Mountain Looting: Targeted by a Leopard at the Start
Chapter 266 - 265: Outrageous Treasure Hunting Task, A New Pet!

Chapter 266: Chapter 265: Outrageous Treasure Hunting Task, A New Pet!

Ganba Mushroom truly is an excellent ingredient.

Xu Yang didn’t believe it before, but after eating it once, he was convinced.

This type of mushroom is especially difficult to clean. It has to be torn open and then washed several times.

The frying method is simple: heat the oil, let the lard and sesame oil mix together, then add chili peppers to stir-fry until fragrant.

Then add the cleaned Ganba Mushroom to the pot and keep stir-frying.

When frying, add more salt and no other seasonings.

Once it’s fried and placed on a plate, it can be mixed directly with rice to eat.

High-end ingredients often only need the simplest cooking methods, and that’s the truth here.

Xu Yang tried the flavor of the Ganba Mushroom with rice.

The feeling is indeed hard to describe.

It has the freshness of the forest mixed with the unique salty and savory taste of rotting wood and mushrooms, subtly sweet and mildly smoky, with a tender yet chewy texture.

With one bite, the lingering flavor was extraordinary.

The local people are willing to spend money on Ganba Mushroom.

Especially those freshly picked wild mushrooms from the mountains, which are most popular.

Xu Yang picked a lot of mushrooms and couldn’t finish them, so he went to the mountain goods market the next morning to sell them.

It was also a way to integrate into the local culture.

At Changbai Mountain’s mountain goods market, ginseng is sold the most, and there are sellers of ginseng everywhere.

Those ginsengs are cultivated and are not valuable, costing only 2 yuan each.

The markets here are all about selling mushrooms.

All kinds of mushrooms.

The locals are very discerning; they don’t need the farmer to say anything, just a few glances, and they know the quality of the mushrooms.

The Chicken Mushrooms and Ganba Mushrooms that Xu Yang picked were especially popular and sold out quickly.

He had already saved many prized mushrooms for himself and then took them back to the Northeast.

Mushrooms sold for a good amount of money. Xu Yang did the math,and he had just made back what he spent on travel and accommodation.

It’s pretty expensive to go out like this, with not a small amount of money spent on round-trip plane tickets.

Breaking even is like making a profit.

"Little pandas are really cute, and I want to keep a few."

"But unfortunately, the climate here doesn’t suit them well."

"It’s just a thought, then."

On the way, Xu Yang was still missing the little pandas.

Little pandas are not feasible to keep, the price is a bit high, starting at 15 years.

However, a substitute for little pandas could be kept, which is the Little Raccoon.

People always confuse little pandas and Little Raccoons, but in reality, the difference between them is huge.

The adorable ones are the little pandas, the thieves are the Little Raccoons.

Little Raccoons are sold within the country because they are quite rare, and the price is quite expensive, about 10,000 yuan.

This creature is already rampant abroad, many of them in trash bins, and they love to dive into trash bins, which people now just take for granted.

In fact, Little Raccoons are quite cute, just with some indecorous behavior.

Like the Little Raccoon in "Guardians of the Galaxy," it’s really cute.

Xu Yang made his way back to the farm and started getting busy with farm work again.

The trip to Yunnan was memorable, and he was planning to visit again later.

After being busy for a few days, Xu Yang was bored and went into the mountains to find Leopard.

Both creatures had scheduled to go hunting, but as soon as they saw Xu Yang, they immediately lay down.

They were getting used to life with Xu Yang,

Luna’s belly was a bit bigger, and it looked like she would give birth in another month.

This was good news too.

After spending time with them, Xu Yang decided to take on a task in the mountains.

This time, the task was unexpected.

[Trigger Treasure Hunting Task: Picking Up Poop!]

[Task Description: Collect feces from 10 types of wild animals (limited to wild animals)]

[Task Reward: One adorable Little Raccoon (pet store order, high-quality breed guaranteed)]

Hearing the task description, Xu Yang was stunned.

Picking up poop?

I, the fiercest man of Changbai Mountain, you have me picking up poop?

And from ten different types of wild animals?

But Xu Yang was used to the system’s bizarre tasks.

Soon, he would be singing early morning songs about poop collecting; it was really time to go into the mountains to collect poop.

Just do it.

The task details required the collection of feces from ten different animals.

It was absurd.

"For the sake of a cute Little Raccoon, I’ll bear with it!"

"Let’s pick up the poop!"

Xu Yang made his decision.

The next day, carrying a bag, Xu Yang went up the mountain with high spirits.

As always, he occasionally checked his surroundings.

Previously, he did this to look for mountain goods like mushrooms and Chinese medicine, etc.

Today was different.

He was looking for something else.

"This should be the Sika Deer’s, one kind down."

