Chapter 21

The afternoon passed quickly. Mo Xiaobai climbed a few mountains, passed a few rivers, and searched a few valleys. His harvest was good.

Mo Xiaobai didn’t count how many crystal remnants he got, but he knew that it was quite a lot.

He found a cool spot to rest on a mountain. After eating some dried goods, Mo Xiaobai set off again.

Very soon, Mo Xiaobai entered a small forest.

Based on his experience, small forests had more bloody-sun plants. As for broken stone regions, limestone plants could be found there.

He casually strolled in the small forest. At this moment, he suddenly stopped. He looked at his left with wide eyes.

At the edge of his lines of white lights in that direction, a line of red light was twirling.

That red light wasn’t as bright as the one when he found the hollow treasure, but it was a darker shade of red.

Mo Xiaobai was elated. What good items were there?

He scanned his surroundings to confirm that there were no dangers. Then, he quickly walked towards the red light.

As Mo Xiaobai got closer, more and more lines of red light appeared. It looked as though there was a red pillar stuck into the ground.

Mo Xiaobai looked at the red light. He was slightly stunned.

That was because the dark red lights were floating above a patch of brown soil. There were no herbs here.

There was nothing in the air, either.

He raised his eyebrows and moved closer carefully with his heavy graystone sword in his hand.

He used his heavy sword, and waved it at the red lines of lights. He didn’t touch anything. He scratched the ground with his sword. No herbs were found.

There was nothing?

Mo Xiaobai was a little shocked.

Until now, the red lines of lights never made a mistake. There were always good items when they appeared, but there was nothing this time.

Mo Xiaobai looked at the lights and frowned slightly.

Could it be underground?

He arrived at the spot the lines of lights were surrounding. He held his sword with both hands, and stabbed it into the brown soil.

Swish!

The heavy sword stabbed more than 10 centimeters into the soil. Mo Xiaobai pressed his sword down, and a huge block of soil was pushed up.

He used his graystone heavy sword as a shovel and started digging.

He was worried that he might damage the herb below, if there was any, so he was very careful when he dug.

After a few rounds of digging, Mo Xiaobai managed to dig a small hole around 10 centimeters deep.

At the bottom of the small hole, in the black and brown soil, Mo Xiaobai saw something purple.

His eyes lit up. There was an excited smile on his face.

It was indeed underground!

He carefully dug around the purple thing.

After some time, he dug out a purple root that was the size of his fist.

He looked at the purple root. His eyes opened wide, and his breathing became heavy.

Purple-root plant?!

This was an elite grade herb! He didn’t know that he would be able to find an elite grade herb at graystone hill.

He hurriedly took out the purple-colored root.

Looking at the purple-root plant, he smiled.

This thing could sell for at least 50 first-rank crystal remnants, right?

Oh, right. He wondered if any missions required finding purple-root plants.

Purple-root plant was a herb with many uses. Many potions required it as its ingredient.

There should be missions that required this herb, right?

Mo Xiaobai pondered. He decided to take a look at the expedition association after he went back to the base.

Far away, behind a tree, Mo You and Mu Yuzhu were dumbfounded when they saw Mo Xiaobai digging with his heavy graystone sword.

They exchanged glances, and saw astonishment in each other’s eyes.

Mo You opened his mouth, and asked, “What’s that little brat doing?”

Mu Yuzhu shook her head. “I don’t know. Did he discover something?”

“Let’s go and take a look.”

Very soon, they saw Mo Xiaobai taking out the pretty root from the hole with smiles all over his face.

Mo You and Mu Yuzhu stopped breathing for a second when they saw the purple-root plant.

Mo You pulled the corners of his lips and lowered his voice. “Purple-root plant?! How did this fellow find it? Did he learn any herb-finding special techniques? Did he become a professional herb-picker?”

Mu Yuzhu frowned. “Even if it is a herb-finding skill, based on Xiaobai’s cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to discover a herb underground.”

Mo You and Mu Yuzhu looked at each other. They had so many questions in their minds.

After keeping quiet for some time, Mo You said, “Is he just lucky?”

Mu Yuzhu’s lips twitched as she hesitated, and replied, “I… don’t think so.”

However, she remembered that Mo Xiaobai was able to find a hollow treasure too, so it was understandable if he found other treasures, right?

“We will ask this little brat after he comes home.”

“Okay.”

As they spoke, Mo Xiaobai had already kept the purple-root plant, and continued searching for other things.

The two of them followed him hurriedly.

***

The sky got darker. Mo Xiaobai searched a huge piece of mountains, and had good gains.

He was smiling brightly. He was very satisfied with his gains today.

He stood on a huge rock and raised his head to look at the orange sunset. He thought for a moment, and decided to go back.

He had enough gains for today. At night, the hollow realm was more dangerous than in the day.

Mu Yuzhu had already reminded him a long time ago.

He started walking down the slope.

When Mo Xiaobai reached the bottom of the mountain, he suddenly saw a red light flickering far away.

His eyes lit up immediately.

The red light was the same color as the one he saw when he found the purple-root plant.

Did this mean that there was an elite grade item there?

Mo Xiaobai walked over happily.

However, when Mo Xiaobai reached the spot where the red light was, he was dumbstruck.

The red light was above a patch of bluestone.

However, there was nothing growing on the bluestone.

Mo Xiaobai frowned. He stared at the bluestone.

…Could it be inside the bluestone?

He knocked the bluestone with his heavy graystone sword. It gave a loud and clear sound.

The heavy graystone sword left white scratches on the bluestone.

Mo Xiaobai searched around the bluestone. He confirmed that there was nothing around it. He pondered for a moment, and decided to try cutting the bluestone.

He held his sword with both hands, and used the strength of his entire body to cut the bluestone.

Clang!

The blade of the heavy sword cut into the bluestone. Small cracks started to appear around the cut.

Mo Xiaobai’s gaze turned bright. This seemed possible!

He raised his heavy sword and slashed it down again.

While Mo Xiaobai was cutting the bluestone, Mo You and Mu Yuzhu were speechless.

“Did that fellow find something again?” Mo You complained.

Mu Yuzhu shook her head slightly. “I don’t know. Let’s wait and see.”

Then, she looked at the sky that was slowly turning dark. She frowned slightly. “However, it’s getting late. Why isn’t he going back to the base?”

Fortunately, they were here this time. What if they weren’t?

Mu Yuzhu was a little angry.

Mo You agreed with her. “We must reprimand this stupid brat after we go home.”