For his beloved dog, a disciple of the Elixir Sect, to have been personally tutored by the sect leader for so many years yet still be unable to distinguish the most basic elixir materials, Liu Buli had practically given up hope.
He could only try to comfort himself, telling himself that everyone had their suitable professions. Just as his beloved dog was more suited for slaughter than for making elixirs, everyone had their own suitable professions and directions, and his beloved dog was simply not very suited for elixirs.
Liu Buli had grown accustomed to comforting himself in this way.
So, when he heard Lu Wuming's words, he found that he wasn't angry at all. In fact, he felt that things should indeed be this way.
A rather helpless smile appeared on his face, and Liu Buli and the others quickened their pace, catching up to Lu Wuming, who was ahead.
Although their beloved dog wasn't very good at recognizing medicinal herbs, his eyes were still sharp. So, when they arrived at their destination, they found that things were indeed as he had said. As they walked further, past the slightly raised land, they clearly saw a patch of messy weeds and trees.
Due to the extreme darkness, even though Lu Wuming had used spiritual energy to create a light that hung in the air, it was impossible to distinguish the types of trees and weeds.
After all, whether it was refining elixirs or making medicine, these were absolutely rigorous matters that allowed no room for carelessness.
Otherwise, if he used the wrong medicinal herbs and truly refined himself into an elixir, it would be too late to regret it then.
Knowing this clearly, Liu Buli felt even more helpless when faced with the patch of weeds. After thinking for a moment, he took out the herb diagrams he had drawn earlier and handed one to each person. Then, he gestured towards the seemingly endless plain ahead, let out a dry laugh, and said, "There's no way to directly illuminate this area, so we'll have to identify them one by one. The Karma Fire Red Lotus is indeed useful, but plants are afraid of fire. If we use firelight to illuminate them, they'll all burn. So, please use your spiritual energy to illuminate the area and help me find these materials."
Although the light produced by spiritual energy was quite effective, its range was definitely limited. Therefore, searching in this manner would be much more troublesome.
However, as his dao companion, Lu Wuming naturally didn't mind such things. He lowered his head to look at the diagram in his hand and then directly turned to search among the weeds, one by one.
Riding on Shen Muzhi, You Siqi also smiled at Liu Buli. He said, "Why are you being so polite to us? We came here to help you. Now that there's something to help with, I'm very happy. Don't worry, when it comes to intuition, no one in the world can surpass me. Perhaps if you let me search, I'll be able to find them all for you quickly."
You Siqi's words were not wrong.
After all, his intuition represented the Heavenly Dao.
All things in the world followed the laws of the Heavenly Dao to unfold. Since that was the case, letting him search might indeed yield twice the result with half the effort.
Liu Buli thought this, nodded at him, and then turned to search on his own.
The task of searching for herbs was indeed troublesome.
But what was even more troublesome, and even irritating, was that the monsters surrounding them were still lurking, looking for opportunities to attack.
Every time they lowered their heads to carefully observe the differences between the diagrams and reality, those monsters would launch attacks without hesitation. The number of monsters was too great, and new ones kept joining. This meant that they couldn't completely clear them out before searching. They could only maintain a state of searching and fighting simultaneously. Before long, everyone was filled with frustration.
Liu Buli and Lu Wuming had good strength, so the monsters' interference only annoyed them. However, being busy dealing with monsters prevented them from searching for herbs. Or, a herb that had seemed similar just moments ago might be trampled and destroyed by a monster that suddenly charged over before they could examine it closely.
Unlike their situation, You Siqi and Shen Muzhi were a pair. So, while Shen Muzhi dealt with the monsters, it didn't prevent You Siqi from continuing his search.
Moreover, Shen Muzhi's spiritual energy was too pure, carrying a purifying aura that made the monsters extremely annoyed. Therefore, even though his strength wasn't that great, the monsters didn't dare to get too close to him for a while.
As a result, You Siqi was the first to find two of the needed materials. He waved at Liu Buli and excitedly shouted, "See, I told you my intuition was useful!"
Seeing him like that, Liu Buli finally managed a smile from the bottom of his heart.
Even though he himself had made no progress, he was satisfied as long as You Siqi could help him find what he wanted.
He opened his mouth, about to praise the other person, when he saw Lu Wuming approach him at the fastest speed, abandoning the area he had been searching.
Liu Buli blinked: "Wuming, you..."
"Searching and fighting like this is endless," Lu Wuming shook his head and said, "Besides, to be honest, Master, looking at them, all these weeds look the same to me. So, it's better to be like them. I'll protect Master, and Master, you'll search. It'll be much more efficient than us separating."
Listening to Lu Wuming's explanation, Liu Buli could feel how agitated he was.
Given his ability to distinguish things, Liu Buli could confirm that his words were not a lie. In his opinion, let alone the weeds here, perhaps even the flowers and trees in the cultivation world all looked the same.
After all, his mind wasn't on this, and even if he taught him, he would never be able to teach him.
Liu Buli had long since given up on this aspect. It was better to cooperate with him as he suggested, which would be much more convenient.
In fact, it was so.
When all the monsters were handled by Lu Wuming, Liu Buli could patiently identify the herbs, and his search speed indeed increased significantly. Even though they were together, and the search area was smaller, the final result was more convenient and faster this way.
Liu Buli thought to himself and couldn't help but praise, "Wuming, I didn't expect you to be getting smarter now. This is indeed much better than separating."
Lu Wuming blinked and let out a soft hum, not directly answering Liu Buli's topic.
Although he really wanted to tell Liu Buli that it had nothing to do with being smart.
He simply wanted to be close to Master.
He envied Shen Muzhi and You Siqi.
He didn't have so many other thoughts.