Xu Yang picked up a small shovel, scooped some dried Sika Deer poop, and collected it in the bag.

Then he continued searching.

Today, for such a task, he did not live stream. After all, live streaming is a matter of choice, and this kind of thing is better left off the air.

Next, he found feces from a roe deer, rabbit, wild chicken, and rat.

Following that, he found ant, tit, and crow feces.

That day, he transformed into a jungle poop collector.

Wandering through the dense forest, searching for the feces of different animals.

"Holy crap, picking up poop is even harder than picking mushrooms."

Xu Yang genuinely lamented.

He finally found one, only to see it was again from a Sika Deer—redundant.

This made him somewhat disappointed.

He still had two kinds left to find.

Luckily, he still had two underlings available to fulfill his task requirements.

Xu Yang made his way to the area where Xiao Hua and Luna lived.

Seeing Xu Yang appear, Xiao Hua immediately ran over happily.

Moreover, he noticed Xu Yang was holding a shovel and carrying a bag.

Xiao Hua thought it was something good, so he immediately happily approached the bag and even poked his nose forward to sniff it.

This sniff left Xiao Hua wishing for death.

What is this?

Shock flashed in his clear, large eyes.

Xiao Hua was stunned, looking at Xu Yang in disbelief.

"Stop staring, I need yours too."

"It’s not easy for a raccoon with good genes!"

Xu Yang patted Xiao Hua’s head and sighed.

Xiao Hua immediately backed away several steps.

Xu Yang went toward the nearby area and quickly found Xiao Hua’s treasure, which was also dried.

At that moment, Xu Yang truly became a "poop scooper," responsible for scooping cat poop.

It was considered a successful mission.

"Truly a fragrant day."

Xu Yang thought silently to himself.

However, he didn’t really mind these things, as he also did farming, using manure from the farm, so he wasn’t too averse to it.

Xu Yang was here scooping poop.

Xiao Hua and Luna were curiously watching him.

Luna looked at Xiao Hua, seemingly asking:

"What’s your Boss doing?"

Xiao Hua’s expression was also a bit baffled:

"No clue, he started digging up stinks as soon as he arrived."

The two leopards couldn’t understand Xu Yang’s actions.

In their eyes, they saw Xu Yang digging up some stinks, putting them in a bag, sealing it, and then showing a satisfied smile.

There’s a problem.

At that moment, Xu Yang casually waved his hand at Xiao Hua and said:

"You two relax, I’ve got more important things to do, I’m off."

With that, he turned and left.

The two leopards were somewhat bewildered again.

Xu Yang, however, felt things had gone pretty smoothly today.

He had thought it would take a long time, since he had never searched for this stuff before.

But actually, it turned out to be quite easy to find.

Next on Xu Yang’s agenda was the Black Bear.

He had a Black Bear underling who often came to the farm to ask for food.

Recently, it had visited less frequently, apparently because there was plenty of food in the mountains, and it was not lacking.

Xu Yang soon found the guy.

It was back against a big tree, constantly rubbing against the bark, its posture both sleazy and enrapturing.

It was the Black Bear’s unique way of scratching an itch.

Rubbing its back against the tree trunk felt like someone was scratching its back, extraordinarily comfortable.

Seeing the guy like this, Xu Yang couldn’t help but laugh as well.

This fellow really knew how to enjoy himself!

But Xu Yang still had pressing matters to attend to, so after watching for a while, he walked towards the Black Bear.

Seeing Xu Yang approaching, the Black Bear immediately came over to greet him happily.

Xu Yang had indeed prepared two apples for it.

Then, Xu Yang accompanied the Black Bear around the area.

This guy was quite good at hiding his poop, as there were no traces of Black Bear feces along the way.

Xu Yang looked at the Black Bear.

Nine piles were already in place, just missing yours.

The Black Bear sensed something off about Xu Yang’s look, and became immediately nervous:

"Bro, what are you planning to do to me?"

Seeing it like this, Xu Yang just smiled slightly.

This sort of thing should happen naturally.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Xu Yang finally found what he was looking for.

This task could be considered complete.

After completing the task, Xu Yang dumped everything from the bag.

Since the bag was trash, he still had to bring it back.

It was already late. Xu Yang greeted the Black Bear and then returned to the farm.

Wang Wu was walking around the grassland, seeing Xu Yang return, quickly hailed:

"Boss, what treasures did you find today?"

"Your skill at picking mountain goods is so high, there’s even a video of you picking mushrooms online!"

Wang Wu was clearly trying to flatter, but he obviously didn’t know what exactly Xu Yang had gone through that day.

"Nothing much, just walking around."

Xu Yang didn’t even turn his head, just waved his hand and briskly went back to his own room to shower.

Let today’s events pass.

He also had to welcome a new pet.