Wild Dogs

"It is Master."

The senior disciple bowed respectfully to the old man.

Medicine person, time!

Upon hearing those two words, Yang Fan instinctively felt a chill run down his spine.

This word doesn't sound like a good word.

"Alright, take him away."

The old man waved his hand, signaling Yang Fan and that Senior Brother Tong to step back.

Senior Brother Tong immediately breathed a slight sigh of relief, then nodded slightly to Yang Fan, indicating that he should follow behind him.

Then, the senior brother Tong respectfully bowed to the old man and slowly withdrew.

Yang Fan followed suit, leaving the cave.

"Boom!"

Only after the stone door closed did Senior Brother Tong finally relax and glance at Yang Fan.

This senior brother, Tong, stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at him as if giving orders.

"You heard what I just said. Master has ordered that from now on, you will be in charge of the medicinal herbs and the herbalists in the herb garden. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you accountable."

"Don't worry, senior brother, I will definitely do as you say."

Yang Fan hurriedly bowed to his senior brother Tong.

"Come on, I'll take you to see the herb garden."

As he spoke, Senior Brother Tong waved his sleeve and walked ahead, with Yang Fan hurriedly following.

The two left the cave and returned to the herb garden.

Then, this senior brother Tong began to point out the medicinal herbs around him.

"Look, this is a thousand-petaled flower, and that's a heavenly nettle..."

This Senior Brother Tong didn't play any tricks; he honestly introduced the medicinal herbs to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan recognized most of these medicinal herbs, but only a small portion looked unique to the Blood Fiend Sect, which he had never seen before.

After introducing the herbs in the garden for about half an hour, they had covered most of the medicinal herbs.

The rest were all relatively common medicinal herbs, which this senior brother Tong did not introduce further.

Then this senior brother Tong tossed out a booklet.

"Here are some tips and experiences on cultivating medicinal herbs. Take a close look at them. You must cultivate these herbs well and not make any mistakes."

"If the medicinal herbs die, I will hold you responsible."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan immediately nodded repeatedly.

"Don't worry, senior brother. I've raised medicinal herbs before, and I definitely won't let these herbs die."

That's good. Upon hearing that Yang Fan had experience raising medicinal herbs, Senior Brother Tong visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he took a few steps forward and gave Yang Fan some pointers.

"Oh, right, I also need to tell you that the medicinal herbs here are limited in number. People from each of the main peaks come here to collect their herbs."

"You must keep a close eye on their tokens and not let them take the medicinal herbs so easily."

"This booklet also contains the designs of the tokens from each peak. Take a look and write them all down so you don't make any mistakes."

"Come on, I'll take you to see the medicine man."

At this point, a hint of hesitation appeared on Senior Brother Tong's face.

Seeing this, Yang Fan took a step forward and lowered his voice.

"May I ask, senior brother, what is our master's esteemed name?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong scoffed.

"Your master just said it casually, and you're actually going to accept him as your master?"

"With your mixed spiritual roots of the five elements, you are not qualified to call him Master."

"Senior brother's reprimand was correct."

"I was just thinking that if other people ask me in the future, I'll know how to answer."

Yang Fan hurriedly and honestly explained.

Hearing that Yang Fan's words seemed to make some sense, Senior Brother Tong coughed lightly.

"Since you've asked, I'll tell you."

"My master's name is Xueyin."

"However, you cannot say this name in front of your master. You can only say it when others ask, and you must add the words 'Ancestor' to it."

"When you see your master, address him as 'Master,' do you understand?"

"Yes, junior brother understands."

Yang Fan hurriedly spoke to this Senior Brother Tong.

However, as he pondered the name, Yang Fan frowned slightly.

Xue Yin and Xue Ji are clearly from the same generation. Xue Yin has already become a Core Formation cultivator, and Xue Ji is probably close to it as well.

Seeing that Yang Fan was so obedient, Senior Brother Tong waved his sleeves and flew to the side with Yang Fan.

After leaving the herb garden, Senior Brother Tong waved the token in his hand, and the surrounding array immediately closed.

"Here, this token is a control token for the entire herb garden. It's yours starting today."

"You need to take good care of the medicinal herbs here."

After saying that, Senior Brother Tong stuffed the token into Yang Fan's hand.

Yang Fan carefully put away the token and tucked it into his pocket.

Upon seeing this, Senior Brother Tong frowned.

"You don't even have a storage bag?"

Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly.

