Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 137
"The so-called autumn harvesting means picking herbs in autumn..."

Brother Liao smiled slightly, and then told the story of Qiu Cai.

It turned out that most of the medicinal soups and elixirs refined by Xingyunzong come from their own medicinal fields, but there are still some herbs that cannot be artificially cultivated and can only be picked from the wild.

Ordinary wild herbs are fine, you can hire farmers to collect them in the mountains, but rare herbs only grow in deep mountains, old forests, and on cliffs.

In addition to the dangerous terrain, this kind of place is often accompanied by ferocious beasts and even strange beasts. Only warriors have such skills.

To pick these rare herbs, one must not only be skilled in martial arts, but also be bold, cautious and alert.

At the beginning, the Zongmen dispatched disciples from the outer court and warriors who had already graduated to do these things, but later on, they gradually discovered that those who harvested a lot from picking were basically the best among the disciples, and in the future, they would be better than others in the martial arts journey. go far.

The Zongmen used it as a selection system and set up rewards and punishments. If they could be ranked in the forefront of the picking, they would be rewarded with pills.

Over time, it became a tradition.

Every year on the ninth day of September, a variety of rare herbs bloom and bear fruit. The disciples of the outer courtyard, the dancing elephant courtyard and the inner courtyard will go to the mountains to collect herbs on this day.

"Understood? Collecting herbs is not just doing things for the sect, there are rewards for doing well."

Brother Liao said with a smile.

It turned out to be the case.

Zhao Lin gave a deep salute, and thanked him: "Thank you, brother, for clarifying the confusion. One more question, what are the rewards for picking? I think the soup we usually drink is already very good."

Senior Brother Liao and Senior Brother Gu couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, the former laughed and said, "Junior Brother Zhao just entered the sect, so it's understandable that he thought Guiyuan Decoction and Bazhen Decoction were good, but to be honest, compared with the rewarded elixirs, These two decoctions are still far behind."

Brother Gu also smiled and said, "The rewards are slightly different every year, but as long as you can be ranked in the top ten in the picking in September, you will definitely have a medicinal bath of washing scripture soup."

"Junior Brother Zhao probably doesn't know what Xijing Decoction is. As warriors in the Qi Realm, what we cultivate is meridians and acupoints."

"The first step is to repair the Yang channel, the second step is to repair the Yin channel, and the third step is to repair the Ren Du. Among them, the Yang channel is the best, followed by the Yin channel. Only Ren Du has the least number of relevant acupuncture points, but it is also the most obscure."

"Many disciples have been lingering in the second level of the air environment for several years, but they can't even find the entrance to the governor!"

Zhao Lin didn't speak, just nodded his head slightly. He really has a deep understanding of this, and it is indeed much more difficult to develop Yin meridians than Yang meridians.

The big brothers of Liuhemen, Yuan Cheng and Chu Liu have all stayed in the second level of Qi Realm for many years, and they still don't see the possibility of entering the third level.

Brother Gu continued: "This Sutra-washing soup is to stimulate the Twelve Zhengjing and Rendu meridians. Every time it is washed, the meridians will appear one more point."

He said with a sigh, "Unfortunately, although the Xijing Decoction is a good thing, the medicinal materials used are too rare, and it is impossible for everyone to have a share, so only those who rank higher in the picking can get it."

Senior Brother Liao said, "This is only the reward for the top ten. If you can rank in the top five, or even the top three, there will be even heavier rewards."

Zhao Lin was very moved when he heard this, and asked, "Are all the disciples picking on the same mountain?"

Brother Liao shook his head and said, "How is that possible? Most of the disciples in the outer court are in the strength realm, while the disciples in the inner court are all in the blood realm. It's unfair to put the two together."

"When picking, the Zongmen will allocate hilltops according to their cultivation level. Our disciples from the Elephant Dance Academy and the third-level disciples from the outer courtyard will be assigned to the same hilltop."

"The rewards I just mentioned are also for us. The rewards will be different for strength-level and blood-level disciples."

Zhao Lin thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of a question: "May I ask the two senior brothers, since we are all picking on the same mountain, how much harvest will naturally be?"

"Is there someone who is strong in force, but because of bad luck, he didn't gather many herbs, so he ran to grab other people's harvest, and even...killed people to seize the medicine?"

Senior Brother Gu and Senior Brother Liao were shocked, they didn't expect Zhao Lin to get to the point, and after a while the former said: "Junior Brother Zhao is really amazing, this kind of thing really happened."

"The sect does not prohibit scrambling, and even encourages it. It is also one of the purposes of the assessment. If you have the ability to pick it, but you can't keep it, you can only consider yourself unlucky. But..."

Having said that, Senior Brother Gu changed the subject, "Killing people is absolutely not allowed!"

"Once the Zongmen discovers that someone died, and it was caused by human beings, they will definitely investigate to the end. As long as the warriors of the Yuan Realm take action, even if they are looking for the leftover breath, they can be found out."

"In the past, it was true that for the sake of snatching herbs, the murder of fellow disciples happened, and the murderers were all found out without exception, and they were killed!"

Zhao Lin nodded slightly, and took a look at Yunzong Xinggao in his heart. He was more particular about his work, with a touch of warmth in it, instead of letting his disciples fight each other like raising Gu.

This is undoubtedly good news.

There are many strange beasts in Yanyun Mountain, but Xingyunzong lists all the places where the strange beasts appear as forbidden areas, and prohibits disciples from entering and leaving.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he went into the deep mountains to look for strange beasts.

It is now August, and there is still one month before autumn picking.

Try to expand the last acupoint of Shi Xiaoquan within this period of time, so as to further enhance the combat power.

Even if it wasn't for the strange beast, Qiucai's reward alone was enough for him to fight for it.

"What about Chunbi?"

Now that he understands what is going on with Qiu Cai, Zhao Lin asks about Chunbi mentioned earlier.

"Chunbi is a competition among all the disciples of the Dance Elephant Academy to determine the top five and bottom five."

"The top five are also rewarded with pills, but they are not as rich as the autumn harvest. As for the bottom five, they will be kicked out of the Elephant Dance Academy and replaced by disciples from the outer courtyard!"

Brother Liao said casually, "You don't have to worry, Junior Brother Zhao. This rule is only for those who have been in the Elephant Dance Academy for one year. If you have just entered the Elephant Dance Academy and have not achieved anything in cultivation, would you be kicked out?"

"Kicked out of the dance house?"

Zhao Lin repeated this sentence and nodded slowly.

The management of the disciples in the Dance Elephant Academy is quite loose, and the disciples are not allowed to go in and out of the mountain gate on weekdays, and the occasional absence from work is ignored.

If a disciple wants to visit his family or even go to the city for fun, he can go down the mountain at any time.

But this is only superficial.

The elders of Chuan Gong will review the cultivation progress of the disciples every month.

Because of the existence of the miraculous skill "Zhao Yu Gong", the elders don't need to engage in a martial arts competition or troublesome tests, they can directly test the disciple's cultivation base with vitality.

If there is a disciple whose cultivation has stagnated for a long time, whether it is because of laziness or limited talent, if he fails a few times, he will be returned to the outer courtyard directly.

After all, the Dancing Elephant Academy was established to train blood-level disciples, and the treatment was much better than that of the outer courtyards.

Therefore, the atmosphere in the Dance Elephant Academy seemed tense, and the competition was fierce. There was only one way to go upwards. Everyone was practicing desperately, for fear of falling behind.

(End of this chapter)