The next morning, Xunfan was exercising in the martial arts room as usual. Due to his profession, Xunfan's physique was much stronger than most people. In terms of strength, speed, and explosive power, he is comparable to some powerful warriors. Now he is practicing jumping. He is carrying a hundred kilograms of weight on his back and jumping around to perform irregular jumping exercises.
He has been training like this since he was twelve years old. Because of his father's death, he had to force himself to become stronger, not only mentally but also physically.
Herbalists work in the mountains and forests all year round and often encounter wild beasts. Therefore, they not only need to have a good understanding of medicinal materials, but also have a detailed grasp of the types and habits of wild beasts. However, unpredictable situations may occur, which can be said to be full of dangers and a narrow escape from death. Every year, more than 50% of the herbalists in the nearby area die. There is a jingle that vividly embodies the characteristics of this industry: If a good person does not collect medicine, his life will be lost if he picks medicine. At thirty, he is still alive and well. The medicine-gathering industry is a profession where wealth and loss coexist, which is in line with the saying that wealth can be gained through danger. This requires herbalists to have a strong physique.
Xunjia’s herb-picking skills are passed down from ancestors. In Xunfan's memory, Xunjia's ancestors were all herbalists, and thus they had accumulated rich professional skills. Xunjia was also very famous in the nearby area. However, due to the sparse population, there was no family-style herb collection force. Therefore, although Xunjia is famous, its influence is not very strong. However, the big herb-picking forces will also give Xunjia some face.
In recent years, Xunfan has been fighting fierce beasts desperately, not only selling more precious medicinal materials than before, but also selling the carcasses of beasts, making the income extremely rich, and Xunjia's reputation is even higher than before.
During this process, Xunfan's physical fitness also got better and better, and he became the best among all the herbalists.
After the jumping practice, Xunfan performed a series of exercises on speed, explosive power, knife skills, etc. After the end, he was already sweating profusely.
He lay on the cold ground, looking up at the ceiling, and the secret book - "The Qi Realm of the Source of the Five Elements" appeared in front of his eyes.
The introduction at the beginning is so tempting. There is no end to learning, and there are no limits to the human body. A warrior must explore and explore the limits of his body infinitely. If a warrior is successful in cultivation, he can fly into the sky and escape from the earth. The wind and clouds change colors with a raised hand, mountains and rivers burst into pieces with a raised foot, the body travels in the vast starry sky, and the planets are like toys... It's so shocking. Not only does it make people think a lot, it feels like they are traveling nine days away, between heaven and earth.
While Xunfan was immersed in endless reverie, his mother squatted beside him at some point. The mother patted her son's strong chest and said, "Silly son, it's time to eat."
"Yes, Mom." He looked at his mother's aging face and said uneasily, "Mom, I'm going to make you worry!"
"Silly boy, it is a blessing for mother to worry about her own child." His mother looked at him with a smile, and he was stunned. "Let's go, little dork."
"Mom, you called me by my nickname again." Mother laughed out loud.
After the meal, Xunfan chatted with his mother for a while and joked with his daughter for a while. Seeing his mother's happy smile and listening to his daughter's free and cheerful laughter, Xunfan felt that he was really happy. Three generations live under one roof. Although all three generations live alone, isn't it a blessing that the whole family is safe?
In the afternoon, Yiyi Tian, the largest local exchange, bought the Earth Splitting Tiger for 5,000 gold coins. Later, the military came to recruit him to join the army, but Xunfan refused. However, the military ordered more precious medicinal materials such as Jiuyoulan, three-ring purple fruit, black and white yin and yang flowers, etc. In the afternoon, some parents came with their children to become apprentices, wanting to learn herb-picking skills and martial arts. They were all rejected by him. He also visited some herbalists and animal hunters of the older generation, trying to hear a few words about cultivation, but he gained nothing at all.
After resting at home for three days, neither Xunfan nor his mother mentioned the secret book again. There was still a faint, kind smile on my mother's face. It's just that the number of times I look at him has obviously increased, and the time I've spent looking at him is obviously much longer. Xunfan clearly understands his mother's thoughts. Her mother has great expectations for herself. Like other mothers, she wants her children to have a bright future, but she also doesn't want to be in any danger. She especially doesn't want Xunfan to inherit the ancestral business, but the family has undergone sudden changes. , there is no choice anymore. Now that I have encountered an incredible opportunity, my mother is very worried, but she does not want to affect her son's choice. The conflict in my mother's heart is no less than her own.
This is her mother, who always supports her silently, even if there are hundreds of thousands of reluctances and too much reluctance in her heart, she is still supporting her son. He hid all the difficulties in his heart and didn't want to put any pressure on his son.
Xunfan knows his mother's thoughts well. He and his mother have been dependent on each other for more than ten years. Just as her mother knows his inner thoughts, he also knows her thoughts. There is no need for any language communication between mother and son, each other knows very well in their hearts that this is the energy of blood and the accumulation of many years of emotions.
On the morning of the fourth day, Xunfan shouldered his medicine-gathering tools, carried his saber, said goodbye to his family, and entered the Soul-Retaining Beast Domain alone. This time he not only wanted to collect medicinal materials for the military, but also wanted to go to a magical cave to find out as much as possible about that dense book. He had made up his mind to take the risk if it was feasible.
Entering the mountain forest, the road is extremely difficult, but it is like walking on plain ground for Xunfan. Due to the lush trees, the light in the forest is not very bright, so the main growth of Yin-loving medicinal materials in the Soul-Retaining Beast Domain is.
Xunfan walked and picked along the way, all the way towards the cave that night. In fact, whether he was chasing the Earth Splitter Tiger or leaving as if fleeing, Xunfan didn't remember the location of the cave clearly. But strange to say, it was as if there was an invisible call. It only took Xunfan most of the day to find a cave. He was pacing back and forth in front of the cave, hesitating and not daring to go in.
He clearly felt an invisible yet strong sense of calling pulling him. He felt extremely uneasy and inexplicably excited.
Could it be that someone deliberately arranged it, or is it because I am naturally suitable for cultivation and am too narcissistic? I don't know how much I weigh. I have never been a talented person. I am not too smart, and my personality is a bit weak. What is going on?
Unknowingly, it was getting late, and a huge beast roar rang out in the mountain forest, awakening Xunfan from his wandering thoughts. He looked around and saw the shadow of the beast shaking. If you encounter a healthy level two beast, it will be very difficult for you to deal with it. If you encounter a healthy level three beast, you will definitely die. The Earth Splitting Tiger was seriously injured last time, which gave him a huge advantage.
He quickly jumped into the cave and listened carefully. There was no sound in the cave. Xunfan felt relieved. He calmed down, put the medicinal materials and tools at the entrance of the cave, and carefully walked toward the glowing depths with the knife in hand. After walking for a while, he came to the stone room again. The stone box on the stone table was still there, and everything in the cave was the same as above. Every time is the same.
He walked slowly to the stone table, put the knife on the table, stroked the stone box with his hand, feeling the coolness, and a strange sense of intimacy came to his heart. His heart was beating fast, and he wanted to open the lid of the stone box, but He hesitated again, the secret book seemed to be calling him in his mind. He suddenly felt his heartbeat speeding up, and he couldn't stop the restlessness from the bottom of his heart.
