NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 25: Buying Herbal Plant
[Ethereal Small World]
"So relaxing!" Huang Ying Yue sighed about the effectiveness of the spiritual hot spring that was surrounded by a waterfall, flamingo peach blossom trees, and rare plants.
She felt that her muscles had loosened, which was extremely enjoyable. This clear water is still clear and clean, no matter how many times she bathed in it. So magical!
"Master, what is your plan for today?" Xiao Yun was soaking in the hot spring leisurely.
"Let's go to buy some materials to store inside our space before the sect recruiters arrive." She brushed Xiao Yun's soft, snow-white fur gently.
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[Zhiwu City]
The street was bustling; countless small ancient shops and stores could be seen. The architecture of each building was like what she had seen inside the manga she read in modern times and fantasy games she saw on the internet.
The people here are very lively and vigorous. She could see many adventurers and cultivators wandering back and forth to buy the products.
She looked around curiously. So many things and products could be seen, and many sellers tried to attract people's attention to buy their products.
She decided to go and buy the spiritual plants and vegetables to plant inside her space. She walked to a small shop.
"Guest, how can I help you?" A man asked enthusiastically, seeing a beautiful girl in plain hanfu without any decoration and a white cat on her left shoulder. But he still greets her professionally.
"What kind of plant do you sell here?" Huang Ying Yue asked.
"We have all kinds of herbal plants here," the shopkeeper replied while leading Huang Ying Yue toward the wooden shelves that keep countless plants.
"You don't have a spiritual plant here?" She asked in puzzlement.
"No guest, in this domain, as long as we have the best-grade herbal plant, this could be considered lucky. If the guest wants to buy a spiritual plant, you can go to the biggest auction pavilion in the Inner Domain." The shopkeeper shook his head.
"Here, there are magic plants for sale; you can only find those at the biggest auction pavilion in the Outer Domain." He continued.
Huang Ying Yue pondered. Spiritual plants here are rare to find, so the price is extremely expensive. Only the plant that grows for a thousand years or longer could be considered to be the spiritual plant. The kind of plant can be known according to the year of the plant's growth.
Plants are divided into:
Herbal plant (1 year–99 years)
Magic (100-999 years)
Spiritual (1000 years–4999 years)
Superior (5000–9999 years)
Heaven (100,000 years–999,999 years)
Divine (1,000.000 years–999,999,999 years)
Mythical (1 billion years)
(From herbal plant to spiritual plant, divided into 3 grades: low grade, medium grade, and best grade.)
The longer a plant grows, the greater its effectiveness when the alchemy master refines it.
It doesn't matter; as long as she plants the herbal plant inside her space, she could get the spiritual plant. Moreover, she had purple soil, which could accelerate the growth of the plant. As for the biggest auction pavilion, she might visit later.
"I want all kinds of herbal plants here." She pondered for a moment, then told the shopkeeper.
"Please wait a minute." The shopkeeper took out a big wooden box, then packed each kind of plant inside.
"How much?" she asked.
"A total of 50 kinds of low-grade and medium-grade herbal plants, 20 kinds of best-grade herbal plants, 50 gold coins, and 45 purple coins"
"1 low-grade herbal plant is 1 gold coin, 1 medium-grade herbal plant is 50 gold coins, and 1 best-grade herbal plant is 1 purple coin." The shopkeeper explained, seeing Huang Ying Yue's puzzled face.
(100 gold coins = 1 purple coin)
(100 purple coins = 1 low-grade spirit stone)
Huang Ying Yue was voiceless, "….."
She checked her space; she didn't have any coins. She didn't forget that the Outer Domain and Inferior Domain were close to each other.
So, it's normal that people here still use coins for currency. This price isn't expensive for her, but to mortals, it is considered expensive.
"I don't have coins." She said.
Shopkeeper "...."
"But I have a spirit stone." She continued and took out a low-grade spirit stone from the space. Luckily, inside the space, there are some low-grade spirit stones.
{Can't you finish everything in one sentence?} The shopkeeper almost twitched his lips. He thought that she wanted to play with him.
