Chapter 57 Shennong tastes hundreds of herbs

But Shennong said goodbye to everyone and left Chendu. Then he headed south and began to taste the herbs and try poison with his body. Shennong specially prepared two bags for this, which were edible on the left and poisonous on the right.

At this time, Shennong had already walked for countless years, his legs were swollen and his feet were calloused, but he still did not stop. After walking forty-nine days, Shennong came to a place and saw that there were peaks and peaks, and the canyons were one after another. The mountains were covered with strange flowers and plants, and the fragrance was smelled far away.

Seeing so many flowers and plants, Shennong was overjoyed and hurried forward. Just as Shennong walked a long way forward, suddenly, a group of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards rushed out of the canyon and surrounded him. Shennong was not afraid, and immediately waved his stone axes and spears to fight the beasts, and took away a group of them, and then rushed forward. After fighting for seven days and seven nights, all the beasts were driven away. Shennong felt very tired when he saw the beasts being beaten away. So Shennong sat on the ground and rested for a while.

After a while, Shennong gradually recovered his strength, stood up and looked at the unknown canyon in front of him. Thinking of the attacks of the wild beasts just now, he couldn't help but hesitate. However, Shennong immediately thought of the human race, his eyes instantly became firm, he nodded heavily, and said to himself: "Can't go back! All the people in the world are sick and have no medical treatment, and they are poisoned and cannot be saved. How can I go back!" As he said that, Shennong resolutely walked into the canyon.

A moment later, Shennong came to the foot of a vast mountain. Half of the mountain was inserted into clouds, with knife-cut cliffs on all sides, and a waterfall hanging on the cliff, with moss growing and slippery. It seemed that there was no ladder that could not be climbed up.

Just when Shennong was helpless, he suddenly saw a few golden monkeys crawling over along the hanging ancient vines and the rotten wood lying on the waist of the cliff. Shennong had an idea and had it! At that moment, regardless of his physical fatigue, he began to cut wooden poles, cut rattans, and build a rack against the cliff, putting one layer a day, from spring to summer, from autumn to winter, no matter windy or rainy, or snowy, he never stopped working. He built a whole year and built three hundred and sixty layers before he reached the top of the mountain. This is the origin of Shennongjia in later generations.

Shennong made the cloud frame without stopping, climbed the frame and climbed to the top of the mountain. A few days later, Shennong finally reached the top of the mountain. The top of the mountain was filled with a beautiful scenery. The sunset was setting, and thousands of rays of light shone on the grass on the top of the mountain, adding a hint of brilliance to its support. Shennong looked at all this happily and wanted to start tasting the grass immediately, but as it was too late today, Shennong had to give up, pack up his clothes, and start resting, and start tasting the grass all tomorrow.

On the second day, Shennong had just woken up and immediately got up to prepare, and then he began to taste all kinds of herbs. Shennong would have accidentally eaten some poisonous substances, and some pain would have been inevitable. If the Holy Mother of Jinling had given him some detoxification pills earlier, Shennong would have died long ago.

However, Shennong did not have the slightest desire to retreat. During the day, he tried all herbs. At night, Shennong would drill wood to make fire, build a bonfire, and use the fire to record the grass tasted during the day in detail. Remember clearly which grass is bitter, hot, cool, which can satisfy hunger, and which can cure diseases.

However, after tasting hundreds of herbs, Shennong naturally always puts himself in danger, and the elixirs given by the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit will be used up. Moreover, the elixirs given by the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit cannot remove all poisons. In this way, Shennong finally encountered danger.

On this day, Shennong saw a small grass with yellow flowers, and the calyx was moving open and closed. He was curious and put the leaves in his mouth and chewed them slowly. After a while, he felt uncomfortable in his stomach, and his intestines were broken one by one. This grass was a famous heartbreaking herb in later generations. Shennong hurriedly took the detoxification pill given by the Holy Mother of Jinling, but this time it was not effective. Shennong was shocked, and the pain in his abdomen became more and more serious. Shennong could no longer think, and his consciousness gradually became blurred. Shennong was helpless and could only fall to the ground and rolled constantly.

A hundred miles away from the human capital Chendu, there is a towering mountain with pleasant scenery and beautiful scenery. This mountain is the temporary residence of the Holy Mother of Jinling. Just when Shennong took the heartbroken grass, the Holy Mother of Jinling had already sensed it. The Holy Mother of Jinling was also sighing in her heart. Shennong was so brave that Shennong was so brave that he sacrificed his fearless spirit in his human race, and was afraid that no one in the world could compare. After sighing, the Holy Mother of Jinling did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly stood up to save her.

At this time, Shennong was already in unbearable pain, and only one thought was left in his heart: "I didn't expect that Shennong, my family, died here. It's a pity that I have never tasted all the herbs for the human race. In the future, the human race will still be unable to get rid of the entanglement of the disease. I, Shennong, feel unwilling to accept it!"

Just as Shennong closed his eyes and waited for death, a golden light flashed, and a nun appeared in front of Shennong out of thin air. This nun was wearing a golden Taoist robe with a very gorgeous appearance, which was the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit. Seeing Shennong's appearance, the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit took out a pill and stuffed it into Shennong's mouth. After a moment, Shennong's abdominal pain disappeared, and the poison of the heartbreaking herb was relieved.

