Chapter 156

Half of the mountain is inserted in the clouds, surrounded by knife cut cliffs. There are waterfalls hanging on the cliffs, mossy and smooth. It seems that you can't go up without a ladder to the sky. The subjects advised him to forget it and go back as soon as possible.

Shennong shook his head: "we can't go back! The people of Li are hungry, have no food, and have no medicine. How can we go back!"

He stood on a small stone mountain, facing the high mountain, looking up, down, left and right, making up his mind and trying to find a way. Later, people called the small mountain he stood on "Wangnong Pavilion". Then he saw several golden monkeys climbing along the hanging ancient rattan and the rotten wood lying on the waist of the cliff. Shennong had an idea. Yes! He then called the subjects, told them to cut wood poles, cut vines, build shelves against the cliffs, build one layer a day, from spring to summer, from autumn to winter, and never stop work, whether it's windy, rainy, snowy or frozen. It took a whole year and 360 floors to reach the top of the mountain. It is said that the scaffolding used by people to build buildings later is the way to learn from Shennong.

Shennong took his subjects, climbed the wooden frame and went to the top of the mountain. Hey! The mountain is really a world of flowers and plants, red, green, white and yellow. Shennong liked it very much. He told his subjects to guard against Wolves, insects, tigers and leopards. He picked flowers and plants himself and tasted them in his mouth. In order to taste all kinds of herbs here and find food and medicine for the people, Shennong asked his subjects to plant several rows of fir trees on the mountain as a wall to prevent wild animals, and build thatched houses inside the wall. Later, people called the place where Shennong lived "wooden city".

During the day, he led his subjects to the mountain to taste all kinds of grass. At night, he asked his subjects to start a bonfire. He lit the fire and recorded it in detail: which grass is bitter, which is hot, which is cold, which can satisfy hunger and which can cure diseases.

Once, he put a piece of grass in his mouth and tasted it. In a moment, the sky whirled and fell down. The subjects hurriedly helped him sit up. He knew that he was poisoned, but he could no longer speak. He had to use his last strength to point to a red ganoderma lucidum grass in front of him and his mouth. The subjects hurriedly put the red ganoderma lucidum into their mouths and fed it to him. Shennong ate Ganoderma lucidum, the poison gas was relieved, his head was not faint, and he could speak. Since then, people have said that Ganoderma lucidum can bring back the dead. The subjects worried that it was too dangerous for him to taste the grass like this, so they advised him to go back down the mountain. He shook his head and said, "we can't go back! Li Min is ill and has no medical treatment. How can we go back!" after that, he went on to taste all kinds of herbs.