Chapter 4 Entering the Spiritual Herb Garden

Xiang Tianxing was having a good sleep on the back of the yak-like beast. Suddenly, he felt a slight breeze. He opened his eyes abruptly and nimbly rolled to the side and jumped down. He was facing a middle-aged man's face full of anger. The man cursed, "Little bastard! What did I tell you yesterday? I told you to deliver it at the beginning of the hour of snake. Look at what time it is now?"

This person is probably Supervisor Cui that Yan Chi mentioned. Xiang Tianxing narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the sky. Well, the sun was high in the sky. Judging from the time, it must be noon at least. He suppressed a yawn and replied, "Noon." The supervisor Cui was so angry that his beard seemed to fly up. His face was ashen. He reached out to grab him and cursed, "I think you don't want to live anymore, you little brat!"

How could Xiang Tianxing be grabbed by him? He ducked down and slipped out from under the belly of the yak-like beast. He was small in stature, with short hands and feet. He was as flexible as a fish. How could Supervisor Cui catch up with him? And he couldn't lower his status and crawl under the beast's belly either. He snorted coldly and stared at Xiang Tianxing with gloomy eyes. He urged the spiritual energy in his dantian, determined to teach this kid a lesson.

Xiang Tianxing ran a few steps. Suddenly, he felt a cool breeze blowing past his knees. He quickly reacted and turned back and hid beside the yak-like beast again. The coolness just grazed past the edge of his trousers. With a "puff", it was the muffled sound of a sharp object piercing into flesh. Of course, it wasn't piercing Xiang Tianxing's flesh.

Immediately after, there was a painful moo. Although the yak-like beast is usually a docile spiritual beast, if it is suddenly startled and in pain, it will definitely become enraged. It is huge in size and has astonishing strength. Immediately, it kicked out with a hoof. The supervisor is only at the Qi Refining stage. Coupled with the suddenness of the event, how could he resist? In an instant, he flew out like a stone and rolled a long way before stopping, wailing continuously.

On the contrary, Xiang Tianxing took the opportunity to cling to the pile of sacks on the back of the yak-like beast and escaped unharmed. The commotion here quickly attracted many people to watch. They poked their heads and looked into the yard. Someone came forward and helped Supervisor Cui up and said, "Are you okay? Lao Cui, what happened to you?"

Supervisor Cui was filled with great hatred. That hoof just now almost broke his intestines. Now when someone asked, he couldn't say that he couldn't even deal with an eight or nine-year-old kid. After all, he was a supervisor. If word got out, where would he put his face? Thinking of this, his face twitched. He glared at Xiang Tianxing with gritted teeth and said, "I'm fine. I just fell down just now." That person let out a "hey" and patted him on the shoulder. "Be more careful. You can fall even on flat ground." Supervisor Cui's mouth twitched. He felt that his heart, liver, spleen, and stomach were all twisted together. He gritted his teeth and endured, saying, "Wang Da, trouble you. This little brat is incompetent. Help me lock him up."

The person named Wang Da was surprised, but he still agreed. Looking at Xiang Tianxing's thin arms and legs, which were like firewood sticks and seemed to break if pinched, he asked one more question out of curiosity, "What are you going to do with him?" Supervisor Cui's abdomen was churning and绞痛. Cold sweat was pouring down. He replied vaguely, "Lock him in the small room behind the dining hall first. Later, I'll send him to the fourth-grade spiritual herb garden." After he finished speaking, he covered his stomach and turned to leave, as if he would spit blood in the next moment. Wang Da repeatedly said, "Okay. You go. Ask the medical clinic to take a good look. Maybe you broke a bone." Supervisor Cui was really unable to speak anymore. He just waved his hand and his figure disappeared outside the yard.

