Chapter 456

"Ping'an, I think you'd be better off planting some small shrubs, digging them straight out of the mountains; they'd be much more reliable than iron fences. Isn't it just a few thorns..."

As Cai Quanwu said this, he pressed his finger against the thorns of the iron fence.

Carelessly, his finger was pricked.

Just as it pricked the skin and a tiny bit of blood seeped out, it was barely a minor injury—the kind where if you went to the hospital late, it would heal on its own and you wouldn't be able to find the wound.

"Ah, what the hell is this?"

"It hurts like hell!"

Cai Quanwu's face changed drastically.

His face turned beet red, he kept shaking his hand, and later he was jumping up and down.

"I forgot to tell you: these iron fences have mild toxicity. It's not fatal, nor does it cause illness, but it causes intense pain."

"As long as it pricks the skin, it feels like burning fire!"

Wan Ping'an explained with a smile.

The iron fence seedlings provided by the system were all enhanced, growing faster, with more thorns, tougher, and hurting more when they pricked someone!

"Is it really that painful?"

Shazhu heard Cai Quanwu yelling and thought he was injured.

He came over and only then realized he had just been pricked.

The wound was so small it was barely visible.

Shazhu didn't believe it.

"Don't believe it?"

"Come, you try."

"Just a light prick will do, you don't even need to bleed. If you can endure it without yelling or screaming, I'll give you ten yuan."

Wan Ping'an smiled.

"You're really giving it?"

Shazhu's eyes lit up when he heard ten yuan.

"Shazhu, don't mess around. This thing is too harmful; it hurts too much to prick someone!"

Cai Quanwu stopped him.

Only by experiencing it personally would you know.

His finger, which had been pricked, couldn't even find the wound now, but the burning, intense pain felt like he had put his finger into a fire.

He kept putting his finger into cold water.

It was cool.

But it didn't stop the pain at all; it hurt just as much.

Even worse, Wan Ping'an had said it would last for half an hour, with no pain relief measures.

"It's fine, I don't believe it's really that painful."

Shazhu picked up an iron fence seedling and poked his finger with it, heavier than Cai Quanwu's poke, and a drop of fresh blood appeared on his finger.

That was all.

Only one drop of blood.

"I don't feel..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Shazhu couldn't continue.

His finger felt like it was being roasted in a fire, his face turned red instantly, and he finally understood why Cai Quanwu was jumping up and down in pain.

"Shazhu, hold on, you must hold on."

"You don't need to hold on for half an hour. Five minutes—if you can hold on for five minutes without yelling, I'll give you ten yuan."

Wan Ping'an smiled.

Shazhu's veins were popping, sweat was pouring out, his fists were clenched tight, and his eyes were wide.

It was too painful!

"Ah, Wan Ping'an, you tricked me..."

Shazhu couldn't hold on for a minute; he held his hand and jumped up and down, and everyone around laughed. Who tricked whom?

It was Shazhu himself who agreed to the bet, that if he could hold on without yelling, he could earn ten yuan.

As a result, he didn't even hold on for a minute!

"Does anyone else want to try?"

"If you can hold on for three minutes, I'll give you ten yuan. Does anyone want to earn money?"

Wan Ping'an said to the others.

Cai Quanwu's three subordinates and Han Dahe's three subordinates saw Shazhu and Cai Quanwu jumping up and down and shook their heads one by one.

Looking at the two, they knew how painful it was; who would dare to try?

"Fine, if you don't want to earn money, then forget it!"

"Now, start planting the iron fences. Wear gloves and be careful. As long as you get pricked, Shazhu and Cai Quanwu are your examples!"

Wan Ping'an announced the start of work.

By the time it was almost dark, half remained.

"Everyone, put in some effort."

"In another hour, the iron fences will be finished planting. I'll have Shazhu stew five wild rabbits and five chickens to reward you!"

Wan Ping'an announced.

The crowd cheered.

They were already quite tired, and their efficiency had dropped significantly.

Hearing they could eat wild rabbit and wild chicken, their efficiency shot up, much faster than before.

The iron fences were planted.

Overnight, they grew more than a foot taller.

In less than three days, the planted iron fences had all grown to one meter high, connecting with the adjacent iron fences to form a wall!

"Ping'an, come here!"

Just as Wan Ping'an arrived at the six-acre plot, he was called over by Cai Quanwu.

He led Wan Ping'an to a patch where golden rice was planted, pointing to some that were particularly robust, with much thicker rice ears.

Wan Ping'an, of course, knew what was going on.

It was where he had used the evolution fluid.

This small patch of golden rice had upgraded again; the rice grains had expanded, and every golden rice seed had expanded to the size of a peanut.

"Did you cultivate this specifically?"

Cai Quanwu asked.

Wan Ping'an had created too many miracles.

As soon as he saw the change in the golden rice, he immediately understood that it must be Wan Ping'an's masterpiece!

Wan Ping'an nodded.

Cai Quanwu was momentarily confused!

The rice in front of him had grains comparable to the size of peanuts; could it still be called rice?