Mythical Cultivation

Chapter 391 Shadow Rat or Treasure Hunting Rat?

The shadow mouse slowly approached Wu Ming and sniffed him first.

Suddenly, the mouse's head, which had been drooping, suddenly raised up, and an expression of surprise appeared on its face, as if it had discovered something.

The shadow mouse pointed its face straight at Wu Ming's eyes, and then began to call out non-stop. The voice was both excited and urgent, as if urging Wu Ming to do something.

“Squeak, squeak…”

However, Wu Ming did not react to Shadow Rat's actions. He just lay there quietly with his eyes wide open.

Wu Ming looked at Shadow Mouse's series of strange movements and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

He wondered to himself, was there any special reason why this shadow mouse behaved so abnormally?

Although Wu Ming already had some guesses in his mind, he was seriously injured and unable to move, so he was unable to verify these guesses for the time being.

Shadow Mouse stared with its round little eyes, curiously looking at the motionless human in front of it - Wu Ming.

It approached Wu Ming cautiously, sniffed him first, and then gently nudged him with its mouth. However, Wu Ming still did not react.

Seeing this, Shadow Mouse couldn't help but wonder, "Why is this guy not reacting at all? Is he injured?"

Its intelligence, like that of a seven or eight-year-old child, allowed it to quickly realize the problem.

"Well, if he's injured, I'll give him some of the herbs and spiritual fruits that I usually eat when I'm injured. Maybe he'll get better! Then I can ask him to help me open the bag and get the treasure inside!"

Shadow Mouse thought to himself. At this thought, a glimmer of excitement flashed in his little eyes.

Thinking of this, it was about to go back to its cave to bring some spiritual herbs and fruits, but after seeing the storage bag it had thrown on the ground.

Without hesitation, it dug a hole in the ground in front of Wu Ming and buried the storage bag in it.

After burying the storage bag, Shadow Mouse was still not at ease, so he stepped on it with his thick paws to make sure that the storage bag was buried tightly.

After doing all this, Shadow Mouse nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and disappeared quickly like a shadow, leaving no one knowing where he went.

Wu Ming stared at the shadow mouse as it walked away, thinking to himself, "There seems to be something wrong with this shadow mouse. Its behavior is very different from that of ordinary shadow mice.

Normally, shadow rats are extremely ferocious and will never easily let go of the ferocious beasts they regard as prey.

However, this shadow rat turned a blind eye to those ferocious beasts and even let them leave peacefully, which is really contrary to common sense."

The more Wu Ming thought about it, the more he felt that the shadow mouse's behavior was very strange, and he couldn't help but begin to doubt its true identity.

"Could it be that this isn't a pure shadow mouse?"

A thought suddenly flashed through Wu Ming's mind. "Looking at its behavior, it does resemble another monster - the treasure-hunting rat, but it looks nothing like it."

Thinking of this, Wu Ming's heartbeat involuntarily quickened a bit.

He recalled the various behaviors of the shadow rat just now, especially the way its eyes lit up when it saw his storage bag. It was exactly the same as the legendary treasure-hunting rat.

"Yes, that must be the case! Even if it's not a treasure-hunting rat, it's possible that it has the bloodline of a treasure-hunting rat."

Wu Ming was secretly determined in his heart.

"Only a treasure-hunting rat would be so obsessed with treasures, and this shadow rat is obviously attracted by something in my storage bag."

The more Wu Ming thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was reasonable. He even began to feel fortunate that he had met such a special shadow mouse.

You know, although treasure-hunting rats are timid and fearful, they have a unique ability - the ability to sniff out the scent of various rare treasures.

Therefore, many monks are attracted to treasure-hunting rats, hoping to tame them as their pets.

"Even if it's not a treasure-hunting rat, it might have the blood of a treasure-hunting rat. That would be great!"

Wu Ming was secretly delighted. "With its help, I will definitely be able to find treasures with half the effort in the future."

However, Wu Ming also knew that it was not easy to tame this treasure-hunting rat.

After all, treasure-hunting rats are timid by nature and will run away at the slightest sign of trouble. It takes a certain amount of skill and patience to tame them.

Most monks regard treasure-hunting rats as pets rather than tamed animals and will not use them in combat.

This is because treasure-hunting rats have an innate special ability. They are extraordinary sensitive to various treasures and can help monks find many unexpected precious items.

Wu Ming once read a book called "Strange Stories of Monsters and Beasts" in the sect's scripture library. One page in the book introduced the characteristics and uses of treasure-hunting rats.

This book gives a general description of various monsters in the cultivation world, and the introduction to the treasure-hunting rat left a deep impression on Wu Ming.

However, despite the treasure-hunting rats' excellent treasure-hunting abilities, they are extremely timid and adept at escaping by digging holes underground, so few monks in the cultivation world can successfully capture them and keep them as pets.

According to legend, within the Tianjian Sect, an elder was fortunate enough to obtain a real treasure-hunting rat as a pet.

But apart from this, other monks seemed to have never heard of anything like this.

Even so, Wu Ming still wanted to get this monster that had a trace of treasure-hunting rat blood.

After all, this is already a very rare opportunity.

Now, he needs to think seriously about how to make this monster willingly become his pet?

There are usually two ways to make a demon beast a cultivator's pet or beast: one is to subdue it by force, and then use a taming talisman or a beast ring to control it.

The other method is to first establish a friendly relationship with the monster, and then use the taming talisman or the beast ring.

Although this treasure-hunting rat is only a demon beast in the Qi Refining Realm and is relatively weak, it would not be difficult for Wu Ming to defeat it if he had not been injured.

However, Wu Ming is now in danger, and this method of subduing him by force is obviously no longer feasible.

Moreover, even if one conquers a demon beast by force and makes it one's own beast or pet, there are certain disadvantages.

That is, although they will not disobey their master's orders, they may also be passive and lazy.

In this way, although the master can control the monster's actions, he cannot fully realize its potential.

It is even more difficult to ask it to find treasure for you.

Therefore, for Wu Ming, there is only one way to successfully subdue this treasure-hunting rat - use objects to lure it, gradually shorten the distance between them, and make it follow him willingly.