"I don't have one. May I ask, senior brother, what is this storage bag?"

Upon hearing that Yang Fan didn't even know what a storage bag was, Senior Brother Tong frowned.

He then nodded knowingly.

"Indeed, you are merely a blood servant of the Great Liang Kingdom, how could you be qualified to use a storage bag?"

"How about this, I'll give you one."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a dark storage bag flew out.

"This storage bag is one I used before, don't be fooled by how dirty it is."

"But there's a lot of stuff that can be stored. Now that I've given it to you, you must cherish it."

Seeing Yang Fan's puzzled expression, completely unaware of what a storage bag looked like, Senior Brother Tong patiently explained it to him.

"The so-called storage bag is a kind of bag that we cultivators often use to store things. As long as you drip your essence blood on it, you can bind it to your master with your blood."

"Of course, this bag has already been bound to me by my blood, so you can't drip your blood on it."

"Although you can't bind this storage bag with your blood, I've already broken the seal on it. Even though you're just a mortal, you can open it freely without worrying about anything else."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan pretended to be handling the storage bag for the first time, and it took him several attempts to finally open it.

Then he put the things in, and Senior Brother Tong coldly directed Yang Fan.

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan carefully placed the token inside, and was startled to see it disappear.

"How...how did it disappear?"

The senior brother, Tong, burst into laughter.

"Look inside your pocket, it's right there in your pocket."

Yang Fan hurriedly looked at the storage bag, and was overjoyed when he saw the token inside.

"So this is a storage bag. Does that mean I can put other things in it?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong nodded repeatedly.

"That's right. Besides tokens, you can put other things in this storage bag. Except for living creatures, you can put anything else in it. You must be careful. Unless you have a beast-taming bag or something similar, if you put a living creature in the storage bag, it will explode and die immediately."

Yang Fan nodded hastily, pretending that he was hearing this news for the first time.

Seeing that Yang Fan could skillfully manipulate the storage bag, Senior Brother Tong nodded in satisfaction.

"Make sure you keep the storage bag safe and don't lose it, otherwise you'll just be doing someone else's work for them, and everything inside will belong to someone else."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan nodded repeatedly.

He carefully fastened the storage bag to his waist, looking as if he treasured it dearly.

Seeing that Yang Fan was so sensible, this Senior Brother Tong was also all smiles.

He patted Yang Fan on the shoulder.

"Very good. From now on, listen to me in this herb garden, and I will not treat you unfairly."

"Yes, Senior Brother, don't worry, Junior Brother will definitely follow your instructions obediently."

Then, Senior Brother Tong led Yang Fan to fly towards a small hill next to the herb garden.

After a while, he landed on the small hill.

At the foot of the hill is a cave, and a bronze door stands at the entrance of the cave.

The senior brother walked over, picked up another token and shook it, and the bronze gate at the entrance of the cave slowly opened.

A foul, fishy smell emanated from inside.

Looking at the bronze gate and smelling the stench inside, Yang Fan frowned immediately.

"Senior Brother Tong, where is this place?"

Seeing Yang Fan's puzzled expression, Senior Brother Tong raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't I just tell you? I brought you here to see the medicine man. You'll understand once you go inside."

The thought of the medicine man sent a chill down Yang Fan's spine.

"Senior brother, what is this medicine man?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong glanced at him and sneered.

"You'll see when you go in. Let's go."

With that, he flicked his sleeve and flew inside with Yang Fan.

As you descend, besides the stench, you can also hear low sobbing sounds coming from inside.

Hearing the crying, Yang Fan's heart sank to the bottom.

Although he had wondered what a drug-human was, his expression changed several times when he actually heard the voice inside.

"Senior brother, isn't this wrong?"

Yang Fan spoke to Senior Brother Tong somewhat nervously.

This senior brother Tong didn't even lift his eyelids, completely ignoring his words and just kept flying downwards.

After a while, he flew to the bottom of the cave.

At the bottom of the cave are ten secret chambers, each with a restriction on the outside, making it impossible to see what's inside. Only a Heavenly Stem is carved above each chamber.

"A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, G..."

The ten Heavenly Stems correspond to ten secret rooms. Just as Yang Fan was looking around, a sobbing sound drifted out from one of the secret rooms.

As the crying echoed out, cries also came from several other secret rooms. Yang Fan looked at his senior brother Tong in disbelief.

"Senior brother, could it be that everything inside is filled with people?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong raised an eyebrow.

