C52 Giant locust

Yang Junshan stayed in the pomegranate forest for three days. After the Tigress' breath had become stronger and steadier, Yang Junshan knew that Tigress had passed her life-threatening period. Although she still had not awoken, she was actually immersed in cultivation.

After killing a few hare chickens on the western mountain, and throwing the prey in front of Tigress and resealing the cave, Yang Junshan was finally able to go down the mountain.

Before Yang Junshan left, Seventh Aunt Yang Tianyan and Uncle Anxia brought Yang Junhao to return to the Blue Stone Town in Chenyu County. When Yang Junshan returned, it was obvious that his father, Yang Tian Gang, was not in a good mood.

"Your uncle reported this matter to the Heaven Shaking Sect. The Heaven Shaking Sect has already placed a ban on all cultivators in the Yu County to participate in the stone gambling!" Han Xiumei told Yang Junshan in secret.

"That can't be true!" Yang Junshan was surprised, "Why is the Heaven Shaking Sect so big? Isn't it fine to just quietly collect them? If they keep making such a big fuss, then what secrets does the Rust Stone have?"

"That's right!" Han Xiumei also said, "According to your father, all the ores in the market have been confiscated. Now, whether it's the Grass City or the county's market, it's rare to even see a merchant selling goods. Even Old Li San, who used to sell all kinds of ores to your father was taken away by Qian Chun the day before yesterday. His belongings were all confiscated, and it's said that he still hasn't let them out."

Yang Junshan's face turned cold, "Is he here for my father?"

"Your dad said that he had that intention, but he didn't have that courage. There's a high chance that he's trying to show off to your dad!"

"He only has this little bit of ability, then why is my dad unhappy? Could it be that just because we forbid gambling, we are unable to collect the Rust Ore Stone?"

Han Xiumei sighed and said, "Although our family was separated, your father still couldn't let the Yang family go. He told your uncle about the Rust Stone, but in his heart, your father still wanted to inform the Yang family through your uncle. Who knew that your uncle would report this to the Heaven Shaking Sect for his own future."

However, at this time, Yang Junshan's mind was no longer on the Rust Ore. The Heaven Shaking Sect should be trying their best to hide the reason why they were so impatient to collect the Rust Ore.

No matter how strong the Heaven Shaking Sect was, it could only control a Yu County. If this matter was done in secret, they could unknowingly increase the scope of the ore collection outside of Yu County, but with the current restrictions on the trade in ores, although they could sweep away all the Rust Ore in Yu County in a short period of time, in the long run, they would prevent ore from entering Yu County. Moreover, it would definitely attract the attention of the people outside of Yu County, and the secret of the Rust Stone would be known by everyone.

Unless the Heaven Shaking Sect was in urgent need of a large amount of jade coins, and only such a slow and reliable method of saving time would be abandoned, this method of exhausting the water would only be used.

But just what did the Heaven Shaking Sect crave for jade coins to this extent? After all, the Heaven Shaking Sect had dominated Yu County for more than just a few years. No matter what, they should not be short on money to spend!

Although Yang Junshan didn't understand the reason, he knew that the Heaven Shaking Sect in his previous life was still an unreachable existence in the hearts of the Yu County cultivators right before it collapsed. No one would have thought that such a colossal existence would suddenly collapse!

Perhaps the Heaven Shaking Sect was already rotting in a place that no one could see. Perhaps the matter of the Rusty Stone had accidentally touched the wounds of the Heaven Shaking Sect, which was why the Heaven Shaking Sect reacted so violently.

Yang Junshan hurried to the backyard, where Su Baozhang was taking Yang Junping and the others to practice the Savage Bull Fist. Seeing Yang Junshan return, Su Baozhang smiled and said, "Brother Junshan, how is that tigress? How come you didn't bring her back?"

Yang Junshan had something on his mind. As he was about to go find Yang Tian Gang, he heard him and said, "It is still recovering!"

After thinking for a while, Yang Junshan stopped and waved at Yang Junping, "Second brother, I've instructed you to capture grasshoppers in the fields these past few days. Have you gone?"

Hearing that, Yang Junping revealed a look of reluctance, "Those are all children's playthings. I'm almost 11 now, and I'm still going to the fields to catch grasshoppers?"

Seeing Yang Junshan's face darken, Yang Junping quickly said, "I have been trying to catch grasshoppers these few days, especially when Thirteenth Brother was there two days ago. It was those two who caught the locust!"

Yang Junshan found his little sister again. Yang Junhao, who was the same age as her for the past two days, left, and Tigress was also severely injured. Yang Junping had been affected by his big brother's hard work these days, which made Yang Junxin, who had lost her playmate, very unhappy.

Yang Junxin was surprised to hear her brother ask her about the locusts. "There are a lot of locusts in the field, and my uncles in the field said it's a good day. There are a lot of grasshoppers in the field."

"Then, little sister, how big are the locusts that you've caught these past few days?"

