"Collecting the herbs! Collecting the herbs! "
Late at night, Zhao Tiezhu shouted from the village entrance.
Five members of the warrior preparation camp had set up a long table. On the table were five round dustpans.
These dustpans were made of bamboo. They were usually used to dry dates or herbs.
At this time, three of the five dustpans were filled.
The herb-picking villagers lined up to hand in their herbs. An old man with a goatee identified the age and rarity of each herb. He then weighed it with a small scale before recording it in.
When it was Yi Yun and Jiang Xiaorou's turn, Yi Yun slowly handed in his harvest.
The old man with the goatee took a look and his eyes lit up, "Dan Guo! Black Fungus! Five Spirits Herb! Wild Ginseng! Good herbs! "
The old man looked at the precious herbs as if they were treasures. He held them in his hands and touched them.
Yi Yun watched from the side and heaved a sigh of relief. It was obvious that the old man knew herbs, but he could not tell that the herbs had been sucked dry by the Purple Crystal.
This was reasonable. The herbs that had been sucked dry by the Purple Crystal looked no different from the herbs that had been picked not long ago.
"Hehe, kid, count yourself lucky. Today's rations are safe!"
Zhao Tiezhu was very satisfied with the herbs.
If the quality of the herbs they collected was high, they would be rewarded by Lian Chengyu!
In the future, when Lian Chengyu made it big, these lackeys would be able to bask in the limelight. They could go to the big cities and maybe even get a job!
"I think you are very suitable to be a medicine boy. You are born to pick herbs. Letting you pick herbs is a form of discerning eyes and making the best use of you!"
"You didn't fall to your death last time, but it made it easier for you to pick herbs. I think we should follow this standard and hand in an extra tael tomorrow!"
Zhao Tiezhu picked his ears as he spoke, looking extremely casual.
"What!?"
Jiang Xiaorou was furious. Sixteen taels of herbs was already too much, but Zhao Tiezhu wanted to add more!
Although Jiang Xiaorou knew that Zhao Tiezhu's herb-picking speed was fast, and he could finish even with a little more, but if this carried on, Zhao Tiezhu would continue to push his luck. Sooner or later, something would happen!
"Military Master Zhao, you must be joking. These medicinal herbs are already the limit of what I can gather after working hard for an entire day."
Yi Yun's tone was especially slow. As he spoke, he glanced at the three dustpans filled with herbs.
A layer of light slowly floated on the surface of the three dustpans.
These light dots were of course drawn out by the Purple Crystal. They were like fireflies in the night as they slowly floated towards Yi Yun.
Yi Yun's lips suffused an undetectable smile. The Purple Crystal needed some time to absorb the herb's essence, so Zhao Tiezhu's nonsense at this moment was exactly what he wanted.
"Damn it! Do you think I am discussing with you!? "Zhao Tiezhu suddenly slammed the table, startling the old man with the goatee.
"You're just a lowly commoner who scrapes for food in the dirt. It's rare that there's a place for you to make use of, yet you're still making excuses! The Lian tribal clan does not support freeloaders. The people here are either warriors or honest labourers! Hand over an extra tael of herbs tomorrow and scram! "
After being scolded by Zhao Tiezhu, Yi Yun's face turned ugly. His body froze there motionless.
People thought that Yi Yun had been humiliated. For an eleven or twelve-year-old child to be scolded in public in such a nasty manner, it was obvious how much of a blow it was to him.
Zhao Tiezhu looked at Yi Yun's green and white face, his eyes flashed with a hint of mockery.
Jiang Xiaorou could not bear it and tugged at Yi Yun, but Yi Yun's feet were rooted to the ground. He remained motionless, as if he had been stunned by Zhao Tiezhu's scolding.
"I think I've absorbed enough … If I absorb any more, Lian Chengyu will be suspicious."
Yi Yun did not think much of Zhao Tiezhu. He treated it as a mad dog barking. He was thinking about how much medicinal essence he should absorb to be the most suitable.
