Zhao Ning picked the three three-leaf goldenrod grasses, and the gap was narrow, so she could only carefully protect it in her arms, and then slowly squeeze out the gap.

She climbed back to the top of the cliff.

The rainstorm washed away overnight, and the traces of Jinpeng bird hunting at night were completely invisible.

Only the scythe flung to the side seemed to foreshadow the thrill of the night.

She picked up the sickle, chopped some vines and made a rudimentary basket of herbs, and then carried the handle back to the forest.

Chapter 005

Zhao Ning felt something was wrong after walking a few steps in the forest, there was no pedestrian mountain road here at all, and she couldn't even see the traces of herself last night.

The beast path was overgrown with grass and trees, and only large beasts had walked on it, and Zhao Ning realized that he had entered the deep mountains.

The forest is deep and the grass is dense, and there is no way out of the mountains.

Jin Pengshan was on the front and back of the county seat, Zhao Ning went all the way to the south, she carried the grass basket on her back and carefully used the sickle to break through the weeds, and after a while, she saw the black grass in the grass.

“…… And buttercup! Zhao Ning was very surprised, the distribution of this medicinal material, she would soon be able to make up for the thirty percent of the medicinal materials that fell up and down the cliff.

Zhao Ning opened the road all the way, collected medicine all the way, and almost slipped into the sinkhole several times.

It wasn't until he entered a thickly wooded area that Zhao Ning paused, and the forest was so quiet that he didn't even see ordinary small animals.

This meant that there were large beasts entrenched nearby, and they couldn't stay longer, so Zhao Ning hurriedly quickened his pace.

Not long after, she vaguely saw the open place, but heard a few small beasts playing, she looked among the grass and trees, but saw a huge tiger lying outside the cave, a few small tigers jumping on the big tiger.

Quicken your pace, and you just went to the tiger's den.

That's unlucky!

Zhao Ning subconsciously covered his mouth, held his breath, and quietly stepped back, fortunately, the big tiger was resting and didn't pay attention to this side.

She retreated far before taking a deep breath and skirting the tiger's den to the south.

I didn't walk for long, and I saw the grass not far away shaking, and the black-brown needle hair loomed, it was a wild boar, and there was more than one!

Zhao Ning had to turn around, but this group of wild boars was not sleeping tigers, and when they heard the sound, their ears pricked up, and they rushed over around the smell.

Hmph - Hmph -

The wild boar chased after him, Zhao Ning couldn't run far at all, and the front was the tiger's den, there was a tiger in front and a wild boar in the back, Zhao Ning found a deep pit at a glance, one side hung with vines, one side was smooth and steep, it was not a dead end, there should be a chance.

She slid down the pit wall, this pit has two layers, the bottom layer is bottomless, but the hole is small, Zhao Ning did not fall directly, she fell on the upper layer of rocks and looked at the hole nervously.

The two wild boars hovered around the pit with a sigh, Zhao Ning knew that the wild boars would not go into the pit by themselves, so he only begged the two wild boars not to guard the outside of the pit.

The two wild boars did not stay long, and there was a tiger roar in the distance, which was deafening, and the big tiger in the tiger's den woke up and was about to come out to hunt, and the two wild boars were frightened and ran away directly.

Zhao Ning breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect that it was only half an hour, and when he met so many big guys, the deep mountains were terrible.

Thank God for his kindness last night, lightning and thunder, torrential rain did not stop, and this group of big guys did not come out.

Zhao Ning was not idle, looking around in the pit for any traces of the golden cicada, but only saw some ordinary yin-loving herbs, for a long time, until it was quiet outside, Zhao Ning climbed out of the sinkhole along the hanging vines, and carefully left this dangerous place.

Who would have thought that this treacherous sinkhole would instead become a rare place to avoid danger in the deep mountains, along the way, in order to avoid large beasts, Zhao Ning went down to the sinkhole several times, and finally found the ghost claw zhi in a deep pit.

After picking two types of rare medicinal materials that were specially requested, Zhao Ning did not dare to stay in the deep mountains, and finally went out of the deep mountains.

She sat under the tree and counted the medicinal herbs in the grass basket, except for the three-leaf golden grass and the ghost claw mushroom that had been satisfied, the number of other ordinary herbs was already eighty, and there were still ten days to go, and she could be satisfied by searching for it on the periphery of Jinpeng Mountain.

Zhao Ning breathed a sigh of relief, at least he wouldn't be whipped.

