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Chapter 201: Spendthrift Fool
Ignoring the gazes of the cultivators around him, Gu Yun Si took out a beast hide and laid it beside Chen Beiwu's stall. He arranged his wares one by one, then closed his eyes and meditated.
As the most closely watched favorite to win this year's Inner Sect Grand Competition, he had long since grown accustomed to being the focus of the crowd.
"Earth treasury mushroom."
"Firefly vine."
"Rotting bone flower."
"..."
Chen Beiwu swept his gaze over the black-robed cultivator's stall and found that everything on sale was a relatively rare second-tier upper-grade spirit medicine.
Although treasures lay everywhere in the Southern Wasteland, not every cultivator could find high-quality second-tier spirit medicines out in the wilderness.
This man was most likely an alchemist familiar with the growing habits of medicinal plants, or a spirit planter.
Just then, Chen Beiwu's gaze paused, settling on a third-tier precious medicinal herb in the center of the stall, transparent as glass.
It was moon-white throughout, with three translucent petals. Flecks of starlight flowed deep within the veins of its petals, while its pale golden stamens constantly released a faint, refreshing fragrance.
Even from some distance away, Chen Beiwu could smell that fragrance, and his spirits lifted sharply.
Clearly, this was no ordinary item.
At that thought, Chen Beiwu's brows drew together slightly, his mind racing.
The Treasured Medicine looked somewhat familiar, but he could not recall its specific details right away.
"My name is Gu Yun Si. Junior Brother, are you interested in this heart-illuminating lotus?" Gu Yun Si asked of his own accord.
Geniuses were always proud.
Ordinarily, he would not strike up a conversation unless the other person possessed something exceptional and was worth befriending.
"My name is Chen Zi'ang." Chen Beiwu cupped his hands in