Time flies by, like a white horse passing by, and two months pass in the blink of an eye.
Halfway up the mountain, on a flat field with a radius of a hundred feet, hundreds of Tsing Yi disciples were fighting alone or in pairs, practicing various martial arts. It looked very lively.
The already hot summer morning was filled with vitality because of this group of lively young men and women.
On the bluestone path at the edge of the field, Li Chen walked forward carrying two buckets of water.
The few outer disciples who yelled at him gathered around him unceremoniously. One of them, a tall and round-waisted boy who looked almost three or two years older than Li Chen but was obviously still childish, picked up the well water in the bucket and poured it on his head. He was not afraid of the chilly well water.
After the young man drank a few sips, the other people swarmed over him. After a while, it took Li Chen more than half an hour to pick up the well water and splash it all.
Li Chen just looked on shyly, laughing stupidly from time to time, secretly sizing up the disciples who were practicing martial arts in the distance.
When the people around him saw this, they wiped the sweat from their foreheads and wanted to surround him. The strong young man looked around coldly, which immediately made them shrink back.
Seeing that no one came forward, the sturdy young man nodded with satisfaction, grabbed a bucket weighing more than 100 kilograms, and walked straight to a circle of female disciples not far away.
Li Chen looked through the gaps in his scattered hair and found that among the four or five women who were no more than 28 years old, there was Li Yuerong, the third daughter of the Li family.
"Junior sister Chu, it's extremely hot. This cold pond water can clear away heat and detoxify, it's the best!"
The sturdy young man walked closer and gently put down the barrel, making a loud sound.
"Hey! Pang Wenshan, you're here to show your courtesy again. You have to be a little sincere. Are you using water brought by others to please our senior sister Ziyun?"
A female disciple with a good figure and a few freckles on her face looked up and down at the young man, holding her arm with another girl with a beautiful appearance, who was faintly above Li Yuerong.
Chu Ziyun frowned slightly and shook the freckled girl.
"What Junior Sister Zhao said is that next time I will fight by myself! By the way, Senior Brother He said he wants to go into the mountains tomorrow, so we just go with him."
"Gee, don't let someone's good intentions go to waste!"
Zhao Shanshan laughed out loud, took out a silk scarf, lightly dipped it in some water, and wiped it off.
The girls were not polite and each took out their silk scarves to wipe their youthful beauty. Only Li Yuerong glared at Li Chen coldly.
Seeing that they had finished cleaning up, Pang Wenshan smiled, turned around and waved, "Who, take the bucket away!"
Li Chen trotted forward, grabbed the bucket, bowed to Li Yuerong and saluted: "Hello, Miss Third!"
Zhao Shanshan's eyes lit up and she looked at Li Yuerong with ill intentions. The Zhao family was also one of the Luohuang City families and was the enemy of the Li family.
The girls laughed foolishly and pointed at Li Chen's back as he left, with expressions full of disdain and disgust. Only Chu Ziyun frowned slightly and said nothing more.
Such unabashed words were naturally heard by the people around him. Li Chen, who was not far away, did not notice it at all and left the venue in a few steps.
In fact, Li Chensheng was not ugly, and was even a little delicate, but the raised dark red birthmark on his face that covered his left eye and temple made him look extremely ugly.
Of course, for these beauties, whether Li Chensheng is handsome or ugly has nothing to do with them.
Hundreds of miles south of Luoyun Peak, in a hidden mountain col on the outskirts of Gucang Mountain, a dozen Xuanyun Sect disciples gathered together and divided into three waves to discuss something.
Among the three inner disciples in blue clothes at the head was He Kongming. Among the eight people in the middle were men and women in green clothes, including Li Yuerong, Chu Ziyun, Zhao Shanshan, Pang Wenshan and others whom Li Chen knew.
"Senior Brother Chen, my name is Liu Chengfeng. I have entered Gucang Mountain. Please take good care of me!"
Among the last three disciples in gray clothes, one of them was a young man with a medium build and narrow eyes. He looked at Chen Songtai with a flattering look on his face and slung a sheathed long sword across his back.
"My cultivation level is comparable to yours. If I can enter the mountain this time, I still have to rely on Senior Brother He and Senior Brother Lu to take care of me. How can I take care of Junior Brother Liu?"
Chen Songtai tightened the long sword on his back, carefully glanced at the people in front, lowered his voice, and waved his hands casually.
