Chapter 879 Going up the Mountain to Collect Herbs
Summer is coming, Si Nian carries a small bamboo basket with a hoe, a shovel, and a hemp rope inside. At the turn of spring and summer, the herbs in the mountains are the most lush. Most of the livelihood of the year depends on this period, so you can't be lazy at all.
There are many wild animals, insects and snakes. If you don't have some tricks, it's really hard to go up the mountain to collect herbs. Before dawn that day, the two locked the wooden house, each with a bamboo basket, and went up the mountain to collect herbs. It was pitch black, and when walking on the mountain road, you could hear the noise of "rustling". I think the snakes, rats, insects and animals heard the noise and slowly fled and hid.
Summer is hot, but it is very cool in the early morning. The water vapor hits your face, so it's not a bad idea to add a coat. Once the sun rises, even if the vegetation is dense, it can't stop the summer heat. The coat becomes a burden, and it is very inconvenient to hold in your hand. It takes up too much space to put it in the bamboo basket. But I can't bear to throw it away.
These are all from Si Nian's experience. The reason why Si Nian makes a living by collecting herbs is not only due to her personality. It is also related to her talent. She has always been very sensitive to plants. Spiritual herbs, wonderful herbs, and exotic flowers... are often very close to her. Whenever she goes out to the mountains for a walk, it is difficult not to gain anything.
In the Panlong Sect, Li Changxiao was very envious. In the early days of cultivation, he asked Si Nian to convince him and secretly ate a lot of herbs, so that although his cultivation was shallow, his foundation was very solid.
Panlong Sect is located in the Qingshan Mountains. The mountains here are somewhat similar to those of Panlong Sect. Whenever Si Nian finds herbs, she bends down to pick them. There are also many tricks to this way of collecting herbs. Some herbs need to keep their roots, and some herbs need to be pulled out completely. Some herbs are hidden in the cracks of rocks, and some exotic flowers grow in dark and humid places.
Going up the mountain to collect herbs requires climbing mountains and wading through water, which is really a hard job. But Si Nian was very familiar with the mountain conditions, and his legs were light, so he picked herbs easily and didn't feel tired at all.
Needless to say, Li Changxiao has been involved in the mountains and fields for many years, and he would step over the swamps of thousands of miles step by step. The small mountains and fields are not worth mentioning. Li Changxiao's identification of fairy grass and fairy flowers is not inferior to anyone else, and he has read 50% to 60% of the classics of various sects. But for ordinary flowers and ordinary grasses... he is slightly worse than Si Nian, after all, he is not as good as Si Nian who was born with a different body. Li Changxiao sighed greatly, saying that there is really no end to the world's miscellaneous knowledge. He is already a combined cultivator, but when dealing with the world, if he always thinks about the identity of "combined cultivator", he will inevitably judge people by their cultivation, and it will be difficult to maintain the mentality of an apprentice.
I also think that the truth of the world is not immutable. The knowledge now will definitely be different after a hundred years. Knowledge is always changing. If you don't learn for a moment, you will really become an "old guy" and fall far behind the world.
Before I knew it, the sky had brightened again. In the early morning, the mountains and fields were shrouded in mist, and it was still cool. But the sun was shining directly, and within half an hour, the heat gradually rose and became unbearable. Soon, Si Nian's vest was full of sweat.
She tied her hair in front of her forehead, and beads of sweat appeared on her smooth forehead. Li Changxiao took a step forward, stepped over a half-person-high boulder, and reached out from behind to pull her. Si Nian was stunned for a moment, then she was happy and reached out to grab it. The two of them exerted force at the same time. Then they also stepped over the boulder.
It was noon. The climate was too hot and humid, and the two of them filled their backpacks halfway. Today, I was lucky and found four very precious herbs. There are small phoenix ginseng, purple shell dendrobium, and rock moss. These three nourish yin and strengthen yang, nourish the skin and prolong life. Especially the small phoenix ginseng, which is very old and can be auctioned at the auction. But Si Nian disliked the trouble, and it made no difference to her whether the money was more or less. So she did not plan to put it up for auction, but only planned to ask for more money from the owner of the medicine shop.
Today's harvest was already rich. But the two of them not only picked herbs, but also enjoyed the mountains and rivers. The herb picker and the herb picker. They were actually back to the past in a trance.
It was hot at noon, and Li Changxiao found a summer resort. There was a stream flowing under a big banyan tree. Shade, playing in the water... the scenery was beautiful and the temperature was pleasant. The two rested under the banyan tree. Si Nian took off her shoes and socks, and put her feet into the stream to soak. Her feet were white and delicate, more attractive than the small fish in the stream.
Three miles above the stream, there was a deep pool. The water was green and black, and it was probably more than a hundred feet deep. Li Changxiao had a quirk. In addition to liking to mess around with food, he liked to explore the depths the most. Whenever I see the mysterious deep pool, I always want to dive into the bottom of the pool to find out what's going on.
It's actually related to past experiences. In the past, the spiritual energy was flourishing, and there were opportunities everywhere. When Li Changxiao saw the cliff and the abyss, he felt that there was a great opportunity hidden. This is indeed the case. There used to be many tombs of monks and many powerful inheritances. There are indeed a lot of resources and opportunities hidden in the secret and unique places.
It was also from that time that Li Changxiao developed the habit of "exploring the mysterious". At this moment, I saw a deep pool with green and black water. It must be very deep. I jumped in to find out what's going on. With a splash, I dived down.
The water in this pool is extremely cold. There are still many fish playing when you dive three feet deep. If you go deeper, you will see many deep-water venomous snakes. There are poisonous pythons as thick as arms and mottled colors, and thin snakes as thick as fingers that want to drill into people's nine orifices.
Li Chang laughed secretly, this deep pool is not a good place to go, only he has the leisure and elegance to come down and take a look. But he saw something strange in the pool, and became more curious, so he continued to dive. When he dived more than ten feet, it was already dark everywhere. A layer of white jade frost formed on the walls of the pool. In the past, cultivators loved to practice in such strange places. Immortal cultivators, in the final analysis, are to comprehend the world.
The effect of cultivation is different in different places. There may be some inexplicable and incomprehensible improvements. There was once a cultivator in Panlong Sect with mediocre talent. An accident caused him to practice in a cave for three days. After that, he became three points stronger than the strong men in the same realm. There was no change in talent, physique, magic... but he just became stronger.
The world of Fuyao is full of mysteries and wonders. Li Changxiao dived again and finally reached the bottom of the pool. He was delighted to see a turquoise poisonous scorpion. He was very happy for a while. This poisonous scorpion was not a relic of the immortal cultivation era, but an ordinary wild beast that turned into a mountain monster by chance.
Discovering such a strange beast is more rare than seeing the treasures and tombs of cultivators.