Zhao Lin found a secluded place, took out food and water from his baggage, rested and ate to replenish his strength.
Before entering the mountain, each disciple prepared at least three days of food rations, and Zhao Lin specially brought a double portion.
If you encounter a suitable strange beast, you may be able to absorb its soul, but you will definitely have to eat a lot afterwards.
But now it seems that the Wuzhi Mountain selected by the elders does have a lot of precious medicinal herbs, but the number of strange beasts is not large and not strong enough.
After resting, Zhao Lin continued to look for medicinal herbs.
Maybe all his luck ran out in the morning. In the afternoon, he only harvested some middle- and lower-grade herbs. There was not a single top-grade herb such as pine bark, solitary fairy grass, and diluoguo.
Seeing that the sun was about to turn westward, Zhao Lin thought about it and planned to try another mountain tomorrow.
There are five peaks in Wuzhi Mountain. There is no need to spend three days in one place. Index Finger Peak and Ring Finger Peak are also worth visiting.
Chi...
Zhao Lin leaned forward, got into the hole of a ginkgo tree, carefully scraped the roots of a purple mushroom with a shovel, gently twisted his hand twice, and took it in his hand.
“Good condition!”
He took it outside and looked at it carefully, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
This purple mushroom is called Purple Sangzhi. Because it is shaped like an ox tongue, it is also called Ox Tongue Zhi. It mostly grows in canker tree holes.
Before dying, many wild animals will find caves or tree holes to hide in order to die quietly. Purple Sangzhi relies on the nourishment of the corpses of these wild beasts to grow.
Therefore, Purple Sangzhi is suitable for refining elixirs for Blood Realm warriors. Among the five or six elixirs awarded this autumn harvest, one of the main medicines is Purple Sangzhi.
Zhao Lin opened the medicine storage box and carefully put away the purple sangzhi.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly came from the distance.
The sound came from far away and seemed to be coming from this direction.
"Why is someone coming here again?"
Zhao Lin frowned.
He always tried to avoid encounters with other disciples.
Although he had defeated the two Fire Jade disciples with three punches and two kicks before, the strength gap between the two sides was not that big.
It's entirely because the other party doesn't know his own magical power and confronts him head-on.
Just like the competition in the Dancing Elephant Academy, it only took two moves to defeat Shi Jiangyong, but it took fifty or sixty rounds to fight Li Ying. In fact, the strength of the two was almost the same.
Keeping a low profile and not taking the initiative to stir up trouble was a strategy that Zhao Lin had thought of before entering the mountains.
I have a keen sense of smell, so I don’t have to snatch other people’s herbs.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and it seemed that there was something lighter and more delicate moving through the grass. It didn't look like a human being, but more like some kind of small animal.
This voice was very unusual, as if it was following and looking for him, and Zhao Lin couldn't help but feel wary.
After hesitating for a moment, he decided to avoid it for now.
Sound is constantly reflected and refracted in the woods, and its propagation distance is much shorter than in the open space. His advantage in hearing is also weakened.
Hearing footsteps meant that the person coming was not far away from him.
Zhao Lin put the medicine storage box into his bag, quickly left the tree hole, and walked eastward along the waistline of the mountain peak.
About a quarter of an hour later, he sat on a big rock, leaning against a big tree, his eyes lowered, as if waiting for something.
swish swish...
The sound of footsteps came again.
"It's not over, is it?"
Zhao Lin slowly opened his eyes, his face gloomy.
Who is tracking me?
Someone knew that he had obtained a Diluo fruit and came here to snatch it?
The news may have been released by the two Fire Jade Division disciples, or it may have been Zhang Xiaoshan...
But it’s not easy to find someone on such a huge mountain.
Thinking of this, the three words "smell the fragrant mink" flashed in Zhao Lin's mind.
"Since I came here on my own initiative, let's meet him!"
Zhao Lin stood up, looked around, saw a pile of rocks in front of him, and walked in quickly.
This place was chosen for two reasons.
First, there is no chance of rare medicinal herbs in this rocky hill. If someone comes, the target will definitely be you.
Secondly, there are few trees here, only low shrubs, making it difficult to hide your figure.
If there was a conflict, at least he wouldn't have to worry about being ambushed.
Zhao Lin stood in the middle of the rocky hill and looked out steadily.
He doesn't cause trouble, but he's not afraid of trouble. If someone really wants to take advantage of him, then let's see who steals whose herbs?
…
"Oh, miscalculation! If I had known better, I shouldn't have fought with him and just grabbed it. I don't believe he dared to destroy the Diluo Fruit."
"That's right! It's too late to regret it now."
"I didn't expect the new guy to be so strong. I made a mistake."
"It should be the same as Zhong Yewu of the Jinshi Department. He walks with the same strength. We are both careless. If we attack together from the beginning, we may not lose to him..."
It was the tall and thin disciple and the short and fat disciple of the Fire Jade Department who were speaking. After adjusting their breath for a while, they finally regained their strength and were looking for medicinal herbs aimlessly.
"If we had not been soft-hearted at that time, Diluoguo would have been ours."
The tall and thin disciple still couldn't forget what happened before.
"Don't worry about it. It's only right to seize the time to find some herbs. If you really want to go out empty-handed, you won't make others laugh to death."
The short and fat disciple said somewhat reluctantly.
"What Diluoguo? Why are you two so dejected?"
A deep and rough voice sounded.
Both of them were shocked when they heard the words. They looked up and saw the speaker, and then they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and said in unison: "Senior Brother Xiang!"
The person who came was none other than Xiang Bao. He said "hmm" and asked, "What did you two say just now?"
"Hey, don't mention it!"
"The Diluo fruit flew away..."
The tall and thin disciple and the short and fat disciple complained.
Xiang Bao's heart tightened, and he collected more than a dozen medicinal herbs with the help of silver-spotted foxes. Some of them were considered rare, but compared with Diluo Guo, they were far behind.
"Don't worry, you two speak slowly."
"Alas, Zhang Xiaoshan from the Water Mirror Department found a Diluo fruit, and we just happened to run into it."
"I originally wanted to grab it, but I didn't expect that someone would disrupt the situation..."
The two of them talked to each other, telling each other how they met Zhang Xiaoshan and how they were defeated and robbed by Zhao Lin.
The more Xiang Bao listened, the more surprised he became, and a thought suddenly came to his mind: the new disciple mentioned by the two of them was the one he was looking for.
This is not all based on intuition, because according to the two people's accounts, Zhao Lin is very strong and very fast.
The person he was looking for could reach the summit before himself and Zhong Yewu, which meant that he must be good at speed.
Thinking of this, Xiang Bao's heart skipped a beat.
If several things are done by the same person, then Songpo Kui, a rare medicinal herb on the top of the mountain, plus Diluo fruit.
These three herbs alone are enough to make it into the top five! So as long as I work harder later, I can say that it is certain that I will win the first place in Qiucai!
"What is the name of the disciple who defeated you and what does he look like?"
Xiang Bao asked in a deep voice.
(End of chapter)
