Trading in the Medicine

Hello, Sister Wang.

Yi Yun walked into the servants' quarters with a simple, honest smile on his face, carrying a medicine basket on his back.

The Woman surnamed Wang looked unfriendly, but Yi Yun was already used to it.

"Sister Wang is reading a book..."

Yi Yun was trying to make conversation, but the Woman surnamed Wang, with just her face, could shut him down completely.

The Woman surnamed Wang didn't speak. She casually tossed the book in her hand onto the table and looked coldly at Yi Yun.

"Uh..." Yi Yun didn't know what else to say. He took off the medicine basket and placed it on the table. The two jade boxes containing the Blood Sun Flower and the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng were also placed in the medicine basket.

"You're back so early!" The Woman surnamed Wang glanced at the light medicine basket and said sarcastically. Her voice was sharp and somewhat grating.

"Well... because I made some unexpected gains, I was worried about the medicinal properties being compromised, so I came back early. Also... I have some other things to take care of."

Yi Yun was telling the truth, though it sounded like an excuse.

"Ha!" The Woman surnamed Wang was too lazy to expose Yi Yun anymore. She felt that it would be a waste of breath to say anything more to this lazy and self-destructive boy.

"You applied for a seven-day continuous herb-gathering period, which requires thirty-five Dragon Scale Rune per day. Even if you return early, I will deduct all of those Dragon Scale Rune, not a single one less!"

Applying for a continuous herb-gathering period actually requires paying more rent, because normally you only gather herbs for one day, while a continuous herb-gathering period allows you to gather herbs day and night.

Most trial participants cultivate in the divine city at night, so very few apply for this.

"That's natural." Yi Yun didn't care much about a mere two hundred or so Dragon Scale Rune.

Seeing Yi Yun's nonchalant attitude, the Woman surnamed Wang felt even more that Yi Yun was beyond redemption.

She picked up Yi Yun's medicine basket with one hand, and as the Woman surnamed Wang had expected, the basket was more than half empty.

The Woman surnamed Wang casually picked up some herbs, intending to dry and weigh them. At that moment, her Woman surnamed Wang touched something hard.

Medicine box?

With her alchemist's keen senses, the Woman surnamed Wang immediately recognized what the hard object was. She paused slightly, then flicked her slender fingers, and the medicine box snapped open.

Inside the medicine box, a pool of bright red stuff was visible. The substance was badly broken and looked like blood plasma.

This is...

A hint of doubt flashed in the Woman surnamed Wang's eyes, but the next second, that doubt froze.

As an alchemist, although she couldn't immediately identify the herb, she intuitively felt that it was a rare herb of at least the Heaven Tier Rank.

She couldn't be mistaken about that aura!

The Woman surnamed Wang picked up the blood-red object and could vaguely make out its shape; it should be a fruit about the size of a fist. However, because it was severely damaged, the red pulp inside had leaked out.

"Could this be...?"

A look of disbelief flashed across the Woman surnamed Wang's face. She dipped her finger in the fruit juice and gently tasted it.

The intense yang energy and the stench of blood confirmed Woman surnamed Wang's suspicions.

Blood Sun Flower!

Moreover, it's Blood Sun Flower that has already borne fruit!

Heaven Tier Rank Herbs!

The Woman surnamed Wang looked up at Yi Yun in disbelief. "You... you actually managed to pick a Blood Sun Flower?"

Since the Woman surnamed Wang took over the miscellaneous tasks department, this was the first time in decades that she had seen a trial participant bring back a Heaven Tier medicinal herb. And it was even a Heaven Tier herb! Of course, she was astonished!

"Hmm, good luck..." Yi Yun scratched his head. As Heaven Tier medicinal herb, the Blood Sun Flower is difficult to find, but in the long history of Tai'a Divine City, there have been many trial participants with extraordinary perception who have collected Heaven Tier medicinal herbs.

Among the best, Zhong Yi even picked more than one plant.

Therefore, Yi Yun didn't need to explain much about this Blood Sun Flower.

Luck?

Hearing Yi Yun say that, the Woman surnamed Wang's eyelids twitched slightly. Even if she went out of the mountain to collect the Heaven Tier medicinal herbs herself, it would not be easy to find them, yet Yi Yun simply said that she was lucky.

