"Water... water... water..."
A hoarse voice sounded, throat tearing, very uncomfortable.
Old Xie took out a cup of water, lifted him up from the bed, and helped him drink it.
After a cup of water, his complexion improved a bit, and his previously cracked lips also gained a bit of color.
"How are you feeling? Is there any discomfort in your body?" Old Xie asked.
The young man paused and replied, "Pain, a lot of pain."
"Pain is inevitable, the snake venom had deeply penetrated your bones and organs, but fortunately, we have the Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant, which removed most of the snake venom from your body. Only a bit remains, and with a little more treatnt, you’ll be fully recovered," Old Xie explained.
"Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant?" The young man murmured upon hearing this, with confusion in his eyes, as if pondering sothing.
"What is it?" Old Xie asked.
After thinking for a mont, the young man said, "The Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant, I’ve heard of it. It’s cultivated by Pharmacist Xie from the Great Wilderness Border Village, but can it really cure snake venom?"
Old Xie was puzzled, "Why wouldn’t it be able to?"
"The wife of the village chief from Stone Village was also bitten by a poisonous snake, and on the sa night, she took Pharmacist Xie’s Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant along with a dicinal dressing, but by the next day, she had turned into white bones."
"Oh!" Old Xie suddenly understood and explained, "The Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant you ntioned is the original version from our Great Wilderness Border Village. The one used for you now has been improved and can cure all snake venoms."
"Our Great Wilderness Border Village?" The young man was puzzled, then realized, "Am I in the Great Wilderness Border Village now?"
Stone Village and the Great Wilderness Border Village are a hundred miles apart, and he, despite being severely weakened by snake venom, had managed to reach the Great Wilderness Border Village before the venom took hold?
"Leaving that aside, tell what exactly happened in Stone Village?" Old Xie glanced at Xu Ran and then asked.
This was what Xu Ran had asked him to do, as he was just a one-year-old baby; even if he asked, others might not answer.
The young man fell into painful mories upon hearing this question.
"One night, just one night, our Stone Village was massacred by poisonous snakes..."
The young man stuttered, once again returning to the mories of that night.
A quarter of an hour later, the young man recounted what happened that night.
After listening, Xu Ran nodded subtly.
He generally understood the process of the snake massacre in the village, but such a thing would not happen to the Great Wilderness Border Village.
Because, months ago, he had planted a lot of Seven-leafed One-flowered Plants around the village alone. Given the current situation, if it can cure snake venom, it can also defend against poisonous snakes.
If poisonous snakes cannot enter the Great Wilderness Border Village, then there will be no massacre.
After understanding the situation, Xu Ran stood up and said, "Uncle Xie, I’ll go back now, or my mother will co looking for again."
"Hmm, I will take good care of him."
As Xu Ran walked out of Old Xie’s wooden door, he saw his mother coming out from their ho.
"Mother."
Lian Ji turned her head upon hearing her son’s voice, "Little Ran!!"
"Mother, where are you going?" Lian Ji embraced Xu Ran.
"Today is the annual marriage gathering of the villages near the Great Mountain. People from Matchmaker Village will co to our village to match suitable young people for marriage."
Watching the commotion is indeed everyone’s nature.
"Mother, are you going to watch the excitent?" Xu Ran asked.
Lian Ji pinched Xu Ran’s nose and praised, "Little Ran is so clever."
With that, the mother and son walked to the village’s matchmaking place.
Soon, more than a hundred people had gathered before their eyes, most of whom were young n.
In the middle of these young n stood a matchmaker over fifty years old, with a matchmaker’s mole at the corner of her mouth and a stack of pictures in her hand, making her look very professional.
As people awaited eagerly, night fell, and Cui Hua, holding the collected pictures, was very satisfied.
"The n of the Great Wilderness Border Village, outwardly rugged, sturdy and muscular, no wonder won from all the villages around the Great Mountain want to marry them."
