By the next morning, Lu Fan was ready. Gu Wen and Shen Xiaoxiao also arrived at the Jiangjing Villa with smiles.
Looking at the facilities within Jiangjing Villa, they felt a touch of amazement.
"We can set off now!"
Lu Fan walked out and got into Shen Xiaoxiao's car.
"Mr. Lu, a villa in Jiangjing Villa costs at least tens of millions!" Shen Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes. "Could it be that you're an invisible rich person?"
"If I were truly an invisible rich person, I wouldn't be going to Niutou Mountain alone," Lu Fan said with a wry smile. "And I wouldn't be picking medicinal herbs myself!"
"But this Jiangjing Villa is no ordinary place," Shen Xiaoxiao said frankly. "Even if it belongs to a friend of yours, that friend is probably not ordinary either!"
"Perhaps so!" Lu Fan shrugged, not dwelling on the topic.
The car soon left Chuzhou city and arrived at a wasteland. Shen Xiaoxiao stopped the car. "We can't go any further. We have to walk up the mountain!"
Lu Fan nodded, and Gu Wen quickly got out of the car. He looked towards Niutou Mountain with a hint of worry. "Such a tall mountain, won't there be any wild beasts inside!"
"Naturally, there will be!" Shen Xiaoxiao nodded. "Hopefully, we won't encounter any!"
"What if we're unlucky?" Gu Wen said awkwardly.
Shen Xiaoxiao also looked embarrassed. If they were unlucky, they might end up as food for wild beasts.
They hadn't walked for long when they saw several cars parked on a nearby hillside. These cars looked quite luxurious, and there were footprints beside them.
"Someone has gone to Niutou Mountain?"
Han Yunhai frowned. "Niutou Mountain hasn't been developed yet. Why are these people coming here? Could it be for medicinal herbs?"
"It's rumored that there's a thousand-year-old ginseng on Niutou Mountain recently," Shen Xiaoxiao said seriously. "If I'm not mistaken, these people are likely after the ginseng!"
"Thousand-year-old ginseng, that's a rare item?" Lu Fan said with anticipation. "We must get there before them, or they'll take all the good stuff!"
"I'm afraid it's not that simple!" Shen Xiaoxiao said with a wry smile. "The summit of Niutou Mountain is unpredictable. I've heard about it for a long time. Even if someone wants to find the thousand-year-old ginseng, they'd have to be lucky enough to return alive!"
"Niutou Mountain is so dangerous, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gu Wen asked with some concern.
"You are a martial artist, aren't you afraid?" Han Yunhai rolled his eyes.
Gu Wen didn't say anything but looked embarrassed. After all, he was a disciple of a family renowned for both medicine and martial arts, and he valued his life.
After walking on Niutou Mountain for a long time, Lu Fan became increasingly happy. He could clearly feel that there were many spiritual treasures of heaven and earth on Niutou Mountain, proving the rumors to be true.
Not far from them, several figures were moving back and forth, appearing quite flustered. It was unclear what had happened.
"Save me, hurry and save me!" Yang Haibo's voice rang out. He was from the Yang family in Chuzhou. He had brought everyone to Niutou Mountain to search for treasures but had fallen into a swamp.
"Young Master Yang, it's not that we don't want to save you, but this swamp is too deep."
Young Master Zhu said anxiously, "We can't do anything!"
Young Master Liu held a wooden stick, trying to get Yang Haibo to grab it. Unfortunately, Yang Haibo was sinking deeper and deeper, and the wooden stick was useless.
The bodyguards nearby also panicked, not knowing what to do. They hadn't brought any tools to Niutou Mountain. Yang Haibo had fallen into the swamp, and they were powerless to help.
After returning to Chuzhou, they wouldn't know how to explain.
"Why are you still standing there! If you can save me, I'll give you a million!"
Yang Haibo said urgently. The swamp was smelly and slippery, and his body was gradually sinking. If he wasn't rescued soon, his life would be in danger.
The bodyguards were eager to try but didn't know how to rescue him. Taking even one step forward meant risking sinking into the swamp.
Money was good, but it was meaningless if they had to trade their lives for it.
"Ten million! I'll pay ten million!"
Yang Haibo's voice rang out again. "Even if you can't spend it all in a lifetime, as long as you can save me."
"Why are you still standing there?" Young Master Zhu said. "Ten million is not a small sum; it's enough for you to spend your whole life. Hurry up and save him. Young Master Yang always keeps his word."
"Young Master Zhu, don't joke with us," a bodyguard said. "Once you enter this swamp, it's a dead end. Money is useless!"
Young Master Zhu's face turned ashen. He knew this clearly, but if something happened to Yang Haibo, they would also be implicated. This was something he didn't want to see.
As time passed, Yang Haibo sank deeper and deeper, eventually reaching his neck. He was completely unable to move.
Everyone tried their best, but it was all in vain. Several bodyguards even had thoughts of retreating. If Yang Haibo met with an accident, they wouldn't dare return to Chuzhou, or the Yang family would not let them off easily.
"What's happening up ahead?" Shen Xiaoxiao peered closely.
Lu Fan also looked forward and saw a figure in the swamp about to be submerged. He was slightly surprised, not expecting such a situation to occur upon arriving at Niutou Mountain.
Han Yunhai and Gu Wen exchanged glances. They wanted to help but were also worried. Although they were martial arts experts, they couldn't use their internal energy to neutralize force, and they would be in danger in the swamp as well.
At the critical moment, Lu Fan stepped forward, lightly tapping the swamp surface a few times before leaping forward and pulling Yang Haibo out, his expression indifferent.
Gu Wen was secretly astonished. He had known that Lu Fan's methods were extraordinary, but he never imagined that Lu Fan possessed such skill, as if moving through the swamp as if it were nothing.
After being rescued, Yang Haibo was overjoyed and glared at his bodyguards. "You useless dogs, what's the point of keeping you?"
After speaking, Yang Haibo kicked them a few times, his displeasure evident. In his eyes, these bodyguards were merely dogs raised by his family. How could he tolerate them seeing him in danger and doing nothing?
"They are just ordinary people; how could they save you!" Shen Xiaoxiao said coldly. "Even if they are your bodyguards, they have dignity. How can you treat them like this?"
"I'm disciplining my subordinates; what's it to you!" Yang Haibo said coldly. He then glanced at Shen Xiaoxiao and thought she was quite attractive but too meddlesome.
"Why are you like this?" Shen Xiaoxiao frowned. "If it weren't for Mr. Lu just now, you would have lost your life!"
"Did I ask him to save me?" Yang Haibo said shamelessly. "I never asked him to save me; he just wanted to play the hero!"
"That's right, that's right!" Young Master Zhu stepped forward. "We were just playing a game; nobody asked you to save him."
Shen Xiaoxiao was furious. She had seen shameless people, but never anyone this shameless. It truly shocked her.
"So it seems I was meddling unnecessarily?"
Lu Fan glanced at them, stepped forward, and pushed Yang Haibo back into the swamp.