Chapter 578: Millennium Polygonum Multiflorum
Daohua, Xiao Yeyang and their men searched the deep mountains for several days. They found many other medicinal herbs, but they didn't find the urgently needed Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum.
"It seems we have to continue going deeper into the mountains."
Xiao Yeyanghuan took a look at the terrain in the mountains, then pulled Daohua deeper. Feeling her hands were a little cold, he asked, "Are you cold? Or should you put on some more clothes?"
Daohua shook her head. "Not bad." She surveyed the dimly lit forest before her with a worried look on her face. "If we go any further in, will we be more likely to encounter ferocious beasts like tigers and blind bears?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and held Daohua's hand tightly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Daohua nodded: "Let's be careful and try not to run into any wild animals."
Xiao Yeyang: "There are secret guards watching ahead. If they spot a ferocious beast, they'll signal us, and then we'll just have to avoid it."
Along the way, the group almost encountered wild beasts in the mountains several times.
The first time they encountered a black bear, the second time was a tiger, and the third time was the most dangerous, as they encountered several wolves foraging for food. Fortunately, the secret guards discovered them early. If they had been targeted by the wolves, even if they could escape, someone would probably have been injured.
The light in the mountains gradually dimmed, and in the afternoon, the group came to a lush and dense broad-leaved forest.
Feeling the humid air, Daohua pulled Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang turned around: "What's wrong?"
Rice Flower: "Send someone to search this forest, especially looking for any rotten trees."
Xiao Yeyang nodded, raised his hand and waved, and the secret guards who followed him dispersed in all directions.
Seeing the rice flowers going deeper into the forest, Xiao Yeyang quickly followed.
After a while, Wang Maner suddenly screamed and pointed at the roots of a rotten tree a few meters away with a look of surprise.
At this moment, the rice flowers were already walking quickly towards the rotten wood.
At the roots of the rotten wood and on the ground around it, there are several purple-black Ganoderma lucidum flowers.
Daohua squatted down and carefully picked the Ganoderma lucidum. Defu quickly handed over the box that had been prepared long ago and put the Ganoderma lucidum in it.
When Xiao Yeyang saw it, he told others to look more carefully.
Unfortunately, these were the only flowers found in the forest.
With the harvest, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were very happy. Seeing that it was getting late, they found a nearby cave to pitch their tent, ready to rest for a night and continue tomorrow.
The next morning, just as there was some light in the forest, the group continued on their journey.
With the experience of searching the day before, Daohua led everyone to find a broad-leaved forest at noon that day.
This time, without any reminders, everyone automatically dispersed to search.
"Rice Flower, come and see."
Xiao Yeyang had sharp eyes and found two Ganoderma lucidum on the back of a rotten tree.
Rice Flower smiled and gave him a thumbs up: "Pick the mushrooms carefully, don't damage the stems."
"Don't worry, I know."
Xiao Yeyang was very excited about picking the Ganoderma lucidum he found himself.
Seeing that his movements were gentle, Daohua didn't pay any more attention to him and continued walking forward. As she walked, she smelled a faint medicinal fragrance in the air and quickened her pace.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, we arrived at the edge of a cliff.
Looking at the vine growing vigorously on the cliff, Daohua felt happy. She thought she would not be able to find Polygonum multiflorum this time, but she did not expect to encounter it.
"Xiao Yeyang, come here quickly!"
Daohua called out to the person behind her. She was so immersed in her joy that she didn't notice a hissing sound coming from the tree trunk above her head. Just as she was about to dig up Polygonum multiflorum, a python as thick as an adult's arm suddenly appeared in her sight, scaring her so much that she fell backwards.
“Ah~”
On this side, Xiao Yeyang was happily holding the two Ganoderma lucidum he had picked. Just when he was about to find Rice Flower to share his joy, he turned around and found that the Rice Flower Man was gone.
"Where are the rice flowers?"
Wang Man'er and Bishi were also a little dumbfounded. Defu had just found a Ganoderma lucidum, so they went to see it and didn't pay attention to their own girl. After looking around but not seeing her, they anxiously said, "Young Prince, hasn't the girl always been with you?"
Xiao Yeyang frowned, handed the Ganoderma lucidum to Defu, and went forward with the secret guards.
By the time Xiao Yeyang followed the sound and found the edge of the cliff, rice flowers were hanging on the branches on the cliff. Less than a meter away from her, a python with several blood marks on its body was standing with its neck raised and its mouth wide open, staring at the rice flowers ready to attack.
When Daohua saw Xiao Yeyang coming, she was so excited that she almost cried.
Xiao Yeyang grabbed the bow and arrow from the secret guard's hand, and with a "swoosh", he shot the python directly at the vital point. Then he shot another arrow, and shot the python directly off the cliff.
After dealing with the python, Xiao Yeyang quickly rushed to the edge of the cliff and pulled Daohua up.
Daohua, who had suppressed her fear and fought a fierce battle with the python, now felt weak in both hands and feet. She leaned in Xiao Yeyang's arms motionless with lingering fear.
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua and was relieved to see she had no injuries. He then couldn't help but scold her, "What can I say about you? You wanted to come here, but you didn't even call me and just ran over here by yourself? Don't you know there are dangers everywhere in the deep forest?"
