"The so-called autumn picking means picking herbs in autumn..."
Senior Brother Liao smiled slightly, and then told about Qiucai.
It turns out that most of the medicinal soups and elixirs refined by Xingyun Sect come from their own medicine fields, but there are some herbs that cannot be cultivated artificially and can only be picked from the wild.
Ordinary wild herbs are just that, you can hire herbalists to go up the mountain to collect them, but rare herbs only grow in deep mountains and old forests, and on cliffs.
In addition to the dangerous terrain, this kind of place is often accompanied by wild beasts and even strange beasts. Only warriors have such skills.
Picking these rare herbs requires not only martial arts skills, but also courage, carefulness, and extraordinary agility.
The sect initially dispatched disciples from the outer courtyard and martial artists who had already graduated to do these things, but later they gradually discovered that those who harvested abundant harvests were basically the best among the disciples, and they would be better than others in the future martial arts. Go far.
The sect used it as a selection system and set up rewards and punishments. If you can rank at the forefront in picking, you will get the rewarded elixir.
Over time, it became a tradition.
Every year on the ninth day of September, it is the time when many rare herbs bloom and bear fruit. On this day, disciples from the outer courtyard, Wuxiang courtyard and inner courtyard will go to the mountains to collect herbs.
"Do you understand? Collecting herbs is not just for the sect. If you do it well, you will be rewarded."
Senior Brother Liao said with a smile.
I see.
Zhao Linshen gave a bow and thanked him: "Thank you, brother, for clarifying my doubts. I would like to ask more, what are the rewards for picking? I think the decoction we usually drink is pretty good."
Senior Brother Liao and Senior Brother Gu both couldn't help laughing when they heard this. The former smiled and said: "Junior Brother Zhao has just joined the sect, so it is understandable that he thinks Guiyuan Tang and Bazhen Tang are good, but to be honest, compared with the reward pills, These two decoctions are still far from each other.”
Senior Brother Gu also smiled and said: "The rewards are slightly different every year, but as long as you can rank in the top ten in September picking, you will definitely have a medicinal bath of the Sutra Decoction."
"I'm afraid Junior Brother Zhao doesn't know what the Menstrual Cleansing Soup is. We Qi Realm warriors practice the meridians and acupuncture points."
"The first level of Qi realm is to cultivate the Yang meridians, the second level is to cultivate the Yin meridians, and the third level is to cultivate the Rendu. Among them, the Yang meridians are the best to cultivate, followed by the Yin meridians. Only the Rendu, although the related acupoints are the least, are also the most obscure and difficult to understand."
"Many disciples have been wandering around the second level of Qi Realm for several years, but they can't even find the entrance to the Governor!"
Zhao Lin didn't speak, but nodded slightly. He really understood this. It is indeed much more difficult to develop Yin veins than Yang veins.
The senior brothers of Liuhe Sect, Yuan Cheng and Chu Liu have all stayed in the second level of Qi Realm for many years, and they still can't see the possibility of entering the third level.
Senior Brother Gu continued: "This menstruation-washing soup stimulates the twelve main meridians and Rendu meridians. Each time it is quenched and washed, the meridians will appear one more point."
He sighed and said, "Unfortunately, although the sutra-cleansing soup is a good thing, the medicinal materials used are too rare and cannot be shared by everyone, so only those who rank higher in the picking can get it."
Senior Brother Liao said: "This is only the reward for the top ten. If you can rank in the top five, or even the top three, there will be even greater rewards."
After hearing this, Zhao Lin was greatly moved and asked, "Are all the disciples picking from the same mountain?"
Senior Brother Liao shook his head and said: "How is that possible? Most of the disciples in the outer courtyard are in the strength realm and Qi realm, while the disciples in the inner courtyard are all in the blood realm. It is too unfair to put the two together."
"When picking, the sect will allocate the hills according to cultivation level. We disciples of the Dance Elephant Courtyard and the third-level disciples of the Qi Realm in the outer court are placed on the same hilltop."
"The rewards I just mentioned are also for us. The rewards will be different for disciples in the strength realm and those in the blood realm."
Zhao Lin thought for a moment and suddenly thought of a question: "Excuse me, two senior brothers, since we are all picking on the same mountain, how limited the harvest will be."
"Is there someone who is very powerful, but because of bad luck, he didn't collect many herbs, so he went to rob other people's harvest, or even... killed someone to steal the medicine?"
Senior Brother Gu and Senior Brother Liao were shocked. They didn't expect Zhao Lin to hit the point right away. After a while, the former said: "Junior Brother Zhao is really amazing. This kind of thing does happen."
"The sect does not prohibit fighting, and even encourages it. It is also one of the purposes of the assessment. If you are able to pick it, but if you are not able to keep it, you can only admit that you are unlucky. But..."
At this point, Senior Brother Gu changed his subject and said, "It is absolutely not okay to kill people!"
"Once the sect discovers that someone has died, and it was caused by man-made death, it will definitely investigate to the end. As long as Yuanjing warriors take action, even if they look for the aura left behind, they can find the person."
"In the past, there were indeed cases of killing fellow disciples in order to snatch herbs. The murderers were always found out and executed with sticks!"
Zhao Lin nodded lightly and mentally glanced at Yunzong Xinggao, who was more particular about his work and had a touch of warmth in it, instead of letting his disciples fight each other like raising gu.
This is undoubtedly good news.
There are many strange beasts in Yanyun Mountain, but the Xingyun Sect lists all places where strange beasts are found as forbidden areas, prohibiting disciples from entering or leaving.
I just took advantage of this opportunity to go into the mountains to look for strange beasts.
It’s August now, one month away from the autumn harvest.
Try to complete the expansion of the last acupoint of Shi Xiaoquan during this period of time, so as to further enhance the combat power.
Even if it wasn't for the alien beast, Guang Qiucai's reward was enough for him to fight for it.
"What about Chunbi?"
Now that he understood what Qiucai was about, Zhao Lin asked about Chunbi mentioned before.
"The Spring Competition is where all the disciples of the Dancing Elephant Academy test their combat prowess and determine the top five and the bottom five."
"The top five will also be rewarded with elixirs, but they are not as generous as Qiucai. As for the bottom five, they will be kicked out of the Wuxiang Academy and replaced by disciples from the outer courtyard!"
Senior Brother Liao said casually, "Junior Brother Zhao, don't worry, this rule only applies to disciples who have entered the Dance Elephant Academy for more than one year. If you just entered the Dance Elephant Academy and were kicked out before you have achieved anything, wouldn't it be unfair?"
"Kicked out of the Dancing Elephant House?"
Zhao Lin repeated this sentence and nodded slowly.
The Wuxiang Academy's management of its disciples is quite loose. Disciples are not allowed to come in and out of the temple on weekdays, and their occasional absences are ignored.
If a disciple wants to visit his family or even go to the city to play, he can go down the mountain at any time.
But this is only superficial.
The elders who teach the practice will review the disciples’ cultivation progress every month.
Because of the existence of the magical skill "Zhao Yu Gong", the elders do not need to hold a martial arts competition or troublesome tests, and can directly use their vitality to detect the cultivation level of their disciples.
If a disciple's cultivation has been stagnant for a long time, whether it is due to laziness or limited talent, if he fails a few times, he will be directly returned to the outer courtyard.
After all, the Dance Elephant Academy was established to train Blood Realm disciples, and the treatment was much better than that of the outer academy. Those who were not worthy of the position would have to give it to others.
Therefore, the atmosphere in the Dance Elephant Academy seems to be loose and tight, and the competition is very fierce. There is only one way to go up, and everyone is practicing hard for fear of falling behind.
(End of chapter)
