Chapter 56: Feral Spot
The grey-haired man was between them in an instant.
“Junior Feral Spot, look at what has happened to you!” He crouched down and held the hissing worm up with a clothe-covered palm. “Time and time again, you’ve been warned not to steal from the medicine fields!”
He looked middle-aged, maybe late forties, with brown eyes under thin brows that squinted at the earthworm’s maw. His sleeves were ripped off, revealing arms rippling with muscle, much like Duan Xiaolong’s.
A slight pressure extended from the man, and Yu Han held his breath. The worm wiggled, as if trying to escape the man’s grasp, but he held it tight. After a while, he dropped the worm.
“You nearly died, Junior Feral Spot. Your insides are filled with Blue-vein Underspore roots. You’re lucky you could escape above ground when it sprouted within you. Otherwise, you’d just be fertiliser now.”
The worm hissed once. The man looked confused, then angry again. “Whatever you’re trying to say, this time, we at the Alchemy Hall won’t listen to any excuses! We’ll have a word with your patriarch, and then let’s see how you can be so wilful.”
The man stood up. He scanned all those present, including the donkey.
The worm hissed, then pointed at the bag with the fruiting bodies using its tail.
The man reached out, and the hemp bag floated to him.