Wang Da looked down at Xiang Tianxing standing beside the yak-like beast. He was small and thin and short. Standing beside the huge yak-like beast, the contrast was even more striking. There was no flesh on his face. His big eyes rolled and looked at him as if people were worried that his eyeballs would roll out in the next moment. Wang Da knew Supervisor Cui's methods. This person was ruthless and cared about face. It was estimated that this kid had displeased him somewhere. Xiang Tianxing looked only seven or eight years old. Logically speaking, a child this young shouldn't be sent to deliver spiritual grains. If the yak-like beast got temperamental on the way and stepped on him with a hoof, probably not even a whole corpse could be found.

He sighed and felt a little bit of pity. He reached out with his big hand and pulled Xiang Tianxing over and asked, "What's your name?" Xiang Tianxing felt the fan-like palm patting on the back of his head. His whole body involuntarily leaned forward. He gritted his teeth in his heart. Forget it. He was a wise person and had to know the current situation. When under someone else's roof, he had to bow his head. After muttering to himself several times, he opened his mouth and answered, "My name is Xiang Tianxing." "Tianxing. A good name." Wang Da chuckled.

Xiang Tianxing then remembered one thing. The surname Xiang was not very common, and his original name was extremely renowned. This person named Wang Da might just be a low-level disciple within the sect. It was normal for him not to know. But if his enemies knew, they would probably become suspicious immediately. Originally, this surname was taken from his master. He liked it very much. But now it seemed that he couldn't use his original name for the time being. Xiang Tianxing clicked his tongue. There was a rare sense of pity in his heart.

Then Wang Da said again, "Okay. There's no need to wait for Lao Cui to come back. I'm going to the spiritual herb garden. I might as well send you there." Xiang Tianxing was stunned for a moment. He looked up at him. Wang Da looked honest and simple. At first glance, he was a person with a good temper. Unexpectedly, the other party was willing to help him. They were just strangers who met by chance. When Wang Da saw him looking at him, he smiled and walked out, asking casually, "How old are you?" How old? Xiang Tianxing didn't know either. He looked at his hands that were like chicken claws and answered uncertainly, "Eight or nine years old... I guess?" Wang Da laughed and said, "I used to have a younger sister who was about the same age as you." In the past? That meant there was no later then? Xiang Tianxing was quietly looking at the surrounding scenery while thinking randomly.

Wang Da led him onto a path. After thinking for a while, he said, "Lao Cui is very vengeful. If you go to the spiritual herb garden, don't come out for a while. It won't be good if he sees you. The spiritual herb garden is not his territory. He can't do anything to you. Just hide from him." Perhaps because he thought of his sister or really pitied this little kid, Wang Da became more talkative and chattered non-stop. Xiang Tianxing's veins on his forehead were throbbing. His fingers moved, trying to make a spell to silence him. But soon he gave up. There was no other reason. Because his attention was completely attracted by something else. "What's that?"

Wang Da looked up and said without much surprise, "Oh, that's the symbol of our sect. Can you see it clearly from so far away? It is said that it was left by a patriarch on the eve of his ascension. I don't know how many years ago it was." Xiang Tianxing's mouth twitched. On the most conspicuous main peak in the distance, stone steps coiled up like a long dragon. At the highest point, there was a stone platform with a huge sword inserted on it. The sword blade was extremely cold in the sunlight. It seemed that just looking at it could split a person's sight in two. From such a distance, even on the eyelids, one could feel the extremely sharp sword energy. Seeing this, he finally remembered which sect this was.

As Xiang Tianxing had guessed correctly before, this sect was indeed wealthy. He had come here many times before and taken advantage of them many times, making their sect leader suffer a lot. Even his Dao companion Qu Zhenshan was originally from here. The Qingxu Sect. Xiang Tianxing, who hated sword cultivators the most, one day actually fell into the lair of sword cultivators. It was truly retribution. Xiang Tianxing almost darkened his face on the spot. In his opinion, sword cultivators, one or two, regardless of their cultivation strength, as long as they embarked on this path, were all crazy. And in the entire Qingxu Sect, there were not many normal people, including his former Dao companion Qu Zhenshan.

