Chapter 62: Lemon in the Valley (4) Lemon in the Valley...
He did not realize that what he had just said was a treasonous statement about becoming the leader, and just thought it was a joke.
He was just surprised. Is this the legendary daughter of the domineering commander?
Then I looked up at the big lemon fruit and understood everything.
He usually did not participate in the affairs of the clan and had rarely seen this Dahongzhuang, but he heard that she was so sour that even her own fruits grew sour.
As expected.
Oh, how did he get here?
The young man stood up and wanted to run away, but looking at her appearance, he found that she had a soft and pretty face and a good personality.
Sister Suan is so beautiful, stunningly beautiful, why is she so sour? I can't understand it.
"It's Jinyan's fault for not recognizing the heroine. Please forgive me, heroine."
Hou Jinyan quickly saluted.
"It's okay." Liu Binghai said lightly.
"You want to be the commander?" she asked.
The boy panicked, "No, no, I was just talking nonsense, please don't misunderstand me, sister."
Just after calling her the heroine, she changed back to sister.
He looked like a naive, innocent person. Even someone with real ambition wouldn't talk about it. Liu Binghai ignored him and said, "Don't worry. If you have ambition, go for it based on your own abilities. Every five years there's a leadership election, so just run for it."
Just don't bring up any mean-spirited behavior.
The young man shook his head, "I didn't think that much, and besides, my spiritual power is not enough."
After a while, he continued, "Sister, in a while, your Gulala family will take people out of the valley to collect herbs. Ask them to take me with them."
In this valley, people go out to collect herbs once a year. Usually, it is Da Chunqiu, Yaowutian and a few tribesmen who have made great progress in their cultivation. Not everyone has the right to go out of the valley.
Liu Binghai looked at the boy and asked, "Why are you leaving the valley?"
The boy said, "Let's go outside and take a look. I heard it's great out there, with all kinds of fun things to do."
Liu Binghai sneered, "The Red Sons outside are keeping a close eye on us, but you guys are always looking outside."
The young man pursed his lips, suddenly feeling that the heroine was very majestic, "But, outside, there are more colorful flowers and green willows, delicious food and fun things, don't you want to go and see it?"
"I can't make the decision on this matter. If you want to go, then practice hard and seize the opportunity."
After saying that, she looked at the ground again and found that the soil that had been loose just now had become more compact.
It's still strange that a person could actually come out.
When the boy heard her say that, he said, "Okay, then you continue practicing, sister. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, Hou Jinyan walked out of the training forest and ran away.
The bamboo and cypress trees in the training forest of the drifting ice sea are crisp, the sky is high and the clouds are far away, and there are branches of the trees at high altitude to provide shade. Even if it rains, it will not reach your head, and the bright sunlight outside can be seen through the gaps between the branches.
After she finished running, Liu Binghai touched the ground where he had just crawled out. It was very firm and there was nothing unusual.
She continued her retreat.
After coming out of retreat, her energy was elevated to another level, and she returned home to find her mother.
The mother was trimming Da Xinyu's clothes. She was a little surprised to see her daughter coming back from seclusion and looking better.
Liu Binghai said, "Mother, in three months, it will be time to go out of the valley to collect herbs, right?"
The daughter had never cared about these things before, and the old woman nodded, "Yes, why."
"Can I go?"
The mother looked up and down at Liu Binghai and said, "You didn't practice well in the past, so your level is not high enough. How can you go there?"
Liu Bing Haidao said, "I have been in seclusion recently and have grown two levels. Now I have reached level 5. Can't the commander's daughter relax the policy?"
Her mother was surprised by her improvement, but she still smiled and said, "Let's wait until you reach level 7. Besides, you're a girl, what are you going to do outside the valley?"
There is a world outside the valley, but she is not going out to play.
The valley was guarded everywhere, but it was still attacked by Akagi. She wanted to take the opportunity to leave the valley and see if there were any disadvantages in the surrounding area.
Moreover, those big mushrooms should be taken outside the valley for a look. This body itself has bad roots. If one wants to cultivate to the extreme, he must find some high-quality medicinal herbs and fruits to assist.
