Chapter 371: Stone Rat

Mu Qingyin said this with an expression that was hard to describe.

"Isn't it a good thing that we have opened up another section? Did something happen?" Old Master Kuang was surprised at first, then he reacted and asked hurriedly.

"The tunnel that was opened up has drowned many rock rats that didn't have time to escape. One of them was particularly large, and looked like a rat king."

"Stone Rat? Are you talking about the low-level monster Stone Rat in the Endless Forest?" Old Master Kuang asked in shock.

"That's them." Mu Qingyin nodded.

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Old Master Kuang opened his mouth wide, revealing the same indescribable expression as Mu Qingyin. After a long while, he said, "Could it be that we have dug up the Endless Forest?"

"That should be correct."

Mu Qingyin sighed: "What a pity for the jade mine on that side."

Although this stone rat is also a monster, it is not very powerful alone. What is powerful is a group of thousands of rats moving together.

She saw through the puppet that the mine tunnel of the jade mine was dug through. Although sea water poured back into the mine tunnel on the shore occupied by the rock rats, it drowned a lot of rock rats.

But the seawater did not completely submerge the mine tunnel at that end, and the mine tunnel at that end seemed to be quite long. Was she going to watch helplessly as the jade mine was taken over by these stone rats?

Mu Qingyin's face was full of regret.

"Don't worry. Don't we have protective talismans? Let the puppets collect the drowned stone rats first. Then we'll go over and take a look."

After thinking about it, Old Master Kuang laughed instead: "The whole body of the stone rat is a treasure. The fur can be used, whether it is the dark fur of the young animal or the light fur of the adult animal, they are all very popular;

Its meat is particularly delicious, even better than fire rabbit meat; even its bones ground into powder are still a treasure, as it can strengthen the body and bones, and is also an indispensable ingredient in making intermittent ointment.

Moreover, these rock rats live in groups, and there can be tens of thousands of them in a nest. If we can capture them all, it will be a lot of money."

"But tens of thousands of stone rats are rushing over here. Even with low-level protective talismans, we won't be able to hold them off for long."

Mu Qingyin couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this: "Grandfather, I've only learned to draw talismans not long ago, and I've only successfully drawn a few low-level body-protection talismans. Now I have less than ten left."

"Is that so? We should really save on the protective talismans. I was thinking that we could go there together and kill them all with a few poison pills."

After hearing this, Old Master Kuang thought for a moment and stroked his beard, saying, "Since the body protection talismans are hard to come by, let's not waste them. Let the puppets go over and throw the poison pills. They are fast, and we can pick them up after they have thrown all the poison pills."

Uh--the idea of throwing the poison pill seemed quite good, why did she forget about it for a moment?

However, ants can kill elephants if they are in large numbers, so even if puppets are sent, they still need to use amulets to protect them. Otherwise, given the number of stone rats, they can rush over in an instant and bite the puppets to death.

However, the puppets were fast, and one or two protective talismans were enough for each person, which saved talismans. Well, she could also let the puppets secretly put some of the stone rats into her mustard seed space.

Next time I meet Ah Sha. Er, I can ask Xuanyuan Changxu. Maybe he would be willing to raise some stone rats in his secret place? After all, it is quite good to raise them for making money or for self-protection against enemies.

Moreover, these stone rats feed on ordinary stones and are easy to raise. Even she herself can keep some in the mustard space.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 372 Idea

Thinking of this, Mu Qingyin couldn't help but look up and suggested to Old Master Kuang: "Grandfather, do you think we should leave a few dozen stone rats here and let them continue to reproduce?

With them here, no matter whether it is the monsters or the warriors who come to the Boundless Forest for adventure, they dare not approach here easily. In this way, we don't have to worry about the jade mine here being accidentally discovered by others, and we can come here once a year to collect these stone rats. "

"You mean the rock rats in captivity? Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

Old Master Kuang's eyes suddenly lit up. This was indeed a good idea. He was worried before, thinking that although this was a boundless forest, there was no guarantee that someone would accidentally discover the jade mine here.

If the jade mine is discovered by someone, then the spirit stone mine will also be discovered, right?

