Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 581 - 286: The Land of Death, Mysterious Herbs!_2

Chapter 581: Chapter 286: The Land of Death, Mysterious Herbs!_2

"Northwest direction, there are medicinal herbs."

Eater God suddenly commented.

"Medicinal herbs? Can they cure the plague?"

Lin Baici looked up for a moment, glanced at the compass, and immediately quickened his step. More than twenty minutes later, he saw a steep cliff, as if it had been vertically split open by a giant axe used to cleave mountains.

There was a mountain stream flowing, making a trickling sound.

"Let’s go take a look!"

Lin Baici stayed alert to his surroundings.

Lee Taehyun, truly an elite of the Tiger Hunter Army, had a very strong sense of perception in this kind of terrain and plenty of experience. He immediately sensed danger.

"There might be someone!"

Just as Lee Taehyun finished speaking, a dark shadow suddenly shot out from the woods, heading straight for Lin Baici’s face.

It was a wolf-toothed arrow.

"Be careful!"

Lee Taehyun, in a panic, realized it was already too late to rescue him. Then, in the next instant, he saw Lin His Excellency didn’t even dodge, simply reached out, and caught the arrow flying toward him.

"Sir, be careful, it could be poisoned!"

Lee Taehyun quickly warned.

"It’s fine!"

Lin Baici examined the arrow in his hand. He was wearing the Gloves of Elephant Strength; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so reckless as to catch it: "Do you recognize it?"

"It’s an arrow made by the Mountain People themselves!"

Dae Jang Geum recognized this kind of arrow. She had been captured by the Mountain People before. Because she was a medical woman who knew medicine, she had treated the Mountain People and was released only because of that; otherwise, she would have died long ago.

"This is our hunting ground, you must leave immediately, or we will kill without mercy!"

After a man’s voice finished speaking, the woods echoed with more assenting voices, followed by screams and cries for help.

Some officers had been captured.

"What should we do?"

The big-bearded man was a bit tense.

"Come out and surrender, or die!"

Lin Baici, sword in hand, was seething with murderous intent.

"All of you, attack together!"

Quan Sangin urged everyone to hurry, as they didn’t have time to play a death survival game with these Mountain People.

Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!

More than a dozen arrows were immediately shot at Lin Baici. The Mountain People weren’t stupid; they realized Lin Baici was the boss and naturally aimed to kill him first.

Without a leader, the enemy would surely collapse.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lin Baici swung his sword, easily cutting down those arrows. He then activated Mantra Buddha Resound and A Sip of A Hundred Flavors to enhance his hearing and smell.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Baici had locked onto the position of the man who had shouted.

"Don’t attack, it’s me. A great plague has broken out outside, we came here looking for Li God Doctor, to find medicinal herbs to save people!"

Dae Jang Geum ran forward a few steps shouting.

The Mountain People, seeing Dae Jang Geum who had once treated them, prepared to show mercy and let these people leave quickly. But the young leader made his move.

He began to run furiously, rampaging through the woods like a fierce tiger or leopard, filled with a terrifying aura. What was more frightening was that he was heading in the direction of the tribal chief.

Without any hesitation, another volley of arrows flew at him.

With Lin Baici’s reflexes, he could have easily cut down these arrows with his Bronze Sword, but he didn’t want to take the risk, so he summoned Muscle Buddha.

Boom!

The Muscle Buddha, wearing shorts and with his torso bare, appeared in front of Lin Baici. Sprinting furiously, he threw consecutive punches, sending those Feather Arrows flying away, and even the few that made it through and hit him were repelled.

"What kind of monster is this?"

The big-bearded man was shocked.

Lee Taehyun was terrified, realizing that this man had more tricks up his sleeve. It was fortunate that he had submitted yesterday; otherwise, he would now certainly be lying dead in the wilderness, a midday feast for wild dogs.

Lin Baici saw a figure leap down from a tree in the dense forest, attempting to move away. He immediately threw his Bronze Sword.

"Off you go!"

Whoosh!

The Dragon Tooth King Sword, with a streak of bronze light, whizzed past, shearing off one of the man’s ears and then piercing the trunk of a tree ahead. Amidst a burst of flying sawdust, it drew a circle and returned.

Slap!

Lin Baici caught the Bronze Sword.

"Don’t force me to go on a killing spree, get on your knees and surrender now!"

Lin Baici bellowed.

Muscle Buddha rushed towards a nearby large tree and punched it.

Crack!

The tree, thick enough to be hugged by one person, broke directly. Muscle Buddha grabbed it, using it as a javelin, and hurled it at another large tree over forty meters away.

