The reason why Su Tao got Xu Dashan to guard the mountain was that he had seen through the latter's heart. As someone that has been considered a madman by everyone for over a decade, his persistence has reached the level of stubbornness. Hence, by telling the latter that there's a silver mine beneath the mountain, Xu Dashan would feel unbalanced. After all, the treasure he has been seeking belonged to someone. Even an ordinary man would go insane.
If he searched for over a decade and still did not find the Cloud Gra.s.s, then there's no need to search any longer.
Since the Cloud Gra.s.s has appeared, Xu Dashan surely knew the location. It was just that the latter kept it from him.
Hence, Su Tao decided to undo the knot in Xu Dashan's heart about the secret of Golden Chicken Mountain.
Truth be told, Su Tao had been suspicious about Golden Chicken Mountain. In the past, when Fan Lihua gave him the bag filled with herbs, there was a herb called the Lonicera j.a.ponica. Perhaps many people would be unfamiliar with it, but one of the essential ingredients for herbal teas, the honeysuckle, is the flower bud of Lonicera j.a.ponica. Not only does Lonicera j.a.ponica have a good herbal effect, but it is also an indication herb. In places with large wild Lonicera j.a.ponica growing, there would generally be silver beneath the location.
Naturally, provided that it's a wild one. Due to the popularity of honeysuckle, most of the honeysuckle in the market are produced by plantations, and wild ones were scarce.
Although Xu Dashan was depressed, he immediately felt better when Su Tao gave him the suggestion of being the caretaker of the mountain.
Su Tao has rented Golden Chicken Mountain, and aside from the Miao Village and Silver Lake Village, the mountain stretches a few kilometres out. This time, Xu Dashan did not take any bypaths but chose a stable path. Su Tao knew that this fellow was finally leading him to the Cloud Gra.s.s.
But a stable path did not mean that there's no danger. After walking for ten-odd minutes, they arrived at a broken track. There was a raging stream with a ropeway hung on top of it.
"I've seen the herb that you're looking for, and it left a deep impression on me! We just have to get through this stream, and we'll reach our destination!" Xu Dashan continued, "But there are dangers in going across the stream!"
"Let's go." Su Tao glanced at the stream. Although it wasn't deep, the flow was swift. If someone entered it, they would surely be swept away to a small-scaled waterfall. Hence, falling practically meant falling down the cliff.
Nodding his head, Xu Dashan retrieved the ropes that he had prepared. He tossed one over to Su Tao before testing the toughness. After that, he fastened it on the ropeway and relied on gravity to zip over.
Su Tao knitted his brows when he saw Xu Dashan zipping a few meters out. He noticed that the rope was on the verge of snapping, so he immediately followed after him. Xu Dashan was also startled and he lost his balance, grabbing onto a corner of the broken rope by instinct.
Just when he felt that he was resisting against Yama's summons, Su Tao descended from the sky and grabbed onto his arm.
The rope might be st.u.r.dy, but it's easy to snap due to high friction. Now that it was carrying two people, the increase in weight equated to the increase in danger.
As the mountain breeze blew over, Su Tao became covered in cold sweat. Although he was courageous, this moment was too exciting and dangerous. It was akin to a scene out of the movies.
The ropeway wasn't long, so they reached the other side after about two to three minutes. Grabbing onto Xu Dashan with a hand, they got through the ropeway and descended to the ground. When they dropped to the ground, the two of them laid down on the ground catching their breaths.
"That was too b.l.o.o.d.y scary!" Xu Dashan subconsciously pinched his crotch, which felt warm and wet. Evidently, he was frightened and lost control of his bowels.
