Chapter 31 Direction of Maojiagu
Su Chen was thinking in his mind which direction to go.
While thinking about it, I remembered what Mr. Ji Sheng said to me before.
Keep yourself away from the Maojia Valley area.
There is a strong person slaying demons in that area. If you get close, you may accidentally hurt yourself.
Su Chen had seen the description of that area in books.
Maojia Valley used to be a village.
The terrain is a depression.
But more than two hundred years ago, this area was completely deserted after being attacked by monsters.
The place name remains, but the area has been swallowed up into the wilderness.
According to the classics, there are earth demons and even celestial demons in that area.
According to the records, the Sky Demon appeared several times in that area.
Su Chen had some doubts in his heart.
Maojia Valley is more than fifty miles away from Tiangang City's defense line.
So far away, even if there are traces of monsters, so what?
That distance will not have any impact on Tiangang City or the people of Great Zhou.
However, these strong men still chose to go there.
They say they are going to slay demons, but are they really slaying demons?
Even their appearance may drive the monsters from Maojia Valley to Tiangang City.
Su Chen had some doubts in his heart.
Judging from the goal of preventing monsters from attacking Dazhou, going to the direction of Maojiagu to slay monsters would have little effect.
If it wasn't to slay demons, then what was it for?
There are some guesses in my heart.
There may be something in the Maojia Valley area.
Thinking of this, Su Chen did not act impulsively and continued to make plans patiently.
Mr. Ji Sheng is a very proud person. If he can be called a strong person, his strength should not be underestimated.
The strength of those people is, not surprisingly, at least level 5 Snow Concept.
It is even possible that it has reached the fourth level.
The fourth grade is called Huajing.
Simplify the complex and try to bring everything into one place.
His own strength will be greatly improved, far exceeding the fifth level.
Although the improvement is huge, it is still difficult to reach the fourth level.
There are two most obvious dividing lines in the path of spiritual practice.
The first is to move from the eighth-level refinement realm to the seventh-level Huaigu realm.
This step seems simple, but it really stops a lot of people.
From tempering one's body to cultivating one's state of mind, many of them are stuck here if they don't have enough understanding.
The bottleneck will remain stuck for twenty or even thirty years.
People only enter the seventh level when they reach middle age, and there is not much room for improvement in this life.
The other most obvious dividing line is the fourth-grade realm.
The ninth level of body refining refines the body, the eighth level of essence refining condenses the physique into essence.
The seventh-level Huaigu realm, the sixth-level mountain furnace realm, and the fifth-level snow artistic conception.
Overcoming the hurdles of the state of mind is the fourth level of transformation.
If you can enter the realm of transformation, you will already be a famous and powerful person in the Zhou Dynasty.
Even people like Sun Xuerong, the fifth elder of the Yunyang Sect, who are already elders, are still only at the fifth level of Snow Perfection, one step short of reaching the fourth level.
If you really want to visit Maojia Valley, you can’t go there at will.
You must be vigilant enough and safe enough before you try your luck.
Based on the initial plan, Su Chen decided to go to the south first.
The area to the south is said to contain many rare medicinal materials.
The book even gave the southern wilderness a name: Dazhou Medicine Garden.
That is to say, there are many types of medicinal materials and they are abundant.
Su Chen had a plan in his mind to go south to Tiangang City first.
Look at the harvest in the south and see if there are any opportunities.
If all conditions are suitable, then try Maojia Valley.
After working out the plan clearly in his mind, Su Chen was ready to take action as soon as possible. At the end of this year's New Year, I have already told my grandmother that I will not go back.
This trip can be regarded as an experience, and it can be regarded as earning some resources and money for myself.
In addition to using it for myself, it can also make my grandma and little sister live a richer life.
Prepare a big bag and buy some dry food in the city.
Dry food was mainly portable and easy to store, so Su Chen didn't care about its taste.
Anyway, I didn’t come from a noble family, so I wouldn’t say I disliked it and couldn’t eat it.
Just go out and practice as long as you can fill your stomach.
After everything was ready, Su Chen walked south alone.
Outside the city, as long as it has not been swept away, there is already a layer of white snow.
In fact, this amount of snow is not that big.
It's just a shallow layer.
In previous years, when it snowed heavily, the snow could easily reach the ankles.
All the way south, [Monster Hunting Pioneer] destiny is also activated.
Although the activity of monsters decreases in winter, you still need to be vigilant when it’s time to be vigilant.
After crossing the defense line of Tiangang City, further south, it seemed that the number of people suddenly became less and less.
Outside the defense line, you can obviously see more plants.
Many plants have only bare branches left, but looking at these branches crowded together, it seems that you can feel how dense this place is in spring and summer.
Normally, among the people of Da Zhou, no one would be able to jump over the defense line.
Su Chen did not hesitate and continued to go south.
There is actually another technique for searching for medicinal materials in winter, which Aniang taught me.
I used to rely on this technique when looking for wild vegetables in winter with my mother-in-law.
Most plants don't like cold.
Even if it grows in winter, many choose a slightly warmer location if possible.
One of the important reasons for the coldness in winter is the cold wind.
So in that kind of depression, that's the plant's preferred location.
In the past, many wild vegetables could be found using this method.
If you don’t have a suitable place to go in your heart, start by looking for a depression.
Looking up, there is a slightly higher mountain peak in the distance.
Climbing high and looking into the distance, Su Chen stepped forward, preparing to go to higher ground and see where there was a depression.
With the strength of the middle realm of eighth-level refining, it is extremely easy to climb a small mountain.
But on the way up, Su Chen had to pay attention to his surroundings and be on guard against the appearance of monsters.
In two quarters of an hour, we reached the top of the mountain.
He looked up, looking for a depression.
In the wilderness, there are still some plants that have not lost their leaves and have withstood the cold winter.
However, there are relatively few such plants, and most of them are deciduous plants.
There seemed to be a depression on his left hand side.
After briefly memorizing the surrounding landforms, Su Chen walked towards the depression.
The snow was not deep this year, and it was not even deep enough to cover my shins.
Soon, Su Chen came to the depression he had just discovered.
This place is almost thirty miles away from Tiangang City's defense line.
This distance is actually quite deep.
If it were summer time, I might encounter a monster within three or two steps.
The farther away you are from the defense line, the fewer people will come.
The possibility of those medicinal materials being picked is also lower.
Many herb collectors are experienced, but their abilities are average and they don’t have the guts to enter this position.
Su Chen tried to push the snow away and began to search.
There are indeed many herbs hidden under the snow.
Some were just weeds, but soon, Su Chen discovered a medicinal plant, white pine grass.
Continuing to push away more snow, there were four tufts of white pine grass growing here.
(End of chapter)