This Place Is Not Suitable for Long Stays

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses said that there was no need to pay attention to the one or two flowers by the roadside, and that when they reached a good place, there would be plenty of good flowers.

According to him, Li Banfeng thought that in a good place, Snake Spot Chrysanthemums would be like wheat, harvested in large bundles.

But now that they had reached a good place, Li Banfeng found that there weren't that many good flowers. After searching for more than two hours, he had only collected five flowers in total.

Some Snake Spot Chrysanthemums had long stems and could be cut directly with a sickle, while others had no visible stems at all, with the petals growing close to the ground, requiring a shovel to dig them out little by little.

According to Li Banfeng's estimation, finding one Snake Spot Chrysanthemum within a ten-meter radius was considered lucky, because the fog on the mountain was getting thicker and thicker, and visibility was getting worse and worse. Ten meters was basically the limit of his vision.

The flowers were hard to find, and the competition was fierce.

The people from the medicine shops were nearby, and they were more experienced and faster.

Not only them, but there was also competition within this temporarily formed small team.

Old Smoke Cannon was a true Smoke Cultivator. He said he was at the first layer, and he probably wasn't lying.

Smoke was his eyes. Wherever the smoke drifted, he could see. In two hours, he collected thirteen Snake Spot Chrysanthemums.

The little girl Cao Ye was also skilled. Medicine Cultivators had a special sense for medicinal herbs. She collected ten plants.

The voluptuous beauty You Tao was slightly less skilled, collecting three plants in two hours, even less than Li Banfeng.

But what was the meaning of her always lingering in front of me?

Like this, wearing a cheongsam, bending over, with her peaches facing me, swaying back and forth in front of me, how was I supposed to pick chrysanthemums?

Was she really telling me to pick chrysanthemums?

The insider, the man with the gold-rimmed glasses, was also just average in skill. He collected six plants, only one more than Li Banfeng.

Hu Gaozi, like Li Banfeng, also collected five plants.

The most useless was Qin Xiaopang, who only collected one plant and was so anxious that he stomped his feet in the grass.

Hu Gaozi laughed at Qin Xiaopang from the side: "With just one flower, you can't even make half a pill. I'm really afraid you won't be able to sell it when you get down the mountain!"

Xiaopang said angrily: "Why can't I sell it! It's not like they have to refine a pill with just my one plant. They'll definitely refine the collected flowers together!"

Li Banfeng asked: "One plant can't even make half a pill?"

"It can't," the little girl Cao Ye found another Snake Spot Chrysanthemum and said while picking it, "I heard that it takes five Snake Spot Chrysanthemums to refine a top-grade pill."

The beauty You Tao interjected: "I heard you also have to add a lot of auxiliary ingredients."

Cao Ye thought for a moment and said: "I remember that refining Snake Spot Pills doesn't require auxiliary ingredients, but the heat control is particularly difficult. You have to change the heat four or five times in the middle, and the heat is different each time. And each medicine shop has a different method for refining pills."

You Tao sighed upon hearing this: "As for pill formulas, if you don't know them, they're priceless. If you know them, they're all nonsense. Who told us we don't have that ability, we can only exchange our lives for this little money. Sister, we've met and are friends now. You should study pharmacology well. In the future, when we collect pills again, we'll sell them to your place. At least you can give us a little more money."

Upon hearing this, Cao Ye blushed, smiled, and continued to look for Snake Spot Chrysanthemums.

She was touched by what You Tao said. Opening a medicine shop was her dream.

Li Banfeng was roughly calculating in his mind: Five plants refine one pill. One plant costs eighty-five yuan. Just buying the flowers would cost four hundred and twenty-five yuan.

The cost of a Snake Spot Pill isn't low. Even without auxiliary ingredients, adding labor, it costs almost five hundred yuan per pill.

The medicine business isn't easy either!

"How much does one Snake Spot Pill sell for?" Li Banfeng asked.

"Ten thousand," Xiaopang gave a brief answer.

Ten thousand?

Ten thousand!

Li Banfeng froze on the spot.

Are they joking?

One pill sells for ten thousand!

This is too much profit!

Li Banfeng stood there stunned. Sister You Tao chuckled and said, "What, you think it's expensive? The medicine business is all about making huge profits with little capital.

Even at this price, only wealthy families can afford to buy it. Ordinary people can't buy it at all.

