Qiu Zu: From an apprentice in a medicine shop to an immortal ancestor.

As the saying goes, there's no better day than today.

Qiu Zhen had been meditating and practicing martial arts all night, and now it was Yin time, about three or four in the morning.

It was too late to sleep for long.

It was too early to go to work at the pharmacy.

So, he took his wood-chopping knife, carried his herb-collecting bamboo basket and Atractylodes macrocephala, and set off into the mountains.

Soon, he followed the official road out of the suburbs of Qingmu Town, leaving the hunting area of the human race and entering the deserted deep mountains and old forests.

In fact, in the past, Qiu Zhen and Big Head Zhao Dou and Thin Monkey Shen Liang went to the mountains to collect herbs, all within the "Human Territory", and would not enter the deep mountains and old forests.

Even if they did, they would only wander around the edges, not daring to go deep, for fear of encountering large fierce beasts, or even demon beasts.

Everything has two sides.

"Human Territory" has regular patrols, and hunting and herb collecting are relatively safer, but the resources are relatively scarce.

Firstly, due to the long-term development by humans, the resources in the mountains are relatively scarce and barren.

Secondly, every mountain, river, and lake in the "Human Territory" is owned, either belonging to the government, or the private property of wealthy families, or the collective property of certain villages, and outsiders are not allowed to touch them.

If anyone casually enters the mountains to "steal things" and gets caught, they will inevitably be beaten up, taken to see the officials, and finally have to pay a fine.

Qiu Zhen used to go to the state-run mountain forests and wetlands to collect herbs.

During a specific season of the year, the government allows the people to go to the mountains to collect herbs, hunt, and fish.

However, 50% of the "harvest" must be handed over.

The resources in the state-run forest land are already scarce, and after paying the "herb collecting and hunting tax", it is basically just earning hard-earned money, and working hard for most of the day is not as profitable as working in the pharmacy.

Therefore, he was not very enthusiastic about it in the past.

He would only occasionally leave the human territory and wander around the wilderness, trying his luck.

However, this time, with Bai Shu leading the way, the situation was different.

As soon as he left the human territory, Qiu Zhen released the white fox from the bamboo basket on his back and let it lead the way.

Bai Shu was a mountain elf, and once back in the mountain forest wilderness, it didn't have to clamp its tail and restrain its breath. Like a fish in water, it was very comfortable, crossing hills and bushes like a gust of wind, incredibly fast.

Fortunately, Qiu Zhen succeeded in building his foundation, and his martial arts had greatly improved, so he barely kept up and didn't fall behind.

With a fox demon leading the way, everything went smoothly along the way.

Half an hour later.

Qiu Zhen followed the white fox for almost twenty miles of mountain road and came to a small, sunless hill.

Bai Shu was familiar with the road, and with a leap, followed the protruding rocks and vines on the mountain wall, came to a place a hundred meters above the ground, and after a pause of its fox claws, it quickly revealed a rock cave the size of a dog hole.

"Ying ying ying ~"

Bai Shu cried out for a while, gesticulating with its fox claws, pointing far away to the surrounding vast mountains and fields, with a proud look on its face.

Qiu Zhen understood its meaning very quickly, as their minds were connected.

This rock cave was Bai Shu's nest, and the surrounding hills were its territory.

Whenever powerful fierce beasts invaded, it would resolutely take action to drive them away and defend its territory.

The "treasure medicine Atractylodes macrocephala" that was previously offered to it came from nearby hills.

"So that's how it is!"

Qiu Zhen nodded repeatedly, then looked around.

This place belonged to the hilly area, without high mountains and giant peaks, but the small mountains and hills undulated and rose and fell like dragons and snakes, which was quite spectacular.

Qiu Zhen took Bai Shu, climbed to the top of the mountain, looked around, and observed the surrounding terrain.

However, he had not yet dabbled in the art of surveying and geomancy, and did not see any clues.

Looking far from a high place, the third eye between his eyebrows did not "see" anything special either.

Along the way, Qiu Zhen was also experimenting with the "spiritual eye" magical power of the "third eye" while closely following Bai Shu.

After many experiments, he had a general understanding of the "spiritual eye" magical power.

