"Charns, I've already found the thousand-year-old ginseng, five-hundred-year-old black mountain cold iron powder, three-hundred-year-old sea turtle saliva, and the essence of underground magma at the heart of a volcano you mentioned-cough, cough!" Charns broke into a coughing fit as he spoke.
Why did all those things sound so much like a scam? Pieck frowned slightly.
"What?" Chen Si froze at the news. You've got to be kidding! I made all that nonsense up on the spot, and you're telling me you found it?
Chen Si stiffly turned to look at Zoe.
Zoe held her palms together against her left cheek, tilted her head at Chen Si, and blinked, as though asking, I remembered all of it. Impressive, right?
Chen Si felt like crying, but no tears came.
"The essence of volcanic magma you mentioned should be dendrobium polypeptide. It has extremely powerful antioxidant properties, boosts cellular activity, and strengthens the immune system. It should be one of the ingredients in your ancestral remedy."
"As for the saliva of a three-hundred-year-old sea turtle, I happen to know the director of an aquarium in Galgada. His aquarium happens to have a three-hundred-year-old sea turtle. Given our relationship, there should be no problem borrowing it for research and extracting some saliva while I'm at it."
"The thousand-year-old ginseng you mentioned is an exceptionally precious medicinal ingredient. We don't have anything like it here, but we do have a similar hundred-year-old American ginseng. I can extract its essence and refine it to produce effects similar to those of thousand-year-old ginseng," Mogwin explained patiently.
"Mr. Charns, your ancestral formula can live on!" Zoe said happily.
Chen Si gave an awkward smile.
Chen Si was utterly stunned by what he had heard. This was what a scientist could do. After playing god for so long, he