"Ok....800 gold coins will be given to you. 400 now, and 400 after the expedition... is it right?" Asked the burly man with some fear.
" No problem...." Replied the man in the cloak.
'He is very fierce, for an instant, he even made me shudder. But even a peak Dou Practitioner can't pull such a stunt in front of me!!
Could it be, he is a Dou Master?
Damnit, I'm thinking too much. He looks so young, how can he be a Dou Master. He seemed to be barely around 25 or 26...' Thought the man.
Thinking this, he shook his head and discarded the thought. Afterall, most of the people at the young age of 25 could barely be a initial Dou Practitioner.
And if there is a person who is a Dou Master at the young age of 25, then he/she must be from some big family.
After putting his mind into it for a while, he let go of it.
While he was busy with his chain of thoughts, the man in cloak asked something, " Big brother, well..... do you happen to have a map of this area? I'm kind-of new here, so i hope that if you have a good map which have the minute details of all the cliffs and valley of this area, then it would we very helpful. "
" Minute details? huh? well, i do have one... but it only covers around 10 miles area from here? After all, with our current strength going any deeper would be catastrophic for people like us." he said while pondering, then he searched his storage bag that he carried on his back, and gave out a map.
He had a carry bag on his back which was used by him to store his necessary stuffs, he was just a mercenary at the Dou Practitioner stage, so obviously, he can't afford to have a storage ring just like Han Sen.
Taking the map, the man in cloak checked it and then he turned his gaze to the burly man, " Thank you big brother, how much will it cost?"
" Umm..... well, since many of our brother have died in the expedition, and this map itself is very important for those who are novice in this area, so it would cost a total of.....umm....100 gold coins." he added while thinking from time to time.
Hearing this, the man in cloak nodded, took out 100 gold coins from the stock of 400 gold coins and gave it to him.
After that, he again went near the big tree and leaned to it's side.
The he started seeing the map thoroughly, for next 30 minutes, he looked through the map, noting everything within it.
'Hmm..... this map is more detailed then I thought. Just in the area of 10 miles, there are more then 30 plus cliffs and around 5 valleys. At night, I will go and search through all of them. This might be a little difficult, but I will have to do it.
I'm 3 and half a year early, so there is no way Xiao Yi Xian would already know about the cave, and i can't wait for her to know, there is no time. I have to grow.' he thought in his mind, after reading the map thoroughly.
After coming in Quingshan town, his goal was crystal clear and that was to take the inheritance of the Dou Huang that was within one of the cave.
Originally, in such a big area, the cave can be anywhere. But there was one thing to be noted, Xiao Yi Xian could easily go to the cave at night and return even before dawn, and since her strength wasn't high, she can't run like a horse, so it is safe to assume, that the cave must be some where around the place, where people of the group would stay in night.
Thinking this, he came to a conclusion, that he himself is powerful enough to sneak at night, go and search for all the cave near the camp and return before dawn. Like this, he was sure that he should be able to get his hands on the inheritance left by the Emperor.
That's is the reason he bought the map of the surrounding area. But he wasn't very optimistic about it. Logically speaking, the inheritance should be within these 30 cliffs, but he was not sure about his bitch fate.
There are many possibility, for example, due to lack of herbs and continues consumption, the people of Thousand Madicinal house would often find new places with abundant herbs.
And 3 years was really a long time, may be, they have changed the place from this current place to a new one, and that was the place when Xiao Yi Xian found the cliff.
Or, simply, in this map that specific cave was not there. May be, nobody have found it yet. Who knows, but one thing was certain that he can't fully trust this map to have the location of that cliff.
What he need to do is open his eyes, mind, and this time for the search of the cliff, he not only has to search the cave but also has to hone his skills.
It has only been few days since he came into this body. Now what was necessary was to develop his instinct, train and get familiar with his body.
While he was busy calculating his future plan in his mind, a sudden cheer erupted within the crowd.
"It's little Medicinal fairy.... she's here!!..." some one shouted.
" She is so young, and sh...she looks so beautiful..." another one nodded.
....
Hearing all the cheer, Han Sen eyebrows rose in a vertical arc, he opened his eyes, and thought, 'Hmm.... she is come. Huh?....'
Some distance away from the crowd, a girl in white came out of the Medicinal house. She had long black hairs, almost reaching her waist. Had a long, green colour belt tied on her waist. The waist was so thin that it could be grabed in one hand.
Her face had a warm smile, her beauty was ethereal, almost giving it a otherworldly look.
She was being followed by a group of men, who belonged to the Thousand Medicinal house. And behind her stood another girl, who was probably her servant.
The moment she came out, all the young mercenaries rushed towards her, giving her there greetings. Trying there best to impress her.
' I'm 3 years early, but she is still so beautiful and her beauty and kind nature have already started to bewitch these mercenaries.
Hmm..... what an interesting thing. But, I don't have time for this. I might be strongest here, but I definitely am the weakest among my true enemies.
Xiao Yi Xian might truly be some one worth investing. She has the potential to reach the Dou saint realm.
And if I will show kindness to her in early days, she definitely will repay it even with her life in future.
But I really am not sure of myself. If I can't reach the height where I can forcefully make Xiao Yan cure her, she will die.
Xiao Yan is a scum through and through, If she will not be his friend, then for treatment, he will force her to be his bodyguard for a year or two....like usual and do those nasty things with her, like he did with Queen Medusa.
And I definitely don't want to see her like this..... after I have developed feeling for her.
And I wouldn't want to ruin her life for my own selfish desire. If I'm not sure of myself, I definitely will not interfere in her life, directly.
As long as I'm not sure of beating Xiao Yan into curing her without any conditions.' He said it in his mind. His mindset was clear, he might be self-centred. But he definitely will not ruin her life for his own unachievable goal.
His goal was simple, either he becomes a Dou Di or he will simply perish.