The visible range of the "spiritual eye" to detect "spiritual objects" was about a hundred meters, and the closer it was, the easier it was to sense.

Once Bai Shu was far away, running out of a hundred or two hundred meters, his "spiritual eye" would be difficult to sense, and it was easy to lose the target.

In the end, he had to rely on the vague mind induction of the spiritual platform primordial spirit Dharma body to find Bai Shu.

"Bai Shu, let's go for a walk."

Qiu Zhen was not "waiting for a rabbit to fall into the trap".

Spiritual herbs and precious medicines are nourished and born by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon, and the natural Qi of mountains and rivers. Although they are full of randomness, there is a high probability that other spiritual herbs and precious medicines will appear in the place where spiritual herbs and precious medicines are born.

It is precisely because of this that if anyone discovers a spiritual herb or precious medicine in a certain place, the next day, "herb collectors" will flock to it and dig three feet into the ground to find treasures.

Many times, someone really hits the jackpot and digs up another spiritual herb or precious medicine.

Qiu Zhen also came here with this in mind, hoping to try his luck.

After all, he has a "spiritual eye", which makes it easier to find spiritual herbs and precious medicines.

At the moment, Qiu Zhen took Bai Shu and went around looking for treasures.

Speaking of which, the deep mountains and old forests are indeed much richer in resources than the state-run mountain forests and wetlands.

After half an hour, Qiu Zhen did not find any spiritual herbs or precious medicines, but the bamboo basket on his back was filled with half of licorice, Sanguisorba officinalis, Atractylodes lancea, and other herbs, which was a good harvest.

"Ying ying ying ~"

The fox demon Bai Shu followed around, wondering why the "god man" was digging useless weeds everywhere.

"There are no spiritual herbs or precious medicines here, forget it, let's go back after a stroll."

Qiu Zhen jumped onto a mountain rock, intending to take one last look from a high place before returning home to go to work at the pharmacy in town.

However, just as he glanced casually, the "third eye" between his eyebrows bloomed with golden light.

"Eh ~"

Qiu Zhen exclaimed in surprise, and then his face showed ecstasy.

In the valley in the distance, there was a faint flash of spiritual light.

Immediately, he wanted to set off to find the treasure, but just at this moment, a force pulled him.

It was the fox demon Bai Shu.

Bai Shu made an anxious cry, and its fox claws gesticulated quickly.

"Going in will get you lost? Can't get out? Very dangerous?"

Qiu Zhen was stunned when he heard this.

Except for a small forest in front of it, and a mountain stream passing through it, the rest is just wasteland bushes, and the whole is very open, not a bottomless deep mountain and dense forest.

Immediately, he thought of something.

Qiu Zhen, the spiritual platform Dharma body, closed his eyes and withdrew the "spiritual eye" magical power.

When he looked again with his naked eyes, the scene in front of him suddenly changed drastically.

The valley disappeared.

All that could be seen was lush forest in front of him, layer upon layer, and it seemed to be bottomless, gloomy and deep.

There was also a faint mist floating.

"This is... a ghost wall? An illusion?"

Qiu Zhen was overjoyed, [Heavenly Eye Vision] had worked.

At the moment, he didn't think much, awakened the heavenly eye between his eyebrows, and walked straight towards the valley.

Bai Shu was stunned for a while when he saw the "god man" going, but soon followed.

After about a few dozen breaths.

Qiu Zhen took Bai Shu, leaped over a stream that was about a meter wide.

The next moment, the surrounding scenery changed.

A valley wasteland covering three or four acres appeared in front of him.

Here, the sun shines directly, forming a huge contrast with the gloom and depth outside.

"Ying ying ying ~"

Bai Shu was amazed when he saw the scene in front of him.

It had also accidentally broken into the valley before, trapped inside, and almost starved to death inside.

It never expected that there would be a different world inside the valley.

"As expected of a god man!"

The little fox demon was amazed in his heart, and secretly rejoiced for his choice.

On the other side, Qiu Zhen was also secretly amazed.

There was no other reason.

After entering the valley, under the vision of the "Heavenly Eye" between his eyebrows, a patch of starlight appeared in front of him.

Qiu Zhen swallowed, exclaiming inwardly:

"What a blessed treasure land, I'm rich!"