Green Grass

"Since you can speak now, I can't just keep calling you Ban Lan Rat, Ban Lan Rat. Let me give you a name. What would be a good one?" Qin Ming stroked the Ban Lan Rat on his hand, looking at the increasingly numerous spots on its body, and said, "How about I call you Colorful!"

"Squeak squeak!" The Ban Lan Rat clearly didn't like this name; it shook its head while rolling around in his palm, and even sent a sound of protest into Qin Ming's mind.

Qin Ming chuckled: "You're actually picky about this name? You are a Ban Lan Rat to begin with, how good it is to call you Colorful."

"Squeak!" The Ban Lan Rat anxiously jumped down from Qin Ming's hand, dashed in a blur to a rock half a person's height, then with a whoosh, it dashed back to Qin Ming's palm, nodding its head proudly.

Qin Ming said in surprise: "Colorful, your speed is so fast, I reckon even I can't keep up. Is this the effect of taking the Medicinal Pill?"

"Squeak squeak!" The Ban Lan Rat shook its head and pointed at the rock, squeaking loudly.

Qin Ming scratched his head. The Ban Lan Rat clearly meant for him to look at the rock, so he walked up to it.

"What is this?" There was a claw mark on the rock. Qin Ming touched the claw mark; it was very deep. If it caught someone, it would definitely rip their guts out. "Colorful, how did you manage to do this?"

"Squeak squeak." The Ban Lan Rat waved its little hand, and several sharp claws extended out. Qin Ming didn't know how the Ban Lan Rat did it; before he could see clearly, the sharp claws retracted again.

Qin Ming touched the Ban Lan Rat's little hand; it was fleshy and soft, with absolutely no trace of sharp claws.

"Not bad, this attack is not bad. Your speed is very fast; if you launch a surprise attack, no one will be able to block it."

He didn't know if this kind of attack was an attack method the Ban Lan Rat originally knew, or if it was a mutation that occurred after eating the green Medicinal Pill.

Qin Ming guessed that this kind of attack was only possessed after the Ban Lan Rat mutated; if it had this attack ability naturally, the Ban Lan Rat wouldn't be rated as the bottom-tier existence among Martial King Rank Magical Beasts.

The Ban Lan Rat's body was small to begin with. In a surprise attack, who could have imagined that such a small body could erupt with such a violent attack.

"Squeak squeak… Squeak squeak." Hearing Qin Ming's praise, the Ban Lan Rat jumped up and down happily, looking extremely cute.

Qin Ming stroked the Ban Lan Rat and laughed: "Colorful, I'll call you Colorful from now on. Look, your whole body is covered in spots; this name really suits you perfectly."

"Tsk tsk…" Hearing that Qin Ming still called it Colorful, the Ban Lan Rat made a strange sound, protesting in Qin Ming's mind.

"Protest rejected." Qin Ming happily decided that its name would be Colorful from now on.

When others heard this name, they would surely lower their guard against Colorful, and seeing its small body, they would definitely think it had no attack power. Then, a sudden strike would cause unexpected damage to the enemy.

Having an extra trump card that the enemy didn't know about was always good.

"Colorful, do you know how to get out?" Qin Ming asked, recalling the reason he had gone to such great lengths to tame the Ban Lan Rat.

The Ban Lan Rat tilted its head and thought for a moment, finally understanding Qin Ming's words. It squeaked and pointed its finger in one direction.

"You know how to get out?" Seeing the Ban Lan Rat's actions, how could Qin Ming not know that it understood? Immediately, Qin Ming felt relieved. However, Qin Ming wanted to loot the treasures in the canyon first; since he had a local guide, it would be a waste not to loot.

"Colorful, do you know where there are any ninth-grade spirit plants here?" For Qin Ming, the most important thing now was to find the ninth-grade spirit plant, healing grass.

The Ban Lan Rat looked at Qin Ming innocently, its two big eyes looking very cute.

Qin Ming suddenly slapped his forehead: "That's right, you don't know what a spirit plant is, let alone what a ninth-grade spirit plant is."

He took out a ninth-grade spirit plant from his space ring and said to Colorful: "Look, this thing filled with Spiritual Qi is a ninth-grade spirit plant. The more Spiritual Qi it has, the better."

"Squeak squeak…" The Ban Lan Rat squeaked happily, jumped off Qin Ming's palm, and ran in one direction.

After running a distance, the Ban Lan Rat looked back at Qin Ming; its meaning couldn't be clearer.

Qin Ming certainly understood, so he immediately followed behind the Ban Lan Rat.

After running for a while, the Ban Lan Rat stopped under a barrier.

There was no mist inside the barrier. Qin Ming walked up to the barrier and probed it with his 'Heavenly Eye'.

"It works!" A look of joy appeared on Qin Ming's face. He probed inside the barrier with his 'Heavenly Eye', and a ninth-grade spirit plant appeared before his eyes. "Pity, this is not the spirit plant I want."

Although there was a ninth-grade spirit plant here, it wasn't 'healing grass', but a 'Qinggang Grass'.

"Qinggang Grass is also not bad. It can be used to refine the ninth-grade elixir 'Qinggang Pill' that helps with body tempering. If I use it to practice the 'Fierce Dragon Absolute', I will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

However, I only have one Golden Secret Key in my hand. If I use it here, what should I do if I encounter a barrier with 'healing grass'?"