Chapter 29: Critical Moment
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Jiang Zebei listened to the girl's voice while he kept staring at the spot where the soft hand grabbed his hand.
When Chen Mengtian noticed that he was not saying anything, she could not help but wave her hand in front of his eyes.
"Hey… I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"
When she waved her hand in front of the boy's eyes, she let go of Jiang Zebei's hand.
"Yes, I did." He looked up and stared at Chen Mengtian.
She did not notice the spark in his eyes. She smiled and said, "Then, we'll sell three of them. Study properly over the next three years, and I'll study medicine properly too. We won't bother each other, alright?"
This caused Jiang Zebei to frown. "Not bother each other?"
"Yup. I won't bother you when you're studying, and you shouldn't bother me when I'm studying medicine," Chen Mengtian said seriously.
She only had one goal—learn Green Lotus Medical Technique and pass it down.
She had not thought about how she was going to pass it down and to whom she should pass it down. Right now, what she needed to do was to learn medicine.
"Alright," Jiang Zebei agreed.
He agreed to her request readily, and it got Chen Mengtian smiling sweetly.
"Then, let's dig a few more ginseng. We should dig the ones that are older. The one under your feet is pretty good. We should be careful when we dig it out…"
Chen Mengtian dragged Jiang Zebei over, and they started digging out the ginseng.
They dug out six ginseng and decided to sell three of them while keeping three at home. They might be useful in the future.
If an emergency happened and they needed one, they would need to waste a lot of time going into the mountains to dig it out.
Once they dug out the ginseng, Chen Mengtian placed them in the linen bag that she used to carry the other medicinal herbs.
Jiang Zebei was still the one carrying it. He also held his hunting bow, arrows, and the stick.
"Will these ginseng die if we leave them here?" Jiang Zebei looked at the ginseng on the ground, and worry appeared on his young face.
"They won't. They're very sturdy plants." Chen Mengtian was not worried in the slightest. For the first time, she took the initiative to hold Jiang Zebei's sleeve.
"Let's go. For some reason, I suddenly feel that this place is giving me the creeps."
This was not her imagination.
The moment she said these words, Jiang Zebei looked up, and his expression changed.
When he looked at Chen Mengtian, his expression turned dark, and he instantly released killing intent.
He brought up his stick and rushed to the girl.
This sudden change stunned Chen Mengtian.
When she registered the situation, the stick in Jiang Zebei's hands had already grazed her cheek.
Then, a faint scent of blood wafted into her nose.
Jiang Zebei threw away the stick in his hands and pulled the petite Chen Mengtian into his arms.
He held her while he stared ahead at the spot where Chen Mengtian previously stood.
At that moment, a snake the size of a girl's wrist was pinned under the stick.
Chen Mengtian immediately saw the sight nearby while in Jiang Zebei's arms.
The snake had a triangular head, which meant that it was a viper.
When Chen Mengtian remembered the chills she had, she was filled with fear.
That thick viper was very close to where she stood.
If Jiang Zebei hadn't noticed it and pulled her away, the viper would have bitten her for sure.
Right now, she did not have the confidence to be able to cure herself of poison once a viper bit her.
Jiang Zebei watched as the viper hung its head and died slowly. Then, he observed the situation around him.
They were standing at a spot that was quite close to the pit where he nearly fell into last time.
The viper had to have crawled out of that place.
"Hiss…"
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