This ti, matchmaking, Cui Hua had never experienced such a delightful ti.
After it ended, Cui Hua went to Xu Ran’s house.
Every ti a matchmaker completes matchmaking, they would stay in that village overnight, at the household with the best conditions in the village.
Although Xu Binghu and Lian Ji were not a match made by the matchmaker, they still warmly welcod her.
In the Xu Family yard, a whole roasted lamb was set up, with oil sizzling, Cui Hua, who had never seen such a scene, almost drooled.
"Honestly, I’ve been a matchmaker for so many years and never seen a whole roasted lamb prepared for the matchmaker. Just slling it made this trip worthwhile."
Lian Ji pierced the roasted lamb with a knife, letting out the juices.
"It’s done."
Lian Ji sliced a piece of at and placed it in front of Cui Hua.
Cui Hua imdiately put it in her mouth, mumbling, "It’s so hot..."
After eating and drinking her fill, Cui Hua wiped the grease off her lips and spoke.
"I have so news, consider it my gratitude for this roasted lamb."
"Oh?" Xu Binghu was a bit curious, "What news?"
At Cui Hua’s words, all three beca very interested.
"Originally, I wasn’t planning to co to the Great Wilderness Border Village; I was going to Chicken Fate Village."
"Chicken Fate Village? The village that lives by raising chickens?" Xu Ran said.
"This child is so clever." Cui Hua praised.
During this ti, Xu Ran had been understanding the situation of the Great Mountain and nearby villages, and now he knew them thoroughly.
"This morning, to get better pictures of the girls, I went to Chicken Fate Village early."
"Only to find out that everyone in Chicken Fate Village is dead!!!"
When Cui Hua said this, her body trembled, and she looked around nervously, as if fearing sothing.
Upon hearing this news, Xu Ran sat up straight.
"The whole village is wiped out?"
"Yes!" Cui Hua raised her voice, "The whole village, their deaths were very tragic, many had broken limbs, and there was a stench I had never slled before."
Saying this, she waved her hand in front of her nose.
The speaker didn’t an it, but the listeners took note.
A madman from Stone Village had co to the Great Wilderness Border Village, and the whole village knew about him constantly talking about the snake massacre.
Moreover, the people sent by Old Qi to investigate returned and confird this news.
It ant that there were already two villages near the Great Mountain that had been massacred, and according to the matchmaker’s description, it was the sa snake massacre.
For Xu Ran, getting this news in exchange for a whole roasted lamb was very worthwhile.
As midnight descended, everyone in the Great Wilderness Border Village was asleep.
Outside the village.
Smooth trails appeared in the flattened grass, like dark red ropes, and upon closer inspection, there were hundreds.
These hundreds of poisonous snakes, in a grand procession, all headed toward the Great Wilderness Border Village, intending to poison everyone there tonight.
Soon, they reached the village gate, eyes red, flicking their tongues.
Just as they were about to enter.
In the sky, even in the dark night, under the moonlight, a pure silhouette soared through the air.
"Screech---"
This cry, like that of a sky ruler, announcing to the world that it was the king of the night.
During its flight, its fierce eyes kept a close watch on the snakes below.
The snakes on the ground saw the predator above, flicking their tongues even faster, but showed no sign of retreat.
Seeing this, Little White swooped down suddenly, swift as the wind, and in the blink of an eye, several snakes on the ground were gone.
Looking up again, several severed dark red snakes fell to the ground.
Seeing this, the snakes sped up their entry to the Great Wilderness Border Village.
Although they couldn’t stop Little White in the sky, they had numbers. As long as they killed everyone in the Great Wilderness Border Village before Little White killed them, it would be enough.
However.
The mont they crawled to the village chief’s doorstep, they all stopped on the spot, several snakes writhing on the ground in agony.
The other snakes, seeing this, retreated decisively.
Little White landed on the ground, looking at the spot where the snakes died not far away, at several blooms of the Seven-leafed One-flowered Plant.
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