Urban Romantic Divine Doctor

Chapter 201: Chapter 200, Cunningly Obtaining 100-Year-Old Mountain Ginseng

Xu Wendong shivered, utterly shocked that Hehua knew he had been to Wang Feifei’s house. Once he confirmed no one else had overheard, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, ”Sister Hehua, don’t make things up. Feifei and I are innocent.”

Hehua gave a knowing smile, ”If you’re really innocent, why would you climb over the wall to her house?”

”It’s not what you think!” Xu Wendong’s face was full of anxiety. ”Sister Feifei had a blocked milk duct. Last night she was in pain and called me over.”

”When I got there, she was nearly unconscious. No one answered the door, so I had to climb the wall to get in.”

Hehua smiled sweetly and asked, ”And then what?”

”Helped her clear the blockage!” Xu Wendong feigned calmness, but a bit of panic crept in, prompting him to quickly add, ”Sister Hehua, please don’t tell anyone about last night.”

”I, as a man, don’t mind the rumors, but Sister Feifei is a woman. If people find out I climbed into her house, it will definitely have a negative impact on her.”

Hehua chuckled softly, ”Saying the two of you have nothing going on, even a ghost wouldn’t believe it. But don’t worry, I’m not the kind of woman who likes to spread gossip. I’ll keep your secret.”

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In no time, it was noon. Two elderly villagers, both in their sixties, carried a shoulder pole for delivering meals into the mountains. Though the food was just simple home-cooked dishes, eating in the mountains had its own unique charm.

”Doctor Xu, you’ve been in our village for three or four days. What do you think of our village?” A woman asked with a smile as they ate.

Others also looked at Xu Wendong, eager to know what this outsider thought of Qingshan Village.

Sitting cross-legged, Xu Wendong munched on a baked wheat cake with peppers, ”Apart from the poor transportation, everything is great. The people are honest and kind, the scenery is beautiful. It’s a great place to retire.”

Hehua chimed in, ”The poor transportation has its advantages too. During the war decades ago, the surrounding villages were all engulfed in conflict, but our Qingshan Village was a paradise untouched.”

”Not only that, but our West Mountain also has many rare herbs, and they fetch a good price.”

Hearing this, Xu Wendong shook his head with a smile, ”I admit there are indeed many herbs in the mountains, but they’re quite common and not that expensive.”

”Doctor Xu, that’s just your ignorance,” one woman said. ”Deep in the mountains of Qingshan Village, there are quite a few treasures. Before, someone even found Lingzhi there and sold it for tens of thousands at a time when even ten-thousand-yuan households were rare!”

”Exactly, let’s not talk about the past, talking about now is fine. There’s a living Old Mountain Ginseng of several decades old inside.”

”You’re talking nonsense again. How can it be a decades-old Old Mountain Ginseng? Based on the timing, that Old Mountain Ginseng must have lived for a hundred years.”

”It’s true, I’m sixty-two this year, and when I first had memories, the village elders talked about the Old Mountain Ginseng in the mountains. It must be a hundred years by now!” an elderly meal provider chimed in.

Xu Wendong’s eyes lit up. If it really was over a hundred years old, it would undoubtedly be a treasure and could sell for millions in the market.

Of course.

If he could find that so-called Old Mountain Ginseng, his cultivation level would surely skyrocket.

”Uncle, do you know the location of that Old Mountain Ginseng?” Xu Wendong asked excitedly, looking at the old man.

The old man looked towards the majestic mountains in the west and said, ”When I was young, I went there once. You have to cross two mountains, and on the third mountain’s mid-slope, at the sunny spot.”

”Oh, right, the trees there are very short, very easy to identify.”

Xu Wendong memorized the location and after lunch, he informed Zhao Ranran and Su Li and rushed towards the location the old man had mentioned without delay.

Zhao Ranran and Su Li both didn’t want Xu Wendong to enter the mountains, considering the long journey.

Plus, there were wild animals in the mountains, and encountering them with bad luck could lead to unimaginable consequences.

However, Xu Wendong was fearless. With his current abilities, he could even take on a tiger.

How could mere danger impede his determination to become stronger?

Cultivators should advance courageously without hesitation!

The mountain path was rugged and treacherous.

But for Xu Wendong, it felt like flat ground.

Climbing was like a daily routine for him, and as a cultivator now, he moved as agilely as a Spirit Monkey.

Normally, reaching that place would take four to five hours.

But Xu Wendong only took two hours, though he was panting and felt exhausted.

On the third mountain top, overlooking below, Xu Wendong noticed an odd area where the rest of the vegetation was lush. Despite early autumn, it was vibrant.

But only a small area on the mid-slope had stunted vegetation, resembling frostbitten, withered plants.

At the same time, Xu Wendong caught a faint scent of herbs.

This aroma instantly washed away his fatigue, filling him with excitement.

”It’s definitely ginseng, and it must be old,” Xu Wendong breathed heavily, knowing the ginseng absorbed the surrounding nature’s spiritual energy, causing malnutrition in the nearby plants.

Without further thought, he headed towards the mid-slope. But when he was over a hundred meters away, he suddenly halted.

”Oh my, there are over a dozen wolves?”

Xu Wendong was shocked and couldn’t believe that just less than two kilometers from Qingshan Village, there was a wolf pack. The dark gray Wolf King, as big as a calf, radiated a ferocious aura.

In the middle of the wolf pack, surrounded by them, was clearly a lush green plant, starkly contrasting with the surroundings. What else could it be but the Old Mountain Ginseng?

Although he found the Old Mountain Ginseng, Xu Wendong’s mood was not good. He didn’t know if he could break through the wolf pack.

If he couldn’t overcome them, he might end up buried there.

Thinking of this, he looked at a nearby wild jujube tree, covered in red fruits. He picked some to eat.

The jujube had thick skin and a large pit, with almost no flesh, but the sweet and sour taste was appetizing. He ate the flesh and kept the pits. Shortly after, his palm held more than a dozen jujube pits.

Silently, he crept closer to the wolves, stopping about ten meters away. He then placed a jujube pit on his fingertip, infused it with True Qi, and flicked it!

Pfft!

Accompanied by a faint wind, the jujube pit shot out like a bullet, hitting the Wolf King’s head, causing it to let out a sharp howl and wake up from its slumber.

The Wolf King, enraged, cried out loudly. The other gray wolves immediately stood up, looking tense and cautiously scanning their surroundings.

At the same time, Xu Wendong flicked another jujube pit, hitting a gray wolf, and then picked up a stone and threw it towards the south, causing a loud disturbance.

Hearing it, the Wolf King immediately led the pack southward, feeling an ominous foreboding seeing rolling stones on the slope.

Returning home immediately, it found:

Oh my gosh!

Where’s the ginseng?

How did that wild ginseng disappear?