Chapter 381: White Jade and Blue Lotus
When Mu Chen and the three arrived, Ji Yaoling was sitting on the ground, his face full of horror, and Duan Tiangang on the side was also pale, his eyes were full of disbelief.
Mu Chen followed the gaze of the two, and his face changed slightly.
I saw a black figure a few steps in front of Ji Yaoling, standing in a cloak with his whole body, unable to see men and women clearly, and struggling to get up from the ground. And at his feet, there were more than a dozen stumps, which were very white, as if they had been treated, and there was not the slightest hint of scarlet.
Before Mu Chen and the others could speak, the man spoke: "Death, it's getting dark, and you're still running blindly on the eighteen plates, and you don't even look at anyone!
"Who are you?" Mu Chen asked coldly, looking at the stumps.
The largest of these stumps is only two fingers thick, and it is clear that they are not human.
"Hey, that's amazing! You guys didn't even apologize for hitting me, and you still have such an attitude?" the man rubbed his chest, and as he spoke, he picked up the stumps on the ground one by one into the bamboo basket behind him.
"Stop, you bastard, where did the things in your hands come from!" Xin Ruoruo took out the black object containing the Gu Mother from his arms as he spoke, and his eyes were full of killing intent.
"What do you want to do! This thing can be exchanged for a few months' rations for my whole family! You can't fight them!" The man in the cloak suddenly became anxious when he saw that Xin Ruoruo's face was not good.
"You actually exchanged a child's arm for rations!How many children have been harmed by these dozen or so stumps!" Ji Yaoling had already recovered from his previous state at this time, and he was suddenly angry.
"What kind of child's arms, you have made a ringing horse to make Taishan come up, and you don't need to use such a bad excuse to rob my things!" the man quickly put all the stumps into the basket, and then looked at Mu Chen and the others with alarm.
Mu Chen stared at the man's eyes, although there was a little panic in his eyes, but he didn't look like the kind of ferocious and vicious person who mutilated children, although he had doubts in his heart, he stepped on the dragon method and came behind the man in the blink of an eye.
The man only felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, and then he felt a light behind him, and his face changed and he suddenly realized what was happening. When it was too late, he pulled out a three-foot cold knife from his waist under the cloak and stabbed it behind him without the slightest hesitation.
"Mu Chen be careful!" Xin Ruoruo hurriedly shouted when he saw this.
Mu Chen was not moved at all, he just dodged the cold knife with a slight sideways, picked up the basket and stepped on the dragon swimming body again, and returned to everyone's side in an instant.
"Hmph! Grab something and grab it to Mount Tai! If it's a man, he will leave his name!" The man saw that Mu Chen had snatched his own things in just a few breaths, and he also realized that he was not his opponent at all, so he let it go.
Mu Chen didn't answer his words at all, just frowned and took out a stump from the basket and looked at it.
"Sure enough!" a smile appeared on the corner of Mu Chen's mouth, and he said with some relief, "We all misunderstood him, this is indeed not a child's arm. Take a closer look. ”
As he spoke, Mu Chen handed the things in the basket that were suspected to be the stumps of children to everyone.
"This ...... It doesn't really seem like a child's arm, but why is it so similar?" Xin Ruoruo asked.
"That's right, Mu Chen, what the hell is this?" Duan Tiangang also asked suspiciously after observing for a while.
Mu Chen put the things in his hand back into the basket and said, "This is the root of the octagonal stone lotus, also known as the white jade and green lotus. Born between the cliffs on the top of the mountains, it is very rare, and its shape does resemble a child's arm, but it is a high-quality medicine that clears heat and cools the blood, calms the mind and awakens the mind. It can be applied to martial artists in the Qi Acceptance Realm, and it can also allow some martial artists who practice heavy fire to eliminate the bad effects caused by their exercises. This big brother, this matter is a misunderstanding, this is your basket, you put it away. ”
The man was surprised to see Mu Chen return his basket untouched, and at first he couldn't believe it, and only after a moment did he hesitate to ask, "You...... You're really not ringing horses?"
"Have you ever seen such a young ringing horse?" Ji Yaoling said angrily.
"Yes, the doll I shot just now is only a teenager, a few years older than my baby. How can you go to be a ringing horse at this age? The man nodded.
"This big brother, did you pick these white jade and jade lotus roots from Mount Tai?" asked Mu Chen.
The man nodded, and said, "It's not a mile, it took me days to pick these things from the cliff to the south, but I almost fell off the cliff!"
Xin Ruoruo suddenly asked, "This big brother, how much silver can you sell these white jade and jade lotus roots after they go down the mountain?"
"If it is sold to an ordinary pharmacy, it will only be about fifty taels, but recently there are big people in Lu County who are collecting this item at a high price, and it should not be a problem to change it to a hundred taels. The man chuckled.
"What? hundreds of taels?" Xin Ruoruo said in surprise.
"What's the matter? It's already good to be able to exchange a hundred taels. "That's human.
"Black! fucking black. Mu Chen couldn't help pouting.
"Little brother, why are you talking, I can sell it for a hundred taels is black?" the man said with some displeasure.
"Big brother, I didn't say that you were black, I meant that the big guys in your mouth were too dark with those pharmacies. Mu Chen sighed and explained, "I'll give you a thousand taels of silver, I want all these things for you, and it will save you from going to Lu County again." ”
"What......? A thousand taels?" the man stammered in surprise.
"What, big brother, one thousand taels is too little?" Ji Yaoling said on the side.
"No...... No, you really want to pay a thousand taels for these things from me?" the man was still a little unconvinced.
"It's a thousand taels of silver, you count it. Mu Chen didn't say a word, and directly took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and handed it to the man.
