"Thatâs why I left my home in order to search for the herb myself. The book said that the Nine Yang Grass grows in this region." Long Chen further said to the bald man.
"You are such a good child. You are so concerned about your family. You donât have to worry about anything, Iâm for that youâll definitely be able to heal your sister after you leave from here." The man said in a gentle tone as he placed his hand on Long Chenâs back.
Long Chen smiled as he gazed at the man, but he didnât forget to cover his back with a thin space barrier to protect his back in case of anything unexpected, but since the barrier was inside his clothes, the man had no idea.
"Thank you, Master. Can I ask the Masterâs name?" Long Chen asked the bald man.
"My name? Iâm Wuji Lu. What about you?" The man answered Long Chen before asking.
"Iâm Long Chen. Thank you, master Lu! You came to my life like a god to guide me to my destination. I donât know how I can thank you enough. Iâm really grateful for you" Long Chen said in an emotional tone. He turned towards the man and thanked him.
"Itâs fine. You donât need to worry about it. Youâre already doing enough for me." The man called Wuji Lu said with a light laughter.
âYouâre going to be dead in a few minutes. What can you help me with? This idiot... he came looking for death.â Wuji Lu thought as a grin formed on his face.
"Hmm? What is Master Lu talking about? How am I helping you?" Long Chen asked with a confused gaze in his face.
" Itâs nothing. Iâm getting to help your sister indirectly and in turn earning good karma. Thatâs all because of you. Thatâs why youâre helping me." The bald man replied to Long Chen.
It didnât take them long before they walked past the stone. There was a smaller stone there right beside the big stone. The smaller stone was a meter wide and only half a meter tall.
âA second stone? The cave must be below that stoneâ Long Chen thought as he observed the stone.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Wait right here."Wuji Lu said as he stepped towards the stone. He held the stone with both his hands.
After applying some force, he easily picked up the stone and revealed an opening below the stone. Long Chenâs hunch was proven right.
Wuji Lu placed the stone to the side and turned back to look at Long Chen with a smile.
"Come on inside, Iâve seen the herb that you are looking for inside the underground cave." He walked towards Long Chen and said to him with an eager look on his face.
"Alright." Long Chen happily walked closer. The men stood behind Long Chen and waited for him to enter.
The opening was about 90 cm wide. There were stairs that were going downwards.
Long Chen stepped his foot on the stairs as he started going down. The small opening kept getting wider and wider as Long Chen moved down the stairs.
After around 3 minutes, the stairs finally ended and Long Chen saw the real cave.
The stairs ended at a cave that was around 3 meters wide and 5 meters tall.
"The Nine Yang Herb is further inside. You can walk in the front, Iâll be at the back. The cave will lead us straight to the herbs" Wuji Lu said with a smile as he stood behind Long Chen.
"Alright."Long Chen said with a smile as he began walking deeper into the cave. After walking for around 300-400 meters, he reached the end of the tunnel. The times finished at the opening of a room.
The room looked like it was well made. The room looked like a proper square and had a height, length, and width of around 10 meters.
Long Chen stood at the entrance of the room and was able to see inside the room. He could see a large cauldron placed at the center of the room. The cauldron was half silver and half gold in color. There was a Sun Symbol carved on the silver side of the cauldron while a Moon Symbol was carved on the golden side of the cauldron. The cauldron looked quite peculiar.
A person was standing right beside the cauldron. The person was covered in a black robe that covered him completely.
Long Chen couldnât see who that person was as his back was facing Long Chen.
âThis must be their Master. Interesting.â Long Chen thought as he gazed at the back of the black-robed man.
Although he couldnât see who that person was, Long Chen was able to guess that it was the person the Villagers called demon. The master of that masked man.
"Little Lu, Youâre back so soon? Anyways, Who is that boy with you?" The person replied without looking back. The voice was of a girl and sounded quite nice.
Long Chen couldnât help but frown as he heard the voice. The voice was feminine and sounded like the voice of a girl. He was also amazed to see that the girl was able to know about Long Chenâs presence.
âI didnât expect it to be a girl. She must be using her divine sense to stay aware of her surroundings.â Long Chen thought to himself.
He used his own divine sense to check the cultivation of the girl. A smile formed on his face.
"Itâs a little boy I found when I left this place. He came out to look for the Nine Yang Grass for his sick sister, but he doesnât even have a cultivation. Heâs just a useless human, but I think that he could be of use for the master." Wuji Lu said as he started laughing loudly.
"What boy? Arenât you shocked? You were fooled so easily. There are no herbs here! Instead, you will be the herb! The herb for masterâs cultivation." Wuji Lu began laughing like a maniac as he stared at Long Chen, but it didnât take long for his laughter to turn into a frown as he noticed that Long Chen was just standing there calmly.