The Brooks Family agreed to lend these three thousand taels of gold—not quite, to be precise, it was the eldest young master of The Brooks Family, Charles Brooks, who agreed to lend the three thousand taels of gold—because at that time, Evelyn Clark offered herself as collateral.

If she couldn’t repay the three thousand taels of gold, she would become a servant of The Brooks Family.

Sixteen-year-old Evelyn Clark, though she wore no makeup, was still known as the most beautiful woman in all of Dingfang City.

Now that he had recovered, Liam Foster absolutely could not let his sister Evelyn, who had always cared for him, go to The Brooks Family as a servant. All the more so because that Charles Brooks had always had designs on Evelyn Clark...

But three thousand taels of gold was like a towering mountain, making it hard for these two young people, whose ages together barely reached thirty, to even catch their breath.

To earn more money, Evelyn Clark worked desperately hard, and just the day before yesterday, she even fainted right in front of the loom.

But no matter how hard they worked, the amount they had was still a vast distance from the three thousand taels of gold they needed.

Watching Evelyn Clark exhaust herself, the young Liam Foster felt unbearably distressed. In order to earn enough for the three thousand taels of gold, he secretly signed up for the picking team organized by Zhenbao Pavilion behind Evelyn Clark’s back.

Every year, Zhenbao Pavilion organized people to enter the secret realms of blessed lands to pick various medicinal herbs. As long as you completed the task, every picker would receive a considerable reward. A few years ago, someone picked an eighth-grade spirit herb, the Snake Eagle Fruit, and Zhenbao Pavilion immediately rewarded that person with ten thousand taels of gold.

Generous rewards often come with tremendous danger.

Each picking team set out with at least fifty people, but if five managed to return, that was already considered a lot.

Those secret realms where spirit herbs grew were filled not only with man-eating monsters, but even more with pitfalls, spatial rifts, and even soul-destroying flames...

There was once a group of people traveling together. One companion walking on the edge was happily chatting just a breath before, but before he could finish his sentence, he had already been bizarrely sliced in two...

Spatial rifts—completely invisible, yet truly existing!

Thinking of the dangers within, Liam Foster’s heart trembled. Although he was no coward, he didn’t want to die right after just transmigrating.

But as soon as this thought of retreat arose, he felt a sharp pain in his head, as if a soul was roaring loudly within his heart.

That soul was filled with unwillingness, and even more with defiance...

This was the defiance of a young man, the unwillingness of a young man, and even more, the dream of a young man...

One scene after another gently appeared in Liam Foster’s mind.

In these scenes, a little girl gave her tender chicken leg to a boy, while she herself struggled to swallow a rock-hard steamed bun...

In these scenes, a boy and a girl huddled tightly together in a raging storm...

In these scenes, when the boy was sick, the girl held him tightly...

The images flashed by quickly, but each one showed the most important experiences in the young man’s heart...

Looking at these scenes, for a moment, Liam Foster felt tears streaming down his face. He couldn’t help but say to the other soul in his heart, “Don’t worry, I will never let sister go to The Brooks Family as a servant!”

As soon as he said this, the soul that had been struggling against him suddenly quieted down, and then Liam Foster felt a gentle warmth flow into his heart.

At that moment, he felt himself completely merge with that young man.

They were Liam Foster!

“This picking mission—life and death are up to fate, riches are in the hands of heaven!” The voice of the big man with ringed eyes rang out again.

“As usual, we’ll split into groups of two. I hope those paired together can help each other out.”

“Mr. Bolton, among us, I, Slim Monkey, can be with anyone, just don’t put me with Liam Foster. I’m here to risk my life, not to be a babysitter!” A skinny, short young man agilely jumped onto a rock and shouted loudly at the big man with ringed eyes.

Slim Monkey already had a likable face, and now, with his leaping and that remark, he drew another round of laughter.

Immediately, someone chimed in, “Slim Monkey is right! I’m here to make money, not to be someone’s babysitter!”

...

Faced with these mocking comments, Mr. Bolton seemed used to it. He said in a deep voice, “I won’t force the groupings. You can pair up freely first, and I’ll assign the rest.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the fifty-odd men immediately fell into chaos. Many of them knew each other, so within a minute, most had found their partners.

Liam Foster looked at those men who ignored him, and a faint sense of disappointment rose in his heart. Just as he was wondering what to do next, a fierce-looking, tall and burly man walked up to Liam Foster and said, “Kid, you’re in luck. I’m in a good mood, so I’ll take you along.”

As he spoke, the man grabbed Liam Foster’s hand and said to Mr. Bolton, “Old Zhang, I’ll look after the youngster.”

Mr. Bolton was momentarily stunned by the man’s action, then said, “Free pairing—since you two are willing, let’s leave it at that!”