When Jiang Sanlang saw these evil insects, he felt a little desperate.
There were too many bugs, and even if the little girl had some magic, it seemed she couldn't kill all of them.
What’s more, these bugs don’t seem to be afraid of their little girls, which is the scariest thing.
Jiang Sanlang subconsciously hugged his little girl tightly and whispered, "Bao'er, hurry up and fly away with the little flying mouse. Find a way to go home."
Yingbao looked up at her father in confusion, pointed at the black bugs in front of her and said, "Daddy, the bugs have beads."
Jiang Sanlang didn't understand what his daughter said. He looked around and prepared to send his daughter to the big tree nearby.
As long as the girl climbs up the tree, the flying squirrel can take her to glide to a far place.
At this moment, the black bugs moved and pounced towards the villagers frantically.
Jiang Sanlang's heart was in his throat. He immediately handed his daughter to the tree branch and shouted, "Hurry up and climb up!"
The little flying squirrel was also startled. It flew up the tree, grabbed the collar of its little master with its claws, and pulled him up with all its might.
Yingbao was carried by the flying squirrel to the tree branch. She looked down and saw many black bugs surrounding her father and uncle and biting them madly. Her eyes widened with anger and she raised her hand. A large ball of fire flew down and landed on the black bugs, which quickly burned.
In an instant, the burned black insects turned into black ash.
The flames continued to spread and soon illuminated the entire forest.
Jiang Sanlang and his men were fighting with the black bugs. They used machetes and sickles in their hands to chop the black bugs in half, but there were too many bugs and they soon covered them.
Just when they were in despair, they saw a flame coming towards them, instantly burning the black insects to ashes, but the flame seemed to have eyes and simply avoided them and burned the insects.
Soon, all the surrounding insects were burned to ashes, and the rest quickly fled away.
Jiang Sanlang and his companions survived the disaster. Just as they were stunned, they saw a small figure flying down from the tree and diving directly into the black ashes.
Yingbao dug out a finger-sized round bead from the black ash and handed it to Jiang Sanlang as if presenting a treasure: "Daddy! Bead!"
Jiang Sanlang almost shed tears. He was saved by the little girl again.
Jiang Cheng reacted quickly and immediately came to his little cousin to help her sift through the black ash to find the beads.
What's more, he also found a few, so he handed them to his little cousin: "Here, take them and play with them." He knew that his little cousin had a storage bag where she could hide things.
Yingbao smiled with her eyes curved, and unceremoniously put the beads found by her eldest cousin into her own palace.
When everyone saw this, they all came to help and gave the beads they found to the little baby.
Jiang Sanlang and the leader Jiang Zhen patrolled the surroundings vigilantly.
Jiang Zhen listened carefully to the surroundings and said, "Sanlang, we can't stay here for long. We must leave immediately!"
This forest is treacherous. The commotion just now must have alarmed many monsters and might have attracted other demons as well. So we must leave.
Jiang Sanlang nodded, went up to pick up the little girl, and told everyone to evacuate quickly.
Everyone knew that there were many uncertainties in the forest, so they did not dare to delay. They picked up their medicine baskets, hoes and sickles and followed the experienced leader to leave.
Yingbao lay in her father's arms, looking at the black ash on the ground with regret.
There were still a lot of shiny beads there, but I didn't pick them up.
Not long after everyone left, a large group of horrible monsters and insects surrounded the place. They sniffed with their noses, lowered their heads and began to lick the crystal beads in the black ash.
This is the crystal core of the magic insect, rich in spiritual energy, and each grain can be regarded as a mid-grade spiritual medicine.
Jiang Sanlang and his group walked quickly in the dark forest, with the little flying squirrel leading the way. Before they knew it, the sky was getting light and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Those magic insects will not come out during the day, so they are safe for the time being.
Team leader Jiang Zhen asked everyone to check the backpacks and found that they had lost a lot of medicinal herbs.
Most of them were lost when the insects attacked, and some were eaten by the insects.
The most terrifying things in the forest are not the monsters, but the insects that are everywhere.
Jiang Zhen sighed and asked for everyone's opinion: "Should we go back now, or continue to go deeper?"
Everyone looked at their gains and felt a little discouraged.
I worked so hard to collect some elixirs, but ended up losing most of them. If I go back now, wouldn't this trip be a waste of risk
"Keep going inside." Some people were unwilling to go back like this.
It’s not easy to come out. The anthelmintics alone cost a lot of money. If there is no income, I will lose money this time.
"Well, let's continue to go inside. If we encounter danger again, we'll just have to take care of ourselves." Jiang Zhen sat down to rest for a while, then looked at Jiang Sanlang: "Sanlang, does your Yingbao know magic?"
