Looking further back, you can see snow that never melts on the mountain.
Cannes took a cotton-padded coat out of his tattered bag.
Su Ya pulled three down jackets from her backpack and handed them to Ye Qinchuan and Ye Er.
For convenience, Su Ya chose a down jacket that had been de-aired and compressed, so it wouldn't take up space in her backpack.
Ye Qinchuan was surprised that Su Ya had even prepared this. He hadn't thought of any of this either.
"Did you buy this yesterday?"
"kindness."
"Do you know the climate here?"
"No, the herb I found says it grows in a graveyard like this. It's both cold and hot."
"No wonder, what's wrong with my grandma's side?"
Ye Qinchuan didn't finish speaking, but Su Ya knew what she wanted to say.
You could say these two have a telepathic connection.
"Madam Ye, there's nothing urgent for now, but we only have a week."
Ye Qinchuan didn't ask if they couldn't find the herb even after a week, because he trusted Su Ya and knew she definitely had a way, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen this place.
Moreover, given the current situation, he has no choice but to trust Suya.
As they continued walking, they emerged from the great forest.
The weather is getting colder and colder, while Cannes is getting more and more excited.
"See that valley over there? It's full of medicinal herbs. That's where I fell and that's how I discovered the valley of herbs down there."
Cannes pointed to a spot 200 meters ahead and said.
Do you know what herbs are inside?
"I don't know. Last time I came here, I picked a few herbs and asked the village doctor when I got back to my village. He told me that those were herbs, but they weren't particularly rare."
Seeing this, Su Ya knew she wouldn't get any information out of him.
It seems I'll have to go see for myself.
Compared to other places, Medicine Valley is more difficult to navigate. It took them almost 20 minutes to walk a mere 200 meters. Medicine Valley has a natural advantage: there is only one road to get there, a narrow path that is only wide enough for one person to walk on. If you are not careful, you will fall down.
If you fall down there, you'll either break your leg or your arm; it's extremely dangerous.
To get to Medicine Valley, you have to follow this path, going around and around.
And what awaits them down there is unknown.
As time went by, they got closer and closer to the Valley of Medicine.
Suya could already smell the herbs coming from the valley.
This scent is generally undetectable to most people; only those with a sensitivity to herbs or who have conducted in-depth research on them can smell it.
As you go deeper into the ground, the temperature gets higher and higher.
Many medicinal herbs actually live in the tropics, with only legendary ones like the Tian Shan snow lotus living in cold regions. However, these are just legends, as no one has ever actually harvested them.
They walked cautiously, finally reaching the bottom of the herb valley from the top. As far as the eye could see, there were only medicinal herbs, a dense, overwhelming expanse. Even Su Ya, with her extensive knowledge of herbs, had never seen so many herbs planted together at once; the herbs here exhibited mutual restraint and interaction.
Su Ya and Ye Qinchuan both saw that this medicine valley also contained many medicinal herbs that had disappeared in modern times for many years.
Ye Qinchuan had read many books on the subject because of his grandmother's illness, which is why he could recognize some medicinal herbs.
These herbs are all recorded in the Shennong Materia Medica.
Ye Qinchuan secretly memorized these locations. When he returned, he would report them to his superiors and ask them to send someone to study them, as the herbs here might be helpful to the current medical field.
At this moment, Cannes pointed to a patch of medicinal herbs in the Valley of Herbs and said, "Look there, that's where I fell down."
Suya looked at it and realized that the fall in Cannes must have been quite severe, as the herbs there hadn't grown back and were noticeably shorter than the others.
Looking at it this way, Cannes is incredibly lucky. Falling from such a height and surviving completely unharmed, even managing to walk back on her own, is truly a blessing from heaven.
Ye Er looked at the spot where they had come down. Although they had gone down in circles, the height was estimated to be about 10 meters. So Ye Er patted Cannes on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you're really lucky."
"You think so too? I think so too. I'm just an average person, but I'm incredibly lucky," Cannes said boastfully.
Suya and her friends looked at Cannes and felt that, as the saying goes, fools sometimes have good luck.
Su Ya carefully searched the medicine valley for the herbs she remembered.
Ye Qinchuan wanted to help, so he asked Su Ya what kind of medicinal herbs she was looking for.
Suya gave them a general description of what made this herb special: its roots were transparent and it preferred heat. Other characteristics were not recorded in the ancient book.
Unfortunately, these people searched for two hours but couldn't find any herbs, not even anything similar.
Su Ya said to Ye Qinchuan and the others, "It seems that the herbs I want are not here."
"Cannes, is there anywhere else where we can find medicinal herbs?"
"Let me think about it."
Suddenly, Cannes had a flash of inspiration and said, "I remember the old folks in our village saying they often see some kind of unidentified grass on the edge of a cliff. Should we go check there?"
Do you know the place? Can you take us there?
“I’ve heard them mention it, you can look for it, I remember it’s not far from here.”
"Thank you for your help, please lead the way."
"You're too kind. But you must stay close to us, the road over there is narrower."
With Cannes's guidance, they quickly found the way up the mountain.
Indeed, as Cannes said, the road there is narrower. Previously, the road in the Medicine Valley was wide enough for one person to pass through, but this mountain road can only be passed by one person sideways, which makes their speed even slower.
In addition, wearing so many layers of clothing makes walking quite inconvenient.
The group of people were drenched in sweat after walking just a few meters.
They can no longer be described as walking; they are simply shuffling, one step at a time.
They were getting closer and closer to the cliff.
And the temperature is gradually rising.
The temperature here is indeed suitable for medicinal herbs to thrive.
Now everyone knows what medicinal herbs look like.
So they split up and began searching carefully at the edge of the cliff.
However, it's unclear whether this herb is too difficult to find, or whether it only exists in legends, and they have never been able to find it.
It's almost evening, and if they don't come down the mountain now, they'll have to spend the night there.
The temperature on the mountain is unpredictable, especially at night when it can drop suddenly. After discussing it, Su Ya and the others decided to go down the mountain now to find a place to stay and come back tomorrow, since they had already found a place.
Cannes was somewhat unwilling to give up, and just then, he glanced casually at the place where he had been searching for herbs. He noticed that there was a herb there with a transparent root, which seemed to be the one these people were looking for. So, without calling the others, he went there alone. When he reached the herb and confirmed that it was indeed this herb with a transparent root, he was about to pick it when a snake suddenly darted out, startling Cannes into shouting, "Help!"
Suya, who was closest to her, heard it first. She turned her head and saw Cannes on the edge of a cliff, with a snake staring straight at him from the opposite side.
Suya cautiously stepped forward, pulled Cannes up as quickly as she could, and then kicked the snake, sending it flying. The two quickly ran away.
The first thing Cannes said after being rescued was, "Miss Su, I have just found the herbs you requested."
After hearing this, Su Ya walked back to the place where she had been in Cannes. There was indeed a medicinal herb there, and its roots appeared transparent in the light.
Su Ya then realized that this was what transparency meant.
So she squatted down, wanting to pick the herb.
Then Ye Qinchuan shouted, "Ya Ya, danger!"
Suya turned around and saw a group of snakes surrounding her, flicking their tongues.
(Part 1 complete)
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