Despite the naughty and sky-piercing eagles' eyes turning green at the sight of the energy pills, they dared not snatch them from the ground-drilling rats.
A glance at the entire terraced mountain before them made their eyelids twitch and their scalps tingle.
Such a massive mountain, if they were to clear it, how long would it take?
Even with ten bottles of energy pills, they couldn't finish it!
Those rats were born for this kind of work. It was understandable that their master rewarded them with a bottle of energy pills, as they themselves were too slow to do such a thing.
This is like saying snakes have their paths, turtles have theirs, and mice are born to dig.
The eagle and the dog comforted themselves, and their slight psychological imbalance was immediately calmed.
The ground-drilling rat extended a paw and, without being taught, twisted open the bottle cap and gave each ground-drilling rat an energy pill.
Then, it tucked the bottle of energy pills into its chest.
Uh!
Cheng Xiaofan initially thought he was seeing things.
He rubbed his eyes and found that the ground-drilling rat had a natural pouch on its chest.
These ground-drilling rats were as cute and adorable as rabbits, but surprisingly, they also had the functions of a kangaroo.
It seemed this ground-drilling rat was the treasurer among them. It put the bottle of energy into its pouch, and the other ground-drilling rats had no objections.
"Squeak squeak!"
The ground-drilling rat spoke, "We have eaten the energy pills bestowed by our master, and now it is time for us to play our part.
Let's get to work!"
Immediately, the nine ground-drilling rats, as if diving into water, leaped into the air and plunged into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the soil in the top terraces began to churn rapidly. The weeds fell in large swathes, all turning into powder.
As for the large trees, they crashed down with a roar, shattering inch by inch, also turning into powder.
The soil on the ground, while constantly churning, also turned over layer by layer, pushing forward with a sense of hierarchy.
"Heavens, this is truly astonishing!"
Bai Yiling exclaimed, wide-eyed and dumbfounded.
Cheng Xiaofan was also witnessing the ground-drilling rats' prowess in clearing wasteland for the first time, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "This is indeed shocking!"
"I only knew that the legendary ground-drilling rats, besides being skilled in earth遁术 (dùnshù - escape techniques), were also adept at clearing wasteland. To witness it with my own eyes, I can hardly believe what I'm seeing. Is it real?"
Indeed, looking at the breathtaking scene before him, Cheng Xiaofan began to doubt his own existence.
Through his x-ray vision, he saw the nine ground-drilling rats lined up in a horizontal formation, their forelimbs digging forward, their hindlimbs pushing backward, their mouths opening and closing, constantly biting at the roots of grass and trees.
With every forward lunge they made, a faint blue light seemed to flash on their bodies.
The power generated by the faint blue light was immense, capable of instantly destroying the weeds on the ground, and even massive trees.
Cheng Xiaofan was stunned!
These ground-drilling rats truly lived up to their reputation as mythical rats!
If they were to fight the sky-piercing eagle, what would be the victory rate of the aerial overlord?
However, each divine pet had its own special abilities, and one couldn't expect them to be all-rounders.
In less than an hour, these free laborers had already cleared more than ten mu of terraced land.
At this divine speed, it was estimated that within two or three days, these ground-drilling rats would have completely cleared this terraced mountain.
Excellent!
Truly excellent!
These were the true masters of wasteland reclamation!
Cheng Xiaofan was somewhat lost in the scene before him.
"Xiaofan, how did you obtain these ground-drilling rats?"
Bai Yiling's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she asked Cheng Xiaofan excitedly.
"How should I put it?"
Cheng Xiaofan scratched his head with a mischievous look and said, "At that time, I discovered this terraced mountain and was considering how to develop it when, unexpectedly, these adorable creatures suddenly appeared in my dream!"
"When I woke up from my dream, I found them surrounding me, bowing and begging me to take them in, expressing their willingness to serve me with all their might!"
"You tell me, isn't this a form of serendipity?"
"Huh? Did something like that happen?"
Bai Yiling didn't see through his pretense and genuinely believed him. "Xiaofan, your charm is really something. Even beasts are attracted to you!"
Uh?
Cheng Xiaofan's expression turned dark.
Was this beautiful woman praising him or subtly insulting him?
Why did it sound like he was being grouped with beasts?
"What you said makes some sense!" Cheng Xiaofan nodded somewhat awkwardly.
Seeing the red sun about to set, the birds in the forest singing joyfully, and the evening mist already spreading into the valley, he couldn't help but say, "Yiling, let's have dinner tonight on the small boat on the lake. Let the sky-piercing eagle fetch us some wild game!"
"Okay, Xiaofan, I'll listen to you. Whatever you eat, I'll eat!" Bai Yiling said happily.
Cheng Xiaofan immediately called the sky-piercing eagle and asked it to search for wild game in the deep mountains, arranging dinner for that day there.
The sky-piercing eagle let out a cry and was about to fly away when naughty leaped up and landed on its back.
"Master, let me go with this wicked eagle. When it comes to catching pheasants and rabbits, its movements aren't as agile.
However, if I catch a wild rabbit, the rabbit's legs should belong to Uncle Dog."
"Stop dawdling and go quickly!"
This dog's mouth was always full of nonsense, he was becoming a gossip dog.
Fortunately, the sky-piercing eagle was broad-minded and never argued with naughty, ignoring whatever it said.
While the sky-piercing eagle carried naughty in search of wild game, Cheng Xiaofan and Bai Yiling went down the mountain.
Cheng Xiaofan picked up some dry firewood at the foot of the mountain and placed it at the bow of the boat.
Inside the boat's cabin, there was a box containing seasonings for daily cooking, as well as some rice and flour.
Not long after, accompanied by a loud screech from the sky-piercing eagle, it flew over from the mountains.
"Woof woof!"
As the sky-piercing eagle landed beside the boat, naughty leaped down from its back, holding a gray wild rabbit in its arms.
"Master, I'm exhausted. Look at this wild rabbit I caught, it must weigh at least five pounds!
If I'm not rewarded with two wild rabbit legs tonight, my strength won't be easily restored.
This wicked eagle is becoming more and more useless. If it weren't for Uncle Dog stepping in, how could it have caught such a big wild rabbit?"
"Get away!"
Cheng Xiaofan shouted impatiently, "This was clearly caught by the sky-piercing eagle, how did it become your achievement?"
"You dog, do you think my eyes can't see?"
"Wuu—"
Naughty whimpered in fear and scurried to the side.
I just wanted to brag a little, can't you pretend not to know?
You're scolding Uncle Dog like this in front of ten white swans, how can I maintain my dignity, does a dog's face still have any dignity?
Forget it, a good dog doesn't fight its master for dignity. I won't argue with you.
Naughty dejectedly went to the ten white swans and instructed them, "What master just said, pretend you didn't hear it. Master can never understand Uncle Dog's abilities."