Along the winding mountain road, Ding Qi walked slowly.

This mountain road is the mountain people who go up the mountain to chop firewood and collect medicine, and it has been stepped on for many years, and it is very difficult to walk. The trail is only large enough for two people to pass at the same time, and the sides of the road are overgrown with weeds, and from time to time you can find thorns emerging from the woodland, so you need to be careful when walking.

When it rains, the road becomes muddy and impassable.

Fortunately, in the past half a month, there has been no rain near Qixia Town, and Ding Qi has been used to walking in the mountains since he was a child, so he doesn't feel too hard.

He watched his feet carefully to avoid the thorns on the road, and at the same time he looked at the woodland on both sides of the mountain road, as if looking for something.

Sometimes, as if he had found something, he would leave the mountain road with a happy face, and walk towards the woodland on both sides, rummaging for a while. However, every time he came back from the woodland after rummaging, the joy on Ding Qi's face would always be replaced by disappointment.

"It seems impossible to find anchovies near the mountain road. After returning from the woodland again with a disappointed face, Ding Qi looked at the dense woodland nearby and sighed.

This time, he went up the mountain to search for anchovy grass, and he started from the nearest mountain road to the medicine garden. That is, now, the mountain road where he is.

"Fortunately, I didn't have much hope before I came. I can't find anchovy, which is normal. Ding Qi thought to himself.

Going deep into the mountains and forests is quite a dangerous thing. Inexperienced people entering the mountains and forests will soon get lost in it, and if they don't know the direction, they may be trapped in it and never get out again. Even experienced mountaineers are reluctant to go deep into the mountains because of the unpredictable risks in the mountains and forests.

Most of the mountain people enter the mountain forest, just like Ding Qi is now, wandering in the woodland around the mountain road, and do not go deeper.

The woodland around the mountain road is also the main area for mountain people to go up the mountain to collect medicine and cut firewood. Picking anchovies, of course, is also in this area.

Although the woodland area along the trail is not small, the amount of anchovy that can be produced is limited. In addition, since the official list was posted, the number of people who went up the mountain to pick anchovies has increased greatly. Most of the anchovies that can be found have been picked by humans. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult to find anchovies in the surrounding area.

Even though Ding Qi was much easier to find anchovy grass than ordinary people, he still didn't gain anything for most of the day, which made him a little disappointed. Even, he was a little skeptical that since the release of the official list, the anchovy grass in the surrounding area of the mountain road has been completely emptied by a large number of herb pickers who have poured into the mountain forest.

"Since we are around the mountain road, we can no longer pick anchovies. Then you can only go deep into the mountains and forests,

Try your luck. Ding Qi looked ahead, the signs were gradually becoming blurred, and said to himself.

He had already penetrated several miles deep into Qixia Mountain, and the signs of the mountain path were gradually becoming less obvious. Ding Qi, who has a wealth of experience in entering the mountain, knows that it will not be long before he walks on this mountain road, which has been stepped on for many years, will gradually disappear. He will also go into the depths of the mountains and forests that are inaccessible.

Ding Qi has lived on the side of the mountain since he was a child, and has several years of experience in collecting medicine and cutting firewood in the mountains, but he will not be like ordinary people, who lose their way and can't get out after entering the depths of the mountain forest. As long as he doesn't go into the extreme depths of the mountain forest, there won't be much risk.

With the idea of going deep into the mountains and forests, Ding Qi couldn't help but speed up a little when he walked on the mountain road. There is no hope that anchovies can be found in the area around the mountain trail.

Even so, when walking on the mountain road, once he found a place where anchovies might grow, he would rush over and take a closer look.

As Ding Qi walked on the mountain road, after half an hour, the mountain road had become nothing.

If you don't make a detailed distinction, you won't even be able to notice the existence of the mountain road.

"I guess I'll walk for a while,

The mountain path will disappear completely. Looking back at the looming mountain road, Ding Qi touched his nose and thought about it.

Soon, his figure disappeared into the dense mountain forest along the mountain road.

Half an hour later, Ding Qi's figure was in a woodland, searching for something. As early as a quarter of an hour ago, the traces of the mountain path had disappeared without a trace in front of Ding Qi.

It also means that he has really entered the depths of the mountains and forests.

Just now, Ding Qi found a place where anchovies might grow. Now, he's searching hard to see if he's going to get a good deal.

After rummaging through the woodland for a while, Ding Qi finally straightened up, but his hands were empty, and there was no anchovy.

"I didn't expect to see it wrong again. I thought I would be able to gain something this time. Ding Qi shook his head, depressed thinking.

Then, Ding Qi took the small basket behind his back from his body.

This basket was specially bought by Ding Qi from the town for this time to go up the mountain to collect medicine. The basket is both light and convenient, and it is a tool designed by the craftsmen of the town for those who go up the mountain to collect medicine. It is perfect for putting anchovies. It is naturally very different from the kind of thick and clumsy basket used by Ding Qi at home for chopping wood. Of course, the price is not cheap, Ding Qi also hesitated, gritted his teeth, and took out a sum of money from his already small savings and frowned to buy it.

Placing the basket in front of him, Ding Qi reached into it. Soon, a anchovy plant was taken out of the basket by him.

Looking at the anchovy grass in his hand, the originally slightly depressed expression on Ding Qi's face was instantly replaced by a happy look.

