After leaving the small mountain village, Ning Chen headed east.
After five or six days, they had walked about a hundred miles.
On this day.
Ning Chen was lying leisurely on the donkey, looking up at an ancient Daoist scroll when the system's notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
Within ten miles, a female creature with a special physique has been detected. She is also a human like the host.
Ning Chen sat up straight, his interest piqued.
"Where?"
Southeast, about five miles. As the system's notification rang out, Ning Chen saw a light spot in the southeast direction. It seemed to be moving.
"Let's go and take a look." Ning Chen patted the little donkey under him. The little donkey let out a happy cry and began to run in that direction.
On the green mountain about five miles away from him, the physician Nian Zhengzheng was leading her disciple, Duanmu Rong, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old, to pick herbs on the mountain. Two miles to the east, they could see a lake. It was the famous Mirror Lake in the Jianghu of Chu.
"Master, do you think this is the Heartbreak Grass?”Duanmu Rong looked at a plant in front of her and asked Nian Duan.
She was dressed in plain clothes and carried a bamboo basket on her back. Half of the herbs were already in the basket. She wore a purple and white scarf on her head. She had bangs on her forehead and a delicate oval face under her thin and sharp eyebrows.
Nian Duan turned to look at the plant she was pointing at and nodded.""It's indeed a Heartbreak Grass. This item is highly toxic. Rong 'er, be careful when you pick it.”
"Yes."
Duanmu Rong carefully took it off and broke it before putting it back into the bamboo basket behind her.
Nian Duan stood up, looked up at the sky, and said,
"We went into the mountains early in the morning to pick herbs. It's already noon now, and the herbs we picked are almost enough. Rong 'er, pack up and let's go back.”
"Alright." Duanmu Rong nodded.
The two of them packed up and began to walk down the mountain.
"The sun is very good today. After we finish eating, we'll dry these herbs.”Nian Duan said as he walked.
Duanmu Rong nodded and hesitated.
"Just say what you want to say. Don't hesitate.”Nian Duan glanced at her.
"Master, do you still want to eat porridge for lunch today?”Duanmu Rong mustered up her courage and looked at her.
"What's wrong? You don't like it?" Nian Duan raised his eyebrows.
" I like him, but every day, he eats porridge…"
"But I only know how to make medicinal porridge." Nian Duan turned his head and said calmly, as if he was saying something very natural.
Duanmu Rong didn't say anything else.
Ta, ta, ta.
At this moment, the sound of hurried horse hooves could be heard not far away from them. Then, a hurried carriage appeared in front of them. Behind the carriage were more than ten ferocious bandits riding horses and holding sharp weapons.
"Tsk tsk, go to hell."
The leader of the bandits laughed and threw the axe in his hand at the carriage. The axe, which was stained with blood and filled with the smell of blood, spun rapidly in the air, drawing an arc in the air and cutting through the horse hooves of the carriage.
The horse's hooves were cut off. The horse neighed and its front half bent down. The carriage also stopped after drawing a distance forward.
The leader of the bandits reached out his hand and caught the rotating axe. This move made the bandits beside him look at him with admiration.
"As expected of Boss. This flying axe skill is really powerful. No one in a hundred miles can match it.”
"That's right, that's right. Boss, when can you teach us this?”
The leader of the bandits laughed proudly.
A man in the carriage climbed out of the carriage with the help of the coachman. The two of them hurriedly ran into the distance.
"You still want to run? Can two legs outrun four legs?" The leader of the bandits looked at the two of them and sneered. He waved the axe in his hand forward. The dozen or so bandits behind him shouted and waved the sharp weapons in their hands as they rushed towards the master and servant.
"Master." Duanmu Rong, who was not far away, could not help but look at Nian Duan.
Nian Duan continued to walk forward without turning his head. His calm voice entered Duanmu Rong's ears.
"This kind of thing happens everywhere in the world every day. We are only doctors, not chivalrous men who uphold justice. Moreover, how did he know that the person who was saved was not an evil person?”
"But…what if he is a good person?”
Nian Duan stopped walking and turned to look at Duanmu Rong. He said calmly,"
"Then blame his bad luck. Rong 'er, remember, as doctors, we must not be too kind and get ourselves into trouble. Doctors should indeed save people, but they should also learn to avoid evil and not force ourselves to do things that sacrifice our lives for righteousness.”
Duanmu Rong nodded her head in a half-understanding manner.
Ning Chen rode his donkey over and immediately saw two people supporting each other as they ran towards him in a panic. A group of fierce mounted gangsters was chasing after them and was about to catch up to them.
What was going on? Horse thieves?
Ning Chen was a little surprised.
"Save, save me, young hero, save me.”
When the man who looked like the owner saw Ning Chen and the sword at his waist, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked Ning Chen for help.
Ning Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the peach blossom red jade pendant hanging on his waist.
"Go to hell." The mounted gangsters behind him caught up with him and swung their sabers at his neck.
In the next second, he was sent flying.
The handsome white-robed youth with a white sword hanging from his waist had appeared behind the master and servant.
The bandits were shocked by the sudden change. They tightened their reins and looked at the white-robed youth warily from a few meters away from Ning Chen and the master and servant.
On the mountain path of a small mountain not far away, Duanmu Rong saw this scene through the gaps between the trees. She could not help but let out a soft cry of surprise as she looked curiously at the white-robed youth who had suddenly appeared.
"Master, look."
Without her saying anything, Nian Duan, who had sensed a flash of internal energy, stopped and looked over.
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