87: Chapter 87: Collecting All Four Poisonous Herbs

Xia Shaoxin was filled with emotion; truly, hard work pays off.

Although the two Senior Brothers were high in cultivation, they had never experienced the ways of the world and could not stand such a foul stench.

Fortunately, he was not afraid of dirt or exhaustion, and he had obtained another key ingredient for the Taisui Evil Prescription.

After sacrificing it, he gained knowledge about the mountain essence. He was quite surprised; he had originally thought it was a mineral, but it was actually a living organism.

It grew within the mountain rocks, absorbing the poison Qi here, and its outer shell had become like crystal.

He just didn't know why it had been swallowed by the giant snake; could it be the giant snake's food?

It was a pity the giant snake was already dead, so there was no one to ask.

The snake meat was rapidly rotting, and Xia Shaoxin could not stand it either, so he carried the tree trunk attached to the snake skin over to Senior Brother Shao Junwei.

"Not bad, not bad." Senior Brother Shao Junwei stroked the beautiful snake scales, unable to stop praising them.

He took out something the size of a fingernail, blew on it in the wind, and it turned into a water kettle. With a gentle tap, it released a wave of heat, baking the snake skin.

"What kind of strange Magical Artifact is this?" Senior Brother Liang Ruoran asked in surprise.

"It can spew out very hot gas, just like a chimney," Senior Brother Shao Junwei introduced.

"What is the use of making something like this?"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei smiled bitterly: "Many of the Magical Artifacts I make are strange; I don't even know what they are for after making them. I use this kettle to warm my bed when it is freezing cold."

Xia Shaoxin, however, said: "This Magical Artifact is very good; it can be used to dry Medicinal Pills, it is actually quite practical."

"Is that so?" Senior Brother Shao Junwei was very happy.

"Can it only be used once?" Xia Shaoxin asked.

"No, I have used it over a dozen times; I really just use it to warm the room."

Before long, the snake skin was baked dry, and Senior Brother Shao Junwei happily put it into his Storage Pouch, and put away the kettle as well.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran suddenly remembered: "That snake is so big, its gallbladder should be very useful. Didn't you take it out?"

Xia Shaoxin's heart skipped a beat; this was tricky.

If he said he took it, what if Senior Brother Liang Ruoran wanted to see it?

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and say he didn't take the snake gallbladder.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran ran toward the giant snake, seemingly wanting to go take it himself.

After running a few steps, he suddenly stopped, covered his face, and ran back.

"Forget it, I see the snake meat has started to rot, so the gallbladder is probably useless now."

The three of them hurriedly left the place.

To avoid Elder Qian Yunchang suspecting them of slacking off again.

After walking for a while, Senior Brother Shao Junwei suddenly grabbed his own neck, as if something in his stomach was trying to crawl up.

"I, here, feel very uncomfortable, what is going on..."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran leaned against a tree and began to retch.

"Do you feel uncomfortable too? Me too, I suddenly feel very nauseous."

He looked around blankly and sniffed, but there was no strange smell.

"Has it been a long time?" Xia Shaoxin suddenly remembered something, "Is it the time for the Medicinal Pill given by the Elder?"

The two of them suddenly realized, that's right, that's right.

This was the discomfort brought about by the erosion of the poison Qi.

Seeing that Xia Shaoxin did not feel any discomfort, the two asked curiously: "Don't you feel nauseous?"

"I am fine, I don't have any adverse symptoms."

Senior Brother Shao Junwei chuckled and said: "You come from a background as a Bug Catcher, so your adaptability to this kind of environment is stronger than ours."

Xia Shaoxin sighed: "I don't want to accept this kind of compliment."

Since the time was up, they should go back.

Xia Shaoxin did not feel uncomfortable, but he could only accompany them back.

They hadn't walked far back when Elder Qian Yunchang's voice came from the air.

"Everyone, the three-corpse three-insect body refining pill can help you resist the poison Qi. The duration varies from person to person; some of you may start to feel uncomfortable."

