Chapter 673: All Treasures

The so-called "big haul" refers to an Old Mountain Ginseng with a long history; the one before Jian Yining is a Twelve-leaf Ginseng, and though he is accustomed to fine things, he is still so excited that his hands are shaking.

Although the Jian Family does not run a Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, he understands many medicinal herbs, especially Old Mountain Ginseng, and this is his first time seeing one this large; it is worth a fortune!

"Nianyin, lend me your hair tie; I'll return a basketful to you later."

Harvesting this kind of ginseng is very particular; one cannot just pull it up casually, and since he needs to save lives now, he must tie the ginseng up first so it cannot run away.

Nianyin's hair tie is red.

"There is plenty of this stuff inside; it's nothing rare."

Although she says this, Nianyin still unties her hair tie and hands it to Jian Yining.

He ties it up carefully, stands up, and takes several lingering looks before walking away, even turning his head back every step of the way.

She said there is a lot?

She must be bragging.

He would never believe it; a Twelve-leaf Ginseng is a supreme treasure among men.

And since it can be called a supreme treasure, naturally there cannot be many.

If it were everywhere, it could not be a supreme treasure.

"Don't move."

Sheng Hanyu stops his wife.

There is a cobra in front, locking eyes with him and glaring at Sheng Hanyu.

Even if Shi Youxuan wanted to move, she couldn't; her legs are weak.

Isn't this snake too big?

It is a good three or four meters long and as thick as a water bucket.

If it didn't have the obvious characteristics of a cobra, people would believe it if you called it a python!

Cobras are highly venomous.

And the amount of a cobra's venom is directly related to its size.

If one were bitten by this snake... forget it, no need for poison, it would swallow them whole directly.

No matter what kind of death it is, Shi Youxuan does not want it!

Cobras are nearsighted and can only see things very close by.

They rely on the airflow in the air to judge the position of prey, so as long as one doesn't move, it's fine.

The few of them hold their breath, standing in place without moving, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Time passes second by second, feeling as long as a century, when the cobra suddenly launches an attack on them... it's over, their lives are finished here.

Shi Youxuan closes her eyes, but the anticipated danger brushes past her.

The cobra slides past her with a "swish," and more than ten meters behind them, a plump rabbit is swallowed whole.

Then it slides away along the grass and disappears.

"Phew—"

Shi Youxuan collapses limply toward the ground, and Sheng Hanyu supports her: "The ground is wet, you can't sit."

He pulls his wife into his arms, letting her rest against his shoulder.

"Xuanxuan, don't be afraid, it's okay now; that snake has already left and won't come back..."

Whether it will come back, he actually has no idea himself.

But saying this can make his wife feel better; Shi Youxuan's little face is deathly pale from fright.

She is usually most afraid of snakes.

Even when watching TV, she fast-forwards through any scenes with snakes; if she hadn't been forcing herself to stay strong out of concern for her companions' safety, she would have collapsed long ago after being confronted by such a long one just now.

Jian Yining, however, says: "What a pity, if we could catch this snake, it would definitely save many people after being made into medicine."

Sheng Hanyu:...

Shi Youxuan:...

They were almost eaten by a snake just now, and he actually has such thoughts.

Both of them roll their eyes at Jian Yining at the same time, suspecting that he is obsessed with money and his brain is broken.

Still talking about medicine?

You have to have the life to catch it first for that to count.

Nianyin says to Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan: "Don't be afraid; for animals like this, the more dangerous they are, the rarer they are."

However, a moment later, she says something completely different to Jian Yining: "Don't worry, there are many more of these rare medicinal materials inside; you can have as many as you want."

The three of them:...

Continuing to walk inside, the situation in the Forest is indeed as Nianyin said; she did not lie.

They never saw a cobra again, but they encountered many other small animals—pangolins, alpine musk deer, and even black bears.

Furthermore, the ginseng becomes more and more abundant; Jian Yining started out incredibly excited just seeing a Twelve-leaf wild ginseng, but later on, there were even Fourteen-leaf and Sixteen-leaf wild ginsengs.

Nianyin's hair tie is not enough.

"I'm rich, I'm rich." Jian Yining's eyes are shining.

Sheng Hanyu glares at him with disdain: "Are you short of money? Is it worth getting this excited?"

"It is worth it!"

Jian Yining argues righteously: "This isn't something you can buy with money, okay? At critical moments, it can save lives."

Without realizing it, everyone's stomachs start to "rumble"; it is time to eat.

The group chooses a relatively flat and open clearing, clears away the weeds, and sets up a stove.

Nianyin takes out the matsutake mushrooms she picked casually on the road from the basket on her back, puts them into the boiling water to stew, and then takes out a piece of high-quality ham, using a sharp Dagger to skillfully slice the ham into thin, cicada-wing-like slices, sliding them into the pot.

After the soup boiled, the scent of ham and matsutake mushrooms drifted through the air, exceptionally delicious.

The Forest was damp and cold; nothing could be more comfortable than drinking a bowl of hot soup.

Cooking in the wild is naturally not as particular as at home; the soup was considered ready after just a couple of boils.

Nianyin untied a small cloth bag from her waist, which contained salt.

She sprinkled a few salt grains into the soup, ladled out the first bowl, and handed it to Shi Youxuan first.

The three of them were already used to this; the Ji Family honors women above all.

During these few days on the road, Nianyin had considered Shi Youxuan in everything, and no one else had any objections.

"Miss, drink something hot."

Shi Youxuan stared straight ahead!

"Hi! Hello little dog, do you want to drink some soup too?" she said softly, then took the bowl from Nianyin's hand, placed it on the ground, and waved at the front.

The three of them followed her gaze and saw a "little dog" with snow-white fur crouching in the grass ahead.

It was not big, its teeth were not sharp enough, and its sky-blue eyes flashed with curiosity and ignorance about the world; the "little dog" looked very cute.

It sniffed its nose, hesitating and not daring to come over, likely worried about encountering danger.

But it could not resist the deliciousness of the meat soup, so it hesitantly took a step forward, just as Sheng Hanyu sneezed—"Achoo."

The sound was like a clap of thunder.

The "little dog" immediately dove into the grass and disappeared.

"It's all your fault, sneezing at a time like this and scaring the little dog away." Shi Youxuan complained to her husband.

Sheng Hanyu: "I did it on purpose; I wanted to scare it away."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Why?"

Her husband picked up the soup bowl, took two sips of the soup, and then took a deep, satisfied breath.

Only then did he explain to his wife: "This is a primeval Forest, not our residential park; what makes you think that was just a little dog?"

The other two nodded in agreement.

Jian Yining: "Hanyu Ge is right, that thing just now was definitely not a dog, it was a Xiaolang. Xuanxuan, you really shouldn't provoke it; wolves are pack animals. If you take it away, the mother wolf could chase us to the ends of Tianya Haijiao."

On this point, no one had more of a right to speak than Jian Yining.

He had just lost his child, and he had seen Wan'er's madness with his own eyes and felt the pain in his heart.

Mothers in this world are all the same, regardless of species!

Reminded, Shi Youxuan realized: that's right, how could there be a little dog in a place like this?

It was a Xiaolang.

It was just too cute; it didn't look fierce at all, it was so adorable.

But she had no intention of taking the Xiaolang away; she just thought it was cute and milky, and wanted to share some food with it.