God of Pets

Chapter 370 The Medicinal Herbs Market
"If he won't sell, I don't want to buy either. Why should I let the Wang family make money off me?" Chen Guan didn't seem to care.

If they don't want to sell, they don't want to sell. We can just buy from the Zhang family.

Since he was already there, Chen Guan decided to first check out the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm. Although the chances were slim, he figured he might find something.

Even if he couldn't find any, there was a huge market in the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm where he could buy medicinal herbs. Chen Guan planned to buy some ancient ginseng or something similar to eat.

Although it's not as effective as elixirs, it's definitely good for replenishing qi.

Duan Shulin was leading Chen Guan out of Black City to the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm when a young man blocked their way.

"Hey bro, what are you doing?" Duan Shulin asked the boy blocking his way.

"Big brother, Mom told me to call you back," the boy said.

"I have to go to the secret realm. Go back and tell Mom I won't be home for dinner today," Duan Shulin said, turning to walk past the boy and continue on his way.

Unexpectedly, the boy took a step to the side, blocking Duan Shulin's path once again.

"Big brother, Mom wants you to go back now," the boy said.

"Duan Hualong, you've really made something of yourself, haven't you? Since when did it become your place to make decisions about my affairs?" Duan Shulin said angrily.

"Brother, this is all for your own good," Duan Hualong said, unmoved.

"Old Duan, go back. I won't be staying here long. I'll be going back soon." Chen Guan naturally understood that the Duan family knew he was here, so they sent Duan Hualong to call Duan Shulin back.

"What can I do if I don't go back?" Duan Shulin snorted and pulled Chen Guan away.

Chen Guan didn't move. He didn't want to create a rift between Duan Shulin and his family. Firstly, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he had no conflict with the Duan family, so why make them seem like enemies?

"Go back, we'll contact you again later." Chen Guan insisted that Duan Shulin go back.

Seeing this, Duan Shulin could only smile bitterly and helplessly: "Old Guan, I'm ashamed this time. I'm sorry."

"It's nothing, go back first." Chen Guan told Duan Shulin to go back first.

"Let's go, what are you still looking at?" Duan Shulin scolded Duan Hualong.

"Excuse me, thank you." Duan Hualong bowed slightly to Chen Guan before turning around and quickly following Duan Shulin.

Chen Guan didn't take the matter to heart and brought Fu Tianji with him to the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm.

At the entrance to the secret realm, there is a huge market.

The usual places next to secret realms mainly sell secret spirit materials, secret cores, pets, etc., but the market here is a huge open-air trading market for rare and precious materials.

All sorts of rare and precious herbs were piled up on the stalls, including sacks of danshen, codonopsis, scrophularia, ginseng, lingzhi, deer antler, and so on.

There were also many medicinal herbs that Chen Guan didn't recognize. These herbs looked quite good, but Chen Guan didn't know much about them and didn't know whether they were cultivated or grew in the wild mountains of the secret realm.

As Chen Guan walked, he asked questions, first clarifying the prices, and also inquiring about the differences between the medicinal herbs at different prices.

Herbal medicine merchants are happy to share their knowledge with customers. Although what they say may not be entirely true, you can still glean some insights from it.

It is certain that there are many rare and precious natural materials on the market, but very few are wild; more than 90% are cultivated.

It does have some effects, but it's hard to say how much of those effects it can achieve compared to wild ones.

Even those so-called wild ginseng are not true wild ginseng. They are seeds planted by human cultivators in secret mountain forests, left to grow on their own, and then sold as wild ginseng. The effect is acceptable, but the lifespan is not very long. After all, it is up to humans to cultivate them. Waiting ten or eight years is fine, but who can wait hundreds or thousands of years before selling them?

This wild ginseng, sown in the mountains and forests, is called forest ginseng by the locals and is considered a good thing.

However, what Chen Guan wanted was not this kind of stuff, but rather rare and precious natural treasures like wild ginseng that had grown for ten thousand years. These forest ginsengs that had grown for over ten years were good for ordinary people and had a good effect on replenishing qi, but to Chen Guan, they were no different from carrots, only smaller.

Chen Guan visited many shops, but became more and more disappointed. In this huge market, it was good to find a few hundred-year-old wild ginseng plants. Thousand-year-old wild ginseng plants were practically the prized possessions of these medicinal herb shops.

One or two of these plants are not of much use to Chen Guan.

Although Chen Guan was somewhat disappointed, he still patiently prepared to finish browsing the market before entering the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm.

As Chen Guan looked around, he spotted a familiar medicinal herb: dark red fruits. Judging from their shape and details, they should be Crimson Blood Fruits.

However, judging from its appearance, it's probably not a top-tier item; it's just an ordinary one that can quickly replenish energy.

After Chen finished watching, just as he was about to leave, the shopkeeper stopped him: "Brother, are you not satisfied with the quality of these Vermilion Fruits? I have some top-quality goods here, would you like to take a look?"

"What kind of top-quality goods?" Chen Guan asked.

"Are you interested in the mutated Crimson Blood Fruit?" the shopkeeper asked.

"Yes." Chen Guan nodded immediately.

The so-called mutated Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit is the Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit that has been tainted with the blood of the Crimson Flame Demon.

This kind of Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit is usually planted by the Devouring Spirit God to prey on the Crimson Flame Demon, and its original effect is not as good as that of wild Vermilion Fruit.

However, because it was tainted with the blood of the Crimson Demon, it became a mutated Crimson Blood Vermilion Fruit, with effects no less than those of a wild Vermilion Fruit.

"Old Liu, watch my stall for a bit." The boss asked the stall owner next to him to watch his stall while he took Chen Guan to the warehouse he had rented behind the market.

Chen Guan followed the boss, turning left and right, until they arrived at a warehouse. After the boss opened the warehouse, all sorts of materials were piled up everywhere, including some Solomon's Seal, which were simply piled on the ground.

Many workers work here, processing all kinds of medicinal herbs.

The boss led Chen Guan to the very back of the warehouse, where there was a greenhouse enclosed by plastic sheeting, filled with many medicinal herbs.

In one of the flowerpots, there was a Crimson Blood Fruit plant.

Five vermilion fruits grew on the red vine, and judging from their color, they were indeed mutated vermilion fruits.

Chen Guan only glanced at it a few times before realizing that there was something wrong with the mutated Crimson Blood Fruit.

He had seen the real mutated Crimson Blood Fruit, and this one was indeed very similar, but there were still some differences.

Chen Guan was almost certain that this thing was probably a fake Crimson Blood Fruit that the boss had transplanted and then watered with the blood of some other mysterious spirit.

The effects of this fruit cannot compare to those of the Crimson Blood Fruit, which is nourished by the blood of the Crimson Demon. Moreover, it is probably not old enough and has been treated with ripening agents.

Just as Chen Guan was feeling disappointed, he noticed a plant that looked like an orchid next to the crimson fruit.

He sensed a deep, soul-stirring feeling from that plant.

(End of this chapter)