Chapter 456: Knowing Hundred Herbs

cpa300_4; The stems of Purple Mushroom are white to light brown, the leaves are small, yellow-brown, and the astringent skin shell is purple-black, with a lacquer-like luster. The www.biquge.info mesophyll of the pen "Fun" Pavilion is rusty brown, slightly fragrant, and bitter in taste.

In addition, there is a very rare Ganoderma lucidum, called Baizhi. Both Ganoderma lucidum and purple mushroom have only one leaf, and their growth time is less than 100 years, if it can grow into white mushroom, then its growth time must be at least more than 100 years, and it will grow three leaves. After that, each additional leaf grows for three hundred years.

The red snake has a red body and skin like fire. It is seven feet long, three inches thick, and has a bright white belly. Those who live for a long time can grow up to ten feet long and seven inches thick. At the tip of the red snake's skull, there is a round sarcoma, which is black and shiny. The most peculiar thing is that wherever the red snake winds and crawls, it will leave a smell of burnt fur, which is very recognizable.

Ginseng, also known as yellow essence, is generally cylindrical or spindle-shaped, with slender fibrous roots, short reed heads, and stem marks, that is, reed bowls and bud buds. The stem is solitary and erect, the apex is acute, the margin is finely pointed serrate, and the upper part is sparsely covered with bristles along the midrib.

The umbel-shaped inflorescence is apical, the flower is small and bell-shaped, with five toothed flowers divided into five petals, and its color is pale yellow-green. It generally grows in a cool, moist place, and is called ginseng because it looks like a human head, hands, feet and limbs. Ginseng, which is more than 1,000 years old, is very similar to a real person.

The general Shou Wu has slender roots and large tubers at the ends, and the appearance is reddish-brown to dark brown. The base of the stem is slightly woody and hollow. The leaves are alternately stalked, the leaves narrowly ovate or heart-shaped, seven inches long, three or four inches wide, apex acute, heart-shaped or arrow-shaped at the base, full margin or micro-wavy, dark green above, light green below, smooth and glabrous on both sides.

The roots of the hundred-year-old Shou Wu are thicker than those of ordinary Shou Wu, the appearance is blood red, the leaves are seven inches long, the color is turquoise, and it is most afraid of blisters.

First of all, the leaf color is bright purple, and its rhizome is well developed, forming irregular nodular fist-shaped clumps with a strong aroma. The stem is erect cylindrical, with longitudinal stripes, the upper part is multi-branched, and the lower stem nodes are swollen and disc-shaped. The petals are white, often obovate or heart-shaped, extremely short in length, and generally not easily recognizable.

At present, there are only these kinds of things we are looking for, but we may not be able to find them, so let's go up and take a look first. ”

After listening to Nangong Yi's description of several herbs and animals, Gongsun Yu silently imprinted their characteristics in his mind. Then he nodded to Nangong Yi, took out a medicine hoe and scimitar in the back basket, and whistled at Ma Jiao, and the two of them and one beast walked towards the mountain.

It was still relatively hot outside the mountains and forests, but when you got inside, the temperature dropped suddenly. The towering ancient trees block out most of the sunlight, so the inside of the forest is much darker.

Ma Jiao walked in front of the two of them, his ears straight up, as if to probe the surrounding situation, whether his mouth would make a knocking sound, in order to warn the beast that wanted to take the opportunity to hurt people, and quickly dodged away.

In this way, the two of them carefully searched among the vines and grasses in the forest as they walked, and from time to time startled birds or small beasts would flee in all directions, causing a commotion in the originally quiet mountain forest.

The two searched in the forest for half an hour, and only found some ordinary yellow berries, atractylodes, libri, and peonies, but they didn't come across any of them.

At this time, they had come to the foot of the mountainside, and when they looked down, they saw a secluded grove of trees, and sporadic sunlight penetrated through the layers of branches and leaves like the tip of a needle.

Gongsun Yu saw that it was not easy to collect medicine, so he sighed: "It seems that it is not so easy to obtain decades of skill out of thin air." ”

Nangong Yi was happy in his heart: "If you can find a thousand-year-old ginseng and a hundred-year-old Shouwu casually, then not all the people in the world have become masters, and those who have worked hard to cultivate will not be wrongfully killed!"

Gongsun Yu reluctantly put the medicine hoe in the back basket, reached out and grabbed the several herbs he had collected, and asked, "Brother Nangong, you said that if we mix these medicines together and take them, how many years will we generally increase our strength?"

