The shopkeeper's eyes lit up as he saw a Lingzhu grass growing at the root of the tree.

"Girl, this Lingzhu grass is rare in the world."

The shopkeeper briefly introduced to Gu Yunru that the medicinal properties of Lingzhu Grass were better than those of golden wound medicine in repairing wounds.

The shopkeeper was eager to try, so he slowly put his bag aside and prepared to pick the herbs. However, Gu Yunru found that there was something wrong with the surrounding environment, which was very quiet and made people feel strange.

"careful!"

Gu Yunru pulled the shopkeeper back in an instant. It turned out that a snake with white silver spots was surrounding the treetops, staring at it eagerly, as if it wanted to protect the herb.

The shopkeeper took a few steps back with lingering fear, and was almost scared to death by the snake.

"Thank you for saving my life!" The shopkeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He lost face in front of everyone and was not as calm and wise as a little girl.

"You guys be careful and observe the surroundings." Gu Yunru observed the surroundings calmly and gave up on the herb for the time being. However, the shopkeeper seemed hesitant. After all, such precious herbs were hard to find on the market.

"If you want it, you might as well wait until the silver-spotted snake has rested before picking it."

Gu Yunru could tell at a glance how much the shopkeeper wanted that herb.

"Okay, I'd better listen to the girl and not take the risk." The shopkeeper sighed to himself, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and continued to follow Gu Yunru upstairs.

As they walked, everyone's faces showed fear, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.

Gu Yunru saw a giant python crawling out of the cave, going out to look for food, but it happened to run into this group of people. It was probably thinking about whether to roll them up one by one in its stomach, so that it could hibernate obediently.

The shopkeeper took out a sickle from his back at some point, with a fearless expression. Gu Yunru held the shovel in his hand calmly. If the snake dared to approach them, they didn't believe that so many people could not deal with a python.

The snake seemed to realize that it was only one and the other side had so many people with weapons in their hands, so it took a detour. The python's body was amazing, like a thick tree trunk. Everyone was stunned. They had never seen such a terrible snake.

"Haha, it turns out this snake can also understand the situation!" A man smiled and put the dagger in his hand back with a smug smile on his face. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to dig nearby herbs. The herbs in this area were still very abundant, and everyone filled their baskets.

The shopkeeper separated from Gu Yunru first, and ran to the vicinity of the Lingzhu grass, still wanting to pick the herb. He had never seen such a strange herb in his life. If he could pick it, he would make a fortune.

The shopkeeper stroked his chin and carefully watched the movements nearby. The silver-spotted snake seemed to be sleeping on the tree. He took a deep breath, lightened his steps, and walked towards the herb cautiously.

“Ah!”

Another scream was heard, and Gu Yunru's heart sank, and he threw the herbs in his hand into the basket. When they arrived, the shopkeeper was gone, and the herb was thrown at Gu Yunru's feet. Seeing the python that seemed to have just eaten a meal, Gu Yunru instantly understood something, "Everyone stay away from it!"

Everyone was trembling with fear. One man was crying and shouting for revenge for his great-uncle. He was holding a sickle in his hand, but before he could get close to the python, he saw that all the nearby snakes were alarmed and began to attack everyone.

"Everyone be careful, don't act rashly!" Gu Yunru took out a packet of medicine powder from his bag. He had specially prepared realgar powder before coming here, which is something everyone carries with them. However, the man wanted to avenge the shopkeeper, and his eyes were red with anger. He was eaten by the snakes before he even got close to them.

Looking at the bloody scene, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

"If everyone sprinkles some realgar powder on the ground, no snakes will dare to approach us." Gu Yunru said calmly to everyone. Everyone was now in a panic and had no idea what to do. If Gu Yunru hadn't been here, they would have been in great disarray.

"What should we do? They are all surrounding us and we can't get out. We might as well fight them!"

One of the men spoke to the crowd with red eyes. Everyone hesitated and did not dare to step forward. After all, these snake gods were obviously out to look for food, and they probably had already regarded them as their meal.

"Everyone calm down, let's take it slow." Gu Yunru saw that it was getting dark. These snakes had very poor patience, and they would naturally go home disappointed if they saw everyone standing still. However, several other people had different thoughts.

"Do we grown men have to listen to a woman? Don't you want to avenge the shopkeeper?" Among them, a dark-skinned man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes looked at everyone and said this, which immediately aroused the anger in everyone's hearts. They had expressions of fearlessness in their faces, as if they were ready to fight those snakes to the death.

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"Don't go!" Gu Yunru watched the dark-skinned man quickly instigating everyone to seek revenge and entangle with those snakes. Gu Yunru frowned. The sky gradually darkened, but she saw that the man took advantage of the fight to pick up all the other herbs and ran down the mountain.

"Damn it!" Gu Yunru looked at the heavy casualties among these people and didn't care about anything else. She wanted to catch up with the man.

“Stop!” Gu Yunru chased the dark-skinned man all the way. The man’s tracks were exposed. Seeing Gu Yunru’s relentless pursuit, he pulled out the dagger tied to his foot, gestured at her, glared at her and said, “Don’t come over here. Let’s go down the mountain together. I’ll give you half of the herbs I picked, but if you do this again, don’t blame me for being merciless!”

"Oh, do you think I will listen to your nonsense?"

Gu Yunru narrowed her eyes slightly. It was obvious at first glance that this man was not a good person. He actually asked everyone to start fighting with those snakes, but he took advantage of it and ran down the mountain.

"Then don't blame me for being ruthless!" said the man, with murderous intent in his eyes, and stabbed at her. Gu Yunru could barely dodge a few moves, but if this continued, there was nothing she could do.

The dagger cut her arm and bright red blood flowed down. Gu Yunru looked at the man in front of her with a haggard face.

"Haha, prepare to die!" The man was already blood-thirsty at this time. He tightly grasped the herbs in his hand and stabbed her chest with the dagger. In a flash, someone suddenly flew over and kicked him off the mountain. The man fell down with the basket on his back.