing Bamboo Shoots.]
The Frostbeast mercilessly poured cold water on Nan Ran.

Nan Ran: ...

"Alright then..." She gave up on the idea of ​​collecting seeds to plant a yard full of foxtail grass for the Frostbeast to roll around and play on.

She let out a long sigh: "Keep cutting."

While Meng Duanyue and the others were still studying the cloud-piercing bamboo shoot...

Nan Ran was just about to bend down for the sake of her pet's food when she saw the Frostbeast awkwardly approaching, its little deer head rubbing against her hip and elbow.

She stared in disbelief, nearly stumbling and tumbling down the nearby slope.

No? Mimi, you... are you possessed by those living fathers of the sika deer in the City of Romance?

Oh dear, her back is so weak, ouch!

The Frostbeast hadn't expected... it seemed to have gotten itself into trouble.

I'm sorry.
[I, I just...] wanted to act cute.

But it seems to have backfired, and he was almost knocked away by Nan Ran.

The Frostbeast lowered its head in self-consciousness and guilt, its watery blue eyes gazing at Nan Ran.

"It's alright, it's not your fault. You probably didn't do it on purpose."

Nan Ran couldn't stand it the most, and also loved the Frostbeast's pair of light blue eyes the most.

How could she bear to see such beautiful eyes looking at her with tears streaming down their faces?

He quickly calmed himself down.

He even casually patted the deer's head.

Wow, so soft!

[That…]
Having its head patted, and especially since it seemed to quite like the feeling, the Frostbeast became even more awkward.

[Can I switch seats with you? I'd like to...] eat the fragrant bamboo rice here!

The third-grade fragrant bamboo rice is sure to be even more tender and delicious!
[May I?]
"what?"

Nan Ran blinked, then noticed the Frostbeast's longing for her pile of fragrant bamboo rice. She remembered that it had just said that her fragrant bamboo rice was of better quality.

Suddenly, through a combination of guesswork and deduction, he understood what the Frostbearer meant.

"You want to switch seats with me? You want to eat the fragrant bamboo rice over here?" Nan Ran couldn't resist reaching out and stroking the Frostbeast's head again. The Frostbeast moved its head slightly, rubbing against Nan Ran's palm, its bright blue deer eyes sparkling: [Mmm!]
[MiMi thinks!]
I really want it!!

Nan Ran was amused by its "Mi Mi" sound, chuckled twice, and patted the little deer's head affectionately: "Okay~ then you stay here, I'll go to the other side."

The Frostbeast's fluffy little rabbit tail immediately began to wag.

Happy~~~
Seeing it happy made Nanran feel inexplicably happy too.

She couldn't help but wonder, perhaps this is the meaning of having a pet?
Feeding the other person makes you feel happy, and seeing them eat happily makes you feel satisfied.
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Nanran, who had moved to the other side to continue cutting foxtail grass, was clearly much more skilled now that he had the experience from before.

The speed was thus increased considerably.

Most importantly, the strange power she had just felt not only made her feel refreshed and cool, but also gave her an inexhaustible source of energy!

As Nanran cuts grass faster, the rate at which the fragrant bamboo rice seeds fall to the ground, take root, sprout, and grow into mature fragrant bamboo rice also increases.

Then, Nanran discovered...

Holy crap?!
"What the hell is this?"

She could hardly believe her eyes. She closed them and opened them again, repeatedly, many times, before finally having to accept what she was seeing!
The foxtail grass has mutated!!!
She still questions life even now, carrying the heavy ears of grain that had suddenly appeared before her.

Hearing the commotion, the Frostbeast ran over worriedly: [What happened? Did you run into a long worm?]
The Water Fairy Forest is indeed home to many snake-like monsters that are adept at changing color and camouflage.

Nan Ran didn't know what to say, so she could only hold up the ears of grain in her hand and show them to the Frostbear.

[Holy crap!!!]
Even the usually gentle and refined Frostbeast instinctively exclaimed "Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!" upon seeing what Nan Ran was holding.

[This, you, this, this, you, you, you...]
It looked at Nanran in disbelief, then turned its head to look at the patch of fragrant bamboo rice that it had been responsible for cutting.

When the Frost Beast saw that what was originally just ordinary and first-tier fragrant bamboo rice bushes had now grown into a vast expanse full of the same kind that Nan Ran had in his hands, and some of which were even of higher quality than the ninth-tier fragrant bamboo rice that Nan Ran had in his hands, the Frost Beast was truly shocked.

Like a beast that had never seen the world before, it opened its mouth wide, stared wide-eyed, and was too shocked to speak.

"What's wrong?"

Nan Ran suddenly felt a little panicked. Could it be that she had cut down so much fragrant bamboo rice that it was no longer edible?
Thinking that she might have ruined Frostbeast's food supply, she looked at Frostbeast with a guilty expression: "Mimi~"

[How did you do that?!]
The Frostbeast finally snapped out of its shock: [No, no, no, this isn't the time to dwell on this! Quick! Quick! Collect these fragrant bamboo rice seeds first!]
This is a treasure it could never have dreamed of!
The reason why fragrant bamboo rice is rare and precious is not because it is difficult to cultivate artificially.

Rather, it is simply that its growing environment is harsh, making it extremely difficult to preserve its seeds.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the entire Beast Continent, apart from a few top experts who might have even the slightest chance of seeing ninth-grade fragrant bamboo rice, the rest of the people have probably never even heard of it, let alone seen it.

Nan Ran still couldn't figure out how a perfectly good foxtail grass could evolve into millet ears.

This is unreasonable!
This is unscientific!
Although foxtail grass and millet both belong to the Poaceae family and the Foxtail genus...

Wait, it's grass family - foxtail grass genus!!!
They belong to the same evolutionary group?!
Nan Ran felt like her brain wasn't working properly.

No, no, something must be wrong.

Poaceae...wait, Poaceae?!
She looked down at the ears of grain in her hand, then at the Frostbeast, who was already frolicking in the pile of mutated foxtail grass, completely devoid of its usual reserved demeanor.

Poaceae family - cat grass.

Cat grass - Poaceae family.

Good heavens... isn't this just cat herbal medicine?!
Nan Ran felt like she understood something!

When I checked the encyclopedia and found that millet (sorghum) is not only in the Poaceae family, but also in the genus *Foxtail*...

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