Steward Bai laughed immediately upon hearing Zhang Yan's words.
If Zhang Yan had made a direct guarantee, he would have been skeptical instead, but since the other party wanted to examine the injuries of his spirit plant.
That meant the other party likely possessed genuine skill.
"Junior Brother, please take a look!"
Steward Bai scanned the surroundings, confirmed no one was there, and with a wave of his hand, a somewhat wilted spirit plant immediately appeared in his palm.
Beneath the spirit plant was a flowerpot crafted from white jade.
The simple, rustic flowerpot radiated a faint spiritual light.
"This is actually a piece of white jade imbued with spiritual energy."
Zhang Yan was somewhat stunned.
Extravagant, it was simply too extravagant! He estimated that this jade pot alone was worth dozens of spirit stones.
Yet, the more this was the case, the more it proved the preciousness of this spirit plant.
Zhang Yan had some understanding of spirit plants, all thanks to the entries on his spirit hoe, which allowed him to recognize about seventy or eighty percent of ordinary spirit plants.
But he had truly never seen, or even heard of, this spirit plant that looked like an orchid.
"Senior Brother Bai, please forgive this Junior Brother's ignorance; I cannot recognize the origin of this spirit plant." After observing for a while, Zhang Yan finally shook his head and spoke to Steward Bai.
"Hahaha, Junior Brother, no need to be modest. This is an Ice Moon Orchid, a first-tier high-grade spirit grass. It is quite rare, so it is normal that you do not recognize it."
"No wonder." Zhang Yan understood in his heart. He had not expected it to be a first-tier high-grade spirit grass; such a spirit grass was worth at least two or three hundred spirit stones.
If it were a spirit grass with special properties, the price would double. The most expensive among them were the auxiliary materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill; although they were also first-tier high-grade spirit grasses, each one was worth thousands of spirit stones.
It was only natural to use a jade pot to hold such a material.
"This is an Ice Moon Orchid?"
Upon hearing Steward Bai's words, Zhang Yan's expression changed.
He had originally thought it was just a relatively rare first-tier high-grade spirit grass, but he had not expected it to be an Ice Moon Orchid!
The price of an Ice Moon Orchid was not much cheaper than the auxiliary materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and the reason was simple: it was the main ingredient for the Youth Preserving Pill.
It is well known that the pursuit of beauty by women is the same regardless of whether it is in a past life or the present, whether they are cultivators or mortals.
And the Youth Preserving Pill allows a female cultivator to keep her appearance at its most beautiful moment until the day she dies.
Although theoretically, if you cultivate fast enough and your cultivation level is high enough, the speed of your aging will not catch up to you.
However, in reality, due to aptitude and various other reasons, this is simply difficult to achieve. Therefore, the Youth Preserving Pill is considered hard currency throughout the entire Cultivation World.
After all...
For those cultivators with high talent who wish to attain the Dao through divine abilities, the Foundation Establishment Pill is not strictly necessary, but almost every female cultivator wants a Youth Preserving Pill!
Regardless of age or aptitude.
Even a female cultivator with excellent aptitude finds it difficult to refuse a Youth Preserving Pill.
A single batch of Youth Preserving Pills can sell for at least ten thousand spirit stones.
It is no wonder Steward Bai values it so much; this is indeed a significant opportunity.
Moreover, Zhang Yan saw that this Ice Moon Orchid was about thirty or forty years old, and the other party definitely wanted to raise it to fifty years.
Because only an Ice Moon Orchid over fifty years old can be used as the main ingredient for the Youth Preserving Pill; otherwise, it can only be refined into a Beauty Preserving Pill. Although it is still expensive, it is far inferior to the Youth Preserving Pill.
And precisely because it is so precious, Zhang Yan had only heard of the Ice Moon Orchid but had never seen one, and even Elder Lin had never seen one.
Naturally, he could not recognize its background.
"I wonder, Junior Brother, can it be saved?" Steward Bai asked Zhang Yan somewhat nervously.
Zhang Yan did not answer Steward Bai immediately, but instead carefully observed the Ice Moon Orchid in his hand. There were no visible problems on the surface, yet it appeared somewhat wilted.
Zhang Yan thought for a moment, reached out, and a cluster of emerald green light emerged, which he then slowly sent into the body of the Ice Moon Orchid.
This was precisely the Wood Element Technique.
The pure wood element power condensed by the Wood Element Technique could not only accelerate the growth of spirit plants but even heal them, and its effect on spirit plants was far greater than on humans.
It took no more than two breaths.
The green light in Zhang Yan's hand dissipated completely.
And visibly to the naked eye, the state of the Ice Moon Orchid had improved quite a bit.
"It is possible; this Ice Moon Orchid can be saved.
If I perform the Wood Element Technique once a month, three months will be enough to heal it." Zhang Yan nodded and said to Steward Bai.
"Is that truly so?"
"Truly!"
Zhang Yan nodded gently. In fact, this Ice Moon Orchid had been damaged during the excavation process, injuring its root system. If an ordinary spirit plant master were to treat it, it might require quite a bit of effort.
But for Zhang Yan, whose Wood Element Technique was almost infinitely close to perfection, it was merely a trivial matter.
If he had wanted to, he could have healed the Ice Moon Orchid just now.
The reason he said it would take three times was because... Steward Bai had to pay money, and splitting it into three times would make the other party feel better.
Otherwise, seeing him heal the Ice Moon Orchid so easily, the other party might not offer a high price.
But now, he had demonstrated his superb strength and given a guarantee; if the other party wanted him to continue, they would have to pay a sufficient price.
"Good, good, good!"
Seeing the Ice Moon Orchid, which had regained some vitality, a look of excitement appeared on Steward Bai's face: "I will trouble you to take action in the future, Junior Brother. I have prepared some small gifts here; I hope you will not be polite."
As Steward Bai spoke, he took out a storage bag and handed it to Zhang Yan.
"Since Senior Brother is so polite, then this Junior Brother will not decline!"
Zhang Yan took the storage bag without a second thought. This storage bag had not been bound to a master; he channeled his magic power and immediately sensed the items inside.
Inside this storage bag were about two hundred spirit stones, two bottles of pills, and countless spirit plant seeds of various kinds.
In total, it was worth at least three hundred spirit stones.
Three hundred spirit stones!
He had worked hard for three months, even taking extra advantage of the sect, and had only earned two hundred and thirty-some spirit stones, while Steward Bai had offered over three hundred spirit stones in one go.
One has to say.
For the sake of this Ice Moon Orchid, Steward Bai had truly spent a fortune.
Feeling the items inside, Zhang Yan nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, Senior Brother. This Junior Brother will definitely do his utmost to heal this Ice Moon Orchid!"
"Good, it is best that you are satisfied, Junior Brother. In that case, I will come to find you again next month!" Seeing Zhang Yan accept the storage bag, Steward Bai was even happier.
After seeing Steward Bai off.
Zhang Yan weighed the storage bag in his hand. Steward Bai had given three hundred, and harvesting the spirit rice would earn over two hundred and thirty, adding up to over five hundred spirit stones.
However, out of these five hundred-plus spirit stones, he needed to set aside over 100 to lease the spirit fields and purchase tools needed for farming, so he could not spend them.
Therefore, the spirit stones actually available for him to use were only four hundred or so.
"Four hundred or so, that is enough to buy quite a few things."
Thinking of a piece of equipment he had been wanting to purchase for a long time, Zhang Yan's eyes flickered.
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