Chapter 48: Herb Garden! Poisonous Insect? Poison Pet!

"Elder Gongsun, then I'll take Old Jiang back to Heavenly Yang Peak first!"

After Wen Yueyao exchanged a few pleasantries with Gongsun Hong, she directly took Jiang Ye and left Siding Hall, heading toward Heavenly Yang Peak.

About a cup of incense's time later.

As soon as the two stepped onto Heavenly Yang Peak, they felt a slightly hot breeze rushing toward them; the temperature of this peak was clearly much higher than other peaks.

Jiang Ye looked up and saw tripods of various sizes placed on the hillside in an orderly manner.

Those tripods were either cast from bronze or fired from red pottery, and at this moment, they were all burning with raging flames, the firelight jumping and flickering in the afternoon sun, reflecting the entire hillside into a piece of red.

Many young disciples were sitting cross-legged beside the tripods, closing their eyes and adjusting their breathing, sweat beads faintly sliding down their faces, but they were completely unaware.

"Miss Wen, why are there so many tripods placed on Heavenly Yang Peak, and they are all burning with big fires?"

Jiang Ye's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion.

Wen Yueyao looked in the direction of his gaze and smiled slightly, explaining in a crisp voice: "Old sir, our Heavenly Yang Peak mainly cultivates fire-attribute true energy, and those tripods are to help the disciples nourish true energy."

"Nourishing true Qi by absorbing fire Qi from those tripods..."

A hint of realization flashed on Jiang Ye's face.

It seems that breaking through to the Embracing the Pill Realm is more mysterious than he imagined.

The two talked as they walked, and not long after, they arrived at the entrance of a herb garden.

At the entrance, there was a simple small wooden house, and beside the wooden house stood a stone tablet half a person high, with the words "Heavenly Yang Peak Herb Garden" engraved on it.

"Is Qin Zhanglao here?"

Wen Yueyao asked softly toward the wooden house.

As soon as the words fell, the door of the wooden house opened with a "creak", and a figure walked out swaying.

That was a middle-aged man wearing a Profound Heaven Sect Elder's robe, his face excessively ruddy, and his whole body faintly exuding a scorching aura.

His footsteps were a bit unsteady, and before he stood still, a rich smell of alcohol drifted over, making people frown.

He narrowed his eyes to see who it was, and immediately laughed: "Yo! True Disciple Wen is back!"

He strode forward, patted Wen Yueyao on the shoulder, full of smiles, "I heard that you cleaned up Black Fifth, that beast, in Anxi County this time! Good! Well done! Much stronger than that kid Zheng Feng; he fought with Bai Laosan for a long time, but let him run away, shameful!"

Wen Yueyao frowned slightly, subconsciously leaning to the side to avoid the strong smell of alcohol, but she couldn't flare up, so she just said softly:

"Qin Zhanglao is too kind. Actually, being able to eliminate Black Fifth is thanks to the help of this Old Jiang."

She stepped aside to let out Jiang Ye behind her and continued: "Coming here this time is to ask Qin Zhanglao for a favor; Old Jiang has already joined our Profound Heaven Sect as a deacon, and I would like to ask you to arrange a chore for him to guard the herb garden on Heavenly Yang Peak."

Hearing this, Qin Lie's gaze fell on Jiang Ye, and he laughed: "A small matter, it just so happens that the herb garden for Heavenly Sunflower Grass among my four herb gardens is missing someone to guard it."

Saying this, he shouted toward the herb garden: "Lü Ming! Come out quickly!"

Not long after, a figure darted out from the herb garden nimbly, agile, but silent when landing.

That was a slightly chubby teenager with a round face, about seventeen or eighteen years old, his eyes rolling around, exuding a bit of cleverness.

He looked at Wen Yueyao, then at Jiang Ye beside her, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, but he quickly restrained it and bowed respectfully:

"Seen Qin Zhanglao and Xu Xu Shijie Wen!"

Qin Lie waved his hand, pointed at Jiang Ye and said: "Lü Ming, this is Jiang Zhishi who just joined the sect, he will be your colleague from now on, he is responsible for guarding the herb garden for Heavenly Sunflower Grass, you take him to recognize the road, and introduce the situation of the herb garden by the way."

"Yes!"

Lü Ming nodded heavily, a warm smile piling up on his face, and bowed: "Jiang Zhishi, junior Lü Ming, you can just call me Little Lü. Let's go, I'll take you to look around the herb garden!"

"Good, then I'll trouble you, little brother."

Jiang Ye returned a polite bow.

Wen Yueyao originally intended to go together, but saw a disciple running over from the mountain path in a hurry and whispering a few words to her. She frowned slightly, then looked at Jiang Ye with full apology:

"Old sir, the Liu Fengzhu summoned me, I have to go first. You go with Lü Ming to familiarize yourself with the situation, and I will come to see you later."

