Chapter Forty-Eight: Searching for Fairy Grass
After spending the night in the mountains, the group set off early again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Qing Yao still followed the crowd, covering the corners of her mouth and yawning while tapping the grass under her feet with a branch from time to time.
Although most of the mosquitoes had been smoked away with herbs before she rested last night, there were still a few stubborn buzzing in her ears.
In addition to this, she heard the howl of a wild wolf in the middle of the night.
Therefore, she was awakened from time to time, and she did not sleep peacefully.
"Rustling ......"
The sound of the wind blowing the leaves and the sound of people stepping on the dead leaves form a unique rhythm in this quiet atmosphere.
Qing Yao had never seen fairy grass grow in the soil, so she couldn't accurately identify it at a glance in this forest full of grass plants.
Because today there is a definite destination, the leader will lead everyone straight away.
"This is it. ”
After the leader said this, everyone stopped.
The other villagers went straight to a large tree and reached out and stroked the bark of the tree that had been artificially cut off from the trunk.
Seeing this, Qing Yao slowly stepped forward to check.
I saw that on the thick trunk of the tree, there were obvious traces carved horizontally, which were left by man. However, she did not understand the meaning of the marks engraved on it.
At this time, the villagers walked together in one direction.
"Here, here......"
"I'll look at ......"
In your words and actions, the branches and leaves of the fairy grass quickly appeared in everyone's sight.
"Is this the fairy grass?"
Qing Yao looked at the fairy grass that was surrounded by everyone, and slowly stepped forward to check.
The leader carefully picked up the fallen leaves around him and carefully examined the small fairy grass.
"Hey......"
The leader shook his head and sighed, slowly covering it again.
"What's going on?" asked Qing Yao suspiciously.
"This fairy grass is too small, and it has not yet reached the right harvest age. ”
Qing Yao listened to the other party's explanation, nodded slightly, and signaled that she understood.
"Let's go, let's go to the next place. ”
After the leader had cleaned up the place, he turned around and greeted everyone.
Subsequently, the crowd traveled to several places, but the results were not satisfactory.
"We've searched this area, and it looks like we're going to have to change places. ”
"Then let's go while it's still early. ”
"That's it, hurry up. ”
Qing Yao saw that the villagers were talking softly, and she slowly came to Sun Jian's master and apprentice.
"Mr. Sun, do you think we can really find it this time?"
"I'm not sure about this, I don't know until I look for it. Sun Jian said with a chuckle, and after glancing back at her, he asked softly, "What are the branches and leaves of the fairy grass, do you remember them?"
"Well, remember. ”
Although the knowledge that Qing Yao originally learned was all theories, when the theory was very solid, the moment she saw the real thing, she could understand it.
"Well, you'll take a closer look later, and you'll find it at some point. ”
"Good. ”
Qing Yao smiled and nodded.
At this time, the villagers had already discussed the result.
"Hurry up, everyone, let's go to another mountain range. ”
"Let's go, let's go. ”
When the team set off again, the pace of progress was significantly accelerated.
Qing Yao supported her body with a branch, stumbling to follow the pace of the team.
"Stop ......"
The leader suddenly raised his arms and whispered to the people behind him.
"Boss, did you find something?"
One of the villagers stepped forward and asked softly.
After listening carefully for a moment, the leader suddenly said to the person behind him with a nervous face: "Quick, everyone hides." ”
Although Qing Yao didn't understand what was happening, she subconsciously hid behind the trunk.
"Click, click, click......"
At this time, a series of subtle sounds came from far and near to meet everyone.
"Hum ......"
The leader breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice.
Qing Yao had been paying attention to the expressions of the people in front of her, and when she saw the slightly relaxed expression of the other party, her hanging heart gradually relaxed.
"The voice?"
She knew it was an animal approaching, but she couldn't make out what it was.
Juniper protected Sun Jian and Qing Yao within his range, and naturally heard her whispering. So he chuckled and explained, "Senior Sister Qingyao, this is the voice of wild boars, we should have met a herd of wild boars." ”
"Then we won't be in danger, will we?"
Qing Yao knew that although the wild boar was a herbivore, its long fangs were still very dangerous.
"Rest assured, there are a lot of us. ”
Juniper explained, looking very relaxed.
When Qing Yao saw the other party like this, her heart was settled.
"Well, it's good that there's no danger. ”
"Hum ......"
At this time, two large and three small wild boar herds gradually appeared in everyone's sight.
"It looks like we had a lot of luck today. ”
The leader smiled and quickly waved to the man behind him.
The people who can go into the mountains to find fairy grass are all the best hunters, and even Aunt Xiulan in the team is also a good one.
"Du Gongzi, you protect the two of them. ”
Juniper listened to the leader's explanation, nodded slightly and replied: "Okay, just leave it to me." ”
At this time, the wild boar herd is also getting closer and closer to their location.
"Do it!"
At the sound of an order, the five-person team over there took their weapons and quickly rushed forward.
Frightened, the boars began to flee in all directions.
Qing Yao hid behind the trunk of a tree and looked cautiously.
It only took a few moments for a few people over there to seriously injure one of them, and then they neatly packed up the piglets that wanted to escape.
"It shouldn't be dangerous. ”
Qing Yao glanced at the long fangs of the boar leader, and couldn't help but feel a little worried in her heart.
The leader of the wild boar gradually turned red under the siege of everyone.
After snorting heavily, he quickly slammed into the person.
"Bang, bang, bang......"
"Click, click, click......"
After a scuffle, the boar leader lay down.
Everyone looked at the wild boar that had fallen to the ground, and their faces showed a look of joy.
The villagers live at the foot of the mountain, but because the land is not suitable for farming, they have always relied on the mountains and forests for their livelihood.
As the saying goes, rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, and rely on the water to eat the water. These wild boars were a surprise this time.
"Okay, let's deal with these wild boars, and we'll go back. ”
The leader said to the rest of the villagers, taking out his short knife and beginning to bleed the boar.
Seeing that the danger was lifted, Qing Yao also slowly walked out from behind the trunk where she was hiding.
And in the Linxian Mountain, which has been lingering between the clouds and mist for many years, the official Junyao is standing on a flat stone platform, looking ahead.
"Lin Xian, Lin Xian, why do you prevent everyone from entering?"
He originally came with a team picking fairy grass, but after seeing that those people did not encounter any danger, he quickly arrived here with his strong martial arts.
However, when he tried to step into the main mountain range, he was always unable to enter, as if a mysterious force was pushing him outward.