"Sir, if you come in spring, there are a lot of wild vegetables on the mountain. Now all you can eat is wild fruits, oh, and mushrooms."

Li Shuya's hands and feet were very fast and his mouth was very diligent. While busy digging up a herb and throwing it into the basket, he did not forget to introduce it to Fang Shi and the others.

"Wild fruit? Is it delicious?"

Xia Yuxin asked with interest, which reminded her of her days on Qingcheng Mountain.

"It's not delicious, sour, how can wild fruits taste delicious?"

Li Shuya's words made Xia Yuxin speechless. In fact, who would eat wild fruits? Children would pick sour wild fruits if they had no money.

Lou Jingzhong smiled from the side. He had done this kind of thing when he was a child, looking for wild fruits to eat in the mountains. Why were he so greedy at that time? Maybe it was because of poverty.

"It's OK here, let's take a break here."

Lou Jingzhong glanced at the place where Li Shuya chose was leeing, surrounded by stones, and a stream was not far from the slope. There was no easy thing to cause fire. Most people didn't know that the most important thing in the mountains is fire prevention. It is absolutely wrong to build a fire like in film and television works. When a gust of wind blows, Mars may trigger a wildfire. Li Shuya is experienced, so she found a place where there is no wind and is close to the water source to rest.

Lou Jingzhong picked up some stones and piled up a stove, then picked up some dry branches around him. Li Shubu put down his back basket and ran into the woods. After a while, the mushrooms with a hoodie were returned with a hat.

Xia Yuxin had washed the marching pot, then put the stream water on it, and threw a piece of dried meat in it. She also threw the mushrooms washed with plum tree buds in it. There were also some unknown wild vegetables. When the soup rolled a few times, the aroma came out, and the steamed buns were used to solve it.

After lunch, they took a little rest. After walking forward for more than an hour, they arrived at the predetermined destination. Lou Jingzhong took out his Beidou mobile phone and recorded the exact latitude and longitude. Even if today's task was completed, the next step was to return to the village before dark.

Along the way, they encountered no danger, and they didn't even see a big animal, but small animals and insects are also in danger. There are really a lot of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the mountains and forests, which made Lou Jingzhong frown. No wonder the wizards here like to raise Gu, because the climate conditions here are so good.

The mountainous area in southern Gannan is located at the intersection of subtropical and temperate zones. It has extremely rich species, and the mountains and steep environment is particularly suitable for the living of these small animals. There are many species in this area and the transportation is inconvenient, which provides a good environmental foundation for the inheritance of wizard culture.

For Fang Shi and his friends about to embark on the adventure, the biggest danger is likely to come from these poisonous insects and snakes, not to mention that the place they are going to is a wizard's secret cave. What are the precautions inside? The first thing they think of may be these live treasures that adapt to local conditions.

Because they attached great importance to this matter, they had to study the poisonous insects and snakes they found along the way. Lou Jingzhong humbly asked Li Shuya for advice and asked the locals how to drive out poisonous insects and treat the bites of poisonous insects. Li Shuya did not hide her own personal feelings, and enthusiastically told Lou Jingzhong everything he knew, and wrote down what he didn't know, and asked the old man after returning to the village.

It was almost four o'clock. Just after turning a valley, Li Shuya, who was opening the road in front, stopped, pricked up his ears and listened for a while, sucked his nose hard, turned his head and said, "Someone is here."

Lou Jingzhong quickly glanced at the surrounding environment, walked forward, signaling Fang Shi and Xia Yuxin to stay behind. After a while, he could indeed hear the sound of branches breaking from not far away.

"Which village is from the front?"

Li Shuya shouted loudly according to the rules in the mountains. In the mountains, due to obstruction of vision, if he does not shout, the other party will mistakenly think it is a wild beast, and may accidentally get injured.

"We are from Sanjiazhai, where is the fellow villager opposite?"

"We are from Lijiazhai, why did you come here?"

"College herbs!"

As he spoke, the person on the other side had already appeared in sight. Lou Jingzhong breathed a little relieved when he saw the dress and appearance of the person on the other side.

However, the people on the opposite side seemed to be surprised to see their appearance. Soon the five people on the opposite side met with Fang Shi and the others.

The herb collection team opposite was led by an old man with gray hair. He was surprised to see Fang Shi and others, and his small eyes were flashing with a sensation.

Fang Shi looked at the old man with some curiosity. This old man looked not simple.

"Some people seem to be outsiders?" The old man said and looked at Li Shuya again, feeling a little surprised that these outsiders hired a child.

Seeing Fang Shi had no intention of opening his mouth, Lou Jingzhong replied: "Yes, we are from other places and are here for tourism."

"Traveling, come to such wilderness? I really can't figure out what people outside the mountain think."

The old man shook his head with a smile.

Lou Jingzhong smiled: "I just want to go to a place with few people in the wilderness! Such a place is the most worthwhile. There are not many other things outside the mountain, but there are many people. Do you have to go to tourist attractions with a lot of people?"

