Chapter 509: Immortal Fate
Not many people dared to enter the mountain because of that rumor.
Only a few people,
Most of them are unstable elements who are not content with the status quo, are attracted by the rumors of immortality, and want to change.
Many people look at these people with a mentality of watching the joke.
Just wait and see them waste their energy and end up disappointed after a while, or even get carried away by wild beasts in the mountains and die in some unknown corner.
Many people were looking forward to seeing them return in disgrace and disappointment.
However, a few days later,
Ten days passed, a month passed,
People come and go in the Shangshan Mountains to collect herbs.
Among those who had announced that they would go deep into Shangshan Mountain to search for immortality, one or two disappeared.
He must have died in the dangerous Shangshan Mountains.
But the remaining few people did not show any disappointment when someone saw them returning.
They returned with a full load of medicinal herbs picked deep in the Shangshan Mountains.
Someone asked them if they had found their destiny and what they encountered on the mountain.
Those people basically just laughed it off, chatted a few words casually, and didn't reveal anything.
Later, some people discovered that after they sold the various medicinal herbs collected from the mountains, they returned to the mountains again.
I come back every six or seven days and gain a lot each time.
Moreover, among the few people who first announced that they would go into the mountains to seek immortality, there was no further loss of people.
This strange situation naturally attracted the attention of others.
You should know that the Shangshan Mountains stretch for tens of thousands of miles. Although there are countless medicinal herbs of all kinds in the mountains, they are also full of dangers.
Ordinary herbalists who have never practiced martial arts are likely to encounter various dangerous creatures such as poisonous snakes, leeches, poisonous insects, etc. even when collecting herbs outside the mountains, not to mention predatory beasts such as tigers, leopards, wolves, etc.
And these are not the most dangerous ones.
The miasma in the mountains and the fighting among humans who were also collecting herbs were more terrifying than the threats from wild beasts and tigers! Going up the mountain to collect herbs was not a safe thing. If you made a mistake, you might die.
Even if you are an experienced herbalist, don't guarantee that you will be able to come back alive the next time you go up the mountain.
This is why, although Shangshan City has been established for more than 30 years, the medicinal materials produced in the outskirts of the mountain are still in endless supply.
The Shangshan Mountains are too vast and too dangerous.
It is difficult for humans to clear out all the medicinal herbs in the mountains like locusts.
Such a dangerous place,
Even if a warrior has internal strength, frequently entering and exiting Shangshan does not necessarily mean that he can escape unscathed.
But what was their basis? You should know that among those people, there was an old man named Wang who was originally a baggage carrier at the dock of Shangshan City. He was honest and simple and had no experience in going into the mountains.
His purpose of going into the mountains was simple: his only son was sick and the nearby doctor diagnosed him with a terminal illness.
His family has been a single-line inheritance for many generations, and the family line is probably cut off after the person dies.
He asked for leave from the dock manager and stayed at home, smoking three large packs of tobacco.
He picked up a rope, a bag and a hatchet and walked up the mountain.
At that time, an acquaintance who worked at the dock saw him passing by and asked him where he was going. He did not hide it and said frankly that he was going to the mountains to see if he could find the immortal fate that was rumored to save his son's life.
This statement undoubtedly shocked the others.
No one would have thought that Old Wang, who was usually honest and dull, never slacked off at work, and dared not say a word when most of his hard-earned wages were taken away by the Baiyan Gang, would have such courage and fearlessness.
The White Flame Gang thugs who were collecting money at the dock laughed and said sarcastically, "With your ability, you will have to leave your life there if you go up the mountain. What's the point of doing this?" The old man surnamed Wang just replied indifferently: "If it doesn't work, the Wang family will be extinct. What's the point of keeping this old life?" Then, regardless of anything, he went up the mountain alone amid the pity and ridicule of everyone.
It was originally thought that the dock worker Lao Wang would soon be found dead in the wilderness, killed by the temptation of that rumor.
But who would have thought that about seven or eight days later, the laborer Old Wang actually came back from the mountains.
He was also carrying a large bag of medicinal herbs picked from the mountains.
He sold the herbs to a pharmacy and earned a large sum of money.
He used that money to hire the most famous doctor in Shangshan City, and after spending a large sum of money, he finally saved his son's life.
Seeing this, the familiar laborer on the dock spat and cursed the old guy for being so lucky to be able to come back alive and to be lucky enough to make such a large sum of money. He couldn't help but feel jealous.
Just when they thought that Old Wang would continue to go back to the dock to move the goods and were thinking about how to get the old guy to treat them to a meal, Old Wang went into the mountain again without stopping.
It is said that although his son's life is hanging on, he will need long-term medication to stabilize his condition, so he has no choice but to go into the mountains again to fight.
Those who knew the inside story also sighed in their hearts, but at the same time they also asserted that Old Wang was dead.
How could it be so easy to get around in the Shangshan Mountains? I got lucky once, but could I be so lucky every time?
However, the result was that within a month or so,
The laborer, Old Wang, traveled back and forth between the mountain and the city many times.
Every time I gain a lot.
In just one month, he managed to raise enough money for his son's treatment, and even made a lot of money, buying a small house in Shangshan City!
After a long time of poverty,
How could a laborer living at the bottom of society suddenly have such a talent without causing suspicion among others? Not to mention the fake Laozi Xianyuan,
That Old Wang was able to enter the Shangshan Mountains several times in succession and each time he gained a lot and escaped unscathed, there must be a secret!
then,
Not surprisingly, Old Wang, who had always behaved honestly and simply in the past, was targeted.
The White Flame Gang, which was collecting debts at the dock, was the first to react to Lao Wang's change . They sent people to secretly monitor the house purchased by Lao Wang, waiting for him to return from the mountain so as to seize his secrets.
However, the White Flame Gang's minions and their leader, who felt they could make a fortune if they could force Old Wang out of his secrets, never considered the possibility that Old Wang would resist.
On that night, the White Flame Gang went to Lao Wang's house, trying to snatch the secret member, but they were all killed on the spot!
The people of the White Flame Gang had never thought that Lao Wang, who used to move goods at the dock and was submissive and dared not say a word when he was asked to take more money, would become so terrifying! They had never expected that an ordinary dock laborer would suddenly have such terrifying force!
(End of this chapter)
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