As soon as Zhao Ning opened the booklet, he was shocked, the amount needed in the booklet was thirty percent more than usual.

"How can this be finished!" Bu Yin couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately called out, "I'm not going, I'm not this batch in the first place!" ”

In the past, the amount of herbs picked in a month was a little reluctant, and there was no excess at all, but this time it was suddenly added to three percent, and all the medicine children had numb scalps, saying "too difficult", "can't do" and "impossible".

Zhao Ning now understands the meaning of "shortage" that the young gang leader Shicai said, but she knows that no matter how much the medicine boys protest, they can't hide.

She stubbornly looked down, and wrote two uncommon medicinal herbs at the bottom, one of which was the three-leaf goldenrod grass she happened to see in the "Compendium of Herbal Medicine" yesterday, and the other was called Ghost Hand Zhi.

Turning over the pattern at the back, the ghost hand zhi is snow-white, shaped like a ghost claw, and there are net-like webs connected between the fingers and claws.

The worst thing is these two medicinal herbs, at least three of each.

"Where to find this! We've picked it in Jinpeng Mountain a few times, but we haven't seen it! "Not only Zhaoning, but also many medicine children have never seen it.

"If you draw it, you will have it!" The steward flicked the whip, and the sound of whipping shook the dust, and many complaining teenagers were instantly stunned.

In fact, the steward didn't know if there were any in the mountains, but the helper and the young helper asked for these medicinal materials by name, and if they didn't, they had to have them.

The steward pointed to Bu Yin, she was forcibly dragged here, and the most conspicuous of the noise, the steward said ruthlessly, "If you can't find it, go to the mountains to find it, otherwise, I will personally reward you with three whips when you come back!" ”

All the medicine boys were silent in an instant, some were shocked by the statement "go to the mountains to find", and more were frightened by the whip of the steward.

The young gang leader clapped his hands and smiled on his lips.

"Steward Liu, strict management, good, I want to come to this batch to gain a lot."

He put his hands behind his back, "This young gang leader is not a bully of the weak, he has taken it back, and he will give you an extra month's salary in my name." ”

After a while, the medicine boys died down, and went out to mingle, that is, for a few taels of silver, not to mention that this knock was given to a sweet date, this group of medicine boys who were the oldest was only fifteen years old and the youngest was only twelve years old, couldn't stand it at all, so they were pinched.

"Steward Liu, then I'll wait for your good news in the gang."

"I will not disappoint the young helper."

The steward shouted, "Let's go!" ”

Chapter 003

Jinpeng Mountain is located in the north of the county, is a medium-sized mountain range that stretches for dozens of miles, the mountain is rich in all kinds of medicinal materials, is the most frequent place for medicine pickers in this area, but this also leads to the surrounding of the mountain range of medicinal materials are becoming more and more scarce, and it is more difficult to find.

The medicine boys did not dare to go deep into the mountains, it is said that there are many vicious beasts in the deep mountains of Jinpeng Mountain, and there are craggy strange rocks and steep walls everywhere, as well as bottomless sinkholes hidden in the grass.

The medicine boys were thrown into the mountains and forests, and there was no oppression from the stewards, and the atmosphere was a little more lively.

The lively medicine boys gathered together to talk and laugh while looking for medicinal materials, occasionally met small animals, and some medicine children would show off a few martial arts, winning the applause of other medicine boys.

It's just that this atmosphere didn't last long.

Herbs are too hard to find.

A group of people searched the mountain for two days, but found only three medicinal herbs in the booklet.

Soon, some medicine boys proposed to part ways, searched separately, and led a few medicine boys who were good at martial arts to leave.

Zhao Ning is still following behind most people, she has only been in the Qingyun Gang for half a year, and the martial arts in the gang have no chance to learn at all, and she is extremely thin, and it is extremely dangerous to fight alone.

But soon Zhao Ning found that she was following behind the large army, and she couldn't collect medicine.

Bu Yin didn't know what he heard, and after contacting him nonsense, he vaguely remembered that Zhao Ning got out of bed late at night and went out, so he felt that it must be Bi Lingyan who she let go, even if it wasn't her, it was she who didn't sleep well, and was caught by the steward to go up the mountain in bed.

Bang –

Zhao Ning was pushed to the ground, his palm rubbing the rubble on the ground, grinding out several blood marks of different shades.

Bu Yin took a few medicine boys to snatch the medicinal herbs in the basket of condensing herbs and threw the basket of herbs on the ground.

"I've been thinking you've been silent for half a year, and I'm honest, you actually hurt me so much!" She crossed her waist, condescending and angry.