Jiang Sanlang had no choice but to nod: "She knows a little, but she is still a child, her magic power is low. You see, she has been sleeping all the time, it's just that she consumed too much energy last night."
When everyone heard this, they felt a little guilty and were grateful to Yingbao.
If Jiang Sanlang hadn't brought his little girl with him, they would have been finished this time.
One person said, "Don't worry, Third Brother. When I gather some intermediate spiritual herbs, I will give one to my niece to replenish her health."
Don’t cultivators rely on these spiritual herbs to replenish their spiritual power? If he picks the first medium-quality one, he will definitely give it to his niece.
The others also promised that if they picked a medium-quality cherry, they would give it to the one who picked it.
Jiang Sanlang didn't hesitate and agreed on behalf of his daughter.
Next, everyone discussed and decided to follow Jiang Sanlang. After all, he had a little flying squirrel at home, and it would be easier to find magical herbs and fruits with it leading the way.
When Yingbao woke up, she found that her father had tied her to her chest.
She glanced around and saw the little flying squirrel flying forward desperately.
Everyone quickly followed the little flying squirrel and ran forward. After a while, more than twenty people arrived in front of a cliff.
The cliff was very steep, and it was obviously impossible for mortals like them to climb up.
Looking left and right, there was no passable path.
The little flying squirrel chirped towards the cliff, and its meaning was obvious: it wanted to cross over.
Jiang Sanlang shook his head. They were not cultivators and could not cross such a high and steep cliff.
Suddenly, Yingbao pointed to a bush and shouted, "Daddy, there."
Everyone looked towards the bush. Jiang Cheng walked over carefully and cut down a bush with the sickle in his hand, revealing a dark hole.
"Oh no! There's something in the cave!" Jiang Zhen hurriedly called out to Jiang Cheng: "Come back quickly!"
At this time, a group of black things flew out of the cave and rushed towards Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng was startled and immediately retreated. Just as he was about to escape with everyone, he saw Ying Bao wave her hand and a flame came out, burning all the black things.
"It's a vampire bat!" Jiang Sanlang also recognized it. The one struggling in the fire was the most terrifying vampire bat in the forest.
But the shit of these bats is also a medicine, and its price is as high as that of mid-level spiritual medicine.
"Let's not leave for now, let's take a look first." Jiang Zhen was also very excited, and said to Jiang Sanlang: "Sanlang, Yingbao is here, we can go in and take a look."
If we can collect the night-shining sand, this trip will not be in vain. Maybe everyone present can make a fortune.
Jiang Sanlang asked his daughter: "Baoer, can we go in?"
"Yeah." Yingbao nodded, looking very interested.
So, Jiang Sanlang held his daughter and his second brother in his arms and led the way in front, and the others followed behind them, slowly walking into the cave that was two people tall.
The little flying squirrel had already jumped into the arms of its little master, staring into the hole with blinking eyes.
It has already smelled that as long as it passes through the stinky corridor, it will be able to eat the delicious spiritual fruit.
When the vampire bats in the cave saw living people coming in, they rushed towards them, but they were all burned to death by Yingbao.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other bats turned around and ran away.
The group walked into the cave holding torches and saw a lot of luminous sand on the ground.
"Great, leave a few of you here to collect, and the rest follow Jiang Sanlang inside." Team leader Jiang Zhen ordered.
So, three people stayed behind to collect the night-shining sand on the ground, while the rest continued to follow Jiang Sanlang inside.
The deeper we went into the cave, the more luminous sand we found, and everyone's backpacks were soon full.
Jiang Sanlang also collected a lot, but the little girl disliked it as bat droppings and refused to put it into the shrine or storage bag.
Jiang Sanlang had no choice but to put all these things in the medicine basket.
Yingbao pinched her nose and wanted to get off her father. Jiang Sanlang had no choice but to put her down and told her to stand there and not move. He and his second brother and nephew collected bat droppings together.
The feces of these vampire bats are different from those of ordinary bats. They emit a faint blue light in the dark cave, which is very creepy.
But they are more valuable than gold, and Jiangjia Village is going to get rich this time.
As I was thinking happily, I looked up and saw the little girl crawling into a small hole with her butt sticking up.
"Baoer! Come back soon!" Jiang Sanlang was frightened and rushed over immediately, trying to pull his daughter out.
But Yingbao had already climbed very deep and he couldn't reach her at all.
Jiang Sanlang became anxious and picked up a hoe to try to dig open the entrance to the cave, but the walls of the cave were all rocks and his hoe was almost broken, and he didn't dig out a single stone.
"Be good, Bao'er, come back soon!" Jiang Sanlang was about to cry and kept coaxing his daughter.
But Yingbao didn't even look back, and crawled farther and farther away until she was out of sight.
