Time flowed like water, and in a blink of an eye, a year had passed. Little Crane Grass was now eight years old. Because he had been working and cultivating outside for a long time, his skin was a bit dark. However, he was very sturdy and looked very spirited. Most importantly, one could see a trace of sharpness in his eyes.
Little Crane Grass was still wearing coarse clothes that had been washed until they were white. He was barefoot and carried a hoe on his arm. He looked like an ordinary child from the countryside.
However, there was a wisp of wisdom in his eyes. He looked like a hermit who had returned to the countryside. If one did not look at his height and appearance, and only looked at his eyes, no one would think that he was an eight-year-old child.
Little Crane Grass calmly walked forward. After a while, he arrived outside the wooden house. He placed the hoe in the tool room and went to the washroom to wash himself before returning to his room.
Hu Yuan was sitting in his room drinking tea. Little Crane Grass went forward and greeted Hu Yuan, "Master, I'm back."
Hu Yuan nodded and said, "Alright, sit down and wait for your meal. Tomorrow, you'll be going out with the children of the family. When you go out, pay attention. Don't get angry with the children of the family. This time, the ones going out with you are all girls, give them some leeway." Little Crane Grass nodded and sat down.
This time, Little Crane Grass was going to follow the Hu Family's girl to practice medicine. In Lingshan City, there were still many small villages. The people in those villages were all Soul Bearers, which was the lowest level of ordinary people in the Soul World. It was definitely a difficult problem for these people to treat their illnesses. Usually, they would use a traditional method to treat their illnesses. If they really couldn't be cured, then they would go to the city to see an apothecary to treat their illnesses.
However, the ordinary people who lived near Lingshan City were very happy. Because they lived near Lingshan City, near the Hu Family. This was their greatest fortune.
The girls of the Hu Family were the best Apothecaries in the continent. This sentence wasn't just for show. It was because of the Hu Family's hundreds of years of experience in treating countless people.
The Hu Family was very serious when it came to nurturing girls. The girls of the Hu Family would start learning medical knowledge at the age of five. They would only start learning natural energy at the age of ten. Then, they would systematically learn how to use natural energy to treat people.
Every year, the Hu Clan would organize a group of girls, led by the elders of the clan, to the villages near Ling Shan City. They would treat the villagers for free and would even give out free medicinal herbs. Doing this was to let the Hu family's girls have more experience in medicine, and also to win a good reputation for the Hu family. Why not?
Recently, it was time for the Hu Family's girls to go to the villages and treat the villagers. Hu Yuan let Little Crane Grass go with them so that Little Crane Grass could have more experience in medicine.
After all, the treatment methods that he saw in books were only things in books. It couldn't be transformed into Little Crane Grass's medical skills. If he wanted Little Crane Grass to be able to treat people and become a good Apothecary, then he couldn't avoid practicing medicine. Since the Hu Family had this opportunity to train people, Hu Yuan naturally wouldn't let it go.
The Hu Family had a lot of medical books. It could be said that they were the family with the most medical books in the continent. However, those medical books couldn't support Little Crane Grass's learning ability. Little Crane Grass's learning ability was very strong. In less than a year, he had read all of the Hu Family's medical books. In this case, if Little Crane Grass didn't go out and treat people, then it would be a waste.
After eating, Little Crane Grass continued with its daily cultivation and only rested at night. The next morning, Little Crane Grass followed Hu Yuan back to the Hu Family's castle. After arriving at the castle, the Hu Family immediately brought Little Crane Grass to the front courtyard.
When Little Crane Grass reached the front yard, he was really surprised. In the front yard of the Hu Clan, there was a large row of carriages. These carriages all had cabins, and each cabin could accommodate four to five people. Beside each carriage stood five girls, and there were also three people dressed in servant's clothes.
These servants were all soul plants. There were a total of ten carriages in the convoy. In front of these carriages were five soul plants. The one leading them was an acquaintance of Little Crane Grass, Hu Ding.
When Little Crane Grass arrived, Hu Ding saw him. He looked at Little Crane Grass and laughed, "Good kid, I haven't seen you for a year. You've become a lot stronger. Come, let your Eighteenth Uncle take a look."