Old Master Kuang immediately laughed: "Okay, let's leave some rock rats here to reproduce. Anyway, these rock rats eat rocks but won't eat our jade mines. There is no loss to us if we keep them."

"Grandfather, you probably don't know, right? The reason why these stone rats don't eat jade mines now is because jade is not as delicious as stone to them, so they won't eat jade when there are stones. But they eat spirit stones."

Seeing how relieved Old Master Kuang was, Mu Qingyin couldn't help but laugh and said, "When there are spirit stones, their first choice is to eat them.

After eating the spirit stone, the stone-piercing rats that evolve are no longer called stone-piercing rats, but spirit-eating rats. They live on spirit stones and are a loved and hated existence in the world of cultivation. "

"Love and hate?" Old Master Kuang was stunned. "If it is said that cultivators hate it, it makes sense, but where does the love come from?"

"Cultivators hate the Spirit Devouring Rat because it reproduces quickly. It has been feeding on Spirit Stones since its infancy. The more Spirit Stones it eats, the stronger it becomes. It also has the advantage of being a large group. If ordinary cultivators encounter it, they really have no way to deal with it. They can only flee.

But the Soul Devouring Rat has a skill that others don't have, which is the ability to easily discover spirit stone mines. For this skill, even if it costs spirit stones, powerful families in the cultivation world are still willing to raise one or two of these Soul Devouring Rat. "

"Raise one or two?" Don't these soul-eating rats reproduce very quickly?

Old Master Kuang held back the question that was about to come out of his mouth, thought about it for a while, and then suddenly realized it. It is not easy to make the monster reproduce quickly, but is it also difficult to prevent it from reproducing? So he asked with great interest: "Then what do you think about raising a Spirit Devouring Rat in our family? Isn't it just feeding the Stone Rat with a few spirit stones to make it advance? Now that our family has this spirit stone mine, it should not be difficult to raise only one Spirit Devouring Rat, right?"

"Grandfather, do you know how many spiritual stones it takes to feed a stone-wearing rat into a spirit-eating rat?"

"How many?"

"It is no less than the amount of spiritual stones a cultivator who has just entered the Xiantian stage needs to consume to cultivate to the Mahayana stage."

Mu Qingyin smiled and said, "This is just to make the Stone-piercing Rat advance to become a Soul-devouring Rat. Once it really becomes a Soul-devouring Rat, let alone advancement, even the spiritual stones you provide for its daily support will not be less than that of supporting a cultivator."

Old Master Kuang: "My goodness, who can afford to raise such soul-eating rats? The families that raise them must be very wealthy."

With a sigh, Old Master Kuang said, "Even if you have a big family and a big business, it didn't come from the wind. I think they can only raise the ready-made Soul Devouring Rats at most. No one would be willing to start with the Stone Rat, right?"

"Of course." Mu Qingyin laughed, "Otherwise, how do you think this stone rat can still be so free and easy in the secular world? Wouldn't it have been surrounded and suppressed by the cultivators long ago?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 373 Worry

"That's true."

After nodding, Old Master Kuang couldn't help but worry: "Then isn't it too risky for us to keep stone rats next to this spirit stone mine? If these stone rats have the ability to swim, won't they destroy our entire spirit stone mine?"

He immediately shook his head: "No, no, although raising them has some benefits. But it is too risky after all. If the spiritual stone mine we have worked so hard to obtain is gone, won't we be sick to death?"

Mu Qingyin smiled when she heard this: "Grandfather, you don't have to worry. If it was a spirit-eating rat, we would have to worry about it. But not for the stone-piercing rat. Stone-piercing rats are naturally afraid of water, especially sea water. Because sea water is salty, they will die if they touch it.

That's why so many people died because of the backflow of seawater before, and even the Rat King couldn't escape.

As the Soul Devouring Rat has advanced, it no longer dies when it touches salt water, and its fear of water has decreased. However, it is still well known that the Soul Devouring Rat does not like water, especially salty water. "

"That's what I said, but I'm still worried. After all, this spirit stone mine is too important to our family and we can't afford to make the slightest mistake."

Old Master Kuang frowned but still shook his head: "No, no, we can't let these stone rats guard this place. It would be more reassuring if I could get our guards over to guard me."

"Grandfather, your idea is not bad, but we can still have the best of both worlds."