Yang Junxin thought for a moment before gesturing with her hands. "It's that big!"

Yang Junshan saw that his sister's locust size was almost as big as a cat's. He scratched her nose, not knowing whether to laugh or cry and said, "Why didn't such a big locust eat you?"

At the side, Su Bao Zhang saw Yang Jun Shan constantly asking about the size and size of the locusts, so he asked with a smile: "Brother Jun Shan, why are you asking about this? Could it be that there will be a locust plague this year?"

Yang Junshan thought for a while and said, "Just in case. I have seen a lot of locusts flying around the back mountains of the west mountain. I just don't know what other places they might be in."

Seeing Yang Junshan's seriousness, Su Bao Zhang said: "Although our village already has four Martial Disciples working together to resist the large scale locust invasion, but there are times where we can't take care of them. In the past, every time a locust plague came along, it would always bring some damage, so I think it's better for you to talk to the village head first. It's better that you make some preparations beforehand."

If it was really just an ordinary plague of locusts, Yang Junshan didn't care anymore. When locusts came from all directions, most of them would be destroyed by the village cultivators' magic before they could even land in the fields. In the end, even if there were any losses, it was still extremely limited.

However, the problem lay in the fact that the locust plague in Yang Junshan's memories was not simple at all. The locusts that came blotting out the sky and covering the earth were not ordinary locusts, their bodies were almost twice the size of ordinary locusts, and ordinary locusts were only a couple of inches larger than normal locusts, while the locusts in that locust plague were each half the size of a palm.

Facing the combined attacks of the many cultivators of the spirit farming village, the number of locusts that were killed was extremely limited. The remaining locusts broke through the obstructions and charged into the spirit field to devour the Spirit Valley.

Although Yang Tian, who was at the top of the village at that time, saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered his men to take back the Spirit Valley, when the entire village worked together to control the locust swarm, only thirty percent of the Spirit Valley's remaining Spirit Valley disciples were captured. The remaining Spirit Valley disciples all went into the stomachs of the locusts.

The locust plague did not only affect the town. The entire Mengyu County was affected. Aside from Mengyu County, three of the five other counties were affected by it. After that, the price of the spirit valleys in Yuzhou, which was under the control of the Heaven Shaking Sect, doubled.

Yang Tian didn't pay much attention when he heard Yang Junshan mention the locust plague, but Yang Junshan couldn't tell him that the locust plague was very different from other locusts. In the end, he could only say that he found a few locusts that were almost twice the size of ordinary locusts, and they didn't look like ordinary locusts. Instead, they looked like small sized fierce beasts.

This really attracted Yang Tian's attention. However, when Yang Tian asked him where the locusts' corpses were, Yang Junshan told him everything according to the memories of his previous life, about where the locust corpses came from. He could only say that he had accompanied Tigress in the mountains these past few days, and roasted them after catching the locusts.

No matter what, Yang Junshan's nonsense caught Yang Tian's attention. Yang Tian thought for a moment and said, "This way, judging from this year's weather, it seems like a year when a locust plague occurs. It's just that the giant locust swarm you spoke of still needs to find a few living creatures or corpses, otherwise, I would have called the whole village together to resist the locust plague."

Yang Junshan knew that this was the best he could do now, so he nodded and smiled evilly, "Then I'll go look for more. But dad, shouldn't you give me the red rusted ore's jade coin?"

Yang Tian's face hardened as he said, "Why do you want to talk about jade coins like that?"

From his father's tone, he could tell that this time, he should have gained quite a lot. He quickly shouted, "Ever since we came back from Hundred Sparrow Mountain, I don't have a stone coin on me, and now that I have broken through to the third stage, I have to learn how to make talismans, carve some tools, and prepare some things for my own cultivation. I can't let your son use the three stone bow to shoot a Martial Disciple cultivator's butt, right?"

Yang Tian said, "Oh, that makes sense. Here, take these jade coins!"

Yang Junshan impatiently grabbed the bag that Yang Tian just threw and weighed it in his hand. His face immediately changed as he said: "Dad, that's not right, how come it's only 10 jade coins, ah, you don't have to do that ah, we agreed that the red rust Plains's 10% of the jade coins are mine, you can't just take out 100 jade coins, right?"

"Even if there are ten of them, it's still not enough?" Yang Tian's eyes immediately widened as he scolded, "Which family did you see had so many jade coins? The jade coins you took out this time were all used by your mother to break through to Martial Disciple. If you think it's too little, ask your mother!"

Yang Junshan immediately lost his temper. Just as he was about to leave his father's room dejectedly, he was stopped. He raised his head and saw a rock being thrown from Yang Tian's hand.

Yang Junshan quickly caught it. It turned out to be a red rusted ore the size of half a fist. He heard Yang Tian say: "This was given to you by your seventh uncle. It will depend on your luck to get a few jade coins out."

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This chapter was a bit late. He had to go out at night and spend quite a bit of time there.