Chapter 11 Collecting Medicine
After about half an hour, the voice of the white-bearded old man sounded again, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the next thing you have to face is the second level of this introductory trial. Please look for valuable medicinal materials in this dense forest, and the market value of the medicinal materials obtained can only be cleared if the market value of the medicinal materials exceeds 1,000 taels of silver. "After the approval, all the medicinal materials obtained will be recalled. Of course, if you feel that the herbs you have collected are not enough for 1,000 taels, or you don't want to hand them in. You can leave on your own with your own medicinal herbs, and the skyfall will not take a penny, and escort you down the mountain safely. Ladies and gentlemen, please. ”
As soon as the words fell, the white-bearded old man and the disciple of the Heavenly Fall disappeared again in front of everyone's eyes, and after a moment, the quiet crowd became noisy again, and began to spread.
This time, people mostly chose to go it alone. This time, the indicator is to collect medicinal materials with a market value of 1,000 taels per person, and the more people there are, the greater the amount that needs to be collected and the better the quality. Moreover, if you are not careful, it is easy to cause uneven distribution, and if you don't make a good fuss, you will fight hard. Therefore, everyone wisely chose to act alone. Moreover, this dense forest is so vast, and ordinary medicinal materials can be found everywhere, as long as you look for it carefully, there is no problem in completing the target.
"Qingya, it's over, I don't know anything about medicinal herbs or anything." Seeing that everyone was already lying on the ground and looking for it carefully, Hua Qing'er was on the side, pulling Qingya's arm and saying anxiously.
"Sister Qing'er, don't worry, I was in the hospital that day, Mr. Tongjun taught me a lot of medical science, and I also benefited a lot from the identification of medicinal materials, if I am lucky, there should be no problem with the indicators this time." Qingya replied as she tried to recall the contents of the medicinal herb illustrated book that she had flipped through that day.
Legend has it that the ancient Shennong clan tasted all the herbs in the world, and countless generations of famous doctors in later generations continued to improve and compile the book "Shennong Sutra" on this basis, which is said to include all the medicinal materials found so far, and recorded its medicinal properties and pharmacology in detail. It is a sacred book of medicine that every practitioner must be proficient in. That day, Qingya just thought it was interesting, so he roughly browsed the Shennong Sutra, although it was a swallowing of dates, but he also remembered some medicinal materials clearly.
"Sister Qing'er, let's stay away from the crowd, so as not to have disputes with others, let's go a little further, there should be better medicinal materials inside." With that, the two of them left the crowd and walked deeper into the jungle, and in a short time their figures disappeared into the night mist.
This dense forest, on weekdays, people are rarely visited, there is no medicine picker who will risk climbing so high, the Tianluo Mountain trial is once every ten years, and the way of each trial is different. Then, it has not been visited here for at least decades or even hundreds of years, and there must be rare medicinal materials here that are old. Sure enough, on a section of the hollowed out ancient tree, this palm-sized, bright red Ganoderma lucidum grew.
"It's Blood Lingzhi."
Qingya turned around and climbed up to the treetops, and with a small piece of wood, carefully removed the blood reishi from the tree, leaving some mycelium for future growth. Blood Ganoderma lucidum has an excellent recovery effect for people who have just recovered from a serious illness, and at the same time, it also has an excellent effect on blood and beauty for women.
Judging from Qingya's insignificant eyesight, this blood lingzhi is at least fifty years old, although it doesn't know how much it is worth, but it will definitely not be less than one hundred taels. At this time, Qingya somewhat understood why the white-bearded old man just now said that the person who was unwilling to hand in the medicinal materials would leave on his own, and the first medicinal herb he found was already no less than one hundred taels of silver, and if he was lucky in one night, it was okay to collect thousands of taels worth of medicinal materials. Such a sum of money, put at the bottom of the mountain, is enough for people to be fed and clothed for a lifetime.
But I would never do this, I came here to seek immortality for the sake of cultivation, and anyway, I have never enjoyed the glory and wealth of the mortal world, and there is no need to pursue these. While thinking like this, he put the blood lingzhi into his coat and wrapped it, and after two or three clicks, he jumped off the tree.
"Qingya, Qingya, come and see, there's a strange grass here." I saw Hua Qing'er squatting on the side, constantly waving to this side.
Qingya walked over, squatted down beside her, and looked down at her gaze, and in the grass on the ground, there was a clearing that was particularly abrupt, about two feet in radius. Moreover, the clearing seemed to be charred, and it was pitch black. In the middle of the clearing, there was a flame that kept burning. No, it was a fiery red herb, as striking as a burning flame.
