Chapter 16 Rat Infestation (Please collect and read)
early morning.

Chen An changed into coarse linen clothes, hung the new storage bag given to him by the second elder around his waist, and walked towards his own spiritual field with brisk steps.

On the way, he saw Chen San and He Yong coming up the mountain arm in arm. In a good mood, he took the initiative to say hello.

Chen San also noticed his new storage bag, then looked down at his own worn-out storage bag, and couldn't help feeling a little sour.

"It's the Second Elder's reward, right?"

He Yong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Chen An's Gengjin Sword Finger is very sharp. I have heard a lot about it during the few days I stayed in your family."

"Where is it, it's just a fluke."

Chen An discovered that He Yong's storage bag was not too old, and was much bigger in size. It seemed to be even better than his. Chen An was surprised. Could a casual cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training be so rich?

After chatting for a while, he said goodbye to the two and came to the spiritual field.

He planned to plant the thirty seeds yesterday after the season was over.

Although it is impossible to cultivate high-quality creatures in the lower-grade spiritual field, relying on one's own abilities, it should not be a problem for all of them to survive.

[The Jade Fruit, the rhizome beneath the soil is being eaten by monsters, please get rid of it as soon as possible]

Chen An, who was originally in a good mood, was startled when he saw this.

Monster?

He hurriedly reached for the storage bag at his waist and slapped himself with a linen talisman. A thin layer of light curtain covered his body, which looked a little rough, like a linen armor.

He circulated his spiritual power, transformed the sword energy into silk, and controlled the low-grade standard magic weapon in his hand, stabbing it sharply towards the bottom of the jade fruit tree in front of him.

"Squeak!"

A slight cry reached my ears.

"It hit me!"

He drew out the magic sword and brought out a one-foot-long black monster.

Sharp claws, slender teeth, it is clearly a soul-eating rat!

The beast's limbs were stiff and blood was dripping. He had killed it with one sword.

Chen An's face changed slightly. He heard that the Liu family's spiritual field was destroyed because of the damage done by this beast.

He was worried that the spiritual field had also been attacked by spirit-eating rats, so he hurriedly checked the remaining spiritual plants, but found nothing unusual.

But Chen An was worried, so he stayed in the field all day until nightfall, but he didn't find the second soul-eating rat destroying the spiritual plants.

until midnight.

A rustling sound came from deep in the spiritual field. Chen An's heart moved. He put on the hemp robe talisman, held the magic sword in hand, and stepped forward lightly.

Good guy!
Three spirit-eating rats were gnawing at the yellow rice that he had worked so hard to grow.

How could he bear it?
Chen An was filled with anger. He put two fingers of his right hand together and shot out a sharp golden sword energy. It pierced through the most ferocious Soul-Eating Rat at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.

"Squeak!"

The other two mice were frightened, screamed twice, and fled hurriedly towards the depths of the spiritual field.

"Where are you going, you beast?"

Chen An's Gengjin sword arrived in an instant and hit another Spirit-Eating Rat in the abdomen. The rat was seriously injured and its escape speed was greatly reduced.

Unfortunately, the third one had already escaped into the depths of this spiritual field and disappeared without a trace.

"Fuck, don't let me catch you!"

Chen An held the sword to stop the injured one, slashed it with the sword, and sent it to heaven without any mercy in his heart.

Feeling worried, he inspected the nearby spiritual fields of several acres and found at least seven or eight spirit-eating rats.

"There are too many enemies. We need to mobilize some people."

Chen An did not try to show off his strength. The Soul-Eating Rat was a low-level first-order monster. With his minor Gengjin Sword Finger, he could deal with three or four of them at the same time. If there were more people, Ma Yi Fu would not be able to handle them, and two fists would not be able to defeat four hands.

"squeak!"

A soul-eating rat jumped out from a cluster of dense spiritual plants in the field, its eyes bloodshot and looking a little bloodthirsty.

Chen An was unable to react in time and was bitten on the hemp armor. The protective aura of the hemp armor talisman immediately dimmed.

No moral principles! Sneak attack!
Fortunately, I was cautious and took a picture of the hemp clothing talisman just now, otherwise I would have been injured this time.

Chen An was shocked and angry. He swung his sword to fight back, but the Soul-Eating Rat dodged nimbly.

"You bite me and you want to run away!"

The Soul-Eating Rat hit the target and turned around and ran away, but since he had let it escape just now, there was no way Chen An would let it escape again.

In the dark night, golden sword energy flashed, and the screams of a monster echoed through the silent spiritual field.