This Blood Sun Flower is considered one of the more hidden varieties among Heaven Tier herbs; how could one possibly find it by luck alone?

The Woman surnamed Wang gave Yi Yun a deep look, feeling somewhat resentful. This kid, he was so inconsistent in gathering herbs, yet he managed to find the Blood Sun Flower. How could those who diligently gathered herbs and cultivated compare?

That's so unfair!

"You're lucky to have found such a medicine!"

The Woman surnamed Wang said unhappily, "No ordinary person could possibly pick a Blood Sun Flower by luck, but for someone as perceptive as Yi Yun, it's quite normal for him to pick one if he's lucky."

"Don't be too happy yet, such luck doesn't come often! Besides, this Blood Sun Flower is badly damaged. Can't you even dig up a medicinal herb? You dug it up like this! I'll only give you a third of the purchase price at most!"

The Woman surnamed Wang spoke coldly, constantly taunting Yi Yun.

She had a lot of say in the price of herbs, but she was unwilling to give more Dragon Scale Rune to Yi Yun. She would rather give them to those who, although not naturally gifted, worked hard to cultivate.

As the Woman surnamed Wang spoke, she reached out and opened another jade box.

Snap!

With a soft click, the emerald green lid popped open, revealing a dry, broken section inside that resembled a radish root.

"Damaged herbs again!" The Woman surnamed Wang was furious. Yi Yun's herb gathering was simply a waste of resources!

So many good medicines, and he's wasted them all!

"Are you blind? Couldn't you be more careful when digging for medicinal herbs! Do you know that once this kind of herb is damaged, it will..."

The Woman surnamed Wang was berating Yi Yun, but her words caught in her throat halfway through.

It was like a clucking hen suddenly being grabbed by the neck.

The Woman surnamed Wang stared wide-eyed, once again scrutinizing the dried, broken, and unassuming radish-root-like herb inside the jade box...

She remained stunned for a good dozen breaths. Gradually, her body stiffened, her eyes glazed over, and her brain completely lost its ability to think.

This... this is...

The Woman surnamed Wang felt as if her heart had been squeezed hard. Her breathing became labored, her blood flow became disordered, and she stared in disbelief!

An absurd and utterly unbelievable conclusion came to her mind.

Primordial Relic Medicine...?

A twelve or thirteen-year-old child brought back a dried-up piece of something from gathering herbs, which turned out to be... Primordial Relic Medicine?!

That's impossible!

The Woman surnamed Wang reached out with trembling hands, picked up the emerald green jade box, and carefully examined the herbs inside, scrutinizing every tiny root.

As she looked around, she became increasingly certain of her earlier conclusion.

This is a Primordial Relic Medicine; according to historical records, it should be called -- Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng!!

A little child found the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng!?

The Woman surnamed Wang's neck seemed rusty, her movements becoming incredibly sluggish. With great difficulty, she shifted her gaze from the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng, turning her eyes inch by inch toward Yi Yun.

This must be a dream...

The thought crossed the Woman surnamed Wang's mind, but how could such a vivid feeling be a dream?

How could she, a Human Race Hegemon- level martial artist, not distinguish between fantasy and reality?

She opened her dry lips and asked Yi Yun, "This herb... did you... pick it?"

Yi Yun nodded, "Mm..."

"How... how did you collect it?"

"Uh... I was lucky..."

Yi Yun said in a low voice, and the Woman surnamed Wang almost vomited blood upon hearing this explanation.

Is there any explanation more absurd than this?

"Do you think I'm an idiot?" the Woman surnamed Wang said through gritted teeth, her eyes fixed intently on Yi Yun. At the same time, she closed the jade box containing the lotus flower with one hand to prevent the medicinal properties of the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng from being lost.

Yi Yun certainly didn't expect to fool the Woman surnamed Wang so easily.

He had actually prepared a story about how he obtained the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng.

For this reason, Yi Yun had searched through all the information about Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng in the library a few days ago. In terms of knowledge about this herb alone, even some alchemists who had never seen Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng could not compare to Yi Yun.

After all, herbs of this caliber Primordial Relic Medicine are extremely rare. It's quite normal that some alchemists have seen other Primordial Relic Medicine but never the Heavenly Auspicious Purple Sun Ginseng. (To be continued~^~)