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Yi Yun had originally planned on picking less on the first day. If he were to pick hundreds of herbs on the first day, it would be too shocking. Especially in the future, if Yi Yun were to continue picking so many herbs, it would arouse the suspicion and suspicion of others.
Zhong Yi's record was based on the quality of the herbs he picked, and not the quantity.
With a keen perception and a certain amount of luck, it was not strange to pick supreme-grade herbs. Those high-grade herbs that were worth thousands of dragon scale runes could easily be worth tens of thousands of dragon scale runes if he picked a few more.
It was reasonable to break the herb-picking record.
But if he did not rely on this, and instead relied on picking ten to twenty times more herbs than others to break the record, then it would not be right.
Hence, Yi Yun decided to rely on the quality of the herbs to win from the beginning. To break the record, there had to be a gradual process.
Hence, after Yi Yun obtained these herbs, he began to focus on honing his movement technique.
This practice took up most of the day. Although Yi Yun did not pick herbs while practicing his movement technique, he still managed to bump into a few herbs here and there. After some hesitation, Yi Yun put away these herbs.
One of them was a supreme-grade Yellow-ranked Blood Crow Treasure Fruit. The Divine City's miscellaneous chores office offered a price of fifty dragon scale runes for the Blood Crow Treasure Fruit.
This Blood Crow Treasure Fruit was one of the best amongst the supreme-grade Yellow-ranked herbs. Its price was even higher than some low-grade Mystic-ranked herbs.
Today's harvest was worth more than 200 dragon scale runes. This was seven to eight times more than a normal cultivator!
Yi Yun rubbed his nose and smiled helplessly. He had accidentally picked more than 200 dragon scale runes. A typical rookie picking herbs would only pick about 30 dragon scale runes on the first day. It would barely be enough to pay the rent, and that would be pretty good.
Only by slowly accumulating experience would he be able to pick herbs worth forty to fifty dragon scale runes.
On his first day. To pick 200 seemed a bit exaggerated.
But on careful thought, compared to Zhong Yi's record of more than 19,000, it was still lacking a bit. On average, Zhong Yi's daily harvest was more than 300 dragon scale runes. And that was every day!
This number was quite shocking!
For Zhong Yi to pick so many high-grade herbs, it was not something that could be explained by luck.
Of course, picking herbs depended on luck. If one's luck was good, it wasn't strange to find a stalk of heaven rank spirit herb. However, luck wasn't unlimited. You could occasionally rely on luck to find an extremely valuable spirit herb for one or two days, but you couldn't be like this every other day.
"This Senior Zhong Yi should have sharp perception or some other advantage. He must have some special ability that is different from ordinary people. That's why he was able to set such a record …"
In this world. There were a few people who were born with keen intuition. There were also some people who observed their surroundings very carefully. As long as they looked at the surrounding scenery, they could remember even the position of a blade of grass. Such people were like alert beasts. Even if they walked in the forest, it would be very difficult to ambush them.
This intuition. It might not be able to directly increase one's combat power, but if one were to enter some high-risk secret realms in the future, this intuition could save one's life in many cases.
Yi Yun felt that. Zhong Yi might be this kind of person.
With Zhong Yi's record, it would not attract too much attention if he picked 200 dragon scale runes on the first day. People would only think that he was lucky.
Until evening, Yi Yun looked at the setting blood-red Sun and exhaled a long breath of turbid air. He stopped meditating and adjusted his breathing.
By the time the Sun completely set, Yi Yun had tidied up the herbs and returned to the Tai Ah Divine City through the teleportation array.
Other than the harvest of herbs, Yi Yun could clearly feel that the 200 cauldron Flowing Mercury Gown was like a hammer. It had tempered his body once again, allowing his body to absorb the primordial species' energy in a better and more perfect manner. At the same time, it allowed Yi Yun to master the control of his strength under the immense pressure. His understanding of the large success stage of Minute Subtlety had also deepened.
After returning to the office, Yi Yun saw a group of girls carrying herb baskets from afar. They were handing in herbs.
These herb-picking girls, regardless of their background, were all dressed in coarse clothes in the Tai Ah Divine City. They did not use any make-up on their faces, making them look like simple village girls. There was a refreshing feeling to them.
"Sister Wang, you're pushing the scale too hard! I can't even afford to eat, yet you're pushing me like this. "
A girl said coquettishly. Her voice was unbelievably sweet.
But Wang was immune to this. She held a foot-long scale in her hand. The weight was the size of a pigeon's egg, and there was a shiny golden plate. It was specially used to weigh herbs.
When the young girls handed over the medicinal herbs, the woman surnamed Wang would put them into the array to remove the moisture and then weigh them. The weight of the medicinal herbs was checked by the woman surnamed Wang, so it was fine if she falsely reported it. However, this woman was impartial and very mean, so no one could take advantage of her.
"Next."
Wang waved her hand impatiently. She ignored the coquettish loli.
The loli stuck her tongue out and retreated with a bitter face. Behind her, there were a few girls that Yi Yun knew.
