After leaving Laxian, Su Qing went to her first destination—Da Hu Mountain.
Da Hu Mountain was lush with vegetation. Its peaks were high and its forests deep, stretching for hundreds of miles. Many parts of it were still unexplored. It was, one could say, a truly wild mountain.
Su Qing had chosen Da Hu Mountain as her first destination precisely because it was untouched. In a forest like this, it would be easier to find medicinal herbs that were hundreds of years old.
"Miss, you're going to Da Hu Mountain all by yourself?" Changxi Village was the closest settlement to Da Hu Mountain. When he learned that Su Qing was headed there, Old Li, the man driving the ox-cart, offered her a ride. The other passengers were also residents of Changxi Village. Old Li gently tapped the ox's back with his whip and said to Su Qing, "Da Hu Mountain is a deep one, miss. It's dangerous to go into the mountains alone. You should think twice."
