Dozens of miles to the west of Gusu County, is a large mountain range of continuous mountains, the mountain is like a dome and deep, its color is pale, so it is named Qionglong Mountain.

At the foot of the mountains, the lakes are dotted with deep and tranquil conditions.

Over the Qionglong Mountain, further west is the thousands of miles in a circle, rippling blue waves of Taihu Lake.

Su Chen didn't dare to go to Taihu Lake.

It was the lair of the Giant Whale Gang, one of the five major gangs in Wu County, gathering tens of thousands of water bandits, entrenched in Taihu Lake, often robbing passing merchants in the rivers of Wu County, and oppressing the fishermen in the towns and villages of Wu County.

Qionglong Mountain is far away from Gusu County, and the deep mountains and old forests are unusually desolate and uninhabited.

The ordinary hunters in Gusu County did not dare to go deep into the mountains and forests, but only hunted on the edge of the periphery.

Su Chen was dressed in the green clothes of the apprentice of the Medicine King Gang, carrying a large medicine basket on his back, holding a woodcutter in his hand, cutting through the messy bushes, cutting through the cliffs and valleys, looking for the traces of the golden ring viper.

The scorching sun and the old forest are bitten by poisonous insects from time to time.

Su Chen picked some herbs to prevent poisonous insects, crushed them into fishy and pungent green juice herbs, and applied them to the exposed parts of his body to dispel poisonous insects and mosquitoes.

When he was thirsty, he drank a few sips of spring water from the mountain stream.

When they were hungry, they picked wild fruits, hunted pheasants and hares, smeared them with salt and roasted them, and ate them to fill their stomachs.

Su Chen has been practicing entry-level martial arts in Yaowang Villa for more than five months, and he is no longer the weak young man he used to be, he has at least fifty or sixty catties of strength in his hands, and he can cut small trees with a single knife of woodcutter, and he can trek through mountains and rivers in great strides.

When staying overnight, a campfire is lit to prevent jackals from approaching.

Sometimes with good luck, Su Chen can also pick one or two low-grade quenching herbs such as red blood vine, snake tendon grass, bear fur grass and so on under the stream and mountain rocks, which have the effect of replenishing blood, strengthening tendons and skin.

These low-level quenching herbs, in the pharmacy in Gusu County, are worth one or two hundred copper coins, to say the least. If the age is more than ten years, or even higher, let alone five hundred copper coins, or even more than one or two silver.

These were undoubtedly unexpected surprises for Su Chen, and they were picked and thrown into the medicine basket.

After going back, it will be used to refine one's lower dantian, cultivate more essence blood, and improve the cultivation of the lower dantian.

Su Chen is still far from the realm of the initial formation of the lower dantian, and if he does not use herbs to assist in quenching the body, it is estimated that it will take two years to initially cultivate into the lower dantian and be promoted to become a third-rate martial artist.

With these low-level quenching herbs, it is estimated that it can be much faster.

As long as you become a third-rate martial artist, your strength will increase greatly, even if you are in the Medicine King Gang Miscellaneous Service Hall, you can at least become a low-level deacon, not the lowest miscellaneous disciple and nameless little minion.

There are tigers, leopards and jackals in the deep mountains and old forests, and low-level apprentices are very dangerous in the mountains. If you lose your life, no amount of herbs you can pick will be in vain.

"No matter what the result of this entry into the mountain is, even if the experiment is not successful, and I am finally eliminated by the master and become a disciple of the Miscellaneous Service Hall, I will continue to practice hard and become a third-rate martial artist as soon as possible! In this way, my strength can at least be compared to the disciples of the Sword Protection Hall, and not worse than other senior brothers. ”

Su Chen carried a heavy medicine basket and bag, wiping the sweat drops on his forehead to cheer himself up.

...

Su Chen walked in the deep mountains and old forests for nearly two days, overcoming thorns and thorns in the mountains. I was a little tired from walking, so I sat on a rock head to rest, and wiped the sweat from my cheeks with a coarse cloth towel.

For two whole days, he didn't have much to gain, only occasionally picked a few cheap herbs, which were worth dozens of copper plates, and he didn't find any trace of the golden ring viper.

