He excitedly shouted to Nan Zhuo, "Quick! Send the signal and call more people up to help!"

After saying that, he ran off into the depths of the cave on his own.

Nan Zhuo: ...

Old doctor, have you forgotten that we still have a master who is injured and hasn't been bandaged yet?

Just then, Wen Yuanbai, his back covered in blood, crawled in and headed deeper into the cave.

Nan Zhuo: ...

Well, he's worried for nothing.

To everyone's surprise, the cave was very long and had two turns before light could be faintly seen shining in from the other end.

The group quickened their pace and headed towards the exit.

Xiao You Ran was holding her brother's hand when she suddenly tripped over a protruding stone and fell to the ground.

Jiang Youchen was startled and quickly helped him up.

Xiao Youcheng looked at her palm; it was pitch black. She frowned, clapped her hands, stood up, took her brother's hand, and ran forward again.

A moment later, the group arrived at the exit, and Zhao Huai was the first to stretch out his arms and block the others.

Then, everyone looked out of the cave and were stunned by what they saw.

Opposite are towering cliffs that reach into the clouds, and below is a bright and tranquil turquoise lake, like an emerald embedded between the two mountains.

The cave entrance was located on a cliff, and Zhao Huai stopped everyone at the entrance to prevent them from falling.

Nan Zhuo exclaimed, "So beautiful!"

Xiao Youran exclaimed, "So beautiful!"

Jiang Youchen exclaimed, "So beautiful!"

Zhao Huai muttered to himself, "No wonder no one dares to climb the two mountains behind Sanyang Mountain. If it weren't for this mudslide, no one would be able to climb Zhongshan, and Xishan would be unknown to anyone."

Yun Tiankuang was also shocked. Could it be that he was the owner of such a beautiful mountain?

As everyone stared in stunned silence at the beautiful sight before them, a voice rang out in delight, "Night-shining sand! Hundred-year-old night-shining sand! I knew it! Where there are thousand-year-old bats, there must be hundred-year-old night-shining sand! Both are top-quality medicinal materials!"

Everyone turned around speechlessly and saw Doctor Gu prostrating himself against the wall, worshipping a bunch of dark things.

Xiao Youran posed a thought-provoking question on behalf of everyone: "Grandpa Doctor Gu, why does the existence of a thousand-year-old bat necessarily mean the existence of a hundred-year-old Night-Shining Sand?"

Doctor Gu said tremblingly, "Because the Night-Shining Sand is bat droppings!"

Everyone suddenly retreated in unison: ...

Zhao Huai shouted, "Don't retreat! Be careful!"

Xiao Youran covered her nose and jumped to the side, but unexpectedly bumped into Wen Yuanbai, knocking him to the ground again.

Wen Yuanbai hissed as his injured back slammed hard onto the ground.

Jiang Youchen quickly pulled Xiao Youran up and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry."

Wen Yuanbai slowly got up and slowly returned the way he came, his expression indifferent and without saying a word.

The only takeaway from today's hike was that it reaffirmed my belief that nothing good ever came of meeting this unlucky little girl!

If he had known he would fall again after meeting him, he shouldn't have used up his quota of three falls a day in the first place!

Nan Zhuo quickly followed. In the dim light of the luminous pearl, he also saw that the wound on his master's back was covered in mud and ash, and had to be treated.

On the way down the mountain, he carried his master and hurried along. He ran into a few guards he had just lured there with a secret signal, and quickly gave them a few instructions before heading back.

Back at the manor, Steward Zhang was startled and immediately ordered someone to prepare warm water for the young master to bathe.

Wen Yuanbai usually bathed himself, but this time he had an injury on his back, so he asked Nan Zhuo to clean the wound carefully for him.

Soon a layer of fine black powder floated on the water, but upon closer inspection, some of the powder sank to the bottom.

As Nan Zhuo was washing, he realized something was wrong. "Young Master, this black powder is probably not ordinary soil."

Wen Yuanbai closed his eyes and pondered, "What is it?"

Nan Zhuo picked up a slightly larger black object, frowned and pondered, "I once saw an irregular black soil called coal when I was with my uncle in the southern city in my early years."

Wen Yuanbai suddenly opened his clear, cold eyes. "Really?"

"Shall I go and investigate again tomorrow?"

"Don't disturb anyone else."

"Yes." Nan Zhuo carefully rinsed the wound with water while sighing, "Young Master, isn't it strange? That cave has been discovered for five or six days now, and no one has been able to enter it. But today, this little girl went up the mountain and was able to get in. One after another, rare treasures have been discovered. If this cave really is a coal mine... this little girl's luck is just too good! That little girl is truly a lucky charm!"

Wen Yuanbai's sharp eyes slowly closed again. Could it be that he had misunderstood this little girl?

"Didn't you hear her say that brat is the real Fu Bao?" Anyway, nothing good ever comes of him whenever he runs into this little girl! He'd rather believe that the real Fu Bao is that brat from the Jiang family.

Nan Zhuo was taken aback. "That's possible... Jiang Youchen was also present when Xiao Fubao created several miracles..."

Besides, Jiang Youchen had just saved the boy who had been bitten by a snake.

Wait, were both of them present when the rescue happened?!

Could it be that I've made a mistake? Is the real Fu Bao Jiang Youchen? That little girl used to steal credit? Why isn't she doing so this time?

Wen Yuanbai suddenly spoke up, "Go check that cloth shop. Was it really bought for one hundred taels of silver?"

Nan Zhuo was taken aback. "Young Master, are you suspicious?"

"The Su family is the richest family in Dingzhou," Wen Yuanbai said succinctly.

Nan Zhuo instantly understood that the young master suspected that the Su mother and son had secretly subsidized the original manager of the cloth shop with money, which was why Zhou had picked up the cloth shop at an extremely low price.

He thought for a moment and then said, "But when the three of them arrived at the village, Xiao Fubao... the brother and sister did indeed accidentally save the lives of those families whose homes had been destroyed by the landslide! And that big tiger..."

These things are surely beyond the capabilities of two little kids, right?

Wen Yuanbai added, "Send someone to investigate their situation in the capital."

"yes."

******

At this moment, on the mountain, Doctor Gu was directing the guards that Nan Zhuo had summoned to pack all the red Ganoderma lucidum, Tai Sui, the thousand-year-old bat corpses, and the hundred-year-old Night Bright Sand back to the manor.

For him, today was a very fruitful day, and he couldn't stop smiling.

It turns out that what the villagers were saying was true: as long as you follow Xiao Fubao, you're sure to reap great rewards.

Jiang Youchen pulled her younger sister to go down the mountain.

Doctor Gu also pulled Xiao Youran along, his smile eerily quirky. "Little girl, I see you have extraordinary bone structure; you're a promising candidate for medicine. How about it? Would you be interested in becoming my disciple?"

If I take this little lucky girl as my apprentice, wouldn't she have to offer all the good medicinal herbs she finds to me, her master?

Little Youran raised her two little paws, which were stained black from her fall, and asked Jiang Youchen with a bewildered look, "Brother, what's so special about my bones?"

Jiang Youchen looked him up and down, completely bewildered, and tentatively asked, "Maybe it's because you're chubby?"