Think about it, ten thousand yuan buys one day of cultivation. Three million six hundred and fifty thousand can buy one year of cultivation. Thirty-six million five hundred thousand can buy ten years of cultivation.

Ten years of cultivation is one layer of cultivation. Spend three hundred million, and you can get ten layers of cultivation. Ten layers of cultivation can double your lifespan. Do you think this money isn't worth spending?"

"Whether it's worth it or not is another matter, Sister. When you're talking, don't point your peaches at me."

You Tao turned her head, squinting and smiling at Li Banfeng, "Like it? Fat and white. Want to give it a squeeze? Give Sister a flower, and Sister will let you squeeze to your heart's content."

One pill, twenty times the profit.

Li Banfeng found a Snake Spot Chrysanthemum, looked at it for a long time, and asked, "Instead of buying such expensive pills, why not just buy Snake Spot Chrysanthemums and eat them? One plant is only eighty-five yuan."

Cao Ye shouted, "Brother Bai Sha, you absolutely cannot do that. You can't eat this. Snake Spot Chrysanthemum is highly poisonous. Eating one will kill you."

Li Banfeng was startled, "Snake Spot Chrysanthemum is poisonous? Snake Spot Pills aren't poisonous?"

Cao Ye and You Tao both looked at Li Banfeng as if he were illiterate.

Cao Ye said, "Snake Spot Pills are also poisonous, but the toxicity isn't as severe. Still, you can't eat too many."

You Tao said, "I say, Brother Bai Sha, how do you not know anything? Do you really have cultivation? If you don't have cultivation, hurry down the mountain. Don't risk your life here.

Also, when I said using three hundred million to get ten layers of cultivation, I was just giving an example. Don't take it seriously. If you really eat that many Snake Spot Pills, you'll die who knows how many times."

Xiaopang reminded Li Banfeng from the side, "Hurry up and find the flowers. Why so much talk? The important thing is the main task!"

He was reminding Li Banfeng not to reveal his ignorance anymore.

But he was right, the main task was important. The Snake Spot Chrysanthemum only blooms for one day. After one day, the flowers will wither.

This wasn't the most urgent thing.

Li Banfeng started to feel dizzy. He was almost unable to resist the bitter mist.

Old Smoke Cannon, however, was focused on the main task. While they were talking, he had already picked another Snake Spot Chrysanthemum.

After collecting the flowers into his cloth bag, Old Smoke Cannon exhaled another puff of yellow smoke.

The smoke lingered for a moment, and sensing something, Old Smoke Cannon quickly moved forward. Another Snake Spot Chrysanthemum appeared before him.

Old Smoke Cannon took out his scissors and skillfully cut the flower stem. Just as he was about to put the flower away, he saw the bald man who had snatched a flower by the roadside earlier approach and reach out to grab it.

Old Smoke Cannon remained calm, using his pipe to block the back of the bald man's hand. With a sizzling sound, a piece of skin was burned off.

The bald man cried out in pain and shouted at Old Smoke Cannon, "Old man, have you lived long enough?"

Old Smoke Cannon chuckled, "Stealing my things? I think you've truly lived long enough."

"Who's stealing your things? I saw that flower first!"

"It doesn't matter who saw it first, the flower is in my hand. If you have the guts, come and take it!" Old Smoke Cannon didn't waste words. He put the flower into his pocket, held his pipe, and looked at the bald man calmly.

The bald man whistled, and three more people came up to Old Smoke Cannon.

He had brought helpers.

This time, Old Smoke Cannon panicked.

"Old man, put down the bag in your hand, and I'll spare your life today." The bald man drew his machete, and the three people behind him also drew their weapons.

Old Smoke Cannon hesitated for a moment, not planning to fight head-on. He opened his bag and said to the bald man, "There are twenty-two flowers here. I'll give you half, and we'll call it even."

"I told you to leave all of them, didn't you understand? Are you willing to die but not give up your wealth?" The bald man smiled and, without allowing any argument, raised his knife and slashed.

The little girl Cao Ye was terrified and hid beside the man with the gold-rimmed glasses.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses shouted, "I say, my friend, we can talk things over!"

Hu Gaozi also walked over, "We need to be reasonable, don't start fighting yet!"

The two stepped forward to mediate, but the bald man completely ignored them, slashing knife after knife, each aimed at the head.

Being attacked by four people, Old Smoke Cannon didn't even have a moment to smoke. Just as a knife was about to land on Old Smoke Cannon's head, the bald man suddenly stopped, a bloody cut appearing on the back of his hand.

