Ten Thousand Mountains

Ten Thousand Mountains

He shouldered his hoe and walked into the small enclosure. Digging a pit, he carefully buried Purple Yuelan's roots. Poisonous spirit herbs like this were scarce to begin with in the Four Seas and Eight Wastes. If he did not cherish it, it would sooner or later dissipate.

"Oh, Nu Sheng, you're out too! Keep a close eye on this spirit herb. Don't let anyone come near it. Who knows how much longer it can live..." No one could approach a poisonous spirit herb like this. Losing one's life if they got too close would be the least of it.

"Young Master, what kind of herb is this..." Nu Sheng stood there, asking with some uncertainty. Lin Yu had no intention of hiding it from him and said, "This spirit herb is rare even in the Four Seas and Eight Wastes. It contains quite a bit of poisonous qi, which is also good for cultivation. It's just that some cultivators cannot get close to it. By the way, did my father ask you to pass any message on to me?"

"Ah..." Nu Sheng had understood what Lin Yu meant earlier, but he had not expected him to ask about the family head. He quickly replied, "Young Master, there is indeed a message. The family head said that once you woke up, you were to go see him and your mother." Nu Sheng had delivered the message. The matters of these past days could be considered settled.

"Oh, all right. I'll go over first. Don't enter my room for now either—let the aura inside disperse a little. And don't forget your own cultivation. The spiritual energy here is considered abundant even in the Eight Wastes..." Lin Yu laid out each matter one by one, and Nu Sheng committed every bit of it to heart.

"Mother, Father, you were looking for me?" Lin Yu entered the room. Someone in the distance was about to announce his arrival, but Lin Yu stopped them and walked straight in. When Lin Huan saw him enter, he immediately pulled him to a chair and asked, "Boy, you've been engaged to that girl from the Ding Family for over a month now. Can't you stay home peacefully for a few days, get the marriage settled, and fulfill one wish your mother and I have been carrying..."

Speaking of which, Lin Yu was only fourteen now. It was still a little early for him to marry. Wang Cheng nodded from the side as well. "That's right. You brat, you're like an eagle without a tail, flying everywhere all day long. When are you going to bring your wife home, get married, and have children?"

"Ah, Mom, you mentioning that reminded me of something. Through that battle, I finally came to understand completely that my current strength is still lacking. So I've decided to go out and train for a while. You can decide all the other matters. When the time comes, just have Nu Sheng notify me." Lin Yu simply pushed the matter aside...

Lin Huan, sitting there, was displeased. Gritting her teeth, she said, "Nu Sheng is the one you brought back. This time, you're not even taking him with you. Does that mean the place you intend to go is very dangerous?" Lin Yu glanced at her, not knowing what he should say. If this had been any other time, how could things have gone like this?

"Ah, Father still understands me best. This time, I've decided to travel through the Ten Thousand Mountains, so I think it would be better to go alone. You wouldn't cruelly stop me, would you?" Lin Yu glanced over again. He did not know what his father would say about him, otherwise he would not have acted this way.

"You... you! I've never seen you run around this much before. I know wealth and honor are sought amid danger, but the Ten Thousand Mountains are truly too dangerous. What Magic Beasts aren't in there? It's far too dangerous. No matter what you say, I won't let you go."

Lin Huan made her stance clear. Though she had never been to the Ten Thousand Mountains, the inheritance passed down over a thousand years was no mere decoration. A thousand years ago, even the great figures of the Lineage had not dared enter those mountains, much less a tiny shrimp like him now.

Looking at the firm expression in his father's eyes, Lin Yu could neither laugh nor cry. Helplessly, he took a crystal from his storage ring. It was a Magic Core, obtained when he had slain that python. Lin Huan's eyes widened at the sight of it. Suppressing the emotions in her heart, she asked, "So you've been to that place before?"

Lin Yu quickly nodded. When he returned last time, he had felt that it was not yet time to say those things. Now, it should be fine.

"Since that's the case, then go! But remember, you absolutely must not get hurt..." Lin Yu gave a mischievous grin, turned, and left directly. He even departed the Lin Residence without so much as a word of farewell...

"What's wrong with you? You actually let him go to a place like that by himself..." Wang Cheng stood there and asked.

"If you could stop him, then I'd say you were impressive. Enough, let it be! An eagle will one day have to take flight, won't it? Besides, this child's fate isn't something we can decide..." Lin Huan's words left Wang Cheng speechless. She knew Lin Yu was no ordinary person.

At the foot of the Ten Thousand Mountains, a lone figure stood tall, as though the entire mountain range were trembling. Lin Yu drew in a deep breath of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy here was truly far too dense; he did not even know what to say. That surge of spiritual energy was enough to conceal even the poison within his body.

"Ten Thousand Mountains, this time, I will definitely find the fortune that should be mine." With those words, Lin Yu's figure vanished beneath the mountain range. He was racing into the mountains at top speed.

In a place like this, spiritual energy was abundant. Though it was difficult to achieve the effects of Body Tempering, using it for cultivation was still quite good. This could not help but make Lin Yu think of Ding Meng. He spoke faintly, "If you knew that the person you were engaged to was me—the former waste of the Lin Family—what kind of expression would you have? It should be rather adorable, I suppose!"

In the dead of night.

"Family Head, after the Young Master went to see you today, he never returned. I don't know if you know where he went..." Nu Sheng was truly worried about Lin Yu, otherwise he would not have come to seek out Lin Huan.

"What? That brat didn't return? When he left you today, did he leave behind any words or anything?" Lin Huan knew where he had gone, but she only wanted to ask whether her son had left anything behind.

"Yes. He told me to cultivate diligently and look after a spirit herb. The rest were just trivial matters..." Nu Sheng carefully recalled what Lin Yu had said that day, but there had not been anything important.

Lin Huan nodded and said with a smile, "Since that brat instructed you to do something, then go do it! He isn't in any danger right now. By the way, do you know what kind of spirit herb he asked you to look after?"

"Reporting to the Family Head, I'm not too sure about that either. I only heard the Young Master say that this thing is rarely seen in our Four Seas and Eight Wastes." After answering, Nu Sheng seemed to wait for something more, until Lin Huan said, "All right, there's nothing else for you to do. Leave for now! Take good care of what he told you to look after. It may be useful when he returns."

Nu Sheng rose and left. The Young Master's departure this time... the Family Head seemed to know something, but simply did not wish to say it...

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