ask the mirror

Chapter 6 Picking 'Medicine' (this chapter is free)

Yu Ci must thank his biological parents, they gave him a talent beyond ordinary people.That is the extraordinary sense of smell he used before.He is born with a keen sense of smell, able to distinguish the complex smells mixed together one by one, and can also notice the subtle smells that ordinary people ignore. He has already relied on this talent a lot on weekdays, and in the Rift Valley, he has relied on it all. It takes a talent to go up and down in the boundless clouds and mist, and find the location of the shrimp silk grass accurately.

With the target in sight, Yu Ci's mind became more and more stable.He didn't rush forward to pick it, but took out the Illuminating Bronze Mirror from his sleeve, aroused the azure light, and used it to draw symbols in the void.

Talismans, the five 'color' streams are condensed into writing, mixing all things, always controlling the gods, and taking the power of clouds, objects and stars.There are Yunzhuan Leiwen, Longzhangfengwen, and demon pictures and ghost patterns, all of which are taken from the imitation, thinking that they can be used to communicate with the gods.

For more than ten years, Yu Ci has studied the way of talismans day by day, and the "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secret Teaching Talisman Sutra" that was rolled out from the Shuangxian Sect is his only source of systematic knowledge.Although there are nearly a thousand kinds of talismans in the talisman book, he is now proficient in only a dozen or so, but he is already familiar with all the descriptions in the book.

There are three sets of talisman systems recorded in the "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secret Grant Talisman", namely Yunzhuan Leiwen, Longzhangfengwen and Yaotu Guiwen.Among them, Yunzhuan Leiwen imitates the nature of yin and yang in the world, Longzhangfengwen draws on the agility of birds and beasts, and as for ghost patterns and ghost patterns, it draws on the fierce power of witchcraft and ghosts.

These three sets of talisman systems can form their own patterns, but the truly sublime talisman methods are all about combining the three parties and taking the essence.

It's a pity that Yu Ci's cultivation level is not enough, and his Taoism is not deep. Even with a good source of spiritual guidance like the Illuminating God Bronze Mirror, he can draw those ghost painting talismans to perfection, but he still can't arouse the power of those high-level talismans.Now he can only learn some relatively simple and pure runes that focus on a single system, such as the one he is using now.

Guide the Qingguang Lingyin with your finger, and draw an extremely abstract figure in the void.The upper one is a bird pattern, the lower one is a tiger pattern, the surrounding houses are divided into sheets, and the center is knotted with an inflected seal pattern.When all the runes were drawn, the lines of blue light residing in the void lit up all at once, and then quickly condensed and shrunk until they became exquisite talismans the size of half a palm before they condensed and remained still.

Yu Ci stretched out his hand and pointed, and the talisman flew out immediately.But the flight trajectory was very strange, it used Yu Ci's finger as the axis, and flew in a circle, the circle became bigger and bigger, and the talisman flew farther and farther, until it was completely submerged in the dense fog, Yu Ci withdrew his hand.

This is the five-party psychic talisman, and it is one of the most complicated talismans that Yu Ci has learned from the "Shangqing Juxuan Xingshu Secret Teaching Talisman Sutra".Although the main body is Longzhangfengwen, it also slightly involves the system of Yunlei and Yaogui.Only this one talisman, Yu Ci practiced for five years before he was able to use it.

This talisman does not have any offensive power, but it can use the person as a reference to detect the violent activities of all living beings within a five-mile radius, and feed back to the soul of the caster. It is so sensitive that it is inconceivable. Yu Ci uses it as a warning.

After everything was ready, Yu Ci stepped forward.Like walking on a single-step bridge, slowly come to the top of the giant pine.

Shrimp grass is already available.But Yu Ci was not in a hurry, and took out the prepared stone box from his sleeve, and carefully placed it in a recess formed by several pine branches interlaced. This was a naturally formed stable platform, but Yu Ci still did not Don't worry, use another talisman to fix it, and this is the end.

Then he bent down and carefully picked the shrimp grass.

The blades of grass are only as thin as a hair, and when they are wrapped around the trunk, they are entangled with the uneven bark, and they will be torn apart if you are not careful.And because of the "medicinal" nature, the roots must be taken off together when picking, so Yu Ci has to sort out and untie the entangled grass leaves one by one, until the roots are found, and then they can be pulled out.

