Lu Cheng said goodbye and came out, returned to his small courtyard, called Qingmei and three attendants and set off.
He took out the "Lingjiu Palace Witchcraft Medicine Book", found "Polygonatum odoratum", looked at it, and then told everyone: "Polygonatum odoratum ginseng is a perennial plant. It sprouts, emerges, spreads its leaves every spring, blooms in late summer, and bears fruit in autumn.
In winter, the above-ground parts wither. Now it is late autumn and winter has not yet arrived, so you can see the small red fruits. This is its most distinctive sign."
Yingchu relaxed a few wrinkles on his forehead and said with a smile: "I have lived in the feudal city for nearly a hundred years and traveled all over the surrounding mountains and rivers. I know a place with this little fruit."
Lu Cheng said: "Well, you take everyone there. If this trip goes well, I will give you a Leopard King Pill."
Ying Chu was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, Witch Master!"
Yao Shi and Si Ping looked envious.
Lu Cheng flipped through the "Book of Witchcraft Medicine" and found that there were many herbal elixirs in it, and many elixirs used Polygonatum odoratum.
Among the three elixir recipes, it is said that the leaves of the Sanzhu tree, combined with Polygonatum ginseng, can be used to refine the "Pearl-Yangshen Pill"; the two-thousand-year-old "Tochigi" bark, combined with Polygonatum ginseng, can be used to refine the "Tochigi-Yangshen Pill".
"Pine Nourishing Pill"; using pine needles from thousand-year-old pine trees and Polygonatum polygonatum ginseng, you can refine the "Pine Nourishing Pill".
Lu Cheng had taken the "Shen Yang Pill", which was given to him by Wu Luo, but he didn't know which one. He knew that the God Nourishing Pill could nourish the soul and be conducive to the growth of spiritual consciousness, so he wanted to refine this kind of pill.
He asked everyone: "Who knows where there is a very tall 'Tochigi'?"
Si Ping rushed to say: "I know there is a mountain covered with Tochi trees! It is located fifty miles east of the feudal city."
"The east does not belong to Lord Wu Sheng's territory. Is there Tochigi to the north of the feudal city?"
"I don't know, I used to be active in the east."
Yao Shi asked: "May I ask the witch master, what does Tochigi look like?"
Lu Cheng said: "Tochigi is a tall tree. It blooms white flowers in spring and summer and bears reddish-brown fruits in autumn."
Yao Shi scratched his head and said with a "hehe" smile: "I think I've seen it before, but I forgot where it was."
Lu Cheng said: "Then just look for it slowly. If it doesn't work, go to the east and cut down one."
Ying Chu led the way and walked through the mountains and forests for more than a hundred miles, seeing some wild animals from time to time.
Although the beasts did not turn into demons, they still had some intelligence. When they saw a group of five people approaching, carrying inexplicable power, they all fled in a panic, or lurked and did not dare to come out.
But there were also some wild animals, such as wild boars and bears, who rushed out without knowing whether they were alive or not, but were stabbed to death by Yao Shi with a rune spear without Ying Chu taking action.
As I walked, I came to a valley with high mountains and dense forests, but the sound of "dingdong" water reached my ears.
Qingmei shouted: "Huh? I saw the red fruit! Brother, look over there!"
Lu Cheng turned his head and saw a Polygonatum ginseng plant. He walked closer and counted the knots, and said, "It's only 70 years old, so it can't be used as medicine yet. Let's spread out and see if there are any that are over a hundred years old."
Several people were looking around excitedly, cheering from time to time.
There is a small stream in the valley, with clear water and a tinkling sound.
Lu Cheng walked forward along the stream, and after walking a few hundred meters, he saw a pool of two to three acres with spring water emerging from it.
He used the Zhanwang Qi Technique to look at the surrounding Qi machines and found that this valley contained spiritual veins. Even if there were no small spiritual veins, there were several miniature spiritual veins.
There is a piece of flat land next to the water pool, and there is a piece of Polygonatum ginseng growing there. There are at least thirty or forty plants, each one is more than a hundred years old, and seven or eight of them are more than two hundred years old.
Lu Cheng wondered if Wu Sheng and Wu Jing knew that there was Polygonatum odoratum in this valley.
"I don't care if they know it! Obviously this is not the 'Lingyun Valley'. These Polygonatum odorata are not recorded in the records. From now on, this is my private property."
I want to think about it, but I can't say it out loud. If the wall has ears and it reaches the ears of Wu Luo and Wu Sheng, it will be troublesome.
He carefully dug out those 200-year-old Polygonatum ginseng, and also dug out a dozen or so ginseng plants that were less than 200 years old, leaving about 20 ginseng plants to let them continue to grow.
