Time trickled by. No matter how resentful Li Zongrui felt, it seemed he was stuck with the role of a manual laborer. Fortunately, frequent encounters with mountain bandits gave him an opportunity to vent his frustration. Otherwise, he felt that if this continued, he would go mad sooner or later.
The group continued to advance. Ye Qingchen's speed at finding medicinal herbs grew ever faster, with astonishing accuracy each time. This made Pavilion Master Zhang take notice. No wonder Vice Pavilion Master Liu often praises him as an Alchemy Dao genius. Even some of the growth environments and precautions for certain herbs were unclear to Pavilion Master Zhang himself, yet Ye Qingchen could discuss them with great authority.
