825 Gathering Medicinal Herbs (2/2)

”Oh.” Wan'er stuck out her tongue. She discovered that in front of Mo Wen, she could not even bring herself to resist, only nodding her head obediently.

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Early in the morning the following day, Wan'er came to deliver Mo Wen breakfast and medicinal soups as usual. The sky was just turning light, and the forest was still pitch black. Wan'er woke up very early every day, especially recently, getting up just before dawn.

Normally, Wan'er did not want to disturb Mo Wen's rest and would leave after quietly placing his breakfast and medicinal soups.

But today, Wan'er discovered that Mo Wen's room was lit up. An oil lamp sat on the table, and Mo Wen sat beside it.

”Big Brother Mo, you've got up so early,” Wan'er said in astonishment. Usually, Mo Wen would be sleeping.

”Aren't I following you to gather medicinal herbs today?” Mo Wen said with a smile. He did not need to sleep at all. The reason why he sat beside the table so early was to tell Wan'er that he was already prepared. Hence, she did not need to worry about him not getting enough sleep and did not need to worry about waking him.

”Big Brother Mo, you and Sister Wang Qian are both good people.” Wan'er's little face revealed a very sweet smile.

Being called a good person by Wan'er made Mo Wen shake his head in amusement. Could he be a good person? It was just that he was not a bad person. From a certain point of view, although Mo Wen was the Miracle Physician, he was not suited to be a doctor. He did not practice medicine in order to help the people; Wan'er was a suitable person to be a doctor.

If he had not been born into a highly respectable medical family, but a family of immortal cultivators, he would absolutely only have the Way of Immortals in his heart and would not practice medicine.

After having a simple breakfast, Mo Wen went out with Wan'er.

The area that ordinary disciples stayed in was located on the tall cliffs on one side of a valley. Hence, they had to descend the mountain every time they left the house. The valley was the area where the Five Tigers Sect's inner-sect disciples, core members, and upper echelons stayed. Looking down from the cliff, one could vaguely see the scenery in the valley. The valley was not big, but it was like spring all year round. The environment was rather nice and the buildings were styled magnificently, with delicate carvings and exquisite architecture.

The Five Tigers Sect was a very ancient sect. It had some history and some fame around the region of the Taihang Mountains. Their most famous skill was the Sect Ending Sabre of the Five Tigers. This sword technique was not a very profound martial arts teaching. It was just a fundamental sword technique, but it was practical and suitable for low to intermediate level disciples. There were many in the martial art circle that knew how to use the Sect Ending Sabre of the Five Tigers, but the most authentic was the Five Tigers Sect's sword technique.

The entrance to the Five Tigers Sect was situated at the entrance of the valley. It was constructed from many large boulders. On top of the boulders, the three characters of the Five Tigers Sect were written rather domineeringly. Mo Wen and Wan'er had to pass through this domineering entrance if they wanted to descend the mountain. Right now, there was a silhouette standing below the entrance.

It was none other than Wang Qian. She was not wearing a dress, but rather sturdy coarse clothes. This sort of clothing was suitable for walking in the mountain forests.

”Sister Wang Qian.”

Su Wan'er waved at Wang Qian from afar. Aside from Mo Wen, this time Wang Qian also decided to accompany Wan'er to gather medicinal herbs. She intended to help Wan'er get through this hard time.

Wang Qian still decided to help Su Wan'er even though she was also an ordinary disciple and needed to complete tasks and chores. For life in the mountains, everything depended on themselves. Planting, breeding, weaving, carrying firewood and fetching water all needed to be done by themselves. The upper echelons and the inner-sect disciples that were focused on training would not do such chores, hence they could only let the ordinary disciples carry out this hard labor.

Every ancient martial art sect had a strict rule about not letting their daily lives come in contact with the outside world. This rule had continued for centuries. No sect dared to defy this rule. It was because this rule was set by the Huatian Palace.

The sects could have their own properties outside and they could run companies too. However, they couldn't import the resources and manpower from the outside world into the mountains. Besides, the disciples from the ancient martial arts sects could not go to the cities easily. If they had relatives in the outside world, they could visit home once every three years, and for no more than ten days each time.

It was because if the Huatian Palace did not impose such a restriction, the balance of the world would be destroyed. Most likely the ancient martial arts sects would be known by the world and they would not be able to remain hidden in the deep mountains. The order of society would be affected too.

Therefore, even though there were many ancient martial arts sects, ancient martial art practitioners that were active in the cities were few. Those who were active in the cities were either people with deep and profound cultivation who had a certain level of freedom, or people with good family backgrounds who weren't under strict control of the sects. Another type of people were the traitors who had abandoned their sects and ignored the sect rules, escaping to the cities to enjoy wealth and comfort.