Chapter 1393 - 703: Trap (Pink Ticket 90 Ticket Bonus) (Part 2)

The shop owner looked troubled: "Well, the Immortal Masters come by every ten days to a month, and they buy up all the best herbs..."

Ning Xiaoxian laughed, "Is that so? If that’s true, why do those big merchant teams still come here? "No one understands the nature of mortals better than she does; the best things are always kept for later. But the shop owner had a thick skin, and said upon hearing this, "If the herbs the guest wants are too precious, this humble shop doesn’t really have much to offer..."

Ning Xiaoxian took out a purple fist-sized Spirit Stone and shook it in front of him, so his next words became, "There is only one treasure of the shop, reluctant to part with it for so long. If the guest is interested, and if we can agree on a price..."

She interrupted: "What is it?"

The shop owner lowered his voice and said, "It’s a white flower snake tongue grass."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hei Hao and the other Hidden Guards were still unaware, but Zhai Mo and Ning Xiaoxian both showed slight changes in their expressions. The shop owner noticed the surprise in Zhai Mo’s eyes, clearly this Pill Master couldn’t believe that such a valuable herb was in his possession, and for a moment his vanity soared as he smiled, "The goods are genuine, the old and young are not deceived... But you know, each spirit leaf of a mature snake tongue grass is worth over fifty thousand Spirit Stones. This snake tongue grass has four leaves, although it has just entered its infancy, selling the whole plant for thirty thousand Spirit Stones is not a problem."

Ning Xiaoxian raised one of her elegant eyebrows. On such a declining little array, they can actually produce snake tongue grass, which is an essential material for making the elixir that helps Cultivators successfully break into the Divinity Transformation stage! And the shop’s selling price is truly not expensive.

However, this thing cannot be easily removed from the soil, so: "The price is fair, then bring it out for me to see."

The shop owner indeed said, "You know too, snake tongue grass can only grow in soil accompanied by black ants, and it needs chicken blood irrigation every mealtime, so this treasure is still planted in the ground... Once you pay the first installment, I’ll take you there to pick it."

She readily threw down ten thousand Spirit Stones, and the shop owner shouted towards the back, "Woman, come out!" Within ten breaths, a middle-aged woman came out, holding a child’s hand.

The shop owner said, "I’ll take these guests to pick the Spirit Grass, you collect the first installment, then take the child to the mayor’s house for a while." The middle-aged woman, upon hearing this, came up to put this piece of light purple Spirit Stone into her arms, and was about to leave. Everyone understood that the shop owner was holding something back, in case the Cultivators get greedy and wipe out his entire family.

Ning Xiaoxian, sharp-eyed, quickly noticed that the child was only four or five years old, with a small head, small eyes, thin body, and short stature, clearly malnourished, but the clothes he wore were still made of silk, indicating that the store’s business was booming, and there was no way the boss could be depriving his child of food and drink.

What was going on?

As she furrowed her brow, she noticed that when the child walked, his eyes stared straight ahead, and his eyeballs didn’t move at all. Children at this age are usually lively and active, not staring blankly like this with lifeless eyes. The woman was obviously used to his temper and gently pulled him twice before moving, so the child would step and follow.

Ning Xiaoxian calmly withdrew her gaze and followed the shop owner out of the store.

The direction everyone was heading was towards the small hill behind the town. According to the shop owner, ordinary Spirit Grass was fostered in a nursery, but this snake tongue grass was too precious, so he was growing it in an abandoned farmhouse yard.

After walking for two quarters, they were getting farther and farther from the town, and the faces of the Hidden Stream members gradually changed, because ahead came a peculiar pressure, accompanied by a faint feeling of discomfort. If Ning Xiaoxian had to describe it, it was a bit like the Evil Qi in an underground palace, or even the Yimu Growth Power that the Hidden Guards were extremely familiar with!

But Evil Qi is the product of the Earth Evil Vein, and Yimu Growth Power is simply released by the enormous body of the Ba Snake. So what was the situation here?

Until they climbed the hillside, everyone raised their Protective Gang Qi, isolating the influence brought by this strange pressure. Among the group, only the shop owner was mortal, completely unaware.

After Ning Xiaoxian walked for a while, she suddenly said, "You’re sick, and unable to cure it repeatedly?"

The shop owner was startled upon hearing this, and his face slowly turned a bit despondent, "Ah, you’ve noticed." The woman in front of him was also a Cultivator, so it wasn’t surprising for her to see through it.

She said indifferently, "You’re almost out of life, so why hang onto money?"

The shop owner swallowed hard, puzzled, "What do you mean by this?"

"It’s not just you; including your child, and many people in this town, all have ailments, and medicines are ineffective." She paused and then said, "I don’t believe you guys are completely unaware, Xiaohecang is actually not a suitable place for living."

The shop owner seemed to let out a sigh of relief and smiled bitterly, "This place is indeed strange, but planting Spirit Grass here... can make a huge profit. Immortal, you don’t know, my ancestral home was flooded, and I wandered outside for ten years, barely had enough to eat. Only when I came to Xiaohecang could I have a slight surplus, even if there’s something strange, it can’t be helped. I planned to earn a little more money and then leave Xiaohecang."

Speaking of which, there was a vague outline of a farmstead ahead in the woods, and he pointed and said, "Look, it’s up there."

"No wonder there are so few people here, only those unafraid of death would stay in Xiaohecang." Ning Xiaoxian nodded, "Since you don’t fear death, I’ll see you on your way."

The shop owner’s legs went weak, and his face changed, "What do you mean! Are you trying to take it by force?"

She nodded slightly towards the farmhouse with her chin: "Speak, how many are ambushing inside?"

The shop owner was dumbfounded before saying, "Granny, you’re wronging me..."