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Miao Yi replied with his face void of emotions. “It is because his skills are better that he does not need my help. What’s more, I’ve saved your life.”

“I say, kid, you’re really sensible, ha ha!” Yan Bei Hong looked to the sky and burst into laughter while patting Miao Yi’s back. “Don’t act like you’re a pitiful little lady. It’s only some internal injuries and you won’t die from those!”

His eyes which always held some vigilance against Miao Yi had finally disappeared. He went to climb the steep mountain to harvest the immortal gra.s.s for both of them to admire together.

The immortal gra.s.s was not even half a chopstick long. It had nine twig, nine leaves, with an appearance like a smooth s.h.i.+ning jade. The leaves of the immortal gra.s.s were radiating a drizzly halo and around its surface were tiny glowing particles floating around, just like a group of dancing fireflies or like the stars s.h.i.+nning in the starry night, thus the name of the plant “starlight”.

It was the first time the two saw such a precious thing. When the immortal gra.s.s was brought near the nose, one could smell a slight refres.h.i.+ng fragrance, unlike the wild flowers which has smells that would easily attract bees and b.u.t.terflies.

“Good stuff! Worthy to be an immortal gra.s.s.” Yan Bei Hong tut twice. He then let Miao Yi smell it for a while to enjoy its fragrance before taking it back.

Miao Yi’s eyes widened when he saw Yan Bei Hong, without the consent of his partner, bagged the immortal gra.s.s with a layer of cloth and kept it.

Seeing Miao Yi looking at him with a strange expression, Yan Bei Hong embarra.s.sedly coughed a few times and said, “About that, let this be mine, and the next one we pick shall be yours.”

Miao Yi looked at the road they came from and asked, “since you’ve gotten an immortal gra.s.s, aren’t you going back?”

“Do you think I am someone without a sense of responsibility?” Yan Bei Hong hardened his face and dragged Miao Yi forward. “I will continue to be your bodyguard, and when you’ve gotten you own, we’ll go back together. However, don’t think of betraying me for when that happens, don’t blame me for what I would do.”

Miao Yi had nothing to say. With no skills, there was no chance of winning against Yan Bei Hong. If their abilities were exchanged, would he still dare to keep the plant without his consent?

Yan Bei Hong really did not go back on his words. As days pa.s.sed, whenever he met others, he would fight with the intention of helping Miao Yi find an immortal gra.s.s.

In other words, he wanted to become an immortal together with Miao Yi.

However, up until now, no one else had managed to find an immortal gra.s.s. Thus there was no point in stealing from them.

Only at the beginning did he not go back on his words, but in the end he still did.

Both of them had already wandered to the furthest edge of the safe zone where the border was located. Any further and only ghost will know the situation ahead.

They stopped at the border of the safe zone and stood at the peak of a hill as they allow the mist to gently linger around them.

The place ahead was shrouded in mist which made it look mysterious. Yan Bei Hong seemingly said to himself, “Little brother, it’s not that I want to go back on my words, but this weird place is only open for a month and it has already been half a month. Let’s go back. The time required to return is not short and we can’t do so at night. When we return, I will continue using my strength to help you and who knows, we might even be able to steal an immortal gra.s.s.”

Miao Yi understood Yan Bei Hong’s reasoning. For him to follow till here was already considered great, but…

“Did you hear that?” Miao Yi suddenly said as he pointed towards the unfathomable danger zone, “the sound seems to be coming from there.”

“Sound? What sound?” Yan Bei Hong was stunned and looked around constantly. He raised his eyebrow slowly and answered, “I did not hear anything!”

“Did you really not hear it?” Miao Yi found it quite puzzling and again tilted his head to listen.

A series of sounds, ‘ding ding dong dong’ could be heard which sounded like a stream flowing down a mountain. The cadence was between the high-pitched pa.s.sions mixed with the tenderness of the rhythm—the sound of a zither, and someone was playing it.

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