Perhaps considering that most of the medicine collection team were newcomers, Deacon Zhou deliberately arranged the medicine collection area on the periphery of Dongwu Mountain.

Relatively speaking, there are fewer beasts and less dangerous here, but there are also significantly fewer resources such as medicinal herbs than in other areas.

Xu Anping walked in the forest for more than two hours, and only picked more than 20 ordinary herbs of similar value to twilight grass.

Seeing that dusk was approaching, he frowned.

According to Deacon Zhou's requirements, each person had to pick at least thirty or more plants, and he was still eight plants short.

Although Deacon Zhou did not say whether there would be a penalty for less than this amount, after asking a few seniors of the medicine collection team, they also knew the previous practice - everything depends on Deacon Zhou's mood.

Perhaps, just two or three less herbs than the task requirement, they will be severely whipped by Deacon Zhou for punishment, or perhaps, ten less plants will be fine.

So, in order to avoid the possibility of being punished, everyone should try their best to meet the standard of thirty plants.

"Perhaps, it should go a little deeper."

Xu Anping raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky through the gaps in the dense branches and leaves, and after roughly determining the direction, he began to walk deep into the forest.

The deeper he went, the taller and denser the surrounding trees became, and the dimmer the light became, as if it was quickly transitioning from afternoon to dusk, giving Xu Anping a strange illusion of time accelerating.

A certain moment.

Xu Anping suddenly moved his left ear slightly.

A slight rustling sound came from a short distance to the left, and quickly approached him.

"It found me!"

Xu Anping's heart sank, his eyes quickly swept around, and after finding a relatively empty direction, he immediately turned around and ran there.

He knew that he didn't have a lot of combat experience, even if he was confident that his strength was stronger than that of ordinary beasts, he didn't want to fight in a place with limited vision, so as not to be attacked by other beasts, which was also the field combat experience taught by Deacon Zhou.

"Whew!"

As he ran, he swung his sword rapidly, slashing through the grass in front of him, which was about half a man's high.

Xu Anping soon came to a relatively spacious open space.

And at this time.

The mysterious figure rushed out from behind the grass and suddenly met Xu Anping's eyes.

It wasn't a beast, it was a human.

The other party was wearing the uniform of the Xuanyue Gate, carrying a bamboo basket and holding a long sword, and was obviously one of the members of the medicine collection team.

Xu Anping recognized it at a glance that the other party was the predecessor of the medicine collection team, and he was also one of the only five old members of the medicine collection team today, named Song Zhixiong.

Although they were nominally companions, Xu Anping did not let down his guard, but looked at each other in silence.

"Little brother, if I'm not mistaken, your name is Xu Anping, right?"

Song Zhixiong grinned.

"Let's get straight to it."

Xu Anping said indifferently.

"I didn't have a lot of luck today, I only picked twenty-two herbs, and there are still eight left, and I may be punished by Deacon Zhou when I go back."

"And you are a new member, Deacon Zhou will usually be more lenient with you, even if you don't complete the task, you will not be punished."

"Look, can you lend me eight herbs? It doesn't make any difference to you, but next time if you have a similar difficulty, I can help you too. ”

"You can rest assured, this is the consistent tradition of our medicine collection team, and everyone will often act together in the future, and it will be beneficial for everyone to help each other."

Song Zhixiong said with a smile on his face, walking in the direction of Xu Anping step by step.

Xu Anping shook his head: "I only have a dozen medicinal herbs, if I lend you eight, the remaining number is too small, it is likely that you will also be punished, Senior Song, you can go to someone else to borrow it." ”

"However, everyone is scattered everywhere, and even if you want to look for it, you may not be able to find anyone else for a while, so I can only rely on your help."

Song Zhixiong looked at Xu Anping with sincerity on his face: "I have been in the medicine collection team for more than two years, and I know Deacon Zhou's temperament very well, a new member like you, even if you only pick a few herbs on the first mission, you will never be punished, you can rest assured." ”

Xu An's face remained unchanged, but the long sword in his hand was faintly raised, pointing obliquely in the direction of Song Zhixiong's feet.

"Senior Song, it's getting late, I still have to hurry up to continue collecting medicine, if there is nothing else, let's separate."

Song Zhixiong's face stiffened and he paused.

After glancing at Xu Anping deeply, he said meaningfully:

"Little brother, we are in the same medicine collection team, and we will get along for a long time in the future, kindly remind you, your personality is too upright, maybe you will offend people at some point and be secretly targeted."

"Farewell."

He retreated step by step, until he was more than ten meters away from Xu Anping, and then turned to leave.

Xu Anping watched the other party's back disappear into the jungle, and then turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Just as the other party was jealous of him, he was also a little jealous of the other party in his heart.

Just as Deacon Fang said when he arranged for him to enter the medicine collection team, those who can enter the medicine collection team are the elites of the miscellaneous labor, and their physical fitness is stronger than that of ordinary people, plus the other party is an adult, the basic strength may not be too much worse than him, and the combat experience is richer than him, and he also holds a long sword in his hand, in case of a battle, he is not absolutely sure that he will retreat.

Therefore, it is best to end peacefully.

As for offending the other party, Xu Anping was not worried at all, after all, both sides were just miscellaneous servants, and they were not powerful and powerful people, and they could grow rapidly, and they would be promoted to official disciples in a few months, so there was no need to give in because of fear.

Xu Anping quickly put the little episode behind him and carefully searched for and picked medicinal herbs.

At this time, he had already penetrated hundreds of meters, and there were indeed more medicinal herbs here than in the outer area, and after a while, he found a new medicinal herb.

But there are also more beasts.

Not long after picking the herbs, he encountered a large black bear.

The black bear is about two meters tall, and its two bear paws are as big as a fan, although it looks bulky, but its movement speed is really not slow, and when it sprints, it collapses head-on like a small mountain, giving people a great sense of oppression.

At this time, Xu Anping had already experienced several battles, and his mentality had calmed down a lot, holding a long sword and fighting with the black bear.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The black bear's giant palm was slapped, and after being dodged by Xu Anping, it smashed into the ground, setting off a wave of air shockwaves visible to the naked eye, bending all the flowers and plants not far away.

Xu An's face was calm, and he swam around the black bear endlessly, slashing out with a sword from time to time, drawing a series of scars on the surface of the black bear's body.

Black bears are known for their strength, even if Xu Anping cultivates the brute bull strength to the third consummation, it is impossible to be stronger than the black bear in terms of strength.

But as a martial artist of the Cultivation Realm, Xu Anping's strength is all-round, in addition to strength, there is also reaction speed, body flexibility, etc., which is stronger than the clumsy black bear in all aspects.

The world's martial arts are invincible, and only fast is not broken.

Although Xu Anping's speed was not strong enough to crush the black bear, relying on his own flexibility and the sharpness of the long sword in his hand, it was enough to grind the opponent to death.