The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 831 - 825: Reaching the Summit

Chapter 831: Chapter 825: Reaching the Summit

Gu Youyou’s face looked rather pale. On her side, a few monkeys rushed towards them, and by accident, one scratched a gash in her arm, causing beads of blood to immediately appear.

The sensation was both cool and painful, with a tingling comfort that made it quite bizarre.

This feeling should have been a sign of poisoning, yet it wasn’t entirely poison.

Gu Youyou’s expression grew stern as the monkey that had scratched her appeared even stranger.

Staring at its own claws in shock, moments later, it started hopping around, chattering and calling out to the other monkeys.

The other monkeys also stopped, cocking their heads as they looked at Gu Youyou.

Seeing this, all three of them were stunned.

What were these monkeys doing?

After a while, the monkeys continuously chirped, and then suddenly dispersed in all directions.

The monkeys moved quickly and soon vanished without a trace.

If it weren’t for the blood droplets hanging from the rocks and vegetation, it would have seemed as though the monkeys had never been there.

"Why did they run off?" Searcy asked curiously.

She had bled too, with a scratch even on her face, marring her beautiful features.

For a woman, a facial injury was serious, yet she seemed totally unaware.

"I don’t know!" Gu Youyou was still somewhat bewildered.

It seemed she had thought of something; something flashed through her mind but she couldn’t grasp it.

"We should not stay here long, let’s head up first."

All three of them had injuries to different extents and got up slower than before, taking almost another hour to reach the mountain’s peak.

The summit looked as if its top had been sliced off, completely flat like a knife had cut it.

Yet in the middle of this flat peak, there was a seemingly bottomless hole.

Standing on that summit, whether looking into the hole or out at the deep blue sea, caused dizziness.

Having heard that the summit had been smashed into the mountain’s belly, Gu Youyou was prepared mentally, but she hadn’t expected the cavern in the mountain belly to be so deep.

The entire mountain’s interior was like a deep pit, with rocks being the most abundant feature, amid which grew a scarce amount of vegetation.

They sat down on the flat top of the mountain and treated the wounds.

As Aunt Gu had mentioned the presence of wild beasts in the mountain, she had prepared lots of emergency medicine in advance.

The injuries on Gu Youyou and Jin Ziyuan were managed and became no big deal, but Searcy, unusually somber, said, "This is a severe cold poison. Even my constitution can’t suppress its toxicity."

Gu Youyou and Jin Ziyuan looked at each other with shock on their faces.

They didn’t feel the severe cold poison in the parts injured by the monkeys.

Could it be because they both are medicine people?

"How do you feel?" Gu Youyou asked, already reaching for Searcy’s wrist.

Searcy pushed Gu Youyou’s hand away, saying, "Don’t worry, it’s just a bit troublesome, but I know what I’m doing. When it comes to poison, I’m an expert."

Given that she herself had said it wasn’t serious, her condition must be okay.

She looked at Gu Youyou and Jin Ziyuan in surprise and asked, "Are you two alright?" Focusing on their wounds, she thought given their inferior constitutions, their condition should be more serious. But seeing their appearance, it didn’t feel like there was anything wrong.

Gu Youyou glanced at Jin Ziyuan, then turned to Searcy and said, "Both of us have had cold poison before. It seems that the poison on the monkey’s claws is of the same kind as the cold poison in our bodies, and we absorbed it."