So, she pleaded, "Mother, I now have a level 5 skill. Within three months, I will gain another level. Can you take me out of the valley with you?"
The mother thought for a long time. It was rare to see her daughter working so hard, so she said, "We need to discuss it with your father."
She only has this one daughter. If she can become successful, she will also benefit from it, which is of course a good thing.
Liu Binghai nodded and went to look for his father. Unexpectedly, Da Xinyu flatly refused as soon as he heard it. "This valley has its own rules. You have only been practicing for a few days. Don't make trouble."
Liu Binghai said, "I'm not kidding, father. You guys are going out of the valley to collect herbs, and I'm also going out of the valley to collect herbs. We're each collecting our own herbs, and no one is interfering with anyone else."
After hearing this, Da Xinyu said, "Even though you've been training hard every day, your skills are only at level 5 now. What will you do if you encounter danger outside the valley?"
Liu Binghai smiled and said, "I'll upgrade myself. Otherwise, Fan Huacheng can go with me."
When Da Xinyu heard her say this, his eyebrows paused.
This is a good opportunity to cultivate feelings. It is rare for her to care about cultivation, and it is not good to discourage her enthusiasm too much. If Fan Huacheng accompanies her all the way, maybe they can develop some feelings.
With this plan in mind, he had no choice but to agree.
"Then if you can take one more level in the next few days, I will allow Huacheng to go with you."
"Yes, Father."
There is still some time before leaving the valley, so it is not difficult to cultivate to the next level.
Liu Binghai found the big mushrooms he had grown before, wrapped them up, and took them outside when he was ready to leave the valley. While picking herbs, he asked people to see what they were.
The rest of the time, she continued to practice in the training forest.
She soaked the big fruits and stayed in the training forest for two months. Her physical strength increased instead of decreased thanks to these big lemon fruits.
After daily retreat, she finally raised her skills by one level and grew many large mushrooms. This time, there were also things that looked like Ganoderma lucidum. She picked them and put them in the basket.
The training forest was getting colder day by day, and she wanted to see if a young man could emerge from the ground.
This time, no young man came out. While she was practicing, mushrooms and wild fruits grew everywhere. They were all juicy and red, and smelled wonderful.
The huge mushrooms everywhere gave her more spiritual power. On the 66th day of her practice, she heard rustling sounds outside the forest.
The noise was the same as when Hou Jinyan came. Could it be that someone was about to come out again?
Liu Binghai listened carefully. This time the noise was even louder, and he was afraid it didn't come from the ground.
Suddenly, the sound of wind passed by her ears. She listened carefully and found that it was coming from outside the forest.
She stopped practicing, put on her mask, picked up the sword beside her, and pushed through the bamboo forest.
A tall man was looming outside the woods. He was also wearing a mask, holding a sword, and dressed in black. His outline was blurred in the night. All that could be seen was that he was a tall man with a very agile pace.
Liu Binghai frowned and stabbed the man with his sword.
Ah Qiu? Or who? It's a little illogical that he came so soon.
She fought with the opponent, but the opponent was quite skilled in martial arts and avoided every move.
Liu Binghai added a skill, but because he didn't know who the person was, he didn't dare to shoot an arrow easily. Suddenly, the person approached him, and with three or five sword moves, he forced Liu Binghai back to his own training forest.
Outsiders are not allowed to enter the training forest, as it will destroy the spiritual energy in the forest. Hou Jinyan had previously entered from underground, which did not have much impact. It is really abominable that someone broke in so openly from the entrance of the forest.
Liu Binghai felt a chill in his heart and increased the strength in his hands.
But the other party still didn't understand and insisted on going into the woods.
I'm afraid he's going to steal her big sour fruit.
Seeing that the man was really ignorant, Liu Binghai became angry, took a few steps closer, and took advantage of the man's unpreparedness to lift his mask.
The person who came was not some Red Son.
It turned out to be Yaowutian.
What was he doing in her woods dressed like that, stealthily?
The other party's mask was lifted, and he also lifted up Liu Binghai's mask with his backhand.
I was also stunned.
I didn't expect it was really her.
Liu Binghai's face darkened.
