Chapter 689: There's a Young Daoist On the Mountain
Autumn was gradually approaching.
Through the cycle of the four seasons, by this point, half the year had already passed. Just like a person's life, moving past middle age and slowly stepping into old age.
Yet as autumn neared, the common people finally reached the end of their long wait. This year had been a good one. No matter what great events shook the world, in the eyes of these people, as long as the harvest was bountiful and they could survive the coming year, that was the best thing.
The many medicinal herbs in the Infatuation Daoist Temple were also nearing maturity.
Foreign cultivators planted spiritual herbs for alchemy. Aside from some high-grade spiritual herbs that require ten or twenty years to fully mature, most common medicinal herbs could be harvested in about two or three years. Sown each year, they naturally yielded a harvest every year.
The disciples who were responsible for harvesting the medicinal herbs were those who had only recently arrived at the temple. They needed to familiarize themselves with everything within the Infatuation Daoist Temple. In their early years, they were responsible for supplying the other disciples with food, clothing, and daily necessities, as well as handling the distribution of medicinal pills.
After several years, those with outstanding aptitude would be taken in by their respective mentors for proper guidance. If they made something of themselves in the future, they would finally step onto the true path of cultivation.
Yu Lu had been on the mountain for three years now. This young daoist had rather poor luck.
The Infatuation Daoist Temple cultivator who had taken him in and brought him up the mountain had never been highly regarded. Among the second-generation disciples, his talent was mediocre at best. He had spent his entire life struggling just to reach the Bitter Sea Realm, only to find his cultivation deteriorating with age. Eventually, his health declined further, and as he grew old and feeble, the temple took pity on him and allowed him to descend the mountain to find a successor. The old daoist's judgment was just average, and pressed for time, he quickly found a young boy and brought him up the mountain - that boy was Yu Lu.