Chapter 0006, Medicinal Properties and Human Nature

Heavenly Barren Mountain, reckless and vast, stretching for many kilometers, majestically located in the middle of the Heavenly Barren Land, there are countless wild beasts hidden here, there are also a lot of rare medicinal materials, but there are very few people who dare to come to collect medicine, the reason is only three words: too dangerous! Medicinal materials are valuable, but if even their lives are lost, no matter how much money there is, there is no use for fart! Therefore, many medicine pickers take the weight of the two benefits, and can only look at the Heavenly Barren Mountain and sigh.

But there are also those who are bold and reckless, asking for money and not dying, no, in the autumn of this year, it is the time when all kinds of medicinal materials in Tianhuang Mountain are ripe and picked, and there are two figures in the depths of Tianhuang Mountain, one big and one small, picking medicine on a big mountain called Cangshan, this big and small is not someone else is the shopkeeper Bao Danian and Yuan Chonghui who are no longer coming.

I saw Bao Danian while handling the soil on a fragrant medicinal herb, and shouted to Yuan Chonghui: "Stinky boy, be careful, don't break the roots, the most valuable thing about Qiwu is its roots!"

"Got it!" Yuan Chonghui carefully used a special shovel to slowly dig around a strange-looking plant, and after a lot of effort, he finally dug up a medicinal herb with a huge root system.

"I'm obedient, such a thick root, I'm afraid it will be more than 100 years old, don't dig out the Seven Black Kings!

"Hmph! Mr. Bao is too greedy, it's time to stop and get out!" A voice still appeared in the ears of the two of them clearly and suddenly through the mountains of Manglin.

Bao Danian hurriedly arched his hand towards the depths of the Heavenly Desolate Mountain: "Let's go! Let's go!" After speaking, he glanced at Yuan Chonghui, picked up the heavy medicine basket and pulled him down the mountain.

Originally, he went into the mountains twice a year to collect medicines, but this is the second time this year, and he took Yuan Chonghui to let him know more about medicinal materials, but he didn't expect to pick a big guy!

Bao Danian said to Yuan Chonghui while walking: "Qiwu is a medicinal material, which has a special effect on dredging the meridians and refining the physique, and is the best medicinal material for physical cultivation, but it has a medicinal effect when it grows for more than seven years, and it is very valuable if it grows for more than 10 years, and it can be called a treasure if it is extremely rare for more than 50 years, and it can be called the best if it is more than 100 years old." Although this Qiwu tree is not the king of Qiwu, it is not far behind, otherwise the one in the depths of the barren mountain would not be angry and let us go. "He didn't know how to get the terrifying beings in the depths of the barren mountains to allow them to collect medicine under their noses.

Bao Danian tapped Yuan Chonghui's head with his fingers: "This is cheaper for you kid, if it weren't for you to dredge the meridians and blood stasis in your body, then this Qiwu tree would be able to bring us valuable spirit stones, and we wouldn't have to run so hard to the depths of the barren mountains!"

Bao Danian changed his words again: " Medicinal materials and people are the same, have their different characteristics, the two have similarities, even if the same kind of medicinal materials are different years, born in different places, the medicinal properties will be different, so the doctor must carefully distinguish and explore, in order to concoct good medicinal materials, and different medicinal materials are mixed together, the change of dosage, and there will be different therapeutic effects, such as ephedra with cinnamon branches, two drugs with similar effects are used together, which can enhance the efficacy of the original drug, called Xiangxu; Astragalus with Poria cocos, two drugs are compatible, one drug is the main drug, the other drug is supplemented, the auxiliary medicine can improve the efficacy of the main drug called Xiangzhi; Banxia Fear Ginger, the two drugs are compatibleThe toxic side effects of one drug can be inhibited by another drug, which is called mutual fear, and there is also mutual killing, mutual evil, and opposite...... The same is true for people, the same disease, people with different physiques have different treatment methods, so this is called a thousand people and a thousand faces, a thousand people and thousands of directions, a thousand changes, ten thousand mysteries, it is difficult to count! It can be said that compared with martial arts, medical Tao has its own suitability and its own wonder. “

He said endlessly, Yuan Chonghui has also worked hard below during this time, read a lot of medical books, and listened to it to understand that there was a saying that he loved and killed each other in his previous life! He also once saw a cartoon of a person holding a kitchen knife in his hand and shouting a line from his mouth, "Come on, hurt each other!" I thought it was very meaningful at the time, but I didn't expect that there was a similar situation in the medical way!

Bao Danian said that the spitting stars flew directly, and finally, he said to Yuan Chonghui earnestly: "The medicinal properties can be known, the pathology can be checked, and the human heart is unpredictable, so no matter when and where you are, you can't ignore the changes in the human heart. “

Yuan Chonghui also knew it, but when combined with cultivation, it was the first time he had heard of it. Yuan Chonghui was puzzled: "Then how can we do it to achieve clarity in cultivation?"

