Although this place is mysterious, a breeze blows, and there is a faint aura of herbs in it. It seems that the prohibition of Baicao Garden can only confuse the vision, but cannot affect the cultivator's entire perception.
Chen Mo's face remained as usual, and he walked in calmly. He saw that the endless white mist in front of the door was completely cleared away by the powerful suction force of the 'walnuts' he brought, leaving all the grass in this piece of grass. The hidden topography of the garden is clearly revealed.
The entire medicine garden is supported by four aged stone pillars, and the four corners of the southeast, northwest and northwest form a colorful light curtain in the sky, covering this vast spiritual herb garden.
It is divided into numerous medicinal fields. Various medicinal herbs are planted separately, and there are also intertwined scenes, which are colorful and exciting.
The few spiritual trees closest to Chen Mo were still full of thumb-sized red fruits. They were as festive and lively as lanterns in the secular world, and there was a faint "crackling" sound.
"This is... red wax fruit?"
After Chen Mo saw the appearance of the fruit and heard the sound clearly, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. As one of the main spiritual materials of elixirs commonly used by monks in the Qi Refining Stage, he didn't expect to see it so easily.
Several acres of nearby medicinal fields are planted with this spiritual tree, which shows the importance of the 'Red Wax Fruit' to low-level monks.
Walking along the medicine garden, thousands of kinds of medicinal herbs are lined up. Half a foot of vegetation is dense, and there are also green grasses with golden veins growing wildly. If there were not clear signs to guide the disciples who are just here, It's really easy to get lost in it.
It is worth noting that there is a foot-wide fence near most medicinal fields. Out of curiosity, Chen Mo glanced at it quietly with his spiritual consciousness and felt that it was an outer disciple who was taking a nap.
After a while, Chen Mo had a clear understanding in his heart. I am afraid that these disciples were worried that they would not be taken care of in time, so they simply stayed in the medicine garden.
In a world of medicinal herbs, looking for a few tiny moonflowers is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It seems impossible to find them without asking other people.
Chen Mo turned a corner on the path, passed more than eighty purple king flowers, and said hello behind the fence a few feet away: "Junior brother, I don't know where the moon flowers are located. Can you tell me? ?”
The disciples here are generally around the tenth level of Qi Refining, and there are more women. Chen Mo specially selected a male disciple to ask.
Hearing someone talking, the restrictions on the cloth fence were removed, and a slender young man walked out from behind. He looked square and square, and his eyes revealed a clever energy.
After taking a look at the attire of Chen Mo's inner disciples, he bowed slightly and said apologetically: "Junior brother has little talent and knowledge. He only knows about a dozen kinds of medicinal herbs nearby. As for what senior brother said..."
The outer disciple did not continue speaking. It seemed that he did not know anymore.
Seeing that his expression didn't look like he was being fake, Chen Mo wondered in his heart: "Junior brother, don't you have a map of Baicao Garden in your hand?"
"Senior brother, is this your first time here?" the slender young man said.
Chen Mo became interested: "Oh? Is there something hidden here?"
"It's not a secret. It's just that we disciples are only responsible for taking care of a certain medicinal field in the Herb Garden during the mission. Even if we want to know the rest of the area, Deacon Li will not agree."
Hearing the slender young man mention the word 'Deacon Li', Chen Mo's heart moved. If his prediction was correct, this person should be the one he saw in the thatched house before.
"Why is this?" Chen Mo continued to ask.
"If we could all identify them, wouldn't we be like him and earn a lot of money from the sect? Besides, the sect has more than twenty Herb Gardens. How could they allow a few more deacons to be added? "
Chen Mo nodded thoughtfully: "Oh, so that's it, then..."
Before he could continue asking, the slender young man continued talking to himself:
"It's so difficult to identify medicinal herbs. To be honest, I have thought about becoming a deacon before, but I just gave up after memorizing more than a dozen spiritual herbs. This not only requires memorizing the names, but also the growth of them. The cycles and habits are all recorded..."
The thin young man kept talking as if he had opened up a chatterbox, which actually surprised Chen Mo a little.
It's no wonder if you think about it carefully, you stay here for several months, usually with no one to talk to, and it's boring to death, which is a different kind of torture for people with a lively nature.
Under Chen Mo's intentional guidance, he got some of the information he wanted from this disciple.
It turns out that taking care of the medicine garden is a fat job. It is due to the internal power game of Fuyun Sect, and each of them is assigned to the name of the subordinate foundation-building elder. As long as the normal operation of the sect is not delayed, they can get a huge sum of money from the sect every month. contribution points and cultivation materials.
But their cultivation time is extremely precious, how could they waste it on taking care of the medicine garden?
So these foundation-building elders came up with a good idea, allocated a large number of contribution points, and outsourced the medicine garden to monks who knew the habits of most medicinal herbs, and let them take care of the medicine garden.
