The one who wants to break the record?
Hearing the way Wang addressed him, Yi Yun nearly choked. This woman sure had a foul mouth. He had only asked a few questions and she was being this sarcastic about it.
But… Alright… Although he did want to break the record, he had not said it out loud.
“Little brother Yi Yun, it’s you.”
Zhao Qingcheng looked at Yi Yun and forced a smile. She transmitted her voice, “This woman is a hedgehog. She wants to prick anyone she sees. She’s also a metallic rooster made of black iron. She’s so stingy that she won’t allow you to pluck out even a single feather! You will know once you hand over your herbs today. She will reduce the price of your herbs drastically. Many rookies can’t even pay the 25 dragon scale runes rent.”
Zhao Qingcheng was full of complaints. She was still worried over the usury.
The few herb-picking girls were all at a loss. To cultivators, dragon scale runes was too precious. They had to pinch every penny to lead their days, wishing they could use one dragon scale rune as two.
“Thank you Sis Zhao’s advice. Why does Sister Wang have such a bad temper?” Yi Yun asked casually.
“Who knows. I heard that she was a cultivator in the Tai Ah Divine City. Then she found another cultivator who she liked and got engaged. Later, due to some mishap, the person she liked died while cultivating. Later on, this Wang woman stayed behind in the Tai Ah Divine City. She’s actually very strong, but is not friendly with anyone, hence she was sent to be in charge of miscellaneous jobs.”
“This…” Yi Yun did not expect for this to happen. Hearing this story, he could feel the brutality of cultivating in the Tai Ah Divine City. It was so easy to die.
“Sis has to tell you. Dragon scale runes are very precious. Every dragon scale rune has to be wisely spent. Do not waste them. It’s difficult for rookies to earn dragon scale runes. You make about 10 or so a day, and there are many places you need to use them in the future.”
Zhao Qingcheng knew this all too well.
Yi Yun nodded. He felt that although Zhao Qingcheng was never serious with her words, she was still a good person.
At this time, Wang had already lifted the steelyard, and said to Yi Yun, “Herb picking is the same for rookies and veterans. 25 dragon scale runes, not one less! If there’s not enough… then we will have to reduce your dragon scale runes to below zero.”
Wang dragged out her tone and played with the pigeon egg-sized weight, knocking it on the table.
“Of course, if you don’t want to sleep on the streets, you can choose to be like those debtors and borrow from the bank. As for the interest… for rookies, it’s less. Only 12%, but of course it compounds.”
While saying this, Wang glanced at Zhao Qingcheng and company. They all turned red with embarrassment. This Wang woman’s mouth was too foul.
Yi Yun was nonchalant upon hearing Wang’s words. He placed his herb basket onto the table.
Wang pulled away the cloth covering the basket and reached in to pull out the herbs.
But, with this grab, a strange expression appeared on Wang’s face.
Having been in the herb-picking office for so long, she was extremely sensitive to herbs. With this reach, she could feel something amiss. Upon looking inside the basket, she gave an odd look.
She flipped the herb basket and her face gradually froze.
“Oh?”
Zhao Qingcheng and company also noticed Wang’s expression, and were curious about what had happened.
“These… were picked by you?”
Wang raised her head and measured Yi Yun from head to toe, as if this was the first time seeing him.
Yi Yun nodded. Zhao Qingcheng and company also came to realize that something had happened. They came over out of curiosity and looked into the basket and were immediately stunned.
“Void Star Flower, Panniu roots. Oh? This is Duskwood Fruit… a treasure among Yellow-ranked herbs, and… what is this…?”
Zhao Qingcheng took out a worm-like object. After looking at it for good while, she recalled the record in the ‘Divine wilderness’ book. “This… it can’t be, Meteorite Grass?”
Zhao Qingcheng had picked herbs for a long time and had only encountered a few low-grade Mystic-rank herbs, which were all very common ones among the Mystic-rank herbs.
And Meteorite Grass was a middle-grade Mystic-ranked herb that nearly approached upper-grade Mystic-rank.