Chapter 3 Entering the Mountains
"Ling'er, before winter comes, your mother and your father will go to the wilderness again."
Zhou Ling knew the dangers of the wilderness and didn't want to go, but he had no say.
Although he could walk independently, he couldn't survive without his parents.
"Hey, it's too dangerous to take the child with you!" Zhou Shan frowned.
Li Ru rolled her eyes at Zhou Shan and said softly, "Winter will come in a month. If we go into the mountains again, the benefits will be too low and the risks will be too high."
"And this winter we have limited other gains, and the child's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and the daily expenses will increase."
"Now I just want to earn more spirit stones, so that Ling'er can practice well in the future, watch him grow up, get married and have children."
"I don't want my husband to be too tired!"
Zhou Shan felt bad and said self-blamingly, "It's all because my husband's cultivation is too low that Ru'er and Ling'er have to suffer so much!"
Li Ru looked at Zhou Shan who was somewhat self-blaming and shook her head, "My husband has done very well!"
Zhou Shan is a first-level mid-stage physical cultivator. Over the years, except for the cold winter, he has spent about 20 days a month in the barren mountains. From time to time,
he encountered monsters and
was in great danger. In addition to her help, the family still could not make ends meet.
The reason is that it is too difficult for the bottom-level casual cultivators. Without a skill, it is already very good to be able to make a living and practice.
Saving some spirit stones is simply a luxury.
Zhou Shan knew that his wife was comforting him, so he said no more. However, he felt bitter in his heart. He looked at the child with a guilty face, "It's cold in the mountains, don't let the child get frozen!"
At this moment, the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed. On the mountain road, the light sunlight was shining, and the Heixia Mountain was faintly shrouded in a layer of morning light.
The slight mountain breeze blew, the leaves rustled, and from time to time, the howling of unknown monsters could be heard. Zhou
Ling was wrapped in a fur blanket and held in Li Ru's arms. Zhou Ling
could also feel the hardships and mutual support between his parents.
In this environment, a woman holding a child and following her husband like a mountain would also attract unexpected glances from other casual cultivators passing by.
"Mom, what kind of grass is this?"
Zhou Ling asked in a childish voice, revealing his little head from the blanket.
"Mojing grass, can be made into spiritual ink, but this one is less than a year old! It can't be picked yet!"
Li Ru, with a doting face, seemed to find that her child was particularly interested in herbs these two days.
When Zhou Ling asked, she also introduced it seriously.
Although the threshold for the profession of pharmacist is low, knowing a certain number of commonly used spiritual medicines is also the most basic skill.
"This is Qingyang grass, which can dispel coldness. There are three impellers on the leaves, which means that it has grown for three years."
"But this kind of herb is not expensive. Five plants are only one piece of broken spirit."
After walking for a distance, Li Ru leaned over to pick a spiritual herb in the grass and introduced it to Zhou Ling with a smile.
Although the price is not high, it is already very good to have a harvest.
Zhou Ling was held in Li Ru's arms and twisted his little butt to get off her arms.
He hoped that his mother would understand that he could walk independently.
And with Zhou Shan exploring in front, there would be no danger.
But Li Ru's hands tightened and held him tighter.
[Identify Mojing Grass, Search Mountain for Treasures +1]
[Identify Qingyang Grass, Search Mountain for Treasures +1]
As they continued to move forward, the number of spiritual medicines they encountered gradually increased. Originally, they did not find a spiritual medicine after walking dozens of feet.
But in this area, one can be found every ten feet.
Li Ru felt that holding Zhou Ling limited his vision when searching for spiritual medicine, so he simply put Zhou Ling in the medicine basket on his back.
After that, Zhou Ling could only sit in the medicine basket obediently, staring blankly at the sky of the wilderness filled with faint fog like a frog in a well.
"This is a first-grade low-grade treasure grass. It can be added to the medicine by the refiner when refining the weapon to improve the quality of the lower magic weapon."
"This one is worth one spiritual stone!"
Li Ru carefully put a spiritual grass with light golden leaves into the medicine basket, and smiled again for fear that the child would be bored.
[Identify treasure grass, search the mountain for treasure +1]
Looking at Li Ru's cautious and happy expression, Zhou Ling sighed. He didn't want to stay in this medicine basket.
But there was no way. This was the wilderness and threats could appear at any time. Li Ru naturally couldn't let him walk on the mountain.
Besides, his parents were already working very hard, and they earned spiritual stones to buy more spiritual food for him.
Zhou Ling also complained that he couldn't help much.
He could only sit in the medicine basket obediently and not cause trouble for his mother.
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Night gradually fell, and Heixia Mountain was hazy.
Zhou Shan and his wife also returned to the temporary camp built by the pharmacists.
In the night, the mountain wind became stronger, a little damp and cold, the grass and trees were bleak, and the howling of monsters became more frequent.
Zhou Shan and his friends entered their own tents and put down the medicine baskets behind them.
Li Ru lit the flint lamp, took out a fur blanket, spread it on the ground, and then took Zhou Ling out of the medicine basket.
"Ling'er, you must be hungry, mother will prepare delicious food for you!"
Li Ru said, while gently rubbing Zhou Ling's little hands, fearing that he would be cold.
"Mom, I'm not hungry!"
Zhou Ling said sensibly.
After a day of hard work by his parents, they only ate two hard meat buns at noon.
And he had some warm spiritual porridge wrapped in a blanket.
Hearing the conversation between his wife and child, Zhou Shan shook his head helplessly, "Ling'er is so sensible!"
Li Ru put Zhou Ling down and walked on the blanket.
Then she took out beef jerky, dry food and a hot water bag and handed them to Zhou Shan.
She started to make a fire and cook spiritual rice porridge.
While cooking the spiritual rice porridge, she counted today's harvest.
The couple collected a total of more than 20 spiritual herbs in one day.
The luck was still very good, and there was also a first-level lower-grade Baibao grass.
Calculated, today can also earn two spiritual stones.
Li Ru's face was full of joy, without a trace of fatigue from hard work.
After cooking the spiritual porridge, Li Ru scooped a small bowl with a spoon and blew it gently.
Then he began to feed Zhou Ling.
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"Today, Lao Chu found a first-level middle-grade Xuanling grass in the south. Why don't we go there and try it tomorrow!"
At night, after dinner, Zhou Shan thought about it and said to Li Ru.
"We rarely go to the south, and we are not familiar with the route. With children, it may be too dangerous!"
Li Ru put down the spiritual herbs he had sorted and said with some concern.
Zhou Shan nodded, "You stay in the camp and rest tomorrow, I will go!"
A first-grade medium-grade Xuanling grass with good appearance is worth seven or eight low-grade ones. Finding one is equivalent to a month of hard work.
Although there are some risks, Zhou Shan still can't resist this temptation.
Moreover, after entering the mountain this time, he will have to wait until spring to enter the mountain again.
If he can make more money, he will make more money.
"Let me go with you! I am not at ease if you are alone."
Li Ru thought about it and said softly.
Zhou Shan had no choice but to agree.
With Li Ru's introduction, Zhou Ling finally knew thirty kinds of spiritual medicines.
[You have identified the 30th spiritual medicine Chiwu grass! ]
[Effect: Accumulated identification of 30 kinds of spiritual medicines]
[The talent for searching mountains and treasures has been achieved! ]
(End of this chapter)