The original owner was wrong to be sour before, but now that she is in seclusion practicing, why is he taking the initiative to provoke her?
"Yao Zhizi, what's wrong?"
In the valley, the son of the leader is called the young master, and the sons of other clan leaders are called wise sons.
Yao Wutian looked at her and paused, "Is it really you?"
It was bizarre that he didn't have such a high chance of winning after a few exchanges with her.
Liu Binghai said coldly: "If not me, then who else?"
Yao Wutian put away his sword, took a few steps back, and looked at her forest.
There is a lot of spiritual energy in the forest.
She was so beautiful that her appearance became more dignified than before.
When Yao Wutian saw that it was really her, he moved his lips, not knowing what to say.
In recent days, he went out to search the mountains every night, hoping to find some high-quality jade for Murong Qian's cultivation. As he searched, he felt that there was something unusual about this cultivation forest. A strange light could be seen from outside the bamboo forest, which was very rare.
He was very vigilant and had observed the situation for several days, so he felt something was wrong and came to see if there were any outsiders entering.
I didn't expect that it was really her who was practicing.
At this time, I broke into her forest and found the big mushrooms she grew.
Yao Wutian looked down and was shocked, "What are these???"
Liu Binghai put away his sword, "Yao Zhizi, this is not the place for you to be."
Yao Wutian: "What did you say?"
"I said this is my training forest, not a place for you to stay."
Thinking back to the original world, when Yaowutian finally won the position of leader, Liu Binghai didn't want to get close to him.
Yao Wutian, "There's something unusual here."
"You being here is already abnormal."
The drifting ice sea drove him out, and if he didn't leave, she was going to hit him with a big fruit.
However, he is also Chieko after all. If she wants to leave the valley in the future, she may have to rely on him for some things. Liu Binghai doesn't want to fall out with him.
Just kick him out.
She shooed him out like a lamb.
Yao Wutian was chased out by her without taking his legs off the ground and jumping three times with one step.
What's wrong with this woman? He is doing this for her own good.
"What did you grow inside?"
Liu Binghai didn't even raise his eyelids, just wanting to chase him away, "Nothing."
Yaowutian frowned.
She was on guard against him.
It turns out she was on guard against him.
He just wanted to have a good talk with her, why was she so wary?
It's so weird! Those mushrooms are so weird!
"Madam, I came to Xunshan and found something unusual here, so I came to ask about it. I'm worried about the safety of the valley."
Liu Binghai smiled lightly and responded calmly, "Thank you, Tomoko, but I'm just practicing. There's nothing unusual. You're worrying too much."
You'd better not tell anyone my secret.
Liu Binghai looked at him with cold eyes.
He felt threatened by her and her resistance to him.
After not seeing her for a few months, her martial arts skills have improved a lot, but her personality has not changed, and she is still so domineering.
However, it seems that he is not the same as before...
Liu Binghai stared at him for a while, then blocked his own forest and said, "Tomoko, I'm safe and sound here. I'm sorry you disturbed my practice."
Yaowutian is the son of the clan leader and is qualified to go out of the valley to collect herbs every year. He is not an ordinary junior. He is strong-willed and calm, and also very shrewd. Seeing Liu Binghai protecting his forest, he was not very annoyed.
only……
"But I saw you planted some in the woods..."
Very strange things...
Liu Binghai thought for a moment and smiled, "Maybe it's because I'm the daughter of a leader and I'm very valuable, so I can produce some fruits after practicing."
this……
The implication is that you, a mere intellectual, are not worth that much.
Yao Wutian looked at Liu Binghai with cold eyes, thinking she was just being petty, so he said, "Okay, then you should practice well and be careful."
Liu Binghai wanted to remind him to keep his mouth shut about what had just happened, but then he thought, he's Chieko. If this were to get out, it would be dangerous for both her and the valley. Furthermore, the training forest doesn't allow outsiders to trespass at will. He'd broken the rules of the valley by seeing someone else's forest, which was a punishable offense in itself. If he had a clear mind and ambition to become a leader in the future, he should be aware of this.
But if he insists on telling it...
