After speaking to the elderly man for a long time, Han Zhengting brought the man to his grandchildren . One of his apprentices walked in carrying a bowl of water and served it to the man .

He finished a bowl of water and looked up to the people in front of him . He was calm, but there was unmistakable fatigue on his aged face .

"Master, young miss," he spoke slowly to Han Zhengting and Mingyue . "My name is Li Ran . I heard that you brought me here to learn about Shadow Gra.s.s . "

"Can you tell us how to find the gra.s.s?" Han Zhengting asked .

Li Ran lifted his head to the old man . "First, I would like to know if my wife's illness can be treated . "

"It would be difficult, but not impossible," Han Zhengting answered . "She will have to undergo treatment for a long time . As long as you're willing, there is hope that she can be cured . However, everything will depend on the patient . "

The man nodded . "As long as there is hope . I will do anything you say . "

"Tell them what you have told me about that herb . Don't worry . You can tell them slowly . " Jiang Xiao Tian urged .

The man opened up his mouth and closed it again . After a long silence, he asked, "Is finding this herb important to you?"

Han Zhengting exchanged a look with his grandchildren . Then he looked at the man his grandson, Jiang Xiao Tian had brought to him .

"Yes . One of my granddaughters was poisoned for years . Although I had turned the poison dormant at this moment, it still resided in her body . I wanted to see my granddaughter live healthily and happily . " Han Zhengting said .

"You couldn't use other herbs to treat her? Is there no other way?" Li Ran asked .

"My granddaughter has been poisoned with poison from unknown origin . We have tried every method, fed her with many concoctions, but nothing works . The Shadow Gra.s.s is our last hope . " Han Zhengting said .

"I would not recommend you to look for those herbs if you are not desperate . " Li Ran heaved a heavy sigh . "My wife and I live in the mountain in the southern region . We had a son . "

Han Zhengting and his grandchildren were quiet as they hear the elderly man's story .

"My family dug wild vegetables and herbs in the mountain as a way to support my family . That was how I encountered the Shadow Gra.s.s . I heard people talking about this herb since I was younger . I know a thing or two on how to identify this herb . "

"That morning, my wife and my son accompanied me to the mountain to dug some vegetable as usual . I can still remember how the sky suddenly turned dark as if it s.h.i.+fted to nighttime . It was then when I saw the herbs under the pear blossom tree . "

"I tried to dig up the herbs with my son's help . We were very excited because we knew how our life would change when we sell this herb later on . But then…" Li Ran paused, and he lowered his gaze .

"What happened?" Han Zhengting reached for the man's hand and patted it softly to encourage him to continue .

Li Ran bit his lower lips when his nose started to feel stung . "When my son grabbed the herbs, he suddenly disappeared before our eyes . It was as if he vanished into thin air . We got the herbs, but our son were missing . "