Fragrance is good for purifying the heart

Chapter 4
Gardenia searched for a long time, and finally discovered that the lively singing came from the gap between the two mountain streams.

There was a long and narrow gap between the two mountain streams, just big enough for one person to pass through. Gardenia took off the small bamboo basket, hugged it to her chest, and squeezed through the gap little by little. Occasionally, water droplets from the mountain stream sprinkled above her head. There was a hint of coolness in her hair.

After walking cautiously through the mountain stream for a long time, her eyes suddenly opened up. She finally passed through the gap. When she raised her eyes, she was stunned by the sight in front of her.

I saw that the remote valley here is quiet and quiet, with shady trees, flowers, plants and insects. It is a good uninhabited valley where you can escape from the world.

What's more, the road ahead of the valley was blocked by two mountain streams. If she hadn't heard the singing, she wouldn't have discovered this "peachland" through the gap in the mountain streams.

Looking carefully, there are bright peach blossoms blooming everywhere in the valley. Deep in the peach blossoms, walking further in, you can see a huge corn field.

It is now April in the human world. Logically speaking, peach blossoms and corn are not plants in the same season, but in this valley, this strange scene really appears.

The cornfield was lush and green, and the sight was full of green. Ripe corn cobs, orange and yellow, were hanging on the corn stalks. The plump corn kernels looked as if they were about to swell out of the outer coating. Look. It makes people very unhappy.

Gardenia couldn't help but walk into the corn field, reached out and broke off a few corn stalks and put them into a small bamboo basket, thinking that she would go home and cook them for her parents to taste.Just as she reached the depths of the cornfield, the cheerful singing in her ears suddenly stopped.

Gardenia couldn't help but look down and found a ginseng plant with lush leaves growing in the soil of the corn field.

She was so happy that she dug it up with both hands. She never expected that in this "Peach Garden", her wish would come true and she would find the ginseng that could cure her mother's illness.

And judging from the excellent color of this ginseng, not only the leaves are green and lush, but the roots must be very surprising, and it should be very good for medicinal purposes.

Sure enough, when she raised her hand, the ginseng was lifted out of the soil. What she didn't expect was that she originally thought that the quality of the ginseng should be very good, but she didn't expect that it was not only very good. ?

It has grown into a human shape, with a head, feet, and lush roots. It is actually a rare thousand-year-old ginseng!
But when it was dug out, it still shrugged the roots on its eyebrows and shouted exaggeratedly, "Oh, oh, oh, you were so careless when you were so proud. How did you find me, little girl?" I hid it so secretly, who would have thought that a millennium ginseng of mine would be hidden in this abandoned cornfield."

"You...you can actually speak human words?" Gardenia looked at this "old man" with a face full of roots in surprise. She rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "So, the song just now was yours." Can you sing?"

The "old man" blew his "beard" unconvincedly and hummed twice, "I am singing this song with my thousands of years of spiritual power. How can ordinary people hear it? You little girl, don't lie to me. You are full of energy." If you don’t have any spiritual power, how can you hear my singing?”

When Gardenia saw its appearance, it was really funny, and she imitated its appearance and hummed, "I heard you singing, how could I lie to you? Otherwise, how could I have found you?"

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, you are so careless. You just told us disciples to hide early, but you sang and attracted people. This time, you are in bad luck!"

Gardenia smiled so hard that her eyes were crooked, "It turns out you asked your disciples to hide. No wonder I searched for a whole day and didn't even see a ginseng beard. Tell me, how did you know that someone would be there today?" Did you come up the mountain to pick ginseng?"

The thousand-year-old ginseng Nini fluttered in Gardenia's hands for a long time, "If you don't tell us how you heard me singing, I won't tell you how I know!"

Unexpectedly, this thousand-year-old ginseng has developed spiritual wisdom. Not only can it speak human words, but it also looks quite cunning.Don't let such good ginseng escape. Take it back and stew it for your mother to use as medicine. The acute illness will definitely be cured.

