THE VALLEY OF HELL
Chapters 18. The Grief of Chen Zhu

The Bian Que merchant entourage escorted by Chen Song, Chen Zhu and Sung Yunzhi had now arrived at the pier of Fancheng city.

They immediately took down all the merchandise they were carrying and immediately looked for a place to rest before continuing their journey to the capital of Zhong Country.

"Zhu! Yun! Since the two of you are only traveling for the first time, you can take a walk to enjoy the scenery in this city." Said Chen Song.

The two young men stared at each other and developed smiles they heard Chen Song's words.

"Yun'er, let's go." Take Chen Zhu.

Sung Yunzhi immediately nodded his head approvingly.

The two began to walk around enjoying the view of Fancheng city while occasionally entering some pavilions that offered items for anyone who visited it.

Until both of them entered a pavilion that sold various kinds of pills of different qualities.

"Let's go in.Please just choose what pills you need." Said a guard of the place welcoming the arrival of the two.

"Master, are there pills here to increase a swordsman's cultivation base?" Ask Chen Zhu.

"Yes sir! Where we sell pills. But in order to be known, the price is not cheap, because such pills are currently very difficult to find since the alchemists who disappeared mysteriously a dozen years ago." Answer the guard at the place.

"How much is it?" Chen Zhu asked again.

"That's a thousand gold pieces." Said the man.

Chen Zhu and Sung Yunzhi were very surprised and stared at each other.

"How's mister? Do you intend to buy it?" Ask the guard.

"Sorry sir, I don't think the price is that high.I didn't buy it." Chen Zhu replied timidly.

"If I had mastered the true alchemy of my family, I would have created the pill myself." Thought Chen Zhu.

"Yun'er, let's go." Take Chen Zhu.

"Their two had just gone down the mountain, so not knowing if the pills to increase the current cultivation base were very difficult to find, thus it had a very expensive price." Mumbled the man.

"I didn't expect that the pill would have such a high price.at such a price, only noble families could afford it.that's even if they had so much wealth." Sung Yunzhi comforted Chen Zhu.

The young man was silent and did not respond to Sung Yunzhi's remarks. Because he was still swept away by his own thoughts.

"Sister Zhu! How about we just go back to the inn!?" Sung Yunzhi offered.

Chen Zhu just nodded slowly and moved his legs but looked uninspired.

Sung Yunzhi thought that it was because the young man was unable to pay for the cultivation base enhancement pills.

Whereas at that time Chen Zhu was remembering the dark times he had experienced when he was seven years old.

Sadness was reflected on the face of the young man because he had lost the people he loved and also loved him very much.

"If I'm careful, maybe Tian'er won't fall into that abyss."

"I can't do what you told me to do, because I can't keep my mother and my sister safe."

As Chen Zhu thought about his past, without him noticing his tears flowing down his cheeks.

Sung Yunzhi was confused by the sight.

"Sister Zhu, what are you thinking? Why do you look that sad?"

"Ohh, no! I'm all right! I just remember my family!" Chen Zhu replied as if sounding stiff.

Eventually the two of them arrived at the inn where Chen Song was.

Upon reaching the two of them, Chen Song immediately greeted them with a question.

"How are you guys walking? Is there anything interesting you found?"

The two simply sat down and did not answer Chen Song's question.

"What's wrong with you two? Why do your faces look so sad?" Chen Song asked again.

"We're fine.we just feel very tired after driving around this Fancheng city." Sung Yunzhi replied.

"Dad, I want to rest first so that when we travel, my stamina has returned as usual." Said Chen Zhu.

"Alright, please both of you rest." Chen Song replied.

The two of them immediately left Chen Song and headed to the room that had been rented by the Bian Que nobility.

"Does this have anything to do with the Valley of Medicine?"

Curious about what caused Chen Zhu to behave like that, Chen Song immediately went to see Sung Yunzhi.

"Yun 'er...Yun'er" Call Chen Song after arriving in front of Sung Yunzhi's room.

The woman opened the door to her room and asked.

"Is there anything important that elder Chen wants to talk about?"

"Yes! I want to talk about Chen Zhu's change of attitude." The answer.

"Chairman Chen, let's go in."

After the two sat down, Chen Song asked again.

"Yun'er, do you know the cause?"

Sung Yunzhi immediately nodded his head in response to Chen Song's question.

He immediately told what made Chen Zhu's attitude instantly change drastically like that.

"It seems true to me, he recalled the dark times he had experienced that he had lost his entire family." The muttering of Chen Song that Sung Yunzhi could hear.

"Why did elder Chen say that? What does this have to do with that cultivation base enhancement pill?" Sung Yunzhi asked curiously.

"Yun 'er...Chen Zhu was from the Medicine Valley and he was surnamed Fan."

"I give my margin so that those who seek it cannot find it."

"Regarding the relationship with that cultivation base enhancement pill.His family was a great alchemist, so it could create such a cultivation base enhancement pill."

"That's why he was able to relive his past after hearing the shopkeeper's explanation."

Hearing Chen Song's explanation, Sung Yunzhi immediately understood how sad Chen Zhu was.

"Chairman Chen, I'll go to see him. Maybe I can comfort him and he can forget his sadness."

"Alright, but you also don't push yourself too much if he doesn't want to be entertained." Chen Song's Message.

The two of them came out of Sung Yunzhi's room and walked towards their respective destinations.

"Sister Zhu! Can I come in?" Sung Yunzhi asked for permission.

"Just get in." Reply Chen Zhu from within.

Sung Yunzhi immediately opened the door of the room occupied by Chen Zhu and entered.

"Sister Zhu...how are you doing? Is it okay?"

"Yes! I'm better than ever now." Chen Zhu replied trying to hide his sadness.

"Then, let's smile, so as not to look ugly..." Sung Yunzhi said teasingly.

"Are you hurting me?" Chen Zhu asked with a smile.

The two were joking with each other and from Chen Zhu's face had now been seen exuding happiness.

Chen Zhu immediately fought back his grief for Sung Yunzhi to not dissolve as well with the sadness he felt.

The situation was known to Chen Song who had deliberately returned to find out Chen Zhu's response to what Sung Yunzhi was going to do.

While the closeness of the two widened Chen Song's smile, because indeed since Chen Zhu's talent began to be seen, he was immediately betrothed to Sung Yunzhi by Sung Luan who was told to Chen Song.

However, not wanting to force the match, Chen Song asked Sung Luan to let the relationship build on its own.

That was why the two had always been together ever since Sung Yunzhi's father decided on the match.

The next day, they continued their journey and left the city of Fancheng.

The banner belonging to the Zhenwu sect and the banner of Chen Song's identity as the seven heroes of the Zhenwu sect have now been raised.

It was to show the robbers not to bother them, as it would be fatal to deal with Chen Song.

And the trick is indeed very effective, because their journey there is not a single obstacle when passing through every area that often occurs robbery.

But in the end, when their group was about to pass through the forest located between the city of Suchang and the capital of Zhong country. Suddenly, their group was ambushed by robbers.

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