The First Heir

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.

the stone wall, which should be the sun here. The two jumped

plum, and that’s

and exclaimed in surprise at the age and abundance of the special herbs

destroy this place, Hiram said, “If we don’t pick them, someone will pick them later. We

mental struggle, Hiram taught Philip some special

should be in the Bamboo Swordsman’s herb

the instructions given by Hiram, Philip picked

different medicinal effects, the lowest grade was as high as grade seven, with rare special herbs with efficacy as

casually asked Hiram how to

and asked Philip why he was looking for

territory of the White

be sold outside, and only one portion was harvested each year, which was often given to the

down because of the difficulty in obtaining it, but the look in his eyes

two chatted leisurely as they filled their pockets with treasures

called out to Philip. It turned out that Hiram found a stone house by the stream