"Hmm... Judging from the footprints, they are beasts, not too big or too small, similar to hounds..."
Fang Yuan squatted on the ground, observing the clear paw prints left in the soil, and analyzed them carefully: "It's not deep in the ground, so it shouldn't be a large beast, a wild wolf? A fox? Or a weasel or a badger?"
"What a smart beast, he actually destroyed all my arrangements..."
Growing up in the mountains, Fang Yuan was a good hunter. He could often hunt pheasants, hares and the like for extra meals.
The traps set even caught wild wolves and mountain pigs.
But at this time, everything was destroyed, and they were still so arrogant, almost provocative.
"Master once said that in the deep mountains and swamps, dragons and snakes are born. Even ordinary animals, as long as they live long enough, or by chance, they will gradually open up their spiritual wisdom. Could this be the case this time?"
The "thief's" method this time really gave Fang Yuan a feeling of "wisdom", as if he was not facing a wild beast, but a living person, which made him look heavy.
"Well... the loss is not big..."
He looked around, suddenly jumped up, and ran to the tea garden in a hurry: "No... my spiritual plant!!!"
Since thieves are not ordinary beasts, ordinary things may not be able to attract them. The only possibility is probably the Wenxin Tea Tree and those red jade rice seeds!
After thinking about this clearly, Fang Yuan suddenly felt like his butt was on fire and could no longer sit still.
A moment later, a roar full of anger echoed in the valley: "Damn it... don't let me catch you..."
Fang Yuan stood in front of the Wenxin tea tree, looking very depressed.
In front of him, several branches of the originally green Wenxin tea tree had disappeared, and traces of gnawing appeared on the fractures.
The entire tea tree looked very wilted. Fortunately, the root system was not damaged, otherwise this only mutated spiritual plant would have completely left Fang Yuan.
"What's this?"
After careful observation, Fang Yuan discovered more things around the Wenxin tea tree.
He touched the wound of the tea branch with his right hand, and a layer of fine and transparent crystal particles fell on his finger. There was a layer not only around the fracture, but also at the bottom of the tea tree.
"This is definitely not something I put there. Could it be brought by that big thief?"
Fang Yuan put the translucent particles under the tip of his nose, and suddenly a fragrant smell came, mixed with a fishy smell.
"fertilizer?!"
He looked at the languid Wenxin Tea Tree and made a guess, feeling somewhat dumbfounded at the same time.
This spiritual plant thief actually openly regarded the Wenxin tea tree as his own, and even knew how to take care of it after eating and drinking. It seemed that he regarded this place as a long-term meal ticket.
"But it must not be here, otherwise it would have run over anxiously when it saw me..."
Fang Yuan shook his head and quickly came to the edge of the ruby rice field.
I saw that the red jade rice seedlings in the field were intact and even grew a little taller, but the surrounding vegetation was withered and yellowed, obviously dead.
"You can't even look down on the seedlings of red jade rice. This guy has really high standards..."
Seeing that the entire botanical garden was intact, and that the other party seemed to be only interested in harming the Wenxin tea tree, Fang Yuan was speechless: "Put another trap immediately. I will guard here every day from now on to see which beast it is!"
At this point, after his anger subsided, he found it quite interesting, and he couldn't wait to meet the guy who stole his tea tree.
…
After counting the losses, you still need to continue doing what needs to be done.
Fang Yuan first cooked the realgar powder, mixed it with other materials in the valley according to a certain proportion, and then placed it in the cellar for three days to harvest a large amount of "fire-returning liquid".
This formula is also passed down by layman Wen Xin and has a good fattening effect on many fire plants.
Even though the red jade rice was a spiritual plant, under Fang Yuan's continuous watering three times a day, it grew quite strong and kept up with the nutrition. It no longer had to plunder the surrounding land, which made Fang Yuan very relieved. tone.
But the mysterious thief never appeared again. On the contrary, Fang Yuan, who stayed up late every day, felt a little unable to hold on.
late at night.
The moonlight is like water.
Fang Yuan set up the trap as usual and hid aside to observe silently.
In the tea forest, everything was quiet except for the chirping of insects, which echoed in the deep valley.
"Is it because I saw someone and didn't dare to come?"
After watching for half the night, Fang Yuan was sleepy and a little disappointed: "Keep it for another night, if there is still no harvest, then transplant the Wenxin tea tree... But those crystals are a pity..."
Through observation in the past few days, Fang Yuan became more and more certain of his inference. Those crystals were indeed of great benefit to spiritual plants.
Not only is the condition of the Wenxin tea tree getting better and better, the branches have healed, but even where he specially collected some and spread a few red jade rice seedlings, the rice seedlings there are generally growing much better than similar ones.
This mysterious fertilizer that was useful for spiritual plants immediately aroused Fang Yuan's interest. He even thought that if he could find the location of the fertilizer this time, he might be able to give up his merits and teach the beast a lesson.