Seeing that Old Master Kuang was worried, Mu Qingyin thought for a moment and said, "After our guards arrive, we can still keep these stone rats. If you are worried, I can just set up a formation to keep them in a fixed place.

After all, after we have dug up all the jade and spirit stone mines, there is a lot of rubble left, and that can be used to feed the stone rats, which is a win-win situation."

"That's what we'll do."

Thinking about the great benefits that the stone rat could bring to the family, and since there was a more appropriate and safe way to keep it in captivity, and there was enough free food for the stone rat, Old Man Kuang naturally couldn't bear to refuse it, and he quickly nodded.

Just thinking about it made him a little worried again: "We still don't know where this place is in the Boundless Forest, and how far it is from our secret place. Don't let the puppets take action, and keep these stone rats first. We can't go up to see what's going on there; but what if we let the puppets take action and don't keep them?

We haven't told them yet, how would the family guards know to come? If the family guards don't come, and there are no stone rats guarding here, who knows what will happen in the meantime?"

Seeing that Old Master Kuang was worried, Mu Qingyin said: "."

She looked at the puppets who had already started to move quickly, and felt embarrassed when she saw the large number of stone rats falling around them. But the old man was still worried and didn't notice that her expression was different.

Mu Qingyin felt uncomfortable for a while, but seeing that things had come to this point, she had to suppress her embarrassment and discomfort, and looked at Old Master Kuang with a calm and serious expression and said, "Grandfather, you don't have to worry anymore."

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Old Master Kuang looked at Mu Qingyin in confusion. Just when he was wondering why she said that, he heard Mu Qingyin cough and said, "At most, we will just waste some protective talismans and poison pills and stay here for a few more hours. We can take advantage of this time to get a good understanding of the situation around here."

"Poison pills are fine, but don't you have many protective talismans left?"

Knowing that Mu Qingyin didn't have many protective talismans in her hand, Old Master Kuang couldn't help but feel a little distressed. He shook his head and insisted, "Let's think about it again. I'm sure we can think of a way to save more protective talismans."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 374 Stone Spirit

"Grandfather, you don't have to worry about it. It's just a waste of three or four body protection talismans. I can still afford it."

Mu Qingyin felt bitter in her heart, but she urged with a smile on her face: "Let's hurry up and go up first. Now those stone rats have been poisoned and can't move."

".Has the puppet already taken action? When did it happen?" Old Master Kuang suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Mu Qingyin, and Mu Qingyin's face suddenly became red.

"Haha, that's fine. It's not without its benefits that this puppet is quick. As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Even if we think too hard, we may not be able to come up with a better idea."

Seeing Mu Qingyin blushing, Old Master Kuang immediately stopped asking questions, put away his surprised expression and smiled.

Mu Qingyin: "."

"By the way, since these rock rats can't eat salty food, can they eat the rocks we dig out from the seabed?"

Putting aside the things that had been bothering him before, Old Master Kuang quickly thought of a new problem. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "This stone rat is also strange. If it can't touch the sea water, why does it go to the seaside? Isn't this an old man seeking death because he thinks his life is too long?"

"Grandfather, this rock rat just can't touch salt water, it can't eat salty things. It lives on stones, and salty stones are its favorite food."

"So that's how it is."

Old Master Kuang suddenly understood. His doubts were solved and he sighed: "You have read a lot of jade slips in the world of cultivation, and you know a little about everything. It's a pity that those jade slips cannot be read unless you reach the innate level."

He sighed: "From acquired to innate, even if there are cultivation methods, it is still difficult to truly make the transition."

Without waiting for Mu Qingyin to comfort him, he immediately burst into laughter and said, "If people knew what I said, they would be jealous and envious, thinking I was showing off."

He chuckled, looking very pleased with himself: "If I could, I would really like to show off to others. Haha, what's the big deal? It is difficult, but what can be done in this world without difficulty? Otherwise, there would be no such saying as 'Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best'."

Seeing that Old Master Kuang was enjoying himself and didn't give her a chance to interrupt, Mu Qingyin laughed again: "."

After much difficulty, we finally reached the section of the mineral vein that was used as the nest of the rock rats. We saw the black and green excrement of the rock rats all over the ground.