Qin Xiaopang had made his move.

Having formed a partnership, they had to look out for each other. Qin Xiaopang was very principled, and he had wanted to teach this bald man a lesson for a long time.

Seeing that only Qin Xiaopang had rushed forward, the bald man signaled his companions to continue the encirclement.

Looking at the situation, Hu Gaozi glanced at the man with the gold-rimmed glasses.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses scanned the others.

The little girl Cao Ye hid behind him, too scared to move.

You Tao looked at the bald man, unsure of what to do.

Li Banfeng saw a Snake Spot Chrysanthemum and was about to pick it. The fight happening seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Hu Gaozi glanced at the man with the gold-rimmed glasses again and said in a low voice, "Almost time."

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses kept his gaze on the bald man.

Four against two, the bald man's group originally had the upper hand, but for some unknown reason, their four attacks became increasingly frantic. Their grips on the knife handles trembled, and each slash was crooked and unsteady, like novices who had never fought before.

What's going on?

Why are they so panicked?

The situation doesn't seem to warrant such panic.

The bald man's eyes were shining, and his cheeks were red.

He wasn't panicked, he was excited.

Overly excited, to the point where his body was somewhat out of control.

Seeing this, the man with the gold-rimmed glasses rushed forward two steps, kicked him in the chest, sending him back several steps.

Hu Gaozi also rushed up, punched a man holding a machete, and shouted at the crowd, "You're asking for it, aren't you! Do you think we're easy to bully!"

The bald man held his knife and said, "I advise you not to meddle."

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses' face darkened, and he adjusted his glasses, "We've formed a group and agreed to look out for each other. We're definitely meddling in this."

Qin Xiaopang opened his pouch, devoured a pound of dry food, and shouted at the crowd, "Come on, fight, let's see if your grandpa can hack you to death!"

Old Smoke Cannon picked up his pipe, took two sips, and the yellowish-white smoke gradually spread.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, the bald man led his group and fled.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses let out a long breath, turned back to the crowd and said, "Everyone, hurry up and pick the flowers. They won't dare to come back."

Old Smoke Cannon put away his pipe, sat on the ground and gasped for a moment, then continued picking flowers.

Qin Xiaopang came to Li Banfeng's side, sat down angrily, and lowered his voice, "Brother Li, why didn't you help me?"

Li Banfeng stuffed the Snake Spot Chrysanthemum he had just picked to Qin Xiaopang, "Hurry up and pick the flowers, pick a few and leave quickly, something's not right."

After speaking, Li Banfeng placed a stone he was holding in his hand on the ground.

He had been holding the stone the whole time.

Only then did Qin Xiaopang realize that Li Banfeng had already prepared to make a move.

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses saw a Snake Spot Chrysanthemum, and just as he picked it, Hu Gaozi quietly walked up beside him, "Why didn't you let Third Brother snatch a wave just now?

Only by snatching a wave can they work harder. Among these people, except for that old man, they are all useless."

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses put the chrysanthemum into his cloth bag and said in a very low voice, "That one named Bai Sha, something's not right."

"What's not right? He's just a greedy and timid good-for-nothing."

"He's a Joy Cultivator. Joy Cultivators have techniques to disturb the mind. We must be extra careful."

Hu Gaozi was dismissive, "I don't think he's a Joy Cultivator. I've never seen a Joy Cultivator who partners with a man."

The man with the gold-rimmed glasses frowned slightly, "There are many things you haven't seen."

Hu Gaozi still didn't believe it, "When the little fatty was being beaten just now, I didn't see him make a move either. How could a Joy Cultivator watch his partner get beaten?"

"How do you know he didn't make a move?" The man with the gold-rimmed glasses patted the dirt off his hands, "Third Brother was hit by a Joy Cultivator's technique just now, didn't you see? He couldn't even hold his knife steady!"

"That was a Joy Cultivator's technique?" Hu Gaozi was stunned, "I thought Third Brother was just panicking. So what are you planning to do? Not do this business?"

"We definitely have to do the business. We'll change locations in a bit. Joy Cultivators are weak and can't last too long. They'll definitely go down the mountain early.

When he's alone, let Third Brother deal with him, and we'll take care of the rest of them." The man with the gold-rimmed glasses got up and looked for the next Snake Spot Chrysanthemum.

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