Chapter 1241

Yan Aohan checked the direction and nodded. "This is the place. Let's go." He added, "I won't give you any guidance from now on. Consider this a test of your survival skills after one year."

Zhu Yanyi grinned. "Okay." She had learned from her for a year, so she wasn't useless. Plus, she had plenty of insect repellent. In this wilderness, she felt no danger at all. Instead, she felt very comfortable and happy.

Zhu Yanyi walked slowly with Yan Aohan. Sometimes she bent down to pick herbs. Sometimes she hummed a Jiangnan folk tune. "The herbs here are much better than the ones I grow."

"You water them with Spirit Spring water," Yan Aohan said, looking puzzled. "Why are your grown herbs worse than these wild ones?"

Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "It’s not worse, just different. My herbs have the energy of the Spirit Spring. But wild herbs are different. How should I explain it?"

Zhu Yanyi tilted her head, thinking. Then she said, "Think of it like farm pigs and wild boars. Farm pigs are fat and tasty. Wild boars have less fat, but they taste different. My herbs have Spirit Spring energy. Wild herbs have natural, wild energy. Both work, but the environment makes them different."

She continued while walking. "Sometimes doctors choose herbs from specific places. My herbs are neutral. They work for any medicine, but only eighty percent effective. If a patient uses local wild herbs, the effect can be ninety percent or more."

Zhu Yanyi saw some herbs by the road. She squatted to pick them and put them in her Ruyi Space. "Of course, I like my grown herbs. But I like wild herbs too."

"I see you like all herbs," Yan Aohan said, understanding now. He smiled. "Then let’s pick more while we have the chance."

"That’s what I was thinking," Zhu Yanyi giggled and started picking.

Zhu Yanyi didn’t just pick herbs. She also caught animals and insects. She caught snakes, scorpions, centipedes, and cicadas. She was very relaxed. Before they knew it, it got late.

"It’s late, Aohan. Let’s eat snake soup tonight," Zhu Yanyi said. She had caught several snakes. They were all very poisonous. Some were as thick as her calf.

"Sure," Yan Aohan agreed without hesitation.

"Let’s go to the stream on the other side to clean them," Zhu Yanyi said. She had been to Wudang Mountain before, so she knew where the streams were.

Wudang Mountain had plenty of water. Since they were walking on paths no one used, they found small branches of the stream for water.

At the stream, Zhu Yanyi said, "Aohan, please build a stove. I’ll gather firewood."

Yan Aohan didn’t refuse. He went to the side, found some stones, and built a stove. It was easy for him. By the time Zhu Yanyi arrived, he had finished the stove and started the fire. His firewood was ready to use.

Zhu Yanyi took a pot from her Ruyi Space. She washed it in the stream, filled it with water, and put it on the stove to boil.

When the water boiled, she put in the cut snake meat to blanch it. Then she washed it again and continued boiling it with the stream water.

When the water boiled again, she added some chrysanthemum petals to the pot. She let it simmer until the soup turned white. Then she added a medicinal essence pill. She let it melt with the snake meat. When only the bones were left, she added seasoning.

She took out some rice cakes from her Ruyi Space. She cut them into pieces with a dagger and threw them into the pot to soften. When it was ready, she took out bowls and shared the meal with Yan Aohan.

Yan Aohan drank two sips of soup. It was thick but had no fishy smell. It was very fresh and delicious. He ate a piece of rice cake. It was soft and fragrant. "Ani’s cooking always makes me miss it."

"It’s just cooking," Zhu Yanyi said. "If you want to eat, I’ll make it for you when I’m free." She wasn’t lying. But as a little divine doctor, she had less free time.

Yan Aohan chuckled. "I think if anyone has free time, it should be me."

Zhu Yanyi scratched her head, feeling a bit shy. "Why do you say that? Am I that busy?" Besides, Yan Aohan had more things to do than her. How could she be the one with free time?

Yan Aohan glanced at Zhu Yanyi. "You say you’re not busy. But once you enter the lab, you don’t come out. Is that right?"

Zhu Yanyi stuck out her tongue. "I’m much better now. I try not to go to the lab. I’ve researched a lot recently. If I showed everything, it would scare people. I plan to release one thing at a time."

Yan Aohan asked curiously, "What have you invented?"

Zhu Yanyi said, "During my peacekeeping mission, I made a medicine to prevent disaster germs. Recently, because of Mrs. Feng’s case, I did some research. I made a batch of antidotes. Diluted, farmers can use it to prevent poisoning from pesticides. If someone drinks pesticide, it can help. It might not cure everything, but it can help fifty to sixty percent. The rest depends on luck. Recently, I plan to research medicine for liver cirrhosis."

Yan Aohan saw Zhu Yanyi was very excited. "You have graduation exams coming up. Why not take exams for both medicine and pharmacology? Getting a double degree is not bad."