Another girl followed and kicked Zhao Ning in the leg, "That's it, it hurt me!" I was kicked, and my stomach is twitching until now! ”

"You are not allowed to follow us, you go to collect medicine by yourself, and harm people!"

Bu Yin scolded, and led the others to catch up with the large army, and no one cared about Zhao Ning.

Zhao Ning sat on the ground, lowered his head and carefully cleaned up the rubble tied to the wound in his palm, then took out the gauze from the basket and bandaged it simply, stood up, took a deep breath, and then carried the herb basket to collect the medicine alone.

It is destined to be difficult to collect medicine alone, not to mention that the large troops in front have basically patrolled all over again, and the medicinal materials collected in Zhaoning for half a month are less than thirty percent of what the brochure requires.

It was a bad evening with thunder and heavy rain coming soon, so Zhao Ning finally found a cave to take refuge, she picked up some firewood and built a fire, sat by the fire, and ate wild fruits to satisfy her hunger, while flipping through the booklet.

"Wugen grass, last time I was picking medicine, I saw a lot growing in a valley, it's really not good, let's go over there tomorrow to find it."

"Also, weeds, buttercups...... The mountains to the west seem to be more common. ”

“……”

Zhao Ning muttered to himself, planning the next arrangements for collecting medicines, but it was still difficult to see those two rare herbs.

"Trifolium goldenrod...... "She chewed the names of the two herbs back and forth...... "The three-leaf golden-veined cursive script says that it lives on a cliff, and the name of the ghost claw zhi sounds like a medicinal herb that likes yin and fears yang, and may often be under rotten leaves or in a pit...... I heard that there are many sinkholes hidden in the mountains......"

Zhao Ning was worried, the environment in which these two herbs grew was extremely dangerous.

She hugged her knees, curled up to watch the rain pouring down outside the cave, and gradually closed her eyes to rest.

Chapter 004

Late at night, Zhao Ning was awakened.

She heard several terrible wolf howls from the cacophony of rain, and the howls were getting closer.

Can't stay in a cave.

Zhao Ning crossed this thought, and immediately carried the grass basket out, this cave only has a recessed place, there is no way out, the rain rushed in with moisture, the fire has long been extinguished, the dry wood is also damp, and it is not lit at all in a short time.

Staying here is a dead end.

Zhao Ning had just taken a few steps out of the cave, and her eyes couldn't be opened due to the heavy rain, but even so, she found a few pairs of green eyes hidden in the forest.

Without thinking about it, he ran to a high place, the rain was pouring, the mountain road was muddy, Zhao Ning ran and stumbled, and a few wolf roars seemed to follow behind, and the distance of the original hundred zhang shrank to less than ten zhang.

She spotted a large tree that was easy to climb and climbed a few feet above the ground, and she took the sickle in the herb basket to guard calmly.

The wolves approached, and they came out of the bushes, but they did not dare to approach the tree.

The number of wolves was not large, only three. Moreover, the three wolves had several claw marks on their bodies, and the blood fell to the ground along the rain, pooling into several puddles of blood.

They seem to have gone through a great war and are now weak and tired, but they also desperately need food.

Smack-

A bolt of lightning almost lit up the sky overhead, and the lightning fell on the canopy of a tree not far away, and the fire exploded, and was instantly extinguished by the heavy rain.

You can't spend it on a tree. Zhao Ning thought that he might not have fallen into the wolf's mouth, but was killed by lightning first.

She staggered up from the branch, there was a slender branch above her head, Zhao Ning walked forward along this branch, the branch of another big tree in front of her came over, she was light, when she walked forward, the branch only pressed down a few points, but fortunately it did not break, she reached for the branch of another big tree.

This big tree is close to the hillside, and if you can get to it, you might be able to jump straight to the heights.

The three wolves gradually approached, the lightning and thunder above their heads, Zhao Ning gritted his teeth, dragged the branch and shook it, stepping on the solid branch under his feet, but he didn't want the branch to rot from the root, under the heavy rain, he was pressed by Zhao Ning's small body, and there was a clicking sound in an instant, and then Zhao Ning slid down to the ground, and a wolf pounced in the afterglow.

Zhao Ning waved his sickle in mid-air, and the moment he landed on the ground, his eyes were dark for a moment, but he didn't dare to stop the movements in his hands, so that the wolves didn't dare to approach, Zhao Ning endured the pain in his body, turned over and got up, and ran towards the mountain in embarrassment.

The heavy rain seemed to have broken a hole in the sky, and Zhao Ning fled in the mountains and forests, and the three wolves behind him chased after him.

