Looking at Ning He who is gradually walking away.

Magistrate Xu sighed, but he didn't hold anything back.

Because he lived to be eighty-nine years old, and since he became popular fifty-five years ago, he has met many priests and some monks.

Of course, he has no magic skills of his own and does not know the other party.

More often than not, it was the priests and monks passing by He'an County who saw the supernatural power in him, and then came into contact with him.

This allowed Magistrate Xu, who had met monks and priests, to cultivate a normal mind even though he was still a mortal.

Now that I see Ning He leaving, I feel comfortable continuing to go back to my hometown to handle official duties.

When he thought about it, as a county magistrate for one day, and for one day in the world, he had to be an official for that day and fulfill his duties for that day.

But at the time when Magistrate Xu was still as usual, he liked to do everything by himself.

In the next few days.

Ning He and Black Bear Spirit took the wrong path.

Although the direction was correct, according to the map marks, they came to what was a small forest trail decades ago, but now it is a large forest covered with fallen leaves.

In this way, Black Bear Spirit saved a lot of money when staying at the inn.

Even the black bear essence picked some medicinal herbs from previous years and planned to sell them in the town when they went out.

Also in the past few days.

Ning He followed the black bear spirit, looking at the medicinal materials he picked and talking constantly.

I learned a lot about medicinal materials without asking any questions.

Ning He also sighed a little. He didn't expect that this black bear spirit looked so big and thick, but he was still very proficient in identifying medicinal materials.

It is so precise that you can tell at a glance the age of the medicinal material, what environment it is suitable for growing in, and when it is best to pick it.

It’s exactly like a bear-shaped medicinal travel diary.

Let’s use his words again.

This is the skill he relies on to make a living and the capital to buy big buns.

You must study hard.

Ning He listened to his explanation about medicinal materials and wrote them down, filling in the gaps in this part.

I’ll take notes as I go along these days.

Sometimes the black bear spirit sees mountains and water in the distance, as well as some fire energy gathering, like a volcano, which seems suitable for the growth of ginseng, and then takes a detour there to observe, which delays some of the journey.

Fortunately, out of ten guesses, eight of them were correct.

Five of the eight times, the medicinal materials were not old enough and were not suitable for harvesting.

After he finished marking, he took out three mature medicinal herbs.

They are 12-year-old Wushen ginseng, three-year-old Heron fruit, and a ten-year-old spiritual grass ‘Lixiang’.

Among the ginseng and fruit, one is to strengthen the foundation and nourish the body, and the other is to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which are of some use to people practicing martial arts.

It can be sold for about five taels of silver.

Pear fragrance is a palm-sized pale white flower that contains aura but also exudes a sweet taste like a pear.

Ning He looked at it and saw that the total amount of spiritual energy was similar to that of a low-grade spiritual stone, but the petals on each leaf were small and round, which was quite beautiful.

It's just that the spiritual stone needs to be refined and extracted slowly, but this medicinal material can be taken directly, and the effect will be faster.

Ordinary people can also take it to get rid of some diseases and treat some injuries.

When Ning He saw this spiritual grass and listened to the black bear spirit showing off, he couldn't help but think of a story in his travel notes.

One of the articles is "Qi Erkang's Search for Immortal Medicine", which tells the story of a person suffering from an illness who went up the mountain to collect medicine with difficulty. He accidentally saw a strange fairy grass and felt that his pain was relieved after hearing it.

So I took grass jelly and the disease was cured.

Today.

Listen to the black bear spirit show off like this.

Ning He knew that the fairy medicine mentioned in the travel notes should be medicinal materials such as spiritual grass.

In terms of price, it is worth hundreds of gold in the mortal world, comparable to some rare century-old wild ginseng.

It can definitely be used as a family heirloom.

In the world of spiritual practice, monks in the Qi training period will be interested and discuss what to exchange.

In the world of spiritual practice, there is no so-called currency for transactions. Most of the time, things are exchanged for things.

Just like this moment.

For Black Bear Essence, take Pear Xiang, in exchange for Ning He’s experience on barbecue.

In this way, after saying goodbye to the Taoist priest someday, he can also eat this delicious barbecue.

Although some of the barbecues in the city were as good as the Taoist chef, he didn't dare to go to the city after the Taoist priest left.

Ning He didn't hide anything. He told her everything and conveniently put Li Xiang away and put it in his sleeve pocket.

So in the next few days, Black Bear Spirit hunted and barbecued at the same time, shouldering everything on his shoulders.

And then two days passed.

In the early morning of this day.

Ning He and the black bear spirit took a leisurely stroll before walking out of the forest.

Wait until it comes out.

Ning He found the direction of the official road and continued walking north.

Black Bear Spirit went to the nearest county to sell the collected medicinal materials.

Wait until the afternoon.

When Ning He was about to reach the river in the distance, the black bear spirit also hurried over.

His medicinal materials are basically sold out.

There was nothing for sale, so he ate the medicinal materials in one bite while they were still fresh.

Ninghe looked at the many ships heading to the ferry.

If you continue walking due north, you need to cross the Qin River diagonally, which is about 350 miles of waterway.

Crossing diagonally, you will find Dayang City, which worships martial arts.

It was also the imperial capital of the previous dynasty.

As a gathering place for the past dynasties, it is also a place where wealthy people from all over the world gather today.

This makes there are many ferries between this city and Dayang City.

There are also many big ships.

There are also many people coming to board the ship nearby.

In front of the big ships docking at the port, there were also several famous students and young men from the city.

Of course, there are more travelers dressed up as knights.

And Black Bear Spirit has just sold out all the medicinal materials, so he is naturally so bold that he chose a big ship.

It is about 20 meters long, 12 meters high and 8 meters wide. There are also some simple relief patterns carved on the top of both sides.

It looks more refined than other ships.

The money to cross is also expensive, only five taels of silver.

But it’s nothing to Black Bear Spirit, all he wants is the comfort of a flower.

Wait until you get on the boat.

Ning He looked around and found that the boatman was quite considerate. There were more than a dozen fishing rods and some bait on the left deck.

It seems to be letting the boat passengers kill time.

But as the ship sailed away not long after, most of the passengers swarmed into the middle cabin, and the sound of "thumping" footsteps could be heard from inside, seeming to be going somewhere under the ship.

The black bear spirit looked around and curiously wanted to follow.

Ning He threw him a fishing rod and then sat on the side of the boat to fish.

The black bear spirit looked at the fishing rod, then at the Taoist priest, and finally suppressed his curiosity and sat down too.

Just following one breath, ten breaths, and a cup of tea, until half an hour later.

Being patient is not something he can do with his black bear spirit.

He couldn't help but pull up the fishing rod and change the bait that had just been soaked in water.

After a while, he looked at the talented man reciting poetry on the deck from time to time, and commented in a low voice that he was not as good as his old bear.
To be continued...