Xiao Youran stepped forward, "Cousin Tiankuang, I will repay Da Bai's life-saving grace myself."

Yun Tiankuang patted her little head. "Little cousin, you are a benefactor to our whole family, and also one of our own. I'm giving away all the medicinal herbs in this cave to repay your kindness. I'm sure Grandmother won't blame me if she finds out."

After saying that, he turned to Wen Yuanbai and said, "It just so happens that the medicinal herbs in this cave are what Young Master Wen needs. I will give them to Young Master Wen in return, and we can then wipe the slate clean of your life-saving grace to Xiao Youran. How about that?"

Wen Yuanbai remained noncommittal.

Jiang Youchen wanted to stop him, but when she thought of Yun Tiankuang's emphasis on the words "family," she swallowed her refusal.

Indeed, rather than owing this ice-cold young master a life-saving debt, it's better to let Yun Tiankuang repay it.

What's this young master of the Wen family's surname? It's clearly Bing!

When dealing with external matters, he and the Yun family naturally stand together.

For some reason, Wen Yuanbai felt uneasy.

The two boys, one a year older and the other a little younger, were both protecting the poor girl behind them. Why did I have this feeling that "I saved her, but you think I'm trying to hurt her"?

It's as if he's trying to cling to her?

Do they even realize that it's always this little girl who latches onto him, and then he's the one who suffers?!

If he had known he would suffer this pain today, he wouldn't have come up the mountain! To avoid the unfortunate fate of falling three times in one day, he fell three times early on, and now his tailbone is still a bit sore!

Thinking about it this way, he became angry and said arrogantly, "In that case, this young master will gladly accept it. Nan Zhuo, immediately bring men to seal off the cave and forbid anyone else from approaching this place!"

"Yes." Nan Zhuo was inexplicably given a new task, but for the sake of the young master's health, he agreed without hesitation.

Zhao Huai looked at the mountain full of rare and precious natural treasures and felt a pang of heartache.

He had already heard Yun Tiankuang say that this was not a red mushroom but a red Ganoderma lucidum.

Dried red mushrooms can cost more than ten taels of silver per catty, so red lingzhi must be even more valuable.

And that Tai Sui in the water, it looks like it weighs at least a hundred pounds, tsk tsk, I wonder if it's worth a hundred taels.

However... it is someone else's property after all. Although he felt a little sorry for it, he had no right to comment or say anything.

So he turned around, said hello, and left.

Yun Tiankuang followed, "Brother Zhao, wait for me. That big snake is still outside."

Zhao Huai was delighted to hear this.

These past few days, he's been going up the mountain and he feels that his harvest is much better than before. Sometimes it's a rabbit, sometimes a wild goat, and sometimes a wild pheasant. He always manages to get something.

Today I also caught a big flat-headed snake. I heard that snake gallbladders can be used in medicine. I'll take it to the herbal medicine shop later to ask about the price. I need to hurry up and save some money to marry my sweetheart.

He then bowed respectfully to Jiang Youchen and his sister, as well as the young master of the Wen family, and said, "Young masters, Miss, Doctor Gu, since there is no danger here, I will take my leave."

Yun Tiankuang had been learning some martial arts from his future brother-in-law for the past few days, and they also went hunting together in the mountains. He went out with him now.

Xiao Youran had a very good impression of this future martial arts champion and general, and followed him out. "Future brother-in-law, let's go down the mountain together."

After saying that, she took her brother's hand and walked out.

Wen Yuanbai couldn't help but touch his nose, looking at Nan Zhuo as if to ask, "Am I that annoying?"

Nan Zhu rolled his eyes in response, meaning, "Master, you're plagued by bad luck, so it's normal for this little lucky one who knows the truth to avoid you like the plague."

Unexpectedly, this eye roll had a huge impact!

Once his eyes turned away, he couldn't look back.

Because he saw it on the ceiling of the dark cave...

Several pairs of purplish-red eyes, blinking, slowly approached from afar.

He was instantly terrified and grabbed Doctor Gu and his master, rushing towards the cave entrance.

The cave entrance was narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through. He pushed his master out first, and then heard the sound of flapping wings flying in from behind. He immediately snatched his own sword from Doctor Gu's hand, pierced through the giant bat that was rushing towards them, and then pushed Doctor Gu back towards the cave entrance.

Doctor Gu staggered out of the cave behind Wen Yuanbai.

Zhao Huai and Yun Tiankuang, who had just left, turned around and asked after the commotion, "What happened?"

The doctor, panting, said, "There are... there are bats! Inside the cave..."

Without saying a word, Zhao Huai turned around, picked up his bow and arrow, and went into the cave.

After a short while, the sounds inside disappeared.

"Are they... all wiped out?" Doctor Gu asked, trembling as he peered into the cave.

Nan Zhuo nodded, saying wearily, "Let's go down the mountain first."

Doctor Gu stamped his foot and rushed into the cave, crying out, "My Honghong!"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Youran asked in a clear voice.

"The place where the red Ganoderma grows must be very clean and tidy! If the bats come, they'll bring blood and droppings, and the red Ganoderma will be completely ruined!" After saying this, Doctor Gu disappeared from the cave entrance.

He returned to the cave, only to find the entrance swarming with blood-red bats.

Jiang Youchen held Xiao Youran's hand at the door and didn't go in. A strong smell of blood wafted out of the cave.

Wen Yuanbai frowned upon smelling the strong stench of blood and did not go in.

Inside the cave, Zhao Huai wiped the dagger in his hand as he asked, "Is Guard Nan alright?"

Nan Zhuo turned his head and carefully shone the luminous pearl into the cave. "It's alright, thank you, Brother Zhao! It's strange, we didn't see any living creatures when we came in, so how come there are so many bats all of a sudden?"

Inside, Doctor Gu said, "This half of the cave has Ganoderma lucidum and Tai Sui growing there. The place is very clean, and no animals usually go in or out. It's because of that big snake. This bat must have flown in from the other side of the cave, perhaps attracted by the smell of blood on the young master."

Wen Yuanbai:......

Remembering the wound on his back that he sustained while saving that little girl, he became even more certain that she was an unlucky girl.

Yun Tiankuang asked, "So, this cave has another exit?"

Zhao Huai waved the torch in his hand, eager to try. "Shall we go in and take a look?"

Yun Tiankuang nodded and followed Zhao Huai deeper into the cave.

However, he suddenly stopped and called out towards the cave entrance, "Little cousin, cousin Youchen!"

Jiang Youchen was awkwardly facing Wen Yuanbai's icy face, unsure how to break the silence, when she heard Yun Tiankuang calling from inside. She quickly took her sister's hand and went in, asking, "Cousin, what's the matter?"

Cousin Tiankuang waved to them, "We're going on an adventure, and we can't do it without you two lucky ones!"

Jiang Youchen: !!!

Finally, someone has recognized his value!

Xiao Youran carefully bypassed the bat carcasses on the ground and followed Zhao Huai and Yun Tiankuang deeper into the cave.

On the other side, Doctor Gu examined the bat corpses and was suddenly overjoyed. "These...these are actually thousand-year-old bats! These are also top-quality medicinal materials!"