Chapter 151: The Hundred Medicinal Gardens
Although Han Li didn’t know about the conversation between that Uncle Ye and the old man surnamed Wu after he left, he also felt exasperated beyond measure!
Ever since he had experienced what happened to Dr. Mo, it was really the first time he had encountered something like this, where he knew that there was a big pit in front of him that he still had to jump into. This made Han Li chagrined beyond measure, but it also convinced him that the Immortal Cultivation Realm was also a place of the weak and the strong.
”I’ll go back to him to get it if I need it in the future!” As soon as he thought of this, Han Li laughed coldly, he would definitely let this Uncle Ye know in the future that his things were not so easy to swallow!
He stood on the ground and looked into the distance. By this time, Deacon Yu had already returned to the Hundred Opportunities Hall, as the Hundred Medicinal Gardens was not far ahead, a small basin between two hills that had also been set up by the owner of the Medicinal Gardens to prevent outsiders from intruding.
Han Li lifted his leg and walked a short distance before he touched the nearby prohibition and was blocked by a white light.
However, he wasn’t alarmed and raised a jade tablet to shine a light in front of him, and immediately a green aura shot out from the tablet and flew into the forbidden system before Han Li waited patiently.
”Come in!” A dry voice came from within, as if ringing in Han Li’s ears. Then the prohibitions in front of him all disappeared like ice and snow melting away.
Seeing this, Han Li didn’t dare to slow down and hurriedly walked in.
Following the path in front of him, Han Li stopped in front of a courtyard with a “Hundred Medicine Garden” plaque, which was large enough to be several acres in size. Before he entered the courtyard, a strong medicinal fragrance came out from inside, invigorating Han Li’s spirit.
”What are you doing standing outside? Hurry up and come in, I still have things to go out for!” Han Li was stunned, but immediately obeyed and walked in.
Standing inside, Han Li truly saw the situation within the garden clearly.
Several thatched huts made of hay and bamboo were located in the center of the garden, surrounded by a square piece of land that was divided by a trench and arranged in a neat and tidy manner. Each piece of land was lush and green, planted with many medicinal herbs familiar or unfamiliar to Han Li, and some odd-looking plants, making the entire garden full of aura, and even an Immortal Cultivator like Han Li felt a sense of relief after taking a deep breath.
”Come to the house!” The owner of the voice was a bit impatient when he saw him dawdling.
Han Li smiled faintly and walked inside the thatched hut without a care in the world.
Inside the house stood a withered, short old man who was looking dissatisfiedly at Han Li, who had just entered the room. The old man was about fifty years old from the looks of it, with two withered, yellowish moustaches, and a pair of somewhat cloudy, small eyes that darted about. At first glance it truly looked like a large humanoid rat that had become refined.
”You are the disciple sent by the Hundred Chance Hall to manage the garden? You’re also a bit too young, and your kung fu is still so poor! Is the guy surnamed Ye perfunctory? How come the people sent here are not as good as once?” As soon as the skinny old man saw Han Li’s appearance, his face sank and he launched into a big tantrum.
”Disciple Han Li, meet Master Ma!” Han Li had long known about the little old man’s eccentric temper from the dossier, so he wasn’t surprised and stepped forward to salute.
”Hmph! Do you know how heavy the punishment will be for failing to complete the mission? It’s not too late for you to go back and ask that Senior Ye Brother of mine to send another person!” The little old man rolled his eyes for a moment and said without any good humor.
”Is it that the size of the medicinal garden has to remain the same, the herbs can’t be aborted, and a certain amount of herbs need to be handed over every month! If that’s the case, the late generation still has some confidence!” Han Li said without moving.
Hearing Han Li’s words, the old man was somewhat surprised. It seemed like this was the first time he had encountered a Pipe Garden disciple like Han Li, who was confident as soon as he opened his mouth. He couldn’t help but re-survey Han Li, but the skepticism within his eyes still hadn’t diminished in the slightest.
