In ancient times, it was called the Central Plains, which is now Henan.

The Central Plains is one of the birthplaces of Chinese culture, and the three major technologies of the four great inventions of ancient times, the compass, papermaking, and gunpowder, were all invented in the Central Plains. In history, more than 20 dynasties have built or moved their capitals to the Central Plains, giving birth to ancient capitals such as Luoyang, Kaifeng, Anyang, Zhengzhou, Shangqiu, etc., and the Central Plains is also the province with the largest number of people in China, as high as 110 million.

The Central Plains region extends in all directions, with beautiful mountains and rivers, abundant products, and abundant grain and oil; The geographical conditions are superior, the living conditions are upper, the troops accumulate grain, can advance and retreat, can attack and defend, the natural gold plate, and it is considered to be the center of the world in the world, and it is also the place where the soldiers must fight, so there is also the ancient saying of "the world of those who have won the Central Plains", which has been passed down to this day.

However, due to the dense population and the above-mentioned forests, the Central Plains has created a mixed environment of dragons and snakes, with many robberies and abductions, which is very smoky. Of course, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are shadows, but there are more in the Central Plains.

In late December, when the cold wind was howling, Li Changjing took a two-day train from Daye City all the way to Nanyang City in Henan.

The Central Plains has good scenery and many ancient cultural capitals, which is a good place for tourism, but Li Changjing is not out to play, and now Xia Keke's situation is not optimistic, he must find the medicinal materials needed for Ning Huadan as soon as possible.

Ning Hua Dan, it is recorded in Xu Zhenhai's "True Skill of Refining Medicine", like the Regeneration Pill, it belongs to the second-order top quality pill, and it is not difficult to refine, but the materials are rare, especially the four main drugs, Li Changjing has never said that he has seen it, even if he has never heard of it, even on the true skill of refining medicine, it only roughly records the place of origin, and there is no exact positioning.

The first of the four main medicines, called "Jinbuxing", is said to be a vine-borne fruit that grows in the Funiu Mountains in Henan.

So Li Changjing came non-stop.

Li Changjing found a place to live in Nanyang for one night, and asked again in the city's major Chinese medicine shops, but there were no clues, in desperation, he had to take a car to Nanzhao County, alone, began to walk west along a branch of the Funiu Mountains, until more than six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was slightly dark, he was a little tired, so he found a place near the water at the foot of the mountain, and planned to rest for a night before leaving.

However, Li Changjing had just found some dry firewood, and before he could light a fire, suddenly a team of more than a dozen people came out of the night and surrounded Li Changjing, one of whom was about eighteen or nineteen years old, was particularly direct, and instantly took out a knife and stabbed Li Changjing in the throat hard.

Of course, this girl was just scaring Li Changjing, the knife stopped an inch away from his throat, and then looked at the surprised expression on Li Changjing's face, and sneered: "Look at your little white face, it shouldn't be peeing your pants, right?" ”

"Xiaoling, didn't you say that you wouldn't mess around."

At this time, a twenty-six or seventeen-year-old young man came up behind the girl, very strong, estimated to be one meter nine, with a Chinese face, and a very extraordinary bearing, under the bronzed skin, the two arms were very thick, the upper muscles appeared, and the chest muscles were even more bulging outward, bulging like a mountain bag, making him look like an iron tower as a whole, giving short people a strong sense of oppression.

The girl with the knife glanced at the big man, pouted, and said dissatisfiedly: "People are just playing, why are you so serious." ”

The strong man ignored her, but turned his head, his sharp gaze swept over Li Changjing, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" Looking so raw, it's not from this area, right? ”

"Hello big brother." Li Changjing showed a friendly smile and said half-truthfully: "I am from Hunan, and my family has been a Chinese medicine merchant for generations, and I came here to dig up some medicine and sell it back, if you are offended, please forgive me." ”

That Xiao Ling pursed her lips, with a look of disgust on her face, "With your small body, a gust of wind can blow it down, and you can go up the mountain to dig medicine?" Most of the Funiu Mountains are primeval forests, and there are many fierce beasts, aren't you afraid that you will have your life to go in and come out without your life? ”

Li Changjing was not angry, but just smiled awkwardly, looking a little overwhelmed.

Xiao Ling snorted and scolded: "Boys and girls can only giggle, and they want to vomit when they see it." When she had finished scolding, she clasped her hands and turned her face to the side, as if she didn't bother to look at him again.

Li Changjing took advantage of the night to carefully look at the group of people, and found that except for the 1.9-meter-old man, and this eighteen or nineteen-year-old Xiaoling, wearing a short skirt made of leopard skin, with a proud face, the rest were all young and strong men between the ages of twenty-five and thirty, all of whom held weapons in their hands, or homemade wooden-handled spears, or firewood knives that had been sharpened to shiny blades, or some earth-style bows and arrows, and at first glance they seemed to be hunters from nearby villages.

"Hunan is separated from the Central Plains by a province, what medicine needs to travel so far to dig?" The one-meter-nine young man looked at Li Changjing and said thoughtfully: "I think it's fake that you dig medicinal herbs, and it's true that you want to participate in the Great Ceremony of All Things, right?" ”