Meng Lin said: "Yes. The couplet is: I only pray that people in the world are free of disease, why worry about the dust on the medicine shelf."

Manager Du stroked his beard and said: "Very good. I don't know anything else, but I know that if you are sick, you still need to use medicine to regulate your body. I have seen your fourth grandfather, and it is indeed as you said. I don't have the ability to cure this strange disease now. However, if you give him some herbs that increase his essence regularly, it will always be better than nothing, slowing down aging and prolonging his life."

Meng Lin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Okay, I'll listen to you. I have learned a lot of herbs from you recently, and I can go to the nearby Xiaoqing Mountain to dig herbs. I dug I'll give it to you. Just help me change it into silver. I'll ask a doctor to prescribe medicine. "

"Don't bother. The doctor may not be able to cure your fourth grandfather's strange disease. My family has a prescription handed down from our ancestors, called Chijing Pills. Regular use can increase essence and prolong life. My store is missing one of the herbs on the prescription, and I guess other pharmacies don't have it. I heard from my grandfather that he accidentally saw it near Xiaoqing Mountain, but he couldn't find it again. If you can dig it up, I can help you refine it. "

"What's the name of the herb? How to distinguish it when you see it?" Meng Lin asked carefully.

"The herb is called Chijing Fruit. It grows very slowly, likes the sun and hates the shade, and is naturally close to the fire spirit. A seven-leaf plant, the leaf shape is like a child's palm, the leaf ring faces the sky, the flower color is purple and white, and after the flower fades, a cluster of red berries are produced. This berry can be used as medicine, which is Chijing Fruit. Well, I also heard it from my grandfather, and I know so much. "Storekeeper Du recalled slowly.

Meng Lin jumped for joy after hearing this and ran to the unfinished chores: "Thank you, shopkeeper. I'll go to Xiaoqingshan after I finish my chores."

"It seems that the old Taoist priest in gray robe is not a real immortal master, but the shopkeeper is more capable." Meng Lin's mind was surging with thoughts, and he wanted to run to Xiaoqingshan to dig herbs immediately.

"A-choo!" At this time, an old Taoist priest in gray robe sneezed unconsciously on the south slope of Xiaoqingshan. Rubbing his nose, he muttered a few words, "Strange, is someone cursing me? I'm really unlucky recently. It seems that I'm still contaminated by too many karmas, Wuliang Tianzun."

As he spoke, the old Taoist priest in gray robe was not careful and was tripped by a dead vine on the hillside and almost fell down.

The old Taoist counted with his fingers, took out a brass compass and looked around. After a careful

sensing, his face changed slightly, and he thought: "It seems that I am still too late. The old guy has already turned into a Taoist and left. He has been able to hold on until now. The power contained in the treasure has long been used to resist the death. The remaining things are probably just a pile of broken copper and iron, not worth mentioning. This cause and effect is not worth tying, so let's go."

After lunch, Meng Lin's miscellaneous work in the Du family's medicine shop came to an end. He returned home to get a hatchet, a long rope and a bamboo basket, and went to Xiaoqing Mountain to look for the red essence fruit.

Xiaoqing Mountain, which is hundreds of feet high, faces the Yudai River that flows slowly around Qingluo Town. It is like a green jade seal between heaven and earth, silently guarding Qingluo Town together with the Yudai River.

It was spring, and Xiaoqing Mountain was lush and green. The east wind blew, and Meng Lin felt very comfortable walking on the mountain forest trail.

"The shopkeeper said that the red-cold fruit likes the sun and hates the shade. It seems that it is better to start looking from the south slope of the mountain." Meng Lin climbed up with his hands and feet, and kept looking around.

On the south slope of Xiaoqing Mountain, Meng Lin searched for a long time, but did not see any herbs that looked like what the shopkeeper said. Instead, he accidentally found a few astragalus and a wild ginseng, and carefully dug them out and put them in a bamboo basket.

After that, there was nothing else to gain. Meng Lin put down the bamboo basket, crossed his legs and leaned against a towering tree to rest for a while.

After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Meng Lin felt something moving behind him, and was horrified, "Isn't it that I accidentally pressed a poisonous snake behind me? This time my life is over."

Meng Lin endured for a while, quietly held the hatchet with his hands, and slowly opened his eyes, thinking that even if he died, he would know how he died, and he had to die quickly.

He turned his head slowly and saw that it was not a poisonous snake, but a dead vine, with branches shaking back and forth in a strong wind.

Meng Lin sighed and relaxed his tense back. When he turned his head, his eyes blurred and he seemed to see a cluster of red berries flashing behind the shaking branches. He was ecstatic. He stood up and walked behind the vine.

Sure enough, there was a shallow cave behind the vine. In the dim cave, there was a cluster of fiery red berries emitting red light and shaking slightly.

The cave was covered tightly by the vine. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it. Meng Lin was relieved in his heart, "Fortunately, this vine is dead and no longer grows green leaves, otherwise, you really can't find this cave under the cover of green leaves."

Meng Lin stood in front of the cave, holding the vine in his hand. He was afraid that there were wild boars and foxes in the cave, so he shouted loudly into the cave a few times.

Seeing no response, Meng Lin boldly leaned in and prepared to dig the red essence fruit.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped into the cave, his feet loosened and he fell to the ground with a "hu dong dong" sound and rolled into the cave.

Perhaps it was too painful to fall, or perhaps it was completely unexpected for Meng Lin, and Meng Lin woke up from his confusion after a while.

The cave was as bright as day, not as dim as it was when he entered the cave before, but the red berries on the red essence fruit were flashing, as if telling Meng Lin that it was still the same cave.

Meng Lin got up carefully, put on the long rope, and found the hatchet. He gently grasped the hatchet and began to look at the cave.

The cave was not empty, but if the entire house of Master Chen Si was moved in, there would still be some room.

The stone walls around the cave were mottled, and most of them were covered with dust over the years, so the specific situation could not be seen clearly. There is a cushion in the center of the cave, and next to it is an old, extinguished stove.

There is a seven-leaf herb about a foot to the right of the stove. Its leaves are green and palm-shaped, with the leaves facing the sky. There are a few purple and white petals at the root of the herb that have withered. There is a cluster of red berries on the top that are shaking gently. Occasionally, a faint red light flashes with the shaking of the berries, which looks extraordinary.

There is nothing else in the cave, as if no one has lived there for a long time.

Meng Lin walked up to the cushion, bowed to it and kowtowed, saying: "I am Meng Lin, and I currently live in Qingluo Town. I don't know which master is in this cave. I want to dig out the Chijing fruit in the cave to cure the strange disease of my fourth grandfather at home. Please forgive me for taking it without permission."

After that, Meng Lin kowtowed three times sincerely, and then he got up to dig the Chijing fruit.

Suddenly, a breeze blew by, and Meng Lin saw the dust in front of the futon dissipate, revealing three lines of ancient characters on the ground.

The characters read: "Appear when encountering green, bloom when encountering forest. Learn my residual method, inherit my cause and effect. The red essence of the great furnace is left for those who are destined to meet."