An unspeakable smile appeared on the old man's mouth: "I don't understand this, but not only are wild animals present in the wild mountains and rivers here, but there are also countless poisonous insects. You should be careful, and don't be reluctant to spend money even if you find a guide."

As he said that, the old man looked at Li Shuya. Li Shuya seemed to be a cat with a trampled tail, and her hair was standing up all over her body, looking at the old man with anger on his face, but he still patiently felt very sensible. Now that he was talking to Lou Jingzhong, he couldn't interrupt.

"Haha, thank you. We have our own ideas for this matter. Are you picking herbs?"

"yes."

"You guys still catch poisonous insects?"

Lou Jingzhong's eyes stopped on a row of bamboo tubes around their waists, and the old man's eyes shrank slightly: "Poisonous insects are also medicinal materials."

"So that's the case. I wonder if you have any detoxification drugs, can you sell some to us?"

"Sorry, we all matched our own use. There is no extra. Why don't you buy it at the pharmacy if you need it?"

Lou Jingzhong smiled and said, "I don't think well. If I don't have it, then we are going back to Lijia Village. Are you all so late and are you planning to spend the night in the mountains?"

"Yes, it's all like this for medicinal collectors."

"Okay, good luck to everyone, we're farewell."

Both sides were about to go their separate ways, Fang Shi threw the Qi-seeking technique over in time. Judging from the results of the Qi-seeking technique, the old man was indeed an expert, but his aura was very obscure, and he didn't seem to have a special reaction to his Qi-seeking technique just now, which was a bit strange.

“1,0,12, light silver”

Both sides naturally moved towards their own goals. It was not until they walked far away that Lou Jingzhong came to Fang Shi and said, "This group of people is not simple."

"how?"

"I think so." Li Shuya's ear pointed, and when he heard Fang Shi's back question, he also interrupted. Fang Shi smiled slightly. He looked at Li Shuya curiously and said:

"How did you see it?"

"It's not that I can see it, it's smelled it. The man had a heavy smell of blood. Even Grandpa Six in the village had never had such a heavy smell in his life. I don't know what this man is doing?"

Xia Yuxin looked at Li Shuya in surprise. The smell of blood? She didn't seem to notice it. She thought that her sense of smell was also very sensitive. As a monk, her five senses were originally stronger than ordinary people, but she was sure that she didn't smell the smell of blood. However, the medicinal herbs smelled very strong and had a bit of incense.

Fang Shi nodded secretly. The old man was not a bloody smell, but a dead spirit. Although it was very light, Fang Shi still accurately captured it. Unexpectedly, Li Shuya could feel it. In contrast, Xia Yuxin seemed to not feel it. Lou Jingzhong felt something, but Lou Jingzhong seemed to come from other directions.

Fang Shi turned to Lou Jingzhong: "What basis do you have?"

"With their equipment, you haven't seen Beidou positioning mobile phones? Carbon fiber crossbow? There are two short hunting rifles hidden in the back basket. In addition, if poisonous insects are caught to be used for medicine, there is no need for living things. Generally, bamboo sticks are used directly, so why use bamboo tubes?"

Fang Shi nodded without comment, his heart moved, turned to Xia Yuxin and said, "Yuxin, what do you think?"

"I think the old man is very hostile to us, especially when he sees us, he seems to care about our appearance and our purpose."

"Not?"

"Not there, is there anything else?"

Fang Shi smiled and shook his head. Under the curious expectation of the three of them, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, no matter who they are, it has nothing to do with us. Maybe they are poaching people, maybe we should leave quickly, otherwise we will not be able to return to the village before dark."

Li Shuya responded disappointedly and turned around and continued to rush forward. Lou Jingzhong was a little curious, but he didn't ask. Xia Yuxin glanced at Fang Shi in dissatisfaction. She knew that Fang Shi must have said something, maybe she didn't want Li Shuya to know, but she was really curious.

I returned to Lijiazhai smoothly. As the smoke was curling, the air was filled with the aroma of food, which made everyone's stomachs growl.

Fang Shi grabbed Li Shuya who wanted to run away and pulled him to the residence. Aunt Li had already prepared the meal. The simple meal was so fragrant that everyone who had been tired for a day had a full meal.

After dinner, Lou Jingzhong taught Li Shuya to play computer games while asking Mr. Li for some things that Li Shuya didn't know. Xia Yuxin pulled Fang Shi's sleeve and ran to the side hall to sit down, blinking her big eyes and staring at Fang Shi and asked, "You can tell me now. What's the weirdness of the group of people I met in the afternoon?"

Fang Shi glanced at Lou Jingzhong and others not far away, and smiled slightly and said, "Don't react too much later."

"What do you mean? Is there anything amazing?"

Fang Shi grinned: "The amazing thing is that you always say that you have great eyes? Why didn't you realize that the old man is a fellow traveler?"

"ha!?"

Xia Yuxin quickly covered her mouth, but everyone's eyes had already looked over. Fang Shi grinned at Xia Yuxin with a narrow smile, and Xia Yuxin hated her. (To be continued...)

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