My life in another world is up to me

"Ah-"

The steep slope is full of rotten fallen leaves. It looks like a thick layer, but it is a bit slippery to step on. Su Ziyi almost fell backwards if he was not careful.Fortunately, there were still a few bushes growing next to it. He subconsciously pulled it, and even though a few strands of skin were scraped off his hands, it also made him stand firm.

"Tsk." Su Ziyi hated such a place, but some herbs love to grow in this kind of place, so he can't help it.

He half hooked his waist, loosened the bushes with his hands, took off the hatchet hanging from his waist, and stuck it in the ground as a walking stick, piercing it deep and firmly, even though Su Ziyi hung all his body weight on it, None of them moved.Then he raised his other hand and touched a small shrub growing behind the bush.

"Triangular oval leaves——" This small shrub is less than three feet high, with old leaves that haven't fallen off and scattered small leaf buds hanging on it. It looks ugly, but Su Ziyi recognized it at a glance: " It’s Qianhu.” Qianhu can disperse wind-heat, reduce qi and reduce phlegm, so it is still used a lot in medicine.

Therefore, after identifying the type of herbal medicine, Su Ziyi didn't waste any more time. He raised one foot, stepped forward, and stepped deeply into the mud, then pulled out the hatchet, and carefully removed it from the bamboo He took out a small hoe specially used for digging medicinal materials from the basket, and dug the opponent out of the soil.This part must be careful, because whether it is medicine or refining elixir, they usually use the root of Peucedanum.

It's a pity that it's spring now, and if early winter comes, we can still harvest the seeds of Peucedanum, which are also good things.

In this way, Su Ziyi picked while recognizing, from the foot of the mountain to the cave, he really picked a lot of good things.During this process, Su Ziyi encountered some difficult-to-identify herbal medicines a few times, and he dug up a few of them before he truly identified the characteristics mentioned in the book one by one, and put them away after confirming that there were no mistakes.

"Why didn't I see any spiritual herbs?" Although Su Ziyi harvested a lot along the way, they were all common herbs, and some spiritual herbs that were marked as "widely distributed, drought-resistant and cold-resistant" in the book were not seen. Pass one.This can't help but make him a little suspicious. Is the standard of "wide distribution" in the book different from the standard he thinks?

He still remembered the Scattered Moon Grass he saw by accident last time, it was a herb that grew deeper in the mountains, and that piece was already very close to the place where he met Qingjiao and the local beaver last time.

So, do you want to go?

Holding the strap of the bamboo basket with one hand, Su Ziyi looked up at the sky.

It was still very early at this time, judging by the position of the sun, it should not be too late at this time, enough for him to go inside.The only thing to worry about is whether you will encounter powerful monsters. After all, judging from the past few times, the location of these monsters is getting closer and closer to Luoshan Village.

However, Su Ziyi didn't hesitate for too long, and walked towards the location in memory while drawing the hatchet.He walked all the way to a place farther than he met Qingjiao last time, but he failed to meet a monster. Instead, a few pheasants and rabbits jumped out of it. It seemed that this place was quite safe, just like the monsters in the past. The chaos of beasts was just a dream he had.

But looking at the knocked down tree, Su Ziyi knew it was true.

So, where did those monsters go?

Also, where did they come from?

In order to fulfill the village chief's entrustment, Su Ziyi continued to walk deeper, but the further he walked, the doubts in his heart became heavier.Because wherever he looked, it was quite a happy place. The grass grew and flowers bloomed, the birds twittered, and the branches and leaves competed to stretch out. No matter how you looked at it, it was normal. Su Ziyi even found wild boars in the forest.

But he didn't disturb them, just let them pass quietly, and didn't turn back until he passed two more hills and the sun began to set.It's just that before leaving, when he stood on the high ground and looked at the unexplored mountain ahead, his eyes were dim.

"Are you back?" Su Ziyi just arrived home when it was getting dark.And Bian Qing, who had been a little restless, immediately came out of the kitchen after hearing Su Yulang's voice from the yard. His heart stopped for a whole day when he saw Su Ziyi standing in front of him intact.He stepped forward to help Su Ziyi unload the bamboo basket from his back, and asked with concern, "Are you hungry?"

