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A simple sentence, yet it was like a pebble falling into this quiet room, stirring up a thousand ripples.

Everyone was stunned.

Elder Li's mouth opened slightly, and the wrinkles on his face trembled with excitement.

Qingfeng's fingernails almost dug into her palms to remind herself that she wasn't hallucinating, and her eyes reddened.

Xiao Yi's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his usually deep and unfathomable eyes were now churning with indescribable emotions.

There was shock, confusion, doubt, and above all, a sense of relief and disbelief, like surviving a catastrophe.

Xiao Yi opened his mouth, wanting to ask something more, but found himself at a loss for words.

Tao'er seemed to have seen through their thoughts.

Elder Li stood up excitedly, "Young lady, you just said you have Tian Shan snow lotus and thousand-year-old ginseng. You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

This is no joke!

He has been offering high prices to search for these two medicinal herbs in recent months, but many people are trying to swindle money with similar fake herbs, so he must be careful.

"Elder Li, Tao'er says she has it, so she must have it. I believe her."

Xiao Yi spoke, his eyes filled with trust.

Although he didn't know why Tao'er had such rare medicinal herbs.

She lowered her eyelashes slightly, her voice still calm and unhurried: "I know these things are not ordinary. Even if I said I had them, you might not believe me."

She paused, then reached out and untied the bamboo basket from her back.

The bamboo basket was roughly woven, with some rough edges, and looked no different from the baskets that farmers carried when they went to the market.

Who would have thought that such an inconspicuous basket would contain a treasure that could drive the entire martial arts world crazy?

Tao'er gently placed the bamboo basket on the tea table, her movements as careful as if she were holding some fragile treasure.

She reached into the basket and took out a rectangular wooden box first.

The wooden box was made entirely of fine sandalwood. Although it was not large, it was quite heavy. Several auspicious cloud patterns were faintly carved on the surface of the box, showing that the workmanship was extremely exquisite.

Tao'er placed the wooden box on the table, then reached into the basket and took out another jade box that was slightly flatter.

The jade box is smooth and lustrous, with a subtle, warm sheen, making it clear at a glance that it is no ordinary item.

The two items, placed side by side on the rough tea table, appeared particularly incongruous, yet also exceptionally dignified.

Tao'er looked up at Xiao Yi, then at Elder Li, and said softly, "Old man, the thousand-year-old ginseng is in this wooden box, and the Tianshan snow lotus is in this jade box."

I've heard that Tian Shan snow lotus must be placed in a jade container to retain its medicinal properties.

That's why she found a jade box in her spatial storage and put it there.

She picked the Tian Shan snow lotus yesterday.

You can't just pick them fresh; that would be obvious at a glance, and it wouldn't be easy to explain.

Elder Li's hands were already trembling.

He stood up shakily from his chair and almost collapsed in front of the tea table.

Those withered, bony hands hovered above the wooden box, hesitant to drop them, as if afraid that a single touch would shatter everything like a dream.

He took a deep breath and slowly opened the wooden box.

A rich medicinal aroma instantly filled the air, clear and mellow, penetrating straight to the heart and lungs.

A ginseng lay quietly in the box, its roots intact and shaped like a human figure. Its entire body was a deep amber color, with a faint shimmering light.

The ginseng roots were fine and long, densely covering the entire box, each one plump and round, as if still alive.

Elder Li's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He had lived for over fifty years and had seen quite a few ginseng plants, though the oldest were only a few hundred years old.

But this ginseng of a thousand years old...

He had only seen it in the classic books and catalogs left by his master.

"Excellent, excellent, truly exceptional! It must be at least 1,300 years old..."

With trembling hands, he opened the jade box again.

The moment the jade box was opened, a refreshing coolness wafted over.

The box was lined with a layer of soft silk floss, and on top of the silk floss lay a snow lotus the size of a bowl.

The snow lotus petals were layered upon layered, pure white as snow, crystal clear, with a faint blue fluorescent glow at the edges of the petals, as if they were soaked in moonlight.

The center of the flower is dotted with golden stamens, which, even if they were not freshly picked, are still plump and fresh as if they were just picked from the top of a snow-capped mountain.

Tian Shan snow lotus.

The real Tian Shan snow lotus.

It is not one of those inferior counterfeit goods sold on the market, nor a shriveled and yellowed defective product, but the Tianshan Snow Lotus, which grows only on the sheer cliffs of towering snow-capped mountains and blooms only once every three hundred years.

Elder Li stared intently at the two objects, his lips trembling violently, and a "hoarse" sound emanating from his throat, as if someone were choking him.

Then, the old man, who had seen all sorts of rare and exotic plants, had tears welling up in his eyes.

He stretched out his hands, as if caressing the most precious sacred object in the world, and gently, very gently touched the rootlets of the ginseng, then carefully closed the lid of the jade box.

"Millennial ginseng... Tian Shan snow lotus..."

Elder Li's voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible; every word seemed to be squeezed out of his chest, carrying a tremor as if suppressed for decades.

"I have everything... I have everything..."

He turned around abruptly, his wrinkled old face streaked with tears, the murky tears streaming down his cheeks and into his white beard.

He grabbed Qingfeng's arm with astonishing strength, his voice almost shouting:

"The sect leader is saved!"

"The Pavilion Master is saved!"

Qingfeng felt a sharp pain from his grip, but she didn't pull away.

He nodded vigorously, his Adam's apple bobbing several times, as if trying to say something, but found that his throat felt blocked by something, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Elder Li then turned to Xiao Yi, grasped his hand tightly, and wept uncontrollably. "Sect Master, you are saved! Heaven help us!"

Pavilion Master…

You're saved...

Xiao Yi was completely dumbfounded; otherwise, he would never have been able to imagine it if he had seen it with his own eyes.

These two rare treasures actually appeared before him.

He helped Elder Li up and nodded heavily, "Yes..."

I don't have to die...

His gaze fell on Tao'er: How many more surprises does this girl have in store for him?

Elder Li released Xiao Yi, staggered around, and faced Tao'er.

The old man, who had been trembling with excitement just moments before, suddenly fell silent.

He took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and then "thumped".

Elder Li knelt straight down in front of Tao'er, startling everyone present.

"Miss Tao'er, please accept my bow for saving my life."

Elder Li bowed down, his forehead hitting the ground heavily, his voice hoarse yet each word resounding.

Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, then knelt down as well.

He didn't speak, but silently bent down, his forehead pressed against the cold ground.

His shoulders were trembling slightly, whether from excitement or something else, it was hard to tell.