Divine Tang Era

The reason for using running is that walking is too slow.

Xu Dan runs like a whirlwind, covering a thousand meters in a flash; he could be sworn brothers with Li Kui.

He wasn't just running around aimlessly; he picked the golden caterpillar fungus and dug up the jade dragon seeds he saw along the way. However, when he dug up the golden caterpillar fungus and took out the stone box from his luggage to put it in, he discovered that the jade dragon seeds he had previously kept in the box were gone. It was the one he had dug up later, the one with the golden jade dragon seeds still attached.

If the disappearance of the previous Enlightenment Fruit was an accident, then the disappearance of the Jade Dragon Fruit this time must be due to a monster, or a thief in the house.

Xu Dan stared intently into the box, scrutinizing every corner, every golden cordyceps, and every jade dragon seed.

If the stalactite box he made himself is fine, then the problem must lie with this pile of golden insect grass and jade dragon seeds. Especially the jade dragon seeds; he had long felt that these things were strange, but he didn't expect them to be this strange.

Xu Dan took the earliest jade dragon stone he had dug out from the stone box and looked at it in his palm.

He discovered that the guy had actually gained weight.

Its pair of dark, bright eyes became even more intelligent, and its round head grew larger. Combined with its plump body, it somehow resembled a cartoonish, oversized silkworm. On Yu Longzi's head, the soft, fleshy horns, smooth and lustrous like ice crystals, also seemed to have grown a little larger. Xu Dan reached out to touch them.

Originally as hard as a statue, the jade dragon trembled slightly, like ice and jade.

Xu Dan wasn't mistaken; it did indeed tremble.

This guy is definitely alive.

Xu Dan held the jade dragon in front of him and stared at it intently. The jade dragon, thinking it hadn't been discovered, continued to pretend to be a statue, its eyes watery, looking innocent and pitiful.

Xu Dan ignored it, grabbed its body with his right hand, and glared at it, saying, "Tell me, did you steal my Enlightenment Fruit and Jade Dragon Seed?"

Yulongzi is a statue and did not respond.

"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely. I'm giving you a chance to admit your mistake. Will you talk or not?" Xu Dan continued, shouting.

Yu Longzi remained motionless, like a statue.

"Hmph, you won't say a word or move an inch. What use are you? Today I'll chop you up and make soup." Xu Dan switched the jade dragon to his left hand, drew the Eight Degrees Sword from his waist with his right hand, and pretended to chop at the jade dragon.

Yu Longzi remained motionless, still resembling a statue.

The sword slowly approached, three centimeters, two centimeters, one centimeter, half a centimeter...

The sword's edge was close, a chill seeped into his body, and a silent terror gripped his heart. Yu Longzi could no longer pretend; he instantly came to life, transforming into a beam of light and landing on Xu Dan's shoulder, his small mouth opening and closing as he accused him of ruthlessness.

You little brat, trying to mess with me?

Xu Dan sheathed the Eight Degrees Sword, grabbed it from his shoulder, and asked, "Did you steal the Enlightenment Fruit?"

Now that it had been discovered, Yu Longzi magnanimously admitted it.

"Did you steal and eat that jade dragon fruit too?" Xu Dan asked again.

Yu Longzi nodded in agreement. But the next moment, it broke free from Xu Dan's hand, jumped to the ground, and with a flick of its rear, produced a round, golden granule.

It looks like a golden pill, but it's not that big; it's slightly smaller than a soybean.

After Yu Longzi finished pulling, he pushed the golden pill toward Xu Dan.

"You're going to give this thing to me?"

When Xu Dan picked up the Golden Elixir, he didn't, like ordinary people, crudely assume it was Yu Longzi's excrement. Although it was indeed excrement, it was definitely not ordinary excrement. In his previous life, Hunan, Guangxi, and Guizhou had insect tea, Nepal and India had civet coffee, and Thailand had elephant dung coffee, let alone here.

Yu Longzi nodded upon hearing his words.

"What's the use of this?" Xu Dan asked.

Yu Longzi opened and closed its mouth a few times, but no sound came out. Xu Dan didn't have telepathy, so naturally he couldn't know what it was saying. After asking a few times, he realized there was no way to communicate and had to give up.

Looking at the color of the golden elixir, Xu Dan suddenly realized, "Did you eat the jade dragon's droppings?"

Yu Longzi nodded.

Xu Dan was very curious about how this creature, with such a small mouth, could eat such a large jade dragon seed. But then, thinking about how silkworms eat mulberry leaves and how insects eat, he suddenly understood. Some insects can even eat hard wood, let alone something this small.

Looking at the round head, chubby body, and cartoonish appearance of Yulongzi, Xu Dan suddenly wanted to give it a name.

After racking his brains for a while, he suddenly had an idea and said to Yu Longzi, "From now on, you'll be called Fatty. You're chubby, which is just like me."

Yu Longzi was clueless and didn't understand what he was saying. Xu Dan didn't care whether it could understand or not, found another box to lock it up, to prevent it from stealing food again. He then put the golden pill in a small bag and continued on his way.

Fatty stayed inside the box for a while and noticed that there was no movement outside.

A burst of jade-like light instantly enveloped it from the inside out.

The next moment, it crawled out of the box without any hindrance, went to where the golden cordyceps was, and began to eat it greedily. While eating, it glanced at Xu Dan, who was hurrying outside, with a look of smugness in its eyes.

Aside from digging up the golden cordyceps and jade dragon seeds he saw along the way, Xu Dan spent the rest of his time traveling.

Although he ran as fast as he could, he still didn't reach the mountain on the other side; he just got a little closer.

He knew he wouldn't be able to get there by nightfall, so he found a sheltered spot to set up camp.

Xu Dan couldn't simply pitch the tent on flat ground; he had planned it out a few days ago. He had to dig a pit underneath it so that even if something happened above, he could hide in the pit and escape.

As for whether they will get stuck in a pit, that's absolutely impossible.

So he started digging a hole.

To dig the hole, he specially made a small wooden shovel from the heartwood of an old tree. The alpine meadow soil was also loose, so digging the hole went very smoothly. He piled the excavated soil around the hole and tamped it down to form an earthen wall, then set up the tent outside to prevent rainwater from flowing in.

The pit was dug quickly. Xu Dan set up the tent outside the earthen wall, propped it up with the Soul-Devouring Yin-Yang Hammer, and covered the tent with soil to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

Then, they dug a ditch next to it.

After checking everything and finding it perfect, he crawled into the tent. There was no firewood, so he couldn't start a fire and had to eat the venison raw. Fortunately, he was prepared, so it wasn't a big deal.

After eating, Xu Dan laid out his sleeping bag and went to sleep.

After a long day of travel, I was a little tired and fell asleep without realizing it.

"Pop pop"

Xu Dan didn't know how long he had slept, but in his hazy state, he felt someone throwing stones at the tent. He didn't want to pay attention at first, but the noise grew louder and louder, so he had no choice but to get up and check. He hadn't taken off his clothes to sleep; his Eight Degrees Sword was beside him. He hurriedly put on his shoes, grabbed the sword, and opened the tent, only to find that the world outside had changed.