The Villain: Claiming The Protagonist's Master

If not for Luo Shen's reminder, he might not even know how he died in the future.

These plots were not in the original novel. Only the great powers of the ancient era a million years ago knew about this legend.

But food is eaten one bite at a time, and strength must be improved little by little.

These grudges, he would take his time to settle. Of course, he would also repay the gratitude of those friendly forces.

At this moment, Su Chen's mindset began to change. Right now, with the Su family's current power, openly going to war with so many hostile forces was obviously unrealistic. He had to eliminate or subdue some hostile forces before they discovered his identity.

"Master, don't worry. No matter what, Green Vine will stay with you in this lifetime."

Seeing Su Chen's somewhat worried expression, Green Vine softly spoke, while her slender hand gently caressed his face, seemingly wanting to dispel the shadows in his heart.

"And me!" Luo Shen also reached out, holding Su Chen's hand with a resolute expression.

When Su Chen, without hesitation, told her to escape first when facing the ferocious tunnel beast, her heart had already been taken by him.

"Alright!"

Hearing this, Su Chen was slightly startled, then revealed a trace of warmth. Holding one soft, boneless hand on each side, he faintly spoke.

———

Deep within the Mysterious Valley.

The three arrived at a dense forest.

Green Vine waved her jade-like hand, dispersing the mist ahead. Three hundred meters in front, a cave came into view.

Above the cave was a massive vortex, with spiritual energy from heaven and earth continuously converging into the cave below.

Anyone who saw this could tell that the treasures inside must be extraordinary.

"Green Vine, is this the gift you said you wanted to give me?"

Seeing this, Su Chen rubbed his hands together, his face full of greed. "Green Vine, I want to take this entire cave."

After speaking, he prepared to rush toward the cave.

Because this cave was the opportunity destined for the Chu Xiu Holy Son of the Heavenly Dao Sect from Donghua Continent. Su Chen couldn't let such a good opportunity slip away.

"Master, don't rush!"

Hearing this, Green Vine pulled at his sleeve, refusing to let go as she explained, "There's a ferocious beast guarding inside."

"What?"

Su Chen was baffled. "Wasn't there no guardian beast inside this cave?"

He clearly remembered that in the original novel, Chu Xiu had also come to this cave as his first stop in the Ancient Secret Realm.

He sought a great opportunity, and it never mentioned any ferocious beasts guarding it.

'Damn it!'

That lousy author didn't write it in detail, nearly costing him his life.

To the side, Luo Shen's beautiful eyes trembled slightly, her red lips parting as she softly asked, "Green Vine, since that's the case, why did you bring us here?"

"Madam, as the saying goes, even tigers have lazy times. This ferocious beast has to rest too," Green Vine said with a mischievous smile.

"A dark night with high winds is the perfect time for theft." Su Chen smirked, giving Green Vine a knowing look.

A gust of wind blew past.

Three figures flashed and hurriedly rushed toward the cave.

Entering the cave's mouth, the group immediately felt the spiritual energy in the air was even denser than outside. It made one feel refreshed and invigorated.

The cave was hollow, twisting and turning inward endlessly, with no end in sight.

After walking a distance, they found seven or eight forks in the road ahead of them.

Seeing this, Su Chen and Luo Shen exchanged glances, realizing they couldn't make a choice and turning their hopeful gazes to Green Vine, who was squinting her eyes as if sensing the flow of spiritual energy within each fork.

After a few breaths, Green Vine opened her eyes and headed straight toward one of the paths.

Seeing this, Su Chen and Luo Shen cautiously followed.

As they ventured deeper into the cave, the spiritual energy, which had already been mist-like, was nearly turning into liquid.

This tempted Su Chen and Luo Shen, as cultivating here would be at least twenty times faster than outside.

After a short distance, they encountered more forks in the path.

This time, Green Vine didn't hesitate and directly headed into the second-to-last path on the left.

That ferocious beast wasn't human, but it was definitely a pain. Setting up so many forks—clearly a trap to exhaust any intruders who dared to steal.

Along the way, Su Chen encountered many spiritual herbs and didn't leave a single one behind, pocketing them all.

Suddenly, Green Vine abruptly slowed down. Su Chen, who had been looking around for treasures, accidentally bumped into Green Vine's waist.

The unexpected collision caused Green Vine to stumble, nearly falling. She quickly released her tree spirit energy to hide the human aura of Su Chen and Luo Shen.

Seeing no reaction from within, Green Vine wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.

Seeing this, Su Chen couldn't help but grin mischievously.

After this brief interlude, the three continued deeper into the cave.

Drip-drop, drip-drop, drip-drop.

A crisp sound of water droplets echoed from not far ahead.

The corners of Su Chen's mouth curled up as he rubbed his hands together, his face full of anticipation.

He knew the sound came from a pool of liquid formed by jade essence stalactites dripping.

Such jade essence stalactites could fetch astronomical prices outside, even for a few drops.

And judging by the sound, the pool ahead was bound to be substantial.

"Damn, I'm rich!"

As they ventured further into the cave, a sense of danger surged in the hearts of Su Chen and Luo Shen. They didn't dare to breathe heavily, their foreheads drenched in sweat.

They knew they were getting close to the ferocious beast, as its powerful aura was overwhelming.

After thirty-some breaths, they arrived at a one-square-meter pool.

Above the pool, jade essence stalactites continuously dripped liquid from cracks in the rocks.

Su Chen was about to take out a jade bottle to collect the liquid when Green Vine stopped him with a glance.

Seeing this, Su Chen quickly put the jade bottle away.

Green Vine stood by the pool, took out a green vine from her bosom, and gently placed it into the water.

The jade essence stalactite liquid in the pool was absorbed at a visible speed until the pool was dry.

Green Vine waved her right hand, and the green vine, like a feather with wings, floated back to her hand before vanishing without a trace.

Looking around, Su Chen noticed numerous spiritual herbs exuding pleasant aromas and glowing in various colors. Most were of heavenly and earthly grades, marked by gold and purple light.

As Su Chen prepared to gather them, Green Vine acted again.

One by one, the spiritual herbs seemed to come alive, flying into her hands before disappearing.

This left Su Chen drooling in envy.

Luo Shen, standing beside him, watched this magical scene with astonished eyes.

Green Vine finished collecting the heavenly and earthly-grade herbs she had spotted.

As a tree spirit, she could communicate with plant life.

Su Chen's attention, however, was drawn to an egg in the center of the jade essence stalactite pool.

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