This kind of work is completely a grind, it is a test of patience, and the most afraid of accidents.

Fortunately, Yu Ci's luck today is pretty good.For more than three hours, without any external disturbance, Yu Ci successfully picked this piece of shrimp silk grass, and it was roughly preserved, with about a hundred or so roots.As you pick and put them, they are placed one by one in the stone box beside you.

Just as I said to Xuanqing that day, Shrimptail Grass can absorb the aura of Yimu and counteract the aura of gold, so it cannot be packed in metal or wooden boxes.You can only use the stone box sent by the steward of the Bairi Mansion.In the stone box, the shrimp grass has been spread in a shallow layer, and there are three to five hundred roots, which is all he has harvested in the past four months.

When these 'medicinal' herbs are taken back to the steward of the Bairi Mansion, they must be divided according to their appearance and integrity, and the value will always be discounted by [-]% or [-]%. As for the discount, the Bairi Mansion will naturally accept it.This is the usual practice, and a casual person like him has nothing to do.

After all this was done, the sky was already dark, and the half-set sun weakly shone the afterglow into the clouds and mists. Yu Ci put away the stone box and put away all kinds of spells. , Climb up the hundreds of feet of the mountain wall like apes, and when you reach the top of the cliff, when the strong wind blows, you don't know that your clothes are soaked in sweat and the coolness is soaked, which is definitely not uncomfortable.

That's all for today's work.Yu Ci was also tired, so he found a leeward place, adjusted his breath for a while, waited for his clothes to dry in the shade, and then set off, after a few falls, he disappeared into the vast mountains behind him.

For more than five months around the Rift Valley, Yu Ci's location was always changing. The place he arranged in advance was more than a hundred miles away, and it took nearly an hour to go back and forth on the road.

But it's worth the extra trips. Over the past few months, Yu Ci has seen more than one time that the people who came here to collect 'medicine', because of a few shrimp grasses, fought each other until they died, and they were so vicious. Tragic, without personally participating in it, it is hard to imagine.As the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food, that's all.

Yu Ci is not a timid person, but since he has had a hard day, he naturally wants to find a safe place to rest and recuperate. How can he have so much free time to deal with those greedy people?

After entering the vast mountain forest, the night fell quickly, and the vision became increasingly dim, but Yu Ci's leaping speed did not slow down at all.The unique breath of the mountains and forests blew past his nose, and he could distinguish hidden and approaching dangers from the mixed breath of thousands of smells, and changed lanes in time, avoiding countless troubles.

Seeing that the destination was in sight, Yu Ci was startled, and then slowed down his pace.

Where he was, the forests had become sparse, replaced by rugged rocks, dark and thin, extremely desolate in the dark night.Because of this, the afterglow of a cluster of bonfires, several miles away, can pass through the gaps in the trees and flash in his eyes. What is clearer than the firelight is the "human scent" blown by the mountain wind. In addition, although It is extremely faint, but Yu Ci can still catch the unique aroma of the shrimp grass.

If the stone box is separated, Ren Yuci has great ability, and it is impossible to smell the scent at this distance. There is only one possibility in this case, that is, someone opened the stone box, observed or counted the things stored in the box. Shrimp grass.

Yu Ci was sure that there were more than fifteen people over there.If the owner of the stone box can do this without any scruples, then this group of people should be in the same group and come here together to pick 'medicine' herbs.On the side of the Rift Valley, it is considered a relatively large-scale team.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help scratching his head.He can go around, but the bad thing is that the hiding place he put a lot of effort into setting up yesterday is not far from the group of people. If he just goes around like this, he will probably sleep in the wilderness tonight.

Just as he was thinking, his face changed slightly. He didn't notice just now against the wind, and another seven or eight people approached from the side, only half a mile away from where he was.He retracted his left hand into his sleeve and pinched the Illuminating God Bronze Mirror.

What a coincidence, two days ago he was robbed by someone, the superior sharp sword he bought with hardware in the precipice city was broken during the battle, and he lost the sharp weapon in his hand, and he might suffer a loss in an encounter again.

But soon, his sensitive nose discerned some information: It seems to be an acquaintance!