Thinking about the original world, when the Son of Red marched into the valley, there was chaos and war. Yao Wutian led his people to repel the enemy, but in the end he also lost his father's position as leader. Who knows whether the Son of Red's march was a trick arranged by him.
If he told others about it, it would be a good opportunity to test the waters.
Liu Binghai looked at him, his icy eyes motionless, secretly observing his every micro-expression.
Yao Wutian felt uncomfortable when she looked at him like this, "I will keep your affairs in the forest a secret."
Otherwise, it would be dangerous for the valley and for her.
Yaowutian thought so.
Liu Binghai smiled and clasped his fist towards him. His relaxed expression looked like an oil painting that had suddenly been splashed with ink.
She thanked Yaowutian and returned to the forest without looking back.
That patch of strangely fragrant mushrooms... Ganoderma lucidum... exotic fruits...
She really opened the door to meat...
However, there are many secrets in this valley, and it seems that it is not as simple as I imagined before coming here.
After practicing in the forest day after day, when she came out, the jade stones had lost their luster. She put them in a sunny place at the entrance of the forest to dry in the sun. After a few days, they could be used again.
This time of training took a long time and she was a little tired. She rested in the forest for a few days before coming out.
After leaving the customs, she secretly brought all the fruits back home.
This time, she has cultivated to level 6, and if she reaches level 7, she will be qualified to leave the valley officially. However, she has performed very well recently, and Da Xinyu agreed to grant her special permission to leave the valley.
She also looked for some jade for herself every day. When she had nothing to do, she would look at it in the valley, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which helped the spiritual power in her body to circulate.
After some days, it was time to gather outside the valley.
The assembly meeting was used to determine the number of people leaving the valley and discuss some matters concerning leaving the valley. All the important figures of the clan came to Da Xinyu's house, and the scene was very lively.
Several other clan leaders and Da Xinyu discussed the route to collect herbs after leaving the valley.
A group of people gathered together and kept saying: I heard that a lot of good medicinal herbs have been discovered outside, some of which look very strange, like Ganoderma lucidum, so they all want to go and pick some back.
He led the family members to come and go, and there was constant conversation and laughter.
Several clan leaders were quite surprised to see the drifting ice sea. They hadn't seen her for several months and she looked a little different from before.
When they heard that she had already reached level 6, they were all very shocked. Her talent was not particularly high, but she could improve so quickly. It was really strange.
Liu Binghai thought that he should probably thank the original owner for the sour fruits.
At the assembly, Liu Binghai saw Yao Wutian. He attended the assembly with Murong Qian. Murong Qian was wearing no makeup. When she saw Liu Binghai, she wanted to avoid him subconsciously, but still nodded politely.
Liu Binghai also nodded to her without saying anything more.
Yao Wutian looked at the drifting ice sea. Her long hair was like a waterfall, and her eyes were as calm and cold as the lake. But when she looked up at him, there was a bit of the wariness of someone with a secret looking at a peeper.
She was no longer the sour lemon who pestered him to help her practice her skills.
A few months ago, he had a harder time fighting her, it was really unpredictable.
Halfway through the meeting, Yao Wutian saw that there were fewer people around, so he asked Liu Binghai, "Are you leaving the valley too?"
Liu Binghai took two steps back and answered, "Yes."
Why do we always avoid it like the plague?
Thinking about how she avoided him before, he felt somewhat relieved, but now he always felt like an unpleasant plague.
"Have you reached level 7?"
Liu Binghai raised his eyes with a smile in his eyes, "Tomoko is concerned?"
All her personal weapons must be hidden and not let him know.
Seeing her taking a roundabout approach, Yaowutian frowned.
Ever since he was born in this valley, he has been practicing hard every day, just to bring honor to his family and gain a little respect, and he has never done anything out of line. Now, he is being treated like a plague by this sour lemon.
After training hard for a few days, you regard him as your competitor?
"It's dangerous outside the valley, be careful when you go out."
Liu Binghai smiled and thanked him for his kindness, "I know, I will be very careful."
She is only level 6 and was specially approved to leave the valley, so of course she can't let anyone know.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day to leave the valley.
Every year on the day of leaving the valley, the grass becomes even more fragrant, as if it is bidding farewell to the people in the valley.
