"I have one thing to remind my junior brother. If you want to obtain a large amount of medicinal materials, it is not enough to collect them in the wild. It is best to cultivate a medicinal field. This cannot be achieved overnight, but you must prepare in advance."
Before leaving, Zhang Xingwen's warning echoed in You Ziji's mind. He might really need a medicinal field, but he didn't know how to arrange it.
"There is a waterfall ahead, we are here."
Ji Wenyi's voice interrupted You Ziji's thoughts. He temporarily forgot about the medicine field and looked down.
I saw a huge difference between the upper and lower sides of the canyon, and the water fell down, stirring up mist all over the sky, as if in a sea of clouds.
Ji Wenyi walked along the canyon with his sword, visiting dry places far away from the waterfall.
Xuanming Road is full of spiritual energy and has luxuriant branches and leaves. From the books read by You Zijing at Danyang Peak, he has identified more than a dozen kinds of herbs, which are distributed all over the cliff.
As for the Sanyang Flower, they were not found. Ji Wenyi ascended with his sword and reached the top of the cliff. With their strength, climbing the rock and walking on the wall was easier than flying with his sword.
After landing on the ground, the luxuriant grass reached up to his ankles, and the moisture here was moistened by the moisture in the distance.
You Ziji opened his eyes and scanned the area, avoiding trees and rocks, specifically looking for the place with strong sunlight.
Suddenly he saw a place ahead, which looked like flowers and grass but was very dazzling. You Ziji closed his eyelids slightly and finally saw clearly.
It was a yellow flower with only three petals, swaying in the sun and in the wind. The sunlight is gathered and stored in its petals, so it emits dazzling light. Its rhizome is small and has three or five jagged green leaves, which are the characteristics of Sanyang flower.
"Senior brother, I found the Sanyang flower."
Ji Wenyi came after hearing the sound and saw You Ziji taking out the herbs. He walked a few steps forward and found a small cluster of Sanyang flowers in front of him. There were at least a dozen plants. He went to pick them without saying a word.
You Ziji remembered Zhang Xingwen's suggestion, so he took out the Sanyang flower and the soil on its rhizome, put it into a cloth bag and took it away to prepare for planting back.
In the front, Ji Wenyi had also taken down ten Sanyang flowers, leaving six or seven untouched. When he saw You Ziji coming over, he handed over the herbs in his hand, "We can't sweep all the herbs away when we collect them. We'll have to wait for a while." , it can still grow. I think these ten will be enough for Junior Brother to use in a short time, let’s go find the other two herbs.”
Seeing that You Ziji had no objection, he flew his sword again, and the sword light enveloped the two of them and they slowly fell to the edge of the pool at the bottom of the cliff.
The waterfall flows down thousands of feet before landing here, half of which has already turned into mist in mid-air. It looks very majestic in the distance, but it feels more peaceful when you get closer to the pool.
There is a forest outside the pool. Many dead trees have fallen to the ground and turned into rotten wood. There may be half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum here.
You Ziji rummaged around and found Ganoderma lucidum growing among the rotten wood. Among them, the dark brown one with only half a mushroom-shaped umbrella is half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum. This medicine is not rare and is easy to cultivate, so it is available in large quantities. Although they are very common in the wild, there are not so many of them. There are at most one or two in a piece of rotten wood. And because of its short growth cycle, it will rot quickly if not dried in the sun after maturity. Therefore, you may not necessarily find mature half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum when you open the rotten wood.
It was already afternoon, and Ji Wenyi saw that it was getting late. If they continued at this speed, the two of them would not be able to get back before dark. What's more, he has recently become the focus of the second senior brother's care, and there is still a lot of homework to be done.
"Junior brother, I think it's getting late, so we might as well split up. The Diyin Grass grows in dark and humid places. I'm fast and go look for it in the distance. You can collect the half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum here by yourself."
"Senior brother is right, let's go separate ways."
Ji Wenyi said nothing and rushed directly towards the waterfall. If there was a place that was dark and humid, under the waterfall was the most suitable place. He was alone, without having to carry You Ziji on his back, so he rushed into the waterfall at a very fast speed.
Behind the water curtain is an empty cave, which does not see sunlight all year round. The feet are wet due to the accumulation of water droplets sprayed in from outside the cave. The cave here is naturally formed and has been eroded by water flow. Ji Wenyi pulled out his golden sword and emitted light, illuminating the dark cave. He walked forward one foot deeper and one foot shallower.
Inside the cave, it becomes narrower as you go inside, and there are many huge rocks mixed in, making the terrain more complicated. Ji Wenyi walked around from the outside to the inside and basically understood the terrain here.
He took out a sword talisman of more than ten feet, and after activating it, it emitted a sword light of three feet, which was very dazzling in the darkness. These dozen sword lights were inserted into various parts of the cave, making the cave seem like daylight.
Ji Wenyi didn't find any herbs here, but he didn't leave. Looking for Diyin grass was not his purpose at the moment. He jumped up and down, looked around, nodded and said: "This place is very suitable."
I saw Ji Wenyi unbuttoning his clothes, and there was a layer of lining inside. He shook out the Diyin grass that he had prepared. This was after he learned that You Ziji needed herbs yesterday, so he went to look for them from Third Senior Sister.
