Chapter 185: Wouldn't eating it turn you into a giant?

Gu Rongjin's eyes blinked twice, "Really now."

"Gu Rongjin, you two couldn't possibly have the same master, could you?!" Qilin looked at Gu Rongjin with a complex expression.

"Impossible, I and the monk have no connection."

Mu Yuanzhi: "What did he pull out?"

This shape is extremely similar...

"Fish Scale Wood!" she realized!

Qilin immediately looked up the pattern of Fish Scale Wood, compared it, and the small piece of wood the monk clenched was indeed Fish Scale Wood, no mistake!

"This is truly getting something for nothing." Gu Rongjin said, and then saw the snake that had lost the Fish Scale Wood instantly deflate like a punctured ball, lying limp.

Moreover, the whole snake shrank like it had shrunk in water, visibly shrinking by more than tenfold.

Everyone looked at each other.

What's going on?!

Mu Yuanzhi doubted: "Could it be that this giant python grew so big because of this Fish Scale Wood?"

Gu Rongjin: "So miraculous? If we put this piece of Fish Scale Wood into a human body, would it have the same effect?"

National Teacher stroked his chin and said: "Fish Scale Wood has long disappeared; only ancient texts record it via word of mouth, and its effects may not be its entirety."

Qilin, thinking, suddenly exclaimed: "If I ate it, wouldn't I become a giant?!"

Gu Rongjin gave an evil smile: "Maybe, little Qilin, you'll become a big Qilin if you eat it!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense; there are other medicinal ingredients that complement each other, drug interactions are powerful." Mu Yuanzhi comforted Qilin.

"Don't worry, little brat, even if you become a giant, we won't despise you; I'll definitely find a nice mountain and water place for you to retire." Gu Rongjin gloated, patting Qilin.

"……" Qilin: "I'm increasingly not wanting to undo the Symbiotic Gu; let's just stay symbiotic……"

The monk, hearing that, turned around: "Does the master of Juechen Valley even lack the courage to test medicines?"

"Who says I don't?!" Qilin couldn't help but get excited, instantly reversing his earlier words: "Just a mere Symbiotic Gu, I still want to improve it!"

"Here you go." The monk smiled and handed the Fish Scale Wood from his hand to Qilin.

Mu Yuanzhi walked over, looking at the giant python that probably had no signs of life, and doubted: "Master, how did you know it contained Fish Scale Wood inside?"

The monk raised an eyebrow: "Naturally, I have my own methods."

His expression was inscrutable, unwilling to say more.

Mu Yuanzhi's gaze then went to the monk's Buddhist prayer beads.

This string of Buddhist prayer beads is certainly not simple.

Gu Rongjin also leaned over, crouching to examine the giant python.

Mu Yuanzhi's gaze asked him if he had seen anything.

Gu Rongjin's gaze countered: "You're a doctor, why are you asking me?"

Mu Yuanzhi lifted the corner of her eye: "You guys from Shuangjiang aren't good at investigating cases?"

Qilin didn't understand their eye signals, he also crouched to examine the giant snake's corpse.

"It seems indeed that because it frantically absorbed this piece of Fish Scale Wood, it could grow this large." He used a small knife to cut open the snake's liver and intestines, then rubbed its blood with his hand.

While saying that, he took a portion of the snake's skin, flesh, bones, and blood and put it into his other gourd.

"Could there be many beasts in this forest that ate Fish Scale Wood? The big tiger just now might be one too?" Mu Yuanzhi said.

At that moment, the monk, who had somehow gone to look at the big tiger and returned, said: "Princess, you guessed wrong; the tiger's body has no Fish Scale Wood, it grew that large naturally."

Gu Rongjin: "Not strange, after all it's not that big, and it can't be compared to this snake at all."

Gugu—

Nobody knew whose stomach growled; everyone glanced at each other, no one wanting to admit it was their own stomach growling from hunger.

"Do you want to eat snake soup or braised tiger?" the monk asked with a smile.

Mu Yuanzhi's expression was a bit grim: "Do we have to choose?"

National Teacher sighed: "In wilderness survival, having something to eat is already good."

"You monk, you always kill and eat meat?" Qilin glanced at the monk with disdain.

"Amitabha, alcohol and meat pass through the intestines but the Buddha remains in the heart." The monk still said that.

Mu Yuanzhi, resigned, nodded: "Whatever you do, I'll eat."

In the wilderness, no need to be pretentious; filling the stomach is urgent.

Seeing Mu Yuanzhi had no objection, Gu Rongjin rolled up his sleeves: "I'll handle it."

The monk modestly stepped aside: "Prince Consort, please."

"Aren't we doing it together?"

The monk closed his eyes: "Amitabha, I cannot bear to witness killing."

Everyone: "I believe your evil!"

In the wild, there's no condition to make snake soup; Gu Rongjin haphazardly cooked the snake meat and tiger meat together, the aroma overwhelming everything, you could eat it just by closing your eyes.

After they ate their fill, it was already late; they were still missing a piece of Reed Wood to complete the set.

Everyone decided to rest for the night and set out tomorrow to find it.

"I don't dare sleep much now." Qilin, even if exhausted to death, forced himself to stay awake, fearing that if he slept he'd fall into multiple illusions like his senior sister.

Monk: "Rest easy, the illusions are gone."

"Who knows if there won't be more?"

Mu Yuanzhi is the person here who dares not sleep the most, after all she fears waking up alone again, even seeing an illusion of Gu Rongjin's corpse.

Not sleeping a day or two should be fine, right?

"Go to sleep, little Yuanzhi, it's fine, I'll keep watch!" Gu Rongjin said, grabbing Mu Yuanzhi's hand and gripping it tightly.

"You were also by my side before, and it wasn't useful either?"

Gu Rongjin couldn't refute, "Master Yuan Yan said there would be no more illusions; don't be jumpy, not sleeping will make you ugly."

"If I become ugly, will you stop liking me?" Mu Yuanzhi suddenly asked solemnly.

Facing the wife's soul-searching question, Gu Rongjin hurried to defend himself: "How could that be! Am I that kind of person? Do I like appearances?"

"What if I turned into a grasshopper?"

"……"

The Qilin silently walked over and sat down beside the National Teacher.

He didn't want to get involved in this questioning about liking appearances or souls.

Night was deep, he was exhausted, but seeing the National Teacher and the monk full of energy, he just laid down and slept.

Whatever, sleep is important.

Mu Yuanzhi lay in Gu Rongjin's arms, unknowingly falling asleep as well; she thought she wouldn't sleep soundly, but she slept straight through until morning.

The moment she opened her eyes, Mu Yuanzhi sprang up!

The previous illusion still left her with lingering fear.

"Ouch, wife, your head is really hard!" Gu Rongjin, hit on the chin, grimaced in pain.

A fine piece of soft jade was in his arms, and then suddenly……

"Sorry, Brother Gu Rongjin, are you okay?" Mu Yuanzhi anxiously went to check his chin, gently blowing on it.

"It's fine, just kiss me and I'll be fine." Gu Rongjin pointed to his chin, taking the opportunity to ask for a favor.