531: Chapter 531: Jade Snake (3)_1 531: Chapter 531: Jade Snake (3)_1 âItâs tricky,â Dao Xuzi sighed, then glanced at Yang Ruxin, âYou canât rush this.
Even if you want to get hitched, youâll have to wait until heâs fully recovered, otherwiseâŠâ His gaze took on a mischievous twinkle.
Yang Ruxin rolled her eyes: âWhen did I say I wanted to get married?
Iâm just worried your medical skills might not be up to parâŠâ
âNonsense.â The old man instantly bristled, âIf not for me stepping in, those quacks wouldnât have been able to identify the seven types of poison in his body.
They wouldâve killed him with their treatmentsâŠâ
Unable to help herself, Yang Ruxin rolled her eyes again: âCanât you live without boasting?â
âIâm just stating the facts,â Dao Xuzi suddenly chuckled, âBut rest assured, now that youâve taken me as your master, Iâll surely return to you an able-bodied apprentice son-in-lawâŠâ
âYou sure know a lot,â Yang Ruxin scoffed.
âYouâŠâ Dao Xuzi felt he was about to die of frustration at the hands of his apprentice, and even thought it made him hungry.
Yang Ruxin couldnât be bothered with him and turned to leave.
âGirl, you also need to be treated.
That lad asked me to prescribe some medicine for youâŠâ Dao Xuzi chuckled ominously from behind.
Yang Ruxinâs face turned slightly red, naturally aware of why he wanted Dao Xuzi to regulate her body, since she hadnât gotten her period yet.
âAh, donât be embarrassed.
Iâll make a trip into the mountains in the next few days, and personally prepare the medicine for youâŠâ
âThank you, MasterâŠâ
âNo need, no need, just agree to one little requestâŠâ
Yang Ruxin looked up warily, âWhat request?â
âLet me borrow that little green snake of yours for two days, will you?â Dao Xuziâs eyes were practically popping out.
The snake wrapped around Yang Ruxinâs wrist instantly tensed up.
What was this old man up to?
He wouldnât be thinking of stewing it for snake soup, would he?
Actually, Xiaolun had no need to worry, since the old man was indeed a foodie; wanting Yang Ruxin to cook up everything he saw, and besides, snake was a great tonic.
Yang Ruxin felt Xiaolunâs unease and quickly stroked its head, then looked at Dao Xuzi: âWhat do you want it for?â
âAh, as far as I know, that venomous snake is no ordinary creature,â Dao Xuziâs eyes shone, âIâve seen a lot in my day, but Iâve never come across this breed of snake.
So green, certainly the venom is something special.
Iâd like a few drops of its venomâŠâ
Xiaolun relaxed, recognizing the old man had some sense.
It was no normal snake; it was the ancestor of venomous snakes.
Yang Ruxinâs eyes flickered: âGo on, tell me, how is it so out of the ordinary?â
âI once read about it in an ancient book from my master, though there wasnât much detail.
It said that after Nuwa created humans in the Ancient Era, she left a snake egg on earth.
After tens of thousands of years, it hatched a hermaphroditic Jade Snake, whose venom is unmatched in its potencyâŠâ
Yang Ruxinâs mouth twitchedâwasnât that a mythical story?
But it did make sense; Nuwa herself was a snake, so an egg she left behind was bound to be extraordinary.
Though the explanation was a bit fantastical, in this vast world, it wasnât strange for special breeds to exist, especially considering she, a well-read person, didnât even know Xiaolunâs breed.
âHowever, the Jade Snake has one characteristic: it molts once every hundred yearsâthat is, its body will die, but as the snake skin cracks open, a snake egg appears, then that egg will hatch a new little snakeâŠâ Dao Xuzi grinned obsequiously, âIn my opinion, Xiaolun mustâve hatched not too long ago, at most three months ago, but somehow you, lass, got lucky and it bonded with you as its masterâŠâ