When Nangong Yi heard Gongsun Yu ask, he immediately couldn't help but laugh and said: "If you mix these herbs and take them, not to mention increasing your strength, if you can save your life, you can burn incense and worship the Bodhisattva." ”

When Gongsun Yu heard this, he was puzzled and said, "Brother Nangong, how can you say this? Could it be that so many herbs are not as effective as one herb?"

Nangong Yi said straightforwardly: "You are right, those herbs are indeed more effective than one herb, but the medicinal properties of each herb are different, and when used alone, it will be a good medicine to replenish true qi." But if they are mixed indiscriminately and blindly, the medicinal properties of each herb are suppressed and recoiled against each other, and they may be formulated into poisons. Then if you take it all, the situation will be very bad!"

Gongsun Yu nodded clearly and said, "I understand, the so-called dispensing is like this." It seems that we have to continue to climb up, the road ahead is even more difficult, Brother Nangong should be careful!"

Nangong Yi responded, and the scimitar in his hand swung from time to time, cutting off the vines and weeds in front of him, and then continued to search forward.

After nearly half an hour of walking, a sloping valley appeared in front of the lush foothills, and this deep valley did not know how it was formed, but it almost split the entire mountain in front of me into two pieces.

On one side of the deep valley, a path stretched from a smooth, bruised mountain wall that could only be passed by one person, and the mountain path winded dozens of feet away, and then plunged headlong into the dense ancient forest on the left.

On the other side, there are still dark flowers and ancient trees, which are about * zhang away from the mountains on this side. The flowers and plants in the forest seemed to be different from the species that Nangong Yi and Gongsun Yu had seen along the way just now. Even the little beasts and birds that are running seem to be much less than here.

Gongsun Yu looked at the secluded dense forest opposite, turned his face to Nangong Yi and said, "Brother Nangong, do you think we have copied the mountain path on that cliff and headed towards the mountain on the right, or should we cross this deep valley and then run to the dense forest on the opposite side to look for herbs?"

Nangong Yi didn't say anything, staring at the dense forest opposite, using his eyes and ears to watch and probe the situation in the dense forest opposite.

After a while, he retracted his gaze and said to Gongsun Yu: "I just looked at the flowers and plants on the opposite side, and they are indeed very different from the flowers and plants here, and some flowers and plants we haven't seen for so long.

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The forest was so quiet that the cries of birds and the running of wild beasts were barely audible. Seriously, if you had to choose, I would definitely choose to go to the other side of the valley, and I always felt that we could harvest something unexpected over there. ”

Gongsun Yu said: "Since Brother Nangong wants to go over and have a look, I also have this idea, why don't we jump over now and investigate the situation over there." ”

Nangong Yi shook his head and said: "The width of this deep valley is nearly ten zhang, I don't feel completely sure when I fly over alone, if I change to you, it will definitely not be surmountable." ”

Gongsun Yu smiled and patted the horse on the side and said, "Brother Nangong thinks he forgot Brother Ma's ability!"

When Ma Jiao heard this, he immediately stretched his neck and screamed three times at the deep valley in front of him, as if he was showing off his strength.

Nangong Yi looked at the wings on the horse's back with doubts, turned back to Gongsun Yu and said, "What does Brother Yu mean, let's fly over on Brother Ma?"

Gongsun Yu nodded proudly and said, "Brother, that's exactly what I think. ”

Nangong Yi said: "This deep valley is ten zhang wide and unfathomable, can Brother Ma fly all of us over?

Gongsun Yu still said with a fearless look: "Brother Nangong, do you know the height and distance that Brother Ma flew when I escaped from Cunmangdu?"

Nangong Yi shook his head and said, "Brother Yu just say it." ”

Gongsun Yu said: "At that time, the height at which Brother Ma flew could reach dozens of zhang, and he flew for nearly a hundred miles. The deep valley of such a wide point is just a distance for Brother Ma to rise and fall. ”

Nangong Yi looked at Ma Jiao in disbelief, and said with a happy face after a long time: "Brother Ma, Brother Ma, it seems that I underestimated you, then this distance will trouble you to carry me and Brother Yu over!"

Ma Jiao let out another long roar, and then retreated to two feet behind the deep valley. Seeing this, Nangong Yi and Gongsun Yu both flew onto Ma Jiao's back. As soon as he sat down, he felt the wind blowing in his ears, and the horse had already stepped out of his front hooves and ran towards the deep valley.

As soon as he jumped out of the cliff on the edge of the valley, a pair of wide wings quickly opened, and after only fanning in the air, Nangong Yi felt a powerful wave of qi rushing up from the valley. In the blink of an eye, Ma Jiao had landed firmly on the other side of the deep valley, and his wings were tightly folded.