"Miss, please do as you please, important matters are urgent." Jiang Ye waved his hands, signaling her not to worry.

Wen Yueyao smiled apologetically, then turned and followed the disciple away in a hurry.

"Jiang Zhishi, let's talk as we walk."

Lü Ming was a chatterbox, and once he opened his mouth, he couldn't stop.

He led Jiang Ye along the hillside toward the north, introducing while walking, talking endlessly:

"Our Heavenly Yang Peak has special terrain, there are not many places suitable for planting herbs, and there are only four herb gardens in total."

He pointed to the herb field in the east that was red as fire, with leaves curled like flames: "That piece is planted with Red Sun Grass, the most ordinary fire-attribute medicinal material, the 'Pure Yang Pill' used by disciples for daily cultivation is made from it."

He pointed to the vines clinging to the stone wall in the west, with several fist-sized red fruits hanging on the vines: "That is Flame Heart Fruit, very precious, ripening once every three years."

Then he pointed to the area in the south with lower terrain and faint heat steaming: "That side is planted with Earth Fire Ginseng, even rarer, growing buried in rock crevices, you must be careful when digging, if you break the roots, it won't be worth much."

Hearing this, Jiang Ye's expression didn't change, but his heart suddenly heated up.

This Earth Fire Ginseng and Heavenly Sunflower Grass were both among the main herbs needed for refining secret medicine in "Diamond Body Refining Technique".

Didn't expect that there would be two kinds in this herb garden.

It seems he has to find a way to fleece this sect.

As the saying goes, if the cook doesn't steal, the five grains won't be harvested.

Besides the herb garden, he also learned a lot of information from this little fatty.

It turned out that this huge Profound Heaven Sect had a true disciple ranking, and only ten disciples could be on the list out of thousands of inner sect disciples.

Wen Yueyao was the only Force Transformation disciple on this true disciple list, and the rest of the true disciples were all in the Pill Condensation Realm.

And she was on the list because of pure talent.

Jiang Ye had always thought Wen Yueyao was similar in age to Liu Yiyi, but that was not the case.

Setting aside that overly mature body, Wen Yueyao was actually a few years younger than Liu Yiyi...

"Hiss... what did this little girl eat to grow up..."

Jiang Ye sighed in his heart.

"Here, Jiang Zhishi, this is the herb garden for Heavenly Sunflower Grass that you will be responsible for guarding in the future."

Lü Ming brought Jiang Ye to the very north of the herb garden, which was separated from the other three herb gardens by a considerable distance, planted with blood-red medicinal herbs.

"Little brother, this old man is new here, I have to trouble you to give more guidance. What should I pay attention to when guarding the herb garden?"

Jiang Ye said, while taking out several silver notes from his bosom and handing them to Lü Ming.

"Eh! Jiang Zhishi, what are you doing!"

Lü Ming saw the silver notes, was slightly stunned, then waved his hands repeatedly, his head shaking like a rattle, "You were introduced by Xu Xu Shijie Wen, I will definitely tell you everything I know, you take it back quickly."

Jiang Ye smiled and stuffed the silver notes into his hand, his aged voice carrying a hint of sincerity: "Although this old man is old, I am still a newcomer in the sect, and I will need your care in the future. An elder's gift should not be declined, so don't push it away."

Lü Ming couldn't decline, so he had to respectfully accept the silver notes, the smile on his face becoming more enthusiastic.

He tucked the silver notes into his bosom, cleared his throat, and lowered his voice: "Since Jiang Zhishi is so polite, then I will tell you from the bottom of my heart."

He leaned closer, his expression becoming solemn: "The medicinal herbs planted on our Heavenly Yang Peak all belong to Yang, and are biased toward intensity, especially this Heavenly Sunflower Grass—it is most likely to attract one thing."

"Oh? What thing?"

Jiang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Fire Mastered Mastered Wu Gong." Lü Ming said word by word, his voice carrying a hint of wariness, "This kind of poisonous creature likes to drill into the Heavenly Sunflower Grass the most, sucking the Yang Qi on the grass leaves. Its toxicity is not ordinary, it is a rare fire poison, if bitten, the wound will be like fire burning, which can make people faint from pain, and our herb garden is ruined by them several times every year."

"Fire Mastered Mastered Wu Gong..."

Jiang Ye's aged eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance.

He had been studying the chapter about "Fire Mastered Mastered Wu Gong" in "Poison Controlling Scripture" in the guest house for the past few days.

Poisonous creatures in the world can generally be divided into five poisons.

They are the five major categories: scorpion, poisonous snake, centipede, gecko, and toad.

And this Fire Mastered Mastered Wu Gong is the leader among centipede-type poisonous creatures.

Its fire poison is an even more powerful means that ordinary poisonous creatures cannot compare to.

He originally thought about where to find a suitable poisonous insect to cultivate after settling down.

Didn't expect there to be ready-made ones in this herb garden.

This is really the right place to come.