Chapter Five: The Big Bad Wolf

  A green light flashed in the wolf's eyes, and it leapt up, its ghastly white fangs and scarlet mouth dripping with saliva snapped towards the girl's neck, a wave of stench and foul odor assailed her face, the girl's eyes dimmed, her heart as dead ash watched the ugly wolf head getting closer and closer to her...

  A crisp and pleasant sound rang out...

  Suddenly, a flash of lightning-like light burst forth, flashing and disappearing in an instant, making people wonder if it was an illusion.

  However, the wolf leaping in mid-air, the green light in its eyes slowly dimmed, a sign of vitality draining from its body. Thud... The wolf fell to the ground covered with dry leaves, its body convulsing non-stop, scarlet blood flowing out.

  The girl was stunned, and suddenly a boy appeared in front of the trees. He wore a snow-white long gown with a pale purple waistband tied around his waist, and his shiny black hair was tied back with a white silk ribbon.

  He was seen holding a pale blue long sword in his hand, calmly looking at the pack of wolves.

  A pack of wolves, uneasy and puzzled, kept shifting their bodies. The alpha wolf's eyes also showed puzzlement. Food that was clearly within reach, how did it suddenly fall from its own grasp?

  However, it's clear that they didn't think things through, although one of them died and became a subordinate, but at the same time, there was also an additional prey, this time they can definitely have a hearty meal.

  Waaah...

  The lead wolf let out a few low growls, and the other wolves responded with their own mournful howls, slowly beginning to encircle Pan Hao. Their long, icy green eyes gleamed with hunger as they fixed him in their gaze, an aura of danger and oppression spreading through the air.

  Pan Hao smiled lightly, if an ordinary person had said that, they would have been scared stiff, their face as pale as earth, and cold sweat dripping down.

  But beasts are still beasts after all, and their intelligence can't be compared to humans. They haven't even realized that the creature in front of them is different from the one they were just hunting and killing.

  Waaah...

  The pack of wolves, upon hearing the command, suddenly and fiercely pounced on Pan Hao. Over a dozen wild wolves, with a strong gust of wind, attacked Pan Hao, their pale white fangs bared and snapping at him.

  "Be careful..." a crisp and tense voice rang out.

  A few meters away, in an instant, the green-clothed girl on the tree saw Pan Hao and still had no reaction. Suddenly, she couldn't help but tense up with a reminder.

  Pan Hao moved, his left hand slightly raised, the scabbard slanted, and a clear and crisp ringing sound echoed out. Suddenly, the long sword was already out of its sheath.

  Pfft...

  Bang bang...

  A dozen or so dark silhouettes suddenly retreated, falling to the ground, convulsing all over, with a large amount of fresh blood gushing out from their necks, dyeing the ground red, and a bloody aura spreading throughout the forest.

  The girl looked silly at first, but in an instant, she was stimulated by this bloody scene, her face turned pale, her stomach was constantly rolling over, and she almost couldn't help vomiting.

  However, she still endured the intense physical discomfort and slowly climbed down the tree with light and agile movements, extremely skilled and relaxed, seemingly a frequent climber. No wonder she could calmly climb the tree to escape the wolves' hunt and avoid a fatal disaster.

  Pan Hao looked at the girl's figure and thought silently.

  "Thank you, thank you!"

  The little girl thanked Pan Hao in a soft voice.

  "Hmm!" Pan Hao responded faintly.

  After finishing speaking, Pan Hao was about to step away, for him, this matter was just a small episode. It had no effect on himself, and in the journey of life, how many people were worth his stay and attention?

  Qu Zhū saw Pān Hào preparing to leave and suddenly became anxious, it was not easy to meet someone, let alone he might know what she needed.

  "I'm here looking for a medicinal herb, can you help me?"

  The girl said hastily.

  Pan Hao's body stiffened for a moment, but in the end he didn't leave. What made this ordinary girl risk her life to venture deep into these ancient mountains and forests? Judging from her appearance, she should be a villager from the nearby village at the foot of the mountain, and should know about the dangers of these deep mountains.

  Half a moment later, Pan Hao finally understood what had happened. The girl in front of him was named Qu Zhu, a villager from Qujiang Village at the foot of the mountain. Her father had been bitten by a golden ring snake while hunting in the mountains, and ordinary snake medicine could only delay the onset of the venom. Now that they couldn't find the snake gall needed to detoxify, her life was hanging by a thread, so this little girl had no choice but to take risks and come here to search for it.

  Snake's spittle grass grows in dark and humid places, its shape is like a miniature small red snake. It is said that the most effective snake's spittle grass will turn purple all over, and within 100 meters, there must be a snake king living here to guard it.

  The snake saliva grass is nourished by a large amount of snake saliva, and wherever it is, there must be a group of snakes dancing wildly, a hundred snakes nesting, which can be said to be extremely dangerous. And it's said that in this area, someone has unexpectedly collected a red one and brought it back, but the price is that after bringing it back, their whole body was covered with snake bites, and finally their body rotted and died, even the snake saliva grass they brought back couldn't be saved.

  "But I am willing to trade my own life for my father's! Our family needs a father!"

  In the end, the little girl's eyes turned red and she said calmly and firmly.

  She thought of her father, who was suffering from the torment of snake venom, her mother, who was getting weaker day by day, and her younger brother and sister. The pillar of the family, her father, could not fall, or else she dared not imagine what would happen to this home.

  Pan Hao fell silent, this strong girl reminded him of a girl in a white dress from a distant Earth, who had the same stubborn personality and was just as proud.

  After that accident, she worked hard to support the family, taking on multiple jobs, sleeping only three or four hours a day. At just over thirty years old, her delicate hands had become coarse, and white hairs were already mixed in with her black hair. Her thin body grew weaker, and her rosy cheeks turned pale.

  Until Pan Hao finally grew up and occupied his own place in the society of mutual deception, but the root of the disease caused by years of hard work suddenly burst out, like a wave sweeping across.

  Finally, this figure who had always been strong and unyielding in Pan Hao's eyes fell down, ending her life on the hospital bed.

  Every time he thinks about it, Pan Hao's heart is always filled with self-blame, unbearable sadness and regret.

  Suddenly looking up, the figure in my heart seems to overlap with this girl in front of me. With tears in her eyes, she stubbornly said: I will take good care of this family until my younger siblings grow up...

  "Come on!"

  The softness in Pan Hao's heart was finally touched by this girl, and it happened that he had been observing the environment for several months, and found what seemed to be similar grass in a dark place under a mountain cliff.

  Anyone who knows martial arts will understand a little about medicine. Although Pan Hao didn't work hard in this area, he still knew some simple herbs, so when he saw unfamiliar and strange-looking herbs, he remembered them in his heart.

  The little girl was taken aback at first, but immediately reacted and became excited, her pretty face flushed with excitement.

  "You know where it is, right?"

  "Hmm!" Pan Hao nodded calmly.

  "Let's go!"

  The sunset dyed the white clouds across the sky red, and the quiet ancient forest became even more still. Only occasionally did a refreshing summer breeze blow by, causing the dense leaves on the trees to rustle softly. A few withered yellow leaves rotated and fluttered down from the trees, gently falling onto the wolf corpses covering the ground, filling the air with a bloody stench.

  A man and a woman in the deep mountains gradually move further away...

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