"Although it was a no-brainer this time, today's luck was not bad. Ding Qi said to himself with a smile.

The anchovy grass in his hand was picked by Ding Qi at the end of the previous mountain road.

Due to the official list, Ding Qi had already broken off the woodland around the mountain road and picked anchovy grass. However, to Ding Qi's great surprise, when he walked to the woodland at the end of the mountain road before, he unexpectedly found such a plant.

For Ding Qi, this was naturally a surprise and made him very happy. With this anchovy grass in his hand, even if he can't pick herbs today, it's not a trip in vain.

Besides, Ding Qi felt that as long as he went deeper into the woodland, he should still have a harvest.

Since he had ventured deep into the woodlands, he had searched many places. However, the anchovy grass that I got in my hands has always been the only one that I got by chance.

Ding Qi didn't pay much attention to this. For this kind of outcome, he actually expected it for a long time.

Like the woodland around the mountain road, the woodland he is in now should have been searched by many people. After all, the distance from the mountain road is not too far, and there are not a few mountain people who come to collect medicine nearby. The anchovies in the woodland are estimated to have been picked by the people who came before. Therefore, Ding Qi's search during this period of time has not yielded anything.

Ding Qi believed that if he went deeper into the mountains and forests, to places that were rarely searched by mountain people, the situation would be very different, and he would be able to search for anchovies more easily.

In this way, Ding Qi walked towards the depths of the mountain forest while exploring the anchovy grass. Soon, his figure crossed the area often searched by the mountain people and entered the deeper part of the mountain forest.

Half an hour later, Ding Qi stopped in a dense forest, his face full of surprise and doubt.

After crossing the woodland frequented by mountain people, Ding Qi quickly harvested a anchovy plant. In this way, his original guess has basically been confirmed. It also strengthened Ding Qi's idea of going deeper into the mountains and forests to pick anchovies. To his surprise, not long after he harvested a new anchovy plant, he actually found another anchovy grass.

Counting the one he picked on the mountain road, there are now three anchovies in the basket behind him. Three herbs were picked one after another, which surprised Ding Qi. Counting his experience of picking anchovies at home for several years, the number of times he can harvest three herbs a day is definitely only a handful, and Ding Qi is unlikely not to be surprised.

While surprised, Ding Qi was a little puzzled at the same time.

Because in the process of picking herbs these two times, he discovered a strange phenomenon in his body. Ding Qi faintly noticed that when he discovered the anchovy grass twice, the true qi in his body would be inexplicably restless.

After cultivating True Qi in the past two years, Ding Qi could indeed discover the hidden anchovy grass more easily. But that's just a feeling like intuition, and there won't be any reaction in the body, let alone something like the current state of true qi restlessness.

At first, Ding Qi thought it was his illusion, but when he discovered the third anchovy grass, he also noticed the restlessness of the true qi in his body.

Ding Qi carefully recalled the feeling he felt when he first picked anchovies at the end of the mountain road, and found that a similar situation seemed to have occurred.

After experiencing similar situations several times, it was only then that Ding Qi really began to pay attention to this matter.

"It's that feeling again. Ding Qi carefully sensed the restlessness of the true qi in his body, and looked towards a messy grass in the dense forest.

Now, the feeling of restlessness in the body has reappeared.

"Could it be that you can find another anchovy plant?"

With this thought in mind, Ding Qi walked towards the grass that caused the restlessness of the true qi in his body.

After a while, he actually found a phoenix grass in the grass.

This time, Ding Qi was finally convinced that whenever anchovy grass grew near him, the inexplicable restlessness of the true qi in his body was not his own delusion.

Looking at the newly dug anchovy grass in his hand, Ding Qi was happy with this harvest again, and his face was full of doubts: "This, what the hell is going on?"

The incident he discovered today is related to his plan to dig up anchovy grass in the future, and Ding Qi certainly attaches great importance to it. Although he knew that this matter had something to do with the true qi in his body, he couldn't figure out the specific situation for a while.

Standing in the jungle, recalling the feeling of restlessness in his body, Ding Qi seemed to have discovered something.

"Could it be ......? Ding Qi frowned thoughtfully.

"Is it as I thought, it only takes a few days to verify and find out. Now the word ....... Thinking of this, Ding Qi glanced at the jungle and looked at the sky.

It's not early now, it's almost evening.

In another half hour, it will be completely dark.

The night in the mountains is much more dangerous than the daytime. Not to mention, wild beasts that often haunt the mountains and forests at night, just by going down the mountain at night and not seeing the road, they are likely to kill if they step on the air.

Ding Qi grew up in the mountains and knew this very well, he saw that it was not too early to see the sky, and knew that now was not the time to think about the doubts in his heart. He had to get down before it was completely dark. Otherwise, you are likely to encounter danger.

Following the markings left when entering the mountain, Ding Qi soon came to the woodland around the mountain road, and soon saw the mountain road. After all, most of his time today was wasted around the mountain trail and not too deep into the woodland.

However, Ding Qi also knew that when he went up the mountain to collect medicine in the future, he would directly cross the woodland near the mountain road, and he would not wander near the mountain road for so long like today, he would go directly to the depths of the mountain forest to pick anchovy grass. And with the days to come, it will go deeper and deeper into the woodland. At that time, it won't be so quick to get back to the vicinity of the mountain trail.