Strange And Troubled Times: Eternal Life Begins From Marrying A Wife

Chapter 6: Gathering Medicinal Herbs on Soft Wind Mountain

Early the next day.

The sound of urgent gongs rang out.

Numerous servants climbed out of their beds in the dormitory.

This gong sound was the signal for the servants to gather.

If they didn't arrive at the servant square at the designated time, they would be punished by the overseer.

The punishment could range from a scolding to severe beatings.

A few minutes later, all the servants had gathered at the servant square.

Shortly after Qin Feng and the others arrived, kitchen helpers distributed packages to them.

Inside the packages were a jug of water and seven large pancakes.

These were the provisions for Qin Feng and the other servants on the mountain.

However, in order to receive these provisions, they had to pay five wen.

"Hmph, they even charge for the food we need to gather herbs on the mountain!"

Zhang Han seemed very dissatisfied.

Originally, his monthly salary was only one hundred wen.

Going up the mountain to gather herbs twice a month would cost him ten wen.

And that's not including the money spent on buying oil.

At the end of the month, he wouldn't be able to save much money at all.

After the kitchen helpers finished distributing the food, everyone went to the warehouse to collect their medicine baskets and hoes.

Ten minutes later, the guards led over a thousand servants and marched towards the outskirts of the city.

The leader of the guards was named Jiang Yong, a Ninth Grade Martial Artist.

He carried a steel knife in his hand and had a black jug hanging from his waist.

Qin Feng immediately recognized the black jug, as it was exactly the same as the one he bought from Zhang the Butcher.

"It seems that there really might be a Caged Lantern Anomaly on the mountain!"

Qin Feng felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, he listened to Huang Quan's advice and bought a jug of pig's blood.

The speed of the group was very fast. In just over half an hour, they arrived at a campsite more than ten miles away from Eternal Peace County.

Before the servants could enter the campsite, they were driven into Soft Wind Mountain.

Qin Feng carried his medicine basket and hoe and headed towards Soft Wind Mountain.

After achieving Basic Accomplishment in the Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique, Qin Feng felt a significant improvement in his physical fitness.

Before, he would be out of breath after just a few minutes of climbing while gathering herbs.

Now, he had been climbing continuously for more than ten minutes and still felt energetic.

His alertness had also improved slightly.

He was able to spot some hidden snakes, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures.

However, although there were many snakes, insects, and centipedes, not many servants would die from them.

The real danger came from the Anomalies that appeared during the day.

Qin Feng walked and stopped along the way and soon arrived at a rocky area.

By now, he had already collected more than ten medicinal herbs in his medicine basket.

The task for the servants of the medicine plantation was to gather one hundred medicinal herbs within three days.

If they couldn't gather one hundred medicinal herbs within three days, they would be deducted wages or even beaten.

Qin Feng sat on a rock, ate a piece of pancake, and began practicing the Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique in front of the rock.

The task of gathering herbs was not very demanding.

With Qin Feng's current physical strength, he could successfully gather one hundred medicinal herbs in just two days.

With the remaining time, Qin Feng planned to cultivate the Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique here.

Only by improving his strength could Qin Feng have a chance to become a guard.

Then he could get married, extract attributes, and further strengthen himself.

Time passed slowly, and several hours had passed.

The sun was already slanting towards the west.

Qin Feng quickly finished his work and looked at his attribute panel.

[Ferocious Tiger Fist Technique: Basic Accomplishment: 30/500 - Use form as fist, use intention as spirit, use qi to exert force, attack fiercely]

"It increased by thirty!"

"The sun is about to set, I should hurry back!"

Qin Feng quickly carried his medicine basket and headed down the mountain.

"Wu wu wu"

Also at this moment, a whistling sound came over.

"Hmm?"

Qin Feng was slightly startled and quickly looked behind him.

At this moment, he saw a red lantern slowly floating towards Qin Feng.

"Caged Lantern Anomaly!"

Qin Feng's face slightly changed. He didn't expect to encounter a Caged Lantern Anomaly on the first day of entering the mountain to collect herbs.

But soon, Qin Feng calmed down.

He was very familiar with the habits of Caged Lantern Anomalies.

They liked to suck pig blood.

As long as there was pig blood, they would stop and suck it.

Qin Feng carefully opened the pot on his body and poured half of the pig blood on the ground before cautiously retreating towards the back.

The Caged Lantern Anomaly flying towards Qin Feng was suddenly attracted by the pig blood and quickly flew towards the pig blood on the ground.

When it reached above the pig blood, it stopped in mid-air.

The light inside the lantern flickered, seemingly very happy.

Qin Feng let out a sigh of relief and quickly rushed downwards.

On this journey, Qin Feng did not encounter any more dangers and safely returned to the camp.

Qin Feng handed the few medicinal herbs in his hand to the person in charge.

This person in charge was named Liu Cheng, responsible for their herb collection this time.

When he saw Qin Feng, his eyes widened.

"Fifteen medicinal herbs?"

Liu Cheng's face looked very bad.

"Today's luck was bad, didn't come across many medicinal herbs!"

Qin Feng quickly replied.

"Hmph, if you can't collect one hundred medicinal herbs within three days, don't expect your monthly salary!"

Liu Cheng snorted heavily.

Qin Feng nodded repeatedly and then left.

"Weird, didn't this person die a month ago?"

"Could there have been an accident last time?"

Liu Cheng looked at Qin Feng's retreating figure with a puzzled expression on his face.

The camp under Soft Wind Mountain had been built for many years.

All the rooms and warehouses were made of wood.

The guards and the person in charge all lived inside the herb warehouse.

Inside this warehouse, there was a small formation, and ordinary Anomalies would not appear inside the warehouse.

As for the laborers, they all lived in the wooden rooms outside, which were not only very crowded but also had to deal with the Anomalies that appeared at night.

"Today's luck was good, collected over forty medicinal herbs!"

"My luck was bad, only got a little over ten!"

"A few more people haven't returned, don't know what they encountered!"

"Every time we go into the mountains to collect herbs, over ten people die!"

"Don't know why there are so many Anomalies!"

"... "

Inside the rooms, the laborers were eating pancakes and whispering to each other.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Soon, the sound of drums came from outside.

"The Drum Maker Anomaly is here!"

"Quick, light the oil!"

The laborers at the door quickly placed the oil outside the gate.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

A few minutes later, the Drum Maker Anomaly gradually moved away.

"Ah!"

Soon after, screams came from not far away.

Zhang Han, Hu Qingfu, and others' faces slightly changed.

Qin Feng's face was full of confusion.

How could there still be laborers dying at the hands of the Drum Maker Anomaly?

(End of this chapter)