"Hello, Sister Wang."
Yi Yun carried the herb basket into the office with a silly smile on his face.
Wang looked unfriendly, but Yi Yun was already used to it.
"Sister Wang is reading a book …"
Yi Yun was trying to find a topic to talk about. Just that face of Wang's was enough to block all the words he wanted to say.
Wang did not say a word. She threw the book in her hand onto the table and looked coldly at Yi Yun.
"Uh …" Yi Yun did not know what else to say. He took down the herb basket and placed it on the counter. The two jade boxes containing the Blood Yang Flower and the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng were naturally placed in the herb basket.
"You're back early!" The woman with the surname Wang glanced at the light medicinal basket and mocked. Her voice was sharp and somewhat ear-piercing.
"Yes … Because I had some extra gains, I was worried that the medicinal properties would be damaged, so I came back early. Also … I have some other matters to attend to."
What Yi Yun said was the truth. Of course, it sounded like an excuse.
"Heh!" Wang could no longer be bothered to expose Yi Yun. She felt that it would be a waste of her breath to say anything more to such a lazy and self-deprecating youth.
"You applied for seven days of continuous herb-picking. Thirty-five dragon scale runes a day. Even if you return early, I will deduct all the dragon scale runes. Not a single one less!"
If one applied for a continuous herb-picking period, they would have to pay even more rent. That was because they usually only harvested herbs during the day, but during a continuous herb-picking period, they could harvest herbs day and night.
Usually, trial-takers would cultivate in the Divine City at night. Very few would apply for this.
"Of course." Yi Yun did not care much about a mere 200 dragon scale runes.
Seeing Yi Yun's nonchalant attitude. The woman surnamed Wang felt that Yi Yun was beyond redemption.
She lifted Yi Yun's herb basket with one hand and it was as Wang had expected. Most of the basket was empty.
The woman surnamed Wang casually grabbed some herbs, wanting to dry them and weigh them. At that moment, Ms. Wang's fingers touched something hard.
Medicine box?
With her sensitivity as a pharmacist, Wang immediately recognized what this hard object was. She paused, then flicked her slender fingers, and the box popped open.
Inside the medicine box, there was a pool of bright red stuff. This thing had been badly broken and looked like blood plasma.
This is …
A trace of doubt flashed in the eyes of the woman surnamed Wang. However, in the next second, the puzzled look on his face froze.
As an alchemist, although she couldn't tell what kind of herb it was, her intuition told her that it was a rare herb of at least Heaven Rank.
That kind of aura, she would not be wrong!
The woman with the surname Wang picked up the blood-red object and vaguely distinguished its appearance. It should be a fruit the size of a fist, but because it had been severely damaged, it could not be seen. The red juice in the fruit flowed out.
"Could this be …"
A look of disbelief flashed across the woman's face. She dipped her finger into the fruit juice and gently tasted it.
That kind of blazing Yang energy and the smell of blood. This allowed the woman surnamed Wang to confirm her guess.
Blood Yang Flower!
And it was a Blood Yang Flower that had already borne fruit!
A middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb!
Wang raised her head and looked incredulously at Yi Yun, "You … actually picked a Blood Yang Flower?"
Ever since the woman took over the Miscellaneous Chores Department. In these decades, this was the first time she had seen a cultivator pick a Heaven-ranked herb. And it was a middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb, so of course she was surprised!
"Yea. Good luck … "Yi Yun scratched his head. As a Heaven-ranked herb, the Blood Yang Flower was very difficult to find. But in the long history of the Tai Ah Divine City, there were many cultivators with extraordinary perception who had managed to pick a Heaven-ranked herb.
The best of them, like Zhong Yi, had picked more than one.
Hence, Yi Yun did not need to explain too much about this Blood Yang Flower.
Luck?
Hearing Yi Yun say this, the woman's eyelids twitched. A Heaven-ranked herb was something that even she could not easily find if she personally went out to pick it. Yet, Yi Yun just casually said that he was lucky.
This Blood Sun Flower was considered one of the more hidden ones among the heaven ranked herbs. How could he possibly find it just by relying on luck?
Wang looked deeply into Yi Yun's eyes. She felt somewhat indignant. This kid spent three days fishing and two days drying the net while picking herbs, yet he managed to pick the Blood Yang Flower. How could those diligent herb-picking cultivators endure this?
It was unfair!
"Consider yourself lucky to find such a herb!"
Wang said unhappily. Most people would not be able to pick a Blood Yang Flower by luck. But for a person with keen perception like Yi Yun, it was normal for him to pick a Blood Yang Flower if he was lucky.
"Don't be happy too early. This kind of luck doesn't happen often! And this Blood Yang Flower is badly damaged. Don't you know how to dig herbs? To dig it to such a state! I'll give you at most a third of the purchase price! "
Wang said coldly as she constantly mocked Yi Yun.
She had a lot of say when it came to the price of herbs, but she was unwilling to give more dragon scale runes to Yi Yun. She might as well give it to those who had poor talent but worked hard to cultivate.
As the woman surnamed Wang spoke, she had already opened the other jade box.
Pa!
With a light sound, the emerald green lid popped open, revealing a withered, cracked thing that looked like a radish root.
"Another damaged herb!" Wang was angry. Yi Yun was wasting God's good resources by picking herbs!
So many good herbs had been ruined by him!
"Are you blind? Can't you be more careful when digging herbs!? Do you know that once this herb is damaged, it will … "
Wang was reprimanding Yi Yun, but halfway through her words, the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.
She was like a clucking hen whose neck was suddenly grabbed by someone.
Wang stared with widened eyes. Once again, she carefully looked at the withered, cracked, and ugly radish root-like herb in the jade box …
She was stunned for more than ten seconds. Slowly, her body stiffened and her eyes stared straight. Her brain had completely lost the ability to think.
This … This is …
Wang felt as if her heart had been squeezed by someone. Her breathing stagnated and her blood flow became chaotic. She was dumbfounded!
A ridiculous and unbelievable conclusion appeared in her mind.
Primordial … Primordial herb!?
A twelve-year-old child picking herbs and handing in a withered thing turned out to be … a primordial herb!?
This is impossible!
Wang stretched out her trembling hands and picked up the emerald green jade box. She carefully looked at the herb in the box, not letting go of even a tiny root hair.
As she looked, she became more certain of her previous conclusion.
This was a primordial herb. According to the records, it was the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!
A child had picked a Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng!?
Wang's neck seemed to have rusted. Her movements became extremely slow. She moved her gaze away from the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng with great difficulty and turned her gaze towards Yi Yun inch by inch.
This must be a dream …
This thought appeared in the woman surnamed Wang's mind, but how could such a realistic feeling be a dream?
As a human lord warrior, how could she not distinguish between dream and reality?
She opened her dry mouth and asked Yi Yun, "This herb … was picked by … you?"
Yi Yun nodded, "Yes …"
"How … How did you pick it?"
"Uh … I was lucky …" Yi Yun whispered.
Yi Yun whispered. When Wang heard this explanation, she nearly vomited blood.
Was there a more childish explanation than this?
"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Wang gritted her teeth as she looked at Yi Yun with burning eyes. At the same time, she used her hand to cover the Lotus Flower Jade box. This was to prevent the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng's medicinal properties from leaking out.
Of course, Yi Yun did not expect to easily fool Wang.
As for how he had picked the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, he had already prepared a story.
For this, Yi Yun had searched through all the information regarding the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng in the library a few days ago. In terms of understanding of the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng, some alchemists who had never seen the Heaven Purple Yang Ginseng could not compare to Yi Yun.
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