Chapter 5 Treasurer Meng and forest

Stepping into the old man's view, Yang Kai could see him snoring away.

"This old thing! I wonder which unlucky female Sky Tower disciple he is dreaming about again!"

"Treasurer Meng!"

The old man's surname was Meng, but Yang Kai didn't know his first name, so he couldn't address him properly.

Tapping the counter a few times, the old man was finally awoken. He groggily opened his eyes and saw Kai Yang, wrinkling his face as if he'd seen something unpleasant.

"What's with that face?" Yang Kai asked indignantly.

Rolling his eyes, the old man replied: "I think you look different today, did you get an extra beating?"

Confidently, Yang Kai retorted, "Do I look like anyone can beat me!"

The old man brushed him off and said, "Interrupting this old man's rest. Do you know what respecting the elderly means?"

Leaning in, Kai Yang whispered, "Which young lady did you dream of?"

Suddenly full of energy, Treasurer Meng replied to Kai Yang with eyes full of contempt and loudly proclaimed, "Your words just now tarnished this old man's reputation! Too outrageous."

"Good body figure?"

"Great!" Treasurer Meng unconsciously leaked out.

( A/N: GG old man wants a young flower )

"Supple legs, white skin, and a beautiful, thin waist?"

"En, en, en...." Immediately he nodded his head, immediately thinking of Yang Kai as a friend.

"He, he..." Kai Yang sneered.

Treasurer Meng stammered and blushed as bright as a monkey's ass. Full of shame, he just wanted to dig a hole and crawl inside to hide.

When Treasurer Meng sees Yang Kai laughing, he becomes angry and shouts, "What do you want, and why are you here? If you don't have something to do, go cultivate! Don't you know how far behind you are to your peers?"

After seeing Treasurer Meng become angry, Yang Kai stopped laughing and said, "Treasurer Meng, can I know how many contribution points I have? I need to buy some herbs," with an angry expression.

"You have twelve contribution points, eight old and four this month after losing six points in a fight with others," Treasurer Meng said.

"How many points does this herb require?"

"It will take thirty points, but I don't think you have enough for this herb," Treasurer Meng said.

"Treasurer Meng, can you tell me where I can get this herb?"

"Black Wind Mountains. This is where you can get this herb," Treasurer Meng said.

After listening to Treasurer Meng, Yang Kai started to think. Seeing his expression, Treasurer Meng gave him a book with knowledge of herbs and a sword, saying, "If you want to go to Black Wind Mountains, take this sword and book with you. It will help you."

Yang Kai happily received these items, knowing that they would aid him in identifying herbs and fighting the spider demon.

Bowing his head to Treasurer Meng, he said, "Thank you, Treasurer Meng. If you need help in the future, I will do whatever I can for you."

"Just go. If you want to help me become stronger, I don't think a fourth Body Tempered cultivator can help me," Treasurer Meng said while laughing.

Ignoring his hateful comment, Yang Kai went to the General Affairs Office. After all, he was still a sweeper of Sky Tower and this roundabout journey to Black Wind Mountain would take more than a day. So, he had to ask to be excused from his work.

The General Affairs Office didn't make things difficult for him. They gave him three days of leave.

Black Wind Mountain was only twenty miles away from Sky Tower by foot. Since it wasn't that far, original Yang Kai frequently went there to hunt for his meals, making him quite familiar with the terrain.

But since it was his first-time collecting herbs, he made sure to be fully prepared. Carrying his water, food supplies, a shovel, and a bag, he hit the road.

Within Black Wind Mountain lived many ferocious beasts. Some high-leveled ferocious beasts could even make martial practitioners flee with no chance of victory. So generally, when people ventured into the mountain, they wouldn't go too deep. The first thirty or so miles were classified as the safe zone, and the next ten miles were the dangerous zone. And the area beyond that was the life-threatening zone. Basically, the deeper you went, the more dangerous it was.

Thinking back, he remembered that there were many potential places for herbs to grow. In his current situation, he didn't even know the locations of the herbs he wanted to find.

But filled with anticipation, he followed the familiar track into Black Wind Mountain.

When searching for herbs, it is naturally very hard, not to mention that many people like to come here to collect herbs, making it even harder to find them. Although he only found four herbs, he was still pretty satisfied.

At this time, the sun had already started to set. Hurrying, he finally arrived at an area that was suitable for the growth of many herbs.

Though in the center of this wasteland, there were three bunches of grass. They fluttered in the wind; he saw that they were brown colored, and thought that it was just necrosis. But this was just the grass' natural color.

After looking at it in more detail, Kai Yang recognized them as a type of herb and with a sigh of relief, rushed over. Smiling widely, he quickly dug them all up.

A little while later, these three herbs were collected.

"Finally found them," he said with a satisfying smile.

After he found the nearest tree, he climbed up and looked for a suitable place to sleep; after locating a place, he immediately laid down and closed his eyes.

By one-thirty am, Kai Yang had yet to fall asleep, so he took out the black book and turned to page three. With a thought, the incense burner floated out.

This was also a little mystery that he had solved about the black book. Anything that was stored inside could be called out and returned at will. It was, after all, a storage book, and the burner had been placed in there before, so this function didn't come as a complete surprise.

"This will help me loot. I don't think MC has this in the original story. Hey sweet potato, do I have inventory in my system?" he asked while burning herb in the burner.

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