"Did you hear?"
"What?"
"Doggie, who works at Grass Saint Hall next door, came back..."
At that moment, two villagers saw Nameless approaching and immediately fell silent as they watched him pass. Once he was gone, they resumed whispering among themselves.
Two days had passed in the blink of an eye. Nameless had done nothing unnecessary, only continuously refined medicine, took medicine, and tempered his body, striving to strengthen himself first.
However, the atmosphere in the village was a little strange today. While refining medicine last night, he had heard bizarre cries and wails coming from the other end of the village.
Unfortunately, the villagers were unwilling to share any topics or information with him. Whenever they saw him, they fell silent, making it difficult for him to learn anything more from them.
"Doggie may be out of his mind and spouting nonsense, but it seems something happened in Chuanfeng County."
"Hiss, what could possibly happen to such a big county?"
"No idea. Maybe bandits attacked it."
After Nameless had gone far away, the two villagers continued their quiet discussion.
To put Nameless's current personality nicely, he was open and aboveboard. To put it bluntly, he was actually lazy. He would not pry into other people's affairs, nor would he casually eavesdrop on things he should not hear.
Because of that, he missed a piece of information that was extremely important to him.
He continued up the mountain to gather herbs according to plan. The mountain was lush with vegetation and abundant in medicinal herbs, but it also concealed potential dangers, such as venomous snakes and poisonous insects.
Yesterday, he had nearly been bitten by a venomous snake. Fortunately, his sharp eyes and quick reflexes allowed him to evade its attack. Then he caught it and made himself a pot