Thud!

In the midst of a loud crash, two mountain people wearing animal skins fell from the trees, tumbling head over heels.

"Don’t kill anyone!"

Lin Baici stopped Quan Sangin and the bearded man, who were about to go on a killing spree.

"Why?"

Quan Sangin didn’t understand.

"I need some soldiers!"

After Lin Baici finished speaking, he looked at Dae Jang Geum, "Judging by your appearance, you seem to know them, and the fact that you survived the hands of the savage mountain people shows that they respect you. Help me persuade them to surrender!"

"I can provide them with fine wine and delicacies, with gold and silver treasures, as long as they work for me for ten days!"

In ten days, Lin Baici thought that would be enough to settle this rule pollution.

Gu Qingqiu was originally going to urge Lin Baici to spare lives under the blade and capture some slaves for the workforce, but found he had the same idea and could only shut his mouth.

Alas!

The team leader is too impressive; my value can’t be shown!

"I... I...!"

Dae Jang Geum hesitated, fearing she couldn’t do it well.

"I believe you can do it!"

Lin Baici smiled and encouraged Dae Jang Geum, then took out some food and a down jacket from the Black Tripod Bowl.

Dae Jang Geum took a deep breath and shouted to the mountain people: "Master Lin is a good person. Follow his instructions, and you’ll have endless delicious food!"

The mountain people were loyal and didn’t leave, not because there was food, but because the bearded man leading the troops had captured two prisoners.

The one-eared mountain person approached with a menacing look, but before he could speak, Lin Baici opened up a tin of luncheon meat and tossed it to him.

The aroma of the luncheon meat made One Ear hesitate.

"Work for me for ten days, and afterwards, I’ll give you three years’ worth of food and clothing!"

Lin Baici tossed the down jacket to him.

The mountain people were wearing tattered animal skins, evidently poor at a glance.

One Ear didn’t recognize the down jacket, but his sense of touch didn’t deceive him, and upon feeling it, he knew it was something good, quickly draping it over himself, then the cold wind was blocked.

"I want this kind of clothes, ten, no, twenty!"

One Ear couldn’t count, he could only count up to twenty at most.

Lin Baici nodded.

One Ear looked at the luncheon meat, took a bite, and then his demands grew greater: "I also want weapons, knives, and bows and arrows."

"Once we get down the mountain, I’ll prepare them right away for you!"

Lin Baici wasn’t afraid that these people would go back on their word; if worst came to worst, he could just kill them later.

"Can you release my people now?"

One Ear looked at the two members of his tribe and then at Muscle Buddha.

"Let them go!"

Lin Baici gave the order to the bearded man, then took out bandages and hemostatic medicine and handed them to Dae Jang Geum: "Go and dress his wound!"

"Is there any more food?"

One Ear had no thoughts of running away. Unfortunately, this winter was too cold; there was a lack of clothing and food in the mountains, and many people had already starved to death.

There had already been proposals within his tribe to go down the mountain and rob, but that was tantamount to a death sentence. Now, working for this nobleman, they could earn some food; it was a good deal.

One Ear looked at the clean and healthy Lin Baici and the women beside him, realizing this man was a nobleman. Moreover, the official-looking bearded man was obedient to Lin Baici, like a pet dog, which made him even suspect that this man was from the royal family.

Lin Baici took out several boxes containing bread, luncheon meat, and mineral water.

"Do you call this place forbidden territory just so you don’t want outsiders to enter your hunting grounds, making up all this nonsense?"

Lin Baici inquired.

"There really is a forbidden territory, right there under the cliff. Doctor Li warned us never to go there, or we would die!"

In this era, the words of Doctor Li—who was known in Goryeo for his miracle cures—were considered precious and true.

"Let’s hurry over there and check it out!"

The bearded man urged. If they could find Doctor Li in the forbidden territory, it would be great.

...

Underneath the cliff, an indentation formed a narrow cave with a thermal spring gushing out hot water, creating a small pool.

On the cave’s rock walls, some faint purple flowers bloomed, with a weak fragrance wafting through the air.

"There’s something wrong with these flowers!"

Gu Qingqiu was worried: "Stay away!"

"Did you make some discovery?"

Kim Myungjin stopped in his tracks.

"There are no weeds here, only these little flowers!"

Lin Baici explained. Normally, even if these flowers were the main plants here, there should still be some weeds in the vicinity.

"What plant is this?"

Quan Sangin pushed Dae Jang Geum, telling her to speak quickly.