Chapter 51 - Enlightenment

Chapter 51 - Enlightenment

"What did you say?! Is it true?!"

In the courtyard, a skinny old man with a goatee gawped at Lisa. "You shouldn’t joke about this sort of thing!"

Lisa had already anticipated he would react this way. She opened the black wooden box in her hand, revealing the four Lanxin Grass plants inside.

"!!!" The old man’s eyes nearly popped out of his head. He glanced at Lisa before half squatting down to pick up a pot of Lanxin Grass. His breaths quickening, he carefully examined it under the sunlight.

Lisa was hit with an eerie sense of déjà vu as she watched him. Wasn't this how Li Wei presented the Lanxin Grass to her? But who could blame him? A Lanxin Grass site would be life-changing for the Wind Elephant Sect!

"It’s real!!!" After a moment, the old man raised his head, staring intently at his disciple. His eyes were brimming with excitement and uncontrollable joy.

"Why are our reactions exactly the same..." Lisa muttered to herself.

She had already prepared for this. Without waiting for her master, Oumai, to ask, she began recounting the story Cassius had told her.

It covered everything with minute detail, from Cassius returning to his hometown to pay his respects to his parents, hopping on a train, to accidentally discovering a wild Lanxin Grass site in the mountains.

In the brilliant sunlight, the courtyard with some flowers planted around the white wall edges seemed quite spacious. The old man with the goatee paced back and forth, muttering excitedly to himself.

"There's more than a hundred meters of this...and such good quality..." He froze and stared at Lisa. "Your disciple, my grand-disciple, is truly a blessing for the Wind Elephant Sect!

Oumai watched silently from the side. The Lisa in front of him seemed to overlap with the little girl from his memories. She used to have a childish and mischievous side to her and, once upon a time, was someone who laughed openly and without restraint. But all of that disappeared because of that incident ten years ago...

That heartless traitor!!!

Oumai didn't realize how heavy his breathing had gotten. He gradually calmed down. "So, you’ve made up your mind?"

"Yes," Lisa replied with a smile, nodding.

"Are you sure? This is your only chance." Oumai couldn’t help asking again despite knowing what her answer would be.

"I’m sure." Lisa nodded again.

"Alright!" Oumai’s goatee twitched, and a strained smile appeared on his wrinkled, age-spotted face. "I’ll take care of this myself. I can, at the very least, get my grand-disciple a Wind Elephant Pill! Give me the box! I’m leaving!"

He snatched the box out of her hands and marched away. It wasn't until he was quite a distance away did he stop and look back. His aged eyes were red, and two cloudy tears fell, which he quickly swiped away with a rough hand.

"Why am I getting more emotional as I get older? Damn it!"

In the distance, at the entrance of the white-walled courtyard.

Lisa, with a white flower tucked behind her right ear, blinked and gazed up at the sky. It was unusually blue and especially pure, like it was made up of the souls from heaven.