Hearing Scáthach's words, Asher's heart skipped a beat. He secretly glanced at Scáthach, only to find her head slightly lowered, her red eyes fixed on a certain spot.
That was exactly where Uathach was hiding.
She had been discovered after all.
Wasn't she truly worthy of being called Shishou?
Just as Asher was wondering if he should cover for her, he saw Uathach lift the covers. She was lying on her stomach on the bed, looking up at her mother.
"When did you find out, Mother?"
"I already sensed your presence when I just came in," Scáthach glanced at Uathach. "What are you doing sneaking into a boy's room so late?"
"Then what about Mother? What are you doing in Ash's room so late?" Uathach retorted.
Asher looked left and right, wanting to say something, but he felt a sense of pressure coming over him, making him unable to speak for a moment.
At this time, it was better to just be a silent dead fish...
"I'm a little interested in the stories my disciple tells, so I'll take some time every day to listen to him," after staring at Uathach for a moment, Scáthach replied in a calm voice.
Hearing this, Asher looked at Scáthach in disbelief.
That was strange... he had thought Shishou would be angry because Uathach had sneaked into his bed so late at night, but he didn't expect her to answer Uathach's question so seriously?
Wasn't she truly worthy of being Shishou's most beloved daughter?
"So Mother wanted to come and listen to stories," a smile bloomed on Uathach's face. "Actually, I'm the same. I came over because I wanted to hear Ash tell stories."
"It's late, go back and rest first," Scáthach said flatly.
"Okay," Uathach nodded, got off the bed, looked back, winked at Asher, a mischievous look in her eyes.
Asher could only shake his head helplessly.
Shishou really doted on her daughter. Anyone else would probably have been scolded, or even given extra training at night, but Uathach was the exception.
She possessed extremely high talent and was very clever, pleasing everyone in the Land of Shadows, Scáthach included.
After the mother and daughter left, Asher closed the door. Only then did his tense nerves slowly relax. He took out the magic cauldron that Cú Chulainn had given him earlier.
Honestly, this thing didn't look like a cauldron at all. It looked more like a skull, and most importantly, three of the four sides of this "skull" had carvings that resembled human faces, looking very eerie at night.
But the magic cauldron was indeed very effective. After pouring water into the cauldron and drinking it after it was filtered, a mysterious power would harmonize his body.
As usual, after drinking the water from the cauldron, Asher lay on the soft big bed, recalling what had just happened, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
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The next day, Asher was secretly led out of the Land of Shadows by Uathach early in the morning.
According to the girl, she had already said last night that in order to improve Asher's physical fitness, she would take Asher to the Forest of Trials to steal something.
In the forest that blotted out the sky.
Huge shadows occasionally loomed in the sky. Asher stepped on the leaf-covered ground, each step cautious.
He had to be careful because under these leaves was almost all slippery mud. One wrong step could lead to a fall. Moreover, there were all kinds of ancient creatures, and he needed to prevent them from ambushing him.
"Big Sister Uathach, why don't we go back?" After walking for a while, Asher finally couldn't help but speak.
"No way. I already said I'd give you a big gift. If I go back now, wouldn't I lose face?"
"Then I'll go back first," Asher said.
"Are you willing to leave your Big Sister in this desolate wilderness and go back by yourself?" Uathach looked at Asher with pitiful eyes. Her already delicate face showed such helplessness at this moment that it was even more heart-wrenching, making it impossible to abandon her.
"Shishou will be furious if she finds out we entered this deep forest on our own," Asher sighed. Although he had tacitly agreed to help Uathach, his expression was very helpless.
He still couldn't abandon Uathach. Although this girl was stronger than him in terms of strength and was two years older, her behavior was still very childlike. Most of the time, Asher treated her like a younger sister.
"And suddenly suggesting to steal dragon blood or something, it's not that easy to just—"
"Shhh!" Uathach suddenly put her index finger to her lips, gesturing for Asher to be quiet, and pointed to a large tree beside them.
The two hid behind the large tree, and at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the ground of the forest.
Rumble!
Rumble!
A giant creature was walking through the forest. The trees in the forest trembled as it stepped, and many leaves fell.
This was an adult giant elephant. No, calling it a giant elephant wasn't accurate because it actually had a pair of very strange antlers on its head. In addition, its size was several times larger than a normal elephant. Such giant creatures weren't everywhere in the forest, but there were quite a few.
"Let's go, while we have the chance." After the giant elephant left, Uathach pulled Asher and, with the blessing of Rune magic, jumped onto the large tree in one breath, constantly running along the branches towards their destination.
"This dragon's nest is too big, isn't it?"
When Asher followed Uathach and climbed into the dragon's nest, seeing the scene before him, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked.
This dragon's nest was built on an ancient tree, almost half the size of a castle. Moreover, the dragon's nest was made of some kind of dark, smooth black wood. Gently tapping it could even produce a metallic sound. Those who didn't know better might even think it was built of steel.
"Big Sister, have you found the essence blood?"
Asher stood in front of the dragon's nest, looking into the distance, afraid that the black dragon would return. Dragons were creatures with intelligence comparable to or even surpassing humans. Once it found out that humans had stolen its essence blood, it would definitely be furious enough to breathe fire and turn them into charcoal.
"Found it." Uathach poked her head out. Her fair and beautiful small face was slightly stained with some dirt at this moment, but the smile on her face was very bright. She held up a small bottle in front of Asher and shook it.
The golden liquid in the bottle looked particularly captivating.
Dragon's essence blood—this was no ordinary blood, but rather dripped from the reverse scale, representing the essence of the dragon race. If it hadn't been a coincidence that a black dragon was spotted flying over the castle yesterday with an injury on its reverse scale, Uathach wouldn't have suggested that Asher go with her to steal the black dragon's essence blood.
"Then let's go quickly. It'll be terrible if that black dragon comes back," Asher said anxiously, worried about being caught by the black dragon, urging Uathach to leave the dragon's nest quickly.
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