Ernest had promised to give him the Book of Herbs, and Theodore also agreed to that, but Theodore didn’t say that he wouldn’t kill Gideon to silent him after he left here with the book.
For the sake of so many treasures stored in the Turner family treasure trove, Theodore had already decided that this was his trajectory of action.
Gideon tried to drop his shocked gaze, and he said obediently, “There’s a mark on the cover of the book. As long as I touch it, I can recognize the mark in an instant.”
“Oh?”
Upon hearing that, the murderous intent in Theodore’s eyes slightly diminished.
If it was only the outer cover getting touched, the inner contents of the book wouldn’t be seen. That would also mean that the secret hidden within wouldn’t leak out too.
That made Gideon not so threatening anymore.
Theodore replied, “If that’s the case, you can start looking for it.”
Although he was really curious about the items inside the vault and hoped to browse all those books and documents stored here, but the matter at hand now was to deal with Gideon and make him leave this place.
As for the vault, he had all the time in the world to discover everything within slowly.
Gideon finally got his permission, and began to start to search for the book from the book shelves. He was very purposeful with his find as he ignored all the files and went straight for books that were thick.
It seemed like he was very focused on finding The Book of Herbs.
Theodore didn’t let his guard down as he followed Gideon closely, just inches behind him, to keep watching over him.
Ernest was standing not far away. He had no interest in such books or information.
He was loitering in the area with Florence, and they looked like they were just taking a stroll.
They were relaxed.
Theodore saw the couple strolling around and said nothing about it. It was best if the couple didn’t see this information. In his best interest, he wanted these secrets to be held only within his hands.
The room that housed these book shelves was huge, and around this room there were about seven or eight more rooms.
The whole place looked like a maze, and it was so vast that one could start an adventure in it.
The other rooms contained books of the same kind, and those books were stacked and pressed closely together. There was nothing particularly special about it.
However, in one of the rooms, something caught Ernest’s attention.
There weren’t any books here, but instead there was a moderate sized fountain pond in it. Emitting from it were wisps of warm steam, which made this particular room heated.
What was even more surprising was the fact that on the edge of the pond, in a semi-closed-off place, there were red-colored plants.
The red looked like blood, and it made those plants look bustling with life. The stem soared into the air, and at the end of it there was a budding flower.
The flower was on the verge of blossoming.
“This is…”
Florence stared at the plant wide-eyed with shock. She couldn’t hide her amazement and disbelief to the point that her voice was even trembling slightly, “Is this Yelo?”
They had found the Magolia Lilliflora and Cocos one after another, and they were left with only the last remaining medicine. That medicine was precisely the Yelo.
They couldn’t locate this particular medicine for a long time.
They didn’t expect that it would suddenly appear here when they had scoured everywhere in vain.
Florence almost couldn’t believe her eyes. She jogged towards the fountain and stared at the stalks of reddish, fiery plants with excitement.
They looked exactly the same as the photos of Yelos that Collin had shown her before.
A hint of excitement flashed across Ernest’s face. He walked to where Florence stood, and he too was staring at the plants near his feet, unable to drop his gaze.
His breathing was heavy, as if he was trying his best to restrain the exhilaration in his chest.
He was only able to speak after some time, “This is indeed the Yelo.”
After getting confirmation from Ernest, Florence immediately jumped up in joy, and she wrapped her arms around Ernest’s neck.
She was so thrilled that her eyes had turned red, “This is awesome, Ernest. This is fantastic! We have found the Yelo. Your disease can be cured now. You can finally recover!”
This discovery was even more joyous than if money fell down from the sky.
The one thing she was most worried and feared about finally had a solution. If Ernest’s body could return to its full health, he wouldn’t be bound by the three years limitation anymore.
The two of them could live happily ever after.
Ernest intuitively reached out and returned a hug to Florence so that she could jump up and down in his embrace without falling.
He looked at her, and a warm and gentle smile was playing around his lips.
He never expected to find the Yelo here. This was the last medicine that they needed.
However, the Yelo hadn’t blossomed yet. They needed the fruit.
Luckily, they only used half a year to find this medicine. They had a lot of time to wait for the flower to bloom.
“Yes, found it!”
At the same time, Gideon’s cheer came from the door not far away.
They turned and saw him holding a dusty book, but he was holding it in such a way that the book felt like a treasure to him. Gideon was so happy that he almost sprang up.
Theodore looked at him coldly and said, “Check it properly to make sure that this is the one. If you flipped the pages or took it away, you won’t have any chance to step into this place ever again.”
From the cover, the book resembled one that recorded some history or geography of the world. It wouldn’t leak out anything secretive at this point. He could still put up with the fact that Gideon were to take it away.
Gideon nodded and immediately opened the book cheerfully. The contents were just like the cover indicated, it was about the history and geography of the world.
However, what was written there was more advanced than any ordinary book. The knowledge of geography being written inside there included places even modern science couldn’t figure out.
Theodore stood on one side and after confirming the contents of the book, he finally decided to pull out the thorn in his heart.
It was just a geography book.
He said, “Is this the Medical Code that you’re looking for? How do you assess it?”
From the looks of the cover and the contents, it was nothing more than a normal geography book.
However, he knew very well too that the reason The Book of Herbs was shrouded in so much mystery was that it had taken on a camouflage of a normal book, and only Gideon could identify it. To assess the real content, one had to use some secret methods.
“Let me show you.”
Gideon didn’t plan to hide anything from them as he generously hovered his finger on top of the book for some time. While he was doing that, the content being written in these pages transformed at an astonishing speed.
Very soon, the whole page transformed into something completely different, and what was written on it was medicines and their effects or their uses.
This was indeed how a medical book should look like.
Theodore studied the book carefully and narrowed his eyes. If he wasn’t wrong, this book somehow was able to make use of digital chip technology in its pages.
The pages of the book looked just like any ordinary paper, but in fact, the interior had a built-in microchip and to assess it, one need to use a specific gesture. The pages would show a different content altogether.
Nowadays, highly-secretive books were all using this technology.
However, this book was created hundreds of years ago.
Was the technological advancement back then already so good? One could say that those people who had created this book were ahead of their time.
There must be some informative and meaningful secrets hidden within this book.
Theodore suddenly felt a bit envious.
This object originally belonged to the Turner family, and now he had to give it away to someone else. Every time he thought of this, he would feel very helpless and gloomy.
There was a plethora of treasure in this place. He didn’t want Gideon to overstay his due.
Gideon complied with it and was about to go out, but he suddenly yelped.
He looked at his medical book and shifted his gaze to the Yelos in the room where Ernest was and said, “This Yelo can actually blossom ahead of their anticipated time.”