Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 213 - 140: The Imitation Vine That Ruined the Orchard, Yue Xiaosu’s Bullet
Hoo...
The strong wind blows.
The branches and leaves of the fruit trees are bent and sway in the wind.
The leaves are coated with a thin layer of sand, looking messy.
But the heavy snake-scaled mangoes dotted among them sway along, making Small and Big Eyes feel quite pleased.
"Ying ying ying!
"Aow aow aow!
"Ying ying ying!"
It carries a small bamboo basket on its back, jumping from branch to branch, picking snake-scaled mangoes one by one.
Crack!
Breaking one off, it holds it in its front paws.
"Aow?"
So big!
A snake-scaled mango, red-black in color, with fine scales. Small and Big Eyes can't hold it with one paw, it must use both front paws to cradle it!
Small and Big Eyes grins, rubs it against its face, and then tosses it into the bamboo basket.
This Snake Scale Fruit Tree Forest was cultivated from nothing by it, planted from start to finish, and today, after inviting the mentor to see it, has finally entered the harvest season!
Whish!
It jumps around among the branches, picking the fruits. Seeing each tree, all very familiar. Even the scars on the trees were left by it during pruning and pest digging.
Before long, it has picked a full basket and jumps down with a "whish," running to the edge of the orchard.
Already there are eight baskets of snake-scaled mangoes neatly arranged.
It places the basket from its back down, making the ninth one.
"Ying?"
It touches its plump head.
According to its estimation, the total output of this orchard should be around eleven or twelve baskets.
After picking the last few trees clean, it could invite the other senior and junior brothers to help carry the fruits to the main hall to show the mentor.
Although these snake-scaled mangoes cannot be eaten, they are precious medicinal materials, and the mentor would surely be happy to see them.
Suddenly, it smells a foul odor.
"Ying?"
It probes with its nose, sniffing around everywhere.
Following the scent, it steps forward to track it.
Once it traces the source, it fixes its gaze, finding the foul odor coming from its fourth basket of snake-scaled mangoes!
"Aow?"
This basket has grown dense white mold, rotten!
Moreover, the fruits inside are already decayed, oozing liquid.
The foul liquid even seeps from the bottom of the bamboo basket, soaking the soil.
Small and Big Eyes is stunned.
What is this?
White woolly mold fungi?
But it clearly applied medicine in advance, the orchard shouldn't have this!
Suddenly...
Another foul odor.
It turns its head to follow the scent, discovering its seventh basket of snake-scaled mangoes is making a "rustling" sound. Strands of white mold are emerging from the basket, contaminating each mango.
Between the gaps of the mangoes, murky and disgusting liquid can already be seen!
Whish!
Big and Small Eyes from the neighboring medicine field follows the scent over, coming close to see Small and Big Eyes' basket of rotten fruits.
"Aow?"
White woolly mold fungi?
Small and Big Eyes didn't apply medicine to the orchard?
Didn't the mentor previously mention to guard against this fungus?
Big and Small Eyes looks at the dazed Small and Big Eyes, hugs it, pats its back, and rubs its head against its head.
"Ying ying aow aow!"
...It's alright, the mentor won't scold you.
Small and Big Eyes stands dazed and mute for a long time...
It doesn't believe it!
It clearly applied medicine, why is there still mold?
After more than two years of hard work, just those two baskets of fruits are lost?
No knowing if the other baskets are contaminated.
Then what do its years of efforts amount to?
Raising its head, it cries out "Aow," tears flowing fiercely.
Breaking free from Big and Small Eyes' embrace, it runs off "whish-whish-whish," charging up the mountain road, tears scattering in the wind!
It wants to find its mentor!
It's been bullied by this orchard and wants the mentor to render justice!
...
Not long after, Bai Mo arrives sitting on a litter next to the Snake Scale Mango Garden.
Followed by Small and Big Eyes, whose tear marks have not yet dried, with a face full of grievance.
The four disciples carrying the litter, being highly empathetic, immediately run off behind a distant tree to meet with Big and Small Eyes.
"Ying ying ying!"
"Aow aow aow!"
"Ying ying aow aow!"
They're also wondering if Small and Big Eyes forgot to apply the medicine?
Such awkward moments require distancing, shouldn't watch Small and Big Eyes' misfortune directly.
But still, hiding behind the big tree, secretly poking their heads out peering at the distance.
To see the mentor and Small and Big Eyes leaning close to the baskets of fruits...
Bai Mo picks up Small and Big Eyes, stroking its head.
"Don't feel so wronged.
"It's alright.
"Let's look together."
Focusing carefully, out of the nine baskets of fruits, six baskets have grown white mold, rotting into murky liquid.
Bai Mo takes a look and smell, expands Divine Sense to inspect details.
Discovering that what led to the rot of the fruits is indeed white woolly mold fungi!
Yet he trusts his disciple wouldn't forget to apply medicine.
He also trusts his antifungal medications wouldn't go wrong.
Since that's the case, where did the white woolly mold fungi come from?
Holding Small and Big Eyes with one arm, crouching down, he extends a hand into the moldy liquid-filled bamboo basket of mangoes, slowly grasping fingers to feel the texture.
Divine Sense extends to the greatest range and highest precision, sensing the moldy liquid, attempting to uncover any sly tricks...
Not long after, his brow furrows.
"Eh?
"In this basket, mixed in are fake fruits, fake snake-scaled mangoes?
"The interior of these fake snake-scaled mangoes lacks fruit flesh, juice, and seeds, filled only with white woolly mold fungi!
"The fake fruits explode in the basket, causing the white woolly mold fungi to contaminate all real fruits, thus turning the entire basket into moldy liquid."
Small and Big Eyes lying on mentor's shoulder, raises its pudgy head, its tear-filled eyes blurred.
Listening to mentor like this, it's somewhat relieved, but then suddenly understands...the mentor is coaxing it!
The entire Snake Scale Mango Garden was completely planted by it, how could there be fake fruits?
