"If you fight, the sect can bring out the Millennium Ginseng King and let you have a bottle of its ginseng fluid. Of course, to avoid harming it too badly, it can only be a small bottle as thick as a finger," Liu Zhi said.
"This Millennium Ginseng King was discovered in an underground palace. After finding it, we didn't dare move it, so we've kept it there ever since. It's quite miraculous," Tan Tianqiang said.
"What's so miraculous about it?" Luo Xue's interest was piqued, and she pressed him for an answer.
"It can't speak, but it can sway its body, vibrating the air and actually producing sounds like human speech.
"Of course, they're very immature and indistinct, like a child just learning to speak. You have to puzzle over them for ages before you can roughly guess what it means.
"It's the guardian treasure of our War Dragon Sect. Experts have been assigned to guard it, and they've been protecting it for several hundred years now.
"This time, the sect is really pouring in its resources to regain a place among the top six in the Dragon Ranking," Liu Zhi said.
"Could it have come alive? Could it be a Ginseng Demon?" Luo Xue asked excitedly.
"We don't know about that, but it can't really be a Ginseng Demon either.
"Because it can't move from its spot. It can only sway its body, using the ginseng shoots on its head to vibrate the air and make sounds.
"But if it isn't a Ginseng Demon, then there's no explaining this phenomenon.
"Could it be coincidence? But that would be far too much of a coincidence.
"The sect's experts have been studying it all along, but several hundred years of research have yielded no results," Liu Zhi said.
"Can I