"It's not a problem to sell it to you. The man nodded, and added, "But can I leave a piece to go to Lu County on an errand, if not, they won't take anything else from me next time." ”
"Deal!" Mu Chen said with a smile.
The man hurriedly hid the silver ticket in his arms, and then took out a pair of white jade and blue lotus and hid it in the cloak, for fear that Mu Chen would regret it: "Thank you to a few young masters, I will leave." ”
"Wait, big brother. Mu Chen stopped the cloaked man who wanted to leave.
"You...... You don't want to go back, do you?"
"Big brother, you're too worried, I just want to ask if there is a suitable camping place in the upper reaches, and I won't have to find a place again. Mu Chen explained with a smile.
When the man heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is a flat slope near the seventh of the eighteen plates, and there is a mountain temple where you can rest." ”
"Then thank you, big brother. Mu Chen arched his hand at the man.
The man didn't want to entangle with Mu Chen any more, for fear that Mu Chen would regret it, so he hurriedly went down the mountain with a thousand taels of silver tickets and white jade and green lotus.
"Mu Chen, what are you doing with spending a thousand taels to buy white jade and green lotus?" Duan Tiangang was puzzled.
"I don't need this white jade lotus, what I need is Sister Ruoruo. Mu Chen said with a smile, and then sent the basket of white jade and green lotus to Xin Ruoruo's side.
"Mu Chen, how do you know I need this?" Xin Ruoruo asked in surprise.
"You don't want it, it's okay to ask the man what the price is. Mu Chen replied, "You just saw that this white jade and green lotus are all shining." ”
"Just your eyes are sharp, but you take a hundred taels of things, I am not as rich as you. You can receive this thing from your corpse first, and the money will be given to you when I return to the academy. Xin Ruoruo said.
"It's only a thousand taels, and in half a month it will be your birthday, so I should take it as a birthday gift from me. Mu Chen said slowly.
Ji Yaoling, who was on the side, was unhappy when she heard it: "Stinky brother, you don't remember my birthday last month, why do you remember Xin Ruoruo's birthday so well!"
Mu Chen smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It's not because I didn't remember your birthday, so I specially remembered everyone's birthday." Didn't I make up your gift to you afterwards? ”
"Forget it, forget it, you gave me more than a thousand taels of congratulations. I will not bother with you. Ji Yaoling thought of the birthday gift that Mu Chen gave him a month ago, and compared with the previous Mu Chen, who only took out a thousand taels of silver, she secretly rejoiced and stopped talking.
Lin Qingxi, who had not spoken on the side, spoke at this time: "Mu Chen, in fact, you have made a lot of money this time......
"What made a lot of money?" Mu Chen wondered.
"You only know white jade and green lotus, but do you know that there are grades of lotus root?" Lin Qingxi asked rhetorically.
"I naturally know that there are grades of ordinary lotus roots, could it be that this white jade and jade lotus also has grades?" Mu Chen said in surprise.
"There are also things you don't know. Lin Qingxi said with a smile, "Ordinary blue lotus is divided into nine grades, while white jade and green lotus are divided into three grades, which is extremely heavenly, earthy, and human." White jade and jade lotus are rare, and most of the people in the market are generally character-based, and if it is auctioned, it can almost be sold at the price you gave before. But the quality of the land is different, it is generally rare to find it for ten years, and the price is more than ten times that of the character. As for the price of Tianpin, it is even more priceless. According to my guess, these white jade and jade lotus of yours are rare to see in decades. If it is taken to auction, the smallest price of a single root may be tens of thousands of taels. ”
"What! it's a heavenly white jade and jade lotus!" Xin Ruoruo was completely shocked.
"Sister Ruoruo, do you also know that this white jade and jade lotus are divided into three grades: heaven, earth and man?" asked Mu Chen.
"Hehe, Xin Ruoruo doesn't know how to repay you now, and maybe he can't make a personal promise. Lin Qingxi said ill-intentionedly.
"Lin Qingxi, you shut up for me. Xin Ruoruo glared at Lin Qingxi angrily, and then said with an unconcealable excitement, "Mu Chen, I don't know how to thank you! With the Heavenly Jade and Jade Lotus, my grandfather and father can eliminate the hidden diseases caused by the exercises, and maybe they can break through the realm again! I will write to the clan when I go back, and ask them to come with a silver ticket." ”
"Sister Ruoruo, what do you say, regardless of his quality, I said that sending you as a birthday gift is a gift for you, how can there be any reason to ask you for money. Mu Chen flatly refused.
"This ...... How can this be! This is something worth hundreds of thousands of taels! It's too expensive as a birthday gift!" Xin Ruoruo shook her head and said.
"Xin Ruoruo, if you see it, you can accept it, you don't know the character of the stinky brother, even if these things are worth millions today, he said that if he gave it, he would give it away. Ji Yaoling said angrily, "Hmph, I originally thought that the value of my birthday gift was far higher than yours, but now it seems that I have lost to you again!"
Duan Tiangang was naturally whatever Ji Yaoling said, and he also echoed on the side: "Yaoling is right, how can you still pay for the things that Mu Chen sent." If you are happy, you will accept it. ”
Xin Ruoruo pursed her lips, and after a while, she said seriously: "Then I will accept it, but if I give you anything valuable in the future, you can't refuse!"
"That's nature. I didn't expect such good luck to be able to harvest it casually. Mu Chen smiled, and suddenly his face changed, "It's bad! That person still has a section, if you go to Lu County, someone will definitely recognize it as a heavenly product! If someone has something wrong, it will be troublesome to know from that person's place that we still have more than a dozen in our hands!"