Nangong Yi jumped off Ma Jiao's back, turned around and looked at the distance that Ma Jiao had just flown over, about fifteen zhang away, and they were already in the dense forest on the opposite bank at this time.

The two stood still, then looked around. I saw that the ancient trees here are much more lush and thick than the ancient trees on the previous side, and the right side of the ancient trees is a protruding mountain wall, and the strange rocks are sparkling and high and low.

There are no mountain roads in the dense forest, and all the dead leaves that have fallen from the trees have accumulated a thick layer. The trees are intertwined with vines, flowers and plants, waist-high.

The whole mountain is lifted upward, and when you look up, there is no end in sight.

Nangong Yi took out the scimitar in my hand, used all his strength in front of his eyes and ears, raised his hand and waved forward: "Brother Yu, let's go forward, be careful under your feet, this place is full of ghosts, there is not even a trace of sound, I estimate that there will be both elixir and fierce beasts." ”

Gongsun Yu agreed: "I think the same way, the quieter the mountains and forests, the longer there may be murderous intentions lurking." ”

This time, Nangong Yi walked in the front, Gongsun Yu followed behind him, and Ma Jiao was at the back. As the vines spread in the dense forest and the weeds grew wildly, the horse could only use its claws to break the vine stems before moving forward.

Nangong Yi walked for a distance of about two hundred meters, and suddenly bent down, looked at a brightly colored purple flower next to him and said in surprise: "Brother Yu, there is indeed an elixir here, you see, this is Zichuanxiong!"

When Gongsun Yu heard this, he hurriedly took two steps forward, only to see a weak bright purple herb emerging under the encirclement of all weeds. That's like a deep girl, shy and timid.

Gongsun Yu said: "Brother Nangong's eyesight is really good, let's cut it off quickly!"

Nangong Yi shook his head and said: "The herb can only be dug up, not cut, if it is cut, its aura will be lost!"

As he spoke, he took the medicine hoe in Gongsun Yu's hand, gently pressed the medicine hoe deeply on the side of Zichuanxiong, and then turned it up, and the entire Zichuanxiong was exposed from the soil.

Nangong Yi picked up the Zichuanxiong with the dirt attached to it and looked at it and said, "Well, that's good!

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed a handful of wet soil next to him, wrapped the roots of Zichuanxiong, and put them into the basket of Gongsun Yu's belt.

Gongsun Yu said: "It seems that there may be other high-grade herbs in this dense forest, let's quickly find them separately, and when it gets dark, we can probably rush back." ”

Nangong Yi said: "It's best for us not to act separately, this dense forest is extremely weird, maybe something unexpected may happen at any time." Therefore, it is better for you and me to walk together, you pay attention to the one on the left, and I search for the one on the right, and it is decided. ”

After deciding, Nangong Yi went up the dense forest, while Gongsun Yu followed him to look and explore.

The further you go, the darker the light in the dense forest becomes, and the rocks on the left and right are lined up in different shapes, like evil spirits crawling out of hell.

Nangong Yi listened carefully to the movement in the dense forest, the scimitar in his hand probed to one side, and as long as there was a slight abnormality, he would use enough internal force to split out.

Suddenly, I only heard Gongsun Yu's tone excitedly say, "Brother Nangong, come over and take a look, what is this herb?"

Nangong Yi turned around to take a look when he heard this, and saw a small grass with green branches and slightly hairy leaves, and a transparent and reddish flower color reflected in his eyes.

Nangong Yi leaned down to take a closer look, sniffed again, and a fragrant smell immediately penetrated his nose.

Nangong Yi took the medicine hoe, gently pulled out the herb, took it in his hand and said to Gongsun Yu: "Brother Yu, this herb is called June Xue, also known as frangipani and white horse bone, because it was born in June. In the usual June snow, the rhizomes are pale green or tender green, the petals are white, and the petals are small, and they can only survive for a maximum of seven days before falling and wilting.

But this plant may have been in full bloom for more than a month in June, and now it is July, and it has not yet withered in the slightest, and the rhizome is turquoise, and the petals are almost transparent, which is estimated to be a rare and good product.

The snow in June has a light taste, slightly pungent, and is a cool herb. It can be used to strengthen the spleen and dampness, soothe the liver and invigorate blood. ”

Gongsun Yu took the June Snow in Nangong Yi's hand, and just like he did just now, wrapped its roots with wet soil, and then put it in the back basket. After placing it, the two continued to search.