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Chapter 20: Southern Grass

  Due to his cultivation of the Spring and Autumn Decisive Mind Method, Song Baiyu was particularly sensitive to the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy contained in plants. He could judge the preciousness or otherwise of medicinal herbs based on the thickness or thinness of this spiritual energy.

  Soon, Song Baiyu's eyes were attracted by a herb, and his face showed an ecstatic expression. His feet moved involuntarily towards the herb, and at the same time, the information of this plant quickly appeared in his mind.

  Southern grass, perennial herb. The stem is curved and branched, with lush leaves like an umbrella. It grows one inch every ten years and reaches maturity after sixty years, when it produces small purple flowers at the top, growing in deep mountain shade and humid forests.

  Dinancao is the main medicinal herb for refining Jingyuan Dan, and Jingyuan Dan is a good medicine for cultivators to increase their cultivation and break through their boundaries. The Dinancao in front of him actually had a flower bud on its top, which means that this Dinancao was at least sixty years old. Thinking about how he had always been struggling with not having good medicinal herbs to refine the elixir, how could Song Baiyu not be excited?

  "Big brother, how much is this?" Song Baiyu walked up to the owner of the goods, his emotions had calmed down by then. If he was seen being excited by the owner, the other party would definitely raise their price sky-high.

  "Two hundred thousand, a fixed price." Behind the southern grass was a middle-aged man with a full beard, who said without turning his head when he heard someone ask the price.

  "Alright, here's 200,000 yuan, take it!" Song Baiyu was overjoyed in his heart and directly took out 200,000 yuan from the suitcase to hand over to Liao Hu. Not taking advantage of a good deal is stupid, this kind of medicinal material that is clearly over sixty years old is worth at least one million or more, and for Song Baiyu himself it's priceless.

  Luo Yanhu was shocked by the words, he looked at Song Boyu in astonishment, and had never thought that his grass could be sold. To know that before Song Boyu, there were already five groups of people who asked him, but those people, after hearing his price, either turned around and left or scolded him for being crazy, a wild plant was also sold at such a high price, why not go to the bank to rob money?

  Until Song Baiyu stuffed the money into his hand and took away the Danshen in front of him, Lianjin Hu confirmed that his things had been sold out, and he was sold for a full 200,000 cash. For a moment, he was excited to stand there at a loss.

  "Old Hu, you've sold that strange grass of yours, have you? You couldn't have really gotten 200,000 cash for it, could you?" Just as Song Boyu left the stall, several other people approached Luo Dahu. Seeing that his stall was empty and he had a large stack of banknotes in hand, they too were shocked and exclaimed loudly.

  "Yes, it's been sold, really sold. Now my mother's surgery fee is settled." Lao Hu nodded and then excitedly grabbed his companion's hand to express his gratitude.

  Luo Duihu and his companions were excitedly shouting there, while several onlookers scolded Song Baiyu for being a big fool, it's just a wild plant, yet he spent 200,000 yuan to buy it.

  Soon, the news that Song Baiyu spent 200,000 yuan to buy a wild plant dug up from the mountain spread throughout the trading area. The people who looked at Song Baiyu had strange gazes, feeling that he was like an idiot.

  Although the price is not standardized in the black market and there are gambling situations, Song Baiyu's plant looks ordinary and has no ornamental value. Apart from placing it at home, I really can't think of any other use for it.

  Then Song Baiyu realized that something was wrong, he kept hearing people discussing him, and someone looked at him with a strange gaze, as if he were a second-generation ancestor who didn't understand the rules, and for the first time entering the black market, he actually made a mistake.

  Facing all this, Song Baiyu smiled silently and didn't argue with these people. He found that it would only make himself look cheap. Moreover, soon he discovered a benefit: whenever he decided to buy something, the other bidders suddenly stopped bidding as if anything that caught Song Baiyu's eye was not good enough, which secretly pleased him.

  "Grandpa, that herb we just liked was bought by that careless kid!" On the other side of the trading area, Song Baiyu's grandfather and grandson were happily bidding for herbs when a middle-aged man suddenly heard someone discussing Song Baiyu next to him. He excitedly told the old man beside him.

  The old man heard the words and his body trembled, looking incredulously in the direction of Luo Dian Hu's stall, but found that it was already empty. When he saw Song Bo Yu carrying a basket of wild herbs, his eyebrows were knotted into a ball.