Bao Danian looked at the reckless mountains in the distance, was silent, and said half-loudly: "Everyone's life experience is different, so this is a road of self-pursuit that has no shortcuts and cannot be repeated, and it can only rely on self-carving! But no matter how it is carved, grasping the "degree" is the key! Otherwise, it is easy to go crazy and go astray!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought that Yuan Chonghui was a matter of mortal physique, and he smiled dumbly, feeling that he was making a bit of a fuss.

He tapped Yuan Chonghui's head with his finger: "Go down the mountain first, and find a place to rest tonight is the right thing!

The two of them wandered around the Tianhuang Mountain for several days, before slowly coming out of the reckless and vast mountain, this day the two of them just sat down on a big stone to rest, and saw a group of several people also swaying down from the mountain road, the leader was a tall middle-aged man, soap hat and green shirt, the person looked strong and mighty, especially a pair of hands were surprisingly big, the hands of the road green tendons burst out, it was very terrifying, followed by a few people in the same costume, each of them carried a basket on their shoulders, and a bloody breath came to the nose.

Seeing Bao Danian and the others, the tall middle-aged man arched his hand: "In Xia Gaobo, I just came back from hunting wild beasts with my brothers, and I dare to ask Your Excellency's honorable name, why did you come to Tianhuang Mountain?"

Bao Danian didn't get up, but waved his hand: "Nameless, ashamed to hang his teeth, just go to the Heavenly Barren Mountain to wander around!"

The tall middle-aged man squinted at the medicine basket behind Bao Danian, and said, "I'm sorry!" and then beckoned his subordinates to rest by the big rock.

After sitting for a while, Gao Bo, a tall middle-aged man, suddenly said: "I suddenly smelled a smell of medicine, Your Excellency and the two of you came to Tianhuang Mountain to collect medicine, right?"

Bao Danian suddenly smiled: "Your Excellency's sense of smell is indeed sensitive, admire! Admire! It's just that I picked some Qiwu, Cordyceps, and radix ginseng...... Something, it's not worth mentioning! it's not worth mentioning!" he said as he took out the medicine basket behind him one by one and spread them out on the boulder for him to see.

Gao Bo and the others looked at the more their eyes brightened, and the more they looked, the wider their eyes opened, and finally he snorted and said, "Your Excellency, I have a reluctant request, I don't know if you are willing?"

Bao Danian made an interested look: "Oh...... Let me hear it!"

Gao Bo turned his head and beckoned to some of his men: "Pour out the goods in your basket and let this gentleman see! “

"Boom la la......" jungle wolf, red leopard, short-tailed bear, scaly horse, green wind monkey, one-horned rhino, barren mountain porcupine, spiny snake...... fell to the ground. It seems that their trip to the Heavenly Barren Mountain this time is very fruitful.

Bao Danian looked at the wild beasts in the place, smiled and nodded quickly: "Yes, it is indeed good goods, it seems that these wild beasts are worth a lot of money!" It looks a bit like inspecting the goods. Gao Bo and the others looked at each other, secretly happy. Who knew that Bao Danian's words changed: "These desolate beasts are not bad, but I don't plan to exchange them for my herbs!"

When Gao Bo and the others heard him say this, they were surprised with an "ah", and Gao Bo's face turned dark: "Is Mr. joking, or is he deliberately playing tricks on us?"

Bao Danian's face turned pale: "I'm so old, am I a joker? Just now you said that if I want, we can exchange with each other." But if I don't want to, then that's it! Those low-level desolate beasts you hunt want to exchange for my high-grade medicinal materials, and I'm a fool, so foolish!"

A chubby young man behind Gao Bo shouted, "If you don't change it, we won't pour out the beast!"

Bao Danian clapped his hands for a long time, and smiled: "I didn't let you fall, it's you who are impatient to exchange with me, what's the matter with me!

Gao Bo looked at the wild beasts all over the ground, and then looked at the tempting herbs on the big stones, gritted his teeth, took out a bag of spirit stones from his arms, checked them in his hand, and said: "Plus these 1,000 low-grade spirit stones, is Mr. willing to exchange?" His subordinates exclaimed: "Boss......" Gao Bo did not look at his subordinates, but looked straight at Bao Danian.

Bao Danian looked at the spirit stone in Gao Bo's hand with interest, and said lightly but firmly: "Don't change!" As he spoke, he put the herbs into the medicine basket one by one.

Hearing the words "don't change" and seeing Bao Danian's action of putting away the herbs, Gao Bo suddenly laughed: "Your Excellency's appetite is really big, but this can't help you!" The corner of his mouth showed a cruel smile, "You don't inquire, there is nothing in the desolate land that my domineering Gao Bo can't do! Brothers, solve this big and small problem, so go back and drink flower wine as soon as possible!"

Saying that, the figure rushed straight towards Bao Danian, and the fan-like palm "whined" with the sound of the wind coming to Bao Danian's door, if this fan is real, I am afraid that half of Bao Danian's head must be flattened.

