Startled, she quickly took a few steps back without thinking, and turned to walk into a patch of dense grass not far away.

Right there, Jiang An could clearly see a faint glimpse of white light peeking through the depths of the grass.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small, delicate white flower quietly blooming.

Jiang An smiled slightly when she saw this, because she recognized the flower as the flower of the Sand Flame Grass at a glance!

It should be noted that the Sandfire Grass is an extremely rare herb, and the appearance of its flowers means that the Sandfire Grass has fully matured.

Faced with this discovery, Jiang An was not overjoyed.

She knew all too well that dangers often lurked around rare herbs like the sand thorn grass.

So she remained highly alert and looked in the direction of the Sandfire Grass.

Sure enough, just a moment later, Jiang An clearly saw a green snake coiled on the sand fire grass, its cold eyes fixed on her, as if it were about to attack at any moment.

The green snake's color blended almost perfectly with its surroundings; if Jiang An hadn't observed it so closely, it would have been difficult to spot it.

Jiang An knew perfectly well that if she were to carelessly approach and pick the Sand Flame Grass, she would inevitably be attacked fiercely by the Green Snake.

Snakes are often venomous, and although she wasn't afraid, she didn't want to get bitten for no reason.

A thin, sharp thorn suddenly appeared in Jiang An's hand.

Under the bright sunlight, the spike gleamed with a dazzling light, drawing everyone's attention.

It turns out that this spike had been carefully coated with an extremely potent poison!

You should know that this was the spoils Jiang An obtained after hunting that pangolin last time.

This was the second time she had planned to use this spike to hunt down her enemies.

She recalled the first time she used this spike; it was when she was about to leave the burrow.

At that time, she was also facing a terrifying snake.

Strangely enough, Jiang An, who used to scream in terror at the sight of a snake in modern society, is now able to remain calm and composed when facing these cold-blooded animals in this world.

Even when she was in a snake pit full of venomous snakes, she remained calm and fearless.

Perhaps it's true what they say: when people are driven to the brink, they're capable of anything.

Regardless of what Jiang An was thinking at that moment, her hands did not falter in the slightest.

In the blink of an eye, the sharp thorn she was holding shot out like lightning, instantly and accurately piercing the snake's vital spot.

This time, when dealing with the snake that was coiled next to the Sand Flame Grass, Jiang An did not draw his sharp longsword from his waist to confront it head-on as he usually did.

Instead, after careful consideration, she ultimately chose to use needle-type concealed weapons as her way of defeating her enemies.

The reason behind her decision was actually very simple—she was terrified of accidentally damaging the Sand Flame Grass that she had gone through so much trouble to find.

This green snake is right next to the Sand Flame Grass.

After all, for Jiang An, who was working hard to refine the Qi-boosting pill, every medicinal herb used in the process was precious and hard-won.

Since obtaining the recipe for the Qi-Boosting Pill, she has exhausted all her efforts but has only managed to successfully refine a handful of batches of the pill.

In that instant, a flash of cold light appeared, and an extremely sharp spike shot out like lightning, heading straight for the green snake's vital spot.

Jiang An kept his eyes fixed on the target, but his hand did not stop. He then quickly shot out a second spike.

Unlike the first attack, this time the spikes didn't hit its vital spot, but instead pierced deep into its head.

A dull thud rang out: "Bang!" The green snake instantly lost its balance and crashed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

After taking a closer look and confirming that the green snake was lifeless, Jiang An drew the gleaming longsword from his waist and slowly reached towards the snake's body.

The tip of the knife lightly touched the snakeskin, but there was no reaction.

Clearly, the ferocious green snake had met its end.

With the crisis successfully resolved, Jiang An confidently stepped forward and began digging for the Sand Flame Grass.

After much effort, the mature Sandfire Grass finally appeared in its entirety before our eyes.

The moment the Sandfire Grass was successfully dug up, something miraculous happened—Jiang An's advanced gathering skill was automatically triggered and exerted its powerful effects.

In the blink of an eye, three crystal-clear, faintly glowing seeds of the Sandfire Grass appeared in her hand.

This is the first time Jiang An has obtained the seeds needed to refine the Qi-Boosting Pill!

Looking at the three precious seeds in her hand, a hint of undisguised joy flashed in her eyes.

With these three seeds, she would no longer have to worry about searching for the Sand Flame Grass.

In high spirits, Jiang An did not stop there. She turned around and picked up the corpse of the green snake from the ground.

The old dismantling function has also been automatically removed in this instance.

Players don't need to be excited about decomposing all the meat that has disappeared, but because oasis animals are scarce, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

Jiang An did not dissect the green snake to eat, but instead put the entire snake carcass into his storage ring.

Because she doesn't lack snake meat at all, although it would be different if there were other players nearby.