Even though they were little kids, they were sly and clever imps. Unwilling to say much, they only told Yue Yang, Ye Kong and company to not move from their original position.
Their intentions were that they did not want to compete with the older brothers and sisters.
It goes without saying that they were young and weak, plus with Demon Insects roaming about everywhere, once they dismounted their Flying-type beasts, the situation could become dangerous for them quickly. Hence these smart little chaps targeted the new students like Yue Yang and company. They realised that Yue Yang, Ye Kong, Fatty Hai and company did not know how to recognise the herbs, and were the type to just look around upon arriving in the Demon Abyss. Hence, under the leadership of a little girl around ten years old, they came over to discuss the possibility of cooperation with Yue Yang.
If it was purely to defeat demons or hunt for magic crystals, it would be a wonder if Yue Yang would even bother to pay attention to them. But when it came to gathering medicinal herbs, did he, who did not even know what the Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid looked like, even have a second choice?
“Found it!” A female classmate had first used her Snow Wolf beast to disperse the Demon Insects, then, in a pleasant surprise, found the medicinal herb in the rock crevice. She hurriedly placed it into her medicine sack.
The one who helped her find the medicinal herb was a little jumping mouse.
It did not have any battle capabilities, but through jumping and hopping about, it helped its owner find three Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchids in succession.
At the start, Yue Yang initially thought that the Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid was only about one metre tall, and that they grew all over the ground, mingling with Rat Spot Flying Yang Grass, in a way that was so visually confusing that it was hard to differentiate. What he was unaware of was that it was entirely different from what he thought. This Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid was actually only about two centimeters tall in height and was also a weird type of plant that grew in the depths of rock crevices. Not talking about one entire plain, even to find one of them in a mass of stone rubble was definitely not going to be easy.
“You cannot just pick any grass, this isn’t a Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchid at all, it isn’t Rat Spot Flying Yang Grass either. It isn’t even Silver Fragment Leaf Smelly Flower… This isn’t even a herb.” Fatty Hai tried to imitate their actions, digging up anything resembling a Demon Abyss plant. He thought that if he collected an entire nest, no matter what he would find a few Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchids. In any case he just needed to bring the herbs back and cause headaches to the clinic’s doctors. However, there was a tall and pretty girl, who saw the herbs in his hands and could not help but laugh at him while covering her hand over her mouth, as if she saw a big gorilla that didn’t know how to peel the skin of a banana.
“Not even one?” Fatty Hai still refused to accept this reality.
“If it grew all over the ground, why is there a need to send us here? Besides, you did not employ the proper methods to gather the herb, so even if you collected it, it would have also become useless. Take your time to learn, don’t worry, I will collect more and not let the poisoned soldiers be deprived of the cure because of your failure to gather the herbs.” That tall girl’s tinkling laughter sounded like the ringing of bells.
Fatty Hai felt embarrassed upon hearing this, and hurriedly discarded the weeds in his hands.
Yue Yang did not distract himself gathering the herbs. He knew that in terms of differentiating between the herbs, he still had much to learn. Now what was most important was to prevent accidents from happening.
Yue Yang thought that working with Little Princess Bei Bei and company was a successful method of gathering the herbs. The eagle-eyed man did not stipulate that they must personally pick the herbs, working in teams was also within the rules. Otherwise, why would he require a group to be formed between every five people? Yue Yang reckoned that teamwork training was also an implied purpose in this.
“Newbie greenhorns should learn more.” A boy with a haughty appearance came over and picked a medicinal herb beneath Ye Kong’s feet, sauntering off looking immensely pleased with himself.
The beast he was using was a long-legged spider which could accurately detect the location of the medicinal herb.
This guy was actually not very good at it, he was just a little better than Yue Yang, Ye Kong and company. Currently he had also only picked two Black Eared Shrivel Heart Orchids.
There was also a solitary girl wearing thief’s clothings that acted the most extreme. When everybody was still turning over rocks everywhere, she had already unfolded her scroll, and in a thin streak of white light, had directly teleported back.
Evidently, she had already collected t