Chapter 246: Digging Ginseng

When he was a child, Liu Yupan sat by the bonfire, holding a thick picture album in his hand, and he was very fascinated by it.

The album is called "The Complete Elixir of the Black and White Mountains", which records in detail the thousands of elixirs common in the Black and White Mountains, which not only have detailed text descriptions, but also are equipped with bright and clear patterns, which are extremely vivid and clear at a glance.

For example: Huanghua flower, a second-grade intermediate elixir, the five elements belong to the soil, the plant is one foot high, the stem is semi-creeping, the leaf shape is long spoon-shaped, pinnate or deep lobed, and the growth is dense. The flower stems are straight, the flowers are small and numerous, the flower color is golden, the diameter of the flower is about an inch wide, the edge is a flat tongue-like flower, and the center is a tubular flower.

The life span of a single flower is generally 100 days, the flowering period is from late autumn to early spring, up to more than four months, January to February is the full flowering period, small fruits are produced after flowering, mature in late May, and the fruit has no medicinal value. A detailed text description is accompanied by a brightly colored and lifelike yellow flower pattern.

This album was lent to Liu Yu by Sun Kang, and he borrowed it on the third day after entering the mountain, and Liu Yu had already finished reading it.

Most of the elixirs introduced in the album were known by Liu Yu for a long time, some were learned by Liu Yu in Chuyuan Academy when he was young, and some were seen when he was reading the scriptures and flipping books, only a small part of them were completely unfamiliar and had never heard of them, even so, Liu Yu gained a lot.

The next morning, the five men began to search the jungle in high spirits, and the five men stood in a line, each two feet apart, and searched slowly in the same direction, so that they could not see each other clearly.

The thatch and shrubs around them were too dense and dense and messy, and it was difficult to find them through their eyes, so the five of them could only unfold their spiritual sense to explore the surrounding grass and trees, paying attention to the grass beside them, the bottom of the bushes, and the cracks in the stones, whether there were rare elixirs hidden in these horns.

"Haha! I found a red grass!" Suddenly He Anqing's laughter came, and there was a harvest first, which made Liu Yu a little envious, because whoever found the elixir would be counted as his.

The second-grade intermediate elixir of the red grass, the five elements belong to the fire, and a red grass plant is sold to the spiritual material shop, which is worth forty low-grade spirit stones, to say the least.

"Qing'er, how is the red grass in condition?" Liang Zheng shouted loudly.

He Anqing squatted beside the red grass, waved a small medicine hoe to dig from the side, and replied: "Verdant, the growth is excellent." ”

"I have a four-leaf silver angelica here!" Sun Kang said in surprise.

"Congratulations, senior brother!" Fang Lanlan said not far from Sun Kang.

Silver Angelica blooms one leaf in ten years, and four-leaf Silver Angelica has grown for forty years, which is a good elixir, and one plant is worth about fifty low-grade spirit stones.

"An old-year-old He Shou Wu, haha!" Liang Zheng laughed.

"I have a few white cocos here!" Liang Zheng's words did not fall, and Fang Lanlan also said happily.

Half an hour passed, and the exclamations made Liu Yu become anxious, Fang Lanlan and the four of them all found the elixir, and some people found more than one plant, but Liu Yu still found nothing, empty-handed, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart How could his luck be so weak!

Suddenly, Liu Yu suddenly pulled out the dense grass in front of him, only to see that in the shade of the grass, there was a dwarf plant growing, with six palm-shaped compound leaves, and small pale yellow-green flowers, and the fruit was oblate and spherical, like a wild ginseng.

Liu Yu took out a dagger and a small medicine hoe, carefully excavated from all around, and soon a wild ginseng with lush and slender roots, ginseng body like a blessed old man was dug out, the ginseng skin was yellow-brown, the texture was tight and shiny, Liu Yu took out the water and washed it, and gently wiped it with a clean cotton cloth to absorb the water droplets.

Liu Yu put the old ginseng on the cotton cloth, came to the light, and carefully observed the reed knots on the top of the ginseng, the round reeds on the reed bowl and the roots, and the fine screw-like horizontal lines on the surface of the ginseng, and showed surprise on his face.

"Senior Brother Sun, come and take a look, the younger brother has found an old mountain ginseng, it seems to be more than 500 years old. Liu Yu shouted uncertainly.

"Come, show Brother Wei!" Sun Kang heard Liu Yu's cry, and ran over in a blink of an eye.

