Chapter 176: Herb Picking Profession
Zhao Qingcheng could tell that Yi Yun had some interest in the Luohuo Association and turned slightly delighted, “Hehe, little brother, it will be difficult to last in the Tai Ah Divine City without being in an association. How about it, are you interested in joining our Luohuo Association? Our Luohuo Association has very strict entry requirements! But I will introduce you, and you can immediately become an associate member!”
The olive branch Zhao Qingcheng threw to Yi Yun was rejected by him with a shake of his head, “No thanks, I’ll go at it alone.”
Associate member? What a joke! I wouldn’t even join as a full member!
Although Yi Yun had these thoughts on his mind, a harmless smile was still plastered on his face.
Actually Yi Yun knew that his current situation as a rookie kid with a medicine basket on his back made him look like a poor, low-class peasant. Who would want to accept him!
“Alright, if anyone bullies you, Sis here will protect you, hehe!”
Zhao Qingcheng fluttered her eyes at Yi Yun before she went off with her other sisters like lark birds.
Yi Yun was left holding the little booklet in a daze. The primordial herbs seemed difficult to pick. It was better for him to look for Heaven-ranked herbs, which was more reliable. Even Earth-ranked herbs would do.
But he could not be too exaggerated in his picking. He had to toe the line.
As he was thinking about this, a lioness suddenly roared behind him.
“Are you done? If you are done, stop dazing here blocking the path! Go elsewhere if you fancy to daze!”
Yi Yun jumped and turned his head and saw the Wang woman with a mirror in one hand, and the other hand tapping the table impatiently.
“This woman… reached her menopause?” Yi Yun maliciously thought, but he felt that it was not worth it to make a fuss with the bad-tempered woman. Well… the real reason is that he had no ability to make a fuss. His arms were thin, he had just arrived at the Tai Ah Divine City and could not yet do a thing. He was just a shrimp with no presence wherever he went.
But Yi Yun did not mind. He was extremely happy. Who said that there was no future in picking herbs? He just got a goal he could work hard towards.
As such, Yi Yun carried the the herb sickle and the herb basket that was about half his size out of the office.
In this pathetic, uncouth outfit, he walked on the streets of the Tai Ah Divine City, receiving all sorts of contempt, as well as odd and confused stares. Finally, Yi Yun reached the teleportation portal to the herbal mountain.
When he began to pick herbs, Yi Yun realized that trying to date girls while picking herbs was an unrealistic situation.
The Tai Ah Divine City herbal mountain had been divided into many sectors, and each sector was immense. And many of the sectors were segregated by arrays, preventing passage into another sector.
A herbal mountain was a wonderland nearly a thousand miles in radius. Around the wonderland, there were multiple arrays surrounding it.
In this mountain a rich spiritual aura and the protection of arrays prevented any typical desolate beasts from entering.
The herb mountain bred all sorts of treasures. These treasures were widely distributed on steep cliffs, deep abysses, or in the middle of a huge divine mountain.
Herb-gatherers were randomly sent to a herb mountain and Yi Yun was the only person in this particular herb mountain. After the herbs were collected, a herb-gatherer would have to use the teleportation portal in order to return to the Tai Ah Divine City.
Upon reaching the Tai Ah Divine City, they had to turn over the herbs and calculate the dragon scale runes rewards.
Hence, the herbs picked in the herb mountain could not be traded or secretly kept.
There was even a body-search of the warriors before they went picking herbs. This was to prevent unscrupulous people from bringing their own herbs to exchange for dragon scale runes.
Under all these rules, herb-picking was a lonely and boring job. It was hardly surprising that few people were willing to do it.
But, this suited Yi Yun.
When his body entered the teleportation array, sparkles flew around his body and a violent wind blew, making Yi Yun feel some change. When he opened his eyes again, he was already at the base of a huge unfamiliar mountain.
What Yi Yun saw made him speechless.
While in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun had seen many magnificent mountains. But those mountains could not compete with the peak in front of him.
The mountain in front of him pierced the clouds and stretched far, with no end in sight.
The peak was probably obscured several dozen miles away by a thick hazy mist.
Under the mountain peak, lush plants grew. Ignoring the large trees, just the shrubs alone were as tall as a person. Their roots were dense and sharp, like swords and spears.
There was jagged gravel that rolled down to the foot of the mountain.