Although he didn't smell anything bad, looking at the feces balls, some as big as a baby's fist and some as small as meatballs, Old Master Kuang still frowned with some disgust.

Instead, Mu Qingyin exclaimed "Huh", squatted down, picked up a dung ball and looked at it carefully in her hand.

Old Master Kuang: "." What's so good about this dung ball?

He subconsciously wanted to say this, and suddenly remembered that Mu Qingyin had read many jade slips about various common sense in the world of cultivation. Since she was willing to pick up this "dung ball", it must be something special.

Could this be another good thing?

Thinking of this, Old Master Kuang no longer despised it. He squatted down and picked up a few dung balls from the stone rat. He looked at them carefully in his hands, just like Mu Qingyin did.

But he looked for a long time and didn't see anything, so he looked at Mu Qingyin in confusion.

"Grandfather, this should be stone essence. You can also pinch it. Is it too hard to pinch?" Seeing that Old Master Kuang picked up the excrement of the stone rat like himself, and then looked over. Mu Qingyin gave the answer without him asking.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 375 Unexpected Gains

"It's true."

Old Master Kuang followed the instructions and squeezed the "feces ball" in his hand, which was as big as a baby's fist. When he found that he couldn't squeeze it, he changed to a smaller one, but found that he still couldn't squeeze it.

He looked up at Mu Qingyin: "What is this stone essence? Why is it so hard?"

"Stone essence, as the name suggests, is the essence of stone. It is harder than the refined iron in our secular world. It can be used to forge low-level magic tools.

If our secular weapons were mixed with some of this stone essence during the forging process, they would become extremely sharp and almost indestructible. "

Mu Qingyin looked at the stone essence in her hand. This was really an unexpected gain. Who could have thought that the stone essence would be the excrement of the stone rat?

I'm afraid this is also rarely known in the cultivation world. Otherwise, if everyone knew about it, I'm afraid they would catch them at all costs.

She laughed and felt relieved. "Before, I was not sure it was a stone spirit. Who would have thought that the stone spirit was actually the excrement of the stone rat? But its appearance made me unable to ignore it. The stone spirit is round, and its color is either black or green. Usually the green one is less common, and the quality is better than the black one."

Looking at the stone essences that were everywhere, most of which were green, Mu Qingyin thought thoughtfully: "In the world of cultivation, there are more black stone essences, while green ones are less and rarer. This is probably because everyone is used to keeping the good ones for themselves, and only takes out the inferior ones to exchange for spirit stones."

"It seems that these rock rats cannot be killed. They must be kept."

Compared with the stone essence that can be exchanged for spiritual stones and used to make magic tools, making weapons sharper, the benefits of the fur, meat and bones of the stone rats are nothing compared to that. So without thinking, Old Master Kuang made a decision: "Let them keep them to provide us with stone essence. In the future, we will also save the green ones for the clan to forge magic tools. As for the black ones, in addition to taking some out to mix into weapons, the rest will be kept to exchange for spiritual stones after going to the cultivation world."

"Um."

Mu Qingyin did not object to Old Master Kuang's decision.

After all, it was a pity to kill the stone rat that could provide stone essence. Not only did Old Master Kuang feel it was a pity, but she also felt it was a pity.

So she nodded and said, "We have spirit stone mines and jade mines, and we can dig out a lot of waste rocks. Even if the rock rats reproduce more, there will be no problem with food. But I'm afraid the place here is not big enough to accommodate more rock rats, so we still have to control their numbers in the future."

"Then move them all to the same island as before."

After a brief thought, Old Master Kuang said, "The deserted island over there is big enough, and it's surrounded by seawater. We don't have to worry about the rock rats burrowing into holes and escaping. We can keep them there without even setting up a formation, isn't that more convenient?"

"What you said makes sense, but we still have to set up the formation." Mu Qingyin smiled.

As they talked, the two carefully avoided the stone rats that were seen everywhere in the jade mine. They were either gray or silver-gray and were even larger than fire rabbits.

The mine tunnel was extremely long, and the two men walked for a long time before reaching the end.

