In the early morning, the sun is golden, and the towering mountains stand tall, piercing the clouds. Only when you look up from the foot of the mountain do you realize how small you are.
She couldn't wait to go to the mountains and see for herself. If possible, she hoped to climb to the top of the highest peak and experience the feeling of looking down on all the mountains. Just thinking about it made her feel wonderful.
"Let's go!!" Youqing said energetically.
The system listened to her energetic voice; it was the first time it had ever seen her so spirited.
Yunnan is cool in the mornings and evenings, with a gentle breeze on your face. Youqing began to walk into the mountains.
The place she chose to enter the mountains was deserted, and the mountain path was naturally more rugged and difficult to traverse. Youqing found a wooden stick in a corner of the farm and began to walk in, leaning on the stick.
In late August, as September approached, the mountains and forests were lush and green. Once inside, the pristine atmosphere of nature enveloped you. The calls of unknown birds and the rustling of leaves in the wind brought Youqing a sense of peace and tranquility.
However, this sense of ease only lasted for half a day. After walking for half a day, she stopped. Walking on mountain paths is different from walking normally, and if she didn't stop, she would probably collapse from exhaustion.
The system couldn't help but say, "With the farm around, they don't need you. You're just asking for trouble."
You don't understand.
People always have to do something in life. In the Qing Dynasty, a dynasty that was both strange and familiar, she was an outsider who had unintentionally wandered in. Only the sun and moon in the sky, and the scenery formed by the constant changes of the sea and the land, were the same as they would be hundreds of years later.
When I got tired, I would rest; when I was rested, I would continue walking; when I was hungry or thirsty, I would stop to eat and drink. Apart from being a little unaccustomed to it on the first day, everything else was fine.
Having a system to talk to makes it less boring.
After walking for two days, Youqing couldn't say she had entered the deep mountains, but the trees around her were getting taller and taller, and she could still see some unfamiliar plants from time to time.
"Don't touch it, it's poisonous."
The system's voice stopped Youqing from continuing to pick the mushrooms in front of her.
Youqing exclaimed in surprise, "This mushroom looks so ugly, shouldn't it be non-poisonous?"
Mushrooms are naturally very common in the mountains of Yunnan. She has seen quite a few mushrooms in the past two days. At first, she would ask the system whether they were poisonous or not. The system's answer was almost always that brightly colored mushrooms were poisonous, while ugly, grayish mushrooms were non-poisonous and edible, without exception.
So when Youqing saw how ugly the mushroom looked, she didn't ask any questions and just wanted to grab it.
Then the system spoke up.
The system said, "Just because it looks ugly doesn't mean it's not poisonous. This mushroom is extremely poisonous; one bite and you're good to go."
"So poisonous!!"
"If you encounter something you don't recognize in the future, don't rush to touch it, or I'm really afraid I won't be able to save you."
The system isn't omnipotent either. After being crippled once, its abilities become even weaker, and it can't bring people back to life! Of course, if it hadn't become crippled, there would still be hope.
Upon hearing this, Youqing immediately moved far away from the mushroom.
The system added, "Actually, there's no need to be so afraid. Wearing gloves will prevent you from touching it, and the soup made from these mushrooms is an excellent mosquito repellent."
The mountains are covered with trees and grass, which means there are many mosquitoes. It's okay when she goes to the farm at night, but the mosquitoes don't leave her alone when she walks during the day. The system does sell mosquito repellent products, but they are ridiculously expensive. It's not that she can't afford them, it's just not worth it. Besides, they are all disposable products. She doesn't feel bad about using them once in a while, but she will feel bad if she uses them too often.
Youqing actually put on gloves, picked some unknown poisonous mushrooms, and then found an unused pot to boil a pot of mosquito-repellent soup.
There's a reason why the system says this mushroom is a great mosquito repellent: the mushroom soup releases a special smell when it cools down, and that smell is quite pleasant and very attractive to mosquitoes.
Youqing cooked the poisonous mushroom soup and set it aside. After it cooled down, there were really no mosquitoes around her. After she finished eating, she went to check the poisonous mushroom pot and saw a layer of dead mosquitoes floating on top. It made Youqing's scalp tingle.
She decided to stop using it in the future; it was too much for her eyes.
As she continued walking, Youqing didn't see the path clearly and tripped over something, almost falling flat on her backside, but thankfully she managed to stay upright.
"What is that?" Youqing muttered to herself as she went back to find the little thing that had tripped her.
After a while, she suddenly exclaimed, "System, is this Ganoderma lucidum?!"
The mountain path was rugged, but the area she was walking on was flat. However, because it was deserted for many years, there were many dead branches and fallen leaves in the forest, and the color of the soil was rarely visible.
She had just peeled away the fallen leaves that had tripped her and discovered a brown, umbrella-shaped object underneath. The first thing that came to her mind was Ganoderma lucidum, which is why she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"It's Ganoderma lucidum." The system's voice sounded very calm, without any inflection.
"It's so big, it must be at least a hundred years old, if not a thousand years old!"
The system provided the exact year: "Based on testing, this Ganoderma lucidum is about twenty years old. It's not easy for it to grow this big."
Although Youqing also reads medical books, she only skims them and doesn't know much about Ganoderma lucidum. When she heard that it was twenty years old, her tone became somewhat disappointed, as it was too different from what she had expected.
"How effective is it after only twenty years?"
"It has absolutely no medicinal value." The system's words chilled You Qing to the bone.
It has no medicinal value?
Perhaps noticing Youqing's confusion, the system took the initiative to explain: "It is true that Ganoderma lucidum has high medicinal value, and wild Ganoderma lucidum is even more valuable. However, Ganoderma lucidum is an annual medicinal herb, and the medicinal value of Ganoderma lucidum is highest in one year. If it is not harvested in the same year, it will naturally lose its medicinal value. Let alone twenty years, even two hundred years old Ganoderma lucidum is no different from a piece of rotten wood."
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