It was the morning of the second day of climbing the mountain to gather spiritual treasures, and Zhao Xing was in no hurry to head to the Mountain God Temple.
He kept an eye on the cave while gathering materials on the spot to prepare his plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
If the beast inside the cave went out to forage, that would be ideal. He could sneak in and make his escape.
If it did not come out, then he would lure it out.
Fortunately, Every Tree and Bush an Enemy had already reached its Fourth Turn. There were no shortage of materials on this mountain—vines and willow branches of all kinds were plentiful, so he lacked nothing for making straw puppets.
Zhao Xing had no intention of using the Vajra Puppet. Adamantine Bamboo would be difficult to replenish anytime soon.
He could not confront an exotic beast head-on either, so what Zhao Xing needed to replenish now were Swift Steps Straw Puppets.
"Go bring me some stones."
Zhao Xing gave the Entangling Straw Puppet an order.
"Go catch some wild rabbits, mountain rats, and wild boars."
Zhao Xing gave the Vajra Puppet another order.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
The straw puppets began carrying out his commands.
Zhao Xing then retreated farther away from the cave.
He found a patch of soil.
Then he took out two kinds of seedlings from the Wen Bamboo Box.
Xue Wenzhong and Chen Shijie had given him the Wen Bamboo Box two days before they entered the mountain. Zhao Xing had spent some time cultivating some of its seeds into seedlings.
Now that he needed them, he could take them out and use them right away.
"If this exotic beast eats meat, I'll bring it some meat."
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