The shopkeeper laughed: "Finally the fox tail is revealed, the exchange is fake, and the robbery is real! But you don't inquire, who dares to rob me of Bao Danian's things in the wilderness!" I only heard a "whoosh" first, and then a "snap", and the tall and powerful domineering Gao Bo was fanned away a few times and hit the rocks, only the air out, not the incoming air.

Several of his subordinates who had pounced on Yuan Chonghui were stunned all of a sudden: "What kind of plot is this? The tall boss who has always walked sideways in the desolate land was overturned in less than a round!" After being stunned for a while, he knew that this time he had kicked the iron plate, and he screamed, hugged his head and ran away, and even the wild beasts on the ground were gone.

Where could Bao Danian allow them to escape, Fa Fu's figure was as light as a swallow at this time, and he rushed straight towards them, and it didn't take long for him to fall to the ground one by one.

Yuan Chonghui looked at Bao Danian's calm posture and was a little stunned, is this the Bao Danian who usually wears a carefree robe, cranks a carefree fan, and looks like a fairy who is free and does not eat fireworks in the world? Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and everything that happens in front of him is so real!

"Shopkeeper Bao, I think I still worship you as a teacher, what will you return to Mingdao Sect?" Yuan Chonghui looked at Shopkeeper Bao with a look of admiration.

The corners of the shopkeeper's mouth curled slightly: "Won't you ruin my reputation if you are my apprentice with your physique, or study more books in the Enlightenment Academy, and be a master or something in the future, and you can eat and drink for a lifetime;

Yuan Chonghui tugged at the corners of his mouth dissatisfiedly: "Are you sure that I won't be able to walk the path of cultivation in my life?" After following you for so long, I have to have a little affection!"

Bao Danian: "Stinky boy, everyone has their own ambitions, you can't force it!" As he spoke, he walked to the dying bully Gao Bo, skillfully reached out and touched it in his arms, took out a bag of things, pinched it, stuffed it into his waist bag with satisfaction, and tapped Gao Bo's brow with his fingers: "I actually provoked Bao Ye on my head today, and you are blind and unlucky!"

Gao Bo was speechless at this time, and finally glared at Bao Danian, his head drooped silently, he couldn't blink his eyes!

Bao Danian walked up to the desolate beasts on the ground again, and his mouth smuttered: "There are so many desolate beasts, and these guys can do it! Stinky boy, come and help!" He beckoned to Yuan Chonghui, while taking out a medicine bottle from his arms, pouring some medicine noodles on the corpses of these desolate beasts, and muttering in his mouth, "I only know how to hunt, I don't know how to preserve, it's really a tyrannical thing!" What is amazing is that the corpse of the desolate beast that has been poured over the medicine noodles has shrunk by one-third, I don't know what kind of medicinal materials these medicine noodles are made of, so amazing.

Bao Danian asked Yuan Chonghui to put these shrunken desolate beasts into the back basket, and took out a special gift ring from his arms, and put the back baskets containing the wild beasts into it one by one. The Heavenly Desolate Land is called the Heavenly Forsaken Land by cultivators, because the spiritual energy here is thin, so it cannot absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for high-level cultivation. Ordinary storage bags can't be used here, and it seems that the storage ring of the shopkeeper is an extraordinary refiner.

But why didn't the shopkeeper put the medicinal materials in the medicine basket into the storage ring but carried it on his back? Did he do it on purpose? Even taking out the medicinal herbs in front of Gao Bo and the others was tempting to take the bait?

Yuan Chonghui asked the shopkeeper about his doubts. The shopkeeper smiled: "This is what I told you about human nature! Greed often makes people lose their minds, my bottom line is that if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, if others have to rob me, I have no choice but to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, and show no mercy!"

Yuan Chonghui always felt a little weird: "But it's ......!"

"But what?" Bao Danian gave Yuan Chonghui a chisel, "Where are there so many! If it weren't for Uncle Bao, I would have made money well, just with the money I made from a broken pharmacy, you would have waited to drink the northwest wind! Hurry home and concoct a potion to dredge the meridians! Originally, there was still a shortage of a few medicinal herbs, but now it's all enough, it's cheap, you kid!"

The two returned and didn't come again, Bao Danian hummed a little song to sort out the gains from this trip to Tianhuang Mountain, it seemed that he had gained a lot, and he was in a good mood, and Yuan Chonghui was helping to take care of it on the side.

Bao Danian boiled a large pot of steaming potion in the bathtub and asked Yuan Chonghui to jump in to bubble, Yuan Chonghui looked at the steaming potion in the black and steaming, and his heart was stunned, and he didn't dare to go in. Bao Danian saw it, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, bent down and hugged his two calves, and threw him in: "I don't even dare to make a black potion, I can still count on you to eat black in the future!"

As soon as Yuan Chonghui, who was thrown into the potion basin, came into contact with the potion, he felt that the sharp pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow lingered all over his body, and he let out a howl like killing a pig.