After walking around and finding that there was no immediate danger, Gu Che nodded to Yu Yuehui.
Yu Yuehui hurriedly squatted down and carefully brushed away the surface snow, gradually revealing the ginseng. Judging from the thickness of its rhizome and the abundance of its fibrous roots, it was clearly quite old.
She quickly took out the tools she had prepared from her backpack, knelt on one knee, and began to dig with complete concentration. Every movement was extremely gentle, for fear of damaging the precious ginseng.
Gu Che watched quietly from the side, his expression full of anticipation.
After all, he knew how good ginseng was; it could save lives.
When Yu Yuehui successfully dug up the first ginseng, Gu Che was delighted to find that it was indeed a genuine ginseng, and that it was at least a hundred years old.
Holding the ginseng, Yu Yuehui's cheeks flushed with excitement as she presented it to Gu Che, her voice brimming with barely suppressed joy: "Master, look!"
A relieved smile appeared on Gu Che's face as he praised, "You're lucky! Tell me if there are any taboos or restrictions when digging this up. There are a few more over there; let's dig them up together!"
Yu Yuehui nodded excitedly, pointed out the location to Gu Che, quickly explained the techniques for digging ginseng to Gu Che, and then quickly squatted down and threw herself into digging again.
In the time that followed, the master and apprentice were immersed in the joy of their harvest, and did not communicate much, but focused on digging for ginseng.
One, two... a total of twenty were dug up.
Seeing so many ginseng roots, even the usually composed Gu Che couldn't hide his excitement. These were all extremely rare wild ginseng roots, the youngest of which were at least fifty years old.
Such a treasure is priceless outside.
Upon discovering so many treasures, Yu Yuehui's first thought was to share them equally with Gu Che.
Gu Che was a straightforward person and firmly declined, only taking one hundred-year-old one and pushing the rest back to Yu Yuehui, saying seriously, "You take it. You're the one who found this. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have recognized it. Besides, you dug most of them up. This one is enough for me."
This piece of jade was also prepared for Lin Yu. After witnessing how the people here treated their daughters, he was really afraid that Lin Yu would also suffer a bad fate.
I wanted to prepare everything for her in advance.
Seeing that Yu Yuehui still wanted to refuse, Gu Che pretended to be angry and said, "If you think it's not appropriate to divide them like this, then I won't take any of them."
Yu Yuehui had no choice but to accept the rest for now, thinking that she could give the ginseng to her master later if he needed it.
Anyway, there's a thank-you banquet, so these things can be kept for a long time.
Just as the two were about to leave, Gu Che suddenly stiffened and reached out to stop Yu Yuehui. The tacit understanding between master and disciple made Yu Yuehui instantly alert, and an ominous premonition welled up in her heart.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before she regretted entering the valley.
Suddenly, a pack of wolves appeared out of nowhere, their green eyes gleaming with bloodlust.
Looking at the dense pack of wolves, Yu Yue felt a chill run down her spine. With so many wolves, she wondered if all the wolves from these mountains had gathered here.
Yu Yuehui's suspicions were indeed correct; wolves from several mountains were indeed gathered here.
As they drew closer, Yu Yuehui couldn't help but regret her earlier decision to dig for ginseng. If they hadn't been delayed for so long, they would have left this dangerous place long ago.
Gu Che's expression was cold as he stared intently at the approaching wolf pack. As if he could see through Yu Yuehui's thoughts, he whispered to comfort her, "It's not your fault. It's probably because these guys are hiding too well. Or rather, these guys discovered us a long time ago, and this was a trap specifically set for us."
Yu Yue was startled; it seemed the wolf king here was quite intelligent.
Gu Che stared intently at the wolf pack in the distance, trying to find the wolf king's whereabouts, but he was very disappointed. The wolf king was not among the wolves; he had long since hidden himself away.
He replied to Yu Yue, "There are no big trees here, so we can't fight head-on. We absolutely cannot separate. Once we find a breakthrough ahead, we'll charge forward and then climb the trees."
Yu Yue took a deep breath, suppressing the slight panic in her heart, took out her knife, nodded vigorously, and whispered, "Understood."
Gu Che and Yu Yuehui stood back to back, their bodies tense, staring intently at the wolf pack as it approached step by step, searching for the best opening.
The surrounding air seemed to freeze, with only the low howls of the wolves and the crunching sound of their footsteps on the snow. When the wolves were close enough, Gu Che growled, "Attack!" Yu Yuehui swiftly drew her bow and nocked an arrow, which shot out like lightning, accurately striking a wolf in the eye.
The immense force sent the wolf flying backward, crashing into a pack of wolves.
The best opportunity to break through had been found. Taking advantage of the moment when the wolf pack was instantly enraged and pounced on them, the two of them ran towards that direction at an extremely fast speed.
Midway through, Yu Yuehui kept firing arrows, creating a momentary gap in the dense wolf pack.
This was the moment they were looking for. Gu Che and Yu Yuehui worked together seamlessly, one wielding a knife for close combat, the other drawing a bow for ranged attacks. With their exceptional fighting skills, they carved a bloody path through the enemy lines.
If the number of wolves were small, or if it weren't for such extreme weather conditions, these wolves would have retreated long ago.
But after being snowbound for so long, these wolves were already starving, and even in the face of these two powerful opponents, they still pounced and tore at each other without hesitation.
Despite their formidable strength, Yu Yuehui and Gu Che were unable to break through quickly under the relentless attacks, and the battle gradually became intense, with both of them sustaining injuries to varying degrees.
Fortunately, neither of them are ordinary people.
Finally, after a fierce battle, they managed to tear open a gap.
Without hesitation, Gu Che forcefully threw Yu Yuehui, who was already covered in blood, forward. He then turned around and slashed the wolves that pounced on him from behind several times. After that, he took a few steps forward, caught up with Yu Yuehui, and came to a place with big trees. He then leaped up onto a big tree.
After being thrown out, Yu Yuehui used the force to leap forward halfway, reaching the tree and nimbly climbing up.
Once on the tree, the two dared not stop for a moment. The trees on the edge were relatively small and could not stop the wolves from charging around. They quickly jumped from branch to branch and moved through the woods like agile monkeys.
The wolf king, watching the two run away from afar, was furious and roared loudly.
These howls fueled the wolves below, driving them into a frenzy. They roared and charged at the trees, relentlessly pursuing the wolf. Their howls echoed through the valley, sending chills down one's spine.
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