Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi each took an item.
I reached out to take the gray bead from the wooden box.
But when I reached for it, I found that although the bead looked small, it was incredibly heavy.
It was only about half the size of a small egg, but when I held it in my hand,
it felt like it weighed twenty or thirty catties.
No wonder the box was so heavy; it wasn't just the material of the box itself, but also this heavy stone bead inside.
A weight of twenty or thirty catties wasn't an exaggerated amount for us now.
I was just curious why such a small bead could be so heavy.
It was many times heavier than a gold nugget of the same volume.
"What kind of bead is this, so small, yet so heavy!"
I held it curiously, examining it.
Lao Mo and Xia Qiuxi, hearing me, also took it curiously to inspect it.
It looked no different from a gray stone, just heavy.
And its material was hard.
"For it to be preserved so well in this wooden box by a monster, this stone bead might have other uses.
Keep it safe, and we'll show it to the masters later!"
Xia Qiuxi said.
I nodded in agreement.
This was all we could do for now.
Afterward, the three of us each kept one item and withdrew from the room to check another.
The other room was the one where the three monsters had been making a fire and cooking meat last night.
When we entered that room again,
we found it filled with bones.
There were bones of wild animals and also of humans.
The meat soup in the large pot had already cooled,
but inside, there was a human skull.
We didn't know how many people these monsters had harmed here.
Apart from these, there wasn't much else of value here.
We left.
Then we circled the surroundings.
Apart from many dead trees, we found nothing else unusual.
So, after a circuit, we returned to Xiao Han Temple.
As soon as we arrived at the temple, we saw that our masters seemed to have finished their discussion and were coming out from the backyard.
Seeing us return,
Uncle Tang asked,
"Did you find anything?"
"Master, we didn't find anything except some wine and three items!"
Lao Mo replied.
But upon hearing about the wine, Uncle Tang's eyes lit up:
"Oh? There's wine?"
"Yes, in that room."
Lao Mo pointed.
Uncle's nose twitched a few times:
"Hmm, it smells so good! Let's go take a look!"
With that, Uncle Tang's craving for wine kicked in, and he hurried inside.
My master, holding his pipe, took a puff:
"Alcoholic!"
But as soon as he said that, Yunxia Gu rolled her eyes:
"What about yourself?"
She said, glancing at the pipe in his master's hand.
Then she also followed him inside.
My master was stunned for a moment:
"I, I've only taken this one puff since last night."
He said, and also followed inside.
Xia Qiuxi and I watched, finding it quite amusing.
But we also quickly entered that room.
As soon as we entered the room, Uncle Tang looked ravenously hungry.
However, upon entering, he was immediately drawn to the black snake on the floor.
He said with some surprise:
"Black Death Snake?"
Hearing Uncle's observation of the snake, I asked doubtfully:
"Uncle, do you recognize this snake?"
Uncle nodded slightly.
My master also walked closer and said in a deep voice:
"This snake is highly venomous. A single bite is usually fatal."
Hearing this, my heart pounded with lingering fear.
I had almost been bitten just now, luckily I dodged in time...
Uncle kicked the black snake away with his last foot:
"Everyone be careful, stay away if you see this snake, being bitten means no hope!"
After speaking, he took out a silver needle and walked towards the wine jars.
We also became cautious, looking around the surroundings.
After repeated confirmation,
Uncle found that the wine was drinkable.
He couldn't help but taste it.
But after one sip, Uncle Tang spat it out.
"Damn it, what kind of crap wine is this? Smells good, but burns the throat to drink."
My master looked speechless:
"Idiot, wine for monsters can't be the same as wine for humans. It's a good thing it didn't kill you."
Uncle Tang snorted coldly but didn't retort.
He just spat out a mouthful of saliva and said to Lao Mo:
"By the way, Xiao Mo, you just said.
You found three items, what items?"
Hearing this, Lao Mo grinned and took out the lingzhi he was carrying:
"Master, look."
Uncle Tang, my master, and Yunxia Gu looked, their eyes shining.
"Wow, good heavens. This smell, this quality. This is definitely a five-hundred-year-old lingzhi."
Uncle Tang understood traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and was familiar with various medicinal herbs.
If he said it was five hundred years old, then the lingzhi must be five hundred years old.
Finding half a five-hundred-year-old lingzhi was truly incredibly lucky.
After all, finding a wild lingzhi in the mountains was already very difficult.
Let alone one that was several hundred years old.
Such precious mountain treasures were usually protected by ferocious spiritual beasts in the vicinity.
It was understandable that this snake monster could obtain such a lingzhi.
Lingzhi from this era was more precious than most medicinal materials from medicinal fields.
"Xiao Mo! You've made a huge profit. This half piece is worth seven figures!"
He said, unable to put it down.
I was also very surprised in my heart.
This half piece of lingzhi could be sold for seven figures?
And Xia Qiuxi also took out the small medicine bottle she was holding:
"Master, I got a small medicine bottle, can you see what's inside?"
She said, and took out the small jade bottle.
Yunxia Gu took it, looked at it, opened it, and smelled it, but was not sure.
Finally, she gave it to my master to look at.
My master couldn't be sure either, as recognizing medicinal herbs was more Uncle Tang's forte.
Uncle Tang took it and looked carefully for a while, and finally dissolved one into water.
He observed the color and smell of the water, tested it with a silver needle, and so on.
Finally, Uncle Tang analyzed the result:
"Although I'm not entirely sure, based on the scent.
I can confirm that it contains eight highly toxic substances, including broken intestine grass, crane's top red, poisonous flower, centipede poison, and so on..."