Before dawn, Chen Zheng just stood up like a carp, got up energetically, washed up, and then practiced his sword skills in the yard as usual.
Since taking the Dragon Tiger Strength Pill and entering the level of skin training, his spirit and strength have become stronger and stronger, and he seems to have endless strength every day.
When he exerted all his strength, the sharp cold light danced in his hands, the air was cut fiercely like a knife, and the strong wind swept and roared, making it almost impossible to splash water.
"Shura Jue Ming Dao" is already in command, and has a tendency to develop towards perfection.
There is no way, cheating is so unreasonable.
After a brief warm-up, Chen Zheng took the knife, bow and arrow rope, as well as the dry food and water bags prepared in advance, and went directly to the foot of the mountain.
At this time, Wu San, He Daming, and Zhao Wu were already waiting at the foot of the mountain, calling rather impatiently:
"Good morning, Brother Zheng!"
"morning."
Chen Zheng nodded and handed another bow and arrow to Zhao Wu, the only one who could use it:
"Take it, it's your first time entering the mountain. It's up to you."
Zhao Wu took it excitedly: "Brother Zheng, I will try my best not to let you down!"
Without saying too much, Chen Zheng immediately set off with the three of them, following a vague path at the foot of the mountain and entering the lush and lush mountain forest.
The hilltop where the stronghold was set up was on the outskirts of the mountain forest. As everyone went deeper, the forest became denser.
In just half an hour, the surroundings around them became dense with leaves, the terrain was rugged, cold and humid, and the light became much darker, as if it had turned from day to evening.
"Brother Zheng, my father taught me when I went into the mountains before that we generally can't stay overnight in the mountains. No matter whether we gain anything or not when we go into the mountains, we have to come back before dark. And on cloudy, rainy, snowy days,
They don’t even go into the mountains.”
After entering the mountain, Zhao Wu seemed to be a changed person, and he began to impart his experience.
"The branches and leaves in the mountain forest are dense and the light is blocked. If you go into the mountain on a cloudy and rainy day, the deeper you go, the darker it becomes. If you go deeper, it will be difficult to tell the direction, and the danger will rise sharply."
"The situation in the mountains is complicated, and you must leave marks along the way to avoid finding the way back. I see there are many marks along the way, which should be left by other hunters before.
Also, we must be absolutely vigilant from the moment we enter the mountains, not only paying attention to the movements of wolves and wild animals, but also being careful of traps that may be left by other hunters in the forest."
It has to be said that the experienced Zhao Wu was of great help. Although Chen Zheng was the leader of this team, he also followed the good advice and firmly remembered the experience mentioned by the other party.
Wu San and He Daming did not dare to be careless at all. They followed behind Chen Zheng while paying careful attention to their surroundings.
"Brother Zheng, I see that this area on the outskirts of the mountain forest has been cleared long ago. If you want to hunt prey, you have to climb at least one or two hills before you can harvest anything."
"However, there is no shortage of shrubs and wild fruits in the mountains, and some common herbs are also growing. If you see them, you can't miss them."
Zhao Wu held his bow, walked briskly, and talked nonstop.
Just after he finished speaking, he seemed to have discovered something. He came to a rock, squatted down and carefully pulled out a few herbs with white flowers, then turned around and waved:
"Brother Zheng, look. This is the white jade flower, also known as styptic grass. This herb is very effective in stopping bleeding due to trauma. There are a lot of them here. Let's pick more. We will definitely use them in the future."
"oh?"
The risks of mountain patrol hunting are not small, and the hemostatic herbs are undoubtedly life-saving things. Chen Zheng was moved after hearing this, and stepped forward to take the handful of hemostatic herbs from the other party's hand.
While he was looking at it carefully, the Emperor's Jade Certificate in his mind was slightly shaken, and the writing appeared:
【Styptic Grass (Two Years Old)】
Rank:Fan
Description: This perennial herb has astringent, hemostatic and diuretic effects and can be used as medicine.
Can be enshrined/cannot be enshrined
Can herbal medicines also be recognized and sealed by the Imperial Jade Certificate?
Chen Zheng was more or less surprised.
But Wu San and He Daming didn't notice this at all. In order to show off, they couldn't wait to dig around to find hemostatic grass.
In a short time, the three of them dug out a large amount of hemostatic grass, and then showed it to Chen Zheng together as if they were claiming credit.
"That's almost it, let's move on."
Chen Zheng asked everyone to collect the herbs and continue heading deeper into the mountain forest.
There was a harvest not long after it came out, which was considered a good fortune, and everyone was even more motivated.
As the journey continued, Zhao Wu, who was at the forefront, relied on his experience and constantly discovered some edible berries, wild fruits, and five or six kinds of common herbs with their own uses.
Cao Wu, Anemarrhena, cat's claw, Litsea cubeba
After Chen Zheng came into contact with them one by one, he knew their general functions without Zhao Wu's introduction at all, and he could be regarded as developing another use of the Emperor's Jade Order.
However, apart from these scattered wild fruits and herbs, they did not see any decent shadows of wild beasts.
"Stop, take a rest."
Seeing that everyone was out of breath after walking deep into the forest for nearly two hours, Chen Zheng waved his hand and led the three of them to rest in a clean area.
Then he took out a few pieces of dried meat from the cloth bag he carried with him and threw them to the three of them.
The dried meat was naturally dried and smoked from the deer leg that Xu Jiehu sent some time ago. Wu San, He Daming, and Zhao Wu took it and were very grateful. Then they wolfed down the dry food and water they brought to replenish their physical strength.
Zhao Wu took a few mouthfuls and said vaguely:
"Brother Zheng, the area we passed in front of us has been raided frequently, and the wild animals have long since disappeared. In my opinion, if we climb over this mountain, we should be able to gain something."
Chen Zheng didn't expect that he would be able to come back with a full load after entering the mountain for the first time, so he said calmly:
"It doesn't matter. It's normal if you don't gain anything when you first go into the mountains. Just think of it as gaining experience first."
Wu San thought of something and said hesitantly:
"I heard that if you go deeper into the mountains and forests, there may be evil spirits?"
The word "evil" made the others change their expressions slightly. Chen Zheng glanced over and said:
"What, you want to find them?"
Wu San saw the opportunity quickly and immediately slapped himself:
"Bah, look at my crow's mouth, I'm sorry, Brother Zheng."
The team had just been formed, and Chen Zheng didn't want people to be shaken, so he said no more.
This world is weird. Not only humans can be possessed by evil and transform into crazy demons, but this can also occasionally happen to beasts.
Beasts are not very intelligent. Once evil enters their bodies, they will immediately undergo a complete evil transformation and turn into crazy, bloodthirsty and terrifying monsters. This is also the greatest danger that may exist in the wilderness and deep mountains and old forests.
For example, in the mountain forest occupied by the Tianmu Sect, there were once wild evil spirits wandering around, and many hunting people were killed, and not even the whole body was left behind.
Of course, this happened when Chen Zheng first joined the religion.
Not long after the incident, Mrs. Wumu personally went out and led the experts to sweep through the mountains and forests within ten miles of the stronghold, completely wiping out the ferocious man-eating wild evil spirits. This sweep was carried out two or three times every year.
So it's hard to say how deep the mountain forest is, but at least within ten miles of the mountain top of the branch's stronghold, the possibility of encountering evil spirits is very low, otherwise there would be no way to patrol the mountains and hunt at all.