Little Crane Grass smiled faintly as he walked over. Then he gave Hu Ding a salute and said, "Eighteenth Uncle, I haven't seen you for a year. How have you been?" Little Crane Grass and Hu Ding were very familiar with each other. Seeing Hu Ding today, Little Crane Grass felt very close to him.
Hu Ding laughed and said, "Good, very good. When I heard that you wanted to come, I took the job. Otherwise, I would've been on vacation. I just want to see what you've learned from your Third Uncle this year."
Little Crane Grass smiled and said, "Master hasn't formally taught me cultivation yet. He said that now is the time for me to build my foundation. Building a good foundation is the key."
Hu Ding nodded and said, "Third Uncle is right. Regarding Crane Grass, it's best for Plant Masters to start cultivating at the age of ten. These few years are the best time for you to build your foundation. Follow Third Uncle and learn well. You don't know how much we envy you. You should know that even for people like us, wanting to get Third Uncle's guidance isn't an easy matter. You're really lucky."
Little Crane Grass smiled faintly and said, "I know, I've been very fulfilling this year. I've learned a lot."
Seeing that Little Crane Grass wasn't anxious at all, Hu Ding couldn't help but secretly nod. He liked Little Crane Grass the most, he didn't have the impatience of a child.
Hu Ding looked at the time and saw that it was about time. Then he waved his hand and said, "Let's go." After saying that, he took Little Crane Grass and walked towards the carriage in front. This caused the other members of the Hu Clan to look at Little Crane Grass. Now that they knew about Little Crane Grass's body, they wanted to know what kind of person Little Crane Grass was.
Last year, the matter of Hu Yuan taking in a disciple had caused an uproar in the Hu Clan. Everyone said that Little Crane Grass was really too lucky to be taken in as a disciple by the best combat plant master in the Hu Clan.
But in the following year, Little Crane Grass followed Hu Yuan to cultivate in the valley and didn't appear again. Because of this, the Hu Clan slowly forgot about him. But today, Little Crane Grass suddenly appeared. Moreover, he seemed to be very familiar with Hu Ding. This made the Hu Clan immediately think of his identity. Each and every one of them were very curious about him.
Little Crane Grass didn't care too much, he followed Hu Ding to the carriage in front. Then the convoy appeared. Hu Ding sat in the carriage and said, "This time, we have a total of 40 people. Including you, we have 41 people. These 40 people are all girls. They're all 10 years old today and have already started cultivating Natural Energy. This will be their first visit after learning Natural Energy."
Little Crane Grass nodded. Hu Ding looked at him and said, "You don't need to be embarrassed. Your situation is very special. Your learning ability is very strong. Otherwise, Third Uncle wouldn't have let you study medicine. Now that you have a good foundation, when you start cultivating in the future, you will find that what you learn will be very beneficial to your cultivation."
Little Crane Grass nodded. Hu Ding looked at him and said, "That girl Xian 'er is very concerned about you. Although she's still studying at the Saber Monarch Pavilion, she still sends letters to the family every month, asking about your situation."
When Little Crane Grass heard Hu Yuan, his eyes couldn't help but light up. Then he said, "Eighteenth Uncle, is Sister Xian 'er doing well?"
Hu Ding smiled and said, "Good, very good. You can still ask about her. She'll be very happy if she knows. Crane Grass, you have to remember to study medicine well. It will be very useful for you."
Little Crane Grass looked at Hu Ding in confusion. In the continent, the status of an Alchemist couldn't be compared to a Combat Plant Master. Although it was said that a good Alchemist must be a Plant Master, learning medicine would take up a lot of the Alchemist's time. Therefore, ordinary Alchemists wouldn't be a match for a Combat Plant Master. So why did Hu Ding say that learning medicine would be very beneficial for him?
Hu Ding looked at the Little Crane Grass and said in a deep voice, "Crane Grass, many famous plant masters would go and learn some medical skills. Do you know why?"
Little Crane Grass shook his head. Hu Ding said, "Because medicine is very beneficial for a Plant Master's cultivation. A Plant Master, especially a Combat Plant Master, would also get injured. What would happen if they got injured? Of course, they would treat them. But what if they were alone? How would they treat them? Nowadays, there are a lot of Plant Masters in the continent who carry some finished pills with them in case of an emergency. However, this method might not necessarily work. This is because finished pills are very specific. Because of this, the control of the medicinal properties is very strict. A lot of pills are neutral and mild. For example, the strong medicines used by Alchemists are rarely made into finished pills. This is because even if they were made into finished pills, not many people would dare to buy them. "
Little Crane Grass looked at Hu Ding in confusion. Hu Ding looked at Little Crane Grass and said, "Crane Grass, you have already studied medicine. Then let me ask you, the two of them have internal injuries and are vomiting blood. What kind of medicine should they use to treat them?"
