165 Medicinal herb gathering team (2/2)
The leading youngster shook his head, rejecting the Junior's suggestion.
”So where should we go now? The elders in the Sect instructed us to gather the medicinal herbs with task restriction, so we would be severely punished if we couldn't complete the task,” Another youngster said worriedly.
Although Changbai Mountain produced massive amount of different medicinal herbs, some places were no longer producing medicinal herbs after the constant yearly gathering. The remaining ones were newly grown with insufficient age and maturity, so it would be useless to gather them.
However, the precious medicinal herbs that were not gathered would definitely grow in places that were hard to reach, which was the reason for their survival. Whether they were able to find them was purely based on luck. The task of gathering medicinal herbs these days was indeed difficult for anyone.
”Senior, should we try our luck at Crouching Tiger Gorge? It was said that in the recent years, Crouching Tiger Gorge has been producing some good medicinal herbs,” A youngster suggested.
”We'll try Crouching Tiger Gorge then.”
The leading youngster nodded his head, as he couldn't think of a better suggestion.
They didn't know that, not far behind them, there was a tail that was following them.
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”Miss, I reckon we will reach Cedar Peak after we climb go over this mountain.”
In the forest, there was a group of five: four young men in black suits with stern expressions and a beautiful girl in sports attire and trekking shoes with a backpack on her back.
This group of people continued to climb the mountains, intending to get to some place.
”Do we have to climb over this mountain?” The girl asked, while gasping for breath and wiping the perspiration off her forehead.
After walking in the forest for a long while, her white sports attire was already smeared with dirt, and her face had scratches left behind from the thistles and thorns of the branches.
As for the other four bodyguards, their images were no better, as their bodies were also in a sorry state.
These few people would surely be recognized if Mo Wen was around – they were none other than FRB and her four bodyguards.
”I reckon we can't get there today. We can only get there tomorrow.”
The leading bodyguard looked at the mountain ahead. It looked close, but in actuality, it was far away from them. Even if it was a flat land, not to mention the forest, it would take a long time to get there.
FRB took out a map from her backpack. After scrutinizing it carefully, seemingly verifying her destination, she put the map back into the backpack.
”Let's press on a little and try to get to the base of the mountain before we pitch our tents for the night.”
A flicker of determination flashed in FRB's eyes, then she continued to trek on without the fragility of an ordinary lady but strength instead.
They just walked for a while and soon met another group. That group from afar walked towards their direction.
”Miss, some people are coming our way.”
One of the bodyguards furrowed his brows and caution flashed in his eyes. The primeval forest of Changbai Mountain was not a peaceful place; anything could happen. So to meet a group of people in the deep mountains and virgin forests was not exactly a good thing.
”How many people are there?”
FRB was nervous as she heard him. She heard long ago of the heinous robbers who hid in the Changbai Mountain – would they be so unlucky as to meet them?
”Only five of them. By their appearance and attire, they seemed to be the local aboriginals. They should be the medicinal herb gathering team who were gathering medicinal herbs in the mountain.”
The bodyguards next to FRB were a little relieved that there were only five people in that group.
From their appearance: the people were wearing simple ancient costumes, simple clothes, and cloth shoes with a bamboo basket on their back – they looked similar to the villagers around Changbai Mountain.
Many of the villagers around Changbai Mountain hunted and gathered medicinal herbs for a living, so it was not a strange thing to meet them in the deep mountains.
”We will disregard them and continue to go on our way.”
FRB heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the reply and also verified that there were only five of them, which should not be a big threat to them.
Furthermore, she had bodyguards from the world's renowned security company which trained high quality professionals who would be able to handle ordinary people with ease. Furthermore, they had guns on them so there was nothing to worry if anything happened.
”Senior, there was a group ahead coming towards us,” One of the five youngsters with delicate features told another young man who was called the senior and dressed weirdly.
They were none other than the medicinal herb gathering term of five who passed through the scenic spot. They were walking leisurely in the mountain for a while but they didn't find many precious medicinal herbs – instead they met FRB's group.