The Diyin grass is shaped like weeds on the roadside, about the size of half a finger, but they are darker in color, have obvious hairs on their leaves, and the place where they grow is not suitable for normal plants to survive, so they are easy to identify in the wild.
He left ten of them to give to You Ziji, and the remaining dozens of plants needed to be planted in the cave.
Ji Wenyi worked hard and stuffed a Diyin grass into the gap under each rock. Regardless of whether it took root or not, he picked up three pills, crushed them, put them into the water he carried and shook them evenly. Just sprinkle a few drops on it to stimulate the vitality of the Diyin grass and allow it to quickly take root here. This cave is very suitable for the growth of Diyin grass. As long as it takes root, it does not need to be taken care of at all and can rely on itself to absorb nutrients. Survive.
The elixir and how to use it were taught by the third senior sister. It was simple and easy to learn. Half an hour later, it was completed. Ji Wenyi distributed the remaining dozens of Diyin grasses to various places and planted them, pretending to be wild plants. He checked back and forth and left after seeing that there were no flaws.
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After Ji Wenyi left, You Ziji was busy looking for half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum. Although the success rate is high, the process is very tortuous.
There are often venomous insects, snakes and ants in the rotten wood. Although they are not any weird species, it is scary to see them. You Ziji didn't dare to use the Samadhi True Fire, for fear of affecting the potency of the half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, so he had to use the Splitting Air Palm and the Phantom Pocket to slowly open them one by one to check.
Unexpectedly, there were many half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, but few mature ones. Unknowingly, You Ziji had walked more than half a circle around the pool, but only found four plants. If he only found these during this trip, coupled with his inexperienced alchemy skills, he might not be able to refine a few pills.
"If we go further and there is less than one-fifth of the distance left, that is, when we reach the waterfall at the end, we won't be able to find a few trees, so we might as well try our luck elsewhere."
You Ziji thought about it for a while, made a decisive decision, turned around and walked into the dense forest.
The rotten trees in the forest are not as densely packed as near the pond, scattered everywhere. But perhaps precisely because it is far away from water, the half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum rots here more slowly, which increases the proportion of mature individuals.
You Ziji only rummaged through a dozen pieces of rotten wood and collected six half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum plants. Once the task was completed, he could call it a day. But when he returned to the pond, he saw that Ji Wenyi hadn't shown up yet. He had nothing to do, so he might as well get some half-leaf Ganoderma lucidum back for later use.
So You Ziji returned to the forest again and searched carefully.
As he walked deeper, for some reason, You Ziji felt a little nervous, as if there were other creatures around him peeking at him. He turned on his five senses to investigate carefully and found nothing strange, but he couldn't be suspicious of Wanderer Ji. He jumped up to the tree trunk and looked around. He also used the wind blowing technique, and a strong wind swept around for several miles, bringing back a large amount of information and getting into the ears of You Ziji.
Except for the sounds of birds flapping their wings and insects eating rotten leaves, there seemed to be no other sounds. You Ziji frowned. His strange feeling became more and more serious, but with his methods, he could not find any clues.
"Is this person faster than the wind? Since he is within Xuan Ming Dao, he shouldn't be an enemy, right?"
You Ziji's spirit was tense, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Suddenly a hand slapped his shoulder, waking him up, but he didn't dare to resist at all. This person could reach behind him silently, and he could easily break his neck.
You Ziji stiffly and slowly turned his head slightly, trying to see the person clearly, but he heard the person say: "Junior brother, why are you squatting here? No wonder I can't find you when I look for you."
It turned out that this person was Ji Wenyi, and You Ziji finally let go of the big stone in his heart, "Senior Brother Ji, were you looking for me nearby just now?"
"Of course it's me, what happened?"
Ji Wenyi asked quickly when he saw that something was wrong with You Ziji's state.
You Ziji took a deep breath and said, "Senior Brother, I was scared to death just now. I clearly felt that someone was nearby, but I couldn't find him even though I tried various methods. Senior Brother's method of concealing his aura is really amazing."
"I see. In fact, you just can't use your spiritual consciousness yet. If you can master its magical function, it will be a lot easier to find people and enemies. When you reach the Xuan Realm and your spiritual consciousness is strong and unhindered, I will teach you how to use it."
"Thank you very much, senior brother."
"What's there to thank you for? These are just basics. With senior brothers and sisters here, I'm afraid it won't be my turn to teach you. You've been looking here for so long, but have you managed to get half a leaf of Ganoderma lucidum together?"
You Ziji opened the package at his waist. There were herbs in it, separated by layers. There were nearly twenty Ganoderma lucidum at least.
"We've got it together, senior brother, have you found the Diyin Grass?"
Ji Wenyi took out ten Diyin grasses from his pocket and said, "Of course I found them. This is not a problem for your senior brother and me."
With these ten Diyin grasses, plus the previous harvest, You Ziji can refine ten furnaces of elixirs, and should be able to get a good harvest. He asked again: "Where did you find it, senior brother?"
When You Ziji had this question, he naturally wanted to find out the location so that he could collect medicine by himself next time, so as not to trouble his senior brother any more.
Ji Wenyi secretly thought that the fish took the bait, but replied vaguely: "Just behind the waterfall, my junior brother didn't know that there was a spacious cave inside, and there were Diyin grass living everywhere."