Stroking his beard, Old Master Kuang looked around and suddenly asked Mu Qingyin, "Qingyin, according to you, based on the speed of the puppet, how long will it take to dig out all our spirit stone mines?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 376 Worry

"It's hard to say. The spirit stone mine is not small. Judging from the mine tunnels that the puppets have already dug out, it is enough for them to dig for thirty to fifty years." Mu Qingyin didn't know why Old Master Kuang suddenly asked this, but she still answered honestly.

".What if there are more puppets?"

The hand that Old Master Kuang was stroking his beard trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he was shocked by the answer.

He was silent for a while before asking again: "There must be puppets for sale in the cultivation world that are specialized in mining, right? Or can we collect materials ourselves and refine more puppets for mining?"

"Grandfather, are you worried that mining will take too long, and it will be inconvenient for you to come back after your family moves to the world of cultivation?" Mu Qingyin thought she had guessed what Old Man Kuang was thinking, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Not exactly. Your uncle and I have thought about this before. Even if our family moves to the world of cultivation, we still cannot lose our roots in the secular world."

Old Master Kuang shook his head: "After all, our family still has so many guards. It is impossible for them to follow us to the cultivation world."

"Why not?" Mu Qingyin asked curiously.

"They are just warriors, why are they following us?" Old Master Kuang asked back.

When the clan members go to the cultivation world, he will take a small number of the family guards with him, but not all of them. By then, most of them will definitely stay. Those who stay can help them manage the industries left in the secular world.

Those businesses had been run by the clan for many years, and Old Master Kuang was reluctant to give them up. He simply left them behind and assigned the family members to take turns to look after them.

"Aren't you going to give them the skills to practice so that they can also advance to the Xiantian level?"

Mu Qingyin was puzzled: "I thought that after most of our clansmen have advanced to the Xiantian realm, you and uncle would start to reward those guards with good character with cultivation techniques.

After all, if they can cultivate to the Xiantian level, they can follow us to the cultivation world. They are also a help to our clan, right? "

"You are right. Your uncle and I have thought about this before. But won't the Zhongxin Pills be ineffective when they reach Xiantian?

When they all become "immortals", I'm afraid their hearts will have become bigger. How many of them will be willing to continue to stay in our house as slaves?"

Old Master Kuang shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to believe them, but the Lan family's previous experience is a lesson. The ancestors of the Lan family were also good, but what happened in the end? In the end, didn't their descendants feel ashamed that their ancestors had been slaves in our family?"

He sighed and expressed his concerns: "So it's not that we are reluctant to give up our skills, but we have to be on guard against another Lan family. Our family's guards have been with us for so long, and they know our family much better than outsiders. If they or their descendants betray us, it will be a huge blow to us, and we simply can't afford the risk."

After a pause, Old Master Kuang continued, "Besides, it takes a lot of spiritual stones to support a cultivator. When we go to the cultivation world, we will definitely only go out and not in at first.

Even if we have a spirit stone mine as a backing, we can't afford to spend so much, right? We should support our own people, but others...

Haha, do things according to your ability. Before our family establishes a firm foothold in the world of cultivation, we still have to rely on ourselves. It will not hurt to let the clan members suffer a little first and change the habit of having someone to serve them for everything.

When our family grows stronger and becomes more powerful, we will have enough power to protect ourselves. At that time, we will not have to worry about not being able to control them, whether we recruit guards from the cultivation world or select guards from the secular world. "

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 377 Unbelievable

"..."

These words do make sense. Mu Qingyin thought about it and found that she had no way to refute them. So she nodded and put it aside without thinking about it anymore. She took the initiative to bring up the topic about puppets that Old Master Kuang had mentioned before.

She said nonchalantly, "As for puppets, high-level ones are hard to buy, but low-level ones are enough for mining. When we go to the cultivation world, we can buy more low-level puppets and water-repellent beads to mine."

"We don't know how long it will take for us to get to the world of cultivation. After all, the mining speed of two puppets is slow. I originally thought that if we could let a high-level puppet secretly escort us through the Endless Forest to the world of cultivation, we could not only buy more useful things from the puppets, but also explore the situation in the world of cultivation. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?"

Old Master Kuang looked at her expectantly as he spoke: "It is true that fewer high-level puppets will attract people's covetousness, but if there are few escorts, and we only use them when we pass through the Endless Forest, it should be fine if we are careful. What do you think?"

