Chapter 476: Waiting for the Rabbit

Xu Dayou came forward and soon found the medicinal herb warehouse He Lingchuan wanted. This row of warehouses was divided into three rooms, storing four kinds of medicinal herbs. Self-heal was in one of them, occupying a warehouse alone.

"Is there any other place in Luocang that stores self-heal?"

"Yes, but it's scattered in seven or eight small warehouses, and the herbs are mixed. We checked the inventory, and there is at most about four hundred jin, and the least is only forty jin, not classified." The person in charge pointed to the warehouse behind him. "This one is already classified and packed, totaling seventeen thousand three hundred jin, to be shipped to seven places within three days."

"This is it." He Lingchuan went in to take a look, confirmed that the herbs were there, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

It wasn't in vain that he had been running around since last night; he had finally seized the initiative once.

"Has this warehouse always stored self-heal?"

"Yes. The warehouses in the center of town have the best security, so they store the most precious medicinal herbs; these warehouses on the edge of town have always stored self-heal, ephedra, etc."

These herbs were cheap, and no one stole them.

General Ling, however, was always a bit worried: "Will Wan Song just find a few herb shops and grab some self-heal to make do?"

He Lingchuan asked him: "Why do you think Mr. Mai and Wan Song chose Zhitian Township as their base?"

General Ling thought for a moment: "Easy to get medicinal herbs here?"

"If that's really the reason, the monster puppet's consumption of self-heal wouldn't be small." If it only needed a few jin or liang, then just finding a few herb shops would be enough, why move to Zhitian Township to settle down? Only in Zhitian Township could one purchase herbs in bulk for a long time without arousing suspicion.

Before He Lingchuan could speak, Jiao Yu said: "Since Mr. Mai has been exposed, they can't stay in Zhitian Township and must evacuate as soon as possible. If you were Wan Song, and the monster puppet under your command couldn't do without self-heal, what would you do?"

General Ling blurted out: "Do one big job and then evacuate."

Anyway, they were going to rob one, so doing a small one wasn't as good as doing a big one.

He Lingchuan patted the herb bag on the side: "There are more than twenty thousand jin of self-heal here, which should be enough for it to use for a period of time, until a new source of goods is found."

"Does he know to come here to find it?"

"Wan Song might not know, but Mr. Mai should know very well." He Lingchuan said lightly. "Mr. Mai is a careful person, and he probably planned his retreat in advance. Luocang always has self-heal to be transferred, so this is their backup warehouse."

Actually, he had an absurd thought in his heart that he had never told anyone else or any monster.

Needs verification.

"What are we doing now?"

"Make some arrangements, and then wait for the rabbit." He Lingchuan asked Xu Dayou, "I heard the grass jelly here is delicious?"

"That's a must!" Xu Dayou laughed. "Every time I come to Luocang for official business, I have to drink a bowl of grass jelly on the way back."

It was midsummer in the seventh month, a season where you would sweat all over just by moving. Although everyone had true energy and meta-power to protect their bodies and could reduce the damage of summer heat, having a bowl of cold food on a hot day was also very comfortable.

So the group, led by Xu Dayou, found a soup shop nearby.

This shop had been open for more than sixty years, and the craft had been passed down to the fourth generation. The grass jelly He Lingchuan wanted was made from fairy grass juice, soaked in cold well water for a night to become jelly; when guests wanted to eat it, they poured osmanthus honey water over it and added a few small pink glutinous rice balls, tasting half-sweet and half-bitter in the mouth, dispelling the bit of anxious heat in the heart.

The most important thing was that it was cheap.

He Lingchuan finished two large bowls in a row, and it only cost four copper coins.

If it were in the Yuan Nation, the osmanthus honey alone would cost more than that.

Sugar water could be sold for a price everywhere, only in the Beijia Kingdom was it a seasoning that ordinary people could use at will.

The varieties were rich, and the price was affordable.

Therefore, whether it was the Treasure Tree Kingdom or the Chi Yan Kingdom, there were all kinds of sugar shops on the streets, many of which had become old brands. Like the bowl of grass jelly He Lingchuan was eating now, the ratio of "fairy grass" was the shop's unique secret recipe, said to use thirteen medicinal herbs, and even two kinds of honey.

Just talking about this freedom to eat sweets, it was rare in the world.

The government runners also sat down to rest and asked for sugar water to eat. Among them, one runner was a black-and-white striped skunk; it didn't want grass jelly, only two bowls of honey water.

Of course, it wasn't just humans working for the government.

In summer, the sky gets dark slowly. But at this moment, a few dark clouds drifted from the horizon, arrogantly chasing away the scorching sun and pulling out a black curtain.

A few flashes of lightning rolled through the clouds, and wind and rain were coming.

This was what He Lingchuan was waiting for, so he stood up and said: "Let's go back, prepare to start work."

The wind and rain came at night, with great momentum, pouring until the world was dark.

The entire Luocang was immersed in a rustling sound, and there was no one on the road.

Dried medicinal herbs were most afraid of water, so at this time, even the busiest warehouses had to stop.

The manpower He Lingchuan brought was evenly distributed in the nearby large and small warehouses, and he and Jiao Yu guarded the main warehouse storing self-heal with four or five people.

This warehouse covered three hundred square meters, built squarely, with very high beams, two zhang (more than six meters) off the ground. Twenty thousand jin of self-heal were stacked neatly, occupying only half of the storage capacity, and the rest was empty.

