Water Ginseng

Xiao Chen sat cross-legged by the river to catch his breath, even though he had several times the stamina of someone his age, he was still exhausted after running for a while.

Xiao Chen's gaze fell on the Jade Grass River with mixed feelings, he knew that the river which had light green water would cause the Valley of the Hundred Swords to perish in another 20 years.

Xiao Chen looked around and found that there was no one to be seen, he was not too surprised by this situation.

The water flowing in the Jade Grass River had a light green color and was also much colder than normal water, no one dared to drink the water from this river because of its color. In addition, there are no fish that live in this river and strange sounds are often heard from the bottom of the river at night, that's why usually no one comes to it.

No one knew the true secret of this river until 15 years later when some of the youths of the Valley of the Hundred Swords decided to have a swimming competition in the Jade Grass River. When one of these youths drowned, it was discovered that the bottom of the Jade Grass River was actually filled with a plant called Water Ginseng.

Water Ginseng has uses to improve the quality of one's body and strengthen one's bones if consumed regularly. If processed into medicine, Water Ginseng can also help speed up the formation of inner energy circles for warriors.

This discovery made the Valley of the Hundred Swords extremely wealthy but also brought disaster as some dark sect groups wanted to rule over it.

"Before that happens, I will finish most of this Water Ginseng…" Xiao Chen smiled broadly, he who felt that his breathing had returned to normal then took off the clothes he was wearing.

Xiao Chen used his hand to touch the surface of the water of the Jade Grass River, his whole body shivered when his hand came into contact with it.

"It turns out that this water is much colder than I thought…" Xiao Chen swallowed his saliva, it seemed that his body would not be able to stay in the water for long if he did not use inner strength.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, he could not return empty-handed after going this far. Xiao Chen then gathered some tree branches, along this river indeed many trees grew shady.

The collected twigs he then arranged and made into a bonfire, Xiao Chen made his body temperature rise while doing a warm-up movement. After regaining his breath, Xiao Chen jumped into the Jade Grass River.

The river is neither deep nor has a fast current, it's just that the water is very cold. Within a few breaths, Xiao Chen could feel his body temperature rapidly dropping.

"I must hurry!" Xiao Chen thought as he opened his eyes wide, he tried to reach the bottom of the river as fast as he could.

Xiao Chen found a lot of grass at the bottom of the river, without thinking Xiao Chen pulled the grass as hard as he could before swimming back up. Xiao Chen used his all to quickly get out of the river that almost froze him to death.

"Puah!" he said.

When he came out of the river, Xiao Chen had also reached his limit of holding his breath. Xiao Chen quickly got out of the river and sat by the bonfire to warm himself up.

"My life is almost floating..." Xiao Chen muttered as he shivered so violently.

Even though his body couldn't stop shaking yet, Xiao Chen smiled in satisfaction when he saw that his results weren't that bad. In that one tug of his hand, Xiao Chen managed to get three Water Ginsengs.

The size of the three Water Ginsengs was indeed small but Xiao Chen guessed that the plant in his hand was at least ten to twenty years old. The older the Water Ginseng, the more valuable and the better its properties.

Xiao Chen actually wanted to take more ginseng but his body condition didn't allow him to do that, for now Xiao Chen had to be content with what he had managed to get. Xiao Chen stored the three Water Ginsengs in the place he had prepared earlier.

After drying off, Xiao Chen put his clothes back on and then intended to return to the Hundred Sword Valley.

"Hmm? To think that there is such a little child in this place…"

Xiao Chen was surprised when he heard the sound, he raised his alertness and found an old geezer walking towards him.

The old geezer wasn't very tall, only around 160cm apart from his long white beard, his belly was also bloated. The grandfather looked to be around 70 years old, Xiao Chen's eyes widened when he saw the clothes that grandfather was wearing.

"While walking around I saw smoke near the Jade Grass River, usually no one comes to this place, why are you here young man?" asked the old man with a gentle smile.

"Respect Senior… I…" Xiao Chen had difficulty forming his words.

Xiao Chen was really surprised to meet Grandpa in front of him, even though in his previous life he had a chance to meet face to face but he recognized the figure in front of him very well from the clothes he was wearing and the medallion on Grandpa's waist.

Xiao Chen was pretty sure the Grandfather before him was none other than the Chief of the Valley of the Hundred Swords, Jiang Kun who was also nicknamed the King of the Hundred Swords.

Jiang Kun is known as a high-level warrior who has extraordinary abilities, even though he looks 70 years old, Jiang Kun has actually lived for more than 150 years because of his inner power abilities.

It was a few days after Jiang Kun died that the cult groups came to take over the Jade Grass River which caused the Valley of the Hundred Swords to perish. It could be said that Jiang Kun was the only pillar that made the Valley of the Hundred Swords respected by the other factions.

Jiang Kun looked Xiao Chen up and down, he raised his eyebrows as he read the character of the boy in front of him. Jiang Kun could see Xiao Chen didn't want to answer his question but didn't want to lie to him either.

"If you don't want to answer, then forget it. It's just that this place isn't a safe place so come with me…" Jiang Kun stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Chen's shoulder, Xiao Chen immediately felt his body warm and comfortable.

Jiang Kun could see that Xiao Chen was so cold that he used internal energy to make Xiao Chen's body temperature more stable.

"If you can't say why you're here, you can at least introduce yourself right?" Jiang Kun asked.

"Senior, introduce my name Xiao Chen…"

"Xiao Chen, what a good name…" Jiang Kun nodded slowly, then he invited Xiao Chen to come with him.

Xiao Chen was in a bit of a dilemma but didn't feel like he could refuse the request so he complied with Jiang Kun's wishes.