Chapter 16: Into the Mountains
Wei Wuji returned home and told Uncle Wang about going into the mountains to collect medicine. [Full text reading]
"Oh, young master, it's not a joke to go into the mountains to collect medicine, don't go. Uncle Wang said worriedly.
"It's okay, you can go into the mountains to collect medicine, young master, can't I do it?" Wei Wuji said with a smile.
"Young master, of course you can, but ......"
"There is nothing but, Uncle Wang, you help me prepare seven days of dry food, and I will set off tomorrow. ”
Uncle Wang saw that he couldn't persuade Wei Wuji, so he had to admonish him, turned around and left, and helped Wei Wuji get ready.
The next day, Wei Wuji left Weijiazhuang alone with a large bag of dry food, ropes and machetes, and walked along the mountain road to the depths of the mountain.
Not long after entering the mountain, I met Wei Li with more than a dozen members of the Wei family, talking and laughing all the way, whistling from behind.
Wei Li had recovered from his injuries, and with a group of followers, he saw Wei Wuji and asked in surprise: "Wei Wuji?
Wei Wuji ignored it and silently continued to walk forward.
"Brother Li is asking you, answer quickly!"
"Huh, when did the scrap become arrogant?"
"If you don't speak, believe it or not, I whipped down and beat you?"
Several followers behind Wei Li shouted when they saw Wei Wuji's attitude.
When one of them saw Wei Wuji, as if he had found fun, he took a leather whip and walked over with a cruel smile.
"Come back, let's not delay this time to enter the mountain. Wei Li called out to his followers.
Because of the woman in the purple shirt, everyone has somewhat changed towards Wei Wuji. The head of the family sent a message in private, and it was not allowed to make a move to Wei Wuji for no reason, and if he caused any trouble and annoyed the Venerable Master, it would not be good.
"You scrap material seems to be in good luck these days, I hope you don't die in the mountains, let's go. Wei Li's eyes were mocking, and he walked forward.
Several attendants looked at Wei Wuji, laughed loudly, and followed Wei Li.
"A person who goes into the mountains to collect medicine is simply looking for death. ”
"How can a waste material without roots and bones be able to do it?"
"He hasn't practiced martial arts, and I bet he can't live and come out of the mountains. ”
"There are a lot of beasts in the mountains, I guess he survived tonight......"
"Even if you are lucky and find the medicinal materials, I am afraid that you don't have the strength to carry the mountain ......"
The other clansmen also looked at Wei Wuji and laughed a few words, shook their heads and discussed, and walked quickly into the distance.
"They also go into the mountains to hunt and collect medicine, and I have to avoid their direction to have a bigger harvest. Wei Wuji looked at the disappearing backs of everyone, and said secretly in his heart.
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, the children of the family on the village often go into the mountains together to hunt and gather medicinal materials. Although they were only interested in medicinal materials that were useful to cultivators, no one would be too much about medicinal materials that could be exchanged for money. If they pick all the way, if Wei Wuji follows behind, the harvest will naturally be much less.
Thinking of this, Wei Wuji walked in the other direction.
After walking for a while, the path ahead was hidden in the dense weeds, and it became difficult to keep going. Wei Wuji hurried away with several large bags on his back, tired and sweaty, and his feet trembled and weak.
He looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he put all the things he was carrying into the gourd fairyland.
Without the weight on his body, Wei Wuji felt relaxed for a while, "Fortunately, there is a gourd fairyland, which can help me, if you carry all the things, you will really tire me to death in the mountains." ”
He sat down and rested for a while, drank a little water, hung the machete at his waist, took a stick to remove the weeds, watched out for snakes and insects, and walked into the distance.
The vast mountains next to Weijiazhuang are rich in medicinal materials, and the deeper you go into the mountains, the better the medicinal properties of the medicinal materials.
Wei Wuji's current strength didn't dare to go too deep into the mountains, so he could only collect on the edge of the periphery. According to the map of medicinal materials provided by Shopkeeper Liu, and according to the explanation of the text above, he soon found the first medicinal material, Silver Horn Grass.
The two main stems of the silver horn grass, growing upwards, are white, resembling horns, and are easily recognizable.
This kind of medicinal material is generally a single plant, or three or two plants grow together, unlike other plants, a large area grows, the herb picker is quite difficult to find, and the purchase price of the herb dealer is relatively high.
"Luckily, the first shot was silver horn grass, the stems, leaves, roots and whiskers can be used in medicine, and the price is higher than other medicinal materials. Ordinary herb pickers go around the mountains for a day, and it is rare to encounter a silverhorn grass, but I didn't expect that I could meet it for the first time I picked medicine!"
Wei Wuji laughed, took out the medicine hoe from the gourd fairyland space, and carefully picked the roots of this silver horn grass to ensure that the roots continued. However, the first time he collected medicine, it was inevitable that something would go wrong, and accidentally, the medicine hoe used too much force, and the taproot of the silver horn grass was broken.
"It's a pity that the silver horn grass with broken roots can only be regarded as residual medicine, and the price is much lower. Wei Wuji was a little regretful, "I don't know if it can continue to grow and survive if it is planted in the soil?" ”
Wei Wuji took the silver horn grass with the main root broken, entered the gourd space, came to the side of the field, and planted the silver horn grass in the ground.
I saw that the soil in the field was like quicksand, gently wriggling, burying the roots of the silver horn grass, and the silver horn grass had been planted without Wei Wuji digging the soil and digging pits.
"This kind of planting is also trouble-free. Wei Wuji looked at the planted silver horn grass, turned around and withdrew from the gourd space.
Each herb on the herb diagram has an explanation, including the growing environment, and the identification of the color and medicinal properties. Wei Wuji followed the map and continued to search.
However, in the following time, Wei Wuji was unlucky, and only found a dozen mountain vines.
Manshan vine is also a drug designated by pharmaceutical companies for purchase, but the price is not high.
Wei Wuji was not discouraged, observed the terrain, continued to search, and found a place where wild camellia could grow.
However, Wei Wuji still found nothing. There are still soil pits on the ground that the herb pickers have dug, which are estimated to have been left more than ten days ago. Judging from the size of the digging pit, it should be more than a dozen wild camellia plants, which have been dug up and collected by people.
"It's just the edge of the mountain, and it's not uncommon for every herb picker to be in search of herbs, and to be preempted. Wei Wuji sighed and said, "The price of wild mountain tea is not as good as silver horn grass, but it is higher than the mountain vine, if these dozen or so plants are collected by me, it can offset the consumption of entering the mountain this time." ”
Wei Wuji finally found this place, and he left with nothing, he was really unwilling. He searched everywhere and finally found a wild camellia plant in a hidden location.
This wild camellia plant has only grown for a year, and the plant is not tall, only half a person tall, and it is hidden by other plants, so it is missed by the herb picker.
Wei Wuji transplanted the wild camellia into the gourd space, and this time he was careful not to damage the roots.
A total of one silver horn grass, one wild camellia, and more than a dozen vines were planted in the field.
The gourd fairyland space is connected with Wei Wuji's divine sense, and the slightest change can't hide his thoughts. Looking at the medicinal herbs growing in the field, Wei Wuji noticed that the silver horn grass had undergone some changes