Oh right, there were a few black jars in the corners of the warehouse.

He Lingchuan and Jiao Yu acted as gentlemen on the beams for once.

Since returning from eating grass jelly to the warehouse, three hours had passed.

The warehouse was always quiet, and there was nothing unusual.

It was almost the Zi hour, the standard middle of the night.

He Lingchuan looked out from the warehouse's air window and couldn't see a single person.

Fortunately, Jiao Yu was also a fierce beast good at ambushes, used to waiting, and had no complaints.

Suddenly, a "pat" sound came from below, and He Lingchuan immediately tensed his nerves.

But he quickly saw clearly that it was just a small branch blown by the wind, falling to the ground.

A few more thunderbolts flashed between heaven and earth, and the four fields were bright.

He Lingchuan suddenly reached out and patted the fierce tiger's back, pointed out the window, and said urgently: "Look!"

Jiao Yu turned his head, and all the hair on his body exploded:

Outside the window opposite, there seemed to be a behemoth, black and unclear in outline, but at least as tall as the medicinal warehouse.

If it weren't for the lightning illuminating the sky, I'm afraid no one would have discovered such a thing appearing in the dark rainy night.

Immediately after, this window went dark.

"Go!"

Sure enough, plans couldn't keep up with changes. He Lingchuan originally thought the monster would emerge from the underground of the warehouse, but he didn't know it would appear outside the warehouse directly.

Don't look at the spacious medicinal warehouse, the size of this thing outside was too outrageous, it couldn't squeeze in at all! Fortunately, he had a Plan B, and turned around and jumped out of the small window opposite.

Jiao Yu followed closely.

And for the government runners and monsters guarding the other medicinal warehouses around, this rainy night was long and boring.

Xu Dayou yawned for the tenth time, wiped away the tears that flowed out, but saw General Ling on the side still focused, staring at the medicinal warehouse opposite without blinking.

These monsters had such good energy, ordinary humans couldn't catch up.

The scenery outside the window was unusually monotonous, just constant heavy rain and still objects.

Hmm? The medicinal warehouse opposite was a bit wrong, as if there was a huge black shadow behind it.

However, the lightning flashed and passed, and the outside fell into darkness again.

What was that? Xu Dayou thought he was dazzled and rubbed his eyes. When the next lightning struck, he saw the medicinal warehouse still in place, and nothing around it had changed.

The huge black shadow was also gone.

Was it really an illusion?

But at this time, Jiao Yu suddenly jumped out from behind the medicinal warehouse, accompanied by a long roar: "Shoot arrows at the medicinal warehouse!"

The tiger's roar pierced the rainy night, like a thunderclap exploding in everyone's ears.

The surrounding medicinal warehouses opened one after another, and everyone ran out holding bows and crossbows, raising their hands to shoot arrows!

Each arrow was tied with a long rope.

Although they didn't see any other suspicious people, they still followed Jiao Yu's order.

The Drilling Wind Beast also smashed open the warehouse door where it was hiding and jumped out like an arrow.

This distance of ten zhang was just two steps for them.

The Drilling Wind Beast lowered its head, like a bull ramming a person, and slammed its spiral sharp horns into the outer wall of the medicinal warehouse!

Almost at the same time, the arrows flew in, also hitting the medicinal warehouse.

Such a large target, even He Lingchuan, who had just learned archery a few months ago, couldn't miss.

A strange scene appeared:

Although the arrows hit, they slid off one after another, and not a single one nailed into the wall.

Even the sharp horns of the two Drilling Wind Beasts didn't pierce the wall skin, only leaving a few deep scratches, and making three very crisp "dong dong" sounds.

This kind of sound meant that it was not only very hard, but also hollow!

These two Drilling Wind Beast guards staggered two steps and shook their heads, clearly stunned by the force of the rebound.

Only General Ling's sharp horn pierced in half a finger deep, but it seemed it hadn't poked into flesh and blood yet. Just this one blow could have sent a giant elephant flying, but the medicinal warehouse remained unmoved.

It had to try hard to pull out its sharp horns and shook its head.

Dizzied by the bump.

Now everyone saw the weirdness.

The medicinal warehouse was clearly made of wood, how could it be so solid? Even if this kind of warehouse usually had some talisman arrays pasted on it, it was for waterproofing, fireproofing, and mothproofing, and shouldn't have anything to do with solidity.

The worst thing was that after this round of attacks, the medicinal warehouse actually sank rapidly.

Yes, sinking toward the ground.

If left alone, it would sink completely into the ground in at most three to five breaths!

This thing could actually run so fast?

Fortunately, when General Ling rushed up to ram it, he roared: "Set up the array, damn it, set up the array quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, the official badge on Jiao Yu's neck began to glow.

With the self-heal medicinal warehouse as the center, seven places within a radius of twenty zhang lit up with a faint yellow light, which was the array talisman buried underground starting to take effect.

In front of each array talisman stood a government runner, holding a sharp blade to protect it.

The ground didn't seem to have any significant changes, it was still a patch of rotten mud, and mud splashed as everyone ran, stepping out deep and shallow pits, but the medicinal warehouse's sinking trend suddenly stopped.

This was one of the array formations widely used by the Beijia Kingdom in war—

Escape Technique Prohibition.

It was usually used in siege warfare and positional warfare, isolating the enemy's earth escape and water escape techniques, so as not to let people slip into their own territory to cause damage, which was a very practical means.

After all, the monsters' means and talents were truly strange.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 477 =====