Other poisonous snakes such as bamboo leaf green and mountain snakes have also encountered a few, but unfortunately the venom toxicity of different poisonous snakes is not the same and cannot be universal. Only the poison of the krait snake is more special, and it has an effect on assisting the cultivation of the "Turtle Breath Technique" and sealing the six senses.

Su Chen looked depressed and a little depressed.

This time, I asked Master Li Kui for three days off, if I can't find the Golden Ring Viper in Qionglong Mountain before sunset tonight, I will prepare to return to Yaowang Villa tomorrow, and this time I am afraid that I will return in vain.

Su Chen rested for a while, saw that it was getting late, regained his strength, and hurried to continue the search.

Passing through a mountain ridge hundreds of feet high.

Suddenly, his gaze swept over a huge towering ancient cedar tree in front of him, and under the ancient cedar tree, a wild ginseng grew delicately.

At the top of it is a string of eye-catching red ginseng seeds, which exude a faint and enticing medicinal fragrance. Looking at the number of leaves, it is estimated that there are twenty or thirty years of age.

"This is wild ginseng?!"

Su Chen couldn't help but be stunned, followed by surprise.

The higher the age of wild ginseng, the better the effect of replenishing qi, and the more expensive it is.

In the pharmacy in the county seat, a ten-year plant costs one or two pieces of silver. And twenty or thirty years old can only be bought for at least three or five taels of silver, which is simply a sky-high price for him, and he does not dare to expect it at all.

His bluestone tear monster disease is in need of such wild ginseng medicine, just in case of tears, it can replenish vitality. After picking this wild ginseng, at least he doesn't have to worry about running out of money to buy ginseng medicine the next time he gets sick.

Also, in addition to being able to replenish his vitality, wild ginseng is actually an important medicinal material for refining qi.

When cultivating the middle dantian, you can use ginseng medicine to enhance your sense of qi and cultivate the true qi of the inner family. This means that if he has not been sick, then when he cultivates the middle dantian, he will also be able to use this wild ginseng.

To be able to pick such a wild ginseng worth three or five taels of silver, this trip into the mountains is not in vain.

Su Chen was greatly pleased, took out a small knife for collecting medicine tied to his calf, and was about to step forward to pick this wild ginseng.

At this moment, he was surprised to find that there were a few light white marks on the ground near the wild ginseng, which seemed to be snake saliva.

"Ambergris liquid?... Could it be that there are snakes that haunt the vicinity of wild ginseng?"

Su Chen was suddenly alert and didn't dare to approach the wild ginseng.

He carefully observed the grass around the ancient cedar tree, and soon found that a foot behind the wild ginseng, in the hidden place hidden by a pile of grass, there was a deep cave larger than a sea bowl.

In the dark cave, two faint points of gloomy light can be seen, flickering, and occasionally a trace of snakey smell will be scattered with the wind.

"Vipers!"

When Su Chen saw the ghostly light, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he gasped in shock.

Sure enough, there was a poisonous snake lurking nearby, but fortunately he didn't rush over just now. Otherwise, if you are slammed out by it and take a bite, you will definitely be unlucky.

Looking at the half-foot-wide hole, the poisonous snake inside is probably not a good one.

Could it be that it is hiding here, using this ginseng fruit as bait to hunt other prey?

This medicinal fragrance will attract many greedy pheasants and hares to forage for food.

Su Chen patiently guarded for half an hour, wanting to see if this poisonous snake would come out. It turned out that the patience of this poisonous snake was better than his, and he actually did not move in the cave, stubbornly guarding the wild ginseng.

Su Chen and the others were anxious and didn't want to wait any longer.

It will soon be dark, and when it gets dark, he can't see clearly, and he is definitely no match for this poisonous snake. And tomorrow morning, he will set off to rush back to Yaowang Villa, and he has no time to spend time with this poisonous snake. Otherwise, if Master Li Kui is displeased and punished, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Su Chen looked around the ancient cedar tree, and saw that there were a lot of dead grass and dead leaves on the ground, and he immediately had a plan.

He gathered a small pile of dead grass, took a flint from his bosom, and set the dead grass on fire. A pungent and unpleasant smoke rose from the dry grass, and he hurriedly used the leaves of a large tree to fan the smoke vigorously and poured it into the cave.

