Chapter 5

• Suppressing his thoughts, Su Bai stood up. With a sharp shake, his body suddenly made a 'cracking' sound, like fried beans.
• Fist clenched, he felt as if his body was full of endless power.
• He walked up to a sturdy willow tree and punched it.
• “Bang”
• The low thud of the impact sounded, and the old willow tree, which was about two people's height, suddenly trembled violently, shaking off countless willow leaves.
• Su Bai withdrew his fist, leaving an indentation a few inches deep on the willow tree.
• This willow tree may be hundreds of years old, and its wood is incredibly hard. If such a punch were to hit a person, it would probably just punch a hole right through them.
• However, compared to his previous life, when he could easily smash planets, this power is not even comparable to children playing house.
• “Gululu”
• an inopportune sound rang out, and Su Bai let out a wry smile as he prepared to go back and treat his stomach well. After all, he had not yet reached the realm of cultivation and could not completely abstain from food; he still needed to eat grains and cereals.
• By the time Su Bai returned home, Xue Wanyun had not yet returned from the hospital. Su Bai casually made some food and went straight out the door. It was Saturday, and Su Bai did not need to go to school, so he planned to go for a walk around the Jiangzhou medicinal herb market.
• Although his cultivation has now reached the mid-stage of condensing qi, his body is still slightly weak. He must use medicinal liquids to temper his body a bit before he can get twice the result with half the effort in his next cultivation session.
• Jiangzhou City is adjacent to the remaining veins of the Taibai Mountains, and there are many herbs in Taibai Mountain, so Jiangzhou's medicinal herb market is very prosperous. By the time Su Bai arrived, the medicinal herb market was already bustling with activity.
• Su Bai walked aimlessly on the street. The small stalls and shops on both sides were full of all kinds of medicinal herbs. He had less than 3,000 yuan in his pocket, including the money Su Qingyao had given him, so he had to spend it carefully.
• Here, Su Bai seemed to feel that the aura was a little denser than in other places, probably because of the gathering of medicinal herbs here.
• “Hey, young man, want to see some medicinal herbs? I have everything here, from thousand-year-old ginseng to hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum, from Tianshan snow lotus to all kinds of other rare herbs. What do you think? Want to take a look?”
• A skinny middle-aged man with a goatee greeted Su Bai. Su Bai glanced at the medicinal herbs in his stall, smiled lightly, shook his head, and was about to leave when his eyes lit up. Pointing at a dried mushroom-like herb on the stall, he said, “How much is this?”
• He actually sensed a trace of spiritual fluctuation in this herb!
• The skinny middle-aged man laughed, and said with a mouthful of nonsense, “Young man, you really know your stuff. This is my store's treasure, the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum. The price is fixed at 10,000!”
• “Haha,” Su Bai looked at him with a smile, and said lightly, “It's already a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, so you're losing money at this price, aren't you?”
• The skinny man saw that Su Bai was not easily fooled, and he laughed dryly, saying, “If that's how much you want, I've just opened, so I'll give you the biggest discount!”
• Su Bai pondered for a few seconds, and said nonchalantly, ‘One hundred.”
• The skinny man froze for a moment, his face full of bitter laughter, ’That's too low.”
• “One hundred and fifty, no more!”
• The skinny man gritted his teeth, as if he was in great pain, and sighed, “The first business deal of the morning, I'm losing money to you! Deal!”
• In fact, he was already smiling inside, this mushroom was just picked off an old tree in the mountains, and he never thought he would make 150 yuan for nothing!
• Su Bai paid and just picked up the ‘mushroom’ when he heard a cold voice behind him.
• “I'll pay 50,000 for this cedar mushroom, I want it!”
• Su Bai's eyebrows shot up, and when he turned his head, he saw a beautiful woman with a picturesque face walking over.
• The moment he saw the woman, Su Bai felt a sense of awe.
• Her eyebrows and eyes carried a coldness, her face was absolutely beautiful, with a sense of masculinity and arrogance, and it was obvious that she was born into a noble family. Beneath her pale blue long dress were snow-white slender legs that exuded a seductive luster and elasticity, making it impossible for people to take their eyes off them.
• “Interesting, there are actually cultivators on this planet?” Su Bai looked at the woman in front of him with interest, but his brows slowly raised.
• “No, although there are traces of something similar to true energy flowing through this woman's body, it is extremely weak, and the quality is worlds apart from true energy!”
• “Is this the internal strength that legendary martial arts masters cultivate on Earth?” Su Bai revealed a smile. ‘I thought that was just something from martial arts novels, but I never imagined it actually existed in reality. However, this so-called internal strength is nothing compared to the true energy of immortals, and it's simply not comparable at all.”
• The woman seemed to sense Su Bai's gaze, and she coldly glanced at him. Her slender eyebrows furrowed as she said to the stunned skinny man, ’What? Fifty thousand is not enough, then sixty thousand.”
• The skinny man's face flushed, his mouth twitched, and he pointed at Su Bai, “He...”
• Tang Nianwei glanced at Su Bai again and said coldly, ‘Seventy thousand!’
• The skinny man was breathing heavily, and he was about to vomit blood in his heart. He pointed at Su Bai again, “No, he...”
• “Eighty thousand!”
• The skinny middle-aged man's vision went dark, and he regretted it so much that he almost fainted.
• Damn it, what kind of sin have I created! Eighty thousand dollars worth of medicinal herbs, and I actually sold it for two hundred?
• Tang Nianwei's emotions finally changed. She took a look at Su Bai's attire. He looked pretty, dressed in ordinary clothes, and his entire appearance did not cost more than a thousand dollars. Could a guy like this possibly offer a higher price than herself?
• As if he could read Tang Nianwei's mind, Su Bai grinned and said, “You're too late, this cedar mushroom has already been sold!”
• At this time, the skinny man was finally able to speak. He smiled flattery and said, “Little brother, I don't want to sell this ganoderma lucidum. How about I give you back your 200 yuan?”
• Su Bai gave him a faint look and said, ”The transaction is already complete. Why would there be any reason to go back on your word? If I hadn't bought this herb, then I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to sell it for 200 yuan.”
• The skinny man blushed and held his breath for a long time, but he didn't say anything else.
• This kind of thing happens every day in the herbal medicine market and the antique market. Although he has suffered a loss, he cannot break the rules. He simply packed up his stall and went home. He really wasn't in the mood to do business today!
• After the stall owner left, Tang Nianwei took her first formal look at Su Bai.
• He had delicate features, dressed extremely cleanly, and looked very sunny, especially his eyes, which gave a feeling of depth.
• “This cedar mushroom is useful to me, name your price!”