”You come with me!” The little old man suddenly said coldly before walking out of the thatched hut, and Han Li followed without hesitation.
”How many of these herbs can you recognize?” The old man pointed at the garden full of flowers and plants and said with a slanted look at Han Li.
”One tenth.” Han Li lightly spat out after sweeping a glance.
After hearing Han Li’s words, the little old man froze for a moment, but then coldly laughed and said, “Little fellow, if you can truly recognize one-tenth of the herbs, I’ll leave the garden to you to manage without further ado!”
With these words from the other party, Han Li smiled faintly and left the little old man’s side.
”Midnight Flower, Yellow Bulbous Grass, White Crane Cheese, and Moonwatch Grass ……,” Han Li casually called out the names of the herbs he recognized while strolling through the garden.
The little old man was still sneering at first, but as he listened, a look of surprise appeared on his face as Han Li actually named many very remote herbs, some of which even he himself had gone through a lot of trouble to make the efficacy clear, which surprised him greatly.
”Enough!” When Han Li had only finished a small half of the flowers and herbs he recognized, the little old man spoke out to stop his performance.
”Very well, it doesn’t seem to be a complete braggart! This medicine garden will be under your management for the time being, this is the prohibition token for this place, be careful to follow it!” A look of satisfaction appeared on this old man’s face as he nimbly pulled out a dark green wooden token from his body and threw it to Han Li.
”Inside the house are my insights on cultivating herbs in previous years, you should also take a good look, after all, you’re still unfamiliar with most of the herbs, so don’t get me prematurely killed!” The old man stroked his moustache and admonished.
”Many thanks for the reminder, senior uncle, disciple has kept it in mind!” Han Li said in a respectful voice.
”Cough! I hope your ability works as well as your mouth, so that I can truly free myself from this medicinal garden without having to delay my old man’s cultivation. This medicine garden is old me’s private medicine land, so if you are truly capable of this job, old me will never treat you poorly. But let’s say it in advance, if you can’t, then get out while you can and replace it with someone else, got it?” The old man said in a gracious manner.
When Han Li heard the other party’s nonchalant words, not only did he not get angry, but instead, his good feelings rose. Feeling that this old man was much better than that Master Ye, at the very least, the other party was not a hypocrite-type villain. So, hastily nodded his head and said yes.
After explaining a few more precautions for managing this garden, the little old man returned to the hut and hurriedly packed up, then left the medicinal garden without looking back and flew away.
After Han Li watched this Master Ma go away, he randomly selected a hut and packed it up, treating it as his own living room.
Because he had been busy all day and hadn’t been able to rest for a while, even an Immortal Cultivator like Han Li felt a bit of tedium, so he climbed into his bed and huffed and puffed his way to sleep first.
To him, even if there was something heavenly about to happen outside, it wouldn’t be too late to wait until he was refreshed to tackle it, and by this time, it was just about dark.
Han Li’s first day as a new disciple of the Yellow Maple Valley passed without any twists and turns. When Han Li woke up in high spirits on the second day, his path to Immortal Cultivation had officially begun.
In the following period of time, Han Li delved into the experience and notes left behind by the old man during the day, while at night, he secretly buried that mysterious vial in a corner of the medicinal field, and covered it with the remnants of that high-priced exchanged magic treasure in order to conceal the shocking signs of its absorption of spiritual qi.
In this way, this corner of the spiritual qi in addition to slightly thicker than other places, really no longer other annoying place, so that Han Li secretly mention the heart, finally put down to.
And that Ye uncle, also a few days later with the so-called Foundation Establishment Dan exchange, found Han Li. And only one-fifth of the originally stated spirit stones and magic weapons and other items were handed over to Han Li, as for the matter of the dan that should also be included, this Ye Hall Master seems to have long forgotten, and Han Li also looks as if he is pretending not to know.
However, despite this, Han Li still got rich overnight. He got two middle-order spirit stones, dozens of low-order spirit stones, as well as three well-refined magic weapons and some talismans.