C490 - White Flower Snake

On the other hand, after Bai Zhi came out of the cave, she broke a branch with a V-shaped trunk on a tree. She had watched a TV show on how to catch a snake. People used a similar tool to catch a snake. They said that as long as your eyes and hands were fast enough, you can successfully catch a snake with the use of this V-shaped branch.

Bai Zhi hadn’t tried it, and so she was a little scared. But now, she has no other choice.

Hu Feng was in the camp. He can’t leave anytime he wants. He might also not be able to find a white flower snake in the middle of the night.

After walking around the woods for a long time, Bai Zhi didn’t see anything else except for the piles of dead leaves. The rabbits and deer occasionally ran in front of her.

“Bai Zhi——” Duan Cheng’s cry suddenly came from a distance. So, Bai Zhi had to turn around and look for him. When she found him, she saw him holding something in his hand, while holding the basket on the other hand and waving at her excitedly.

Bai Zhi walked towards him. However, just when the two of them only a few meters away from each other, she saw a white flower poisonous snake on a branch above Duan Cheng’s head. It was the white flower snake she had been looking for. The white flower snake continued spitting it’s red-letter towards Duan Cheng, as its long body quickly sliding on the branch. Just when Duan Cheng passed by the branch, the white flower snake suddenly raised its head and attack.

Bai Zhi shouted in a hurry: “There’s a poisonous snake, be careful–”

Duan Cheng’s thoughts were only focused on the ginseng he had found. He wanted to show it off to Bai Zhi. He didn’t pay attention to his surroundings. When he heard Bai Zhi’s words, he looked behind him, but at that time, the poisonous snake had already rushed at him.

The sharp teeth in the mouth of the snake were aiming for his neck. Duan Cheng subconsciously raised his hand to stop it. The poisonous snake failed to bite his neck but bit his arm. Duan Cheng threw the white snake vigorously. The white snake’s body slammed on the tree and died. However, Duan Cheng also fell on the ground. The white snake venom invaded his arm. His wound quickly changed in color.

Bai Zhi rushed forward and quickly took out a silver needle and sealed the acupuncture point on his shoulder, to blocked the invasion of toxins.

There were many medicines in the cloth bag, but there was no serum that can detoxify the poison. And it happened that this poison can destroy human blood in a short time, causing irreversible damage. She must rescue him immediately. Otherwise, Duan Cheng’s arm will become a waste.

After tearing off the clothes on Duan Cheng’s arm, Bai Zhi lowered her head and sucked the poison out on his wound. After a while, she sucked out a mouthful of black blood. After spitting it out, she continued until she sucked out enough of black blood. Duan Cheng’s consciousness returned gradually.

When the blood she spat out changed from black blood to fresh red blood, Bai Zhi stopped. She then immediately took the water sac on Duan Cheng’s waist and rinsed her mouth with water, to prevent the poison from entering her body.

“How are you feeling?” Bai Zhi asked.

Duan Cheng gasped for breath and said: “Much better, thank you!”

Bai Zhi smiled and shook his head gently: “No need to thank me. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t come here, and you wouldn’t have been bitten by a poisonous snake.” She said while grabbing his wrist. His pulse rate was not good. He was out of danger, but there was still some residual poison in his arm. She must detoxify the remaining poison with needle treatment.

Seeing that Bai Zhi started inserting needles again, Duan Cheng asked, “Do I still need needle treatment?”

Bai Zhi nodded her head: “Although most of the poisonous blood has been sucked out, there is still some residual poison in it. This poison must be expelled as soon as possible. If this poison remains in your body for too long, you’ll be in danger.”

Duan Cheng’s face turned pale. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes before saying: “Come on, tie it, I’m not scared! I’m not scared at all!”

C491 - Snake gallbladder

He was clearly scared. The needle doesn’t hurt, so what’s he was afraid of?

Could it be that not only he was not afraid of blood, but also needles?

However, right now, she doesn’t have time to ask. She directly punctured the needles one by one to the acupuncture points on his shoulder and arm. After piercing the needles, Bai Zhi twisted the needle to force out the poison to his acupuncture points. Seeing the black blood flowing out, Bai Zhi was relieved. After studying this detoxification method by herself, she had never used it to anyone. This was the first time she had used it. She was nervous, in fear that she might fail.

After the poisonous blood flowed out, Bai Zhi pulled out the silver needle, then said to Duan Cheng: “Alright, you can open your eyes now.”

Duan Cheng’s forehead was covered with cold sweat. When he heard Bai Zhi’s voice, he slightly opened his eyes first. Sure enough, no silver needles were piercing him.

“Are you dizzy?” She asked.

Duan Cheng raised his hand and wiped his sweat: “Maybe. Somehow, I feel dizzy and nauseous when I see silver needles. I also fainted before. I improved a lot over the years, but I still feel uncomfortable to watch.”

Bai Zhi nodded her head but didn’t say anything. She got up and walked towards the white flower snake, then picked up its corpse that had fallen to the ground.

Duan Cheng asked: “What are you doing with that dead snake? It’s disgusting.”

Bai Zhi took out a plastic bag from her cloth bag. It was the plastic bag that was containing the disposable infusion tube before. She didn’t throw it away. She thought it might become handy.

After putting the snake in the plastic bag, she said to Duan Cheng: “The gallbladder of this white flower snake is good medicine. I want to use it to make medicine.”

Bai Zhi shook the plastic bag and smiled: “The snake meat is also good. I cooked a pot of snake soup before. It was so delicious. You want to eat my crafts, right? I’ll make one for you when we go back.”

Duan Cheng has never eaten a snake before. He can’t imagine how he will eat such a vicious and ugly thing. He doesn’t even want to think about it.

“I’d better not. You can keep it for yourself!” He said as he waved his hand again and again.

Bai Zhi stuffed the snake into the cloth bag. Then, she helped Duan Cheng to get up and picked the ginseng on the ground: “It seems you have won, this ginseng is good.”

Duan Cheng propped his chin and proudly said: “Of course, I’m good at finding medicine. If I didn’t hurry to look for you, I must have got something much better.”

Bai Zhi helped him on the way: “Yes, yes, you are great, okay?”

The two got out of the woods and took the carriage back to the military camp.

*

When they returned to medical camp, Duan Cheng told Doctor Shen everything that happened in the woods. Doctor Shen tremble with fear after hearing it.

“White flower snake? That snake is very poisonous!” Doctor Shen said in surprise.

Duan Cheng said: “That’s right. When I just got bitten, my head was dizzy. I didn’t know what was going on. Afterward, when I woke up, I saw Bai Zhi sucking out the poison in me. If it weren’t for him, I would have lost my life today.”

“It’s very dangerous to suck out the poisonous blood. How about Bai Zhi? Is he alright?” Doctor Shen asked urgently.

Duan Cheng waved his hand: “He’s okay. He’s opening the belly of the white flower snake in the small tent. He said he wanted to use the snake gallbladder to make medicine and cook a snake soup later. I find it disgusting, so I came here quickly.”

Doctor Shen breathed a sigh of relief. If he was alright, then it’s fine. Then, he looked at Duan Cheng and said with a smile: “The snake soup is a good thing. It’s alright if you don’t want to eat it. I can eat another bowl.”

Duan Cheng heroically waved his hand: “You can do whatever you want. I don’t want to eat it, it looks disgusting.”