Shennong recovered and saw the Holy Mother Jinling standing aside. He knew that he was rescued by the teacher. He hurriedly stood up and thanked the Holy Mother Jinling, "Disciple Shennong pays homage to the teacher. His disciple is stupid and accidentally eats poisonous weeds. Teacher ***'s grace to save his life."

The Holy Mother of Jinling nodded and said, "You are my disciple, so I naturally want to save you, but you don't need to be polite, get up." After a pause, the Holy Mother of Jinling continued to ask, "Shennong, do you know that your actions will definitely bring you countless pains and may even die. In the vast world, there are countless spiritual roots of plants and trees, so when will you taste them all?"

After hearing this, Shennong said seriously: "The teacher is here, and the disciples can identify the sheep for the human race. Although they die, they will not regret it. Since there are countless plants and trees, the disciples will taste it day by day, day after day, and there will be a time to taste it." After that, Shennong fell to the ground again and said, "But, the disciples are afraid that they will die and die. I also ask the teacher to help the disciples with their strength."

The Holy Mother Jin Ling looked at the firm Shennong, smiled slightly, waved her bare hands and helped Shennong up. The Holy Mother Jin Ling smiled and said to Shennong, "You are doing this to benefit the people of the human race, so you are naturally obliged to be a teacher."

When Shennong saw the Holy Mother of Jinling agreeing, he was overjoyed. He knew that his teacher was a saint disciple and had great supernatural powers. Now he was willing to help him complete his great cause. Shennong couldn't help but feel excited and bowed again and said loudly: "Thank you for your help, and your disciples will be the kindness of Teacher *** for the people of the human race."

The Holy Mother Jin Ling nodded, thought for a while, and then said to Shennong, "Shennong, you will wait here for a while, and come here for your teacher." After that, he drove the clouds towards the East China Sea.

A few days later, the Holy Mother of Jinling arrived in Penglai Island and did not stop, and walked directly to Biyou Palace. In Biyou Palace, the Holy Mother of Jinling saw Tongtian meditating on the cloud bed at this time, and hurriedly fell to the ground and said, "Disciple Jinling, pay homage to the teacher, I wish the teacher a long life."

Tongtian glanced at the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit and said, "No need to be polite, get up." After the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit again, she stood up and stood aside. Tongtian continued to ask, "Jin Ling, what are you going to say today?"

The Holy Mother of Jinling hurried forward and said, "Teacher, the disciple Shennong, whom I was invited, is now willing to taste all the herbs for the human race to identify whether it is poisonous, but this method is extremely dangerous and the disciple cannot do so, so I came to ask the teacher for advice."

Tongtian nodded and said, "Shennong is concerned about the human race." Then, Tongtian waved with one hand, and a long black whip appeared in his hand, and said to the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit: "This whip is called the ochre whip. It was made by the teacher with the body of the dragon clan and the earth treasures. Use this whip to touch plants to identify the medicinal properties of hundreds of herbs. If this thing helps, I think Shennong can also identify the herbs." The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit was very happy, stepped forward to take the whip, and then bid farewell to Tongtian and headed to the place where Shennong was.

A few days passed in a flash, and the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit had arrived at this time. Seeing Shennong, the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit smiled slightly and handed the whip to Shennong, saying, "This whip is refined by your master and is called the whip. This thing can be used to identify the properties of hundreds of herbs. It is just right for you to identify the herbs." Shennong was overjoyed and went up to take the whip, put it in his hand to watch it, and was very happy.

Seeing this, the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit shook her head with a smile and said, "In this way, you will continue your great cause and be your teacher." After that, he handed over some detoxification pills to Shennong, and then left in the clouds. Shennong kept looking at the Holy Mother of Golden Spirit until she disappeared into the sea of ​​clouds, and then came back to her senses. Then he continued to start his great cause and tasted all kinds of herbs.

After that, Shennong tasted flowers and plants in one mountain, and then went to another mountain to taste it. He climbed up with wooden poles. He tasted it for 49 days and walked through all the mountains and ridges around him. He tasted 365 kinds of herbs.

After tasting hundreds of herbs, Shennong found herbs for the prehistoric human race, and prepared to go back to the mountain. He looked around and saw that the wooden frames on the mountains were missing. It turned out that the wooden poles on the floor took root and sprouted from the rain. After years of age, they actually grew into a vast forest.

Shennong was in a dilemma, and saw a auspicious cloud coming from the sky. After a closer look, it was his teacher, Holy Mother Jin Ling, who came again. Shennong was very happy and naturally knew that the teacher was here to help him go down the mountain. When the Holy Mother Jin Ling saw Shennong, she didn't say much, so she protected Shennong and sent him down the mountain.

In order to commemorate the achievements of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs and benefiting the land of the world, people from later generations named this vast forest after Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs "Shennongjia".

After Shennong returned to the tribe, he returned to his own tent and began to sort out his knowledge of the hundreds of meadows over the years. After two years of land, Shennong finally completed the first medical technique in the prehistoric world, namely "Shennong Bencao Jing".
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