Chapter 141 Too Dirty to Bear

At five o'clock in the afternoon, they finally reached the Jiling area.

Jiling had a heavy snowfall ten days ago. The snow at the foot of the mountain has almost melted now, but there is still a thin layer of snow deep in the forest, and the wind blowing in our faces is also cold.

Because the road ahead was so narrow that cars could not pass, everyone had to pull over and get off.

When Gu Xiaoxi thought they would have to spend some time setting up a tent, a man suddenly walked down the mountain trail.

"Jiansen, sister-in-law, over here!"

Gu Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment, and when she realized that the person calling them was Si Nanyu, she immediately looked at Lu Jiansen.

"Am I seeing this correctly?"

Lu Jiansen smiled and nodded, "I also informed Nanyu before I came. He arrived a day earlier than me, so he came first."

When Si Nanyu approached, Gu Xiaoxi felt his sleeve being pulled by Qi Shuangshuang.

"Is this your friend from the Vice Colonel Lu? So handsome!"

When Gu Xiaoxi saw Qi Shuangshuang's slightly red ears, he suddenly had an idea.

"Yes. They are childhood friends. Let me introduce them to you."

After greeting Si Nanyu, she pulled Qi Shuangshuang over and introduced her to him very seriously.

"Brother Si, this is Qi Shuangshuang, my only friend in Qingbei. During these days in Jiling, if Lu Jiansen and I can't take care of her, please help me take care of her!"

Si Nanyu first glanced at Lu Jiansen, then nodded, "Okay!"

Qi Shuangshuang suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. It was one thing for her to quietly praise Si Nanyu for being handsome, but it was another thing for Xiaoxi to ask him to take care of herself.

Gu Xiaoxi also noticed Qi Shuangshuang's shyness, so he immediately changed the subject and introduced Zhang Bingyi and Zhong Jue to Si Nanyu.

After everyone got to know each other, they went to the tent that Si Nanyu had set up in advance.

The tent was quite big, easily accommodating more than a dozen people. There was a fire inside, and a warm feeling came over us as we entered.

Gu Xiaoxi felt sleepy as soon as he sat down by the fire.

Lu Jiansen immediately made a bed for the little girl, put away her sleeping bag, and took her over to rest.

Gu Xiaoxi didn't try to hold on. He used a heat-collecting array around him and then crawled into his sleeping bag to rest.

Before falling asleep, she was still wondering why there was no option in the system space to allow her to recover her strength!

After she fell asleep, Lu Jiansen called the others outside the tent and talked about the search for medicine in Shangjiling.

Finally, everyone decided to have a good rest tonight and go up the mountain early tomorrow morning.

There weren't many of them, so we didn't divide them into teams.

Gu Xiaoxi slept very soundly. After being woken up by Lu Jiansen at 10 o'clock in the evening and having a midnight snack, she slept until dawn.

The temperature in Jiling is very low in the early morning, and a thin layer of mist fills the mountain forest, making the mountain look more ethereal.

As Gu Xiaoxi moved her arms and legs, several lines of large golden characters flew towards her.

Improve the host's physique (consumes 5 points of merit)

Increases host's physical strength (consumes 5 points of merit)

Purify the host's body (needs to consume 6 points of merit)

Gu Xiaoxi quietly improved her physical fitness and strength, but when it came to body purification, she hesitated.

She was afraid of getting dirty and having to take a shower like last time.

But she hesitated, and the remaining line of golden characters flashed before her eyes, making her see stars.

After a moment of confusion, she still used up her merit points and purified her body.

The difference from the last time was that this time she didn't feel hot, but cold. She felt a cool breeze blowing through her bones.

When she regained consciousness, she found some gray-black impurities on her skin again, which was extremely dirty.

But the next moment, the flawless skin cleansing technique she had learned before started working on its own, clearing away all the impurities and dirt on her skin.

But despite this, Gu Xiaoxi still felt a little uncomfortable.

I haven't taken a shower or changed my clothes, and I always feel dirty.

She thought it was probably a psychological habit.

Just as she was about to boil some water to wash her face, a line of golden words flashed before her eyes again.

Water Source Tracking (needs 10 points of merit)

Gu Xiaoxi thought about it and felt that it was very important to find water sources in the mountains and forests, so he immediately learned the water source tracking technique.

At this time, Lu Jiansen brought over a basin of hot water.

"Come and wash your face!"

"Oh!" Gu Xiaoxi ran over quickly.

Lu Jiansen looked at the little girl's fair and flawless face and couldn't help but reach out and touch it lightly.

"Are you still tired?"

His voice was low, full of concern.

Gu Xiaoxi shook his head and said, "I'm not tired anymore!"

"Then let's go up the mountain after breakfast."

"good!"

After washing up, Gu Xiaoxi went back into the tent and had breakfast with everyone.

The breakfast was simple, just boiled noodles with a spoonful of meat sauce in each person's bowl, which tasted pretty good.

Half an hour later, everyone dismantled the tent, took what they needed, and went up the mountain together.

Although there were a lot of things to take, because Lu Jiansen was there, Gu Xiaoxi didn't get anything and only carried a cross-body bag on her back.

Not long after walking, Gu Xiaoxi discovered several wild wolfberries. Although there were not many wolfberries on them, Gu Xiaoxi still picked some.

Qi Shuangshuang saw her picking wolfberries and said with a smile, "My grandfather planted a few wolfberry trees in the backyard. They grow a lot every year!"

"It's okay, I just picked it up. Let's keep going."

"Sister-in-law, I saw a yam. Do you want to dig it?" Li Kun suddenly spoke.

Gu Xiaoxi immediately walked over and said, "Let's dig! Yams can be made into cakes and soup, which is also very delicious. We can make some for lunch."

"Then I'll do the digging!" Li Kun was also very enthusiastic.

When the others heard this, they also started looking around.

They have just entered the mountains, so food is also very important.

Seeing that Li Kun had not mistaken the yam, Gu Xiaoxi went somewhere else.

Lu Jiansen was also looking around, but his eyes would occasionally look back at his own little girl.

Gu Xiaoxi was lucky. Just by looking around, she found a small patch of gentian.

Since she could use the separation technique to dig herbs, she didn't even need to use a shovel and quickly harvested a bundle of gentian.

Fu Jiani didn't know what herbs were, so when she saw Gu Xiaoxi digging gentian, she identified them and went to look for the same herb.

Half an hour later, Fu Jiani, who had gained nothing, came to Gu Xiaoxi.

"Sister Gu, why don't we go find ginseng directly? Wouldn't it be a waste of time to stay here?"

After just over half an hour, she was already a little overwhelmed. It was too cold on the mountain and she couldn't find any medicinal herbs.

"Ginseng generally grows deep in the mountains and is basically not available outside here. It will take a while to get to the deep mountains. If you don't know how to grow medicinal herbs, just look for yams and wild fruits to make sure you have something to eat first." Gu Xiaoxi explained.

"Oh!" Fu Jiani didn't want to be hungry, so she looked for something more seriously.

Seeing that they had found more and more herbs, Lu Jiansen collected them and handed them to Li Kun, "You and Zhui Zi go find a place to set up the tent first."

"Yes." Li Kun responded, then left with Qiaozi.

Gu Xiaoxi wanted to find a place near a water source to rest, so he used the water source tracking technique.

When she felt the dense water molecules in the air rushing in from the front left, she immediately walked towards that direction.

As soon as she left, Lu Jiansen naturally followed.