Volume 4: Test Feather 1: Successive Misses

"Hey! Did you find it? ”

It was Tang Ping who asked, she was looking at Qian Chao on the side with some impatience, in fact, not only Tang Ping, but also the rest of Li Jian, Yan Xuan and Lu Pingchuan also looked at Qian Chao.

Qian Chao looked a little embarrassed, but he didn't answer in a hurry, he unfolded a leather scroll in his hands, on which the geographical trend of mountains and rivers was drawn, this leather scroll was made by himself with animal skins, at this time the five of them were on the top of the high mountain, if they were still drawing a map with ordinary paper, they were afraid that they would be torn and shattered by the wind here as soon as they unfolded. It was with this in mind in advance that Qian Chao drew a few maps with tanned animal skins before going out this time, thinking that he could follow the map after he came out, but he didn't expect to pounce on a few empty pieces.

One of the signs that the five of them received in the Remitted House asked them to collect thirty white branches that were old enough outside the sect.

Speaking of which, this white branch is not a particularly precious spiritual grass, according to Yan Xuan, it is used to refine some common pills, which is not unusual, but the requirements of the Honorable Yuan for the year of this white branch are a little harsh. Qian Chao also did his homework before he came out, the distribution of some common spirit grasses and ores, he inquired about the senior brothers around him early, that Cheng Qiantang did not have any concealment from Qian Chao, as long as Qian Chao asked himself, he explained everything he knew to Qian Chao, so that Qian Chao benefited a lot, and some other senior brothers who were good friends with Qian Chao also told Qian Chao about things outside the sect. Regardless of anything else, where this white branch grows, Qian Chao marked as many as five or six places on his map.

When he first came out of the sect, Qian Chao was full of confidence to pack tickets to everyone, as long as he followed him, who knew that he took his four companions to a few places in a hurry, but he missed several times. The year of the white branches that can be found everywhere he goes is obviously insufficient, and it can be clearly seen that Yan Xuan is not interested in those spirit grasses, and he doesn't even have the idea of picking them by hand, or the place where he goes is empty, although some other spirit grasses are picked and collected by Yan Xuan, but half of the white branches have not been found. What's more, they did find traces of the growth of white branches in a place where white branches should have grown, but it could be seen that they had been picked first, and some messy fighting traces were found there, which made the five of them nervous for a while, but after some searching, they found that there should have been white branches there, and it is very likely that there are some good things worthy of some demon beasts to take care of, and there was a fight with the monks who took away the white branches before, but when the five people arrived, this place was already empty. These scenes made Qian Chao feel a little frustrated in the disappointment.

Tang Ping, who couldn't hold her breath at that time, questioned Qian Chao: "Can you find a place!" ”

Qian Chao had no choice but to take out his leather scroll map again to find the next place where he could pick the white branches, at that time they were in a low-lying terrain, the surrounding mountains were vertical and horizontal, and they couldn't see clearly, so they came to the top of a high mountain and looked around while comparing the map in the hand.

Among the several people, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan are not in a hurry, both of them are brave and good at fighting. Li Jian is not in a hurry, it is good to be able to find it according to Li Jian's ideas, even if he can't find it, a few people will find some difficult demon beasts to kill and bring them back, and it will also be a lot of money to return to the sect to make a move, so he doesn't care very much about whether Qian Chao can find a place to pick white branches. As for Lu Pingchuan, firstly, he was very relieved about Qian Chao, thinking that Brother Qian would definitely be able to find a place to pick that grass, and secondly, this time he came out as if he was playing, as long as he could come out and no longer stuffy in the sect, he felt happy. 、

Speaking of the two daughters who are anxious, Tang Ping and Yan Xuan are still in a hurry, Tang Ping is personality, plus Qian Chao also said a lot before, saying that if you follow him, you will definitely find the spirit grass, but as a result, she continued to pounce into the air, so she was a little anxious and urged. Only Yan Xuan, she found that except for one time when Qian Chao led the way, it was really empty, and the rest of the times were either insufficient for the year of the white branches of the spirit grass and could not be used, or it was usable, but the five of them were one step slower than others, but at least it showed that the places where the Qian brothers took everyone to have spirit grass growing, which made Yan Xuan have a little more confidence in Qian Chao, and Yan Xuan was anxious to find the next place earlier, so as not to be taken by others first.

