Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 175: Chapter 127: Seeking Medicine

”Taiping Captains? I told you to lead the way! Is this how you do it?”

An angry shout erupted from the carriage. Feng Zhengqian climbed down, his expression foul as he stared at the wheel, which was wedged deep in a crevice between the rocks.

”Your carriage was pressing forward so determinedly, Envoy Feng. I thought you knew the way.”

Su Mu sauntered over from the rear of the group and said nonchalantly, ”We’re just poor folks from Wuling City. We haven’t seen much of the world. We normally wouldn’t dare take a carriage into the mountains.

I was actually starting to think your carriage was one of those legendary magical artifacts, Envoy Feng—the kind that can soar through the clouds.”

Feng Zhengqian was speechless.

’If I was qualified to ride in a damn magical artifact, would I need to be out here in this godforsaken backwater, hunting for Spiritual Medicine just to pad my record?’

’Who the hell knew there wouldn’t even be a decent road in mountains so close to the city?’

’A road like this is impassable for a carriage.’

’Damn it! Looks like I’ll have to go into the mountains on foot after all!’

”You two, get over here. We’re looking for Rainbow Grass. Tell me, which way do we go?”

Abandoning the carriage, Feng Zhengqian spoke coldly to Su Mu and Luo Anning.

”Envoy Feng, we’re no experts on Spiritual Medicine. You’ll have to at least tell us what Rainbow Grass looks like, its distinguishing features, and what kind of environment it grows in. Only then can we help you find it.”

Su Mu said calmly, ”With just a name, all I can do is lead you into Daxing Mountain to wander around and hope for the best. And if we get really lucky, maybe we’ll run into a few demons. That would be a real eye-opener for everyone.”

”Are you trying to tell me what to do?”

Humiliated, Feng Zhengqian flew into a rage. ”If you know you’re just an amateur, then shut up and stop wasting my time!” he snapped.

”Listen carefully. Rainbow Grass has thirteen curled, cylindrical leaves. One unfurls every hundred years, and when it does, it takes on all the colors of a rainbow, which is how it got its name.

It’s a Spirit Grass unique to Daxing Mountain, and it typically grows in places with a high concentration of foul energy...”

”I know of a few places not far from here where Rainbow Grass might grow,” Luo Anning said. ”We can check them one by one.”

Of everyone in the group, she was the most familiar with the outer regions of Daxing Mountain.

Back when she was still a Taiping Bureau White Clothes, she had spent all her time training in the outer regions of Daxing Mountain.

”Weren’t other members of the Taiping Bureau supposed to join us after we left the city? Where are they?” Feng Zhengqian asked, frowning at the dense forest ahead.

The eight-hundred-li Daxing Mountain was teeming with demons and fraught with peril.

He might be confident, but he wasn’t about to gamble with his own life.

”They’re already in the mountains,” Su Mu explained. ”You arrived earlier than expected, Envoy Feng, so they didn’t have time to return to the city. The Bureau sent them a message before we departed. Barring any surprises, they should be waiting for us when we reach the first supply point in the mountains.”

To coordinate with the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect’s operation, the Wuling City Taiping Bureau had assigned not only Su Mu and Luo Anning but also several other Taiping Captains.

”How much farther to the supply point? And how many Taiping Captains did you arrange?” Feng Zhengqian pressed.

”The nearest supply point is about thirty li away,” Luo Anning said. ”Every Taiping Captain in Wuling City has their own duties. Since we’re only searching for Spiritual Medicine in the outer regions of Daxing Mountain, the Taiping Captains assigned are more than enough.”

”Who says that’s enough?”

Feng Zhengqian’s voice rose in displeasure. ”What good are a few Taiping Captains? Your abilities don’t even measure up to mine. If we actually run into a demon, are you going to be protecting me, or will I be protecting you?”

”Our skills are more than adequate,” Luo Anning explained earnestly. ”I’m at the first stage of the Blood Transformation Realm, and I practice a Blood Exchange Technique with an eightfold effect. Captain Su has reached the Body Tempering Limit. And while he practices an ordinary Blood Exchange Technique, he has broken through its limits to achieve an eightfold effect. His power is actually greater than mine. With the other Taiping Captains, we are more than capable of protecting you in the outer regions of Daxing Mountain.”

”What a joke! The first stage of Blood Transformation, practicing some garbage Blood Exchange Technique with a mere eightfold effect, and you think you can protect *me*?”

Feng Zhengqian roared, ”I am a True Disciple of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect! I practice the Hundred Herbs Blood Exchange Method! I’m at the fifth stage of Blood Transformation with a ninefold effect!

I could take on both of you by myself! And you expect me to rely on you for protection?

That’s utterly ridiculous!”

Listening to Feng Zhengqian berate Su Mu and Luo Anning to their faces, Hu Guangshao felt a surge of pure satisfaction.

He looked at Su Mu, sneering inwardly.

’So you have days like this, too, do you?’

’So what if you reached the Body Tempering Limit? So what if you comprehended a special intent?’

’In the end, you’re still just practicing a mediocre Blood Exchange Technique. So what if your Body Tempering Limit physique let you reach an eightfold effect?’

’I, Hu Guangshao, will practice the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect’s Hundred Herbs Blood Exchange Method! And I will obtain the Blood Strengthening Pill! When that time comes, I’ll achieve a tenfold blood exchange!’

’That’s the difference between you and me!’

’You’re just a mud-legged peasant! Even if you got lucky and pulled ahead for a moment, you’re destined to lose to me in the end. You have no idea what kind of backing I have!’

Luo Anning wanted to step forward and explain that they weren’t weak—especially Su Mu, who had even killed a Blood Transformation Realm assassin from the Golden Wind Tower.

But before she could say a word, Su Mu stopped her.

”Envoy Feng, while our cultivation realms may not be as high as yours, we have a much better understanding of the outer regions of Daxing Mountain. We’ll do our best to avoid any demons and ensure you aren’t put in a dangerous position.”

Su Mu said calmly, ”If you’re truly that worried, you can wait at the supply point. We can take responsibility for finding the Spiritual Medicine you need.

The City Defense Army is stationed there, so it’s quite safe.”

”Leave it to you? With your level of skill, how could I possibly trust you to handle it?”