"Hope...... I can still have good luck this time in the mountains......"

"Hope...... Can my father's illness be healed......"

The young man walking alone in the wilderness, with a slightly thin figure and a slightly red face, carried a rough bamboo basket behind his back. The path under his feet led to a high mountain called Qilan. The purpose of this young man going up the mountain was to collect some medicinal herbs. This is his fourth trip to the Blue Mountains this month.

Qilan Mountain is also the most dangerous mountain in the territory of Fire City. In the Dark Night Continent, there are mountains and deep valleys everywhere, and it can even be said that the cities of the Dark Night Continent are among the mountains. Almost every city is surrounded on all sides by high mountains. And this Qi Lan Mountain, which is far from the territory of Fire City, is very famous in the entire Dark Night Continent.

There are a lot of medicinal materials produced in Qilan Mountain, but almost all of them are ordinary medicinal materials of relatively low grade. Even so, there are still some poor human beings who try to climb the Qilan Mountain every day to collect those medicinal herbs that are not very valuable.

The reason why Qilan Mountain is famous is not because of the medicinal materials it produces, but because of its steep terrain. Even some acquired cultivators, if they want to climb the Qilan Mountain, they will encounter some deadly dangers.

Every day, many people die in the Blue Mountains. Legend has it that the bones under the cliffs of Qilan Mountain have covered the entire valley and cannot be counted.

It is precisely because of this that the number of medicinal herbs on the Qilan Mountain has always been more than that of other mountain ranges. Compared with some other peaks, climbing the Qilan Mountain will have a greater chance of successfully collecting medicinal herbs.

But there is no one who does not value his life. Therefore, the people who climb the Qilan Mountain are some very poor human beings who need money urgently. This teenager is such a young man.

His father was seriously ill. In order to treat his father's illness, from the age of fifteen, he often climbed the Qilan Mountain. His luck is good, in the past year or so, he has always been able to collect some medicinal herbs. Although he encountered many dangers, he still survived tenaciously.

Sometimes, he really wanted to never wake up in his sleep again, but when he thought of his father, who was still suffering from illness, he would carry his bamboo basket again and go to the Blue Mountains.

Xia Yan had been flying slowly in the air, following the young man. Time passed slowly, and Xia Yan was not in a hurry to make a move on the young man. Of course, Xia Yan felt that this young man was just an ordinary person. Judging from the boy's outfit and the shabby bamboo basket he was carrying on his back, the boy should have gone to collect something.

In Xia Yan's line of sight, the steep Qilan Mountain, which was twenty miles away, was not blurred.

Xia Yan saw that although the young man was thin, his eyes were bright, which was the belief in his heart, giving him hope and expectation.

The young man's eyes reminded Xia Yan of himself a few years ago. At that time, he was also an ordinary person who couldn't get through a martial arts meridian. It is precisely because of the persistence and belief in my heart that I have never given up.

At this time, Xia Yan saw that in front of the path where the young man was walking, another young man in his twenties dressed plainly was facing the young man. The young man was also carrying a bamboo basket, and in the bamboo basket were two lowest-grade medicinal herbs.

The young man in his twenties had a satisfied smile on his face.

Moments later, the two met. These two people turned out to be familiar with each other. After meeting, both men stopped their figures.

"Xuming, what are you...... Are you planning to go up the mountain to collect medicine again?" the young man in his twenties asked in surprise when he saw Xu Ming.

"Hehe, Brother Mo, you went up the mountain three days ago, and now you must have had a good harvest, right?" the young man looked at the slightly older young man and said with a smile.

"Well, I've collected two primary herbs. The young man surnamed Mo smiled, and then said, "Xuming, you are really desperate! You only came down from Qilan Mountain three days ago, and now you are going up again. Didn't you pick an intermediate medicinal herb three days ago?"

Every time you go up the mountain, it is equivalent to a gamble, and the bet is your own life. The day after tomorrow, if you climb the Qilan Mountain, you can die at any time, let alone these ordinary people.

Hearing the young man surnamed Mo say this, Xu Ming's face darkened a little.

"Xuming, I know that you are worried about your father's illness and want to cure his illness, but you can't take care of yourself so much! Your father is now only one of your relatives, if you are not there, then who will take care of your father?" said the young man surnamed Mo with a sigh.

This young man surnamed Mo is obviously familiar with Xu Ming.

Xia Yan was in the air, listening to the conversation between the two.

"Brother Mo, I understand what you say, but ......" Xu Ming was sad, "You know the situation in my family." I was in a lot of debt to treat my father. Three days ago, I was lucky enough to pick up an intermediate-grade medicinal herb and sell it for thirty-five gold coins. But before these gold coins could buy medicine for his father, they were taken away by Zhang Fang. ”

Xu Ming, I owe the debt that was released.