  "Grandpa, why don't we go and buy it from that kid instead?" The middle-aged man said anxiously after also noticing Song Baiyu.

  "Ah, I miscalculated today. I didn't expect to run into a fellow enthusiast and thought I could get a good deal." The old man shook his head and said, "Since he bought that grass without hesitation, he must know its value. Why would he resell it to you?"

  "Grandpa, then let's go grab it. We've finally found the rare herb in the manual, how can we let someone else buy it?" The middle-aged man heard the old man say this and became anxious.

  The old man's face sank, and he angrily said: "Shut up! Our Li family is a reputable and respectable family, not bandits. If I hear you speaking nonsense again, I'll ruin your cultivation!"

  In fact, the two of them had seen the southern grass as soon as they entered. However, after hearing that the other party was asking for 200,000 yuan, they thought it was too expensive and wanted to circle around a few times. They planned to wait until no one else wanted the grass and then buy it at the bottom price of 5,000 yuan.

  "But, Grandfather, you've studied Dan Tao for so many years and finally found a new herb, yet you can't even test it..." The middle-aged man was scolded by the old man, his face turned bright red, he fell silent for a moment before speaking again.

  "Never mind, that herb is not meant for us. It's a waste even if Grandfather had it. I don't know how to refine pills and can't confirm if that herb is indeed the southern grass... otherwise..." The old man looked at Song Baiyu with a complex expression, thought for a moment, then instructed the middle-aged man: "Tie Er, after the transaction event is over, go talk to that young man and try inviting him to our home as a guest. Be polite."

  Song Baiyu had no idea that buying a sprig of wild ginger would get him remembered by this grandfather and grandson duo. If he knew such things, he would definitely run away with his legs. At this time, he was excitedly bidding with others.

  Today was undoubtedly a harvest day for Song Baiyu. The medicinal materials that he had been searching for in the Jin Yang City Chinese medicine shop but couldn't find were almost all found here. Seven-step snake venom, wild ginseng, Tibetan red flower, wild lingzhi, natural musk, rhino horn, tiger bone, natural cow yellow, and antelope horn, etc., a large amount of cash was thrown out from his suitcase, but his face blossomed into a smile.

  Apart from that, Song Baiyu also bought a large quantity of medicinal herb seeds. After all, rare medicinal herbs are not commonly seen, but the seeds of these rare medicinal herbs are much easier to find.

  The only thing that made Song Baiyu regret was that he never encountered such a top-grade alchemy herb like Dī Nán Cǎo again, but he also knew that these things require fate and can't be sought after. If Dī Nán Cǎo were as common as radishes or cabbage, it would be worthless instead.

  Four hours later, the black market transaction activity officially ended, all stalls began to withdraw one after another, and the crowd also started to move out in an orderly manner. As for those who were still trading, they could only make appointments for private transactions at a designated time and place.

  As he walked out of the warehouse with Liu Zhiquan to settle the account, Song Baiyu was surprised to find that his income and expenditure in the black market this time were barely balanced. After taking out 30,000 yuan in cash from his pocket, he returned a suitcase full of 2 million yuan in cash to Liu Zhiquan.

  "Song brothers, you've gained a lot from this transaction, haven't you?" Liu Zhiquan smiled and asked, his face full of the shrewdness of a businessman. Song Baoyu's excited expression couldn't escape his eyes as he handed over the suitcase.

  "It's all thanks to Brother Liu's help." Song Baiyu said gratefully. To be honest, if it weren't for the two million cash that Liu Zhiquan had prepared today, he might not have been able to buy the Desouth Grass after all.

  "Thanks, brother. This market mainly relies on friends helping each other to maintain it." Liu Zhiquan said while taking out a card from his pocket and handing it to Song Baiyu, "This is a special pass I prepared for you, Brother Song. With this pass, you can enter the trading market freely. Before each activity, we will specially call to notify you."

  Song Baiyu took over the card and found that his pass was different from Li Manni's, it was golden yellow in color, he couldn't help but look at Liu Zhiquan with doubt.

  "It's like this, the pass here is equivalent to a membership card, which is related to the total transaction amount of members. There are four types: silver card, gold card, platinum card and black card. With my authority, I can at most help you get a gold card, please forgive me." Liu Zhiquan explained with a smile, seeing Song Baiyu's puzzled expression.

  Song Baiyu simply inquired about some black market related matters and after having his doubts cleared up, he bid farewell to Liu Zhiquan.

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