On the outskirts of Shangjing.
Xiao Nan Mountain.
Beneath the grapevine trellis at Old Hao's home.
Ye Yuan had initially been overjoyed after hearing Old Hao generously offer a way to resolve the hidden dangers in his body.
But when he actually saw the medicinal ingredients listed in the prescription,
he could no longer smile.
The aged medicinal herbs were manageable enough.
But a single ten-year-old seahorse
had already stumped him.
"Tell me, which medicinal ingredients can't you obtain?"
Old Hao did not give up because of Ye Yuan's words.
Instead, he asked what ingredients Ye Yuan needed.
This made Ye Yuan's heart skip a beat.
Was this the other man testing him?
But on second thought,
if that were really the case, the old man did not need to go to such lengths.
For some reason,
Ye Yuan, who had always been suspicious of others,
lowered all his guard around Old Hao, whom he had only met for the first time.
"The others are manageable. If I work hard enough, I can find a way to get them.
But this seahorse alone is simply impossible.
I believe you know as well that seahorses generally live no longer than five years.
You're asking me to find a ten-year-old seahorse.
That's like asking me to find a two-hundred-year-old man.
It's practically impossible."
"Is there anything else? Other than the seahorse, what else can't you get?"
Old Hao was not surprised by Ye Yuan's explanation.
Instead, he continued asking.
Ye Yuan looked over the prescription and thought about it.
Leaving aside the rest, he really could obtain them if he put in the effort.
But he could not say that.
He had lowered his guard around Old Hao,
but that did not mean he could reveal everything, did it?
After thinking for