"Grandfather, I think it's not impossible for us to go to the world of cultivation in advance, but it's better for me to go alone." Mu Qingyin thought for a while and looked at Old Master Kuang seriously.

She said this for her own reasons. If she was allowed to go to the cultivation world alone, many of the things in her mustard seed space that were originally difficult to take out could be taken out openly.

And it was indeed as her grandfather said, she could also take the opportunity to explore the situation in the world of cultivation.

And, more importantly, if she goes alone and really encounters danger, she can hide in the mustard seed space.

Old Master Kuang didn't expect Mu Qingyin to say this, and he couldn't help but be silent for a moment: "Why? Aren't there mortals in the world of cultivation? Why can't I go?"

"It's true that there are mortals in the world of cultivation, but even with the protection of high-level puppets, there are still many dangers on the way through the Endless Forest.

Moreover, the high-level puppets have already recognized me as their master. Even if they have my orders, they will first ensure my safety in times of crisis."

Looking at Old Master Kuang, Mu Qingyin said, "What should I do if something happens to you? Besides, I have read a lot of miscellaneous notes and travel notes about the cultivation world. The cultivation world is very large, and the dangers everywhere are no less than the depths of the Endless Forest.

It is true that there are mortals in the world of cultivation, but mortals cannot go everywhere. For example, many safe places are protected by protective formations, and there are also markets guarded by powerful people that refuse to allow mortals to enter. "

Mu Qingyin sighed and looked at Old Master Kuang: "Tell me, if we really encounter a place like that, can I let you stay in a dangerous place while I go into the market and stroll around peacefully?"

"Then forget it, just pretend that grandpa didn't say anything."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Kuang immediately backed off and shook his head: "Your cultivation level is still far from enough. Even if you have a high-level puppet to protect you, I still don't feel comfortable letting you go to the cultivation world alone. Let's not talk about this for now."

Mu Qingyin looked at Old Master Kuang in shock: "."

You can't go, so I won't go either?

Yes, that's the one.

Old Master Kuang didn't say anything, but facing Mu Qingyin's shocked expression, this was clearly shown on his face.

I didn't expect you to be such a grandfather?

Mu Qingyin couldn't believe it and felt like crying. She looked at Old Master Kuang eagerly. But even if she acted pitiful, Old Master Kuang, who always doted on her, just turned a blind eye to her.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 378: Choosing a Place

Mu Qingyin sighed with resentment, helplessly thinking that she should not have brought up this topic earlier. This aroused her desire to go to the world of cultivation. After walking for a while, Old Master Kuang and Mu Qingyin finally walked out of the mine. As soon as they came out, they found themselves at the foot of a cliff facing the sea, mostly with rocks and a small part with sand.

That small part of the beach is only relative to the rocks. If you look at it alone, the place is quite large, enough to dock five or six large ships.

Looking at the pile of stones in front of them that were obviously gnawed by stone rats and had holes in them, Old Master Kuang and Mu Qingyin looked at each other.

Old Master Kuang laughed and said, "These little beasts really know how to choose a place. Apart from them, I'm afraid no monsters or anyone else would be interested in a place like this."

"Well, this place is pretty good. It's hidden enough and convenient for ships to dock. But it's only suitable for rock rats to survive. If we really want to send people here, I'm afraid we'll have to let them live there." Looking up at the cliff, Mu Qingyin threw away his previous resentment and laughed.

"Then let's go up there and take a look."

This place is too important, and it is definitely not possible not to send someone to guard it. So they must find out the situation around here and occupy a piece of it. So when Old Master Kuang heard this, he immediately said.

"good."

Mu Qingyin responded and jumped up with Old Master Kuang. With just a light touch of the tip of her toes on the cliff, she jumped up to the top of the cliff. "What a huge grassland."

Soon the two of them reached the top of the cliff, and saw a vast expanse of grassland with no visible boundaries, with streams crisscrossing the grassland. In the distance, they could see groups of herbivorous monsters occupying different areas. They seemed to be ignoring each other, and the scene was peaceful.

In the distance, the mountains are undulating, and at a glance, there are either bare rocks or scattered low green spots.

