Getting there first

Author: Long Baoyu

Getting there first

"Now that everyone is here, let's set off."

Elder Jinshi, the head of the six elders, glanced at the disciples and said loudly: "Before that, I will explain three things."

"First, Qiucai can't help but fight and plunder, but as soon as he gets off the mountain, he can't use force again. Violators will be severely punished!"

"Second, be careful in your actions and deliberately harm your fellow disciples to pay for it with their lives!"

"Third, the autumn harvest lasts for three days, and we will meet here from noon to You hour on the third day."

Elder Shui Jing returned to the team and whispered: "Be smart and be careful when you go up the mountain. If one of your own is in trouble, help if you can and do what you can."

Zhao Lin and others all claimed that it was.

"Disciples of all departments, set off!"

Following Elder Jinshi's order, the six disciples set off and ran towards the five peaks.

More than two hundred disciples were divided into five groups, rushing towards the five peaks like a tide.

Zhong Yewu and Xiang Bao, the two top two disciples in the spring competition, took the lead and aimed directly at the highest middle finger peak.

Lin Qiutong from the Aoki Tribe, Du Zhong and Du Nian from the Lu Tu Tribe, led several outstanding disciples from their divisions to climb the Index Finger Peak.

Most of the fifty disciples in the outer courtyard rushed towards the Ring Finger Peak.

The three main peaks were occupied. Some disciples had already chosen their favorite peaks, but upon seeing this, they changed their direction midway and went to Little Thumb Peak and Thumb Peak, which were less competitive.

Wuzhi Mountain is inaccessible and there are no mountain roads to walk on. Some places even require the use of hands and feet to climb up.

The disciples consciously did not crowd together, but spread out to find a suitable place to go up the mountain.

Zhao Lin mixed in the crowd and came to the bottom of Zhongzhi Peak.

Instead of accelerating at full speed from the beginning, he took a detour, deliberately picked a rugged and uninhabited place, inserted the tendon stick into his back, and climbed up the mountain.

After climbing for a while, the body was gradually obscured by the lush vegetation stretching out from the mountain.

Zhao Lin glanced down the mountain, and the twenty-eight acupoints on his chest and back simultaneously spurted spiral energy upwards, directly lifting his body up.

The number of rare medicinal herbs is limited, first come first served, you must be the first to get it before others.

After crossing the steepest section at the beginning, a slope appeared outside. Zhao Lin closed the hole, slowly landed on his feet, and started running up the mountain.

The trees on the slopes grow diagonally upward, verdant and tall, with canopies like canopies. The vines wrap around the trees and spiral up, mixed with colorful and strange flowers.

Zhao Lin used his nose to breathe as hard as he could along the way, sniffing out various smells in the air.

Soil, flowers, dead leaves, fruits, insects and animals...

Since absorbing the scent-smelling mink's soul, these scents are like paintings on white paper to him, and he can see them at a glance.

In order to save energy, if you encounter a difficult section, you will spray energy to fly over it, and if you encounter an easy section, you will run with your legs.

About two-thirds of the way up the mountain, Zhao Lin suddenly smelled the smell of pine nuts, with a hint of sweetness and sourness.

"What is the taste?"

Zhao Lin raised his head and found that he was in a green pine forest.

The forest is dark and cool, and the sun casts mottled shadows through the gaps between the leaves.

It's September, when pine cones are ripe, and the smell of pine nuts is normal, but where does the sweet and sour flavor come from?

The taste is vague, and it smells a bit like pineapple from a previous life.

Zhao Lin is not sure whether this kind of fruit exists in this world, but pineapples are produced in the tropics and are definitely not available in Yanzhou.

After hesitating for a moment, he stopped going up and walked deeper into the pine forest.

I would rather waste some time to figure things out!

There are only some low grass and trees in the pine forest. Although there are also some flowers and plants, the smell is not right.

Feel free to go deeper and deeper, and the taste seems to be getting stronger.

Zhao Lin looked around and didn't see any special herbs, which made him feel strange.

With your sense of smell, as long as you determine the taste, you will definitely be able to find the source.

What happened this time?

After wandering around for a while, I finally saw an unattractive but distinctive grass under a vigorous pine tree.

It is said to be unattractive because it looks a bit like plantain, short and small, with only seven or eight leaves.

The difference is that there is no grass growing around this grass for a three-foot radius.

Something weird!

Zhao Lin's eyelids twitched and he walked over quickly.

Not all rare herbs are fragrant and colorful. Some may seem ordinary, but they are extremely precious medicinal materials.

When I got closer, the smell was still very light.

Zhao Lin thought for a moment and leaned down on the ground. The smell was indeed much stronger.

He raised his head and glanced at the ancient pine tree, and his heart moved.

Could it be...

Zhao Lin's heart was beating fast. He quickly took out a small shovel from his backpack and started digging down along a one-foot radius around the grass.

The shovel was swung, and the soil was flying. After a while, Zhao Lin dug out the entire piece of soil from the ground.

The clod of soil was peeled away, revealing a core the size of a fist and shaped like a walnut.

The core is deep red in color, and its surface is wrapped with several ring-like textures as if carved with a knife.

"Songbo Kui!"

Zhao Lin took a breath and showed a look of surprise in his eyes.

Comparing the memory of rare medicinal herbs in my mind, I was sure that the thing in front of me was Songpo Kui.

Pine sunflower, also known as amber sunflower, has extremely strict environmental requirements and only grows in ancient pine forests.

The pine tree absorbs the essence of the pine forest and uses rosin as food and drink.

The dripping pine oil is like rain and dew to it. Over the years, the rhizomes give birth to fruit cores, which take hundreds of years to form.

Zhao Lin carefully removed the core and placed it in the medicine storage box.

After thinking for a while, he buried the remaining parts in the soil again.

What he took away was actually the most valuable tuber of pineapple, and the remaining parts of the herb could still survive.

Maybe hundreds of years later, another core will grow.

"I wonder who will be better off then?"

Zhao Lin smiled slightly and strode out of the pine forest towards the top of the mountain.

I harvested the best medicinal herbs for the first time, and my heart felt happy, and even my steps became lighter.

…

After Zhao Lin left, about half an hour after burning incense, a young man with a tall nose, deep eyes, and vigorous movements came to the pine forest.

If Zhao Lin were present, he would definitely recognize that this person was Xiang Bao, a disciple of the Huoyu Department.

Curling in Xiang Bao's arms was a small fox with silver spots all over its body.

Approaching the pine forest, the fox suddenly stood up and its nose twitched.

"Smell it?"

Xiang Bao glanced into the pine forest and shouted: "Go!"

The fox seemed to have a spirit. It jumped on the ground and jumped into the forest quickly.

Xiang Bao comes from a martial arts family. Nine years ago, his ancestor caught a rare silver-spotted fox cub outside the customs.

The silver-spotted fox has a keen sense of smell, not inferior to that of the scent-smelling mink, but is more intelligent and understanding of human nature.

This silver-spotted fox has been trained since childhood and can recognize more than twenty kinds of rare medicinal herbs, and has been used by the family for a long time.

In order to get Wuliu Dan, Xiang Bao borrowed it with great difficulty.

Two fox calls, "Zhi Zhi" came from the pine forest.

Xiang Bao looked happy and said to himself: "It seems that there are rare medicinal herbs in the forest. Is it Red Poria Ling or Golden Shegan?"

"It would be great if it were Song Po Kui..."
Chapter completed!