Dongjun Daming Kingdom, Stone Village.

Chen Xiaomo has been bored lately, except for going to see the sick Wen Shaojie every day, he sleeps at home the rest of the time. For a "scholar" like him, who is busy studying all day long, being idle is the biggest punishment for him.

Zhang San is an authentic farmer, who grows five acres of corn, five acres of wheat, and two acres of vegetables at home, maintaining most of the family's livelihood. Wang Cuihua is the only doctor in the village, in addition to helping Zhang San do some farm work, the rest of the time is to go up the mountain to collect medicine, treat diseases and save people, but it has also won unanimous praise from the villagers.

In order to find some work to do, Chen Xiaomo decided to go up the mountain with Wang Cuihua every day to collect medicine, because he felt that it was too dangerous for his mother to climb the mountain all day long in a woman's house, and when he became familiar with the environment on the mountain in the future, he could go up the mountain instead of his mother. And he doesn't know how he crossed over for the time being, so it makes more sense to find something to do first.

That morning, Chen Xiaomo carried a bamboo basket and a short shovel, and went up the mountain with his mother early.

The mountain road is very rugged, even a young man like Chen Xiaomo, who has just walked to the mountainside, is already sweating profusely. Looking at Wang Cuihua again, although she is almost fifty years old, her face does not change when she goes up the mountain, and she does not pant breathlessly, it seems that her body has been invisibly exercised by years of experience in collecting medicine, and she looks familiar with the road when she walks.

While collecting medicines, Wang Cuihua skillfully introduced various herbs to Chen Xiaomo.

"Xiaomo, you see, this is Angelica Angelica, which blooms umbel-shaped white flowers in summer, the fruit is oval, the root is used in medicine, and it has the functions of dispelling disease and dehumidification, draining pus and muscle, invigorating blood and relieving pain. It is mainly used for the treatment of cold, headache, rhinitis, dental disease, swelling and poison of painful joints, and its leaves can also be used as spices. Wang Cuihua pointed to a plant and said.

"Oh, I remember. Chen Xiaomo nodded in agreement.

Next, Wang Cuihua introduced Chinese herbs such as angelica, cloves, and notoginseng to Chen Xiaomo, and Chen Xiaomo memorized their names, shapes, smells, and effects in his mind one by one, and he thought that when he was familiar with all Chinese herbal medicines, his mother would not have to go up the mountain to collect medicines.

After staying on the mountain for a day, before I knew it, Chen Xiaomo and Wang Cuihua went down the mountain together. The afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on Wang Cuihua's face, quite kind, and a white hair on the sideburns looked extremely dazzling, as if witnessing the melancholy of the past and the vicissitudes of the years. Seeing this, Chen Xiaomo couldn't help but think of his parents, they had worked hard for themselves all their lives, but they had received some rewards?

Full of sorrow filled the boy's heart!

"Xiaomo, the medicinal materials on the mountain are not very complete, we need to go to the city to collect some in a few days, for the time being, it is scheduled for August 15, there will be a temple fair in Xuanhua City that day, the temple fair there can be lively, you can just go and have a good time." Wang Cuihua said with a smile.

"Oh, the temple fair, I've never been to it before!" Chen Xiaomo jumped up excitedly, but almost tripped over the stone under his feet. Wang Cuihua held him up, shook her head and smiled: "Look at the pleasure of you, watch your feet!"

It's May 22, and August 15 is almost three months away. During this time, Chen Xiaomo collected medicines during the day, read medical books, studied medical skills with his mother, and visited Wen Shaojie at night to talk to him. Although the days are dull, Chen Xiaomo is also happy, at least he lives a full life.

Today is the tenth day of the eighth month, and there are only five days left before the temple fair. As soon as it was dawn in the morning, Chen Xiaomo took his tools and went up the mountain to collect medicine. Because his mother had to treat several families, Chen Xiaomo was the only one who went up the mountain today.

Before leaving, Wang Cuihua gave him a list, which was a few herbs he needed to pick for this trip. Chen Xiaomo read it in general, then hummed a song and walked towards the mountain.

This is the first time that Chen Xiaomo has gone up the mountain alone to collect medicine, usually with his mother by his side, he doesn't dare to run around, and today he can finally go around.

This mountain is called bluestone mountain, all because the mountain is full of trees, the grass is abundant, and from a distance, a piece of green, so it gets this name.

Walk to the top of the mountain, as far as the eye can see, the trees are verdant, almost want to reach the sky, strolling in it, there is a kind of leisure and comfort of returning to nature. There are many kinds of plants in the mountain, so it has become a good place for Wang Cuihua to collect medicine on weekdays.

The first time he was playing freely in the woods, Chen Xiaomo couldn't help but look east and west. Either way, he could only move around in a small grove of trees in front of him. Because his mother had warned him that there were many poisonous snakes and beasts in the depths of the woods, and he must not enter without permission, so he naturally did not dare to approach easily.

About an hour later, Chen Xiaomo was tired of playing, so he remembered about collecting medicine. He took out the list and looked at it, only to see that there were a total of fifteen medicinal materials listed on it. The first was Sanqi, who took out his tools and began to carefully search for medicinal herbs.

It has been more than half a year since the first time I went up the mountain to collect medicines, and after Wang Cuihua's introduction to various medicinal materials and Chen Xiaomo's reading of various medical books, Chen Xiaomo at this time has already remembered the appearance, smell, and efficacy of various medicinal materials, so it is only a matter of time before he collects the fifteen flavors of medicinal materials.

