262: Chapter 222 262: Chapter 222 Yuan Baozhu again took Jiang Tang and their group to the medicinal garden on the back hill, where clan members managed the garden.
This medicinal garden was similar to those in other Immortal Sects of the Cultivation World; it was managed independently and also had an Alchemy Hall, with lower-ranked disciples cultivating the garden.
Servant Disciples, apart from managing the medicinal garden, had their own cultivation time.
Jiang Tang saw a Servant Disciple using spells to water and fertilize the plants, as all the fields here were Spirit Fields.
He recognized many of the herbs in the garden, some precious, some more common.
âItâs quite ordinary, not as precious as the herbs planted in our familyâs garden,â Hua Xianâer murmured quietly.
Hearing this, Yuan Baozhu wasnât angry but replied with a smile:
âOur clan isnât solely dedicated to medicine, we also have our own Alchemy Hall.
We canât compare with your abundance of herbal materials, but thereâs nothing laughable about that.
Arenât your specialists also not as rich in medicinal materials as Jiang Tang?
And the pills they produce arenât as good, are they?â
The other girls nodded at Yuan Baozhuâs words, all smiling as they looked on, eager to see Hua Xianâer and her spar verbally and fall out.
Hearing Yuan Baozhu mention him, Jiang Tang wondered how he had become caught in the middle again?
Could they stop bringing him up when talking?
Women, why do they start quarreling so easily?
âYouâŠ
forget it, I wonât argue with youâŠâ
Hua Xianâer wanted to say more, but seeing the other women looking on in amusement, and Jiang Tang turning his face away with impatience, she wasnât going to fall for their ploy!
In her heart, Hua Xianâer cared greatly about what Jiang Tang thought of her.
She believed she was special and shared common interests and skills in alchemy with him.
Having looked around here, Jiang Tangâs curiosity about the Yuan Family had been satisfied, and he thought about quickly moving on to the next step.
âYuan Baozhu, Iâm going to leave now.
I wonât say farewell to your family in person, Iâll just send them a message,â he said.
âJiang Tang, I want to come with you.â Yuan Baozhu felt reluctant to let Jiang Tang leave so soon.
With so many other girls following him, she wanted to follow along as well.
âIf you want to come, then come.
But just so you know, in addition to visiting the families youâve invited, I have a lot to do.
If youâre going to follow me, you must listen to me and not make trouble,â he warned.
Yuan Baozhu nodded, and the other girls followed suit.
Jiang Tang sent a mental message to say goodbye to the Yuan Family Head.
After some people reached the foot of the mountain, Jiang Tang took out his arrow-shaped Flying Treasure.
This time, they were heading to the Gu Sect Dugu Clan as directed by Dugu Yanâer.
Their residence was inside a large mountain on the edge of the Imperial City.
This was to the west of the Imperial City; among the large mountains were stockades, and the attire in Dugu Yanâerâs place resembled that of ethnic minorities.
Jiang Tang noticed that Dugu Yanâerâs outfit outside was similar to the usual attire in the Cultivation World.
Entering the stockade, if they had not come from above, the outsiders would have had to deal with streams, dense forests difficult to navigate, with many places connected by plank bridges and chains over to another mountain.
The cliffs between the mountains appeared insurmountable, and without a Flying Artifact, one could only enter this place via water.
But was it really easy to enter via water?
Jiang Tang observed the currents under the great mountain and saw they were like tornadoes, twisting and turning.
Anyone unaware of the danger here and entering carelessly would certainly be swept to the riverbed.
But what dangers lay at the riverbed?
Noticing that the water was not clear but a shade of green, with a fishy smell, he guessed there might be poison in the water.
But where did such poisoned water flow to?
How did the people living here drink water?
Was their source not from the river?
He asked Dugu Yanâer about his observations, which puzzled him.
âThe river has monsters, which our tribe raises to protect this place and prevent outsiders from invading.
We do not travel by the river, and our drinking water is not from there.
As for where the water flows, only heaven knows.
Yes, the river water is poisonous.
Our people drink spring water from the mountains.
Like the Tang Clan, we also raise poisonous creatures, so in essence, we arenât afraid of poison.
Itâs just that the methods we use to handle poison differ,â she explained.
All the girls listened and nodded; the Dugu Clan of the Gu Sect was skilled in using Worm Poison and was more drawn to insects.
Their insect methods were vicious, yet they feared reprisal from others.
Jiang Tang understood the Dugu Clanâs ways and wasnât afraid of their scheming.
Even if they brought more insects, heâd just toss them into Hell Palace.
Nothing would happen to him; instead, these people would lose their pets and become wary of him.
Jiang Tangâs Flying Arrow landed at the entrance of a stockade.
Dugu Yanâer, bringing in so many strangers, was met with her tribespeople dressed in ethnic-minority clothes, headscarves, and many accessories.
Men, women, children, and the elderly all looked at the newcomers suspiciously and were ready to unleash their insects at any sign of trouble.
Jiang Tang could smell the fishiness emanating from these people and surrounding the stockadeâit came from the insects, possibly venomous snakes or Worm Poison insects.
The other eight girls with Dugu Yanâer kept a vigilant eye on these tribespeople whose looks were not friendly; they were also on guard.
Dugu Yanâer said something to her people, which Jiang Tang and the other girls seemed not to understandâit was likely their unique language.