"It's such a blessing to be able to work with Senior Brother He. I heard that Senior Brother He's success rate in refining first-level middle-grade elixirs has reached 30%. The future is limitless!"
Chen Songtai raised his chin, "Among the inner disciples, when it comes to the art of alchemy, if Senior Brother He is ranked second, no one dares to be ranked first!"
The proud look on his face made it look like he was the number one inner disciple in alchemy.
Li Chen remained silent and followed everyone here in a daze, but his eyes hidden under his hair were looking at the surroundings carefully.
I have long heard that Gucang Mountain is a place where monsters and beasts gather. There are many dangers in it, and there are many opportunities. All kinds of treasures emerge in endlessly. Over the years, countless warriors have gone in and out to find treasures and opportunities.
This time I followed him here, just to help out and clean up the miscellaneous things for the disciples.
Of course, the three inner disciples, He Kongming and others, just brought this group of outer disciples all the way here, and they had other important matters of their own.
"Okay, you guys start searching for the elixir in this area. The monsters here are all around the mid-first level. With your strength and the care of Junior Brother Pang, there will be no danger!"
After everyone had a rest for a cup of tea, He Kongming stood up with his palms in his hands and arranged things so that the other two inner disciples could look at each other and sneak into the forest together.
Seeing this, Pang Wenshan stood up and waved to Chen Songtai and the others.
"This trip to the mountain is mainly for senior brother to collect auxiliary medicinal materials, but most of you have never been to Gucang Mountain. Don't panic when you see monsters appearing later. You should work in groups of three to help each other. If you encounter monsters, listen to the whistle and protect yourself first. Do you understand?"
Pang Wenshan's fat body and slightly older face looked quite intimidating. He took out an evergreen whistle from his clothes.
This is a green bagpipe, which can carry the sound for several miles. It is mostly used by Xuanyun Sect disciples to communicate when they go to the mountains.
As far as Li Chen knew, Pang Wenshan's cultivation had reached the peak of the sixth level, and he was only one step away from stepping into the seventh level and becoming an inner disciple.
A group of young men and women aged fourteen or fifteen years old, although they looked excited and wanted to fight the monster immediately, they also knew that it was dangerous and nodded one after another.
Among these people, apart from the three Chen Songtai who had no backing and were only at the fifth level, among the eight of them, there were several others who were also at the fifth level.
However, he is not old, only fifteen years old, and his qualifications are not weak.
As for Chu Ziyun, although she is only fourteen years old, she is already at the peak of the sixth level, and her qualifications are quite astonishing.
Under Pang Wenshan's arrangement, groups of two or three, taking care of each other, began to enter the woods of the mountain col, searching for various low-level medicinal materials hidden in them.
Although there are many treasures in Gu Cang Mountain, there are also many warriors coming. The place He Kongming took them to this time was a valley that was rarely visited by people.
In addition to guarding against monsters, the most dangerous ones are the adventurers who often visit Gucang Mountain.
The three of Chen Songtai, who were weak in cultivation and were followers of two inner disciples, naturally formed a group.
Relying on why He Kongming had been managing medicinal materials for many years, Chen Songtai took over the command of the group unceremoniously and kept talking about various pharmacological theories, which made Liu Chengfeng confused.
While walking, Li Chen sniffed the air, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he turned and walked to the side.
With his clothes fluttering, Chen Songtai tapped his feet, passed by Li Chen, and ran straight away a few feet away. He leaned down with a joyful expression, took out the jade shovel he carried with him, and dug out an elixir that was about a few inches long and green, with no more than three young leaves.
"Qi-Sustaining Grass, a first-order middle-grade elixir, good luck!"
Chen Songtai happily took out a jade box from the backpack behind him and carefully put it into it. Without even looking at Li Chen, he walked forward with his head held high.
"Senior Brother Chen is awesome. Do you have any tips? Teach me some tips!"
Chen Songtai smiled, pretending to be mysterious, shaking his head and looking around.
As the two of them moved forward, they did not notice at all that Li Chen, who was originally following them, fell a few figures behind them and disappeared into the dense woods.
When the two of them discovered that Li Chen was missing, Chen Songtai's expression changed slightly. He took out the green bagpipe from his arms and put it to his lips. His expression changed several times and he finally put it down.
I don’t know what they said to Liu Chengfeng, but in the end the two of them moved on as if nothing happened.