Wang picked up the red object and tried to discern it. It was likely the fruit a size of a fist. It was most likely due to the damage that the red fruit’s juices had leaked out.
“Could this be…”
Wang’s face flashed a look a disbelief. With her finger, she dabbed a tiny bit of the pulp before tasting it.
That strong Yang Qi and the taste of blood confirmed Wang’s own guess.
Blood Yang Flower!
And it was a Blood Yang Flower that had born fruit!
Middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb!
Wang looked up with disbelief at Yi Yun, “You… you actually picked a Blood Yang Flower?”
Ever since Wang took over the office for decades, this was the first time a cultivator had brought back a Heaven-ranked herb. And it was even a middle-grade Heaven-ranked herb. This was astonishing!
“Yes, my luck was good…” Yi Yun scratched his head. As a Heaven-ranked herb, the Blood Yang Flower was extremely difficult to find. But in the long history of the Tai Ah Divine City, there were quite a few cultivators with keen senses who managed to pick Heaven-ranked herbs.
Only those among the best, like Zhong Yi, had gathered more than one.
Hence, for this Blood Yang Flower, Yi Yun did not need to do much explanation.
Luck?
Hearing Yi Yun say that, Wang’s eyelids twitched. Even if she had gone personally, it was not easy to find a Heaven-ranked herb. And Yi Yun had just used an understatement like luck to explain it away.
This Blood Yang Flower was one of the more hidden kinds among the Heaven-ranked herbs. How could one find it just from luck?
Wang stared deeply at Yi Yun. She was unhappy. This kid had been lacking in perseverance and diligence, yet he managed to pick a Blood Yang Flower. How was this fair to those cultivators who were diligently picking herbs?
It was not fair!
“You sure have good luck to find such a herb!” Wang said it unhappily. It was impossible for a typical person to pick a Blood Yang Flower just with luck. But for someone with keen senses like Yi Yun, with luck, it was normal for him to pick a Blood Yang Flower.
“Don’t be too happy yet. This luck doesn’t happen often! Also, this Blood Yang Flower is seriously damaged. Don’t you know how to pick a herb? You actually picked it in such a sorry state! I will, at most, give you a third of its price!” Wang said coldly and was constantly suppressing Yi Yun.
She had a great amount of authority on deciding a herb’s price, but she did not wish to give even more dragon scale runes to Yi Yun. It would be better off giving them to those who lacked talent but worked hard.
As Wang said that, she reached to open the second jade box.
Pa!
With a soft sound, the green cover opened. It revealed a dried and cracked item that resembled a carrot.
“Yet another damaged herb!” Wang became angry. Yi Yun’s herb-picking methods were destroying heavenly treasures!
So many good herbs had been destroyed by him!
“Are you blind? Can’t you be more careful when picking herbs? Don’t you know that once it’s damaged, it will…”
Just as Wang was beginning to reprimand Yi Yun, she stopped. Her words got stuck in her throat.
She was like a clucking chicken hen which was suddenly being strangled.