chapter 6

When Yuan Zong’s cousin was on the verge of death, Cheng Jia said he would set out once more to search for the Dragon Mound.

Then Grandfather called him in for a talk.

With my ear pressed against the curtain, I heard Grandfather tell him that the rumor about digging up Dragon Meat beneath the Dragon Mound was pure nonsense-utterly impossible.

Cheng Jia fell silent for a moment, then said, “Old Man, I can’t just stand by and watch him die. As long as there’s even the slightest hope, I have to try before I can give up.”

Grandfather sighed, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a young man as devoted as you.”

He first affirmed the deep bond between them as brothers, then changed the subject and asked, “To save him, are you willing to do anything?”

Cheng Jia replied, “Yes.”

“Even if it means trading your life?”

“I am willing.”

He didn’t hesitate in the slightest, his voice firm. Grandfather smiled with satisfaction.

Then he told Cheng Jia that our family had a precious ancestral medicinal herb called the Ten-Thousand-Year Mushroom.

There was only one Ten-Thousand-Year Mushroom, and it could save Yuan Zong’s life.

But Cheng Jia had to agree to one condition.

As soon as Grandfather finished speaking, Cheng Jia was already kneeling on the ground, earnestly saying, “Old Man, as long as Yuan Zong can be saved, I’ll agree to anything.”

“Very well. Marry my Granddaughter Ah Li, stay in the Western Regions forever, and if you agree, I’ll save him.”

Standing outside the curtain, I suddenly felt a bit nervous.

Cheng Jia probably hadn’t expected Grandfather to make such a request. After a long pause, he finally said, “As long as Miss Yun Li is willing, I agree.”