"No wonder I felt a strange pressure. This mountain range might be the corpse of a real dragon." Xu Chen followed the herbalist and ventured deeper into the mountains. The closer they got to the depths of the mountains, the stronger the pressure became.
"Alright, uncle, here's your payment." Xu Chen paid the herbalist and sent him away, while he continued to explore the area. Why the herbalist? Because Xu Chen was just a "mortal."
As he walked, Xu Chen came across a mother and daughter. He was very puzzled. Even the most experienced herbalists would not dare to say that they could come and go freely in this terrain. At least, they would face great difficulties if they came here. What was going on with this mother and daughter?
The mother and daughter seemed to have noticed him. The mother was very wary and shielded her daughter behind her. Xu Chen hurriedly tried to "prove his innocence" by saying, "Big sister, I'm a college student who came here to explore. It's very dangerous here. You should leave quickly." Xu Chen knew, of course, that the mother and daughter were no ordinary people who had managed to come out of the deep mountains. He just tried to keep the conversation going to avoid any awkward silence.
"Brother, my mom and I are gathering herbs," the little girl said softly, taking a liking to Xu Chen's handsome appearance and fair complexion. Children, after all, develop feelings for good-looking adults for no apparent reason.
"Young man, you don't need to worry about us." The older sister looked Xu Chen over for a long time before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Xu Chen shook his head, but just in case, he insisted, "Big sister, I'll take you home."
"No, no, really no need." The older woman became wary again and tried to run away with her daughter. In her haste, the little girl tripped and fell, and her fair leg was cut by a rock.
Seeing this, Xu Chen took out Yunnan Baiyao plasters from his backpack and applied them to the little girl's face before his older sister could take the herbs out of the basket.
"Big sister, I'm really not a bad person. Let me take you home, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Unable to resist Xu Chen's insistence, Wang Hui, accompanied by Xu Chen, took Xiao Rou back to the small house at the foot of the mountain.
"My home is small and messy, I'm sorry to have troubled you, young man." Wang Hui handed Xu Chen a rice bowl and made him a bowl of tea. As Xu Chen drank, he looked at the girl playing alone and remembered that he hadn't greeted the two of them yet, so he reached out his hand to Wang Hui and said.
"Big sister, my name is Xu Chen."
"Um, Wang Hui, my daughter's name is Xiaorou. Thank you so much for today."
"No need, no need, Xiaorou, this is chocolate. Do you like it?" Xu Chen took out his food from his bag and handed it to the little girl. The girl glanced at her mother, and after receiving permission, she happily ate the chocolate.
"Thank you." Wang Hui's eyes welled up with tears as she watched Xiao Rou happily eating chocolate. She bowed slightly to Xu Chen to express her gratitude.
Xu Chen looked around, finished his water, said goodbye to Wang Hui, and left. He could take out hundreds of thousands of yuan to help the mother and daughter, but now was not the time. On the one hand, he had things to do, and on the other hand, whether the mother and daughter would accept his help was also a question.
Following the route he had taken the mother and daughter home, Xu Chen returned to the deep mountains. Surrounded by dense forests, and with summer approaching, the sunlight was exceptionally glaring, yet the woods were cool. Walking along the mountain path, a cave appeared before Xu Chen's eyes.
"Strange, the shape doesn't seem to be naturally formed." Xu Chen glanced at the cave entrance, which was nearly rectangular and looked like it had been carved by man. Just as Xu Chen was about to jump into the cave to check the situation, that familiar pressure came at him again, this time much stronger than the pressure he felt at the entrance of the mountain range.
Helpless, Xu Chen gave up the idea of jumping into the cave and climbed along the stone wall, thinking of going into the cave to see what was going on. With each step he took, stronger pressure pressed down on him, which made Xu Chen feel even more that this cave was extraordinary.
"I refuse to believe it. I have to go in and see what's going on today." Xu Chen was determined to reach the entrance. After climbing for a long time, he looked up and saw that the cave was getting farther and farther away from him.
"Something's strange." Xu Chen thought for a moment. It was very likely that there were some restrictions or formations in the cave that he couldn't see. This made his desire to explore even stronger. He used all his strength and grabbed every stone he touched tightly. He still walked step by step toward the cave. This was a last resort.
The entrance to this cave seemed to possess a spirit; no matter how high Xu Chen climbed, it always appeared as far away from him as it had been at the very beginning of his ascent.
A year later, Xu Chen finally approached the cave. He was exhausted, like a grandson. Half a year ago, the pressure suddenly increased, not only suppressing his physical body but also affecting his spiritual power. Xu Chen thus became a "mortal." If it weren't for his willpower supporting him to keep going upward, he would have fallen off the mountain wall long ago.
"Damn it, it's raining again." Xu Chen glanced at the cave not far above; the rocks, slick with moisture, looked like eels. Strangely, the rain seemed to have no effect on the outside world, only soaking him. Panting, Xu Chen looked at the rain curtain, then stretched out his other hand across it, feeling the warmth of the sun.
Helpless, Xu Chen continued climbing in the rain. Perhaps it was because the heavens saw his sincerity, or for some other reason, a month later, he reached the entrance of the cave.
"My God, it's so big?!" Xu Chen glanced at the top of the cave entrance. He estimated that the height was about the height of a seven-story building in the city. "Why does it not look that big from below?" Xu Chen wondered. He thought for a while but couldn't figure it out. Xu Chen shook his head and then walked into the cave.
Upon entering the cave, Xu Chen immediately spotted the small villa inside. "What's going on? A villa hidden in a cave? And these lights? How do they generate electricity? Holy crap!" Before even starting his formal exploration, the cave had already left the "modern man" Xu Chen utterly astonished.
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