The Earth Ranking Courtyard's Warehouse

Zhou Wanwan mumbled in a daze:

"You mean, these trees of ours are worth 100,000 taels of gold now?"

That's incredibly valuable! I haven't even had a proper look at what's inside the Earth Ranking Courtyard yet!

Let's go take a look now.

As soon as Zhou Wanwan stepped into the Earth Ranking Courtyard, her eyes widened in astonishment.

This place is simply a treasure trove containing all the world's rarest and most precious things, piled up to the Manman, so much so that you have to be careful where you step.

The first thing that catches the eye is the countless medicinal herbs: thousand-year-old ginseng, hundred-year-old He Shou Wu, snow lotus from the snow mountain, deep-sea pearl, dragon's blood, agarwood, lingzhi, cordyceps...

Cages and boxes were filled with top-quality medicinal herbs that were hard to find even for a fortune on the market, their aroma so rich it was intoxicating.

Let's look at the superior weapons:

Powerful bows and crossbows, heavy swords made of black iron, longswords made of fine steel, soft armor, animal hide armor, arrowheads, spear tips, and daggers.

Each piece is exquisitely crafted; they are clearly high-quality items that only a master of martial arts could use.

A row of rare and ancient books in the corner:

Martial arts manuals, medical classics, battle formation diagrams, geography records, secret records of the martial arts world, alchemy, poison manuals...

It contains countless secrets that have not been passed down to others; each book is more precious than the last.

But the most frightening things are the silver and the treasure:

Boxes and boxes of silver Yuanbao and gold ingots were stacked higher than a person.

Pearls, agates, jade, fine jade pendants, and jewelry were piled up like a small mountain in a brocade box.

There were also thick stacks of banknotes, various kinds of silk fabrics, and fur coats, too many to count.

In addition, there are fine teas, aged wines, exquisite porcelain, saddles and whips, emergency rations, and healing ointments...

Everything that a person in the martial arts world can use, exchange for money, or use to save their life can be found here.

Zhou Wanwan laughed, "We're rich! Lingbao, we're rich!"

Lingbao looked at the medicinal herbs, swallowed hard, and said, "Wanwan, I want to take a bath."

Zhou Wanwan took out dozens of kinds of medicinal herbs and said:

"Wash, I'll let you wash to your heart's content today."

Wow! There are so many fresh medicinal herbs here! I'll try to see if I can revive them.

Many of the medicinal herbs were just dug up from the mountains and then delivered here.

Before any processing was done, Zhou Wanwan had all the fresh medicinal herbs in the bag poured out.

She slowly released energy into these medicinal herbs, which were all dug up by their roots, with soil still attached to the roots, so none of them were damaged.

Zhou Wanwan spent a whole day and night reviving many medicinal herbs.

Some of these medicinal herbs take decades, or even centuries, to mature.

Zhou Wanwan had just saved them when the medicinal herbs started arguing.

Wow! Wow! I feel like I'm really alive! It's amazing!

"What were those just now? They felt so good! My whole body felt so comfortable."

"Where are we? Did you save us?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Yes, I'm the one who saved you, so you have to behave."

Lingbao looked at them and said, "Yes, do whatever I tell you to do. I will provide you with spiritual energy Wanwan, and you will grow faster and faster."

"Wow, you're amazing! Are you a thousand-year-old ginseng? Why do you have so many whiskers?" A Little Ginseng couldn't help but ask Lingbao.

Lingbao said helplessly, "It hasn't been a thousand years. I just grew up a bit faster than usual."

Its roots were indeed very numerous, so Zhou Wanwan took out scissors and carefully cut off all of them.

These roots can be used to cultivate many Little Ginseng.

The first batch of Little Ginseng is over a hundred years old and is now being sold in the Jianghu Alliance.

A century-old ginseng root can fetch a very high price.

Zhou Wanwan began trimming Lingbao's ginseng roots, saying as she did so, "This one root alone costs several hundred taels of silver!"

Lingbao was speechless. Its ginseng rootlets were growing too fast. The rootlets of ordinary ginseng don't grow this fast, this many, or this dense.

After trimming the ginseng whiskers, Zhou Wanwan will give it a bath.

Lingbao lay in the medicinal soup made from dozens of herbs and said, "It feels so good, so very good. I can feel all sorts of energy entering my body."

He Shou Wu, Polygonatum sibiricum, and Ganoderma lucidum were also being soaked in a medicinal soup nearby.

Grandpa He Shou Wu said calmly:

"These medicinal herbs are indeed very beneficial to us and can improve our quality."

Even the water we use for bathing is highly nutritious for ordinary people.

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I do think your bathwater is excellent, so now we use this water for cooking in Black Wind Stronghold."

Grandpa He Shou Wu nodded and said, "This water can strengthen the body and prolong life, but it only works if consumed over a long period of time."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "I think it's good for beauty too. I soak in it every day, and my skin has improved."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Lingbao echoed.

Zhou Wanwan was in a good mood and continued planting spirit whiskers.

The final exam began, and Zhou Wanwan looked at the questions; indeed, the final exam was extremely difficult.

The content consisted of eight-legged essays, examination poems, classical texts, and policy essays.

However, it wasn't too bad for Zhou Wanwan, but for ordinary test takers, it was like hell.

Many people were scratching their heads in frustration. Zhou Fusheng was also a little flustered when he saw the test questions; they were just too difficult.

Fortunately, all the teachers at the academy had taught him. After three days of testing, everyone walked out of the examination hall looking pale and sickly.

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "The imperial examinations in ancient times were really too difficult, much more difficult than the college entrance examination today, okay?"

"College Entrance Examination? What's that?" Gu Sinian asked, raising an eyebrow.

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, let's hurry home! Brother Sinian, how did you do on your exam this time?"

Gu Sinian thought for a moment and said, "I think it's pretty good. What about you?"

Zhou Wanwan sighed and said, "My performance was just average."

Zhou Qinghe, standing next to him, said dejectedly, "I feel like I bombed the exam, especially the final policy essay; I think it was utter nonsense."

Zhou Qingchen said helplessly, "I knew this time would be difficult, but I didn't expect it to be this difficult! I'm doomed, I definitely won't pass this time."

Zhou Qingyan smiled faintly and said:

"What did you say when the Master forced you to study policy essays?"

I already told you, you must study hard!

Zhou Qingchen and Zhou Qinghe fell silent, and the others from Black Wind Stronghold also shook their heads.

Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow and said:

"It's okay, how old are you?"

It's okay if you don't pass the exam. Actually, if you find it difficult, others will find it difficult too.

Many people in the exam hall shook their heads. When Zhou Wanwan got home, she ate dinner and fell fast asleep.

Now we're just waiting for the results to be released in a couple of days.

There's been no sound from the house these past few days, while Zhou Wanwan has been tending to the ginseng in the yard.

But the examiner stared at the exam papers, stunned:

"Why are the test takers from Yunxi County of such high quality this year?"

Their scores were significantly higher than those of students from other counties!