Chapter 20

"Where am I, what happened to me" was the first question that came to his mind when he gained consciousness and he began to look around his surroundings to figure out where he was. It was after some time that he remembered that he had been there before.

"Did I fall unconscious"? He asked himself once more before placing his hand on the neck where the collar is usually placed only for him to find out that it was no longer there.

"They must have thought that I was dead which is why they took the collar away but that lunatic still had the map on her, I have to get it back" Jason said to himself before looking around as he tries to determine the path they took.

After traveling with them for seven months, he has come to understand the way they move around and how long they spend taking breaks.

"They shouldn't have gone far" he said after coming to a conclusion before going on a run since if he wanted to get the map back safely, it would be now that the mistress will be thinking of feeding someone her deadly potion.

Running for a long time, Jason was unable to locate them even with the time they would take to rest before continuing with their journey, he hadn't caught sight of them and he begin to doubt himself if he took the wrong path and that was when he heard the sound of heavy footsteps coming from behind and he had to turn around to take a look at what it was only for him to discover that it was the carriage that he has been searching for all this while.

Looking around for a good place to hide so as to avoid being seen, Jason quickly ran toward a huge rock that was not too far from the path as he waited for the carriage to go through. After which, he decided to wait for some minutes before following the carriage from behind. While following the carriage from behind, Jason made sure to avoid getting seen by the slave since it is going to cause a lot of commotion and there is something else he notice after waking up and that is there was a little amount of spiritual energy in his body and although it is not enough to call one a cultivator but it is more of a starting point for those who are about to enter the cultivation world.

"I have to get my hand on that potion, maybe if I take in the whole substance, I would be able to recover my core" Jason thought to himself as he continued to follow the carriage.

But there was a problem with his plan on are to get his hand on the map and the potion and that is how he is going to bypass their defense while making his way into the carriage. After following the carriage all day long, they finally decided to stop for a rest in the afternoon but Jason didn't have the courage to carry on his plan since he would be seen the moment he got close to the carriage.

When the carriage stop, the mistress came out of the carriage with a tube in her hand as she head to where the slave are with Jack following from behind as they went for their next target. Seeing them coming, the slave begins to panic as they take a step back to distance themselves but they were still unable to escape fate as a young man was picked among those that were moving backward

"I don't see any reason why you should resist when it could be your turn anytime from now" the mistress said before instructing Jack to hold him down while she poured the content into his mouth before forcing him to swallow it as they waited patiently to see what the result would be.

They waited for a few minutes and it was then that they noticed the wounds that the slave had on him were beginning to heal up which amazed the slave that thought he is going to die soon.

"Congratulations mistress for successfully making a healing potion" Jack congratulated the mistress but the expression that she had on her face show that she is not satisfied with the result she got and out of worry of congratulating her too early, Jack decided to asked to ask her what is wrong with the potion only for him to hear the mistress reply that shut him up.

"That was not what I was planning on making jack, what I planned on creating was a poison that would kill within a second once it has been drunk" she replied with a frown.

The slave who was happy a moment again couldn't help but fear for himself when he heard her reply and had to take a step back before running to join the others when he still had the chance.

"What is the plan mistress, now that you failed to make what you have in mind"? Asked Jack as he turned to the slave who was busy running for his life.

"What is there for me to do other than to continue with my research? By the way, how long is it going to take us to get to that place"? She replied before asking her question.

"It's going to take us two days if I'm not mistaken," said Jack.

"Good, since we are getting close to our destination, I suggest that we keep moving" she ordered but just then, she felt like someone was watching them and had turned around only for her to see that they were all alone.

"Is anything the matter?" Jack asked in concern when seeing the way she acted.

With her eyes still scanning the place, it took her some time before she could reply.

"It's just my imagination jack, let's get going".

Since she said it was nothing, jack ordered the slave to get up and prepare for their journey.