When Gardenia thought of this, her eyes suddenly brightened, and she stared at the ginseng like a prey waiting to be slaughtered, "I don't care, I just caught it back to use as medicine for my mother." This "old man" of ginseng was in a hurry. It started to flutter in her hand, "You can't eat me, you can't eat me."

"Hey, tell me, why can't my mother eat you?" As Gardenia was talking, she couldn't help but poke her face with the tip of her finger. Suddenly she felt pain, and her fingertip actually saw blood. Blood beads came out, and the ginseng chewed twice in return, looking like he still had something to say.

Damn smelly ginseng, how dare you bite her and see blood?

The gardenia was so big, but I had never heard that ginseng eats blood. I immediately became angry and without thinking, I pulled the root of the gardenia up.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, stop now, my aunt, I'm with you, I'm with you." The ginseng suddenly stopped struggling uncharacteristically, "I recognize you as my master, and you will have good food and drink from now on." me."

"Bah -" Gardenia couldn't help but slap it twice in the mouth.

"Don't fight, don't fight, little aunt, you are a Wu Gu Tao body that is rare to see in a thousand years, and the blood in your body is also Wu Gu Dao blood." It made a "tsk tsk tsk" sound in its mouth, as if it was still savoring the blood just now. The taste of beads, "This is a good thing to improve your cultivation. Why don't you just listen to me and don't stew me all. You can use it as medicine for your mother. I am a thousand-year-old ginseng. It has very strong medicinal properties. You only need to pick it." Just a few roots and that’s it.”

It paused and then said, "My broken roots will grow back after a while, but it is of great benefit to you to raise me."

Gardenia stared at it with disbelief in her eyes, "What's the benefit of raising you?"

"Hey, I have a lot of benefits. I have lived for 1000 years. You are just a little girl after all. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask me. And there's more..."

It kept talking, and Gardenia just recalled in her mind that she could ask it something she didn't understand. Thinking about it carefully, it wasn't a bad thing.Besides, this thousand-year-old ginseng looks quite cunning. It bit her before and tried to run away, but then it followed her uncharacteristically. Will it do a loss-making business?
"How do I support you?" Gardenia asked.

"Easy to say, all you need to do is put a drop of blood on my roots every seven days..."

Before it finished speaking, Gardenia made another move to pull out its roots. It was so frightened that it shrank its head and immediately changed its words, "No, no, no, no, you just need to pour some water every three to five days." I’ll just drink it.”

After uttering these human words, it looked dejected, as if it had suffered a big loss.

Gardenia thought of what the thousand-year-old ginseng had said about her being a Taoist body with the blood of Wukuang Taoism flowing through her body. She suddenly remembered that her father Ade had told her that when she was just born, a monk came to the house and said the same thing. of.Immaculate Dao Body, what on earth is that?
But this thousand-year-old ginseng "old man" seemed to be very good at it. When she asked again, he said he would tell her slowly in the future.

Gardenia was about to ask again, when suddenly the sky was filled with thunder and dark clouds, and one or two roars like trapped animals came from the sky. The sound was deafening. If you listened carefully, it sounded like it was coming from Ruiyun Village at the foot of the mountain.

"It's bad, it's bad, little girl, you might as well listen to me and stay in the mountains for one night before going back." The thousand-year-old ginseng "old man" suddenly spoke after hearing those one or two roars.

What happened?An ominous premonition suddenly came to mind.The one or two roars just now seemed a bit like those made by some wild beast, but how could an ordinary wild beast make such a deafening sound?At the foot of the mountain...could something happen in the village at the foot of the mountain?
Gardenia shook her head, no, she had to rush back. Her parents were both at Ruiyun Village. Besides, her mother's illness was so urgent that she couldn't wait for anyone. Now that she had ginseng, there was nothing she could do. No more delay.

Thinking of this, she carried the small bamboo basket on her back, put the ginseng in her arms, and hurried down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)