The terrain is getting higher and steeper, and the scenery is getting better and better.

The scenery in the mountain is picturesque, standing in the high place, only to see the strange peaks and shows, the cliffs and strange stones, the waterfalls and flowing springs, the mountains are deep and the forests are lush, the strange flowers and plants are everywhere, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the deer are singing in the secluded forest, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

In the meantime, it is extremely hard and difficult.

Going up the stream along the stream, there are many turbulent cliffs all the way, and there is no way to go, so everyone can only cut trees in the forest to open the way.

Despite the cold climate, the forest is still full of mosquitoes and flies, and the leaves of the streams are crawling with leeches, staring at people and itching unbearably. If forcibly removed, the leech hook will bite the flesh and skin of the person, and the blood will be dripping.

The day is hard and exhausting.

Stay overnight in the dense forest, the forest is as deep as a monster's giant mouth, the wind shakes the leaves, and makes an inexplicable strange roar, which makes people frightened.

Danger comes quietly with the fall of night, the valley can hear the howl of wild beasts from time to time, leopards often haunt and walk through the forest, rustling, wild wolves emit a deep green light in the middle of the night, and there are more terrible deep forest giant snake venom snakes, quietly swimming closer, suddenly bursting into a hideous mouth, making people tremble.

camping, lying on the ground around the fire, Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but quietly ask Ah Xiang: "Sister, every time you collect medicine, is it so dangerous?"

"Hmm!" Ah Xiang said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, there are many of us, and most of the beasts dare not come over with a fire." ”

After thinking about it, Ah Xiang sighed slightly: "Collecting medicine in the deep mountains will naturally be a little dangerous, I often hear that someone goes into the mountains alone to collect medicine and is devoured by wild beasts." It's just that there is nothing rare in the world that can be obtained without taking risks? Picking jade in the deep mountains, landslides and sinking into the ground, and searching for pearls in the sea is tantamount to a shark's mouth snatching food. It's not easy. ”

Ah Xiang's face condensed slightly, and said: "It is extremely difficult to collect rare medicinal materials, and the market price is very expensive, and there is often no market. If you can collect rare medicinal materials, you can buy more food, which is related to the life and survival of the tribe, no matter how dangerous it is, you must go up. ”

Lei Shaoxuan was silent when he heard this.

In fact, Lei Shaoxuan didn't have much sense of belonging to the tribe, he was already preparing to leave Tianxiang Pavilion, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered a question that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"I have never seen anyone buying and selling medicinal herbs in the Lucheng Bazaar, is Princess Timulan just picking these medicinal herbs for spices?"

Ah Xiang was stunned when she heard this, thought about it, and lowered her voice.

"These medicinal materials are not used by Tianxiang Pavilion, but are to be sent to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The young lady once worshiped a sect in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and these medicinal materials were what they needed. ”

Ah Xiang advised: "Don't talk nonsense about this! Collect medicine well, be careful of wild beasts." ”

In the early morning, the sun rises from behind the mountain, and the mist in the forest evaporates, creating a colorful rainbow.

However, the seemingly brilliant mist was actually an invisible miasma that killed people, and Timulan led everyone to carefully avoid it and climb up with difficulty.

The further up they went, the more difficult the road became, and the group struggled through the crevices of the dense forest, collecting herbs while cutting down trees.

After several days of walking, everyone gradually fell silent, wearing the forest and climbing, everyone's leather clothes were already a little tattered, and their clothes were ragged like beggars.

Looking at Timuran's ruddy and delicate face in the past, but now she looks haggard, Lei Shaoxuan is distressed.

Centennial ginseng, clover flower, skullcap, reishi mushroom...... The forest is an elixir treasure. There is a lot of joy along the way, however, behind the beautiful elixir, there is often a deadly danger.

Around the elixir, from time to time, hideous poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts sprang out. Two people have already died from the mouths of poisonous snakes and fierce beasts, and this is still the result of caution.

Once, Ah Xiang found a century-old Ganoderma lucidum, and everyone was on guard, carefully surveying the surrounding situation to confirm that there was no danger.

While picking, a colorful poisonous spider suddenly fell from the tree and suddenly sprayed venom.

By the time everyone killed the poisonous spider, a guy who was entangled in a spider's web and sprayed a mouthful of venom had already turned black and purple, and died of poisoning, and even the antidote carefully prepared by Timulan was too late to use.

This guy named Ah Yong is an old man from Tianxiang Pavilion, looking at the familiar face, he instantly lost his vitality and became purple and black, Ah Xiang burst into tears, in pain, which made people feel extremely sad.

Everything has a price, Lei Shaoxuan sighed in his heart.

In the death row camp and the forward camp, it is relatively simple to measure the value of life, either you die or I live, and life is exchanged for life.

If you kill someone, they will naturally take your life, with the knife in your hand.

Life and death are very simple, determined by the knife in your hand, if you are strong, you will live, and if you are weak, you will die. Simple rules make Lei Shaoxuan look down on life and death, and it is useless to think too much.

