The Humans Have Come to Catch Me
Because it took some time for these houses to be transported back, they haven't arrived yet.
Zhou Wanwan was a little worried. Putting so many houses, more than 500 houses, into this mountain all at once was really a bit overwhelming.
Zhou Wanwan made a plan: all five hundred houses would be placed in the mountain stronghold, making the stronghold Manman crowded.
However, these five hundred rooms were far too luxurious. Zhou Wanwan casually pushed open the door to one of them, and the floor was paved with gold.
Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "This is too extravagant! I feel like I've struck it rich, hahaha..."
Lingbao loudly chimed in, "Wanwan, there's a room full of medicinal herbs, come and take a look!"
Zhou Wanwan walked into the room and saw a sack of blood-staining herbs, which must have been cut from the dragon blood tree.
The jar next to it contained blocks of agarwood; if you rubbed them between your fingers, a faint fragrance would remain on your fingertips.
In the middle bamboo basket, dried lotus leaves were laid out, wrapped with Honghua, a specialty of the Kingdom of Khotan, their bright red color strikingly eye-catching.
There were also bundles of Cistanche deserticola, with thick roots and stems; I heard that the herders there treasured it.
In the lower wooden box, there was a palm-sized piece of benzoin and some slices of sappanwood.
Several burlap sacks were piled on the ground, their openings open, revealing the frankincense and myrrh inside.
Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "These medicinal herbs are all of good quality; we've made a fortune this time."
Lingbao drooled, "Wanwan, hehehe, give me a bath."
Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Okay, time for a shower."
Grandpa He Shou Wu, Sister Huang Jing, and Brother Lingzhi also came over.
Grandpa He Shou Wu has been leading them in cultivation in the mountains recently, and they only managed to come out once in a long while.
Grandpa He Shou Wu sighed and said, "The environment in the mountains is getting worse and worse. Many medicinal herbs have died, so I had no choice but to bring these back."
Zhou Wanwan looked at the medicinal herbs on Grandpa He Shou Wu's back and said, "I'll try to see if I can revive them. If I can, I'll keep them in our field!"
Zhou Wanwan sat in the jade house, which was filled entirely with the finest warm jade.
Zhou Wanwan went straight in and channeled her energy into the medicinal herbs.
Grandpa He Shou Wu said:
"These medicinal herbs are not ordinary herbs; they all possess a certain spiritual quality."
If I had arrived any later, these medicinal herbs would probably have been ruined.
Zhou Wanwan nodded. Grandpa He Shou Wu, Sister Huang Jing, and Brother Lingzhi loved to do most was to find all sorts of medicinal herbs in the mountains.
Soon the medicinal herbs reacted and opened their eyes.
They saw Zhou Wanwan crying loudly, "Humans! Waaaaah! Humans are coming to catch me! I have to run away quickly, waaaaah~"
"Where am I? I remember I was dying of thirst!"
Lingbao looked at them and said, "What are you yelling about? Now that you're here, behave yourselves. If you don't, I'll sell you."
The medicinal herbs all fell silent. Lingbao looked at them and said:
"You'll all be staying here from now on. I'll take you to your dorms. The dorms here are very comfortable; they're all greenhouses."
We'll supply you with energy every day, so stay here and behave yourselves, understand?
Zhou Wanwan's medicinal herbs are increasing in number; half of all the greenhouses she has set up are used for growing medicinal herbs.
Zhou Wanwan supplies these medicinal herbs with energy every night, which is why they grow very quickly.
Moreover, when these medicinal herbs have excess energy, they begin to reproduce.
Today, Zhou Wanwan planned to visit the hot spring. The Old Scholar Tree led her to the edge of the hot spring:
"I dug around and found that there is indeed sulfur underground, and it is possible to dig out a hot spring."
"A few of us can dig a large hot spring pool today."
Zhou Wanwan nodded quickly. If a hot spring could really be dug out here, the whole winter would be so comfortable.
Zhou Wanwan pointed directly and said, "Put a few houses here, and then dig five hot spring pools. That will make winter much more comfortable."
Old Scholar Tree quickly made arrangements, and soon five rooms were moved in.
After comparing the results, we started digging hot springs, and dug a total of five pools.
Zhou Wanwan looked at the five pools, then tested the water temperature and said, "Wow, it's so hot! Soaking in a hot spring in winter would be amazing!"
Taohua, standing nearby, smiled and said, "At first, we weren't used to the environment here, but now that we're staying here at night, we feel quite comfortable."
Zhou Wanwan picked a peach, washed it in the hot spring, took a bite, and said:
"So sweet! Isn't this a peach? I never imagined that Khotan could cultivate peaches."
However, all of these varieties are now ours.
The second prince is quite capable. Khotan is not a major grain-producing country, and the grain it produces is not enough to feed itself. But if these fruit trees can really be sold for money, then Khotan will prosper.
The peach tree next to it kept chattering:
"The second prince said that the Kingdom of Khotan will have to rely on these fruit trees from now on!"
They had studied these fruit trees for many years and finally managed to cultivate them with great difficulty.
And those grapevines, those grapevines are all new varieties."
Zhou Wanwan shuddered. These gold and silver jewels might not be the Second Prince's treasures; these fruit trees were his lifeblood!
He spent a lot of money cultivating these fruit trees, so he certainly won't give up easily.
The second prince and Cheng Xiao were furious. The second prince immediately led several thousand soldiers over.
The prefect turned pale with fright and looked at Cheng Xiao, saying, "Why did you bring him here?"
Cheng Xiao said with a worried look, "I'm helpless now. All the fruit trees he planted are gone. He's like a madman now, and nobody can stop him."
The prefect sighed and said, "Zhou Wanwan is truly a jinx. She doesn't even have a family?"
"Yes, she does, but her family members and she don't get along."
The prefect looked at him and said:
"Cheng Xiao, can't you use your brain for once? Since you have family, then figure out a way to trick them into coming down here."
I originally gathered several thousand men to launch a full-scale attack, but I never expected that more than 3,000 of them, dressed in armor and armed, would return with nothing.
Cheng Xiao looked at him and said, "Everything's gone? How is that possible?"
The prefect sighed and said, "They even stole the catapults."
"These people are simply... simply insane! How did they manage to do that? This mountain is impossible to climb." Cheng Xiao couldn't understand it at all.
The prefect said with a wry smile, "Nobody knows, but we need to take this mountain down as soon as possible."
Cheng Xiao suddenly spoke up, "Zhou Wanwan also stole the Second Prince's five hundred golden houses."
The prefect's eyes widened. "What did you say? Golden houses? More than 500 golden houses?"
"Yes, so the second prince has gone mad. He'll be attacking Black Wind Stronghold in a few days."