Chapter 5: Beauty, Are You Sick?

"What the fu..."

Seeing this unbelievable scene, everyone on the shore was stunned, almost popping their eyes out.

The youthful girl covered her tempting little mouth, her pretty face filled with disbelief.

"Indeed a master!"

The only one, an old man in gray clothes, seemed to have anticipated this. A strange light flickered in his eyes as he nodded slightly.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Feeling the True Yuan in his body had thickened a bit more, Ying Yue nodded in satisfaction. The effect was really good, comparable to last night's entire session of cultivation. He couldn't help but thank her, "Girl, thanks for your Thousand Year Ginseng King!"

Thousand Year Ginseng King?

Yes, that half piece of "radish" he had just consumed was actually the Thousand Year Ginseng King, roughly around eight hundred years old!

The Thousand Year Ginseng King is spiritually medicinal!

The plants between heaven and earth differ significantly in their efficiency and capacity to store the Essence of Plants and Trees. According to this, plants can be classified into—

ordinary plants, spiritual medicine, and Heaven and Earth Essence.

Trees, weeds, and shrubs belong to ordinary plants, converting the Essence of Plants and Trees inefficiently and storing little.

Ginseng, however, is a spiritual medicine—highly efficient in converting the Essence of Plants and Trees and storing large amounts. The older it gets, the larger the storage.

As for Heaven and Earth Essence, they are rare treasures, not something one can merely hope to encounter.

"Thousand Year Ginseng King is merely spiritually medicinal. If it were the Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King, that would be a Spirit Extract. Such a treasure cannot be nurtured by the environment of the Water Blue Planet!"

Ying Yue smacked his lips, reminiscing the taste of that half piece of Ginseng King, somewhat unsatisfied. The Thousand Year Ginseng King truly lived up to its reputation as a spiritually medicinal herb. Such a small piece contained so much rich Essence of Plants and Trees.

"You owe me a Ginseng King, you owe me my Ginseng King!"

Seeing Ying Yue was fine, the girl finally relaxed but soon started mourning her Ginseng King, "You owe me a Ginseng King, you owe me my Ginseng King, that was something my grandfather left me, wuwuwu~~~"

Talking and talking, the girl's little mouth puckered up, and she began crying loudly.

Ying Yue shook his head and scolded, "What are you crying for? It's just half a piece of Thousand Year Ginseng King. I'll compensate you!"

"You'll pay? With what will you pay?"

Hearing this, before the girl could say anything, the sexy beauty Zhao Huahua on the shore sneered, looking at Ying Yue as if he was an idiot.

"What?" Ying Yue raised an eyebrow.

"Do you know the value of a Thousand Year Ginseng King? You don't, do you? Hehe, let me enlighten you right now, let you understand the stupid mistake you made, and let you know what real despair means!"

Zhao Huahua glared harshly at Ying Yue, her pretty face filled with satisfaction.

"Ah, the Huahua Family specializes in the medicinal herb trade, very familiar with the prices of various Chinese medicines!"

Hearing her say this, Wang Meng exclaimed and quickly added.

"Right, Huahua's family is a well-known medicinal herb family throughout Jiangzhou. If anyone knows Chinese medicine best here, it's her!"

The other girls also chimed in agreement.

Zhao Huahua smiled lightly, "The price of ginseng varies—a few tens of thousands per piece, hundreds of thousands, even a million per piece are common, but a century-old Ginseng King is invaluable, absolutely astronomical.

"Let me tell you, in 2001, a 500-year-old Ginseng King was auctioned in Gangzhou. Do you know how much it was worth?"

"How much?"

Ying Yue asked in surprise. He really had no idea about the value of a Thousand Year Ginseng King on the Water Blue Planet, but he guessed... it must be considerable.

The others also turned to Zhao Huahua, "Huahua, how much exactly?"

"44 million!"

Zhao Huahua stared at Ying Yue, slowly pronouncing the number, her beautiful face full of pride, you pervert, that's for peeping at me, hmph!

"How... how much?"

"4... 44 million? Shit!"

"Damn, this is... literally astronomical!"

"The key issue is, that Ginseng King was auctioned in 2001; what would its price be if it were auctioned today? How many times would it be multiplied?"

Everyone couldn't help but gasp in shock, but then, their faces quickly revealed schadenfreude smiles.

A 500-year-old Ginseng King from a 2001 auction was worth 44 million!

"So how much would an 800-plus-year-old Ginseng King be worth?"

Young Master Wang quickly asked as he woke up.

"Hehe!"

Zhao Huahua slightly smiled, lifting her chin in pride, looking triumphantly at Ying Yue: "For ginseng over 500 years old, every additional 100 years increases its value by 20 million. An 800-plus-year-old Ginseng King is worth at least a billion!"

"A billion..."

Hearing this number, everyone collectively lost their voice, their breathing becoming more rapid.

This time, their gaze towards Ying Yue was not just out of schadenfreude, but filled with the pleasure of revenge.

Only Wang Meng shook her head and sighed, feeling complicated. Ying Yue was just a countryman; a billion to him was simply an unimaginable astronomical sum.

No, it was about equal to all her family's assets.

"Although that piece of Ginseng King was just a small slice, its value is no less than 10 million. However, let's say it again, even 20-year and 50-year-old ginsengs are rare, let alone an 800-year-old one. Its value is indeterminate!

