Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter Six Hundred Twenty-Eight

After making preparations, the group finally started to ascend the mountain.

Among these individuals, an elder with the surname Huang was familiar with Du Long Mountain, and he was also a Yellow Grade Expert. Hence, he led the way, with a group of clan heirs following behind, while Long Xiaoshan, along with Wang Chao and Hua Die, brought up the rear.

Indeed, the mountain forest here was extremely dense without any paths at all.

The elder named Huang carried a knife in his hand, cutting down any bushes and thorns that blocked the path as he went.

At first, the group of wealthy youths was bursting with enthusiasm. However, after crossing over a mountain ridge, the forest became increasingly dense, the path more difficult to navigate, and to make matters worse, various poisonous insects and snakes appeared. Now and then, brightly colored large snakes would slither out from the underbrush, or a venomous spider would land on someone’s shoulder.

The clan heirs screamed in terror.

Despite being well-equipped, they were still frightened.

Long Xiaoshan and his group, having nothing in their hands, were expected by Nie Hongxue and others to be in an embarrassing state. But looking back, those three seemed completely at ease, as if they weren’t navigating a dangerous forest but strolling in a backyard instead.

The poisonous snakes and insects seemed to have eyes, all of them targeting the others and not bothering Long Xiaoshan’s trio at all.

This left the group of clan heirs feeling greatly unbalanced. Why should they be bitten by insects, ambushed by snakes, and open the path, while these three had nothing happening to them?

Wu Tianhao said, "Why do you three always walk in the back? Since you’ve joined us, you can’t expect us to always clear the way for you."

Wu Tianhao was very annoyed. He was still bothered by the fact that Wang Chao had made him lose face earlier. Naturally, he did not want to see his own people in such a mess while Long Xiaoshan and his companions strolled leisurely at the back.

Long Xiaoshan said, "You want us to clear the path?"

Wu Tianhao replied, "Of course, with such a powerful subordinate as yours, do you think it’s fair to just follow us from behind?"

"Alright, then let us do it," Long Xiaoshan was very easygoing. After all, it was a minor matter. He led Hua Die and Wang Chao to the front and said, "Wang Chao, you clear the path. Hua Die, you draw away those poisonous insects and snakes."

"Yes, Master," Hua Die said with a slight smile, moving with Wang Chao to the very front of the group.

Wang Chao took a long knife from one of the wealthy heirs and began slashing through the thorns.

Hua Die pursed her lips, producing strange, chirping sounds.

There were many rustling noises from the underbrush, which quickly retreated.

As they continued, Hua Die occasionally emitted bizarre sounds. Then along the way, not a single poisonous insect or snake dared to emerge again.

The group of clan heirs was astounded.

Even the elder Huang looked pensively at Hua Die on multiple occasions.

No wonder Long Xiaoshan dared to go up the mountain empty-handed; this fellow actually had two powerful subordinates with him. Wang Chao’s strength was extraordinary, breaking trees with a single punch, and now this seemingly inconspicuous girl turned out to be a hidden expert. Although she did not show any significant combat prowess, her ability to make poisonous insects and snakes avoid them with just some sounds was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.

In the Southwest, witchcraft is prevalent.

Besides the Martial Tao World, the power of Witch Gate is no less formidable.

In Miao-Zhuang and other minority tribes, Witch Gate is almost the ruling force, completely overpowering Xuan Gate and Martial Tao World.

The elder Huang whispered, "She must be a Witch; only Witches have such capabilities."

Nie Hongxue gazed deeply at Long Xiaoshan, who was walking behind Wang Chao and Hua Die with such ease, feeling even more envious. What was the background of this man, who not only had an extraordinary expert like Wang Chao but also a handmaiden like the Witch?

The witch had called Long Xiaoshan "master," and he had heard it.

Their Nie Family wielded significant influence in the southwest and naturally had interactions with the Witch Gate.

He knew that the people from Witch Gate were all exceptionally proud and peculiar; even a family as powerful as the Nie Family struggled to subjugate wizards and could only invite those who had a rudimentary understanding of witchcraft. It was even more impossible for a young clan heir like Nie Hongxue to subdue a witch.

For heirs of great families like them, it was no longer about who had more money, whose women were numerous, or whose women were beautiful.

Those were concerns of a lower social circle, competing over such mundane matters.

True clan heirs competed over who had more capability, who had a greater future, or who could recruit more powerful subordinates, or obtain women that ordinary people couldn’t.

For instance, attracting an expert like Wang Chao, or an elite at the top of a certain field, or subduing a witch.

In their circles, these were matters with particularly commanding presence.

It was not only something to show off to others, but it could also enhance one’s invisible influence, elevating one’s status within the circle.

The rarer the item you obtained, the more precious it appeared, the more it demonstrated your capabilities.

Although the witch that Long Xiaoshan brought only looked refined, if he could go out with such a witch, it would definitely cause quite a stir in their circle. The more he looked at Hua Die, the more charming he found her. This woman may seem only refined, but there was always a strangely attractive quality about her, the more one looked, the more fascinating she became, and even upon closer inspection, there seemed to be a unique allure present.

Nie Hongxue had encountered countless women; not to mention ordinary beauties, he’d seen plenty of female celebrities.

Yet, very few women had made him take a second look, let alone attracted him.

But Hua Die had managed to stir such an impulse in him.

His desire for possession swelled within him.

However, he was no ordinary person; of course, he wouldn’t foolishly rush like Wu Tianhao, who, upon seeing someone he liked, would immediately and impatiently set conditions to recruit. If witches were so easy to recruit, they wouldn’t be such a rare commodity in their circles.

The harder it was to obtain, the more precious it appeared.

So this matter had to be handled circuitously; going directly for the witch certainly wouldn’t work, it would still have to fall upon Long Xiaoshan, the "master."

His eyes twinkled ceaselessly.

Suddenly, he noticed a tall and beautiful figure walking beside him, his sister Nie Qi.

His eyes flashed fiercely.

He walked over to Nie Qi and whispered a few words in her ear.

Nie Qi’s proud expression flickered with distaste as she said, "Brother, I am your sister. Besides, remember who I am from the Nie Family? And yet you’re asking me to seduce him."

Nie Hongxue said, "Little sister, it’s precisely because you are my own sister that I am asking this of you. Haven’t I always doted on you? These two are very important to me; I must get them. It will immensely help my position within our family. If I am to eventually take the reins of the Nie Family, how could I treat you poorly?"

Nie Qi’s expression shifted slightly.

Although she was treated like a princess in the Nie Family, she knew that as a woman, her position in the Nie Family depended on her father and brothers. The Nie Family was a large clan, with numerous members; just from her father’s side, there were five or six uncles, and even more cousins.

Among her generation, the numbers were too many to count.

Her standing out among so many female cousins came not just from her own merits but from the high status and power of her father and brothers within the Nie Family.