Mortal Seeking Immortal

A pair of powerful hands grabbed Ye Zhou from behind. In the horrified eyes of Er Zhuang and the other two, Ye Zhou felt that he was lifted up into the air.

The wind blew on Ye Zhou's face. He saw that the second elder was getting farther and farther away from him, gradually becoming a small dot, and he was extremely desperate.

After flying for an unknown period of time, Ye Zhou was thrown casually by the man behind him to a low hill nearby. There was dead grass everywhere and it was extremely desolate. Ye Zhou fell to the ground as soon as he landed.

"Boy, if you want to blame someone, blame your bad luck. You didn't have a good spiritual root in this life." The person next to him said sinisterly.

He took out the black tripod and was about to start when a voice suddenly came from mid-air.

"Stop."

Ye Zhou and the man looked up at the same time in the air. They saw that the person who spoke was an old man with a gloomy face sitting cross-legged on a giant gourd magic weapon. He had no beard on his face, a pair of triangular eyes drooping down, wearing a loose gray robe, and his gray and white long hair was scattered.

"Greetings, Uncle Shu." The black-robed disciple beside Ye Zhou recognized the old man's identity and hurriedly bowed to the gray-robed old man respectfully.

"Is he the useless spiritual root brought back this time?" The gray-robed old man glanced at Ye Zhou with his triangular eyes and asked casually.

"Yes." The black-robed disciple replied.

"Little boy, can you take care of herbs?" The gray-robed old man looked at Ye Zhou and asked.

"Yes, I learned some knowledge about herbs from the herbalists in the village before, and I know a little about how to take care of herbs." Ye Zhou hurriedly replied.

"Uncle Shu, your yard is full of spiritual herbs. He is just a seven or eight-year-old kid. If he kills the spiritual herbs in your yard, even ten of him can't be worth one of your spiritual herbs. Let me get rid of him." The black-robed disciple smiled apologetically and was about to take action. Ye Zhou's face turned pale in an instant.

"Stop! I just need a servant to take care of the herbs. I'll take this boy away." A gray light shot out from the gray-robed old man's hand and shot straight at the black-robed disciple to stop him from attacking Ye Zhou.

The black-robed disciple hurriedly dodged sideways and looked at Ye Zhou unwillingly. He thought he was still short of a few souls to refine the Hundred Ghosts Banner. He thought he had picked up a bargain today, but he didn't expect that Uncle Shu would show up halfway, and he had to fly away in shame.

Ye Zhou, who had saved his life, looked at the gray-robed old man gratefully.

"Follow me."

The gray-robed old man waved his sleeves, and the gourd turned in the air. It did not fly to any of the three peaks, but flew to the back mountain. Seeing this, Ye Zhou hurriedly ran in the direction of the gourd.

An hour later, Ye Zhou came to a small courtyard with green bricks and black tiles in the back mountain full of medicinal fragrance, panting.

There was a layer of white mist at the entrance of the courtyard. As soon as Ye Zhou arrived, a bluestone path appeared from the white mist. Ye Zhou walked along the path towards the courtyard.

The courtyard was rectangular. Except for four or five houses and a small piece of open space, the rest of the place was cultivated into six neat small medicinal fields, which were full of various spiritual herbs. Ye Zhou had never seen these spiritual herbs before.

Without time to look carefully at the spiritual herbs in the medicinal fields, Ye Zhou hurriedly looked for the shadow of the gray-robed old man. When he looked up, he saw the gray-robed old man standing under the eaves with a slightly dissatisfied look. It seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time. Ye Zhou did not dare to delay and hurried forward to wait for his instructions.

"You can call me Shu Lao. From now on, you will be the errand boy who takes care of my medicinal fields. Keep the token. You can enter and exit the small courtyard freely with this token." Shu Lao raised his hand, and a black token flew towards Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou hurriedly reached out to catch it. Looking down, he saw the word "medicine" engraved on the black token.

"Every day, in addition to taking care of my medicinal field, you must also remember to clean the yard. If the spiritual herbs in the yard are damaged in the slightest, I will hold you accountable!"

"The care methods for the spiritual herbs are all written in the booklet. Go and read it yourself. Also, try to remember all the spiritual herbs in the medicinal field." Shu Lao said, pointing to a door beside him.

"I live in the yard on the hillside. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do. As for your residence, you are not allowed to enter the locked room in this yard. You can choose any other room to live in."

After Shu Lao finished speaking, he took off the gourd from his waist and threw it to the ground. In an instant, it turned into a large gourd floating in the air. Shu Lao jumped lightly and flew towards the back mountain on the gourd.

"By the way, remember, you need to provide me with the spiritual herbs in the booklet every three months. If you delay, I will take your life first without anyone else's help." Before Shu Lao finished speaking, the figure had already disappeared.

After seeing off Mr. Shu, Ye Zhou finally put down his heart. Looking back on today, it was really a day of twists and turns.

Without time to rest, Ye Zhou pushed open the door and wanted to look at the booklet mentioned by Mr. Shu. After all, his head was only temporarily on his neck.

Smelling the fragrance of medicine emanating from the medicinal field in the courtyard, Ye Zhou took out the booklet mentioned by Mr. Shu from the house, moved a small stool, sat in the courtyard, and began to read it carefully.

It detailed the efficacy and planting methods of each spiritual herb in the medicinal field. As long as Ye Zhou followed the methods introduced in the booklet, he could easily take care of the spiritual herbs in the yard.

As for the spiritual herbs that Mr. Shu asked to provide, as long as the spiritual herbs in the yard were taken care of, this would not be a problem.

Ye Zhou took the booklet and began to carefully identify the spiritual herbs in the medicinal field. He did not want to lose his life because of misidentifying the spiritual herbs and causing them to wither and die.

Time passed unknowingly until night fell and the sky was filled with stars. Ye Zhou stood up from the medicinal field.

Closing the booklet in his hand, Ye Zhou rubbed his sore eyes. After an afternoon of identification, he had memorized more than a dozen kinds of magical herbs in the medicine field.

Ye Zhou has a better memory than ordinary people since he was young. As long as he reads the words Xiaohua taught him once, he can remember them by heart no matter how difficult they are.

Since taking the spiritual herbs to open up his spiritual roots, his memory has improved. He should be able to remember all the eight or nine hundred kinds of spiritual herbs in this courtyard within two months.

Putting the booklet in his arms, Ye Zhou's eyes fell on the small gourd hanging around his neck.

Through today's mastery of spiritual herbs, Ye Zhou has roughly understood the function of the small gourd, which is to increase the age of the spiritual herbs placed in it by 500 years.

As for why he clearly knows that it is 500 years, it is because of the characteristics of the green blood grass that only 500-year-old green blood grass will bear fruit.

I just don't know whether the effect of this small gourd is one-time or permanent. Ye Zhou is going to test it tonight.

He took a low-year green blood grass from the medicine field and put it at the mouth of the small gourd. The small gourd plug opened automatically, rolled the green blood grass into it, and the plug closed again.

Because of the restrictions set by Mr. Shu, Ye Zhou was not worried about the secret of the small gourd being discovered. Now he just had to wait and see the result tomorrow.

A good night's sleep.

Early in the morning, Ye Zhou got up early to wash and start chopping wood, fetching water, and taking care of the medicinal field. By the way, he reinforced the surrounding walls.

After finishing all these, Ye Zhou continued to squat in the medicinal field with a booklet to identify the spiritual herbs.