Xiao Yanchu wanted to step forward to see clearly, but Su Ruojin grabbed him.

"Step back, I know what that baby's cry is!"

Seeing Su Ruojin's serious expression, Xiao Yanchu didn't dare to be careless and immediately took a few steps back.

Then Su Ruojin took out a bottle of medicine from her bag and poured the red powder inside into the opening of a tree hole behind the dragon scale grass.

The dragon scale grass was surrounded by some miscellaneous herbs, and it itself was covered by many dead branches. If Su Ruojin hadn't dug through the dragon scale grass, no one would have discovered that there was a hole behind it.

After sprinkling the powder, Su Ruojin took out a bag and handed it to Xiao Yanchu, carefully instructing him: "No matter what comes out of this cave later, you must use the bag to cover it immediately. Be careful not to get bitten by it."

Xiao Yanchu nodded, took the bag, and stood guard at the cave entrance.

Su Ruojin walked to the dragon scale grass, carefully dug away the soil around the roots, and slowly took it out. Then she quickly jumped away, as if afraid of encountering something.

In less than two breaths, something flew out of the tree hole at great speed, but its form paused slightly the moment it touched the red powder.

Right now!

Xiao Yanchu quickly slipped the bag over the guy's body.

Tighten the bag's opening, and the contents inside struggled frantically, emitting loud "waaaaaa" cries like a baby.

At such close range, the crying was louder and sharper than what they had heard from the front.

If Xiao Yanchu hadn't seen it with her own eyes, just by hearing the sound, she would have thought there really was a baby nearby.

Su Ruojin took out the red powder from earlier and sprinkled it on the bag. After a while, there was no movement inside the bag.

This thing was too fast; Xiao Yanchu didn't even have time to see what it was.

Seeing the doubt in Xiao Yanchu's eyes, Su Ruojin put away the bottle and raised her chin: "Open it and take a look."

Xiao Yanchu opened the bag and was shocked when he saw what was inside.

Inside was a small, golden snake, as thick as an adult man's thumb, with two small horns on its head. Most peculiarly, it had a human face, looking like a little old man.

But now the eyes on this person's face are closed, and they are lying limply in the bag, as if they were dead.

"Ah Jin, what is this?" Xiao Yanchu couldn't help but ask.

According to the "Records of the Imperial Palace Grass", the human-faced snake can be found wherever there is dragon scale grass. Its cry is like that of an infant. It especially likes the fragrance of dragon scale grass and will live its whole life only by the dragon scale grass.

It was incredibly fast. I used a numbing powder to slow it down for a moment, otherwise it would have been very difficult to catch.

Oh, right, once bitten by it, a person will experience numbness starting from the wound, hardening of the skin, which will spread throughout the body, eventually causing the entire body to shatter like a stone and die.

Su Ruojin stepped forward and picked up the human-faced snake, which startled Xiao Yanchu so much that he knocked it to the ground: "Why did you touch it!"

Su Ruojin smiled and said, "It's alright. It's already unconscious and won't wake up for a while. Without it, I wouldn't be able to bring the Dragon Scale Grass back intact."

Su Ruojin took out a white jade box from her bag, and a chill emanated from the box.

"Ice Jade!" Xiao Yanchu recognized the material of the jade box.

Ice Jade originates from the bottom of the icy sea, nurtured by absorbing the essence of the icy sea. It is imbued with cold energy and can keep all things in the world forever new.

Even if a person dies, as long as they are placed on the Frozen Jade, their body will remain incorrupt for ten thousand years.

Because of its scarcity, Ningbing Jade is extremely rare and highly sought after in the market.

The Ice Condensation Jade Box that Su Ruojin could casually take out was worth far more than a thousand taels of gold.

Su Ruojin put the dragon scale grass into the jade box, and then put the human-faced snake in as well.

"The human-faced snake is most afraid of the cold. As long as it is in a low-temperature environment, it will remain in a state of perpetual coma. The human-faced snake's skin emits a special kind of mucus. With this mucus present, the dragon scale grass will never rot, even if it is removed from the soil. If the dragon scale grass withers, it will lose its medicinal effect."

After saying that, she closed the jade box tightly and put it back in her bag.

The human-faced snake is also a miraculous medicine for treating paralysis, so how could she bear to give it up?

Even if she doesn't need it, if she gives it to the master as research material, the master will probably be so excited that he can't sleep.

"careful!"

Just as Su Ruojin slung her bag over her shoulder, she saw Xiao Yanchu rushing towards her.