As noon gradually approached, the surrounding neighbors, friends from the Medicine Seeking Team, Master Lu from the Workshop, and others arrived one after another.
The guests all brought gifts of one kind or another.
Things like homegrown vegetables and fruit, or ordinary spirit herbs they had gathered.
Zhou Shan and his wife accepted them generously.
By the time nearly everyone had arrived, the beast meat and other ingredients were all prepared as well.
Six tables had been set up in the Main Hall and the small courtyard, and they were almost completely filled.
Zhou Ling and Yuan Hu went from table to table, pouring Spirit Wine for the guests.
Cultivators were usually busy, so chances like this to gather together were rare.
Everyone chatted and laughed merrily.
Most of the Medicine Seeking Team talked about matters in the mountains.
Of course, the main topic was which herb seeker had found another fine spirit herb.
That was their greatest motivation for entering the mountains.
It was also one way for everyone to share information.
If fine spirit herbs were found somewhere, it meant the spiritual energy there was abundant and the chances of finding more spirit herbs were high.
What delighted Zhou Ling was that he had finally learned some news about the Blood Lotus as well.
While the Herb Seekers were talking, someone mentioned it.
Someone had found a Blood Lotus in a valley within the Inner Mountain called Blood Crow Valley.
However, whether the news was reliable was impossible to say.
After all, with their cultivation, they would not venture into Blood Crow Valley.
A flock of blood crows occupied Blood Crow Valley. Though they were only First-tier Demonic Beasts, blood crows were skilled at fighting in groups. Not only were their claws incomparably sharp, but they could also