Daohua said in a muffled voice, "I thought you would follow me."
Xiao Yeyang was helpless. He felt that he was wrong. He wanted to say a few more words, but when he felt Daohua's body trembling, he swallowed the words and comforted her instead: "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I will catch up next time. It's okay!" As he said that, he hugged Daohua tightly with his hands, signaling her not to be afraid.
Daohua pursed her lips and said nothing. After a long while, the fear in her heart gradually faded away. She pointed at the cliff and said, "You ask someone to dig out the Polygonum multiflorum."
As soon as Xiao Yeyang heard it, he knew that Daohua had come here for a reason, and glanced at the secret guard behind him.
After receiving the signal, the secret guard immediately took people to dig up Polygonum multiflorum.
A quarter of an hour later, Daohua's mood completely calmed down. Seeing that the secret guard had not finished digging, she signaled Xiao Yeyang to help her up so that she could go over and take a look.
However, as soon as she stood up, Daohua couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Seeing Daohua's face turn pale from the pain, Xiao Yeyang was startled: "What's wrong?"
Daohua pointed to her right foot and said, "I think I sprained my ankle."
Xiao Yeyang asked Wang Man'er and Bishi to support Daohua while he squatted down to check Daohua's injuries. As soon as his hand touched her foot, Daohua cried out, "Don't move, it hurts. I must have accidentally sprained it when I was dodging the python's attack just now."
Xiao Yeyang looked around, thought for a moment, stood up, picked up Daohua horizontally, and quickly said to Defu, "We just passed a valley. Let's camp there today."
After saying that, he carried the rice flowers to the stream at the entrance of the valley.
When they arrived at the stream, Xiao Yeyang carefully put Daohua down, then squatted down to take off her shoes and socks.
The shoes and socks were removed, revealing Daohua's red and swollen ankles, which looked particularly shocking against the white and delicate skin of her calves.
Seeing this, Daohua frowned and said, "It must be dislocated." Then she looked at Xiao Yeyang and asked, "Can you fix bones?"
Xiao Yeyang hummed, then gently checked Daohua's ankle. Finally, he confirmed that it was dislocated. He looked at Daohua and said, "It's a bit painful, you have to bear with it."
Rice Flower nodded.
Xiao Yeyang put Daohua's feet on his legs, holding her ankle with one hand and her foot with the other. When his palm touched the sole of her foot, Daohua couldn't help but hum.
Xiao Yeyang quickly asked, "What's wrong?"
Rice Flower: “Itchy.”
Xiao Yeyang was silent for a moment, looking at Daohua's red and swollen ankle. After thinking for a while, he deliberately tickled the sole of her foot. Daohua couldn't help laughing.
At this moment, Xiao Yeyang quickly reset Daohua's dislocated ankle.
Daohua cried out "ouch!" and felt that her ankle was not so painful anymore, so she moved carefully.
Xiao Yeyang: "How is it?"
Daohua frowned: "Much better."
Xiao Yeyang took out a handkerchief, dipped it in stream water, and applied it to Daohua's ankle. "I didn't bring any plaster for bruises and sprains this time, so I can only apply it after I get back. Fortunately, we've found the Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum now, so we can go back tomorrow morning."
Rice Flower nodded.
After a while, Xiao Yeyang was about to change the wet handkerchief and apply ice to Daohua when Defu ran over.
When Xiao Yeyang saw this, he quickly used his body to block Daohua's bare feet, and shot a sharp look at Defu.
Defu trembled when he was looked at, and couldn't even take a step even though he was a few meters away.
Seeing that he was no longer approaching, Xiao Yeyang asked with a serious face, "What's wrong?"
Defu quickly replied, "The secret guard just reported that the Polygonum multiflorum that Miss Yan found might be over a thousand years old."
Upon hearing this, Daohua's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?!" As she said that, she wanted to get up.
Xiao Yeyang quickly stopped the man and said to Defu, "We understand. Go and do your thing."
Defu nodded, turned around and ran away.
Daohua said excitedly: "Thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, Xiao Yeyang, let's go and take a look."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua's feet and said, "It's not too late to go and see after they dig it out. Now you should continue to apply ice to your feet." As he said that, he wet the handkerchief again and applied it on Daohua's feet again.
Daohua looked helpless and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you curious?"
Xiao Yeyang said calmly: "It's not like he can escape anyway, we'll just have to wait and see."
Daohua looked at her feet, thought of the python, and said, "Thousands of years old Polygonum multiflorum is considered a precious medicine, right? Do you think that snake is the divine beast guarding this precious medicine?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang couldn't help but laugh out loud, nodding Daohua's forehead and saying, "What kind of storybooks do you usually read? And what about mythical beasts? If it really was a mythical beast, would you and I still be standing here talking?"
Daohua also laughed: "That's right."
After applying ice several times and seeing that the sky was getting darker, Xiao Yeyang began to put shoes and socks on Daohua.
He hadn't paid attention to it before because he was worried about Daohua's injury. But now, he realized that Daohua's feet were really slender and small, and he could hold them in his hands effortlessly.
"Hurry up!"
Hearing Daohua's urging, Xiao Yeyang came back to his senses and quickly put on her shoes and socks.
(End of this chapter)
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