The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 893 - 871: Finding the Place

Chapter 893: Chapter 871: Finding the Place

The forest was tough to navigate, and Zhou SiLang was not familiar with the path. Relying solely on Zhou Hu’s spoken instructions to find their way inevitably led them to get lost, not to mention it was difficult to discern directions and confirm locations within the woodland.

It took them the better part of the next day wandering around before they finally found the place, and by the time they did, the sun was almost setting.

Zhou SiLang stood at the base of a tall tree, looking up at the rugged cliff face ahead. Then he started clearing away the vines that were entwined around a large, relatively flat rock and asked, "Brother Zhou Hu said when they got lost here, they drew a big tiger on a rock with stones. Do you think it could be this one?"

Bai Erlang said, "After so many years, can the drawing still be visible?"

"It should be," Zhou SiLang was not too certain, "It was scratched with a stone, the marks were deep."

Bai Shan stepped forward to help clear the vines, speaking casually, "There should be some traces left. Even if the tiger can’t be made out, with marks that deep, if there’s any sign of stone scraping, it’s likely their doing."

No sooner had he finished speaking than they saw several shallow scrapes beneath the vines they had cleared, seemingly washed over by rainwater, many traces no longer discernible. Yet it was clear these markings had been made by a person.

Zhou SiLang happily slapped the rock, excitedly saying, "This is the place, no doubt about it."

He boasted, "I’m pretty awesome, huh? I’ve never been here before, and only got lost once before finding it."

Manbao also excitedly gave Zhou SiLang a thumbs-up, "Brother Si, you’re really amazing. Let’s start searching now then."

Internally, Manbao communicated with Keke, "Keke, quickly help me see if it’s here."

Keke started chiming, "Three meters to the left, a previously unrecorded plant species is detected, a rare insect species is found on the leaves of a tree five meters away, capture is advisable, suggest capturing, eight meters behind is a rare tall tree, suggest recording its branches and leaves, soil..."

Manbao: "..."

This was obviously a rarely-trodden treasure trove, filled with numerous plants Manbao had never recorded before, especially the large trees. Manbao listened as it continued to chime, alongside reports of various small animals, anything it thought Manbao could catch and record was relayed.

Manbao sighed internally and said, "Keke, don’t worry. Even if I find the item, I’ll record all these things before leaving. First, help me find the item."

With Manbao’s assurance, Keke then started scanning underground, in crevices between rocks, and other strange places.

Bai Shan and the others had also rolled up their sleeves and started searching.

They all naturally focused their attention on the rugged stone hill. There was an irregular cave stretching into it below. If they were hiding something, they guessed it would be inside there.

Zhou SiLang and Daji were also searching there, so Manbao followed suit, rummaging around while waiting for Keke’s scan results.

After a while, Keke said, "Host, turn towards the left side of the cliff face."

Manbao crawled out from the rocky mountain and glanced to the left, seeing it was mostly overgrown with various vines and thorny bushes. Turning back, Manbao noticed the others had already squeezed into the cave to search.

Manbao had no choice but to pull out a small hoe from her backpack, clearing a path as she walked towards that direction, "Keke, is the item over there?"

"It’s just that something wrapped up has been detected underground on that side, not confirmed to be what the host is searching for."

Isn’t that for you to decide by opening it?

Manbao had only taken a few steps when Bai Shan crawled out. He caught up and asked, "Where are you going?"

Manbao pointed to a pile of tangled vines and said, "We can’t just look in this one cave, let’s go over there and have a look."

Bai Shan glanced at the messy vines over there, frowned, and looked at Manbao for a while before nodding and saying, "Alright, let’s go have a look."

He reached out to take the hoe from Manbao’s hand and walked ahead of her, "I’ll lead the way."

Daji, who had appeared at some point, took long strides to the front and said, "Young master, let me do it."

Both Bai Shan and Manbao were startled, "Daji, when did you come out?"

Daji smiled, didn’t speak, and took the hoe from Bai Shan, pushed the obstructing vines to the side, and made a path for them.

Bai Shan and Manbao supported each other as they moved forward but still got scratched by some branches on their faces.

After staggering forward for a while and pushing down the last section of vines, they discovered the area was much more open.

Manbao only took one look and said, "This place is shady, hence there are fewer plants."

Not only were there fewer plants, but the ground was also very moist, with flat stones covered in a layer of moss, extremely slippery. Bai Shan, not paying attention, slipped and sat down hard.

Manbao, who had been holding his hand, tried to steady him with force as he fell, but she too took a tumble.

Daji, who was walking in front, only managed to turn his head back in time to see both of them sitting on the mossy and muddy stones, and quickly moved to help them up.

The fall was quite painful. Manbao rubbed her buttocks and groaned with "ow, ow" when Keke suddenly said, "Host, lower your head and look to the right, is that Ganoderma in the hole below?"

Manbao paused, bent over to look, and saw something like an umbrella under a large stone that was blocking a hole.

She gasped and exclaimed to Bai Shan, "Quick, look, it’s Ganoderma!"

Daji, who was about to help them up, glanced at Manbao, puzzled why she suddenly looked down at the cave and managed to find Ganoderma so coincidentally.

Bai Shan also lay down to look, and indeed, it looked like what was described in the books. He, too, was excited and said, "It looks big, dig it out."

Daji couldn’t help but say, "Young master, shouldn’t we look for evidence first? Since it’s just us here, why not leave it for now and dig it out when we head back?"

Manbao felt he made sense and nodded repeatedly, "That’s right, let’s look for evidence first."

Then, standing up with Daji’s help, she rubbed her buttocks and said, "That hurts."

Bai Shan said, "We need to be more careful, the ground is very slippery."

The two, supporting each another, continued on. Keke guided them, "Follow along the cliff and move a bit further, right, just under a rock three steps away, there should be a stone that can move. There’s a package underneath, host, you could take a look."

Walking Manbao moved forward three steps and then squatted down, reaching out to pry the rock.

Bai Shan paused, then squatted down too to pry. Soon they wobbled a stone that seemed to move, trying to pull it out forcefully, but it seemed stuck and didn’t come out after just a slight move.

Seeing this, Daji came over to help.

He shook it and pried up a stone larger than a human head, revealing a small hole underneath.

The three of them squeezed their heads together to look inside. Bai Shan, caught in the middle, got knocked from both sides and suffered two painful thuds.

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