The two raised their hands, and seeing no movement from others.
Lin Yueru quickly tugged at Lin Yichen’s sleeve. Lin Yichen smiled helplessly and slowly raised his hand.
Next, Lin Yueru and Xiao Qingyu turned their hopeful gazes to Zhang Ergou.
If Zhang Ergou chose to be like them, then, needless to say, they would definitely choose the path covered with flowers and grass.
Zhang Ergou looked up at the two paths before him again. Just as he was about to raise his hand.
A voice echoed in his mind: "Choose the other path."
"Why? Old Snowman," Zhang Ergou asked urgently.
However, the Snow Mountain Elder did not respond again.
"Old Snowman, Grandpa Snow, Senior Snow..." No matter how Zhang Ergou called out, the Snow Mountain Elder remained silent.
Zhang Ergou couldn't even find the Snow Mountain Elder in his sea of consciousness; he had obviously hidden himself.
Zhang Ergou was helpless and gave up calling.
"Let's take this path," Zhang Ergou raised his hand and pointed to the seemingly desolate road.
"Tsk!" Xiao Qingyu and Lin Yichen both gave Zhang Ergou a middle finger.
This guy was really playing with their expectations, clearly having his own choice but still letting everyone vote.
Even Lin Yueru's gaze towards Zhang Ergou became unfriendly, as they all thought Zhang Ergou was toying with them.
However, Li Yao looked deeply at Zhang Ergou and said nothing.
He clearly felt that Zhang Ergou had stared at the path full of vitality for a long time, but why did this kid suddenly change his mind?
Could he have discovered something?
The few of them said nothing more. Since the decision was made, everything became much simpler.
Having chosen this path, Zhang Ergou felt a little apprehensive. After all, the Snow Mountain Elder had only given a hint and said nothing else.
He didn't know if the Snow Mountain Elder was deliberately tricking him.
However, he thought the Snow Mountain Elder would not play tricks on him in such matters, so he felt relieved.
Walking along the road for a quarter of an hour, although the path seemed desolate, they encountered nothing else.
The expressions of everyone also softened, and Lin Yueru's resentment faded considerably.
"Ergou, look, what is that?"
After turning a corner, the scenery changed drastically, and everyone was once again stunned by the sight before them.
It was a huge medicinal garden, at least several kilometers in area, and all the plants growing within it were precious high-grade medicinal herbs.
"Haha, we've hit the jackpot, Ergou, we've hit the jackpot."
Wang Teng shouted excitedly and then proudly looked at Xiao Qingyu.
It was as if he was saying his choice was not wrong, but Xiao Qingyu deliberately ignored this guy.
However, this did not dampen his excitement in the slightest.
The faces of others also showed excitement. With such a vast medicinal garden, even if divided equally among them, it would be a considerable harvest.
At this moment, everyone regretted not bringing enough storage rings.
Even Xiao Qingyu and Wang Teng began to take out some low-grade items from their storage rings.
"Uh, you guys?" Lin Yichen was also speechless at the actions of these two.
"Hehe, these spirit herbs are all high-grade spirit herbs. After we go out, we'll sell them to Uncle Qiao, and then we can exchange them for some advanced pills."
The two had the same idea, but they forgot that there was an alchemist standing beside them.
The main reason was that Zhang Ergou performed too excellently in all aspects, which made everyone else forget his identity as an alchemist.
"Why bother to look for a distant source when you can just ask Ergou to refine any medicinal herbs you need in the future?"
Lin Yueru did not speak up for her master this time but instead sided with Zhang Ergou.
"Yes, how could we forget this? Haha, but, Yueru, you?"
Xiao Qingyu and Wang Teng glanced at Zhang Ergou and Lin Yueru with playful intentions.
Lin Yueru blushed instantly at their gazes, while Zhang Ergou remained unfazed.
He had long since developed a thick skin and completely ignored their teasing.
Since everyone decided to sell all the medicinal herbs to Zhang Ergou upon leaving and then exchange them for opportunities to have him refine pills for them, they wasted no more time. They split up and headed towards the vast medicinal garden.
Zhang Ergou did not, like the others, plunge into the medicinal garden to start picking. Instead, he walked towards the depths of the garden.
Because he knew that although the medicinal herbs in the outer areas looked relatively advanced.
The most precious ones were still in the depths of the garden.
As Zhang Ergou had predicted, not only were more precious medicinal herbs growing in the depths of the garden, but those herbs were also protected by small formations.
"Haha, this is the real jackpot."
Zhang Ergou laughed heartily. These formations were not difficult for him. He did not pick the ordinary high-grade medicinal herbs.
Instead, he went for the herbs protected by the formations.
......
After toiling for more than half a day, with their speed, they had harvested about seventy to eighty percent of the medicinal herbs here.
Everyone had a good harvest, but in the end, Zhang Ergou's harvest was the most abundant.
He had started picking from the depths of the garden from the beginning. By the time others reached the depths, Zhang Ergou had already collected all the precious medicinal herbs protected by formations.
However, no one blamed Zhang Ergou. Who could they blame? They just didn't think of it.
They could only blame Zhang Ergou for being too cunning, even guarding against his own companions.
Zhang Ergou naturally ignored the resentful glances from others. What was in his hands was his.
It was their fault for being too impatient.
Seeing that most of the medicinal herbs in the garden had been picked, everyone continued to walk deeper along the road.
......
"Is there a sound ahead?"
Everyone immediately became cautious. They had previously considered this mysterious mansion to be ownerless.
Now that there was a sound, everyone had to become nervous.
"Li Yao, you guys are in too?"
As Zhang Ergou and the others stepped through a large gate, they heard someone speak.
The few of them looked up. Were these not the other disciples of the Misty Sect? However, they were in tattered clothes now.
It was obvious they had experienced quite a battle.
"Chen Gong, what happened to you guys?" Li Yao asked, surprised, looking at her fellow disciples.
The other Misty Sect disciples, led by Chen Gong, were not on the verge of collapse, but they all looked disheveled.
"Alas, don't even mention it. We saw the mansion gate was open and walked in."
Chen Gong said with a sigh.
"We hadn't gone far when we encountered two paths, and we chose the path covered with flowers and grass."
"And then we ended up like this, as you can see."
As Chen Gong spoke, he felt some regret. If only he had listened to that Junior Sister Lu.
Look at Li Yao and the others before them, not a trace of embarrassment on them.
Zhang Ergou and the others heard this and struggled to suppress their laughter, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Xiao Qingyu and Lin Yueru exchanged glances, and both felt a pang of fear.