Chapter 22
As Meng Li and Ye Jin were gathering herbs on the cliff face, the sun was slowly moving across the sky . While previously the light was shining directly on the cliff face, after a few hours of work, all of a sudden, they realized that there were far more shadows on the cliff than places where light hit . The sun had already stopped shining at the cliff . Meng Li calmly finished gathering the last few stalks of a herb and quickly came down to put them in the basket . Due to Ye Jin's repeated insistence, he left the basket at the bottom of the cliff every time he was climbing to get herbs .
"Brother, we should head somewhere else . The sun has moved past and the cliff is too dark . It's too dangerous!" Meng Li shouted at Ye Jin, who was up on the cliff face . Ye Jin heard him and looked down . With the basket on his back, he had climbed quite far up - he was at least forty meters high . He didn't reply, but Meng Li could se that he nodded and started heading down .
Because of how high he was, the descent took him a bit, but he made it down in one piece . Glancing at Meng Li's half-filled basket, he laughed and complimented him .
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"Brother, this is a good haul . Especially since you left it on the ground and had to go back down every time . This will definitely be more than a silver coin . " he grinned .
"I don't know how much exactly it will be but it'll be enough for me to live . " Meng Li responded jokingly . The herbs filling the basket weren't actually all of the herbs he collected - he stored portions of them in his bag of holding for experimentation, as well as all the herbs containing Qi . They were all hidden within dark corners, deep cracks and crevices, but with his Spiritual Sense, he was able to easily find them .
As Ye Jin was finally standing on flat ground again, he sat to rest, and took off the basket from his back . It wasn't full - it barely had more herbs than his basket . Meng Li looked at the basket with a conflicted expression . Finally, he made up his mind and quietly summoned a low level spiritual herb from his bag of holding .
"Brother Ye, take this . " He said and handed the herb to Ye Jin . It was practically useless to him, but for Ye Jin, it could be the difference between life and death . As Meng Li didn't quite know the value of spiritual herbs, he wasn't sure how much Ye Jin would receive for it, but it would surely help him in the coming months, with the appearance of a small child .
For a second, Ye Jin looked at the spiritual herb confusedly before his face showed an expression of extreme surprise .
"Brother, this . . . Are you joking? Keep it! This is enough for you to live for a month, why are you giving it to me?!" he practically shouted out the last few words . He was stunned - it was simply too expensive .
"Brother Ye, I know of your situation . You're about to have a child . Take this, it will definitely help . I already have enough to feed me, I have no need for this . " Meng Li insisted while shoving the spiritual herb into Ye Jin's hands .
After a few minutes of persuasion, Ye Jin finally accepted it .
"This . . . Brother Meng, you're my best brother . Thank you . " Ye Jin said, clasping Meng Li's shoulders . Meng Li could see his eyes tearing up slightly .
"Brother Ye, don't mention it . I'm sure you would've done the same . " Meng Li replied . He turned around and grabbed his own herb basket and put it on his back .
"Since we already have enough, let's return early today . " Meng Li suggested . He wanted to return and use the Heavenly Yin Yang Shroud to help the reincarnator, and he was sure that Ye Jin would also be happy to have more time to spend with his wife .
"Okay . " Ye Jin replied . He stood up and placed the herb basket on his back . He didn't put the spiritual herb in the herb basket though - he put it in a small pouch he hid within his robe . After they were all done, they started heading towards the city along the same way they came . Meng Li had to admit that if he didn't have Spiritual Sense, he would definitely get lost in such a forest, but he noticed that Ye Jin always knew which way to go . It was probably the experience from a lifetime of living within the forest, Meng Li mused .
The journey back took less time than going to the cliff in the first place . It was due to the fact that while they were going to the cliff face, Ye Jin took every opportunity to teach Meng Li something . Show some herbs, point out landmarks, give some advice on navigating and so on . However, while going back, he practically ran . Meng Li was not surprised - Ye Jin was excited to trade in the spiritual herb and share the good news with his wife .
After a few hours, they arrived at the road paved by herb gatherers . There were some people heading back, but the traffic was significantly less than it was in the morning . The people coming back all looked tired and their baskets weren't particularly full - at most half full, like Meng Li . After all, the sun was still in the sky - who would head back at such a time if they could still carry on gathering?
When they were on the dirt road, Meng Li knew that they were close . Indeed, after merely a few minutes he could already see the town walls . In what seemed like an instant, they were already near the Zu Family's shop, returning the herbs and receiving pay . The queue wasn't long, but it moved much more slowly . After all, even with several people, counting herbs was still a time consuming activity . However, Meng Li got to the front in merely a few minutes . He could see that on the desk to the left, Ye Jin was laying out the herbs from his basket .
"Name?" asked the middle aged man behind the desk .
"Meng Li . " Meng Li answered .
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