"It's okay." Su Ziyi didn't care whether he did it cleanly, and went directly to the steps, closed his eyes, twisted his neck and shoulders, and then picked up two rabbits from the bamboo basket: "Let's eat this tonight."

"Okay." Bian Qing turned his head to look, and found that there were quite a lot of herbs in the bamboo basket, and the smile on his face increased a little: "There are quite a lot."

"En." Su Ziyi also showed a smile on his face. He reached out and picked out some herbs with fresh soil from the bamboo basket, and said to Bian Qing and his son who came over: "These are spiritual herbs. I will use them later." Plant it in a pot and see if it can survive." He has six or seven kinds of spirit grass in his hands, but there are not many of them, because this time he just wants to try to plant them, so he only brought out one or two of each kind , As for the ones to be used later, he decided to pick them when he went up the mountain tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

"This is spiritual grass? It looks no different from ordinary herbs." Su Yulang pulled the bamboo basket with two small hands, looked at what was in Su Ziyi's hand, then looked at what was in the bamboo basket, and finally said in a daze.

"Heh." Hearing what the child said, Su Ziyi smiled, and he took out another herb seedling from the bamboo basket, spread it on the ground together with the spirit grass, and then said to Su Yulang, "Look carefully." "Huh?" Hearing what he said, Su Yulang immediately lay on the ground. His appearance amused Bian Qing and Su Ziyi, and then the child exclaimed: "Wow, it turns out it's really different."

Su Yulang raised his head, his eyes sparkling: "The spirit grass looks much better."

This kid-

Su Ziyi shook his head with a smile, pointed at the spiritual grass on the ground and said patiently: "Spiritual grass can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so they not only look good, but also contain medicinal effects that ordinary herbs cannot achieve." He twisted Picking up a piece of Moon Grass, straightened the leaf, and brought it close to Su Yulang's eyes: "Look—" He pointed to the faint silver-white fine powder in the middle of the leaf veins: "This is what the spirit grass absorbs the spirit energy. It means that some high-level spiritual grasses will have even more dazzling brilliance."

"But why aren't there any others?" Su Yulang nodded, then lowered his head and picked at the other spirit herbs, only to find that those spirit herbs looked more spiritual than ordinary herbs, and there was nothing special about them, let alone the Scattered Moon Grass. A little thin white belt. "If some have it and some don't, how can you tell them apart?"

"Close your eyes, and try to exercise your mind." Su Ziyi was very pleased with the child's diligent study and questioning.

As soon as Su Yulang heard his words, he immediately closed his eyes and began to run the cultivation method his father taught him in his body. Then he opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and opened his eyes a little impatiently: "It's surrounded by There is a layer of aura wrapped!"

"That's right." At this time, Bian Qing also sat aside and listened to the two of them talking. He knew very little about these things, so he listened with great interest. "This is the difference between spirit grass and herbal medicine. Because spirit grass will automatically absorb spirit energy, the concentration of spirit energy around it is a little higher than other places. In fact, the same is true for monks and monsters, and they can also be distinguished by this method. come out."

After saying this, he reached out and touched Su Yulang's small bag: "You only have one level of Qi refining now, when your strength is high, you don't need to exercise your mind, you only need to use your spiritual sense to detect it, and you can tell the difference." They're different."

"It's amazing." Su Yulang looked down at the herbs, as if there were stars shining in his eyes.

Having said all this, it is not too early.Bian Qing brought the two rabbits into the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Su Ziyi and Su Yulang checked out a few broken earthen jars from home, dug the soil to fill them, and then planted the spirit grass they brought back.It's just that Su Yulang couldn't help but look up at his father when he was planting the spirit grass into the earthen pot, and asked, "Is it all right now? Will it survive?"

"I'm not sure." Su Ziyi hasn't read the relevant books, so he can only grope for the time being: "I'll try to meditate here later." When he meditates, he will absorb the spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy around him will come If the concentration is sufficient, it may be effective for these spirit herbs. "Yeah." Su Yulang nodded: "Then I will come here to meditate tomorrow." He knew that spiritual herbs were very expensive, so he also wanted to do his part to make the spiritual herbs brought back by his father come alive.