Little Crane Grass stared for a moment, but he immediately understood what Hu Ding meant. He said, "I understand what Eighteenth Uncle means. They all have internal injuries, but the injuries might be different. However, they all vomited blood. If a person isn't a pharmacist, it would be very difficult for them to accurately determine where they are injured. In this case, they can only take some mild medicine to control their injuries. Because these medicines are mild, their treatment is generally very comprehensive. But because of this, the efficacy of the medicine won't be too strong. If they can take the right medicine, then their injuries might be healed quickly. But if they only take the medicine, then the recovery time might be increased by several times, and they might even leave behind some hidden injuries. Therefore, it's very important for a Plant Master to learn some medical skills, right?"
Hu Ding laughed, then he patted Little Crane Grass's shoulder and said, "Right, you're still as smart as ever. You can infer many things from one example. What you've said is just one aspect. Another aspect is that the more you learn about medicine, the more you'll miss out on good things in the wild. You should know that the herbs you see in the books are only a part of the whole world. There are still a lot of herbs in the world that are mutated, and some of these mutated herbs are usually very valuable. But if your medical skills aren't high enough, then you might not be able to recognize those herbs. Even if you recognize them, you might not be able to pick them properly, and a good herb might turn into a weed in the end. All of these are possible, so medical skills are very important to plant masters."
Little Crane Grass looked at Hu Ding in confusion and said, "Eighteenth Uncle, do Plant Masters also need to worry about money?"
When Hu Ding heard Little Crane Grass, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Of course. Do you think that all Plant Masters have the backing of the Hu Clan? Little Crane Grass, let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about you. Do you know how much money the Hu Clan has spent on you over the years would be worth if they were to be converted into gold coins? "
Little Crane Grass shook his head, he really didn't have any concept of money. In the past, the people in the village rarely used money. Even if they did, they would use copper coins. Silver coins were rarely used, let alone gold coins. Moreover, he was still young, he didn't need to worry about money. Therefore, he really didn't have any concept of money.
Hu Ding said in a deep voice, "In a year's time, not to mention other things, just the medicinal baths you use every day cost around 20 gold coins. In other words, you've spent more than 7000 gold coins just to take a medicinal bath. And this doesn't include other aspects. Plant Masters don't get a lot of supplementary permits from the country every year. They still need to cultivate, and cultivation requires money. So a little bit of supplementary permits isn't enough for them. There are a lot of Plant Masters nowadays who are busy making a living. There aren't many Plant Masters who can peacefully sit down and cultivate without having to worry about money."
Little Crane Grass blankly listened to Hu Ding's words. He really didn't think that it would be like this. He also didn't think that the medicinal baths he took every day would cost him 20 gold coins. Just thinking about 7000 gold coins made him feel dizzy. Although he didn't have any concept of money, he knew that 7000 gold coins wasn't a small amount.
Hu Ding looked at the Little Crane Grass and smiled faintly, "But you don't need to feel guilty. Do you know that the flowers, grains, herbs, and even fruits that you took care of in the valley can all be turned into money? If you sell those things this year, you'll be able to earn a lot of money." Zhao Hai nodded, then he looked at the Little Crane Grass.
When Little Crane Grass heard Hu Ding, he felt a little better. No matter what, he wasn't someone who only knew how to spend money. If that was the case, then he would feel even more guilty. After all, the one who paid for him was the Hu Clan. He would remember the Hu Clan's kindness in his heart.
Hu Ding said this for Little Crane Grass's sake. He wanted to let Little Crane Grass know the importance of money. At the same time, he couldn't let Little Crane Grass feel unhappy because of this. If Little Crane Grass thought about money every day, then he wouldn't have time to study. This wasn't something that Hu Ding wanted to see. If Little Crane Grass really became like that, then Hu Ding was sure that Hu Yuan would chop him into pieces.
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