Without stopping, Chen An mentioned the three spirit-eating rats he had hunted and went directly to the second elder Chen Rui. The second elder was bleary-eyed and seemed to be sleeping.

"Chen An? Why are you here instead of practicing or sleeping at home?"

No one would be happy to be woken up in the middle of the night.

Chen Rui's beard was shaking and he looked very unhappy, as if if you don't give me a satisfactory reason, I will make you pay.

"Elder, please don't sleep. There are soul-eating rats destroying the spiritual fields!"

After saying that, Chen An casually threw three soul-eating rats at the other party's feet.

Chen Rui was stunned for a moment, smelling the faint smell of blood in the air, and all sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

Soul-eating rats are a great disaster, and the Liu family’s lesson is right before our eyes.

"Ah? This is outrageous! I'm going to the spiritual field to take a look. You quickly notify the others to protect the spiritual field!"

He gave an order, straightened his robe, and hurried towards the direction of the spiritual field.

Chen An went to the nearby area to wake up several clansmen. Word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Soon, all the spiritual farmers of the Chen family were mobilized.

When they heard that there were spirit-eating rats in the fields, everyone was on high alert.

Black nematodes are not as bad as this one. At least you still have time to save the former. At worst, the yield will be reduced and the quality will be poor.

The Soul-Eating Rats have huge appetites and can burrow into the ground. A few of them can destroy an acre of spiritual field. If you are not careful, the entire field may be barren overnight.

Fortunately, the Chen family has thirty or forty spiritual farmers, and there are only dozens of spirit-eating rats in the fields, so they can still deal with it.

After working all night, we finally eliminated the rat infestation in the fields and minimized the losses.

Even though the sky was already turning pale, no one dared to relax.

It was not until noon that the second elder ordered a group of people to rest.

"Chen An, you must be tired after working all night. Go back and have a rest first. I'll send someone to call you if there's anything else."

Chen An participated in this matter throughout and was very tired, so he said goodbye to the second elder.

He did not return to his own courtyard, but went to the third elder and found Chen Dazhuang.

"You want to buy a talisman?"

Chen Dazhuang looked at Chen An in doubt and said, "Don't you already know how to draw talismans?"

"You misunderstood. I was planning to buy a first-level mid-grade talisman."

I almost got injured at night. It was obvious that the defensive effect of the hemp clothing talisman was too low. If there were more soul-eating rats, I would have been seriously injured if not killed.

Since we have just discovered the Soul-Eating Rat and everyone has not yet fully reacted, we need to make preparations early.

Chen Dazhuang looked strange: "You came at a coincidence. Yesterday, the third elder just gave me a batch of talismans and asked me to sell them at the trade fair."

"Oh? That's great!"

Seeing Chen Dazhuang taking out a bunch of talismans, Chen An carefully selected them.

"Twenty Fire Snake Talismans, ten Earth Armor Talismans, and five Wind Talismans."

Chen Dazhuang calculated the price: "One Fire Snake Talisman is three spirit stones, and the Earth Armor Talisman and Wind Travel Talisman are four spirit stones, a total of one hundred and twenty spirit stones."

Chen An touched his storage bag, rolled his eyes, and said with a chuckle, "Brother Dazhuang, I bought so many talismans in one go, can you give me a discount?"

Chen Dazhuang bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I'll give you a 10% discount."

Chen An did not answer, but asked with a smile: "Brother Dazhuang, do you have any mid-grade magic weapon here?"

"Why do you ask?"

Chen Dazhuang couldn't help but touch his storage bag, feeling a little defensive.

"It's like this. I'll simply give you 120 spirit stones and you can lend me the magic weapon for a month. Don't worry, if there is any damage, I will compensate you according to the market price, not a single spirit stone less."

"This..." Chen Dazhuang calculated carefully and felt that he would not lose anything, so he nodded and agreed.

"Brother Dazhuang is really generous!"

After saying that, he placed one hundred and twenty spirit stones on the table.

Chen Dazhuang was also not vague. He took out a mid-grade magic weapon. The sword body exuded a faint spiritual aura and the blade was sharp. It was much stronger than Chen An's low-grade standard magic sword.

After the transaction was completed, Chen An returned home.

Touching the shriveled storage bag, he couldn't help but sigh that the money was spent like water, but the money had to be spent. Compared to his life, these few spirit stones were nothing.

As long as he can safely survive the rat infestation, his ability to earn spirit stones will be greatly enhanced, given that he has already reached the fourth level of Qi training.

(End of this chapter)