"Yawn..."
In the second half of the night, Fang Yuanshang's eyelids were extremely heavy, as if they were about to fall down at any moment.
"Forget it... It seems like it won't come tonight. I have to get up tomorrow to loosen the soil in the ruby rice fields... Huh?"
Just when Fang Yuan was about to stand up, the corner of his eye caught a white shadow under the moonlight.
"coming!"
Fang Yuan suddenly regained his energy, his whole body became tense, his blood surged up, and his sleepiness was swept away.
The white shadow ran at an extremely fast speed and arrived outside the plantation in an instant. When he saw the animal trap that Fang Yuan had rearranged, disdain appeared in his clever eyes, and he walked around lightly, sometimes simply holding the branches with his claws, and directly He dialed to activate the trap, but found nothing.
"Damn! What a big and smart ferret!"
Fang Yuan could not help but marvel in his heart.
That's right.
What appeared in his eyes was a huge white ferret with big eyes, slender beard, and amazingly flexible claws. Its ears moved from time to time, as if it was listening to what was going on around it, and its white fur shone in the moonlight. Moving brilliance.
An ordinary marten is about the size of a cat, but the one that appears here is a full meter long, almost like a small leopard.
"Be good! Such a big white ferret..."
Watching the white mink strutting all the way into the tea garden, Fang Yuan looked at the equipment on his body and drummed a little: "How about... let him succeed again, I will call Qi people to come back another day!"
After all, he was not a professional hunter. Although he had prepared a lot of things, he still felt unsure when looking at this overly strange white ferret.
"Giggle!"
However, as soon as Bai Diao entered the tea forest, his shiny black eyes stared directly at Fang Yuan's hiding place, and he suddenly discovered him!
"Bold! You beast!"
Fang Yuan had no choice but to jump out: "It's okay to harm my tea tree once, but it comes a second time. Do you think I'm dead?"
As he jumped out, he blew out the torch in his hand and lit the torch.
Under the blazing flames, Bai Diao's expression showed a trace of anthropomorphic joking, and he did not run at all, but looked at Fang Yuan.
"Damn it, shouldn't most beasts be afraid of fire and strangers? Why is this one so unreasonable!"
Fang Yuan groaned secretly in his heart.
But when he saw the white ferret completely ignoring him and going to nibble on the Wenxin tea tree, he could no longer hold back: "Bold!"
He waved a torch in one hand and a hatchet in the other, and strode forward: "Don't touch my things!"
"Hiss!"
The next moment, he saw the white marten suddenly turn around, its hair stood up, and it made a hissing sound. Knowing that something was wrong, he subconsciously blocked the hatchet forward.
Whoosh!
The white shadow flashed past, and Fang Yuan only felt a strong force coming from his hand. He immediately took several steps back. As soon as his hand was loosened, the hatchet and torch fell to the ground: "This beast is so fast and strong. so big!"
"Giggle!"
Seeing Fang Yuan being so vulnerable, the ferret rolled his eyes, held his belly with his paws, and burst out laughing in an extremely anthropomorphic manner.
It is also a psychic thing. It waved its little paw at Fang Yuan and pointed at the Wenxin tea tree, as if to say: "This spiritual plant will belong to me from now on!"
"Damn... my uncle can bear it, but my aunt can't bear it either!"
Even Fang Yuan couldn't stand being laughed at by such a beast, so he stood up and said, "Look at the hidden weapon!"
With a wave of his hand, several small paper bags flew out.
Puff!
Several puffs of smoke exploded from mid-air, carrying a strong and irritating smell.
Immediately, Fang Yuan looked firm and turned around and ran away without hesitation!
That's right, since the battle was lost, we should naturally take the opportunity to move in and cause trouble for this white ferret in the future. Anyway, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years!
"Hiss..."
But in the smoke, Bai Mao suddenly heard a scream, causing Fang Yuan to stop.
He turned his head and saw the white ferret avoiding the clouds of smoke, seeming extremely fearful.
"Huh?"
Fang Yuan's face immediately glowed with joy.
In fact, these packets of smoke bombs were just preparations for his escape, and they contained ordinary things.
"The largest amount of Bishou Powder, if it is useful, can this beast still come in? It seems that it is not because of the pepper... that is... realgar! Haha... just wait for me!"
Fang Yuan's eyes widened and he ran back to the front valley. Not long after, he came over with a large amount of pink packets: "So you're afraid of realgar? Hahahahaha... Look at me, I'll smash it!"
Puff!
As he raised his right hand, a large amount of realgar powder formed into smoke, covering the area.
Although the white marten was about to pounce and hissed, it seemed as if it was really afraid of the realgar and did not dare to come in.
When the fog dispersed, he disappeared without a trace.