He brought some mushrooms grown in the forest onto the drifting ice and left the valley with a few tribesmen.
It is not easy to get out of the valley.
To climb over the valley peak.
Valley sprouts are very common in this area. There is an exit from the valley on the side of Yufeng Mountain, which is guarded by the tribesmen. The other exit is at Wangyueya.
Wangyueya is guarded by two tribesmen, who will let her pass when they see the token.
I came to Wangyueya from the drifting ice sea and looked around. The mountains were green and the moon was bright, and the scenery was beautiful. I stepped on the soil under my feet. It was thick and firm, and no one could get out of it.
She left the valley with her tribe.
With Fan Huacheng by their side, Da Xinyu and the original owner's mother felt more at ease. However, Fan Huacheng was not a talkative person and did not say much along the way. He just carefully guarded the Flowing Ice Sea to prevent any enemy invasion.
To collect herbs outside the valley, you must first go to the town and then go to Huanshan.
In the town, there are some shops selling new medicinal herbs, and they release a batch of new medicines every year.
Yao Wutian and others first arrived in the town and found a place to stay.
There are many guests in the town, and it is the day for herb picking, so the inn is more crowded than usual. I heard that some of the new herbs here are priced sky-high, and there are also many unconventional herb picking masters.
Prepare for the drifting ice sea and buy a batch of ponies to take back to the valley for riding.
After dinner, she left Fan Huacheng and strolled around the town by herself. There were many herbal medicine shops in the town, and she would go in to take a look when she saw them.
There are many new things in the herbal medicine shop, and your son filled up an entire cabinet with them.
She looked at them one by one, to see if there were any herbs that were the same as her mushrooms.
She searched several shops but didn't see any. However, she didn't dare to take out her big mushroom. When she entered a medicine shop, she gestured and asked the shop owner, "Do you have any medicinal herbs that look like mushrooms?"
The boss said, "Yes."
After saying that, he took out a few mushroom-shaped medicinal herbs, but they were completely different from those in the Drift Ice Sea.
She casually asked, "What's the effect of this medicine?"
The master replied, "That's great! It increases your spiritual power, prolongs your lifespan, and even attracts romantic interests."
Attracting peach blossoms...
What the hell.
Liu Binghai gestured to him for a long time, "Do you have any that are bigger than this one, darker in color, and have rounder mushroom heads?"
She gestured for a while, and the owner took out many things, but she said they were all not hers, which almost made the owner cry.
The shop owner cried, "Girl, why don't you go to Huanshan and have a look? There is an immortal herb collector over there, and he might know what you want.
When Liu Binghai returned to the inn, Yao Wutian and his tribesmen were having dinner.
She didn't find the same thing and thought that she might have found some treasure.
Moreover, this treasure can only be grown by oneself.
Could she be the legendary mushroom-growing fairy?
Not finding what she wanted, she carefully protected her bag and asked Fan Huacheng when they would go around the mountain.
Huanshan is not far from here. After staying here for two more days, we will set off into the mountains.
In the past two days, Liu Binghai had nothing to do so she wandered around the town, looking around. There were many herbal medicine shops here. When she walked into a shop, she heard shouting from inside.
There is a martial arts competition going on inside, with several young people competing. The one with better martial arts skills will get the newly discovered Ganoderma lucidum.
She is not interested in Ganoderma lucidum, but she has a lot of it in her bag.
But she looked intently at those who were competing, trying to see if they had the appearance of the Red Child she remembered.
But they were all unfamiliar faces.
The two people fighting were not very tall. One of them had a thick beard that covered his chin and almost reached his throat, giving him a fierce look.
The other one looked slimmer and more pretty. Both of them were wearing masks, so their faces couldn't be seen, but their sword skills were just as good as his.
Liu Binghai wanted to see who could get the Ganoderma lucidum, so he stayed there for a while.
The two exchanged more than ten moves. Suddenly, the bearded man increased his strength. The slender and handsome man was injured. He screamed and the sword on his arm broke. When he lowered his head to cover his arm, the mask on his face fell off.
When this fell off, Liu Binghai looked up and saw that this person...wasn't this Hou Jinyan?
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