"My name is Xu Yuancheng, and I oversee the merchant association here in Lakeview City. May I ask your name, honored guest?"
The middle-aged man in the brocade robe returned the Purple-Gold Guest Elder Token and asked with a smile.
"Su Yu."
Su Yu put away the token. "There's no need for formalities, President Xu. I came to inquire about a medicinal herb."
"Ten thousand year blood ganoderma?"
"That's right."
Xu Yuancheng sat down beside him and considered for a moment.
"The deacon has already told me. If it were ordinary blood ganoderma, our association has some in stock. But one that has reached ten thousand years is no easy thing to find."
Su Yu had already been prepared for this.
If he could buy it at any merchant association, he would not have spent so long searching.
"It doesn't matter if you have none on hand. Any information will do."
"We do have one lead."
Xu Yuancheng smiled. "You've come at just the right time, Young Master Su. Had you arrived a few months earlier, you could only have waited, even if you knew where it was."
Su Yu perked up.
"Please tell me more, President Xu."
"The Cloudsea Secret Realm."
Xu Yuancheng said, "The last time it opened, someone discovered a blood ganoderma inside. By his assessment, it was over ten thousand years old. Unfortunately, he failed to bring it out."
"Did someone else fight him for it?"
"No. There was a Demon Beast guarding the area."
Xu Yuancheng shook his head.
"He originally had two companions. Even working together, the three were no match for it, and one of them died. Only after the other two escaped did they tell anyone what had happened."
The joy on Su Yu's face faded slightly.
Even with three people joining