Flame Grass, such obvious features are enough to make one sure that this is Flame Grass. The shape of the flame grass is the same as that of ordinary grass, but the color is as red as a flame, and it looks like a cluster of burning flames from a distance, the longer it grows, the smaller it will become, and it will clear out the surrounding land as if it were burning, and finally it will disappear into this scorched earth like a burning flame, dissipating between heaven and earth.
Flame grass has an excellent effect on patients with cold constitution or cold poison. What's even more rare is that it is placed in the room, even in the cold winter, the room is still warm as spring, and it is a plant loved by many rich and noble families, but it is a pity that its number is very small, and it can be said that it is hard to find. With this flame grass, tonight's indicators for the two of them are completed.
Qingya couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, it was more popular than people, and when he found a blood lingzhi, he was smug, thinking that he was lucky. I didn't expect this girl to look for it casually, and it was thousands of taels of gold.
"Sister Qing'er is really a lady of the sky, just this flame grass is enough for the two of us to complete the indicators this time. This time, thanks to Sister Qing'er's blessings, we were able to find this such a precious medicinal herb. Come, give me your hairpin. Qingya said as he stretched out his hand.
"Do you want to dig it out with a hairpin?" Hua Qing'er asked suspiciously, "Can't you just pull it out with your hands?" As he spoke, he took out the hairpin in his pocket and put it in Qingya's palm.
While cleaning up the dirt on the ground, Qingya explained, "It is recorded in the book that flame grass is extremely corrosive to flesh and blood, grass and trees, and if it is touched, it will be like being burned by flames, and can only be touched with metal or porcelain. When the flame grass was dug up by the roots, Qingya took out the small kettle that had just filled it with water and placed the flame grass in it.
"Then you can take a break now, hey, I'm really tired today." Hua Qing'er twisted her waist, relaxed her body, and sat down next to a big tree to rest.
Before she could sit down, Hua Qing'er jumped up again, hurriedly ran to a tree in front of her, and squatted there motionless, it turned out that under that tree, there was a bird's nest scattered, which obviously fell from the tree. At this moment, the eggs in the bird's nest were already broken, and the yellow and white liquid flowed all over the ground, and I don't know how many lives died here. Seeing this scene, Hua Qing'er couldn't help but feel sad.
Qingya walked over and found that there was still a blue egg intact on the ground, so he immediately picked it up, wiped it clean, and after checking that there were no cracks again, he smiled and comforted, "Don't be sad Sister Qing'er, isn't there another intact one." ”
"Qingya, you say, shall we take this egg away? When this trial is completed, we will find a warm place and see if we can hatch it, do you say? ”
Although I know that this is basically impossible to succeed, once the big bird is gone, it is impossible for these eggs to hatch into cubs. But looking at Hua Qing'er's moist eyes flickering with tears at the moment, Qingya couldn't help but say with confidence: "No problem, I will definitely hatch it, big deal, I will find an old hen and put it under its belly, it will be fine." ”
"What if it hatches and becomes like a chick and can't fly?" Hua Qing'er asked innocently.
Qingya was stunned by her quiet personality, and she couldn't help but laugh at this sentence, and rubbed Hua Qing'er's head with a smile and said: "Silly girl, even if it is a swan born in a duck nest, it is still a swan, and one day it will fly into the blue sky, Sister Qing'er, you are so cute." ”
Hua Qing'er, who knew that she was out of trouble, hurriedly immediately covered Qingya's face with her hand, and then squeezed hard into the middle, "Don't laugh, what's so funny, the stinky boy is not big or small, hum." ”
His face was so squeezed that he had to pout, and Qingya muttered, "Okay, okay, I won't laugh, my sister will go around me." ”
"Hmph, let's see if you dare to make fun of me." Hua Qing'er let go of her hands
With another pop, knowing that he accidentally couldn't hold back, Qingya covered his mouth, but his constantly shaking shoulders still betrayed him.
"Stinky boy, you ......"
Seeing that Hua Qing'er was about to pounce again, Qingya suddenly put down her hands covering her face, and said with a straight face, "Okay, Sister Qing'er, we won't mention what happened just now, seize the time to rest, I am only halfway up the mountain today, and there will definitely be a new trial tomorrow." But I was secretly shocked in my heart: it was so dangerous, but fortunately I endured it in time.
As for this bird's egg, Qingya felt that it was not safe to put it anywhere, and in the end, he had to keep it in his hand, and I was afraid that only by finding a stable place to settle it could he place it properly. I hope that in tomorrow's trial, I won't accidentally break it, otherwise Sister Qing'er will be sad.