"Of course, I'll need some second-tier medicinal ingredients too. Write these down: Gentian, Curculigo, White Peony Essence, Japanese Knotweed, Honey-Fried Licorice, Dark Purple Pillar, Kuding Tea, Thousand-Mile Red, Snow Ginseng, Rosemary, Lophatherum, White Celandine Branch Leaves, Three-Road Thorn, Chui'an Lotus, Connecting-Line Flower, Spirit Pavilion Flower...
Hmm, that'll do for second-tier spirit herbs for now." After listing over two hundred more medicinal ingredients, Du Shu stopped.
The Third Elder had long since put away his contempt. As soon as Du Shu began listing ingredients, he had readied paper and a brush to record them.
After hearing Du Shu out, the Third Elder pondered for a moment before saying, "Young Master Du, our Xiao Lineage has over ninety percent of these ingredients. The rest won't be particularly difficult to find either, so we can assemble everything very soon. How many of these ingredients do you need, Young Master Du?"
"A hundred thousand plants."
Those lightly spoken words struck everyone's heads like a heavy hammer, leaving them utterly dazed.
Seeing his second brother's stunned expression, the Xiao Grand Elder instantly spread a true qi shield. The Xiao Second Elder also realized he had nearly lost his composure and hurriedly held himself back, only to choke until tears streamed down his face.
"A hundred thousand plants! Young Master Du, do you know how much silver that would cost?" the Xiao Third Elder asked to confirm.
At the Third Elder's reminder, everyone abruptly came to their senses. Right, this fellow had been busy talking about buying, but had yet to say whether he had any money.
Great waves surged through Xiao Buyu's heart as well. He had counted silently just now: Du Shu had listed a total of 217 second-tier spirit herbs.
Second-tier spirit herbs were much more expensive, averaging around a hundred taels of