"Say it's worth a few billion, then it's a few billion; say it's worth over ten billion, then it's over ten billion. In today's world, there is never a lack of rich people, so there's no definitive value for high-year Ginseng Kings!"

Zhao Huahua shook her head: "Your name is Ying Yue, right? Hehe, I'd like to hear how you plan to compensate!"

"A billion, that's astronomical, even if it were our family, it would mean bankruptcy. Ying Yue, even if you sold yourself, you couldn't afford that piece of Thousand Year Ginseng King!"

Young Master Wang spoke smugly: "I really want to know, how exactly does this master plan to compensate?"

"Compensate? Him?"

Another man sneered with contempt, "Just a poor lad from the countryside, how much stinky money could he possibly pull out? Even by selling his cooking pot and iron, he couldn't gather a hundred thousand yuan. What can he compensate with?"

Wang Meng and Zhao Huahua, along with a few other girls, their faces showed pity. Millions were a huge amount to them, let alone Ying Yue?

Ying Yue, today he's really stirred up trouble!

An unintended action had caused such a big mess, truly...

Extreme joy begets sorrow indeed!

"Forget it, it's just a piece of Ginseng!"

At this moment, the girl suddenly sighed, which was unexpected for everyone, "It's not as precious as this sister described. Compensate or not, what difference does it make..."

"Young lady, you shouldn't think like that. Murder borrows a life, debt borrows money, it's only right and proper!"

Hearing the girl's words, Young Master Wang's face changed, he hastily said, "Ying Yue ate your Thousand Year Ginseng King, he should compensate you, don't let him off!"

"Exactly, if bad people do bad things and aren't punished, then wouldn't everyone in society start doing bad things?"

"Shut up!"

Ying Yue scoffed, "If anyone else dares to babble, believe it or not, I''ll throw them into the water to feed the fish?"

"..."

The boisterous Young Master Wang and several other men's faces changed slightly, scoffing, they all shut up.

"Beauty, I didn't expect the Thousand Year Ginseng King to be so valuable; I really wasn't aware!"

It was only then that Ying Yue looked at the girl, with a hint of apology, said, "They're right, I don't have that much money to pay you, but the compensation doesn't necessarily have to be in money, right?"

"What do you mean?"

The girl asked strangely, the man in gray also looked at Ying Yue with interest, curious about his method of compensation, while Young Master Wang and Zhao Huahua, however, showed disdain.

Ying Yue barely smiled, slowly said, "Beauty, I want to ask you a question, hope you'll answer truthfully, understand?"

"What exactly are you trying to do, got a screw loose? I don't want your compensation, presumption!" the girl rolled her eyes impatiently, "Hurry down from the raft, we're leaving!"

"Yuan Yuan, wait a moment, let's hear what this young man has to say,"

the man in gray stopped her, saying with a smile.

With that said, Young Master Wang and Zhao Huahua, along with the others, quieted down, all looking at Ying Yue, waiting for what he would say next.

Ying Yue took a deep breath, said, "Beauty, are you sick?"

What?

You're sick?

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, somewhat unable to believe their ears, "What... What did he say? Did I hear that wrong?"

"Didn't... didn't hear it wrong, right, he said this girl is sick?"

After a moment of silence, Young Master Wang and others burst out into huge laughter, curling up, laughing so hard that their stomachs and backs couldn't straighten.

"Ying Yue, Ying Yue, you're killing me from laughter!"

"Damn, you almost made me laugh to death!"

"I thought you could come up with some method of compensation, but you gave me this!"

"Hahaha..."

Young Master Wang and the others were truly amused, however, as they laughed, they soon couldn't laugh anymore, because the girl and the man in gray, neither got angry nor laughed, but were staring intently at Ying Yue.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" the girl asked, furrowing her brows, her voice unexpectedly filled with a mix of tension and anticipation.

"Do you experience your whole body feeling cold, as if falling into an ice cave, bone-chilling cold, every month on the fifteenth at midnight... and with each passing year, it gets severer..."

Ying Yue rubbed his chin, lazily gazing at the beauty, he slowly asked.

"How... how do you know?"

Never had they expected, as soon as he finished speaking, both the girl and the man in gray were shocked.

"Uh..."

"What's this situation?"

Wang Meng and Zhao Huahua looked at each other, sensing something out of the ordinary.

"It seems my guess was correct!"

Ying Yue said with a smile, "Don't ask me how I know. I'm asking you, do you want to treat it?"

"You mean... you can cure it?"

The man in gray and the girl asked together, their expressions very tense!

"Yes!"

Ying Yue nodded firmly.

"Young man, I bow to you!"

Getting Ying Yue's affirming answer, the man in gray made an unexpectedly shocking move; he plunged onto his knees on the raft, letting the lake water soak through his knees, trembling with excitement, "If you can really cure Yuan Yuan's 'illness, even if it means being your servant for life, I'm willing!"

"This..."

Seeing this, Young Master Wang and the others were completely taken aback; it was nothing like what they had expected.

"Enough! Don't pull this stunt on me!"

Ying Yue waved his hand, "I ate your granddaughter's Ginseng King, naturally, I will treat her illness. You don't need to kneel to me, get up, or I won't treat her!"

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