Chapter 807: I Have a Dream (II)
After being advised to make themselves look darker, Chu Liang and Xu Ziyang cast a spell to make their skin very dark, appearing like severely tanned skin. Then they used Lin Chuan's and Xue Pu's access talismans to climb ashore Fanghu Island.
The island was covered in seemingly boundless mountain forests. That was where the disciples of the Penglai Secondary Sect frequently tended to spirit plants.
Busy with their work, none of the disciples paid any attention to Chu Liang and Xu Ziyang.
The pair rode the wind at a steady pace, following the bronze talisman's vibrations. Eventually, they arrived outside a wooden building deep within Fanghu Island.
Chu Liang and Xu Ziyang stopped on a nearby mountain slope and used their divine sense to check for movement within the building. They discovered two people inside.
In a simple room on the second floor, a young girl with rough, cracked skin was lying on a bed, looking deathly pale even with her tanned skin. She appeared to be around eight or nine years old.
As the young girl lay there weakly, she grabbed the hand of a young man who was around sixteen or seventeen years old. She whimpered, "Big Brother, I really don't think I can hold on anymore."
"You'll be fine! You will!" The young man held the young girl's hand tightly. "I heard from Grandpa Hu that a stalk of White Butterfly Summer Grass on Mount Canglu[1] has matured. If it's made into a pill, it can heal your injuries. Mount Canglu is only five hundred li away. I'll go pick it, and you'll be well again."
"No!" The young girl's eyes widened in terror as she clutched the young man's hand tightly. "Big Brother, don't go! You'll die! I'd rather die than let you go."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine."
The young man had already made up his mind. Gently pulling his hand away, he turned around and left without hesitation.