The snake is most afraid of smoke and can definitely force it out.

Sure enough, after a while, there was movement in the cave, and the poisonous snake was smoked, and finally couldn't stay in the cave.

"Ah~~!"

A poisonous snake more than a foot long jumped out of the cave, spitting out snake letters in embarrassment, and a pair of venomous snake eyes stared at Su Chen not far away in annoyance.

The golden and black rings are intertwined, and it is a golden snake king.

It guarded this place, occupied the mountain for several years, hunted and preyed on countless creatures, but I didn't expect to be driven out of the cave by this guy in front of me with a pungent poisonous smoke, it was a great shame, it had to teach this guy a good lesson.

"King of the Krait!"

After Su Chen poured the smoke into the cave, he quickly retreated to the cave a few feet away, and when he saw the huge krait snake coming out, he couldn't help but gasp in shock.

He went deep into the mountains for two days, but he did not find any trace of the golden ring viper.

Unexpectedly, after a while, not only did I find a wild ginseng plant of twenty or thirty years old, but also found a golden ring viper, which can be described as excellent luck.

What only frightened Su Chen was that this was an adult golden-ringed poisonous snake, which was round and thick than his thighs, at least one and a half zhang long, and was several times taller and more powerful than him.

It frightened him.

This should be the head of the krait king, extremely domineering. If it bites, even an adult jackal will die.

Su Chen was so frightened that he almost wanted to pull his legs and run away.

He is now a small martial artist who does not enter the realm of streams, and he is not even a third-rate martial artist. I just want to catch an ordinary krait snake to extract venom, but I don't want to catch such a snake king.

However, the temptation of that wild ginseng was too great.

He finally went into the mountains and found a wild ginseng worth three or five taels of silver, which was too rare. Picking this wild ginseng in his hands, at least for more than a year in the future, he doesn't have to worry about his bluestone tear attack.

Su Chen forcibly resisted the urge to escape, stared nervously at the King of the Golden Snake King, held the woodcutter in his hand, and carefully retreated slowly, retreating to a distance of five zhang away.

As a disciple of the Medicine King Gang, he also knows a lot about the habits of snakes.

At close range, the venomous snake pounces on its bite at an astonishing speed, and can be culled several times in the blink of an eye, even far exceeding the attack speed of a third-rate martial artist.

The venom of the krait snake is very powerful, and if it bites it, a strong bison of hundreds of pounds will quickly fall.

Moreover, this is the King of the Golden Snake Snake, with a huge snake body more than a foot long, and it is wrapped around its huge snake body, even if it is not poisoned, it is enough to suffocate to death.

Su Chen knew very well his strength, in terms of the strength of his attack and the speed of his attack, he was not as good as this Golden Ring Snake King, and he was by no means the opponent of the Golden Ring Viper at close range.

Fortunately, snakes have an Achilles' heel, that is, the speed of movement is average, which is barely comparable to a child's running.

As long as you keep enough distance and attack from a distance, you will be safe.

It can't catch up, and it's hard to escape.

He still had a chance to kill this fierce Golden Snake King who far exceeded his own strength.

...

The huge snake body of the Golden Snake King was slowly swimming, and the cold snake eyes stared at the cautious opponent in the distance four or five feet away.

In this deep mountain and old forest, there are very few human tracks, and most of the opponents it has encountered in the past are birds, hares, pheasants, etc., which are not worth mentioning.

Even the more ferocious adult jackals and prime-aged bison are no match for it, and can be killed with a single bite.

Only a very small number of ferocious eagles soaring in the sky will bring some threats and troubles to it.

However, it has always hidden in deep caves, rarely going out, and the eagle eagle can't find it, and it can't help it.

When the enemy is strong, it will stand still in the cave.

Once it found that the prey was negligent and approached within half a foot of the cave, it immediately pounced, bit the prey and injected venom, and was entangled.

Soon, the prey will become stiff and lose its ability to resist, and it will be swallowed alive.

But this guy in front of him is obviously different from the opponents it has encountered before.

Actually stimulated it with smoke and forced it out of the cave.

This is probably the most cunning opponent it has encountered in its cave deep in the mountains and old forests for decades.