What rotten luck! I napped on a roadside cart and woke up here, reeking of herbs. When I jumped off, the carte…
What rotten luck! I napped on a roadside cart and woke up here, reeking of herbs. When I jumped off, the carter fainted dead away. What a coward, but to be fair, he fainted in a nice spot.
Why? Isn't the herbal stench obvious?
This place is called Stillheart Grove, a village of medicine, where every field grows remedies. The people here are the gentlest I've ever met. We revived the carter, Jiang Fan, a merchant who trades herbs between Stillheart Grove and Crosswind Bazaar, with some calming pills. I didn't mean to harm him! I even treated him to a meal to apologize. He offered to take me to Crosswind Bazaar.
But... I don't want to leave just yet. I've seen many villages, but this one is special, even their way of curing rehmannia roots is unusual. Though I'll admit, I know too little to grasp the trick of it.