The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 7 Money moves people’s hearts

Going up the mountain is not like picking weeds by the roadside. It always takes time and luck to get a better harvest.

Once a place is "driven out", new mountain products may not appear for several months.

Therefore, it is necessary to change places and routes from time to time.

Every mountain hunter will note down a few nests, some of which are mushroom nests, some of which are Ganoderma lucidum nests.
The so-called nest is naturally the place where mountain products are likely to grow regularly.

This is naturally the biggest secret of the mountain herders.

Su Yan was just a newcomer, and without a father or elder to lead him personally, he naturally didn't have these dens.

All gains come from exploring places that others have never explored, that is, taking risks.

After the Yinshui Centipede entered the growth stage, Su Yan could naturally go deeper into Yunling Mountain.

In just three or five days, he and the Yinshui Centipede went into the mountain twice more.

Although the harvest was not as good as the first time, the advantage was that the Yinshui centipede had greatly improved its ability and found many poisonous substances, mainly poisonous medicinal materials such as viper berry, black wormwood, and ebony ganoderma, as well as medicinal materials such as blood essence and Polygonum multiflorum. The year was not bad either, and it made twenty or thirty taels of silver.

As a result, the skill of driving the mountain spread quickly, and the mountain people who came and went in this mountain village had more or less heard that a skilled mountain driver had emerged in Yunqian Village.
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In the Shanji Tea Shop, the old man who makes herbal tea and his servants are busy inside and outside, with a rag draped over his shoulder, holding a teapot in one hand and handing three bowls of herbal tea for one penny to customers in the other, walking back and forth between seven or eight square tables.

There were people sitting at each square table, some were mountain people sharing the table, and some were fellow villagers gathered together with three or five companions.

"Bah, you little thing, how dare you lie to me? What's not one person's property? I don't see that idiot Xie Yuzhu getting rich. It turns out that everything is his."

Wang San was drinking tea at the Shanji tea stall, but didn't want to hear the news.

Over the past few days, he had inquired many times, but there was no sign of any mountain herders making a fortune in Yunqian Village. Now he realized that he had been deceived by Su Yan.

His yellow teeth were clenched with the sound of clicking. Being intimidated by Su Yan was more painful than being beaten.

They are all orphans in the village, so how come that boy became successful? Why can't Wang San do it?

Besides, he didn't believe that kid had any ability. If he really had ability, would his father have died?
Wang San gulped down a mouthful of cold tea and thought to himself: "Tell Niu Han about that kid? I don't believe Niu Han will let him go."

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Wang San hesitated again, with greed flashing in his eyes.

"No, Niu Han and his gang of bastards, relying on their strength, won't even give me soup to drink. I won't get anything good."

Wang San wanted to take revenge on Su Yan and at the same time wanted to seize his wealth.

"What are you thinking about, Wang Sanlai?"

Just as he was lost in thought, a rough big hand landed on his shoulder, frightening him so much that he shivered and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, breaking into several pieces.

Wang San looked up and saw a big man about 1.8 meters tall standing next to him. He had a rough face and was grinning, like a smiling tiger.

The man sat down, put an old hardwood bow aside, picked up the tea, poured himself a bowl, and drank it in one gulp.

"Li Hu, do you want to scare me to death?"

When Wang San saw this man, he breathed a sigh of relief and cursed.

"I heard that someone very lucky appeared in your village?"

Li Hu did not respond, but stared at Wang San, as if it was mentioned by chance.

But who is Wang San?
Doesn’t he know what a gambler Li Hu is?
Although he is a hunter, his physique is wasted. He is very ruthless. When he is out of the mountains, he is a mountain dweller. When he is inside the mountains, it is hard to say.

His eyes rolled around and suddenly some ideas came to his mind.

"Why, do you still want to drag him into a few bets? He's not like me."

Wang San was talking about Su Yan, but Li Hu and he were birds of a feather, so how could he not hear that something was wrong with Wang San's tone?

He looked at Wang San carefully, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the smile on his face became even brighter.

"Oh, it seems like you know each other well. How about you help us get to know each other?" Wang San looked around and saw that no one noticed them, so he winked.

Li Hu, who had been hanging out with Wang San for many years, immediately understood: "Wang San is up to something bad again."

He picked up the hardwood bow beside him and stood up. Wang San also stood up, but as if he didn't know him.

The two of them left the teahouse one after another, came out of the mountain market, and found an uninhabited place covered with overgrown weeds.

Li Hu grabbed Wang San and said, "Alright, what are you doing? Why are you looking for such a secluded place? Are you planning to set a trap to cheat me and your brother out of Su Yan's money?"

He had heard that a young man had made a lot of money, and he had an idea in his mind. If his family was easy to bully, he might also make a fortune.

"No gambling."

Wang San shook his head. Li Hu looked annoyed. "If I don't gamble, why do you ask me to do that? What's Su Yan's situation? He obtained three or four ten-year-old medicinal herbs in three to five days. I think he made twenty or thirty taels of silver."

Wang San sneered, "You only know that he got medicinal herbs from the previous year, but you don't know that on the first day he got a rare Yin Chi root. It's worth more than twenty or thirty taels. I think it's at least that amount."

He stretched out his skinny and pale hand like a chicken claw and waved it in front of Li Hu, with his five fingers being particularly eye-catching.

Li Hu showed a surprised look: "So much?! Damn, it's enough to enter the city with such wealth."

There was jealousy in his words. Why did he not get such a good thing while everyone else was begging for food in the mountains?

"Going into town?"

Wang San sneered: "What is an orphan like him doing in the city? He has no parents."

Li Hu's eyes flickered, like a wolf smelling blood. "No help at home? Then why don't we find a way to team up with him to help him out?"

"No"

Wang San stopped beating around the bush, his eyes gleaming with ruthlessness. "Let's follow him into the mountains. That kid is so young, how could he have such a knack for climbing mountains? He must have stumbled upon a treasure trove by accident. Li Hu, are you ready?"

If there is a place where spiritual energy gathers in the mountains, precious plants or medicinal herbs with strong medicinal properties will usually continue to grow for several years or even more than ten years.

A place like this is enough for a family to make a fortune.

This is definitely a secret that the mountain herders cannot reveal even if they die.

Now that Su Yan had suddenly become rich, Wang San was certain that he must have stumbled upon this treasure trove by accident.

"Are you serious?"

Li Hu widened his eyes, never expecting such good fortune.

"Do you want to do it or not?"

Wang San pressed the issue, saying that he alone couldn't do it.

"Dry!"

Li Hu agreed immediately. After a moment of thought, he said, "If we call Huang Tian, Zhao Fu, and the others, we won't be safe alone."

Wang San showed a look of pain, but after thinking about the strength of Su Yan's hand that day, he nodded: "Okay, but you have to help him find a way to get his house later. After all, you are not from Yunqian Village."

Although the house is not expensive, it can at least buy enough money to buy some wine.

“easy to talk about”

Li Hu agreed without hesitation and was already thinking about how to proceed.

It’s good to live in the mountains. There are fewer people there. It’s normal for mountain herders to have accidents.

(End of this chapter)