Sun Kang took the mountain ginseng from Liu Yu's hand, raised it to the top of his head, took advantage of the sun, and looked at it carefully.

"Senior brother, how is it?" Liu Yu asked nervously.

"Senior Brother Liu, have you found an old ginseng?" He Anqing and Liang Zheng also ran over curiously and asked.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Liu, this is indeed an old ginseng, at least five hundred and thirty years old. Sun Kang looked at it carefully and said happily.

"That's great. Liu Yu couldn't help but wave the medicine hoe in his hand and said with a smile.

"Wow, Senior Brother Liu, you're so lucky!" He Anqing exclaimed.

"A five-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng is worth at least more than 2,000 low-grade spirit stones!

"Let me touch it, and I will have good luck!" He Anqing gently touched the yellow-brown and rough ginseng skin of the mountain ginseng, and said excitedly.

He Anqing pulled Liang Zheng and said excitedly: "Hurry up and return the ginseng to Senior Brother Liu, this forest is so big, maybe there is such an old ginseng, let's go and look for it carefully." ”

"Qing'er, you're right! Hurry up!" Liang Zheng returned the ginseng to Liu Yu and replied excitedly.

Liu Yu found this five-hundred-year-old ginseng, which greatly inspired everyone's confidence, and the five of them were even more excited, not letting go of any corner, and then there were surprises and unexpected gains from time to time, until the sky was completely dark, and the five people returned to the camp.

Sun Kang, Liu Yu, and Liang Zheng went to collect firewood, and by the way, they made some game, Fang Lanlan and He Anqing used the remaining branches to build a fire, and a steamer was set up in the fire, and they began to steam rice.

"Sister Lan, my best harvest today is a three-hundred-year-old "Blue Mushroom Grass", what about you!" He Anqing asked Fang Lanlan excitedly.

Lanzhi grass, a third-grade low-grade spirit grass, the five elements belong to water, a very ordinary medicinal material, and can be used to refine a variety of pills, but the blue-lucidum grass that has grown for three hundred years is still relatively rare, and it is also worth hundreds of spirit stones.

"The best is a 200-year-old mountain ginseng. Fang Lanlan threw a piece of pine wood into the fire and replied with a chuckle.

"That's worth hundreds of spirit stones, or Senior Brother Liu has the best luck to find a five-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng!" He Anqing said enviously.

"Senior Brother Liu's fortune has always been good, although his cultivation is not high, but his strength is very strong, it is really incomprehensible?" Fang Lanlan said with fire in her eyes.

He Anqing nodded hurriedly and said, "Sister Lan, you're right, Senior Brother Liu also has a good temper and is gentle and elegant, unlike Liang Zheng's stinky problem. ”

"Sister Lan, you won't be able to see Senior Brother Liu's intentions, why are you tempted!" He Anqing leaned over to Fang Lanlan and said with a wink.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's impossible for me and Senior Brother Liu!" Fang Lanlan said unhappily.

"Sister Lan, I really don't know what you're worried about, Senior Brother Liu, you don't think about it, Senior Brother Sun, you don't accept it, how many sect junjie have shown favor in the past two years, and you can't look down on any of them?" He Anqing said puzzled.

After being silent for a long time, Fang Lanlan's eyes were slightly red and said, "Xiaoqing, senior sister has her own hardships, and I will tell you later." ”

"Sister Lan, what's wrong with you. He Anqing asked anxiously.

At this time, the footsteps of "sand, sand, sand" came, Sun Kang, Liu Yu, and Liang Zheng returned with a full load, Sun Kang carried two pheasants, Liu Yu and Liang Zheng each dragged two huge dead trees, and walked towards the two, Fang Lanlan turned around and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and hid in the tent to clean up her appearance.

"Senior Sister Fang, what's wrong with her?" Sun Kang saw Fang Lanlan trotting into the tent and asked He Anqing casually.

"It's nothing, what does Senior Brother Sun do to eat at night?" He Anqing asked pretending to be greedy.

"You!" Sun Kang shook his head and walked to the side to deal with the two pheasants.

Sun Kang does have a hand, when searching for elixir during the day, he picked a lot of mushrooms and several wild vegetables, and a rich meal was made soon, the rice was steamed fragrant rice, accompanied by a few plates of oily wild vegetables, and roast pheasant, and the four of them naturally ate with relish.

The four of them followed a veteran like Sun Kang, and the mountains were full of treasures, delicious food and drink, and they lived extremely comfortably every day.