On his way to rescue his parents with Little Pagoda, Shi Hao came across Immortal Mountain's medicinal fields. He could hardly pass those up, so he stripped them bare of spiritual herbs. He even discovered a sacred herb, the Five-Origin Grass, inside a cave. Little Pagoda told him, "In the Upper Realm, it would grow into a Five-Origin Tree. Down here, with so little spiritual energy, it remains Five-Origin Grass."
Shi Hao guessed that his parents had originally come seeking this herb to save him, only to be imprisoned by Immortal Mountain. Now this sacred herb belonged to him too.
Shi Hao brought out the God-Striking Stone as well. One boy, one pagoda, and one stone-the most savage bandit trio in Perfect World-found Immortal Mountain's treasury. The moment the God-Striking Stone saw its treasures, its shameless voice rang out: "So many treasures! I want to eat them!"
Shi Hao said, "Hey! Don't go too far, or I'll put you back inside my cave heaven and keep you there."
The God-Striking Stone immediately replied, "Please don't! All I did last time was eat a few extra treasures! Being stuck in your cave heaven bored me to death."
Little Pagoda said to the God-Striking Stone, "Hey, little stone! Don't be so shameless!"
The God-Striking Stone retorted, "You're one to talk. You eat even more than I do."
Little Pagoda said, "Look at him. Who could possibly match his savagery?"
Seeing that not a blade of grass remained wherever Shi Hao passed, the God-Striking Stone hurriedly shouted, "Whoa! Big brother, leave some for me!"
Shi Hao emptied the treasury and flew toward God's Valley. He had yearned for his parents for more than a decade, and now excitement surged through him.
Yet when he reached God's Valley, his parents were nowhere to be