Only half an hour later, Chen Xiaomo collected the first fourteen kinds of medicinal materials, but the last medicinal material, ginseng, could not be found.

He knew that ginseng was of great help in treating Wen Shaojie's illness. Although his mother will go to the city to buy medicinal herbs in five days, how can the price of a ginseng be affordable by ordinary people? Wen Shaojie became ill in order to save him, so he had to find ginseng no matter what.

After another half an hour, he saw that the first half of the forest had been turned around, but he still couldn't see the shadow of half a ginseng tree. Chen Xiaomo was a little tired, so he sat on a tree stump to rest, but his mind was quickly thinking about what other places in the first half of the woods he hadn't found.

Suddenly, he remembered that his mother had inadvertently said that the depths of this forest were a paradise for plants, and that no matter what kind of medicinal herbs could be found. She had been there once when she was younger, but she encountered a lot of poisonous snakes and almost died. She narrowly escaped and decided not to enter again.

Chen Xiaomo wanted to go in, but there were many dangers in the depths of this forest, and he didn't have any martial arts, so if he went in so rashly, he was afraid that he would die for a lifetime. Before leaving, my mother also repeatedly told me that there were few ginseng in this forest, and if you couldn't find it, forget it, don't risk yourself and stray into the second half of the forest. But to treat Wen Shaojie's disease, ginseng is needed, how can this be good?

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xiaomo decided to try his luck, it was best to be able to collect the medicine safely, and if it didn't work, he would run back quickly. If you really have your life back, it's a big deal to put your life in it.

Chen Xiaomo picked up a thick wooden stick from the ground and used it as a weapon. With a guy in his hand, his heart is much more steady.

With a stick in one hand, he cautiously made his way deeper into the woods.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, Chen Xiaomo didn't find any danger, but he was really surprised by the rich medicinal resources in the forest. Not to mention the common medicinal materials on weekdays, it is rare medicinal materials like ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, which are actually found in this forest, and there are quite a few.

Chen Xiaomo picked a few ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and other precious medicinal herbs, and then prepared to turn around and leave, muttering to himself: "It seems that the depths of this forest are nothing more than that!"

The air seemed to be still, and Chen Xiaomo's body that had just turned around instantly stopped in place. I saw a colorful white-fronted giant tiger appear in front of him, and the giant tiger was holding a huge hare in its mouth, and the hare kept twitching, and blood slowly dripped from the tiger's mouth.

Seeing Chen Xiaomo, the giant tiger's eyes suddenly released a fierce light. Chen Xiaomo thought secretly: "This giant tiger has already been eaten by rabbits, I guess it will let me go, right? As long as you don't provoke it, it should be fine." ”

Who knew that when the giant tiger saw Chen Xiaomo, it was like a stimulant, and he actually threw away the hare in his mouth and pounced on Chen Xiaomo instead.

Chen Xiaomo secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly rounded the wooden stick in his hand and threw it towards the giant tiger. The giant tiger was running, and suddenly saw something flying in front of him, and suddenly flashed to the side. When the thing fell, he saw that it was a wooden stick, and Chen Xiaomo had already turned around and ran away.

Because the giant tiger was behind him, Chen Xiaomo couldn't go back the way he came, and could only run deeper into the forest.

But how could the running speed of beasts be beyond the reach of Chen Xiaomo as a mortal? It didn't take long for the giant tiger to be not far from Chen Xiaomo.

Seeing that the giant tiger was about to pounce, Chen Xiaomo was about to give up, when a strange scene suddenly happened. I saw that the giant tiger did not pounce on Chen Xiaomo, but bypassed Chen Xiaomo and slipped away from him. Chen Xiaomo was startled, and turned to look at the giant tiger, only to see that its eyes were full of fear.

Chen Xiaomo was confused, he didn't know why the giant tiger ran away, could it have discovered that he had the aura of the protagonist? Chen Xiaomo's heart couldn't help but laugh, he turned his head to look back, but this look scared him almost peed a crotch of his pants.

I saw that behind Chen Xiaomo, a saber-toothed lion that was twice as big as the white-fronted giant tiger was rushing towards him!

How bad is his luck today! Chen Xiaomo was so angry that he almost cried, but the pace under his feet quickened a lot.

The bluestone mountain, the depths of the mountain, the trees are getting denser, which also provides convenience for Chen Xiaomo's escape, after all, he is smaller and easier to shuttle between the trees.

The experience of going up the mountain to collect medicine for more than half a year has also made his body much stronger, and he has successfully escaped from the lion's mouth several times. And not far in front of Chen Xiaomo, the white-fronted giant tiger with hanging eyes was also fleeing in a hurry.

Suddenly, the white-fronted giant tiger in front of him disappeared, and the saber-toothed lion behind him also slowed down. Chen Xiaomo was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to stop and think about how to deal with the saber-toothed lion, when suddenly a few rays of sunlight shone on his face through the trees, dazzling.

At the end of the dense forest, a white light suddenly appeared, as sudden as the dawn of the night, and as clear as the water falling out of the rock.

Chen Xiaomo couldn't stand the glare of the sun, and hurriedly covered his eyes with his hands, but his feet suddenly stepped into the air, and then he fell off the cliff......