Only then did he notice that there was a short sword hanging on Wang Da's waist. It was just because it was covered by his robe that it couldn't be seen at first glance. Xiang Tianxing immediately felt as if ants were crawling all over his body. He was extremely uncomfortable. Enduring Qu Zhenshan was okay. After all, he was his Dao companion. And Qu Zhenshan seemed quite normal before. Although later he still went crazy as expected, but there was only one Qu Zhenshan after all. And here, there were hundreds and thousands of them. And they were all sword cultivators! Realizing this fact, Xiang Tianxing's bones itched. He wished he could fly hundreds of miles away immediately.

Just when his expression changed several times, Wang Da's voice came, "What's wrong? Tianxing?" Xiang Tianxing's expression stiffened for a moment and then quickly returned to normal. He said calmly, "Nothing." Wang Da let out an "oh" and said, "I know a few people in the spiritual herb garden. When you get there, stay there well. If you do a good job, it will be a good job." He gave a few instructions and then chattered about other things. This time Xiang Tianxing listened. There was no way. He had to divert his attention. On the contrary, except for being a sect of sword cultivators, the Qingxu Sect had nothing bad. The sect was large, so no one would notice that the core of this low-level disciple had changed.

Although the spiritual herb garden was a bit far away, it was in a different direction from the previous Linggu Mountain. The terrain was also different. Linggu Mountain was full of gullies everywhere. The mountain path was winding and secluded. While the spiritual herb garden was a large flat area. From the outside, it looked like a huge villa. Wang Da led him into the villa. As soon as they entered, there was a screen wall. There were carved rocks, flowers, birds, and climbing vines on it. After turning around the screen wall, the space behind became spacious. There were rooms on both sides. There were many herbs drying in the yard. The unique smell of plants was floating and mixing together, forming a special smell.

There were two teenagers sitting in the yard. They were idly fiddling with the picked spiritual herbs. When they saw people coming, one of them lifted his eyelids and asked, "What are you doing here?" Wang Da said, "I'm looking for your Supervisor Yang. Didn't he say last time that there wasn't enough manpower in the spiritual herb garden? I have someone here to send over for him to use." The shorter teenager next to him glanced up and down at Xiang Tianxing and sneered, "Him? This is like sending us a baby to raise." The taller teenager gently kicked him and said, "Shut up." He smiled at Wang Da and said, "Unfortunately, Supervisor Yang is not here today. I can make some decisions. Where did this child work before?" Wang Da replied, "He was at Linggu Mountain. But recently, there is enough manpower at Linggu Mountain. A new batch of disciples has been assigned there. So he has nothing to do." The short teenager's eyes widened and blurted out, "I-" Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked by the taller teenager again. He held it back and reluctantly shut up. The taller teenager smiled and said, "I know. We are short of manpower. It's really great that you can send us a helper."

This meant he accepted. Wang Da chuckled and said, "Okay. Later, please tell Supervisor Yang for me. I'll leave Tianxing with you. Although he is young, he is quite efficient in doing things." After some back and forth, Xiang Tianxing was smoothly arranged in the spiritual herb garden. Wang Da gave him a few more instructions to work hard and then left. As soon as he left, the short teenager couldn't hold back anymore and jumped up and shouted, "What the hell! Last time we asked, they said there were no new disciples. Now it's good. As long as Linggu Mountain needs manpower, we have to step aside, right? If they have the ability, don't come begging for spiritual herbs!" The taller teenager lifted his eyelids and said, "What are you yelling about?" "Can't I yell? Look, look at this little thing. What can he do?" The short teenager pointed at Xiang Tianxing and said angrily, "He's not even as tall as a table leg when he stands up. Can he lift a wooden bucket?" Xiang Tianxing:... Sure enough, he didn't get along with sword cultivators. Thinking about it, this was the first time in his life that someone dared to call him a little thing to his face!