Martial Arts, the Little Master of the Ancient Tomb, Becomes Stronger When You Drink

47: Chapter 47 is so big?!Functional snake gallbladder?!

Equivalent to a hundred-year-old medicinal herb?!

Su Xuan’s eyes widened as he looked at the pitch-black snake gallbladder in his hand in disbelief.

This snake gallbladder actually has such a use?!

If I had twenty of them, wouldn’t that be equivalent to twenty hundred-year-old medicinal herbs?

Su Xuan glanced at Li Mochou, who was happily eating roast meat with her cheeks bulging, then put the snake gallbladder back and tucked it away.

He would deal with the snake gallbladder tomorrow; today, he would focus on giving Mochou a good meal.

Su Xuan turned to Little Eagle. ”I’ll eat the snake gallbladder tomorrow. Today, let’s eat roast meat first.”

Little Eagle nodded as if it half-understood, showing no suspicion, and turned back to continue eating.

Watching Li Mochou devour the meat, Su Xuan felt a warmth in his heart. A smile touched his lips as he handed her another skewer.

Time passed minute by minute, and the sky gradually darkened.

The roast meat was all gone, and the once-roaring fire had dwindled to just a few glowing coals.

Little Eagle had wandered off somewhere to digest its meal.

Leaning in Su Xuan’s arms, Li Mochou rubbed her round, full belly, a look of lingering satisfaction on her face. ”*Burp*~ So delicious~”

Su Xuan gently put his arm around Li Mochou’s shoulder. ”I’ll make it for you again tomorrow~”

”Mm~” Li Mochou’s lips curved slightly as drowsiness set in. ”Su Xuan, don’t move. I want to sleep for a bit~”

”Sleep. I’ll be right here with you~”

Su Xuan looked up at the bright moon in the sky, feeling a sense of nostalgia.

He wondered how Long’er and the others were doing in the Ancient Tomb. Did they miss him?

Su Xuan couldn’t help but tighten his hold on Li Mochou.

It was better to have a wife by his side; being alone was just too lonely.

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The next day.

Holding a snake gallbladder in his hand, Su Xuan asked, ”Mochou, do you have any more of these?”

Li Mochou thought for a moment and shook her head. ”No, those were the last three. If you need more, we can go kill some more snakes and take their gallbladders.”

”However, because Little Eagle and I hunt these snakes often, it might be a bit difficult to find them this time.”

”Oh? Why is that?” A hint of confusion flashed in Su Xuan’s eyes.

Li Mochou stepped forward and explained, ”These gallbladders come from a very strange type of snake. Not only are they incredibly strong, but they are also highly intelligent.”

”With Little Eagle and me hunting them, they appear less and less frequently. And whenever they do come out, they are in large numbers.”

”Setting aside when we might find them again, just fighting them is a challenge; even a Grandmaster might not necessarily win.”

Seeing Su Xuan frown, Li Mochou walked to his side to comfort him. ”If you want to take the snake gallbladders, you don’t need that many for now.”

”While these gallbladders are treasures, their medicinal properties are extremely fierce. Taking too many at once would actually be bad for your Meridians...”

Hearing Li Mochou’s concerned words, Su Xuan smiled and rubbed her head. ”Don’t worry, I’m not that foolish. Besides, I don’t plan on eating them right now.”

Confusion flashed in Li Mochou’s beautiful eyes. If he wasn’t going to eat the snake gallbladder, what would he use it for?

Before Li Mochou could figure it out, Su Xuan spoke again, ”But we definitely need to get some more snake gallbladders.”

Su Xuan’s gaze fell on the bones left over from yesterday’s meal.

Snakes are carnivores, especially these giant pythons.

No matter how irregular their appearances are, they still have to come out to forage.

If he left some roast meat in the forest every day, he didn’t believe he couldn’t lure them out.

