Chapter Thirty-Nine: Blood Ginseng

  Ye Chen and Shen Xian came together, chatting and laughing, attracting attention from many people.

  "Unintentional!"

  Ye Chen saw from afar a young man wearing tattered clothes, discussing something with others, and smiled slightly as he called out.

  The young man heard the familiar voice behind him, his face lit up with joy, and he quickly turned around to look back. It was Ye Chen, so he rushed over: "Ye Chen, I was just looking for you! Come quick, I have something great to show you!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly: "I know, Xiang Er told me!"

  "Hey!" Zhuge Wu Xin glanced around cautiously, then quickly pulled Ye Chen's hand and whispered: "This is not a place to talk, follow me!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuge Wu Xin pulled Ye Chen aside and walked away.

  Ye Chen looked at Zhuge Wu Xin's appearance, smiled helplessly, turned his head to call Shen Xiang beside him, and then followed behind Zhuge Wu Xin, walking towards a distant place with no one.

  "Ye Chen, take a look and see if you recognize this thing?"

  Zhuge cautiously looked around in all directions, as if he was doing something stealthy, and took out a cloth-wrapped object from his bosom and handed it over. He did so with extreme care, fearing that it might be damaged, which was quite unlike his usual style.

  Ye Chen and Shen Xian exchanged a smile, then took it from Zhuge Wu Xin's hand and slowly opened it.

  Carrot, wrapped in it is a carrot, but not like ordinary carrots, the one in front of me is as big as a palm, with blood-red stripes!

  Ye Chen looked at the ginseng in his hand, a look of surprise on his face, and the name of this ginseng suddenly appeared in his mind.

  Panax ginseng, takes fifty years to mature, can be used for medicine after seventy years. The more and deeper the red lines on its surface, the older it is!

  The Blood Ginseng of Heaven and Earth may have a chance to be refined into a demon!

  Ye Chen stared blankly at the blood ginseng in his hand, exclaiming in surprise: "A 130-year-old Blood Ginseng!"

  Zhuge hastily covered Ye Chen's mouth, his face tense as he said: "Can't you keep your voice down? This is something I managed to get away with when no one was paying attention. If others find out, I'll be in big trouble!"

  Ye Chen also knew that he had just lost his composure, and hastily nodded, indicating to Zhuge Wu Xin to remove his hand, continuing: "Where did you come from?"

  Zhuge Wu Xin smiled with a sly face: "Yesterday, the sect let me go out to collect medicinal materials. I accidentally found this ginseng, but I don't recognize him. It feels like it's been years since it was made, and the fragrance is full of medicine. I picked it back, but I didn't know what kind of medicinal material it was. I only knew that from the appearance, it looked like ordinary ginseng!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and turned to look at Shen Xiang, who was equally puzzled. He explained to the two of them: "This thing is called Blood Ginseng, a relatively precious medicinal material!"

  "What's 'Blood Ginseng'?" Zhuge Wu Xin heard this term for the first time, and it wasn't strange that he didn't know what it meant. Although he had helped Lianyun Sect find many medicinal herbs, and every herb would pass through his hands, he never actually understood what these herbs were, only collecting them and handing them over.

  Ye Chen nodded at Zhuge Wu Xin.

  Ye Chen gazed intently at the Blood Ginseng in his hand, but a name of a pill suddenly appeared in his mind: Mangxue Dan!

  Ye Chen was slightly stunned, his mind quickly absorbing the knowledge about the Mangxue Dan...

  Mangxue Dan, a second-grade dan medicine, has the effect of enhancing strength. However, anyone can only take it once. The increase in strength depends on the user's physical quality and potential, with a minimum increase of 100 catties (a unit of weight) and a maximum increase of 1,000 catties!

  Mangxue Dan requires over a hundred years of Blood Ginseng as the main medicinal material, with the snake gall of the first-class demon beast Qingwen Mang as an auxiliary medicinal material. Then it is matched with Purple Leaf Grass, Snowflake Grass, Ling Shan, and Seven-Linked Grass, and assisted by morning dew, before being refined using ordinary fire to complete its creation.

  Ye Chen's face showed an excited expression, and he was shocked in his heart: Enhanced strength! He had never heard of any elixir having the effect of enhancing strength. In that case, without cultivating, wouldn't the physical strength be too powerful just by taking the elixir? However, anyone can only take it once! But this is not bad either, suddenly gaining a thousand jin of force, isn't it much stronger than the same realm?

  However, Ye Chen did not consider that the enhancement of his strength was based on his physical quality. Nevertheless, Ye Chen didn't need to consider these things, after all, with his current physical quality, he had absolute confidence in enhancing his strength by a thousand catties.

  Then, Ye Chen smiled slightly at Zhuge Wu Xin and said: "Wu Xin, I need this thing now. Take a look and see what you want to exchange for it!"

  Upon hearing this, Zhuge smiled cunningly and said with some embarrassment: "Didn't you refuse to give me ten 'Strong Body Pills' last time? Alright, I'll give you this Blood Ginseng, and we'll just consider it repayment for the five 'Strong Body Pills' I owe you!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and didn't haggle over the price. After all, Ye Chen still thought he had gotten a good deal. He immediately said: "Okay!"

