Night.
Fairy Mountain, cave.
"Master!" Mo Li returned and reported to Jun Mochen immediately.
"Speak!" The medicine had already taken effect on Jun Mochen, who was looking at a winding scratch on his left arm, an unidentifiable emotion churning in his eyes.
"That young lady is from Taoli Village! This subordinate escorted her down the mountain, and she wouldn't let me follow past the entrance to Taoli Village. This subordinate secretly followed her, and she entered a dilapidated courtyard in the west of Taoli Village," Mo Li said.
"What else?" Jun Mochen wanted to know more than just that.
"On the way down the mountain, that young lady found her... it was a young lady. This subordinate doesn't know the relationship, but the other person was already dead! That young lady buried the person, and on the way, she cut open the belly of a mother tiger near death and took out two little tigers, carrying them all the way back!" Mo Li always completed his missions beyond expectations, but this simple task he handled in a muddled way.
"Does she have anyone else at home?" Jun Mochen rarely spoke such a long sentence as he asked.
"There is no one else at home besides her!" Mo Li was annoyed by his own incompetence, but being inarticulate, he could only lower his head and remain silent.
"Go receive your punishment!" Jun Mochen said coldly.
"Yes!" Mo Li bowed and retreated.
Divine Doctor Xue, standing nearby, watched with hope. He didn't care about family or anything; he just needed to know where the young lady was from so he could find her later.
At this moment, his soul had already drifted to Taoli Village.
After suppressing the poison in Jun Mochen's body, he re-examined the wound, becoming more and more astonished the longer he looked.
She had actually used needle and thread to suture it, the wound showed no infection, and there wasn't even the fever symptom that usually follows a severe external injury.
In his decades of practicing medicine, he had never seen such an astonishing method of treatment.
Unlike Divine Doctor Xue's yearning, Jun Mochen gazed thoughtfully at the dark sky; no one knew what he was thinking.
The next morning.
Ye Qingcheng woke up from her sleep, still drowsy, and habitually reached for her phone on the bedside table.
But after fumbling for a long time, she didn't touch her phone; instead, warm breath met her palm.
She instantly woke up and sat up straight.
For a moment, she couldn't react and looked around.
At that moment, the sounds of the two little tiger babies who had slept in her bed all night roused her.
"Heh... I almost forgot, this young lady is now the Eldest Miss of the Prime Minister's Estate!" Ye Qingcheng chuckled softly.
Had the past events simply vanished like smoke?
That was fine too; she never wanted that position anyway. Fame and fortune were worthless to her. What she always wanted was just that person's embrace, a smile, but such a simple request he could never grant.
From the day he caused her mother's death, he was no longer her father.
She never longed for his love again.
Even if they were strangers, anything was fine; she would stay as far away as possible, because he was, after all, her father in the field of medicine.
But her avoidance became the reason he tried every means to harm her, ultimately sending her to this place.
"Perhaps in my past life's past life, I killed the entire galaxy; a pitiful creature who can't find family affection across two lifetimes!" Ye Qingcheng laughed lightly, a sound that was both sarcastic and mocking.
Sadness was never her main theme; only after a brief moment of melancholy did she fully revive.
"Perfect! Being alone, the sky is high for me to fly, I can boast as much as I want, free and unrestrained!"
She climbed out of bed; since she hadn't taken off her clothes to sleep, getting up was all it took.
She didn't go to Granny Hua's house to eat, finishing the two leftover steamed buns from last night to fill her stomach.
They originally had some spare silver to live on, but when the servants from the Prime Minister's Estate came to fetch her, the original owner happily gave it all away as tips.
Ye Qingcheng had no choice but to first feed the two tiger cubs some goat milk, then enter the Medicine Garden Space to dig up two 500-year-old Ginseng.
She was reluctant to sell the ones over a thousand years old, so she had to target the 500-year-old Ginseng.
The ones around a hundred years old nearby probably wouldn't fetch much money even if sold.
She carefully placed the two little tiger babies on the bed and walked out of the house.
With no money on her, she couldn't even afford an ox cart, so she had to carry her basket and walk to Sunset Town, the closest place to Taoli Village.
By the time she reached the town leaning on a walking stick, it was already the *yi* hour.
She dared not look around everywhere, afraid she might see something delicious and then be unable to move forward.
Following her memory, she headed straight for Tong Ren Tang.
Upon entering the medical hall, the first thing she saw was an elder with half-white hair presiding over consultations.
Ye Qingcheng ignored him and went directly to the Medicine Boy who was dispensing medicine and handling payments.
"Is this young lady here to dispense medicine? Give the prescription to me!" The Medicine Boy saw a customer arrive and felt he had to greet them.
"Not dispensing medicine! This young lady is here to sell medicinal materials!" Ye Qingcheng lifted her chin slightly, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, just right for the Medicine Boy to hear clearly, but not for others in the Pharmacy to overhear.
"The young lady wants to sell medicinal materials? Then just come with me to weigh them and settle the bill!" The Medicine Boy's previous customer had just paid and left, so he stepped out from behind the counter.
"Fine!" Ye Qingcheng didn't mind; weighing was fine. Since she was new to this world, she had to follow the local rules!
Seeing that the young lady selling medicinal materials had arrived carrying a basket, the Medicine Boy assumed she was only selling herbs commonly found in the mountains, so he led her to the back.
But he was stunned when he saw the two 500-year-old Ginseng that Ye Qingcheng took out.
"Young... Young lady, you are selling rare medicinal materials? I... I can't make the decision on this! Wait here for a moment! I'll go find the Shopkeeper!" The Medicine Boy stammered as he ran inside.
Ye Qingcheng blinked. Was this her fault? She originally thought all medicinal materials were weighed and purchased, not realizing that rare medicinal materials were treated differently.
However, this realization also put her mind at ease; her two Ginseng should sell for a good price.
Bored, she observed the hall. The Pharmacy was large, with a dazzling array of stored medicines; the drawers were labeled with the names of the herbs, all orderly arranged.
The Doctor presiding over consultations had a very gentle temperament, treating commoners and nobles alike with the same attitude.
Just as she was admiring this ancient medical hall, a man over fifty, with a large belly and a Maitreya smile on his face, walked out from the back.
"Shopkeeper, this is the young lady who wants to sell Ginseng!" The Medicine Boy quickly pointed at Ye Qingcheng to the Maitreya Shopkeeper.
"Oh? This young lady wants to sell Ginseng? Could you allow me to examine the quality of the medicinal materials?" The Maitreya Shopkeeper kept smiling, but the harmless smile concealed the shrewdness of a businessman.
"Look! The Ginseng is right here!" Ye Qingcheng generously took out both Ginseng and handed them to the Maitreya Shopkeeper.
The Shopkeeper took them and examined them for a long time, finally glancing at Ye Qingcheng a few more times before putting the Ginseng down with a chuckle.
"Young lady, this amount! Do you think it's acceptable?" He held up five fingers, his eyes full of smiles, making it impossible to discern his true thoughts.
Consequently, Ye Qingcheng couldn't gauge his internal bottom line either.
"Five hundred silver?" Ye Qingcheng asked.
The Maitreya Shopkeeper nodded.
"Not selling! At least seven hundred silver!" Ye Qingcheng shook her head.