Leaving the forward battalion, Lei Shaoxuan began to see all kinds of life and death.

Innocent lives died of conspiracy, died of assassination, died of innocent implication, and were worthless.

Now he is dying of collecting medicine, for the sake of personal life and survival, and perhaps for the life and survival of the tribe.

These life and death are not in their own hands, life is so fragile and helpless, and there is no choice, Lei Shaoxuan once again fell into a deep sense of powerlessness, and a sense of retreat rose in his heart.

On this day, everyone found a purple large-leaved plantain, and Timulan was pleasantly surprised when he heard the news. This plantain is almost 200 years old and is extremely rare. Plantain of this year is an antidote and one of the most needed herbs in the sect.

The purple car was surrounded by no grass, and the beautiful broad leaves swayed in the breeze, like a king, standing proudly in a circle of sand.

The grass around the sand seemed to be very calm, and there were no signs of danger, and after learning the lessons of the past medicine collection, Borchon even asked his men to strike the gong several times, but still did not find any movement.

Lei Shaoxuan even used his divine thoughts to probe a few times, but he didn't find anything abnormal.

In a moment of joy, several people couldn't wait to step forward, but suddenly out of the grass burst out of the grass a long and colorful giant snake, the hideous snake mouth, spitting blood-red snake letters, swept towards the crowd.

At the price of two people, Lei Shaoxuan blinded the giant snake in the eye with a knife, and the giant snake was seriously injured before running away.

It turned out that the giant snake was hidden in a deep hole in the ground, no wonder Lei Shaoxuan couldn't detect it with his divine thoughts.

One medicine, two lives, is it worth it? Lei Shaoxuan was confused.

Although everyone was frightened, Lei Shaoxuan found that the team did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and even Ah Xiang, who Lei Shaoxuan thought was the weakest, wiped away the tears on his face, and resolutely spread along the gap in the forest, and continued to collect medicine. Only the samurai pulled their horses and struggled through the woods to find their way forward.

Lei Shaoxuan was behind Timulan and asked quietly, "Sister?"

"Huh?" Timulan cautiously surveyed around, responding as he went.

Lei Shaoxuan hesitated for a moment and carefully considered the wording.

"The medicine box is almost full, the forest is becoming more and more dangerous, and the fierce beasts encountered are becoming more and more difficult to deal with, and if you continue, you will inevitably encounter giant snakes and beasts that you can't deal with, which is too dangerous. What's the point of collecting medicine if you're in distress, and when are we going back?"

Timulan paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The main task of this trip is to collect the Nine Rank Heavenly Heart Lotus, and only after picking it can we go back." ”

"Sister, is this important?"

Lei Shaoxuan pretended to be calm and argued, "A few people have already died. If people die to collect medicine, don't they lose their original intention?"

"It's different!"

Timuran felt a little tired, stopped and sat down on a stone.

Lei Shaoxuan leaned over cheekily, smelling the strong manly aura on Lei Shaoxuan's body, Timuran blushed slightly, a little unnatural.

"The Nine Rank Heavenly Heart Lotus is related to the survival of the tribe!"

Timulan groaned for a moment, a faint look of worry on her face.

Lei Shaoxuan was a little puzzled and looked at Timulan in surprise.

Timulan stroked her hair and said eloquently.

"My master Dan Qingzi is an elder of the Jiuxi Sect of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the alchemy needs the Nine-Rank Heavenly Heart Lotus, if you can find the Nine-Rank Heavenly Heart Lotus, the tribe will be able to get the protection of the Nine Streams Sect. ”

Timuran had a heavy face on her face and looked into the distance.

"Although the Yehelun tribe has few people, it is one of the oldest tribes in the steppe, and it is revered as the holy wolf tribe. Many large tribes are eyeing it and trying to annex it, thus owning the Holy Wolf Totem in one fell swoop. The steppe tribes have always been the weakest of the jungle, and without the protection of the Nine Creek faction, Yeheren would not be able to survive, and I would not be able to protect myself, and I might be forced to marry someone from another tribe. ”

Talking about these things, Timulan was in a trance.

"Your master is from the Northern Wei Dynasty?" Lei Shaoxuan frowned, couldn't help but shake his head and said, "How can he protect the grassland tribe?"

Timulan was somewhat misunderstood.

"The Jiuxi sect is a sect of Xiuzhen, located in Luohua Mountain, on the border between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Hu people. Timulan said with a slight look of pride: "Master is a Jindan monk, and a tribe can be destroyed with a snap of his fingers. ”

"What is the Xiuzhen Sect?" Lei Shaoxuan asked in surprise, "How can a person be so powerful, and a tribe can be wiped out with a snap of a finger?"

"Cultivating truth is the meaning of cultivating in order to achieve immortality!" Timulan hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Master is a Jindan monk, who is already more than two hundred years old, and a mountain can be destroyed with a single move, what is a tribe?"