From a beggar on South Street to the supreme devil

Chapter 76 Stealing Medicine
The night is lonely and the sky is dim.

The inner courtyard of Shuiqingfang was quiet, and Chu Dong in the west wing had fallen into a deep sleep.

With Jiang Chen's current hearing ability, he could even hear Chu Dong's slight breathing when he was asleep in the room.

Jiang Chen pushed open the bedroom door, climbed over the wall and walked out of the courtyard, slowly displaying his skills of stealing.

The whole person was like a ghost, moving silently in the darkness and quickly shuttling through the streets.

At the same time, spiritual energy like clouds and mist appeared on his body and slowly covered his body.

This was a method he discovered by accident.

The spiritual energy of a second-level Qi Refiner has another use besides "health maintenance" and "illusion".

Covering your body surface with spiritual energy like a thin film can completely conceal the smell you emit.

Jiang Chen called this method the "breath-retaining" method.

After all, no one knows whether there is a way to track smells in the Liuguang Sect.

With this method of "hiding breath", Jiang Chen could try to steal the medicine with peace of mind.

And according to his guess,

The two Qi-refining masters from the White Lotus Sect were probably able to escape from under the eyes of so many warriors from Yanyang City by using a method similar to "concealing breath".

At this moment, with the combination of [Theft] and "Breath Concealment", Jiang Chen seemed to merge with the darkness and quickly came to the edge of Shuiqingfang. Like a fish leaping into the sea, he completely blended into the boundless night in the barren mountains outside the city.

……

“Is this the medicinal field?”

Jiang Chen looked at the large medicinal field on the hillside about a mile away in the distance.

In addition to practicing and gaining experience in [Stealing] in the past few days, he also roughly figured out the location of the Liuguang Sect's medicinal fields in the entire barren mountain outside the city.

Moreover, we have basically learned what medicines are planted in each medicinal field.

The medicinal field is very large, occupying a large area on the mountainside, and there is a row of houses scattered nearby, which is where the medicine growers live.

The cultivation conditions for high-level medicinal materials are very harsh. Every inch of soil on the hillside has been prepared through various means to create an environment suitable for the growth of medicinal materials.

After that, there must be growers who are specialized in cultivating this type of medicinal material and carefully take care of every medicinal material on the land every day.

Only after several years can it gradually grow into a high-level medicinal herb with sufficient medicinal properties.

The value of the medicinal herbs on the hillside alone is more than ten thousand taels of silver.

Jiang Chen swept his eyes across the entire medicinal field, and then looked at the house next to the field.

There are also warriors guarding the medicinal fields.

At this moment, there was still a light in the window of the house at the edge. It should be the iron-boned captain of the Liuguang faction who was guarding the medicinal field, who lived there.

In addition, there were two bronze-skin-level warriors standing guard in the pavilion beside the medicinal field.

Jiang Chen simply ignored the two bronze-skinned warriors and looked towards the house with fire on it.

With his current skills, he could easily avoid the search of the bronze-skinned warrior.

The key issue lies in that iron-willed captain.

Under normal circumstances, the guarding captain would come out for patrol every half an hour or so.

Now, Jiang Chen only needs to figure out the patrol pattern of this iron-boned warrior, and then quietly enter the medicine field to steal the medicine according to the timing.

So Jiang Chen crawled in the nearby woods, quietly waiting for time to pass.

Half an hour later.

"..."

what's the situation?
Jiang Chen looked at the house where the fire was still swaying in confusion. The captain showed no signs of coming out for patrol.

"This guy is neglecting his duties..."

Jiang Chen waited for a moment.

Finally unable to hold back any longer, the two bronze-skinned warriors quietly walked around the pavilion and their sights moved a little closer to the house with the fire on.

"Hoo... hoo... Sir, please be gentle, I can't bear it..."

Obscene sounds came from the house.

Jiang Chen: “……?” Damn, this guy is soliciting prostitution!
Jiang Chen thought about it and understood.

There are nothing fun to do around this medicinal field except medicinal herbs.

Each time the warriors changed shifts, there would be a half-decade interval.

For the iron-boned warriors with vigorous blood and abundant energy, every night here seems very lonely.

Therefore, it is understandable that they would pay for prostitutes, or simply bring their own concubines and maids to accompany the medicine field...

In fact, under normal circumstances.

The Liuguang Sect really doesn't need to worry about the safety of the medicine fields.

After all, few people dare to seek death and touch the medicinal fields of the three sects of Yanyang.

The fundamental reason why an iron-boned captain is assigned to each medicinal field is that people are worried that the demons outside the city will sneak into the city and destroy the medicinal materials planted there.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is only necessary to arrange two bronze-skinned warriors to act as eyes and watch the medicinal field at night.

As for patrolling, it is naturally dispensable.

After realizing this, Jiang Chen listened outside the corner for a while.

It is estimated that the Iron-Boned Warrior has abundant blood and strong physique, so it will not be a big problem for him to do it for an hour or two.

"Okay, you go whore yours and I'll steal mine."

Jiang Chen muttered to himself, then quickly dived into the medicine field.

The medicinal herbs in the medicine field have deep roots and lush branches and leaves, like a long red snake.

"Snake blood root is exactly the herb needed to prepare the Jade Marrow Tendon-Growing Fluid..."

Jiang Chen confirmed the species of the medicinal herb.

He stretched out his hand and a faint dark force emerged from his palm. It did not move the leaves but hollowed out the roots underneath.

All the medicinal properties of snake blood root are accumulated in the rhizomes underneath, and the leaves on top are not of much value.

Jiang Chen left a tiny bit of the rhizome of every snake blood root he passed by as support for the leaves.

Most of the roots and rhizomes were collected in the sack behind him.

Then I dragged it all the way over...

"Five-year-old snake blood root? This one is almost fully ripe, and has strong medicinal properties. It's worth at least five hundred taels."

"Hey, there's a ten-year-old plant here..."

Soon, Jiang Chen's entire bag was filled with snake blood root rhizomes.

On the surface, there was no change in the entire medicinal field.

But in fact, the roots of every medicinal herb in the medicine field had been dug out by Jiang Chen.

By the time Jiang Chen came out of the medicinal field, only about half an hour had passed.

The two bronze-skinned warriors in the pavilion were drowsy.

However, the iron-boned warrior of the Liuguang School in the medicine field house was still "on the march".

"We have almost enough snake blood roots. Let's look for the next medicinal field."

……

Soon, Jiang Chen arrived at the next medicinal field of Liuguang Sect.

The situation here is not much different from the previous medicinal field.

The defense is still lax and the team is basically in an unguarded state.

Jiang Chen blended into the medicine field with great ease and took out the essence of each herb, while the surface of the medicine field remained intact.

Even if they encountered an emergency and Lieutenant Tiegu suddenly came out for patrol, in the dark, it would be impossible for them to discover anything unusual in the medicine field in a short period of time.

The night passed quietly.

Jiang Chen did not return to Shuiqingfang until a glimmer of morning light appeared in the mountains to the east.

(End of this chapter)