Chapter 699 - 699 The Chief Asked Me to Patrol the Mountain
699 The Chief Asked Me to Patrol the Mountain
The surrounding straw men looked at the dense bodies of the straw men on the ground and revealed excited expressions.
Especially when they saw a straw woman, that kind of joy was beyond words.
There were hundreds of thousands of straw people! If all of them were to spawn life, it was simply impossible to imagine how many times stronger the paddies would be, and how many farmlands they would be able to protect.
In their eyes, they didn’t think that these were inanimate objects at all. Instead, they saw them as new members who would soon come to life.
The straw men race had the spiritual pond, and these straw men were already considered members of their own race.
“I wonder if the chief is satisfied with the gift this time.” Li Xiang said indifferently.
“I’m very satisfied. Defeating the grain thieves has always been the mission of our straw people. Wherever there are grain thieves, there will be us straw people. With so many brothers, we can increase our population. You could even let the straw men be stationed in your city to guard your rice fields and food and defeat the grain thieves.” The golden Straw man was also extremely excited.
“Chief, you mean we can cultivate an army of straw men for the Kingdom of Dawn.” Li Xiang’s eyes flashed as he quickly asked.
If they could really do it, the benefits would be too great.
“No, we straw people exist to protect the rice fields, not to fight and kill. We will only protect the food and the rice fields. We will not participate in any war.” The golden Straw man refused decisively.
“I don’t need you to participate in the war. You just need to protect the rice fields for us. You only have one rice field here, but we have countless rice fields in the Kingdom of Dawn. There will be more in the future. We need straw men in our rice fields, in our orchards, and in our vegetable fields. Also, I will give you Star Coins as a reward for guarding the fields and crops.”
Li Xiang was keenly aware that the nature of these straw men was to guard the rice fields and protect the food. Moreover, he had a perverted obsession with this kind of protection, and he could not get rid of it.
As expected, the moment they heard that there would be many paddy fields to guard, the surrounding straw men’s eyes lit up with passion. They were so excited that their bodies were trembling.
“What is this?”
The golden Straw man’s eyes lit up when he saw the Star Coins in Li Xiang’s hand. As he held it in his hand, a trace of golden light naturally entered his body through his arm. A look of enjoyment appeared on his face.
“Good stuff. It contains pure power of will. It can be absorbed to increase one’s strength and strengthen one’s body.”
After a long time, the golden Straw man came back to his senses, and a hint of passion appeared in his eyes. He found out that Star Coins could be absorbed and enhanced their strength. This was extremely magical. He had found crystals before, but it was too difficult for the straw men to absorb the power of the crystals. They could only eat them and hide them in their bodies. It was not fast and troublesome. The Star Coins could be absorbed directly. It contained pure power of will, which was of great benefit to their strength.
Although the Star Coins were made of the power of will and crystals, the energy inside had already been perfectly integrated with the power of will. They could instead use the power of will to completely absorb the power inside and strengthen themselves.
This was the first time he had seen an external object that could be directly absorbed to enhance his strength.
“As long as you agree, all the straw men involved will be paid. This is the income from labor, and the wage is this kind of Star Coin.” Li Xiang said indifferently, but his eyes were full of sincerity.
“We’ll talk after I help you chase away the thief!” The golden Straw man didn’t make a decision immediately. Instead, it decided to discuss this matter later.
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and a large group of straw men immediately began to move the straw men that had been tied up. He walked toward the cave that contained the spiritual pond, but he did not let Li Xiang get close. He could only wait outside.
As they went in, a steady stream of straw men came out of the cave. They were originally inanimate objects, but now they had life, intelligence, and souls. One by one, they celebrated their new life and jumped up in joy, letting out strange laughter.
Li Xiang couldn’t help but smile and shake his head, not minding it.
This was the joy of being born.
However, not long after, these straw people began to sing.
“The sun winks at me, and the birds sing for me. I’m a hard-working and non-clingy little vixen.
“Don’t ask me where I’m from and don’t ask me where I’m going. I want to pick the most beautiful flower and offer it to my little princess.
“The chief asked me to patrol the mountain, so I turned the rice fields around. Beating my drum, beating my gong, life is full of rhythm.
“The chief asked me to patrol the mountain and catch a thief. The water in the mountain stream is extremely sweet. The seedlings drank a lot and are happy…”
A cheerful song came out from the straw men’s mouths. The group of straw men sang happily as if they were singing and dancing.
But why did Li Xiang feel that this song was so familiar?
“The song of the straw men? I’m afraid that this group of straw men has really obtained some good fortune and is about to become a unique race. With the spiritual pond, the straw men will be able to survive without any problems.” Li Xiang couldn’t help but smile and shake his head, his eyes flashing.
Looking at the newly born straw men joining the ranks of singing and dancing, he could not help but feel a kind of joy and emotion from life. This feeling was very strong.
“What a simple and pure joy! These straw men are great. They don’t need to think about anything and can just focus on guarding the fields. The simpler, the happier, and the more complicated it is, the less happy they will be.” Li Xiang secretly sighed.
“Alright, all the straw men have a life now. Thank you for your straw men. I’ll personally lead the team to guard the rice fields and fight the grain thieves!” The golden Straw man walked out of the cave with joy.
The joy in his eyes could not be concealed when he saw the excited laughter of the straw men everywhere.
Once he was happy, he directly expressed that he would personally lead this new batch of straw men to protect the grain.
“Thank you, chief!” Li Xiang was overjoyed.
However, he still said, “However, the grain thieves this time are very cunning. If they see you guys go over like this, they might be afraid and not come out. So, I plan to…”
Then, he explained his plan to the golden Straw man.
The golden Straw man nodded immediately. “As long as we can defeat the thief, it doesn’t matter what we do!”
“Alright, please enter the portal.” With a wave of his hand, the Void Divine Gate appeared on the empty ground.
“Brothers, let’s go and protect the grain!” The golden Straw man shouted.
“Protect the grain, protect the grain…”
“Protect the paddy fields! Defeat the grain thieves! Defeat the grain thieves!”
The straw men shouted.
One by one, they quickly entered the portal with solemn expressions and fanatical eyes. They wanted to kill the thief immediately to protect their crops, rice fields, and food.
They had the courage to fight all grain thieves.