"I already told you, these are drug addicts locked up inside. How can you compare drug addicts to real people?"

He waved his hand, and the token flew out again.

This time, as the token shook, the restrictions on the surrounding secret chamber opened layer by layer.

Yang Fan then saw clearly what was locked in those ten secret rooms.

When he finally saw what was inside, he felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer, and he could barely stand.

There was no other reason than that a large group of men and women were imprisoned in the ten secret rooms in front of him.

Each man and woman was dressed in white, and they were all firmly chained to the rock wall of the secret chamber.

These men and women couldn't even speak; they could only sob.

Then, this senior brother Tong began to give instructions.

"Look, this is the secret room with the character '甲' in its name. In the Five Elements theory, both '甲' and '乙' correspond to the wood element."

"The alchemy room needs medicine dolls from time to time, so send over the medicine dolls with the corresponding attributes when the time comes."

Then, this senior brother Tong pointed to the "medicine man" inside the Jia-character secret room.

"Look, each of these medicine people has a tag hanging around their neck, with the corresponding Earthly Branch written on it. Each Earthly Branch corresponds to the time of birth of these medicine people."

"You can then send these medicine figures over according to the corresponding time. For example, if the alchemy room needs a male medicine figure born at the hour of Hai (9-11 PM), you can send over a male medicine figure born at that time."

"If he needs the female medicine doll at this time, then send her over."

"It absolutely cannot be delivered to the wrong place, and the timing must not be missed. Do you understand?"

Yang Fan was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Seeing this scene, he felt his eyes widen in anger, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

The Blood Fiend Sect not only treated these people as medicine people, but also divided them into corresponding categories according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

This shows that the Blood Fiend Sect clearly knows the birth times of these medicinal beings.

A thought kept churning in Yang Fan's mind.

This suggests that these people were either abducted by the Blood Fiend Sect at birth, or that the Blood Fiend Sect may have intentionally been cultivating these medicinal humans.

If it's the latter... Yang Fan shuddered.

Seeing that Yang Fan did not reply, Senior Brother Tong looked somewhat displeased.

"What's wrong with you? You don't even respond when I speak to you."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan managed a wry smile.

"Senior brother, I...I'm afraid I can't do this."

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong frowned.

"Why can't it be done?"

"They are all human beings!"

Yang Fan gritted his teeth and pointed at the group of drugged people ahead.

"How could I possibly send these living people to make medicine?"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Tong laughed heartily and waved his hand.

"I've already told you, don't treat people who are treated like humans."

"Look, our sect can produce these medicinal figures every year; they're practically indistinguishable from medicinal herbs."

Seeing Yang Fan's puzzled expression, Senior Brother Tong explained.

"Junior Brother Yang, you were born in the Great Liang Kingdom and are not familiar with the situation here, so let me explain it to you."

"Under normal circumstances, mortals are not allowed to live near sects. Any mortal who dares to trespass will be killed without exception."

"However, our Blood Fiend Sect is different. There are quite a few mortals living around our Blood Fiend Sect."

This senior brother Tong spoke to Yang Fan in a slow and unhurried manner.

"Logically speaking, our Blood Fiend Sect could take their lives at any time."

"However, all these years, the sect has tacitly allowed their existence. Do you know why?"

Yang Fan looked at this Senior Brother Tong with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowing.

"Does this mean they're all going to be used as drug users?"

After he finished speaking, Senior Brother Tong shook his head slightly.

"wrong."

"The medicine people are brought into the sect and raised here from birth, never seeing the light of day."

"Actually, all the mortals living near our sect are called 'the race'!"

"Hehe, just like you thought, they're specifically designed to breed human progeny, hence the name 'seed people'!"

"All the people of this race have been carefully selected by our sect. They are physically strong and extremely suitable for bearing offspring."

"These mortals don't need to worry about food or drink; all they need to do is carefully reproduce. Once they're over forty, we'll wipe them out completely, and then we'll select a new generation!"

At this point, Senior Brother Tong couldn't help but laugh.

"Once a member of this race becomes pregnant, they will be gathered together, and when they give birth to offspring, members of our sect will go to select them."

"Those suitable for the race will remain in the nearby villages, while those unsuitable will be sent here to serve as medicine people."

As he spoke, he pointed to the medicine-using people.

"Look, these are the most suitable people to be medicine patients."

"The time of their birth is either extremely yang and strong, or extremely yin and gentle."

"In short, it is extremely suitable for alchemy, so it was sent here."