In this way, even if the foundation-building elders do nothing, they can safely receive a subsidy from the sect.
The disciples who took over the task of the medicine garden naturally became what the slender young man called 'deacons'. They went to the task hall to issue tasks and hired disciples from the sect to complete the instructions of the foundation-building elder.
The 'deacon' has considerable power in the medicine garden. In a sense, he can represent the foundation-building elder behind him, and he can be regarded as a unique role.
Chen Mo felt that this person was a good person, so he exchanged jade slips with the intention of making friends, said goodbye to each other and left.
With only half an hour left before the time specified by 'Senior Brother Li', Chen Mo came up with a stupid method, which was to mentally divide this vast herb garden into dozens of areas, and ask a few more people in each area. Does anyone know the whereabouts of Yueminghua?
The hard work paid off. Chen Mo got the clue to the Moonlight Flower at the southern end of the Baicao Garden. After getting through a large green net composed of dozens of green wisterias, the gray light at the end of the path was exactly what he had been searching for for so long. Rare herbs!
Chen Mo hurried over. As he expected, the three moon flowers were obscured by a thin layer of spiritual mist. They were in a dormant state. Once the gray light was broken, it would take a long time to wake up again. The monks took care of it.
"Fellow Taoist, stop! That's Yue Minghua!"
Just when Chen Mo was about to break the restriction above, a sudden shout came from behind.
Chen Mo looked back and saw an inner disciple who was similar to him in age. He was looking at him in surprise. The voice came from his mouth.
Seeing that his words had an effect, the monk looked relieved, walked closer and cupped his hands and said, "Cheng An, do you know your friend's surname?"
After Chen Mo reported his real name to him. The latter's expression caused him to think for a while, and he said uncertainly: "Chen Mo? Fellow Taoist, is this the casual cultivator disciple who was notified by the sect's Canglong Bell a few days ago?"
Seeing Chen Mo nodded helplessly, Cheng An showed a look that was indeed the case, and said: "I am a few years older than Daoyou Chen, but my cultivation is not as good as that of Daoyou Chen, so I won't use the title of "Chi" in the sect. To be sure, I just saw Brother Chen going to break the restriction on Yueminghua, why is that?"
Chen Mo said truthfully: "I took over the mission from the sect and asked to serve Yue Minghua, so I came here."
Cheng An said with a strange look: "Brother Chen, have you offended someone? Yueminghua is a famous delicate spiritual herb. It would be a bit embarrassing to give you such a test when you take on the mission for the first time!"
"It's okay. I also have some experience. Thank you Brother Cheng for your kindness. Let's give it a try first." Chen Mo replied.
Except for a few unreasonable monks he met when he first started, Chen Mo felt that the rest of the Fuyun Sect disciples were not as dark as the casual cultivators he met before, and he kindly reminded them, which was so rare.
Hearing the confidence in Chen Mo's tone, Cheng An chuckled and said: "It seems that Brother Chen has been prepared for a long time, so I won't be a bad sight. After I finish my work later, I can come to my medicine field to talk and get to know someone." Friends!"
"I must go over and cause trouble," Chen Mo also said with a smile, and waved slightly on the other hand, destroying the protective restriction of Yueminghua.
At the same time, 'Deacon Li' in the thatched house sensed it and took out the jade sign that controlled the medicine garden. A yellow light disappeared on it, which also indicated that the person who entered earlier had found the location of Yueminghua.
"Oh? It's really a surprise..."
Deacon Li looked at the jade plaque in surprise, but didn't pay much attention and closed his eyes again to rest.
...
The cultivation of Moonlight Flower is carried out at intervals during certain periods of time. Chen Mo already knew this when he was in Xianyun Valley.
After he finished taking care of him for the first time, when he came to the medicine field that Cheng An was taking care of, it was already ugly. Cheng An wanted to make friends, and Chen Mo didn't reject it. The two secretly drank some wine in the medicine garden and talked to each other. I quickly became familiar with some of my own experiences.
Since he only needed to arrive here at midnight, Chen Mo took on multiple planting tasks during the day, filling his daily schedule to a full schedule, and even his cultivation was temporarily put on hold.
In the past month, Chen Mo traveled back and forth to seven or eight herb gardens. Everywhere he went, he recorded all the herbs in the garden. He was not a genius, so he asked his disciples on the spot what he had missed or did not recognize. There has also been a slight improvement in the knowledge of vegetation.
There were some deviations from his plan. He thought he could finalize twenty tasks in a month, but only eleven have been completed so far. Except for helping Elder Shen refine alchemy, he completed the rest of the tasks in Baicao Garden.
The originally dry contribution of the sect has also increased from five points to the current sixty-two points.