The others were also confused. Jiang Cheng also tried to get into the small hole, but was soon stuck.
The crowd had no choice but to grab his legs and drag him back.
“What should we do?” Everyone looked at each other.
Jiang Sanlang sat on the ground and said, "Baoer will come out. I will wait here."
Jiang Zhen was silent for a while, then said, "Let's just fill the cave with more night-shining sand. You can take as much as you can. When Yingbao comes back, we'll go back."
"good!"
As for Yingbao, she crawled for a long time with her little butt sticking up, and finally crawled out of the cave.
What comes into view is a field of spiritual plants.
The little flying squirrel flew out first, and soon flew back, grabbing Yingbao's sleeve and pushing it towards one place.
Yingbao took her short legs and ran down the hillside, and saw a spiritual tree full of fruits.
"Wow!" She looked up at the fruits on the tree, her mouth watering.
The aura emanating from these fruits is very gentle, and they look delicious at first glance.
The little flying squirrel flew onto the branch and started picking fruits, putting them into his own bag first. When the bag was full, he threw it to Yingbao.
Yingbao first sat on the ground and ate one, then raised her hands to catch the fruit.
Before they knew it, a long time had passed and the little flying squirrel was tired of picking fruits and stopped on a branch to rest.
Yingbao looked around, took out a small shovel from the divine palace, dug out all the spiritual herbs and flowers with strong spiritual light around them, and put them into the divine palace.
Soon her spiritual power was used up, her body began to feel tired, and her eyes kept closing.
"Little mouse, let's go back." Yingbao remembered that her father was still in the cave, so she called the little flying squirrel to go back.
The man and the mouse crawled back along the small hole.
After finally climbing out of the cave, I saw my father with an anxious look on his face.
Jiang Sanlang picked up his daughter and slapped her butt angrily, "Don't run around anymore!"
At this time, Yingbao didn't care about showing off her spiritual fruit. She fell asleep quickly in her father's arms.
When everyone saw Yingbao coming back, they all breathed a sigh of relief and immediately carried the medicine basket and walked out.
For some unknown reason, their journey was very smooth and they didn't even encounter a single poisonous insect.
A few days later, the collection team returned to the village. The knowledgeable tribe leader saw so many top-quality night-shining sands and asked excitedly, "How did you get so many night-shining sands?"
Vampire bats are very ferocious. If you are sucked by them, you will be crippled if not dead. It is incredible that they, ordinary herbalists, can get so much without the help of monks.
Everyone then gave a general account of what had happened.
"This time it's all thanks to Jiang Sanlang and his daughter. If it weren't for Yingbao, we would have been defeated." Jiang spoke the truth.
The clan leader's eyes lit up: "So, Yingbao has found her destiny as an immortal?"
"Yes." Jiang Zhen said: "On the way back, we gave all the medium-grade spiritual herbs we collected to Ying Bao to help her practice."
The clan leader stroked his beard and nodded: "You did the right thing. If our village really has a child with a predestined relationship with the immortal, it will be a blessing for the whole village."
If Yingbao really grows up, their Jiangjia Village can also hire someone to build a magic circle to isolate many dangers.
The next day, Jiang Sanlang and a group of villagers took the night-shining sand to the county town to sell, and Yingbao also went with them to broaden their horizons.
When they presented dozens of baskets of vampire bats' luminous sand to the owner of the Treasure Pavilion, the owner's eyes almost popped out.
"So many? Did you rob the vampire bat's nest?" The shopkeeper grabbed a handful, looked at it, and sniffed it, then asked Chief Jiang: "Do you want to exchange it for gold and silver, or spirit stones?"
Chief Jiang said: "Exchange part for gold, and part for spirit stones."
"Okay then." The shopkeeper went to get the gold and spirit stones without saying a word.
When Jiang Sanlang got his share of gold and spirit stones, he immediately entrusted the owner of the Treasure Pavilion to buy a household registration for each of his daughter and wife.
This time he received 40,000 gold and one hundred spirit stones, which were enough to settle his wife and daughter in the county.
However, one hundred spirit stones could not buy a house, but he could rent a house for them. When he made some more money and Yingbao grew up, he could send her to school.
When Jiang Sanlang got home, he told his parents about buying household registration for his wife and Yingbao. Old Man Jiang and Mrs. Jiang Liu both agreed: "You are right. We have earned so much money all of a sudden. It will be eye-catching if we keep it in our hands. Why not buy a place for the children to live? I have some money here. You can take it and see if it is enough to buy a house in the city."
Jiang Sanlang shook his head: "All the money in your hands is from the public treasury, so you should keep it. When we earn more, we can let our nephews and nieces come to the city together."
It is always dangerous outside, and there is a beast tide every year. If you encounter one, you are in danger of death.