The two rested in the passage. They could hear if there were any sounds.
After about six hours, the two had rested enough. Philip and Hiram got ready to continue. Hiram was a big eater. Three packs of dry food were just his breakfast.
His mouth was full of food as he muttered, “It’d be better if there was coffee.”
The entire underground was like a huge maze, and one could get lost if one did not leave marks.
The two walked through this intricate tunnel for a whole day. During this time, Philip left a mark everywhere he went, but they would still return to the same place.
Next to him, Hiram finally noticed something and said to Philip, “You can see some small holes made by fire ants at the bottom of this passage, but there were no such small holes in the passage we were circling before…”
“Next, let’s walk along the passage with small holes like these. That should be it.”
Finally, as Hiram predicted, the two passed through a waterfall and came to an underground world. This place was slightly different from the outside world but more similar to Philip’s original world.
Not far away, there was a shiny disc at the highest point in the stone wall, which should be the sun here. The two jumped off the wall and landed in a forest.
“That’s a thousand-year black plum, and that’s a thousand-year snowdrop.”
Hiram walked through the forest and exclaimed in surprise at the age and abundance of the special herbs here.
Although he was reluctant to destroy this place, Hiram said, “If we don’t pick them, someone will pick them later. We can’t leave this chance to others.”
After some mental struggle, Hiram taught Philip some special herb-picking methods.
“We should be in the Bamboo Swordsman’s herb garden.”
Following the instructions given by Hiram, Philip picked several herbs.
Hiram made a rough estimation. The special herbs here were all more than a thousand years old, but according to their different medicinal effects, the lowest grade was as high as grade seven, with rare special herbs with efficacy as high as grade ten, which Hiram praised to the sky.
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