I thought I would hear something from them soon. However, nightfall

 had come and 

no one had come back. I became restless. 

Frankly speaking, I wasn’t worried about 

Senior Shu

’s safety. Moreover, if that 

taming master

 could 

defeat

 him, he would have already 

come back

. 

While waiting restlessly, I heard someone screaming. Reflexively, I 

went

 to check. Th

e scenery was the same as before

, and nothing had changed yet. I knew they were fighting inside the fantasy scene. I pricked up my ears 

and tried 

to listen. 

Indeed, I heard metal clanging

, as well as

Senior Shu

 and the 

taming master

 screaming and shouting. From the noise, 

Senior Shu

 sounded much more intimidating. It seemed his 

surprise attack

 had succeeded. I exhaled in relief

 and held 

the Holy Mother Scepter tighter… 

Around ten minutes later, the fighting noise became clearer. Two vague figures slowly appeared in the clear site in front of me. I knew they were about to reappear, so I rushed and hid behind a big rock. Soon, they showed up. 

Senior Shu

 was holding the blood-dripping Emei Piercer in his hand, while the other hand was clutching his chest. He seemed to be wounded. 

The 

taming master

was in an

 even worse condition than 

Senior Shu

. His clothes were ragged, and he 

had

 so many cuts on his body. He was staggering since he had lost a lot of blood. 

At this

 moment, I was behind him. I had estimated the distance and prepared to storm out to attack him from behind. 

Before I could take action, the 

taming master

 smiled

 and pointed 

at 

Senior Shu

. “Hey old man, I admit I’m not your opponent. But have you ever thought about why I waited 

until night

 to fight against you?” 

I recognized that he had a backup plan! I retreated behind the rock and observed. Then, I heard fox cries from every direction! 

It was the same sound 

as

 the white fox spirit I killed before. 

W

asn’t he dead? I was frightened

 and looked 

around. 

I saw seven

 or eight corpses wearing white 

garments coming

 from all directions. They besieged 

Senior Shu

 and jumped toward him. 

Senior Shu

 only had the Emei Piercer in his hand. He couldn’t confront all of them. I gritted my teeth and was about to jump into the fight. Suddenly, the Holy Mother Scepter vibrated. 

I remembered what 

Senior Shu

 had told me. My eyes turned bloodshot. I started to approach the 

taming master

. As he was focusing on 

Senior Shu

, he wouldn’t be aware of m

y presence

. 

When

 the distance was close enough, I immediately read the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell. I jumped

 and thrust 

the Holy Mother Scepter right at his 

back

 with all of my strength. 

It seemed the man had felt the murderous energy behind him as he turned around. When he saw the sparkling of the Holy Mother Scepter, his eyes were filled with fear. He took a step back and wanted to flee. 

I darted the Holy Mother Scepter. The 

taming master

 couldn’t dodge it

, so h

e hurried to wield his Nepalese saber. The Holy Mother Scepter released an endless magnificent gold light. It turned into a lightning bolt that hit and broke the saber, then directly pierced through the 

taming master

’s body. 

When the Holy Mother Scepter fell, the 

taming master

 had a big open wound on his body 

from which

 blood gushed out like a stream. He couldn’t believe 

his eyes and looked 

at his wound in disbelief. In the next moment, he slumped on his knees. 

I also couldn’t believe that the Holy Mother Scepter was that formidable. Then, I recognized that 

Senior Shu

 couldn’t 

hold

 against the white corpses anymore. I hurried to

rescue him. Unexpectedly, before I 

went

 there, they all fell. 

“Kid, good job!” 

Senior Shu

 gave me a thumbs-up. 

I pouted my lips. “You’ve got such a powerful weapon. Why 

didn't you

 use it earlier?

”

He blew his beard

 and talked 

angrily. “Kid, 

you’re really ignorant

! The Holy Mother Scepter

’s power needs to be activated

, and that can only happen if 

it

 recognizes its owner. I 

allowed

 you to use it first 

to give you a chance

!” 

“All right, all 

right. H

ow do you feel now?” 

Senior Shu

hinted

 that he wanted to give me the Holy Mother Scepter. If it had happened before, I would 

have been

 thrilled and gladly 

accepted

 it. But these days in Tengchong, I had always felt that he 

was acting

 as though he was arranging everything before his death. I just smiled and tried to drive the topic away. 

“I

’ve

 got a few cuts, but I’m all right.” 

Senior Shu

 waved his hand then asked me to call Baji. When the line 

went

 through, I

 said

 happily

,

 “Baji, we’ve 

dealt with

 the tomb robber. Your ancestors’ tombs are safe now!” 

“Yeah, thank you

.

” Unexpectedly, Baji didn’t sound happy. I felt a touch of sorrow in his voice. 

I wasn’t happy with 

the way he spoke and thought 

that we had almost lost our lives to help them, and they acted as though they didn’t care about it. 

When I was about to hang up, Baji said that he wanted to give us some 

gifts

. 

He told us to

 meet at the trapping pit tomorrow. I didn’t want to receive their gifts, but I was curious. Early the next morning, I asked 

Senior Shu

 to come with me, but he didn’t want to go. 

“We need to find the Undead Grass, grandpa! After meeting with them, we will head to the East of Mount Horse Saddle.” 

Senior Shu

finally

 agreed to go with me. “Oh well, what kind of good stuff could Baji and his kiddo peers give us? I would rather receive a big boar leg…” 

It seemed he loved the roast boar leg here! 

Cheerily, we went to the trapping pit. We were shocked 

to see

 Baji and his people wearing white clothes. There was a black coffin behind them. 

I carefully looked at them and found that the second leader of this team, Dazhu, was missing. Baji and the others all had wounds. 

“Dazhu is gone?” I couldn’t believe it. 

When I received the confirmation, I asked Baji, “How did it happen?” 

He didn’t talk

 and 

slowly 

got

 up from the ground

. He handed Senior Shu

 a box. 

Senior Shu

 opened the box

. Hi

s eyes brimm

ed

 with tears. “Undead Grass... Is this the Undead Grass?” 

I stood next to him 

and

 craned my neck to see his box. Inside the small box was a gleaming blue plant. There were some dabs of dirt on it. 

So t

his is 

what

 the Undead Grass looks like! 

Then, Baji told me their story with sobs. While we had been dealing with the tomb robber, their team had gone deep into the mountain to find the Undead Grass. 

They were the locals, so they knew that many people had come here to find this kind of plant. Although they didn’t know the function of the Undead Grass, they understood that the older it was, the better 

the effects would be. 

They

 reached

 the most dangerous mountain peak and finally, they found 

some blades of

 Undead Grass in an old coffin. Unfortunately, they had provoked the 

zombie

 inside. 

In the end, Dazhu 

died 

and the others 

received

 a lot of wounds. But still, they were able to bring the Undead Grass home. 

Senior Shu

 was shocked for quite a long time. When he pulled himself together, he got on his knees right in front of the coffin. I followed him

 and cried 

silently. 

It had 

left

 a deep impression on me. 

T

here were many times after that 

when

Senior Shu

 asked me why I 

got 

on my knees at that time, and I always gave him the same answer. “You’re my grandfather and you got on your knees

. H

ow could I h

ave 

not 

done the

 same?” 

We smiled at each other because we both knew that we had kneeled to show our respect and gratitude toward the honest Achang fellows. 

Receive a drop of water, repay with a whole stream. 

This was the virtue that the Chinese 

were

 proud of the most. But now, they were hiding deep in the mountains

 and 

nobody could see them from the outside…