Su Xuan looked at Little Eagle, who was dozing on a tree trunk, and called out, ”Little Eagle, can you help me catch more prey? I’ll make roast meat for you!”

At the mention of ’roast meat’, Little Eagle’s eyes snapped open, shining brightly, with a hint of drool at the corner of its beak.

It immediately soared into the sky and flew toward the forest.

Li Mochou finally snapped out of it. ”Su Xuan, you’re going to use roast meat to lure the snakes?!”

”You’re not too slow.” Su Xuan poked Li Mochou’s forehead. ”But could you stop calling me by my full name all the time?”

Li Mochou’s eyes shifted. ”Then should I call you Xiao Xuan?”

Su Xuan’s face darkened. ”You’d better just call me by my name.”

Without waiting for her response, he went to prepare firewood.

Watching Su Xuan walk away, Li Mochou put her hands on her hips and puffed out her cheeks. ”You’re the one who told me to change it! Now that I did, you’re unhappy. I can’t call you Xuaner like Master does, can I?”

”Always pulling a long face, you arrogant brat!” Li Mochou stuck her tongue out in the direction Su Xuan had gone.

Just then, Su Xuan’s voice drifted back, ”Come and help!”

”Coming!” Li Mochou quickly adjusted her expression, put on a smile, and ran toward him.

In the days that followed.

Su Xuan began a daily routine of ”roasting meat -> dropping meat -> observing.”

These snakes were indeed cunning.

Every day, Su Xuan placed roast meat in three different locations.

The two of them and the eagle each kept watch, but after seven days, not a single snake had appeared.

These meats had been specially prepared by Su Xuan; never mind snakes, even a human could smell them from far away.

For seven whole days, they constantly changed locations, and the aroma of roast meat had long since spread throughout the forest.

The snakes hadn’t been lured out, but Little Eagle was dying of hunger!

Every night, to get Su Xuan to roast more meat, it almost wanted to push Li Mochou aside so it could accompany him...

After these few days of feeding, Little Eagle had become Su Xuan’s die-hard follower.

On the eighth day, a snake finally appeared.

Hearing a whistle, Su Xuan flew toward Li Mochou’s position.

When Su Xuan arrived, Li Mochou said eagerly, ”Xiao Xuan, look! A snake has come out. Let’s make our move!”

After lying in ambush for so many days, Li Mochou’s hands were itching for a fight.

Watching the two snakes devouring the roast meat, Su Xuan remained unusually calm. ”Don’t move yet. Only two have come out; they might be testing the waters. Let’s wait a bit longer.”

”Fine~”

And so, every day, two or three snakes would come out to eat the roast meat.

Su Xuan still didn’t act, continuing his routine of ”roasting meat -> dropping meat -> observing.”

Watching so much delicious roast meat being eaten by snakes right in front of its eyes every day without being allowed to act, Little Eagle was nearly dying of frustration.

Another seven days passed, and finally, a large group of snakes emerged.

There were an unusually large number of snakes this time.

There were at least thirty of them.

Su Xuan frowned slightly. Why were there so many?

Li Mochou excitedly grabbed Su Xuan’s arm. ”Xiao Xuan, the snakes are out! Let’s do it!”

Su Xuan nodded. ”Alright! But be quick! Kill them, take the gallbladders, and we’ll retreat immediately!”

Although Su Xuan felt something was off, he couldn’t afford to overthink it.

They had been in ambush for half a month, and they finally had this chance. If they didn’t take it, who knew when the next one would come!

”Move!”

As Su Xuan’s voice fell, the two people and the eagle flew toward the group of snakes together.

The xuantian sword appeared in his hand, and Su Xuan delivered a powerful, straightforward strike.

*Swish*

A flash of sword light later, a large snake fell.

Li Mochou and Little Eagle were not to be outdone, engaging the large snakes in battle.

Just then, Su Xuan suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He turned around, his pupils shrinking. ”Holy crap, it’s that big?!”

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