After a long while, Qingmei and three attendants gradually gathered over.
Lu Cheng got more Polygonatum ginseng from them, and together with the ones he collected earlier, there were a total of 12 plants that were more than two hundred years old and 38 plants that were more than a hundred years old.
Afterwards, they continued to search in the surrounding mountains and forests, and visited more and more places.
Lu Cheng understood the meaning of Wu Luo's words. If he could find Polygonatum odoratum outside, there would be no need to go to "Lingyun Valley". Regardless of whether he could find it or not, he had to walk outside and look for two more days before he could go back. If he only looked for one day
Just going back is obviously not in line with Wu Luo's wishes.
In the next three days, they found a lot of wild elixirs, which gradually enriched Lu Cheng's inventory of elixirs. With the roots, stems and leaves of various spiritual herbs and spiritual trees, he could try to refine a variety of elixirs.
For this reason, Lu Cheng felt a little bit happy and didn't want to go back soon.
During this period, he only met Wu Jing's disciple once, a young witch named "Wu Tuan" who led four warriors to patrol the mountains and forests along a fixed route.
Wu Tuan was a middle-aged man, wearing a linen witch robe, and his face looked a little pale. After seeing Lu Cheng, he behaved respectfully.
"I have met the adults."
Lu Cheng raised his voice and said: "Wu Tuan, do you know where there are tall Tochigi trees? Where can I find Polygonatum odoratum and Ginseng besides Lingyun Valley?"
Wu Tuan replied: "Master Qi, if you walk more than thirty miles to the northeast from here, there is a forest of Tochigi trees. You have to get close to Lingyun Valley to find Polygonatum odorifera and Ginseng. There are several trees on the periphery of Lingyun Valley.
In the mountains and forests, Polygonatum odoratum grows."
Lu Cheng was overjoyed: "Thank you for letting me know! You can go."
Wu Tuan bowed and left.
Lu Cheng led everyone to find Tochimulin first.
After walking 33 miles northeast, I saw a forest of tall Tochigi trees, some of which were three meters thick.
Lu Cheng found the thickest Tochi tree, held up his golden dagger, released his sword light, and chopped it down.
"Qingmei, come and count, how many annual rings there are?"
When Qingmei saw the dense patterns, she looked embarrassed and almost cried: "Brother, the annual rings are too thin to count! Besides, I can't count more than 1,000."
"First count 50, look at the width, measure it with your hands, and multiply it to get an approximate number."
"Brother, the outer growth rings are wide, and the inner growth rings are narrow..."
"That's all, I'll do it myself."
Lu Cheng made a rough estimate and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it's over 2,000 years old. Help me peel off the bark!"
So several people began to peel off the bark.
After peeling off the bark, they headed to Lingyun Valley.
There is indeed Polygonatum ginseng in the mountains around Lingyun Valley. They found 27 century-old ginseng plants, but there were very few two-hundred-year-old ginseng plants. Only 3 plants were found in total.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng swaggered into Lingyun Valley.
There were two warriors at the entrance of the valley. When they saw the great witch gold medal hanging on Lu Cheng's chest, they quickly went to the valley to report it.
Soon, Wu Jing's disciple "Wu Jing" came out, followed by a spiritual warrior named "Zhu Sheng".
Zhusheng is a spiritual warrior who is attached to Wu Sheng and is assigned by him to guard Lingyun Valley. When he saw the "Great Witch's Gold Medal" on Lu Cheng's chest, he couldn't help showing a surprised look. He had seen "Wukuang" during the "New Year"
, I didn’t expect that “Wu Kuang” would become a great witch at such a young age.
Wu Jing was a young witch. When he saw Lu Cheng, he bowed and saluted: "I have met you, sir."
Lu Cheng explained his purpose of coming, and wanted to get some Polygonatum odoratum ginseng.
Wu Jing said: "Sir, please come in. This spiritual warrior can also come in, but the others should not come in."
So, Qingmei, Yao Shi, and Siping stood at the entrance of the valley and waited.
Lu Cheng and Ying Chu followed Wu Jing and Zhu Sheng into the valley.
There are large medicinal fields in the valley, where various spiritual herbs and spiritual trees are planted.
After all, Wu Sheng is a veteran spirit shaman, and he still has some background.
Wu Jing said: "There are records of the spiritual ginseng here. Sir, how many ginseng do you need? Once you have dug it out, you need to sign and sign it."
Lu Cheng nodded: "I understand."
He picked from here and there and dug up 16 200-year-old Polygonatum ginseng plants.
Then, he signed and stamped the animal skin paper.
After finishing this matter, he did not stay outside and led everyone back quickly.