Guarding the River of Time

Chapter 471 - 461: Watch Closely, I’ll Only Demonstrate Once!

"Agreeing is possible."

"But there’s one thing I need to tell you upfront, I’m impossible to stay in your backyard every day to help you find seeds."

After the little master left, the Iron-Eating Beast lowered its voice and spoke to the five little ones.

There’s no way he’d replace Ah Fei as the hard-working model of cattle and horses. He agreed to the five little ones purely as a courtesy to the young master.

"Of course, Brother Shi only needs to help out when he’s free."

"How about... five days a month?" The leader Groundhog tentatively asked.

"Five days?"

The Iron-Eating Beast furrowed its brow and replied, "One day, one day a month."

Upon hearing this, the five little ones looked at each other, daring not to speak. One day a month? That’s hardly any help at all, yet they’ve unnecessarily made a favor with Brother Shi. This deal is too unfavorable.

Just as the second Little Brown Bear was preparing to rebut, the leader immediately covered its mouth, smiled, and said, "One day. One day is fine, no problem."

"It’s really too much trouble for Brother Shi."

Helping for a day is better than not at all. The medicine garden is in a critical expansion phase, so any acceleration is welcome.

"Let’s seize the day and start today."

With that, the Iron-Eating Beast stretched lazily, ready to head out.

"Who among you will come with me?" The Iron-Eating Beast was helping the backyard for the first time and was unfamiliar with the process, so it planned to take someone along to get familiar.

"I’ll go." Xiao Wu the Owl volunteered.

It wanted to see with its own eyes what exactly Brother Shi was capable of!

Seeing Xiao Wu step forward, the four little ones were taken aback. The leader hurriedly pulled it back.

Letting Xiao Wu go and come back?

It held a grudge and wondered if the two might start fighting halfway. Xiao Wu couldn’t win against Brother Shi, but it was stubborn and would surely start a fight.

"Better I go." The leader stepped up, followed the Iron-Eating Beast, and headed towards the river channel.

...

"Do you think big brother won’t start a fight with Brother Shi..."

"He won’t, big brother is always steady."

As soon as this was said, the four little ones’ minds instantly conjured up the image of big brother clawing chaotically and biting madly on top of Brother Shi just now, shivering uncontrollably, and no longer discussing this topic.

Arriving at the river channel, the Iron-Eating Beast said to the Groundhog, "Hop on."

Upon hearing this, the Groundhog initially wanted to refuse, saying it could catch up, but after recalling what the second one said about Brother Shi’s speed, the words got stuck on its lips.

It jumped onto the Iron-Eating Beast’s back.

"Hold tight."

With that, the Iron-Eating Beast’s limbs began to petrify, forming "stone shoes," shielding from the erosion of the Water of Time, the cumbersome body shot forth like an arrow.

The Groundhog almost lost its grip, nearly tumbling off the back.

It only felt the changing landscape around, the speed too fast, surrounded only by shadows.

It couldn’t help swallowing and inhaling sharply.

Well darn, Brother Shi’s cumbersome body and its speed completely formed a contrast. It had seen Ah Fei’s speed.

Brother Shi compared with it was even faster!

The second one wasn’t exaggerating. Brother Shi’s speed was truly fast!

.....

In just half an hour, the Iron-Eating Beast carried the Little Groundhog to a rather barren Small Floating Island.

The Groundhog jumped off the back, landed on the ground, and was stunned by the bare island.

"Brother Shi, are we planning to rest?" It thought the Iron-Eating Beast was exhausted and was preparing to rest before continuing.

....

"We’ve arrived, this is the destination."

The Iron-Eating Beast didn’t say much more, stepped towards the center of the island.

Seeing this, the Groundhog followed behind.

Eventually, the Iron-Eating Beast stopped in front of a solid rock face and said to the Groundhog behind him, "Step back a bit."

Upon hearing this, the Groundhog backed up a few meters.

"A bit more."

It backed up another ten meters.

"Again."

Finally, the Groundhog retreated a hundred meters away.

The Iron-Eating Beast lifted its right hand, tightened its fist, and slammed it into the ground rock.

Boom——

The entire floating island began to shake, that one punch seemed to aim at sinking the island.

Debris scattered, dust filled the air, the hard rock shattered, revealing a deep pit beneath.

Seeing this, the Groundhog swallowed again, no wonder he was asked to step so far back, that punch’s aftershock could likely injure it.

"You can come over now."

Upon hearing this, the Groundhog went over to the side of the pit. When the dust settled, it finally saw the scene below.

Multicolored Immortal Light shone forth, followed by various exotic fragrances wafting out from the pit.

Focusing its gaze, the leader Groundhog’s eyes widened, frozen in place.

Within the pit, dozens of Spirit Medicine grew, some familiar and some not, including Heart Bamboo, Phoenix Blood Fruit, Profound Celestial Cyan Vine.

Heart Bamboo with leaves lushly green and emanating a refreshing aroma; Phoenix Blood Fruit vibrant like rubies, shimmering enticingly; Profound Celestial Cyan Vine like a cyan Flood Dragon, winding around the pit walls

Plus some higher-grade rare Holy Medicine, though unfamiliar, from its scent it can be discerned as definitely higher quality.

It counted carefully, thirty-four plants in total!

Stunned for a long while, it doubted whether it was seeing things, counted again, indeed thirty-four!

Its subordinates, those more talented and outstanding ones, took two to three days to find one plant.

Brother Shi, in just half an hour, accomplished the workload of over a hundred people in a month, and even more!

"Shall we dig them out directly or?" The Iron-Eating Beast’s words pulled the Groundhog’s mind back to reality.

Though it could find Spirit Medicine, it didn’t know how to dig them up for preservation, hence why it brought the Groundhog along.

"I’ll do it!"

The Groundhog jumped into the pit, digging out the medicine while explaining to the Iron-Eating Beast how to dig up the medicine without damaging the roots.

After about an hour, it finally perfectly dug out thirty-four plants, stored them well in its Dharma Bottle, ready to plant upon returning home.

"Brother Shi, thank you! Thank you!"

At this moment, the Groundhog’s prejudice against the Iron-Eating Beast completely vanished, grinning ear to ear.

"Let’s go, to the next place."

"Ah? Going again?" The Groundhog looked surprised.

These thirty-four plants had already exceeded expectation, no need to trouble Brother Shi for the next few months.

"Taking you to an even better place."

With that, the Iron-Eating Beast took the Groundhog and left the island, rushing ahead.