  Zhuge didn't expect Ye Chen to agree directly, he originally just wanted to raise the price a bit first, thinking that he could make more money later. But unexpectedly, Ye Chen agreed directly, and his heart suddenly burst into bloom with joy. He hastily said: "Alright, I'll leave first then!" Immediately after, he quickly turned around and was about to leave, deeply afraid that Ye Chen would regret it and have to return a few pieces later.

  Ye Chen looked at Zhuge Wu Xin's departing figure, suddenly remembered that he had brought something from the inner gate, originally intended to give it to Zhuge Wu Xin but hadn't yet, and hastily shouted: "Wait a minute!"

  Zhuge's eyes widened in surprise, and he thought to himself: "It's all over. I knew he would change his mind."

  Immediately, Zhuge turned his face around with a muffled expression and looked at Ye Chen, saying cautiously: "You can't go back on your word, you said five would be exchanged!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen let out a helpless bitter laugh and immediately pulled out the martial skills manual from his pocket. Without even looking at it, he tossed it over: "Look how scared you are! Take this, I still need some medicinal herbs!"

  Zhuge carelessly caught the martial arts manual that Ye Chen had thrown over and his face immediately lit up with joy: "Martial arts manual!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly: "What's wrong, don't you like it? Forget about exchanging then!"

  Zhuge hastily put it into his bosom, with a forced smile on his face, saying: "Let's change, let's go! Let's go to that place last time, you can choose whatever you want!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and nodded at Shen Xiang beside him, then walked towards the place where he had traded with Zhuge Wu Xin for the first time.

  Actually, Ye Chen originally wanted to give it directly to Zhuge Wu Xin, but suddenly remembered that refining the "Mangxue Dan" still required other medicinal materials, so he casually mentioned it, to see if he could find some in Zhuge Wu Xin's place, after all, this would save him a lot of trouble.

  Under the leadership of Zhuge Wu Xin, Ye Chen and Shen Xian soon arrived at the place where they first traded with Zhuge Wu Xin.

  Zhuge turned his head and smiled at the two of them, just like last time, he carefully confirmed that there was no one around before gently lifting up the covering weeds, and pulled out a package from inside, which he directly threw to the foot of Ye Chen.

  "Look for it yourself, I took out what you needed last time and now there's none left, only some other medicinal materials!"

  Zhuge Wu Xin cautiously looked around and said to Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen looked at Zhuge Wu Xin's appearance and sighed: "Why are you doing it like a thief!"

  Zhuge smiled awkwardly: "No way, who made me so expensive!"

  Shen Xiang snorted and smiled playfully, saying: "You call this a price? These are just some worthless herbs that no one wants!"

  "Haha!" Zhuge Wu Xin smiled awkwardly: "Isn't that Ye Chen?"

  Ye Chen looked at Zhuge Wu Xin, shook his head helplessly, let out a bitter laugh, and then ignored Zhuge Wu Xin as well. He squatted down to search inside Zhuge Wu Xin's package.

  After a while, Ye Chen indeed found some purple leaf grass, seven connected grass, and ling shan in Zhuge's package. As for the others, they were not found.

  Ye Chen stood up, wrapped the medicinal herbs he had found in a cloth and put them in his bosom, saying softly: "Alright, I'll leave with Xiang'er now. If you find any good medicinal herbs, remember to send them to me!"

  "Hmm!" Zhuge Wu Xin smiled: "Alright, you can go first!"

  Ye Chen and Shen Xian nodded at Zhuge Wu Xin almost simultaneously, then turned around and walked out.

  Halfway, Shen Xiang suddenly spoke up: "Chen Ge, I remember that you didn't understand these things before. How do you know so much about herbs now? You said you accidentally got two Dan Fang, but how can you be so familiar with herbs?"

  Ye Chen listened to Shen Xiang's words, smiled slightly, gently held Shen Xiang's hand and said softly: "Xiang'er, trust me, I can't tell you these things now, not because I don't believe in you, but because I'm afraid of putting you in danger!"

  "Danger?" Shen Xian slightly frowned: "Alright then, Brother Chen, I'll wait for the day you soar to great heights!" In her heart, she added another sentence: After soaring to great heights, come and marry me, and gain my family's recognition!

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and said: "Xin'er, I'll send you here, I need to go to the night market to exchange some things!"

  "Go ahead, Brother Chen."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen smiled faintly at Shen Xiang and then turned to head towards the night market, where he would exchange for the last two medicinal ingredients needed to refine the 'Mangxue Dan'.

  Shen Xiang gazed at Ye Chen's receding back, her eyes revealing a besotted expression, as she murmured to herself: "Chen Ge, I'll wait for you, I believe in you!" Afterwards, she turned around and vanished into the darkness.

  Night market, Ye Chen searched everywhere for the last two medicinal herbs he needed, Snowflake Grass and One Product Qingwen Snake Gall.

  Snowflake grass is a type of flowering plant, with petals like snowflakes, hence the name Snowflake Grass. However, it has no practical use value, so it's also very hard to buy, after all, who isn't foolish enough to put weeds on a stall and sell them outwardly.

  Ye Chen wandered aimlessly, suddenly his eyes lit up, looking at a distant street stall displaying various herbs, among which was a Snowflake Orchid!

  Ye Chen's face lit up with joy, and he hastily walked towards the stall.

  Ye Chen stood in front of the stall, took a glance at the young man selling things, and then pointed to the Snowflake Orchid in the middle of the stall, pretending to be curious and asked: "What is this? The petals are like snowflakes, it looks pretty good!"

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