After they finished their work, Bian Qing's food was cooked, and he was standing on the threshold of the kitchen calling them.And they also turned around and agreed, so they put the matter aside and went to eat.

At the dinner table, Bian Qing told them about his plan.Because the whole family is practicing, he doesn't plan to spend time on farming this year. He decided to go to the town to find someone to plant like last fall. "By the way, do you want to open a field next to your home to grow medicinal herbs?" Bian Qing thought that spiritual herbs were rare, but if they were planted too much, it would be a bit eye-catching, so it would be better to plant some ordinary herbs to cover up.

As soon as Su Ziyi heard it, he understood what he meant. He nodded, "You should be more thoughtful." After speaking, he handed over the matter to Bian Qing.

"By the way, you went to the mountain to see, what's the situation?" Several people were talking, Bian Qing suddenly remembered the monster, and asked.When Su Ziyi heard this, he couldn't help frowning, which made Bian Qing think that the situation in the mountain was a little bad: "Why, is it serious?" Su Ziyi shook his head: "No, I walked a long way today, but a monster None of the beasts saw it."

"Then isn't this a good thing?" Bian Qing breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Su Ziyi would tell him that he had met a monster again.

"I'm not sure if this is a good thing." Su Ziyi stopped picking up vegetables, his face full of solemnity: "There have been no monsters in Luoshan Village for so many years, but they suddenly appeared, and now they suddenly disappeared. He pursed his lips: "I saw a lot of wild animals on the mountain today. If there are monsters appearing in the near future, those wild animals should not behave so calmly." And there are still a lot of them.

"This--"

"So, I'm thinking." Su Ziyi raised his eyes and looked at Bian Qing: "Is this accidental? Or is there some other reason? These monsters will suddenly appear once, so will there be a second time? If so, what will happen next time? Dr. Li said that the monster he saw a long time ago was a first-order monster, but this time I saw a second-order monster. If the monster appears again next time , then is it possible that there will be a third or even fourth order?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire dining table was dead silent.Bian Qing felt that his lips were a bit dry, he licked his lips, his eyes became a little straightened: "Probably not." Third level?Tier [-]?That is an existence that only foundation-building monks can deal with. If it appears near Luoshan Village, only one will be needed to turn the place upside down.

"I'm just guessing." Although Su Ziyi himself felt that these things were a bit unfounded, he somehow felt that these things might happen.But in order to comfort Bian Qing's frightened heart, he still said insincerely: "The guess may not be true."

"I hope." Bian Qing blinked, avoiding Su Ziyi's sight.

In the next few days, Su Ziyi entered the mountain several times again, but he never encountered any monsters again.This kind of news reassured the people in Luoshan Village that they could finally live in peace, and firmly believed that it was just an accident that the monster appeared so close to Luoshan Village.On the contrary, Su Ziyi always had a shadow floating in his heart.

Later, after Bian Qing opened the medicine garden, Su Ziyi didn't go into the mountain again.He planted some of the herbs he picked up in the mountains recently, and placed pots and jars of spiritual herbs in the corner of the yard.

And just when he started to learn how to make medicinal materials from Doctor Li, Xiang Zuo, who went to Qingzhou for the Chinese New Year, also came back. This time, he brought back a lot of things for Su Ziyi. Su Ziyi was very grateful to have bought some other Lingzhi books, and also made a trip to Luoshan Village just for these things.

"I just took a walk, and you paid the money, Brother Su." Looking at Su Ziyi's sincere expression of thanks, although Xiang Zuo felt comfortable in his heart, he still had to be polite on the surface: "Say I paid it back.” This time, Su Ziyi gave 100 taels of help fee, which sounds like a lot, but for practitioners like them, it’s not as real as a catty of monster meat.

So, based on this calculation, in fact, Xiang Zuo was willing to help willingly, and it was more or less because of the naked meat that Su Ziyi gave him years ago.

After all, to him, the meat of a first-order monster is not something he can eat at will.