Chapter 87: Going into the Mountains to Ginseng
"Xiao Li, is this where you found the ginseng?"
Lu Qing looked around and asked Xiao Li who was standing on his shoulder.
At this moment, he was in the deep mountains, dozens of miles away from Jiuli Village.
The surrounding area is covered with dense jungle and towering trees, full of primitive atmosphere.
The mountains and the outside of the mountains are really like two different worlds.
Ever since he learned that the Black Wolf Gang was suppressed by the Wei family and would not be able to cause trouble for him in the short term, Lu Qing felt much more relaxed.
I started to think about how to take advantage of this opportunity to rapidly increase my strength.
As long as his strength improves, he will no longer have to worry about the small Black Wolf Gang.
And now, the easiest thing for him to improve is his Qi and blood power.
After comprehending the secret of the perfection of Qi and blood, there was no longer any bottleneck in the Qi and blood realm for Lu Qing.
As long as he has enough elixirs, he can increase his energy and blood power unscrupulously.
However, due to the previous practice, the bottle of blood-replenishing and qi-replenishing pills made by the master had been almost consumed.
So after some thought, Lu Qing decided to take Xiao Li into the mountains to pick the wild ginseng he had discovered before.
This is also the reason why Lu Qing appears in the deep mountains now.
“Ah~”
Xiao Li called out, nodded, and pointed in a certain direction with his paw.
Lu Qing immediately activated his special ability and began to check the surroundings.
Ignoring those common medicinal herbs, Lu Qing's only target now is ginseng.
After some searching, he soon made a discovery.
[Ginseng: A precious herb that is edible and non-toxic.]
[This ginseng has a good growth period, it is fifty years old. ]
Looking at the ginseng with white light in his field of vision, Lu Qing was a little disappointed.
This ginseng is not even a hundred years old, and the supernatural light it emits is only white. Its preciousness is far less than the two ginsengs that Xiao Li gave him.
Without touching the newly discovered ginseng, Lu Qing continued searching.
Fifty-year-old wild ginseng is still considered precious even if it is placed in a medicine shop outside.
But now Lu Qing doesn't think much of him.
So he decided to look for it again.
It wasn't long before he reaped another reward.
[Ginseng: A precious herb that is edible and non-toxic.]
[This ginseng has a normal growth period of only five years, and its medicinal effects are average.]
Unexpectedly, the ginseng found this time was much worse than the previous one, and it had only grown for five years.
He is totally a little brat among ginseng.
"No way, such bad luck?"
Looking at the information provided by the supernatural power, Lu Qing was a little stunned.
"I just don't believe it!"
Lu Qing started searching again.
In fact, he could have asked Xiao Li directly, but he didn't.
He fell into a somewhat unwillingness to admit defeat mentality.
Even Xiao Li, a little animal who knows nothing about medicinal herbs, could pick two hundred-year-old ginsengs. He is well-versed in the "Classic of Materia Medica" and has supernatural powers. How could he not be able to find a hundred-year-old ginseng?
Next, Lu Qing found a few more ginseng plants, but without exception, none of them were more than a hundred years old. The oldest one was only eighty years old.
However, seeing that the supernatural light emitted by the eighty-year-old ginseng was still white, Lu Qing still did not pick it.
"Could it be that the only hundred-year-old ginseng here are the two that Xiaoli dug?"
After discovering a thirty-year-old ginseng again, Lu Qing couldn't help but become suspicious.
"Probably not, otherwise Xiaoli wouldn't have brought me here."
Lu Qing continued searching, and finally, after half an hour, he got something.
However, after seeing the ginseng discovered this time, he was stunned.
[Ginseng: A precious herb, non-toxic and edible.]
[This ginseng has been growing for a long time, more than two hundred years.]
[According to legend, ginseng has many magical effects. Ginseng that is old enough seems to have psychic abilities and can give rise to spiritual wisdom.]
"Two hundred years!"
Looking at the ginseng on the ground that was emitting a white and red glow, Lu Qing's eyes widened.
He didn't expect that he had suffered setbacks before and all he found were small ginsengs of average age.
Now, all of a sudden, he got a plant this big!
This ginseng is two hundred years old, which is stronger than the two that Xiao Li picked.
Even the ginseng that the Wei family brought to the master a while ago to regulate the health of young Master Wei did not seem to be of this age.
This is a truly rare treasure!
This time I finally got lucky.
Looking at the ginseng on the ground, Lu Qing suppressed his excitement and immediately put down the medicine basket he was carrying. He took out a bundle of red ropes and a medicine hoe from it, and prepared to start digging.
Lu Qing first tied the red rope on the ginseng.
This is the rule for herbalists. When they come across a rare herb like ginseng, they must first tie it up with a red string to prevent it from burrowing into the soil and escaping while they are collecting it.
If it was Lu Qing in his previous life, he would definitely not believe such a thing.
But now, he even experienced time travel.
There are magical creatures like Xiaoli and Qiyu in this world. The information provided by supernatural powers also shows that ginseng has the possibility of psychic powers.
If he still doesn't believe it, he would be a fool.
So even though he knew that the ginseng in front of him might not reach the level of psychic ability, Lu Qing still followed the rules of herbalists and tied a red rope first.
After tying the red rope, Lu Qing began to dig carefully.
First, clear the weeds around, then use a medicinal hoe to slowly dig along the growth lines of the ginseng.
During the entire process, Lu Qing did not dare to be careless at all.
Even a strand of ginseng root from this year is very valuable and has strong medicinal effects.
He is not a little beast like Xiaoli who doesn't understand romance.
He would be heartbroken if he accidentally damaged such a rare and precious medicinal herb.
Fortunately, as a martial artist who has reached the perfection of qi and blood, Lu Qing still has strong control over himself.
With his carefulness, he finally dug out this old ginseng that was over two hundred years old perfectly.
Looking at the old ginseng in his hand with its roots intact and not a single bit damaged, Lu Qing couldn't help but smile.
The blood-replenishing and qi-boosting pills made from two-hundred-year-old mountain ginseng must be much stronger than those from a hundred-year-old one.
With this ginseng, the time it takes for him to reach perfection in the Qi and Blood realm can be greatly shortened.
Xiao Li was a little confused when he saw Lu Qing's silly smile.
It's just a piece of grass, why is this guy laughing like a fool?
After admiring the ginseng he had picked himself for a while, Lu Qing wrapped it with a piece of turf, tied it with a red rope, and then put it in the medicine basket.
After doing all this, he straightened up and looked at the woods in front of him, his eyes filled with excitement.
Since this place can produce ginseng that is more than two hundred years old, is it possible that there are ginsengs that are even older?
(End of this chapter)
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