The ginseng actually ran away—it was truly a bit unbelievable.
However, Nangong An comforted her, saying, “Xi’er, it has short legs and can’t run very fast. Let’s hurry and search around. It’s probably nearby.”
At this moment, the Ginseng King, now invisible, looked down on the two humans with disdain. “Trying to catch me? No chance, hmph!”
“But before we look for the ginseng, we should put away these wild animals first. There are really too many—I can’t carry them all,” Nangong An said, pointing to the pile behind him.
Yunxi followed the direction he pointed. She didn’t notice at first, but once she looked—she was shocked.
On the ground were wild chickens, chicken eggs, wild rabbits, a wild goat, a sika deer, and even a little squirrel.
Wow—this was amazing!
Without another word, she waved her hand and put everything into the space. Then she and Nangong An entered as well, since it was time for lunch.
As soon as they entered the space, Nangong An was dazzled by the mushrooms covering the ground. Had she raided someone’s nest or what?
There were so many mushrooms.
“Be careful, don’t step on them. These are very valuable,” Yunxi said, looking at the scattered matsutake mushrooms with great satisfaction. These were all money!
“Nangong An, you cook lunch. I’ll sort these matsutake first.” Without even lifting her head, she began categorizing them.
The first-grade matsutake were about ten centimeters tall. She put all of them together and listed them directly.
In no time, the price appeared.
Five hundred per jin.
And she had eight jin of first-grade matsutake.
Second-grade matsutake were three hundred per jin, totaling five jin.
As for the smaller matsutake, Yunxi planted them all directly in the vegetable garden, not knowing whether they would survive.
There were ten wild chickens in total. She kept one to hatch the wild eggs she had collected and listed the rest. Anyway, there were plenty of wild chickens in the mountains—they could catch more if they wanted to eat them.
For the wild rabbits, she kept one male and one female to breed, and listed the rest.
As for the goat, the sika deer, and the little squirrel, she placed them in the wild animal breeding area.
The space automatically categorized everything for her and planned out a livestock breeding zone.
“Haha, today’s morning harvest was pretty good! We’ll continue this afternoon,” Yunxi muttered happily to herself.
“Xi’er, lunch is ready,” Nangong An’s voice came from the stream.
Yunxi looked in that direction and thought to herself: if only there were a courtyard here.
She wondered whether they could build a courtyard in this place.
“Xi’er, eat,” Nangong An said, seeing her staring off into the distance, lost in thought. He walked straight up to her and called out.
“I was thinking—could we build a courtyard here? That way, we wouldn’t have to use the sky as our blanket and the ground as our bed,” Yunxi said. As soon as she finished speaking, Ke’er’s voice sounded.
“Master, once your space upgrades to level two, you can exchange for a courtyard. So for now, you need to work hard and keep shopping.”
Yunxi was just about to ask how she was supposed to shop when Ke’er spoke again.
“That ginseng you saw this morning—if you find it and sell it, you’ll almost have enough to exchange for a courtyard!”
Two levels for one courtyard, costing one hundred thousand—sounds pretty good!
Ginseng, just wait. I’ll definitely find you—hmph!
“Nangong An, let’s eat quickly. After we’re full, we’ll go look for the ginseng.”
“Alright,” Nangong An said. He knew that if he hadn’t suddenly called out to her earlier, that ginseng would probably already be dug up and in her hands.
It was all his fault. In the afternoon, he would keep hunting with her.
After the two ate and drank their fill, Yunxi didn’t rest at all. She directly took Nangong An and flashed out of the space.
She wasn’t tired at all. After eating, she felt extremely comfortable, her whole body relaxed and refreshed.
“Nangong An, are you tired?”
Nangong An was also full of energy, feeling refreshed all over. He felt that his strength had increased quite a bit.
“Xi’er, I’m not tired. I feel like I could knock out a big tiger with one punch right now!” he said, even making a few gestures.
The little tiger in the basket on his back was trembling—it wasn’t even big enough to take one punch from him.
“Alright. This is water I filled from the upper stream. Carry it with you to drink. Now let’s go look for that ginseng,” Yunxi said, still thinking about it.
At this moment, the Ginseng King was right behind her, drooling at the water in her flask.
“I really want a sip!”
“Nangong An, did you hear someone talking?”
“No,” Nangong An replied. “Besides the two of us, is there anyone else here? That’s impossible. My perception isn’t fake.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the voice appeared again.
“So thirsty. How can I drink the water inside that flask?”
The Ginseng King was already salivating over the water in the bottle.
“Who is it? Who’s talking? Come out!” Yunxi looked around, but still saw no one. Was she hallucinating?
The Ginseng King thought to itself: Could this woman actually hear my voice? Maybe I should just ask her directly. She doesn’t look stingy.
So it quickly walked up to her. “I’m thirsty. Can you give me some water?”
“Ah! Haha… ginseng! Nangong An, ginseng! A walking ginseng—such a big one!” Yunxi said excitedly as she stared at the huge ginseng in front of her.
“Woman with long hair and short knowledge, I want water. Are you giving it to me or not?” The Ginseng King looked at Yunxi with some disdain.
Yunxi wasn’t angry at all and said generously, “I admit I don’t know much about ginseng. All I know is that with you, I can exchange for a courtyard. So if you want water, you can come home with me. I have lots of water at home.”
“You want to sell me? I’m a ginseng that’s nearly a thousand years old—extremely rare. Are you sure you want to trade me for a courtyard?”
“A… a thousand-year ginseng?” This truly stunned Yunxi.
Such a wild ginseng—forget one house, it could probably buy a hundred!
But if she put it in the space, wouldn’t it grow lots of little ginsengs next year?
Haha—she struck it rich.
So she opened the water pouch and poured a little water for the ginseng.
As expected, it was top-quality spiritual spring water. If it could drink this every day, it would be satisfied.
The Ginseng King looked at the woman in front of it. It decided to follow her—but it absolutely couldn’t let her sell it.
So it said, “Let’s make a deal. I’ll take you to dig up some younger ginsengs. From now on, I’ll follow you, and you give me this water to drink every day. How about that?”
When Yunxi heard this, she was delighted and quickly said, “Sure! No problem at all.”
Hmph—anyway, her space had plenty of stream water. If it wanted to drink, let it drink.
The Ginseng King looked at her smug expression. Didn’t she know that this was spiritual spring water filled with spiritual energy? Ordinary people who drank it would become stronger and healthier; cultivators would improve their cultivation; and for thousand-year ginsengs like itself, drinking it could allow them to transform into human form.
Whatever. From now on, it would just follow her.
In the end, under the Ginseng King’s guidance, they dug up five or six wild ginsengs that were about a hundred years old, as well as some small ginsengs.
Throughout the entire process, Nangong An was completely dumbfounded. Having a mysterious space was one thing—but being able to communicate with medicinal herbs too? This was simply unbelievable.
To have such a wife was truly a blessing earned over eight lifetimes. He felt deeply content.
As the sky gradually darkened, they carried today’s spoils and prepared to enter the space.