"Eat up, we have to leave while it’s still day time outside." Ye Xuan urged them when he saw them sitting in place and just looking at the things on the table.
When Song Ting heard this, he didn’t hesitate anymore and immediately grabbed a box of milk and a packet of biscuits and opened them then he started to eat.
The others upon seeing this also each took their share and began to eat.
They had been hungry for so long that when they started eating, they were feeling nauseous. However, after a few bites and drinking some milk, they felt better.
After eating half a packet of biscuits and drinking all the milk, Song Ting stood up and said he was going to finish gathering his research materials.
The other two also followed suit and put the remaining biscuits in their pockets then said they were also going to their apartment to collect their research materials.
Ye Xuan was left alone in the living room waiting for the three old men. He started thinking about how to arrange for their accommodations.
He took out his phone and called Gu Fan to arrange for accommodation for the three professors.
Back in the Garden community apartment building, Chu Miao and her family had decided not to go out after Ye Xuan left.
"Let’s cultivate today. After coming out of seclusion, we have rested enough. Let’s go into the space and cultivate there." Grandpa Chu said when Chu Hao asked if they were going to scavenge for supplies again.
The truth was, the family had been shaken by Chu Miao’s incident the previous day. Even though nothing had happened to her and Ye Xuan had protected her, they still had some fear.
Of course, they could tell that based on the difference in height between Ye Xuan and Chu Miao, the mutated rat had aimed for her neck and if the attack had been successful, then they might have lost her.
They were still paranoid because of the truck accident months ago, and any situation concerning Chu Miao would trigger bad memories.
Because of this, when Grandpa Chu suggested going into the space to cultivate, no one objected. In fact, they couldn’t wait to go.
As such, the family locked the door and windows and entered the space ring.
"You guys can go to your rooms to cultivate. There are spirit stones in the store room, you can take what you need.
Brother, let’s go across the stream and explore a little today." Chu Miao instructed her family then grabbed her brother’s hand and teleported to the stream.
Inside the space she didn’t have to be careful about using her teleportation ability because no one would witness it and target her.
"Bunny, what do you think is in the forest?" Chu Hao asked as he looked at the dense forest on the other side of the stream.
"I don’t know, but I hope it has cultivation resources. Let’s go take a look." Chu Miao replied and grabbed Chu Hao’s hand again then teleported to cross the stream.
As soon as they walked into the forest, Chu Miao could tell that the spiritual energy in the forest was purer than the other side where the courtyard was located.
It looked like the spiritual energy source was in the forest. She wondered what resources she could find inside. Thinking of this, she hastened her steps and walked deeper into the forest.
As she walked, Chu Miao could see some low-level spiritual herbs. These herbs may have little effect on them, but for ordinary people, they were treasures. Therefore, she decided to pick some of the herbs and experiment with them once she came out.
"What are those plants you are picking and what are they for?" Chu Hao asked as he didn’t understand why his sister was picking plants he had never seen before.
"These are spiritual herbs. They can be used in alchemy, but can also be used without any processing. The only problem is that the medicinal properties will be reduced if used like that.
But for ordinary people, those effects could already be considered a miracle." Chu Miao explained.
"So, what is the plant with purple veins on the leaves used for?" Chu Hao asked this because he could see that this type of plant was the most abundant around them.
"It’s used to staunch bleeding on open wounds. You just need to crash the leaves and apply the juice on the wound and the bleeding will stop within a minute.
If the wound is severe, it might take a little more time, but it can definitely stop the bleeding." Chu Miao replied.
"The alchemy you mentioned should be the skill to make pills like the ones we gave Ye Xuan and the marrow cleansing pills right?" Chu Hao asked again as he started to help his sister harvest the herbs he had seen her pick.
"Yes, creating those pills requires skills, but not many people are able to master them. That’s why in the Wuxin Kingdom, only a few alchemists could be found even though many wanted to learn."
"Is it that difficult to become an alchemist?" Chu Hao asked in disbelief. He thought that an alchemist was like a doctor, all one needed was interest and a teacher and they could become doctors.
What was so different about alchemists?
"First before you start comparing alchemists to doctors, let me teach you how to harvest herbs. You are ruining them. All the herbs you have picked are useless and can’t be used." Chu Miao said with a sigh.
Her brother doesn’t take things seriously at all. He just thought that by pulling the herbs from the ground that could be considered as harvesting them. How worrying.
"What do you mean? How are they useless? Aren’t they the same as yours?" Chu Hao asked several questions in a row.
He looked at the herbs in his hands and couldn’t understand why they were deemed useless when they were clearly fine.
"Herbs are not weeds and cannot be harvested the same way you harvest other things. There are specific ways of picking them and their roots shouldn’t be hurt at all.
If even a small root gets broken, then the rest of the herb becomes useless. Take a look at the herbs you just harvested, which one of them has complete roots without any dents?" Chu Miao had to explain everything to her brother like a child.