"Please wait a minute, guest!" He was about to turn around when a voice stopped him.
"Keep the remaining cash." Huang Ying Yue said as she waved her hand to take the big wooden box containing herbal plants to her space (the Ethereal World).
"This...." The shopkeeper was stunned. To her, a low-grade spirit stone may be nothing, but to him, he could buy food for several years in this Outer Domain.
When he was about to thank her, she was gone. The shopkeeper clutched the shining spirit stone tightly.
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After coming out of the plant store, she went into many stores and bought many things, such as vegetable seeds, fruit seeds, spiritual white rice seeds, and rune papers.
She didn't forget to buy the jade bottle for storing the fruit juice made from spiritual fruits inside her space.
She didn't forget to exchange some of her spirit stones for the coin currency.
{Yunyun, what do you want to eat?} She held Xiao Yun's soft body.
Whenever Xiao Yun comes outside the Ethereal World, he constantly changes his shape to that of a normal cat with fox ears and fox tail.
His four wings disappeared, and his fur was not as snow-white and shining like his real look. Low-key Low Key.
{Master, let's buy sugar-coated haws!} Xiao Yun pointed at a small store on the street.
{Alright!} She smiled gently.
Since getting along with Xiao Yun, she has learned to smile a lot rather than be as dull as she was in the past.
"Grandpa, how much is this?" Huang Ying Yue stopped in front of an old man in a plain-gray robe and pointed to the red sugar-coated haws.
"Girl, one for two bronze coins." The old man smiled. This girl's temperament is extraordinary.
Even if she wore plain hanfu, he could see that she was from a high family here, yet she was so humble and polite.
{2 bronze coins…} Huang Ying Yue looked at the old man, who was around 80 years old but still struggles alone to make money here.
"Grandpa, would you like to sell me all of your candies?" She asked.
"Girl, are you sure?" The old man was stunned.
"Yes, grandpa." She nodded.
Looking at his situation, the old man's business is not good. She didn't know how long he had stood under the hot sunlight selling this or how much he could earn a day.
He didn't even have money to buy the proper clothes or water. She didn't see the water bottle here. His robe was tattered and old.
"Just give grandpa 80 bronze coins." The old man said, Actually, it should be 1 silver coin, but he only asked for 80 bronze coins.
(100 bronze coins = 1 silver coin)
She is such a good girl; he likes her.
Huang Ying Yue took all 50 sugar-coated haws and kept them inside her space. The candies will remain fresh and new as long as she keeps them inside her space.
She kept one and gave one to Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun's cute paw held the long candy and stretched his pink tongue to lick the sweet taste.
"Grandpa, please keep this." Looking around, when no one noticed, she stuffed a bag into the old man's wrinkled hand.
Then, without waiting for the old man's reply, she hugged Xiao Yun and walked away.
The old man was puzzled. He opened the bag, and then he was stunned. Inside the bag, there are countless silver and gold coins.
This amount was enough for him to live with two or three people for a lifetime. His eyes were wet, and tears slipped down as he looked at the slender back.
"Grandpa, who hurt you?" A man with messy hair rushed forward and held the old man's trembling body.
He was furious! He was just free from his duty today, so he wanted to visit his stubborn grandpa, who always sneaks out to make money.
Even though he asked him not to do anything, the old man still refused. He said that he has to earn more money to raise the entire family.
But who hurt his grandpa? The man's eyes turned cold. He won't let go of that person.
"Grandpa is just happy." The old man sighed, seeing the man's cold eyes.
The man was stunned. Happy? Grandpa never cried since grandma was gone; how could he cry because he was happy now?
"What happened, Grandpa?" He asked curiously.
"Grandpa, I met a good girl." The old man smiled. Then the old man told him the entire story. He was happy that he met a girl who resembled his beloved wife.
Such a good girl; if his wife was still alive, his wife must love this girl.
"Grandpa, do you remember her face?" He asked after being silent for a long time. He will find her to thank her for her kindness. Her moves saved his family crisis; more importantly, she made his grandpa happy and smile from the bottom of his heart.