Chapter 225
Chapter 225: A heavenly treasure
The shopkeeper was an old, yet tall and strong orc. Even in the heart of cruel winter, he just had on a thin shirt. Thick hair covered his coarse skin as he lazily rested in his shop.
There were many exotic plants everywhere in the shop. These strange flowers and grasses came in vivid colors, and the shop was filled with a refreshing scent.
Han Shuo only flicked a slight glance at the old orc as he walked in and started looking amongst the plant life himself, identifying them, and looking for what he needed.
In Chu Cang Lan’s memories, he’d spent a lot of time researching the methods of pill refinement. He’d also refined some pills himself.
However, apart from a pill cauldron and a recipe being of the utmost importance in pill refining, the next most important thing were the ingredients. The more precious the pill, the rarer the ingredients. Most of them were heavenly treasures, and one needed them in sufficient quantity to refine the pills.
This time, the leaves glittering with a golden color in front of the old orc’s shop with roots like rock had attracted Han Shuo’s attention.
Using the methods in his memories, he began to closely examine the fauna in order to identify them. After careful scrutiny, he was able to confirm that these strange plants were the ones that only grew in caves with stalactites. These were Goldmarrow Grass that had formed after absorbing the rock essence within the caves for a hundred years as well as the yin qi of the heavens.
Goldmarrow Grass was a heavenly treasure of great yin. If combined with a couple of other ingredients, one would be able to refine the transformative Reform Pill—a pill that would thoroughly excavate all of a mortal’s bones and meridians, completely transforming their body to make it suitable for demonic and magical cultivation.
There was also a small ruby-colored tree with several red fruits on its branches. The flaming fruits were round and translucent, sparkling with a faint crimson light beneath the sunlight. They each seemed to be like a miniature sun.
Shaking his head, Han Shuo smiled, “I’m sorry, no!”
The beauty looked askance at Han Shuo after hearing his rejection. She hadn’t thought that Han Shuo would reject her so decisively. Her pretty brows knit together as she asked again, “I can pay a hundred gold coins just for this blade of grass!”
He shook his head again and confirmed, “I’m sorry, not selling!”
Having met with rejection twice, she knew that there was no chance she would be able to obtain the grass. She looked meaningfully at Han Shuo and said with disdain, “A man with no chivalry. It looks like Emily’s words weren’t that true.” It was Han Shuo’s turn to be surprised after hearing those words, “Are you Mistress Cecilia?”
Nodding her head coldly, Cecilia threw her head back and looked at Han Shuo, speaking proudly, “That’s me. Mister Bryan, what will it take for you to give me the grass?”
“Nothing!” Han Shuo responded and smiled, “It’s very nice to meet you, Mistress Cecilia. Good day!”
Han Shuo didn’t even look at Cecilia after he finished speaking, circling past her to unhurriedly walk outside the shop.