Qian Chao stared at the map in his hand, not caring about Tang Ping's urging, it seemed that the place where there might be white branches on the map was not far away, but looking around at the vast mountains, he didn't find a mountain range similar to the one on the map, so he said, "Wait for me." "The body flew up in the sky and looked down from a higher place.

After a while, Qian Chao's body slowly fell and said to the four people: "I found it, come with me." ”

As soon as a few people heard this, they also flew up in the sky and moved forward with Qian Chao, Tang Ping was not at ease, and asked beside Qian Chao: "Hey, can't you be wrong this time?" ”

Qian Chao said; "It's more secretive, so you can't go wrong."

Under the leadership of Qian Chao, the five people flew all the way down from the top of the mountain, turned a few mountain beams and mountain cols, startled countless birds in the forest, and finally landed in the forest near the foot of the mountain.

"This is it?" Tang Ping looked at the surrounding trees hesitantly, and the rest of the people also looked around.

"Not here, the entrance is near here," Qian Chao said as he walked towards the depths of the forest, and a few people followed when they saw it.

Qian Chao stopped and went, and then found a mountain spring in the forest, and followed the mountain spring to its source, and finally stopped in front of a mountain wall.

"What is this place?" Tang Ping walked suspiciously all the way and couldn't help asking.

The mountain wall was covered with a thick shrub vine, from which the spring flowed, and it was evident that there should be a spring after the vine.

Qian Chao didn't speak, and pulled the vine that covered the mountain wall to the side, revealing a black cave behind, and then the vine was torn open, and a cool breeze blew out from inside. When Lu Pingchuan saw it, he was worried that there might be fierce beasts in the cave, so he stepped forward to inspect the cave.

"Do white branches grow in holes?" When Tang Ping saw it, he asked, there was no place where he had gone before was such a dark and damp cave.

Qian Chao smiled: "Just walk through this cave." With that, he turned around and walked in.

"I'll come first," Lu Pingchuan saw it, stopped Qian Chao, and stepped in.

In the cave, Qian Chao released a piece of talisman paper, and the yellow paper floated above the heads of several people and emitted a warm yellow light, so that several people could see the surroundings under their feet.

This cave is less to say that there are fifty or sixty zhang, meandering, rugged and undulating, several mountain springs accumulate into a pool, five people float through the air, the more you go inside, the more you can hear the sound of rushing water, go to the depths of the cave, the light is not dim but bright, and then go forward five people will see the exit of this cave, and also know where the sound of this rushing water comes from.

This cave is not the source of this mountain spring, the source should still be somewhere on the mountain, but the spring water is from top to bottom, and a bright curtain of water droplets is hung at the entrance of the cave, and the sound of the water comes from there.

Lu Pingchuan was the first to step through the water bead curtain, then Qian Chao, then Tang Pingyanxuan's second daughter, and finally Li Jian, the queen of the palace.

"Hehe, this place is really hard to find!" Lu Pingchuan said and shook the water droplets on his head.

Li Jian and Qian Chao each brushed the water stains on their robes, and then looked around, Li Jian looked at it curiously, and couldn't help but nodded, secretly saying that the scenery here can be seen. Qian Chao still had a trace of apprehension in his heart, and he was not sure if he could find the kind of spiritual grass called Baizhizi in the place he found now according to his map guidance.

Yan Xuan and Tang Ping each took out silk handkerchiefs, wiped the water droplets on their dresses and sideburns with each other, and looked around. "Hey, boy Qian, can you find that kind of spirit grass in this place?"

This money tide didn't dare to pack tickets, among the five people, only Yan Xuan was the most familiar with the spirit grass, so he could only say: "Then I have to invite Sister Yan to take a look." ”

Yan Xuan finally helped Tang Ping sweep the water droplets from the sideburns, and then put away the silk handkerchief, and did not forget to blame Tang Ping, "You, you are an urgent child, we just arrived here, we have to find it." After saying that, he took her hand and looked at Kotanouchi and walked away.