If it weren't for the fact that the wolves had been seriously injured in a vicious battle before, Zhao Ning would not have had a chance to run away in the forest with the three wolves.

I don't know how long I ran in the rainy night, I don't know what direction I ran in, and the only light in the night can only rely on the gift of lightning from time to time.

Hmmm-

Suddenly, there was a faint eagle's cry muffled in the thunder.

At first, Zhao Ning didn't care, just jumped forward with his head covered, and soon rushed to the edge of the cliff, with no way out.

The lightning flashed overhead, and Zhao Ning felt a huge shadow fall, and she looked up in shock, only to see a huge Jinpeng bird passing through the air.

It spread its wings more than a foot wide, and its two paws were larger than the calf, and it swooped straight down to the wolves that emerged in the mountains and forests, and the wolves were suddenly in chaos, scattering and returning to the forest, but they didn't want the wind and rain rolled up by the golden peng bird like a knife blade, cutting down a piece of wood, and the two wolves were caught in the air by the eagle's talons.

The claw hook was embedded in the flesh of the wolf, and the blood was sprinkled like rain, but the other wolf struggled so hard that it fell from the air, and the golden bird chirped, circled in the sky angrily, and swooped down towards the cliff, but the remaining wolf had already run into the depths of the forest, and it couldn't catch the wolf, what else could it catch.

Zhao Ning's heart was excited, and at the moment when the eagle's talon pounced on him, he slid to a bulge less than a foot wide on the cliff with the help of the vines on the edge of the cliff, but the herbal basket behind him broke and fell off the cliff.

The eagle's talons swooped into the air, shattering the protrusions of the cliff tops, and sliding down with the rain of gravel and sand.

Zhao Ning grabbed the vines and stuck them on the cliff wall, but she didn't want the stones on the cliff to loosen, the heavy rain poured, and many big stones fell, and there were many cracks on the cliff.

The eyes of the Jinpeng bird were the sharpest, and after circling half a circle, he saw Zhao Ning again, and Zhao Ning lived and died in an instant, and squeezed into a crack in the cliff.

The crack was less than a foot wide, and it was also due to the fact that Zhao Ning was thin, and the crack extended □□ feet inward, not like it had just been formed by cracking, because there were thick moss growing on the walls on both sides, and there were many dead roots.

Outside the crack, the eagle's talon scratched over the cliff wall, and many stones shattered on the outside, and Zhao Ning squeezed inside, only to see a glowing plant.

Zhao Ning didn't have time to take a serious look at what it was, but she felt familiar for a moment, and her attention was still on the Jinpeng bird outside the crack, but fortunately, the Jinpeng bird scratched a few times, but it didn't succeed, and finally flew away with a long sigh.

Zhao Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief, she often heard the old medicine picker say that it was dangerous in the deep mountains of Jinpeng Mountain, but she had never seen such a big Jinpeng bird, three or four times larger than ordinary Jinpeng birds, she remembered the long-standing name of Jinpeng Mountain.

Jinpeng, Jinpeng, maybe the ancestors have seen such a terrifying Jinpeng bird, so give this mountain range a name.

The injuries on the three wolves may have been left by Jinpeng's attack on the wolves. The wolves generally have more than a dozen, but in the end, only those three were hunted by Jinpeng and survived.

Zhao Ning pressed her head against the rock wall on the other side, she thought that she was lucky enough to stay alive, but, in fact, the situation was not optimistic now.

The rock walls on both sides were almost rubbing their scalps back and forth, and there were several blood marks on their bare skin, and after running all night, their calves trembled uncontrollably, and the rain brought a hint of coolness, and the exhaustion burrowed into my head, and I was dazed.

I don't know how long it took, but the heavy rain passed, and the sky shone brightly.

Zhao Ning moved stiffly, and accidentally wiped a bloody mark on his face.

She squeezed her body and drilled out of the gap, the light seeped into the gap from under her neck, and Zhao Ning suddenly remembered something, that plant!

Zhao Ning went to see the plant again, but found more than one plant in the light, a total of three, three-leafed, golden-veined leaves, it turned out to be three-leaf golden-veined grass, this moment Zhao Ning felt that the experience of this night was worth it.

She squeezed back again, carefully plucked two, and noticed the other one, which had shone slightly in the darkness last night, and was indeed different from the usual three-leaf clover.

Its leaves are almost transparent, with golden lines like the blood vessels of the leaves, shimmering slightly.

Zhao Ning is sure, this is definitely a three-leaf golden-veined grass with a very high vintage, the book says that the higher the vintage, the more obvious the gold-veined grass is, isn't it the performance of this plant!