"Zhang Fang?" Brother Mo couldn't help but bite his teeth when he heard this name, and said with anger, "This villain, who deceives the good and fears the evil, will have retribution sooner or later." ”

"Alas......" Xu Ming sighed, his eyes immediately radiated, and he said expectantly, "I hope this time, I can collect another intermediate medicinal herb...... Hehe, if I can collect two plants, then I can see that Zhang's debt will be repaid. ”

"Hmm, Xuming, then you have to be careful, recently I heard that there are several wild beasts in the mountains that often haunt the mountains, and many people who go up the mountain to collect medicine have given them to the beasts. Brother Mo said with a serious face.

"Well, I'll be careful!" Xu Ming nodded, with a resolute expression, "Brother Mo, then I'll go up the mountain! ”

"Go ahead, don't worry about your father. These days, I will go over to take care of your father. Brother Mo nodded.

The foothills of the Blue Mountains!

"It's here!" Xu Ming stood at the foot of the mountain, stopped his thin and thin figure, looked towards the peak, and chanted, "Merciful God, please let me pick another intermediate medicinal herb!

After saying that, Xu Ming began to climb the mountain.

This strange blue mountain is indeed very steep, from the foot of the mountain, it is very steep. It does take a lot of strength to climb the mountain, and it's no wonder that many acquired cultivators are reluctant to come.

And innate cultivators generally rarely come to Qilan Mountain. On this Qilan Mountain, there are very few intermediate medicinal materials, almost all of them are primary medicinal materials. For the innate powerhouse, it is not cost-effective to spend so much time looking for some primary medicinal materials!

It took Xu Ming a full three hours to climb the first peak, which seemed to be the shortest mountain. And this first peak, I don't know how many people have searched for it, and it is impossible to find medicinal herbs at all.

If you want to collect medicinal herbs, you must continue to climb the second mountain. The second peak, if you're lucky, will find some primary medicinal herbs.

When he reached the first peak, Xu Ming wiped his sweat, took out a shriveled black baked cake from the placket of his chest, and chewed it heavily.

He didn't know that above him, there was a person who had been patiently watching him.

After eating the pancakes, Xu Ming did not rest, and directly began to climb the second peak. This second peak is even more dangerous than the first.

It took five hours for Xu Ming to find a gentle place to rest in the middle of the second peak. By this time, it was already early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the earth again.

Xuming, who was wearing thin clothes, didn't seem to feel the cold air in the mountains. He rested for a while, then got up again and continued to climb upward.

In the afternoon, Xuming finally reached the second peak. When you get here, you can see the endless mountain peaks. In search of herbs, you have to constantly climb from one mountain peak to another.

If you're lucky, you'll be able to find some herbs that grow in dangerous situations. Even elementary herbs are not easy to find.

Time, another day has passed!

Xuming, still nothing.

"It would be nice if there was one more baked cake......" Xu Ming said to himself, sitting under the trunk of a tree, looking at the mountain peaks in the distance. He touched his belly, where there was a cooing sound from time to time.

Xia Yan noticed that it had been more than ten hours, and Xu Ming had not eaten dry food again. Xia Yan felt that Xu Ming might have run out of dry food. This Xu Ming entered the mountain once, and he only brought three baked cakes, and they were three black, hard and moldy baked cakes. Xia Yan couldn't help but shake his head.

"This Xuming is much more bitter than I was at the beginning......" Xia Yan couldn't help but feel compassion. In fact, Xia Yan did not have any hatred for the people of the Dark Night Continent. Besides, Xia Yan's mother is a person from the Dark Night Continent. Speaking of which, Xia Yan himself is also half of the people of the Dark Night Continent.

"Forget it, since I let me meet you and let me know your situation, I'll help you!" Xia Yan said in his heart.

Then, Xia Yan's figure quickly fell into the mountain peaks in the distance. Consciousness spreads, and the entire mountain peak is under Xia Yan's exploration.

"Primary Medicinal Materials...... Don't ......"

"Still a primary medicinal herb ......"

"It's a primary medicinal material again, how come even intermediate medicinal materials are so rare on this mountain?" Xia Yan frowned slightly, and continued to search for the next peak.

After a stick of incense!

"Hehe, I finally found an intermediate-grade medicinal herb, which should be able to sell for dozens of gold coins. Xia Yan made a move, and the mid-grade medicinal materials growing on a rock wall fell into Xia Yan's hands.

"I'm afraid one plant is not enough, I'll look for it again!" As soon as the thought turned, Xia Yan's figure then appeared on another mountain.

"Yes, this time it only took half a cup of tea to find another plant. Hey, no, it turned out to be three intermediate-grade medicinal herbs growing together!" Xia Yan's face was happy, his fingers curled, and a spiritual power was released, and the three blue medicinal herbs arrived in Xia Yan's palm.

(To be continued)