Absorbing about seventy to eighty percent should be enough. He had to leave some soup for Lian Chengyu, or else a few trays of good herbs would turn into weeds. Even a fool could tell something was wrong.
Yi Yun could not clash with the upper echelons of the Lian tribal clan. He could kill Zhao Tiezhu, but compared to the Patriarch and Lian Chengyu, he was still a far cry.
After the Purple Crystal absorbed the essence, it quickly entered his bloodstream. Through his blood circulation, it nourished Yi Yun's body. Yi Yun felt his meridians fill with a warm current that flowed through his limbs. His body slowly heated up, and his face turned rosy.
Yi Yun's body was light as a feather. He felt like he was floating in the clouds.
Yi Yun's performance was unbearable in the eyes of many of the tribe members. His face was red and his limbs were weak. Such a reaction was obviously caused by Zhao Tiezhu's scolding.
"Poor child. He's so young. Just because he contradicted Zhao Tiezhu on the day of the rations distribution, he's being targeted."
"This child has a hard life. Not long after he came to the Lian tribal clan, his mother died of illness. He's frail and weak, so how could he resist Zhao Tiezhu?"
"The people from the warrior preparation camp are rampaging in the village. When will this end? Do you think this Young master Lian Chengyu can really bring us to the city?"
"Shh, don't talk nonsense. If the people from the warrior preparation camp hear you, you'll be in trouble!"
"From what I see, this child will be killed by them sooner or later …"
There were bound to be people falling to their deaths while picking herbs in the mountains. The more precious the herb, the more likely it would grow on the precipice. Yi Yun had handed over so many good herbs, so he had probably climbed the precipice with all his might. It would be strange if he didn't fall to his death.
But in the Lian tribal clan, so what if they died? Here, human life was the least valuable.
…
Late at night, the moon hung in the sky like a silver hook.
In the Lian tribal clan's Patriarch's compound's pharmacy, a few men were enthusiastically blowing bellows, using piles of firewood to heat a large pot.
A few old men in charge of the pharmacy were carefully arranging the herbs and combining them with dozens of supplementary herbs, they began to brew a medicinal soup.
The supplementary herbs and heat control were secret knowledge of the Lian tribal clan. They could not be revealed to the commoners, or they might secretly pick the herbs to eat if they knew how to brew the medicine.
In the eyes of the upper echelons of the Lian tribal clan, the good herbs used by the commoners were like good grain fed to pigs. It was useless.
Not to mention the commoners, even the members of the warrior preparation camp did not have the chance to use the herbs to wash their bodies.
This meticulously brewed medicinal soup was prepared for Lian Chengyu.
"Good! Good! You did well this time. The herbs you collected are quite valuable! "
The Patriarch looked at the list of herbs and was very satisfied.
"This is what a lowly one should do." Zhao Tiezhu nodded his head like pounding garlic. With a fawning smile, he said, "The Patriarch instructed me to do, and it concerns Young master Lian's future. How could a lowly one disappoint you? After coming down from the training ground, a lowly one went straight to the herb mountain to supervise the commoners picking the herbs. The commoners were timid and did not even dare to climb up the cliff. A lowly one was anxious and climbed up personally.
Zhao Tiezhu immediately took all the credit for Yi Yun's efforts.
"Not bad! You have the heart. Go to the warehouse and get a pound of dried beast meat. "The Patriarch patted Zhao Tiezhu on the shoulder.
"Thank you Patriarch!" Zhao Tiezhu said happily.
"Yes, do well. When Chengyu becomes a warrior of the Kingdom, he will need to run errands. If you are clever, you will gain Chengyu's appreciation and be able to stay by his side. In the future, when Chengyu makes a meteoric rise, you will be rewarded."
"Thank you Patriarch for your guidance!" Zhao Tiezhu knelt down in excitement.
That kid named Yi Yun is really my lucky star. I didn't expect this little slave to be so good at picking herbs. In the future, I can also give him some herbal dregs, coarse grains, and other benefits. That poor kid will be grateful even if I just give him a few things. When the time comes, he will be willing to be my pawn!
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