Chapter 16: Leave some soup for Lian Chengyu
“Hand in your herbs! Hand in your herbs!”
As it grew dark, Zhao Tiezhu started shouting at the village entrance.
Five members from the warrior preparation camp had set up a long table. On the table sat five circular pans.
These pans were woven from bamboo, and was usually used for sunning dates or herbs.
Three of the five pans were already filled.
People lined up to hand in the herbs they picked. A long-bearded elder identified each herb’s age and rarity. He used a small scale to weigh the herbs before recording it down.
When it was Yi Yun and Jiang Xiaorou’s turn, Yi Yun slowly handed his harvest over.
The bearded old man took a look and his eyes lit up, “Dan Guo! Black Fungus! Liquorice root! Wild Ginseng! These are good herbs!”
The elder looked at these expensive herbs as if they were his babies, and started stroking them the moment they entered his hands.
Yi Yun stood by the side and heaved a sigh of relief. This old man may be a herb expert, but he was unable to tell that the herbal essence had long been sucked dry by the Purple Crystal.
This was understandable. The herbs that were sucked dry by the Purple Crystal did not look any different from a recently picked herb.
“Hehe, kid you sure got lucky. You can keep your rations today!”
Zhao Tiezhu was very pleased seeing the herbs.
They were in charge of collecting the herbs, and they would received rewards from Lian Chengyu if the quality was high!
When Lian Chengyu began his meteoric rise in the future, his lackeys would have something to gain. He could enter the big city, and might even get a job in the city!
“I recognized that you were a suitable medicine boy, with the natural talent to pick herbs. For me to send you picking herbs was due to my foresight, matching you to your best potential!”
“You didn’t die the last time has improved your herb picking skills. According to this standard, hand in another ounce of herbs tomorrow!”
As Zhao Tiezhu said that, he casually smiled.
“What!?”
Jiang Xiaorou was enraged. Picking 16 oz of herbs was already extremely difficult, yet Zhao Tiezhu added more!
Jiang Xiaorou knew Yi Yun’s herb picking speed was fast, and a tiny bit more would not matter to him. But knowing Zhao Tiezhu, it would be to “give them an inch, and they’ll take a yard”. An accident will eventually happen!
“Warrior Zhao, you must be joking. These herbs were picked extremely arduously from my hard work all day. It’s my all.”
Yi Yun’s intonation was extremely slow. As he moved his lips, his eyes were glancing at the three pans filled with herbs.
A layer of light dots had begun floating on the surface of the three pans.
These light dots were obviously drawn out by the Purple Crystal. They were like fireflies in the night, and floated slowly to Yi Yun.