Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 491 Golden Thread Mystic Ginseng!

Therefore, despite the many high-value medicinal herbs and materials on the stall, no one dared to cause trouble. Instead, they respectfully inquired about the prices.

Gu Yuan's gaze fell on one of the spirit ginsengs, which was as thick as a wrist and entirely black.

This ginseng is complete, with fine golden threads faintly wrapped around its surface, giving it a faint spiritual glow. It looks like a large black and gold radish.

However, the most amazing thing is that most of the gold patterns on it form a human silhouette on the surface, like a faint little golden figure, breathing in and out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This indicates that the ginseng was not dead, and even possessed a trace of spirituality and instinct, able to absorb and expel the primordial energy of heaven and earth according to its instincts, and continue to grow.

Given enough time, it might have the chance to truly develop sentience, cultivate into human form, and become a true ginseng immortal.

According to legend, ginseng is a magical elixir that can grant immortality to those who consume it.

Of course, this golden thread ginseng is still far from being a ginseng immortal, but even so, it must be four or five thousand years old, which is already extremely precious.

It is sufficient to be used as the main ingredient in certain elixirs to refine a batch of elixirs specifically designed to enhance cultivation.

Its medicinal power is pure and potent, and it has a significant effect even on powerful Yin spirits.

It can also be used as an auxiliary medicine. Adding some when refining other pills can also improve the quality of the elixir, so it has many uses.

This is because this type of golden thread ginseng usually only grows to three thousand years old, and it is difficult to exceed this range.

But once one exceeds this range, it is equivalent to breaking the shackles imposed by heaven and earth, and having a slight possibility of achieving immortality.

Compared to independent cultivators, this item is undoubtedly more valuable to some powerful forces.

Because if a rogue cultivator obtains this item, at most they will directly consume and refine it, or gather other spiritual herbs and specially invite other alchemists to refine a batch of pills.

However, if this thing falls into the hands of some powerful forces, it can be planted in the spirit field, watered with spirit water, fertilized, and continued to be cultivated.

Sooner or later, this spiritual ginseng will truly become spiritual and be able to transform into human form.

If so, one will possess various abilities such as enlightening spiritual herbs, regulating earth veins, stimulating vitality, cultivating spiritual herbs, and accelerating the growth rate of spiritual herbs.

Its value is far greater than simply refining it into a elixir.

Therefore, many people have now set their sights on this item.

An older cultivator who had just squeezed in next to Gu Yuan said in a deep voice, "May I ask, senior, what is the price of this Golden Thread Ginseng? Can it be exchanged for spirit stones?"

The stall owner, an old man, didn't even lift his eyelids, and casually said, "I have no shortage of spirit stones. As for magic weapons, they won't do, but magic treasures are fine. I'll also exchange them for other spiritual herbs or materials of equal value. Hmm, if you really have other valuable spiritual items, that's fine too."

After saying this, he fell silent.

Even if someone asks to take a look or offers a high price to buy it, he ignores them.

"I have a snow orchid tree here that is 2,700 years old. The snow-scale fruit that grows on it is of great benefit to cultivators who practice Daoist books of the Water, Profound Yin, Great Yin, and Lesser Yin attributes. I wonder if I can exchange it for it?"

At this moment, on Gu Yuan's other side, a middle-aged cultivator dressed in a brocade robe and wearing a jade crown asked a question.

"no.

The old man shook his head without hesitation, refusing: "A five-thousand-year-old snow orchid tree would be acceptable, but two thousand seven hundred years is far from enough." "Heh... a five-thousand-year-old snow orchid tree is worth more than your spiritual ginseng. Fellow Daoist, don't be so greedy!"

The middle-aged cultivator snorted coldly, clearly somewhat dissatisfied.

The old stall owner, without even looking up, said, "My Golden Thread Ginseng is a mutated spiritual herb. It has broken free from its original constraints and possesses a trace of spirituality. Naturally, its value is several times higher. How could it be as greedy as you say?"

"A transaction is simply a matter of mutual consent and getting what you need. If we can't reach an agreement, then we won't talk about it."

Although he was ridiculed for asking for too much, the old man was not angry and simply said calmly.

The middle-aged cultivator remained silent for a moment, his face expressionless, before nodding and saying, "What you say is quite right, fellow Daoist. It is I who have been a bit petty."

Having said that, he fell silent. However, after this battle, the people around him realized that this middle-aged cultivator was no ordinary person, as he was a powerful Yin God. Therefore, they all became more cautious and looked at the middle-aged cultivator with more respect and caution.

At this point, other people followed suit and placed their bids.

Gu Yuan was not involved.

Although this Golden Thread Scrophularia is a good thing, and Gu Yuan is quite interested in it, firstly, it is too valuable, and secondly, it is not a necessity for Gu Yuan. Even if he bought it and planted it in his cave in the Southern Border Mountain Gate, he would not have much time to take care of it.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to buy it.

Not long after, someone took out a piece of yellow clay and swapped it for this item, which surprised many people, including Gu Yuan.

That piece of yellow clay was not just simple yellow clay; it had many tiny holes on it, inside which were jade-like insects. These insects were yellowish-white, somewhat resembling cockroaches, and very small in size.

However, these jade-like seeds are essential for cultivating certain special supernatural powers, and they require at least tens of thousands of years of evolution to become what they are now.

The old man was clearly delighted to receive this item and opened another wooden box.

Inside the wooden box was a dark gray block, about the size of an adult's fist, emanating a faint earthy smell.

The old man explained, “This is a piece of Solomon’s seal that I dug up in a deep mountain valley. It is an ordinary type of Solomon’s seal, but this piece is quite old, a full 7,600 years old. Its medicinal properties are very strong. I believe you all know its value, so I don’t need to say more.”

As he spoke, he gently scraped open a bit of the Solomon's seal skin with his fingernail, revealing the golden and off-white flesh inside. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out, and everyone who smelled it felt completely comfortable.

Gu Yuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at the piece of Solomon's Seal.

He was naturally familiar with Polygonatum.

When he first embarked on the path of cultivation, he relied on a few young Polygonatum plants to gradually improve his strength and overcome the difficulties he faced at the time.

As for now, ordinary spiritual herbs have almost no effect on him, and may even have some adverse effects—because his current cultivation level is too pure, and ordinary spiritual herbs seem to Gu Yuan to have many impurities.

Even the old man's seven-thousand-year-old Huangjing (Polygonatum sibiricum) didn't have much effect on Gu Yuan; at most, it could only improve his cultivation level a little.

Gu Yuan didn't continue to join in the fun. He turned around and was about to leave.

But at that moment, he was jolted.

Because Gu Yuan clearly "saw" that his natal magic weapon, the Taiyi Golden Bell, was actually trembling slightly at this moment.

(End of this chapter)