"Wait a mont."
Just as Ye Xuan was about to leave the room, Lu Miaochan suddenly called out.
Ye Xuan stopped, turned around, and saw Lu Miaochan quickly walking to the bedside table. She bent down and opened the top drawer.
She took out a small object resembling an incense bag and walked over, tossing it to Ye Xuan, saying, "Take this with you!"
"What is this?"
Ye Xuan caught it, looked at the object in his hand curiously, and asked with confusion.
"Humph, it’s a Death Sentence, wishing you get eaten by wild beasts sooner in the mountains!" Lu Miaochan glared at him and said irritably.
"Haha, I see, it’s actually a Peace Blessing,"
Ye Xuan suddenly realized, laughing broadly, "Not bad, not bad, as expected of my future wife. You even know to get a Peace Blessing, to ensure your husband’s safety! Seems my affection for you wasn’t in vain, you have the potential to beco a virtuous wife and good mother."
"Who’s blessing you? Don’t be so smug, I’m only worried that no one would be able to treat Grandma if you died! Once Grandma is cured, whatever happens to you is none of my business!"
Lu Miaochan gave Ye Xuan a big eye roll, then walked out of the room without looking back.
"Ah, won, always say one thing and an another! What they say never matches what they think in their hearts."
Watching her leave, Ye Xuan shook his head with a smile, feeling amused.
He stuffed the Peace Blessing given by Lu Miaochan into his pocket and left the room.
At nine o’clock in the morning.
After sorting out the tax matters, Ye Xuan picked up so simple herb-gathering tools, slung the bamboo basket over his back, greeted the two elders Zhou Cuilan, and walked out of the courtyard.
He ca to the parking spot, first put the tools in the trunk, opened the car door and got in, and then started the car, driving towards the mountain.
On the second-floor balcony, Lu Miaochan quietly stood there, watching Ye Xuan’s car go farther, with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
She murmured in her heart, "Ye Xuan, you must co back safely..."
...
After half an hour of mountain road driving, Ye Xuan arrived at the foot of a large mountain.
This mountain is called Changlong Mountain, with an elevation of seven to eight hundred ters, the highest peak in the outer part of this mountain range, and also the most familiar mountain to locals. Villagers often enter the mountain to hunt or gather herbs, but only limited to outer regions, not daring to venture deeper.
Because the shape of this mountain resembles a long centipede, locals also call it Centipede Mountain!
Parking the car at the foot of Changlong Mountain, Ye Xuan got out, secured the bamboo basket, grabbed the herb-gathering tools, and ventured along the narrow and steep path into the mountain.
This was Ye Xuan’s second ti entering the mountain to gather herbs; last ti he was with Su Yumo, carrying a person, which sowhat hindered his movent.
Unlike last ti, Ye Xuan was alone now, without anyone holding him back, making his actions much freer.
The speed of entering the mountain was much faster too, not restricted by the rugged mountain path, greatly enhancing efficiency.
Once in the mountains, Ye Xuan moved skillfully, running swiftly through the forest, like a little leopard.
The complex mountain paths and terrain posed no obstacles for him, as if he was walking on flat earth, his agility amazing to behold.
It’s understandable; Ye Xuan grew up in the mountains, and returning here is like coming ho, which naturally makes his movents easy, along with his extraordinary abilities and superb perception, preventing a re mountain from hindering him!
As he said himself, this place is no different from an amusent park to him.
After running for ten minutes in the mountains, Ye Xuan found the first herb he was looking for. He imdiately went over, carefully dug out the herb with a small hoe, and placed it in the bamboo basket. The process was very smooth.
Ye Xuan didn’t search for herbs blindly but chose them purposefully; he had done this herb-gathering task countless tis before!
Especially familiar with the habits and growth environnt of various herbs, allowing him to quickly find the herbs he wanted in the vast mountains.
As long as he finds the right place and understands the habits of various herbs, gathering them isn’t difficult.
Over the next hour, Ye Xuan found seven or eight herbs, with only three remaining to complete his herbal list.
However, these three herbs were the hardest to find, due to their special growth environnts; finding them required going to specific places.
In the boundless mountain, finding that particular location wasn’t easy and could take a lot of ti.
But to Ye Xuan, it was just a matter of spending so ti, which wasn’t a big problem!
Anyway, it was only ten in the morning, with more than a dozen hours left in the day; he had plenty of ti to search and wasn’t in a rush.
Next, Ye Xuan crossed a hill, arriving at a valley overgrown with grass, seemingly visited by landslides before, leaving a path of dry yellow soil and rocks, forming a slope over ten ters high.
At the top of this slope, there was an uneven, nearly vertical rock wall, approximately fifty ters high.
Upon seeing this, Ye Xuan was moved and quickly climbed to the slope’s top, reaching the rock wall’s base, then looked up.
Hiss... hiss...
At this mont, the sound of rustling ca, falling into Ye Xuan’s ears, prompting him to turn his head.
Looking towards the sound, there was a Black Spotted Red Snake over two ters long, covered with black spots, slowly approaching Ye Xuan from a pile of rubble among the grass.
Its cold eyes clearly targeted Ye Xuan as prey.
"Huh? You daring creature, actually thinking of attacking ! Get lost, I don’t have ti for you now, or I’ll slice you up for snake soup."
Ye Xuan raised his eyebrows, facing the poisonous Black Spotted Red Snake without any fear.
He lifted his right foot and gently stomped the ground, sending an invisible ripple towards the snake!
Feeling this ripple, the Black Spotted Red Snake shuddered, turned tail swiftly like a mouse seeing a cat, and disappeared into the pile of stones in the blink of an eye.
Ye Xuan paid it no mind, as if it were of no concern, continuing to survey the rock wall above carefully.
Finally, after investigating, his gaze fixed on the right side of the rock wall, at a barely noticeable crack.
He smiled, having found another herb!
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