When resting, Zhao Ning took out the high-aged three-leaf goldenrod grass and looked at it, the root system was still wrapped in the soil, and after picking it for a few days, it was still alive, as if it was still growing in the cracks of the rock wall, which was unusual, almost all the herbs would lose their vitality within a few hours after picking.

At this time, Zhao Ning found that there were some shiny grains of sand between the roots of the three-leaf golden-veined grass, she twisted one and rubbed it in her hand, not like ordinary sand grains, but like jade chips, but what good does this have for the three-leaf golden-veined grass? Zhao Ning couldn't solve it, so he had to put it away.

There were still three days before she left the mountain, and all the herbs had been collected, but she saw a three-leaf clover on the cliff wall of the valley.

There are never too many herbs.

Zhao Ning climbed up the cliff, the roots of the golden-veined grass grew in a fist-sized gap, and only the leaves swayed in the wind on the cliff.

Zhao Ning glanced at the crack, it was very dark, and he didn't see anything clearly, in order to ensure that the root system of the three-leaf golden-veined grass was not damaged, Zhao Ning tore off a piece of clothing, wrapped his hand and probed in, and finally took off the three-leaf golden-veined grass, but saw a black line shooting out of the gap.

Zhao Ning was startled, and when he retracted his hand, his fingertips hurt, and he hurriedly shook his hand, and the cloth wrapped in his hand quickly threw the little black snake out.

But Zhao Ning raised his hand, but saw a drop of black blood coming out of his fingertips.

Oops, toxic!

She wrapped her fingers very tightly with the fabric to prevent the poison from spreading, and then turned out a few anti-snake venom herbs in the grass basket, put them in her mouth and chewed them raw, swallowed them raw, and hurried down from the cliff.

As soon as his foot touched the bottom, Zhao Ning felt bad, his whole finger was unconscious, his head was a little numb, Zhao Ning stuffed a few herbs into his mouth, held on to the rock wall, shook in front of his eyes, and lost consciousness.

Zhao Ning was a little confused, she seemed to be able to sense the outside world, but she couldn't open her eyes.

She forced herself to open her eyes from the confusion, but found herself in a gray world, unable to see three feet away, she lowered her head, and suddenly realized that her feet had not stepped on the ground, as if floating in the gray mist.

She was shocked, and raised her hand, but there was no wound on her finger, until she took a bite, and the pain seemed to be aggravated countless times, and she leaned back, and the whole person fell.

There was no sharp pain as expected, but I woke up completely.

Zhao Ning opened her eyes suddenly, there was no gray world, she was still at the bottom of the valley cliff, her fingers had turned purple because of the restraints, she squeezed out the poisonous blood in her fingers, and her fingertips gradually became conscious.

It's just an illusion.

Zhao Ning thought about it, and she wandered to find the piece of cloth that had been thrown down, and there was a finger-thick black snake wrapped in it, and it was actually dead.

"Black Phosphorus Snake?"

Zhao Ning identified the species of this snake, "The black phosphorus snake is highly venomous, it will corrode the meridians, but it will not cause hallucinations." ”

But turning her head and condensing didn't think about it anymore, but realized that being bitten by this guy made her go around in a circle on the verge of death.

She rummaged through the grass basket, missing a few common anti-snake venom herbs, as well as the old three-leaf goldenrod grass.

Zhao Ning was silent for a while, maybe he grabbed it indiscriminately when he was confused, the poison of the black scale snake will corrode the meridians, and the three-leaf golden-veined grass can wash the essence and cut the marrow.

"I heard that everything is mutually reinforcing, no wonder the black-scaled snake lives near the three-leaf golden-veined grass."

"What about the black-scaled snake in the cliff crevice in the deep mountain? Was it captured by the Golden Peng? ”

"It's like I've picked up another life."

Zhao Ning hugged his arms, trembled slightly, and hurriedly chewed a three-leaf goldenrod grass to clear the remaining poison.

Chapter 006

Zhao Ning's sense of direction is very good, after a month of groping in the mountain, compared with the experience of the previous two into the mountain, I quickly identified the direction of the descent.

There is still one day before the time stipulated by the medicine hall, and Zhao Ning is not in a hurry, the cool wind in the mountains and forests is blowing, which is rare and comfortable.

It was a summer day, the luxuriant canopy of trees sheltered the scorching sun, and the restless heat was driven away by the woods, and Zhao Ning walked to the creek, where the water was crystal clear, and the pebbles lay barely, and from time to time a few finger-long fish swam among the stones.