Looking around, Old Master Kuang shook his head with regret: "This place is the Endless Forest after all. It may look peaceful here now, but it can't always be like this.

There is nothing to block the view here. Even if we build a strong wall, it will be useless. We can't stop the monsters here from coming to attack us again and again."

"It's really not appropriate to build a house here. It's too conspicuous. It would be better to just dig out the space underneath and live in it." Mu Qingyin also looked around carefully and said, "However big the space is up here, we can dig as much space underneath, and raise more rock rats by the way."

Cough, cough, cough, cough——Old Master Kuang was startled by Mu Qingyin's words and almost choked himself. He stared at Mu Qingyin with wide eyes and asked with some amusement: "How many stone rats do you want to raise in such a large place?"

This place is even bigger than the previous deserted island. If the ground is densely packed with stone rats, Old Master Kuang dare not think about it. He shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, although the stone rats are very useful in pulling stone spirits, but there are too many stone rats and our people may not be able to control them.

If they dig holes and connect with each other, we will be no match for them even if we have more people. Wouldn't we lose both our people and our wealth?"

According to Old Master Kuang's idea, the rock rats should be kept in captivity in groups of dozens or at most a hundred. After all, if there were only dozens or even hundreds of rock rats gathered together, they would not pose a threat to high-level warriors.

But the rock rats can dig holes. It's okay if there are fewer of them. If there are too many of them, even if they are well guarded, they may not be able to stop them from secretly digging holes and connecting together, and then "rebellion".

If that were the case, then no matter how many guards were guarding here, they would not be able to hold on and would be eaten by the stone rats until not even a bone would be left.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 379 I Want to Make the Enlightenment Pill

Don't think that because rock rats eat stones, they don't eat meat. In addition to stones, they eat almost everything else. Whenever there is a beast tide in the border town of the Endless Forest, the groups of rock rats that appear are simply everyone's nightmare.

Their destructive power is so strong that they can take down any obstacles that stand in their way.

It can eat stones, bricks, and tiles, as well as plants, beasts, warriors, and ordinary people. And it eats at an amazing speed, and it guarantees that the place it passes through is clean without leaving even a drop of blood stain.

"Grandfather, I know your concerns, so I want to refine the enlightenment pill."

"Enlightenment Pill?"

"It's a wisdom-enhancing pill that is specifically for demon beasts, but can also be taken by ordinary wild beasts."

Facing Old Master Kuang's doubts, Mu Qingyin nodded affirmatively: "I just remembered that I have seen this kind of elixir in the Alchemy Classic before, and it just so happens that I have enough medicinal materials to refine this kind of elixir.

So I want to try to refine it. If it can be refined, we will select two strong stone rats and let them take the enlightenment pill and then recognize their master.

From now on, even if there are no guards sent by us to guard the rock rats here, we can still use them to guard this place for us."

"That's a very good idea."

Knowing Mu Qingyin's ability, Old Master Kuang, who had great confidence in her, was overjoyed when he heard this: "If you can refine this enlightenment pill, then we won't have to send too many guards. At most, we only need a dozen people to guard here. If anything happens, it will be enough to contact us in time."

"Then let's go back to the Spirit Stone Mine. We can just have a puppet guarding here. We have been down here for several days, and the miners up there must be getting impatient."

Mu Qingyin smiled and said, "Let's go back to the spirit stone mine. I will stay in the magic weapon room to make pills, and you can take a puppet up there to settle them. My pills should be ready in five or six days at most."

"I can just go up and place them myself. Why would I need to bring a puppet with me?"

Old Master Kuang mostly agreed with Mu Qingyin's proposal, but he disagreed with her request to bring a puppet with him. He refused without thinking: "Wouldn't it be good to leave the puppet down there to dig more spirit stones?"

"Grandfather, it's my fault for not making it clear."

Mu Qingyin explained: "I didn't ask you to bring the puppet with you to protect you. I know that even if those miners have other intentions, you are more than enough to protect yourself and deal with them.

I asked you to bring the puppet with you because I actually wanted it to bring some spirit stones to set up a few large formations on the deserted island. After the formations are set up, it will be difficult for others to find the deserted island without a special jade token for entry and exit."