The leader of these girls was Zhao Qingcheng. They were all from the Luohuo Association.
Zhao Qingcheng had seen Yi Yun from the beginning, but she did not greet him.
"Low-grade Yellow-ranked herbs are 10 taels and 9 qian. Rounding up, it's 10 taels. It's a total of 100 dragon scale runes!" Wang quickly put away the scale. She spoke as fast as a machine gun. If one did not listen carefully, they would not be able to hear what she said.
In reality, with the woman surnamed Wang's cultivation and keen perception, she could easily tell the weight of the pile of herbs with just a single grasp. It was extremely accurate, but she liked to use that small scale to weigh them. The small scale that slid back and forth and the front sight on the scale had tugged at the hearts of countless trial challengers.
"10 taels … 9 qian …"
Hearing this number, Zhao Qingcheng's oval-shaped face, which always liked to smile, could no longer smile.
Normally, only mid-grade and high-grade yellow-grade herbs would be priced individually. Most low-grade yellow-grade herbs would be mixed together and dried using an array to weigh them. Ten dragon scale runes would be worth one tael, and the odd number would be taken away.
How could she not feel the pinch when she lost 9 qian!?
How good would it be if she could pick another qian!?
Low-grade Yellow-ranked herbs could not be sold for a high price, but to many herb-picking girls, this was their main source of income. Some high-grade herbs were too difficult to find. For example, the Meteorite Grass that Yi Yun picked had been hiding in a rock to play with. One had to cut open the rock to see it. Who could find it?
Zhao Qingcheng's small team had a total of four girls. Together with some mid-grade and superior-grade Yellow-ranked herbs, they had earned a total of 166 dragon scale runes today.
After deducting a total of 100 dragon scale runes for the four of them, they were left with 66 dragon scale runes. An average of 16 dragon scale runes per person.
This income was really dismal …
"Hey, why didn't I pick an extra herb? Even a few leaves would have been enough for a qian …" Zhao Qingcheng was vexed.
Zhao Qingcheng was vexed. She stared at the Wang woman and refused to give up. "Sister Wang, we're just short of one qian to reach eleven taels. Just buy it. Sister Wang, you don't know this, but a few days ago, we encountered a very good quality elixir. The price was reasonable, and it was just right for us. We gritted our teeth and borrowed 200 dragon scale runes from the Divine City's rune bank. We also pooled some money ourselves to buy the elixir. This loan is a monthly interest of 1.5%. With compound interest, we have to pay it back within three months. If we don't pay it back, we will have to sleep on the streets."
"Now, it's the end of the month … We are just short of 200 dragon scale runes. Once we have enough, we can pay it back this month. If we can't pay it back, we will have to pay another month's interest next month! You see … "
As Zhao Qingcheng spoke, she kept staring at Wang with her overly large eyes. Her eyelashes flickered as she stared at Wang.
Ms. Wang had already put down the scale and was fiddling with her favorite mirror. After hearing Zhao Qingcheng say so much, she didn't raise her head to look at Zhao Qingcheng. Instead, she ran her fingers through her hair. After a long time, she said coldly, "You're talking so much nonsense. What does it have to do with me?"
Zhao Qingcheng's smile froze on her face. She continued smiling, "Sister Wang's mirror is really exquisite … Speaking of which, Sister Wang is really beautiful. If I were as beautiful as Sister Wang, I would never leave my mirror."
"Thank you."
Wang accepted Zhao Qingcheng's praise calmly. Then … she continued fiddling with the mirror in her hand.
It was completely impenetrable!
Zhao Qingcheng was at her wit's end. No matter how she calculated, she would not be able to pay back the dragon scale runes this month.
Once the 1.5% interest was collected, they would have to live frugally for another month. If they could not pay it back, they would really have to sleep on the streets.
For a bunch of girls to sleep on the streets, and then be surrounded by a bunch of male animals in the Tai Ah Divine City, the humiliation was unimaginable!
Yi Yun heard Zhao Qingcheng and Wang's conversation.
This was the first time he knew that the Tai Ah Divine City had a bank. It seemed that people with negative dragon scale runes could still rely on loans to maintain a decent life.
But … the monthly interest of 15%, compounded with interest, this bank was simply a usurious loan!
Borrowing 100 dragon scale runes meant that after one month, it would be 115. After the second month, it would be 132!
Even many loan sharks were not that unscrupulous!
No wonder Zhao Qingcheng was stressed. If she could not pay back the loan sharks in a short period of time, it would be difficult to pay it back in the future. Who would want to carry a loan shark for six years of special training? It would be terrible to keep paying back the interest!
Of course, this had nothing to do with Yi Yun. At this moment, Wang put down her mirror and asked Yi Yun to weigh the medicine.
"Hey, aren't you the one who wants to break the record? Why are you still standing there in a daze? Hurry up and hand over the medicine! "
Wang looked very impatient. Her expression seemed to say, "Hurry up and hand over the medicine. Don't take up my sister's precious time."
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