Supreme Divine Physician in the City
Chapter 468: Top Quality Wild Ginseng

Chapter 468: Chapter 468: Top Quality Wild Ginseng

Generally speaking, in mountains abundant with Spiritual Energy, there would be top-quality wild precious herbs and wild medicinal materials. The vegetation on this mountain was lush, teeming with Vitality, and according to Ye Xuan’s guess, the chances of stepping on precious medicinal materials were very high.

Moreover, the deeper and more remote the forest, the less likely it had been exploited, the older the medicinal materials, and the better their effects!

Ye Xuan set down the bamboo basket on his back, took out a palm-sized object similar to soap from inside, and handed it to Su Yumo, saying, "Put a bit of this on your hands, then apply it to your arms and neck to prevent snake and insect bites."

Su Yumo took it, brought it close to her nose for a sniff, and detected a faint medicinal fragrance, which was very pleasant.

She did as told, rubbing it on her hands a few times, then smeared it on her arms and legs before returning it to Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan shouldered the bamboo basket, took back the medicinal soap, but did not apply any to himself, instead tossing it back into the basket.

"Aren’t you going to apply some?" Su Yumo curiously asked.

"No need, that thing is useless to me, even without it, snakes and insects wouldn’t dare bite me," Ye Xuan said with a grin and a hint of mystery.

"Why is that?"

Su Yumo became even more puzzled, blinking her eyes and looking towards Ye Xuan.

"I naturally carry an aura of dominance. With a single shake of my mighty frame, all sorts of rodents and poisonous insects scurry away in fear!"

Ye Xuan shook his head, struck a pose with his hair, and looked up into the sky at a 45-degree angle, speaking with an air of arrogance.

"Ugh... I think it’s more like a turtle’s air!"

Su Yumo made a vomiting face, expressing her disdain.

Ye Xuan touched his nose, thinking to himself, why does this girl always tear me down?

Damn it, isn’t she supposed to be my wife anymore? Even if it’s just pretend, a pretend wife...cough cough, is still a wife, right!

Giving Su Yumo a quick once-over, Ye Xuan’s lips curled up in a sly smile, "Little girl Su, you say, in these uninhabited mountains and wild forests, if I drag you into a small grove to finish what we didn’t do last night, it would be quite interesting, wouldn’t it?"

"You... don’t you dare mess around!"

Su Yumo’s face changed, clearly frightened.

Seeing Ye Xuan approaching, she instinctively stepped back, her gaze wary, "What are you trying to do?"

Indeed, in this desolate and uninhabited wilderness, cries for help would fall on deaf ears, unheard by heaven or earth. If Ye Xuan truly wanted to do something to her, she had no power to resist, and would be at his mercy!

With a mischievous smile, Ye Xuan said, "Heh, I don’t want to do anything, I just want you to know to behave in front of me! Aren’t you women made of water? Be a little gentle, and there will be no problem. Otherwise, if you anger me, I might just drag you into the grove for a wild skirmish."

After saying this, Ye Xuan gave an intimidating smile and pulled out a sickle from the bamboo basket, continuing towards the heart of the mountain:

"Stay close to me, now we’re really entering the mountain, danger could happen at any moment, don’t run off!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yumo, unusually, did not retort and closely followed Ye Xuan’s footsteps.

She knew Ye Xuan was right, the danger was just beginning!

The mountain seemed close but was actually far away, the adage ’A distant river deceives the eyes and kills the horse’ captured this perfectly.

After a half-hour trek, the two finally made it into the mountain.

"Phew..."

Su Yumo, drenched in sweat, was panting heavily, sitting on a large rock to rest.

Mountain paths truly test one’s will— just this short distance had already drained a lot of her energy. It was no small feat to have endured thus far!

Ye Xuan stood to the side, observing, sizing up the surroundings without turning red or gasping for breath, and without a drop of sweat, just as if he were out for a normal walk.

After surveying the terrain, he turned to Su Yumo, teasing her, "How is it? I told you not to come, and now you’re suffering for it, aren’t you?"

Su Yumo indeed regretted her decision; just entering the mountain had already worn her out, let alone the actual trek ahead that might just sap half her vitality.

But she wouldn’t admit that in front of Ye Xuan, responding with a cold face, "No need for your comments, I can handle this bit of hardship!"

Ye Xuan shook his head, thinking how this woman always chose pride over comfort, and advanced to help her, saying, "Let me assist you."

With that, he took Su Yumo’s small hand without waiting for an answer and started to lead her forward.

"Hey? You, let me rest a minute; I really don’t need your help..."

However, before finishing her sentence, Su Yumo stopped talking.

She was surprised to find that after Ye Xuan took her hand, the soreness throughout her body slowly dissipated, and her legs felt powerful, as if she had endless strength. The mountain path before her seemed devoid of any obstacles, easy to climb without any effort!

Although she did not understand why this was happening, she knew it was because of Ye Xuan; it was simply magical, beyond her imagination.

And so, pulled by Ye Xuan, she traveled onward at a swift pace.

In the rugged woods, especially the untouched deep forest, the ascent was exceptionally challenging, with no complete path to follow.

The ground was covered with fallen branches and leaves, and a careless step could land one in a depression or marsh. To venture deeper meant finding one’s own way step by step.

However, for Ye Xuan, this was unnecessary, with panoramic views of all surroundings under the gaze of his penetrating vision.

The two traveled as if on the flat ground, quickly advancing deep into the mountain.

Twenty minutes later.

"Ah, there’s something here."

Ye Xuan suddenly stopped. Through the scan of his penetrating vision, he had spotted the first medicinal herb of the mountain journey, a wild ginseng over twenty years old.

It seemed rather lucky; wild ginseng was an extremely rare and valuable herb, and one as old as this would be worth quite a lot in the market—at least several tens of thousands!

Ye Xuan squatted down, cleared away the surrounding dead branches and leaves, and carefully dug it out with a trowel. After cleaning the mud off its roots, he handed it to Su Yumo.

"Wow, this is wild ginseng! Ye Xuan, I didn’t expect you to be so impressive, finding wild ginseng with the first dig!"

Su Yumo admired the wild ginseng in her hand like a curious child, examining it back and forth with amazement.

Ye Xuan laughed, "This is nothing; it’s just a twenty-year-old ginseng. If I were to try, I could dig up a ’ginseng baby’ for you."

For Su Yumo, seeing someone dig up wild ginseng for the first time was naturally overwhelmingly exciting.

But to Ye Xuan, a twenty-year-old wild ginseng was just mediocre.

After placing the wild ginseng in the bamboo basket, they continued on their way.

In the following half an hour, Ye Xuan dug up several more herbs. Some were precious, while others were relatively common, but all were needed by Ye Xuan and helpful for Li Guilan’s illness, so he put them all in the bamboo basket.

"Ye Xuan, there’s another wild Lingzhi over there; why aren’t you digging it up?"

Su Yumo pointed toward the bottom of a large tree, curiously asking.

"One Lingzhi is enough for making medicine. There’s no need for two; let that one grow naturally," said Ye Xuan.

He didn’t target just the precious herbs; he selected what was suitable, not merely valuable. Ye Xuan would only excavate herbs that were useful to him, ignoring those that were of no use!

Nature had its own rules. Indiscriminately harvesting wild medicinal herbs would upset the natural balance—something Ye Xuan did not want to see.