"If that's the case, then we should let the puppet follow us." Old Master Kuang nodded immediately upon hearing this. "After the formation is set up, you can refine the enlightenment pill to make the stone rat recognize its master. Then I can rest assured."

"It shouldn't be too difficult to refine the enlightenment pill."

Mu Qingyin chuckled, her tone full of confidence. She had the capital to be confident that the Enlightenment Pill was not difficult to refine. She had refined more than one pill of a higher grade than it. What was so difficult about a mere Enlightenment Pill? At this moment, she actually felt a little regretful. She had originally thought that the pill she would not need would actually come in handy. Unfortunately, she did not have any ready-made ones. Otherwise, wouldn't it be easier for her to catch two stone rats and use them?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 380 Female Beast Male Beast

Thinking of this, Mu Qingyin hurriedly said to Grandpa Kuang: "Grandfather, please choose two stone rats and tie them up and take them away. Once my enlightenment pill is refined, we can feed them and coax them to recognize their master.

In this way, we can just send them here, and there is no need to use the puppets to throw poison pills into them with the amulets, right?"

"Yes, why didn't I think of doing this to save amulets? Fortunately you reminded me of this."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Kuang stopped in a hurry and carefully selected a male and a female from the stone rats that could not move. He tied up the two stone rats with shiny fur.

After choosing, he smiled and said to Mu Qingyin: "It is said that there can't be two tigers in one mountain, but this one is a male and a female so there won't be any problem."

"Grandfather, have you forgotten that they will not be together in the future?" Mu Qingyin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

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Old Master Kuang laughed dryly, refusing to admit that he had indeed neglected this point, and argued, "Who said that only male beasts can be leaders, and female beasts can't?"

Mu Qingyin: "."

The Enlightenment Pill was indeed not difficult to refine. Mu Qingyin entered the alchemy room in her own mustard seed space from the magic weapon house and refined it in less than a day.

After refining the enlightenment pill, she did not leave the mustard seed space immediately. She thought that if she wanted to keep the enlightened stone rat for a long time and make it more willing to recognize the Kuang family as its master, she would definitely need something good that could attract it enough.

As for what the good stuff is, it is naturally a pill specially made for monsters to take, which can help them advance and increase their strength.

So after she refined the Enlightenment Pill, she immediately began to try to refine another new kind of pill. It was also a beast-benefiting pill specially used by the cultivation world for monsters, especially low-level monsters.

In the world of cultivation, the elixirs taken by monsters include the Hundred Beasts Pill, the Thousand Beasts Pill, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Pill in addition to the Benefit Beast Pill.

The Hundred Beasts Pill, Thousand Beasts Pill, and Ten Thousand Beasts Pill are naturally more effective against demon beasts. However, they are relatively more difficult to refine and require more high-level spiritual herbs and medicines. The spiritual power they contain can only be endured by high-level demon beasts or even immortal beasts.

The energy of the Beast Benefiting Pill is much milder. It can be taken not only by low-level monsters in the world of cultivation, but also by ordinary wild beasts in the secular world.

And if by chance, it is not impossible for ordinary wild beasts to evolve into low-level monsters.

Perhaps his luck had run out. Mu Qingyin, who had been extremely successful in refining the Enlightenment Pill, spent three days trying repeatedly before finally completing the Beast Benefiting Pill.

Seeing that only four days had passed, Mu Qingyin was not in a hurry to go out. She spent another whole day refining several batches of Enlightenment Pills and Beast Benefit Pills. Only after she had accumulated several thousand pills did she leave the mustard seed space.

Then she closed the magic house and went straight to find Old Master Kuang.

On the deserted island, the puppets had already set up a formation, and people on the boats outside the jade card could no longer find the island. Even if they approached it accidentally, they would be gently pushed away without anyone noticing. Old Master Kuang, who personally drove the boat out to circle around and experienced the power of the formation, was extremely satisfied with it.

The puppet was so capable that in five days it not only set up a formation on the deserted island but also helped build a house.

Compared with the twenty or so miners who drank the rejuvenation potion to remove all the hidden injuries in their bodies and became stronger than ordinary people, the speed at which the puppets built the house was amazing.

It is a stone house. The huge stones are glued together with glutinous rice juice. It only takes a few moments to build a house.

(End of this chapter)