Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Everything is Understood Without Words (Please follow, seeking Yue tickets!)
As long as there was a reward involved, transporting some food seemed quite worthwhile to the Mountain Lord.
After Wang Sheng got the agreement, he turned to Li Peng and said, “Grandpa Li, we can have some people bring the food to the Mountain Lord. It’ll help us transport it, and as for the rest, everyone can take turns carrying it.”
The Mountain Lord was strong, but its size meant it couldn’t carry everything at once, so the leftover part had to be carried in turns.
Li Peng was close enough to overhear what Wang Sheng and the Mountain Lord were discussing.
Despite having anticipated it, Li Peng was still surprised to receive confirmed information that Wang Sheng’s relationship with the Mountain Lord was even better than he had imagined.
However, willing to have the Mountain Lord shoulder some of the burden, Li Peng immediately called over some of the older grain carriers.
“Yun Sheng has helped us secure a convenience…”
Li Peng recounted the details of the Mountain Lord carrying the food, and the robust food carriers looked at Wang Sheng as if he were a celestial being.
To ordinary people, having the Mountain Lord transport grain was no different from having a Mountain God do it.
Soon, they figured out how to tie some of the food onto the Mountain Lord’s back. Since they would be entering the mountains, baskets were covered with leaves and hemp cloth bags, then tied up, so they weren’t worried about losing any.
After securing the load, the Mountain Lord tested the weight.
Pretty decent, actually—it felt a bit light. Earning two pills for this trip was a great deal!
And so, the group set off happily.
The journey, which they originally thought would take until the next day, was expedited with the help of the Mountain Lord, to the point where they arrived just as it was getting dark, despite taking breaks along the way.
Upon arrival, it was still Li Peng who led the way to a cave within the mountain stronghold.
Not only was this cave hidden and dry, but it was also ideally suited to store grain and was one of the few places that was safe and intact.
Seeing how familiar Li Peng was with the place, they realized that he must have prepared everything when he scouted the environment the previous time.
First, the strong men unloaded the food from the Mountain Lord and then carried it into the cave.
Wang Sheng didn’t take part in this task, primarily because the Mountain Lord had latched onto him.
The Mountain Lord had come to collect its reward.
This time, Wang Sheng didn’t dilly-dally and directly gave it two Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills.
It wouldn’t do to delay when the Mountain Lord had already completed the transport.
The Mountain Lord happily swallowed the Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills and then laid down to digest them comfortably.
It wasn’t about to leave. What if Wang Sheng needed its assistance on the return trip tomorrow?
Perhaps it could earn a few more pills.
After the goods were unloaded and because of the day-long travel, the strong men rested in the grain storage cave.
Everyone was exhausted, so after eating a bit, they went to sleep.
However, when they woke up the next day, everyone was somewhat puzzled.
“Why do I feel so energetic?”
“Me too! After walking for so long yesterday, I’m not tired at all. Was the overnight rest really that effective?”
The crowd was baffled until Li Peng, Li Yongfeng, and Li Wenguang—several astute individuals—turned their gazes toward Wang Sheng.
They had been through the mountains before and naturally knew what the result would be after carrying heavy loads for so many days.
Feeling absolutely no fatigue was possible for a martial artist but not for ordinary people.
Given the circumstances, it was easy for Li Peng and the others to guess the reason.
Wang Sheng noticed the hint in their actions and shook his head.
Indeed, he was responsible for this.
Last night, when they had prepared some simple wild vegetable soup, Wang Sheng had stealthily dropped a Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill into it and let it dissolve.
That is why they felt so full of vigor when they got up.
However, there was no need to explain.
Seeing that Wang Sheng didn’t want to elaborate, Li Peng and the others remained silent.
The group quickly packed up and got ready to return.
The cave had already been concealed with some materials, and they had the Mountain Lord sleep at the entrance all night.
Unless humans approached, generally no beast dared to enter.
It should be free from problems for a day or two.
Several people began their return journey, intending to transport a second batch.
Mountain Lord approached Wang Sheng and asked if he still needed to transport people, saying the same price as last time would be acceptable.
Wang Sheng understood its meaning and found it amusing, but he still shook his head, “No need this time!”
Though many people shared one Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pill, Wang Sheng had initially thought the pill’s effects were a bit too potent. This journey back was a perfect opportunity for them to digest the medicine appropriately, which would greatly benefit their health.
Upon receiving this answer, Mountain Lord’s head drooped.
No Myrrh Pills to earn, so time to leave!
However, before it could turn away, Wang Sheng spoke again, “You can follow us, though. We still need to transport some grain. You help us carry it, and the price will be the same as before.”
Which meant two Ten-Complete Great Replenishing Pills!
Mountain Lord nodded its head frantically.
This was good; it was willing!
Watching the excited Mountain Lord, Wang Sheng sighed. It was indeed very easy to persuade!
Transporting grain was much heavier than transporting people, and yet the price was cheaper than carrying people.
The price was whatever he said it was.
What Mountain Lord didn’t know was that while Wang Sheng was lamenting how easy it was to coax the Mountain Lord, the Mountain Lord was also admiring Wang Sheng for how easily he was fooled.
It’s great!
To earn such valuable resources by simply walking back and forth a few times, without the need to fight fiercely or to tread carefully, could there be a more worthwhile deal?
No!
It could not be too greedy; irritating the easy target wouldn’t be good.
Such matters required a steady approach, much like its spring water.
Both man and tiger had their own thoughts, and everything was understood without words.
Upon returning to Qingshan Village, the village chief Zhou Zhengwen found it odd to see the group returning so early.
Once he learned of the situation, he looked at Wang Sheng with a renewed sense of awe.
It was indeed good to have a Martial Artist in the village!
Wang Sheng had approached him.
“Chief, let’s pack the grain into bags. Mountain Lord and I will transport them!”
The villagers, moving through the mountains, were slow in transporting the grain, even with Mountain Lord’s help it would take a day to reach their destination.
It would be much quicker to pack the grain into bags and have Mountain Lord and himself transport it together.
Without waiting for the villagers, they could make several round trips in a day and finish in two or three days.
The village chief hadn’t expected Wang Sheng to make such a suggestion, and he felt a bit embarrassed.
“How could we trouble just you with this…”
“It’s fine; we’re all from the same village, and this will also save time.”
In the end, Wang Sheng convinced the village chief.
Everyone packed the grain into bags, then transported them into the forest.
Mountain Lord did not leave but waited there as it had already negotiated with Wang Sheng.
Aside from the village chief, who saw Mountain Lord for the first time, the others were not so surprised.
“Tie the grain bags onto Mountain Lord, and try to tie as many as possible.”
Mountain Lord had no shortage of physical strength.
Packed in bags, carrying thousands of pounds was not a problem at all.
Soon, Mountain Lord’s massive, five-meter-long body was laden with bags of grain.
“I’ll take it from here, chief!” Wang Sheng said as he leapt up, landing atop the bags of grain on Mountain Lord’s back.
“Let’s go, Mountain Lord!”
Under the envious gazes of the onlookers, Wang Sheng began his first grain transport trip.
While he was busy transporting grain, a group of people was heading towards Lijiang Town, dressed in the military armor of the River King’s army…