The Charming Ghost Doctor novel Chapter 10

: Gathering Herbs Alone

Biting off the last leaves from the bunch of herbs she held in her hand, she threw the stems away to the side. Carefully digging out the Tree Root Berry from the dirt at the base of the tree, she was squatting on the ground focused on the task, and she failed to notice that a black and white venomous snake was slithering through the grass towards her.

As the snake neared her, its long body pushed its head up and it spat out its forked tongue, hissing softly. At that moment, the venomous snake struck, its jaw widened to bite onto Feng Jius calf.

A sudden change came over Feng Jius expression and an austere murderous chill pervaded her entire being, her eyes suddenly turned bitingly cold. Her body pivoted lightning quick as her hand grasped onto the snakes head, the other hand clasped around the snakes seven inch vital point. Her fingers tightened and with a snap, the fingers grasping the seven inch vital point were driven deep into the snakes body.

HISS! The snake let out a loud hiss and its body spasmed before it fell limp.

Oh? A Silver Ring snake? The chillingly cold aura from just a moment before now felt like it had just been a momentary hallucination. She had immediately reverted right back to her appearance of languid laziness as she eyed the snake and laughed: I havent seen any boars and not even a tiny rabbit. You will have to do for the time being when I roast you to fill my empty stomach. But, as she finished her statement, the smile on her face froze.

She had just discovered one big problem.. No fire.

Under these damp and highly humid trees, starting a fire through friction would not be easy at all. She didnt have matches with her and not even a flintstone or stick of ember.She wouldnt be able to have roast snake afterall!

Forget it! Forget it! Just hold out for a little while more! I will have to at least find a dryer place before I think of some way to start a fire. She mumbled to herself in a low voice in regret as she held the snake carcass in her hand thinking it would be such a waste to just throw the snake away. So, she proceeded to clean and process the meat.