I took a handful of stream water and washed my face, and the coolness instantly washed away the fatigue of the past few days.

The stream reflects Zhao Ning's small figure, there is still half a month, Zhao Ning should have his thirteenth birthday, just years of wandering, hunger, malnutrition, this child's appearance is not big, as if he is only in his early tens, although he is a little thin, but he has been raised for half a year, and the villain's facial features in the reflection are delicate and beautiful, as if he is a natural elf raised in the mountains and forests.

"Ah!!h

Suddenly, Zhao Ning heard a scream, followed by the sound of broken stone cracking and sliding.

Someone fell into a sinkhole!

In the past month, Zhao Ning rarely met other people, almost didn't even see the medicine boy who entered the mountain together, and when he heard the voice, Zhao Ning subconsciously rushed over.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ning to see a half-full basket of herbs falling to the ground, and there were traces of slipping on the edge of the sinkhole.

Xu heard Zhao Ning's footsteps, and the people below shouted excitedly, "Quick!" Help me up! I've broken my leg, get me up! ”

But Zhao Ning's footsteps stopped.

This voice is too familiar, it is Bu Yin's.

"What's the matter with you?! Help me! Hearing that there was no response, Bu Yin was anxious, and shouted several times with anger, "Hurry up!" It hurts me to death! ”

Zhao Ning took two steps forward, stood on the edge of the sinkhole, and looked down at Bu Yin, who was sitting on the ground, without any other movements.

The light came down from the top of Zhao Ning's head, carrying the light on her back, so that Bu Yin only saw a long black shadow for a moment, she half-covered her face, and saw the appearance of the person clearly, and she was even more surprised, "Shen Zhaoning!" How are you! ”

"You collected medicine alone, and nothing happened!" She didn't hide her mouth at all, but when she thought of her misery, it seemed that adults had a lot of ignorance about the past, "Forget it!" You pull me up first! ”

But Zhao Ning didn't say anything, took a step back, and the figure withdrew from Bu Yin's line of sight.

Bu Yin hurriedly said, "What are you doing?" Where are you going?! ”

Zhao Ning picked up the basket of herbs she had landed on the edge of the pit and picked out the amount of herbs she had snatched from it.

This voice was heard by Bu Yin, "What are you going to do?!" Don't touch my herbs! That's what I worked so hard to pick! If you dare to take it, I will never let you go! ”

Zhao Ning took back the stolen herbs, walked to the edge again with the basket, and threw the basket down.

Bu Yin checked the number of herbs in a panic, and when he saw that it was a lot less, he scolded, "Shen Zhaoning, you are a harmful spirit, you actually stole my herbs!" I'm going to tell Steward Liu! I'm going to give you three whips! No, ten whips! ”

"It was the herb you robbed, I picked it." Zhao Ning replied to her only sentence, and left without looking back.

At that time, Zhao Ning was still immature and naïve at the age of twelve, and he only thought that it was two clears to take back his things.

Bu Yin scolded in the sinkhole, the more he scolded, the more ugly it became, and when he heard the footsteps getting farther away, he became panicked, "Hey! Don't go! Help me! Help me! ”

When Zhao Ning went down the mountain, there were already a few medicine boys arriving, and the steward moved the chair from nowhere, while drinking a little wine, while directing the entourage to fan him, Zhao Ning handed over the picked herbs to the registered steward entourage, and the steward entourage was right, very surprised.

"You actually picked so much, not only did you get thirty percent more, but you also found the three-leaf golden-veined grass and the ghost claw mushroom!"

"What?!" The steward jumped up from the chair suddenly, he rushed to the table, looked at a few rare herbs left and right several times, and laughed, "Yes! It's the three-leaf goldenrod grass and the ghost claw mushroom, which are the most difficult to find two-flavor medicines! There really is! Hahahaha! It's a mess! ”

Zhao Ning looked at the steward who was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, his brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that the medicine hall didn't know whether Jinpeng Mountain had these two flavors of medicine, if there were no these two flavors of herbs, then wouldn't they be the ones who went up the mountain......

Zhao Ning noticed the expressions of the other medicine boys, they were all envious and jealous, and there were worries that they couldn't hide, they didn't find it, and they would be whipped when they went back.

"Little girl, tell me where you found it."

Before Zhao Ning could answer, the steward changed his cold tone again, "If you dare to conceal half a point, be careful of Lao Tzu's whip!" ”

The whip waved threateningly, and Zhao Ning took a half step back, explaining, "Found from cliffs and sinkholes, deep in the mountains. ”