"But do not give up easily; you can still persist for half an hour, do not come back yet."

The two of them looked bitter.

They stopped immediately.

"If we go back now, we will definitely make Elder Qian angry."

"If the poisonous herbs are all found, it would be fine, but if not, those who go back first will definitely be in trouble."

The two of them looked at each other with tacit understanding.

"You can still endure for a while, right?"

"It's okay."

The three of them walked forward in confusion for a distance, and Senior Brother Shao Junwei's face turned pale.

"How about we go back? At worst, we will get scolded by the Elder."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran didn't even think about it and shouted: "Okay!"

Even saying one extra word was difficult, so he turned around and left.

They hadn't gone far when Senior Brother Liang Ruoran's eyes swept over an open space not far away, and he suddenly said: "Look, what is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and only saw an open space.

In this place filled with poison Qi, only living things that adapted to the poison Qi grew.

A patch of bare ground was very suspicious.

"That circle is too round!"

Xia Shaoxin's heart skipped a beat; could it be that highly toxic thing, around which not a blade of grass grows?

"Little Xia, can you go and take a look?"

Both of them were panting while walking, and added to their fear of the poisonous herbs, they dared not go forward themselves.

Xia Shaoxin cautiously went up to check, both surprised and delighted.

He saw a black circle on the ground, soaked with some kind of poison venom.

In the middle grew a three-inch-tall plant, entirely dark green, with only one leaf, faintly emitting a black light.

This was what Elder Qian Yunchang wanted, the fourth key poisonous herb in the Taisui Evil Prescription: the Single-Leaf Herb.

The black circle was a zhang wide, and the ground was full of strange poison venom. He did not want to step into it rashly, so he planned to go around and pick up something to step on.

After walking a few steps, he discovered another black circle behind a tree.

Looking closely, it was actually another Single-Leaf Herb!

And it looked slightly larger than the one in front.

Surprised and delighted, he picked up a rock, threw it into the middle of the circle, jumped onto the rock, and used his long sword to quickly dig out the Single-Leaf Herb.

Sacrifice.

Then he returned to the first one, did the same thing, stepped on the rock, and dug out the Single-Leaf Herb.

Indeed, this one was slightly smaller. Since the two Senior Brothers had already seen it, he would give it to Elder Qian.

If Elder Qian kept his word and gave some rewards, that would not be bad either.

He carefully wrapped the highly toxic Single-Leaf Herb in a piece of cloth and showed it to the two Senior Brothers, who were all ecstatic.

"Unexpectedly, we had no intention of looking for medicine, yet we actually obtained a poisonous herb!"

"Truly, the blessed need not toil; it was obtained without any effort!"

The two of them laughed loudly.

"Now, we can go back."

"That's right, we can go back without any worries!"

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran was worried that the poisonous herb would be lost or accidentally contaminated with poison venom, so he forced Senior Brother Shao Junwei to donate a Storage Pouch.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei was worried about contaminating the Storage Pouch.

He could not withstand Senior Brother Liang Ruoran's coercion and inducements, so he had to offer a Storage Pouch, on the condition that he would be the one to hand it to Elder Qian.

Xia Shaoxin did not fight over this, so he gave it to Senior Brother Shao Junwei.

At this time, the two, Senior Brother Shao and Senior Brother Liang, felt their physical pain increasing, and they rushed back impatiently.

"Elder Qian, the three of us found the Single-Leaf Herb!" Senior Brother Shao Junwei specially emphasized the four words "the three of us".

Elder Qian Yunchang's eyes lit up.

With trembling hands, he took the Single-Leaf Herb.

"Good, you have made a great contribution, I will definitely reward you heavily!"

Senior Brother Shao and Senior Brother Liang came to the Pavilion to sit and rest; many people were already sitting there.

Everyone thought it would be more comfortable here, but in reality, it was not.

Wang Xinhao had been ringing the bell until his face turned sallow, and Liu Tingting was leaning against a pillar, looking as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Hold on a little longer, we will be leaving soon," Wang Xinhao said through gritted teeth.