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White Cloud Silk
Thud.
While shopping, Bai Xue suddenly stopped walking, causing Zi Ting, who was following behind, to bump into her back.
“What is it, miss?”
“White Cloud Silk,” Bai Xue murmured, turning to gaze at the radiant white silk in front of her.
White Cloud Silk comes from the White Cloud silkworm, a low-level spirit animal, yet it was very expensive due to its rarity and uniqueness.
The silk was as light as cloud fluff, offering a sense of lightness and freedom to those who wear it.
However, the real reason for its high price was its ability to change color if the wearer was poisoned, helping to draw out some of the poison from their body.
While it couldn’t remove all the poison, it could at least prolong the life of the wearer.
White Cloud Silk changed from white to gray and gradually became completely black if the poison was severe, indicating that it could not remove the poison.
Bai Xue looked at the White Cloud Silk with sparkling eyes, this would be the perfect birthday gift for Tian Er and Lan Er!
She never thought she would find such fine silk at this dark market.
“White Cloud Silk?” Zi Ting asked.
“Yes,” Bai Xue replied.
Zi Ting wasn’t familiar with White Cloud Silk, but seeing the look in her mistress’s eyes, she knew it must be something very valuable.
Otherwise, her young lady’s eyes wouldn’t sparkle like this.
“How much for these silks?” Bai Xue immediately asked the merchant, her demeanor pure and bright.
“I’m not selling.”
Bai Xue paused and looked at the middle-aged merchant in confusion upon hearing his reply.
If not for sale, then why display it?
“It’s a prize,” the silk merchant explained in a hoarse voice, noticing Bai Xue’s curiosity.
“A prize for what?” Bai Xue inquired further for clarity.
“If anyone can heal this spirit beast, I will give them the White Cloud Silk as a reward,” the merchant explained, revealing a golden-feathered parrot in a cage behind him, looking very weak.
The golden-feathered parrot was a high-level spirit beast capable of finding spirit silkworms.
It was no wonder the silk merchant offered the White Cloud Silk as a prize; golden-feathered parrots usually live deep in the forest, and it would be difficult for him to find another if this one died.
“May I take a closer look?” Bai Xue asked, and the merchant nodded in permission. Get faster updates on g.com.
She approached the wooden cage, examining the chubby little bird with a discerning eye.
The merchant must have taken good care of it.
’Is it sick, Bai Die?
I’ve checked, it was not poisoned,’ Bai Xue asked Bai Die after examining the parrot and finding no sign of poison, wanting her to check.
Bai Die then radiated her power.
’It might have accidentally eaten a yellow poison worm,’ Bai Die replied after a while.
’A yellow poison worm?’
’Yes, they look like silkworms but inhabit the body, draining the spirit energy if ingested.’
’Oh, parasites, I see.’ Bai Xue understood immediately when Bai Die finished explaining.
’Is there a way to heal it?’ Bai Xue asked, focusing on the most crucial point.
’Yellow poison worms dislike Water leaves.
Eating five Water leaves will make them leave immediately.’
’That simple?’ Bai Xue asked, surprised.
’Simple, but few know.’
’Good, the simpler, the better.
Thank you very much, little Bai Die,’ Bai Xue smiled gratefully, then turned back to the merchant.
“I can heal it,” Bai Xue said, brightening the merchant’s face.
“Do you…really mean that?” Though unsure of Bai Xue’s identity, if she were to be a healer, her status must be extraordinary.
The merchant was polite to Bai Xue, to which Bai Xue immediately replied.
“Yes, I can heal it now.”
“Heal it, please. The sooner, the better.”
“But are you sure you’ll give the White Cloud Silk as a reward?” Bai Xue asked, worried the merchant might change his mind knowing the remedy was just common Water leaves.
“I’m sure. I’ve always kept my word!”
“That’s good,” Bai Xue nodded, Bai Die also confirmed the man’s pure energy, indicating his good nature and honesty.
“Then I’ll heal it.”
“Thank you very much,” the merchant said gratefully.
The parrot had been with him since birth, both a friend and companion.
He was willing to give up any number of silks to save it.
“Your bird isn’t sick or poisoned. It just ate something it shouldn’t have,” Bai Xue explained.
“Something it shouldn’t have?” the merchant murmured curiously, watching as she brought out five Water leaves. Find the original chapter at g.com.
“This is the cure!?” he asked incredulously, wondering if he was being tricked by a child.
“Let’s see what it has eaten,” Bai Xue said without further explanation, offering the Water leaves to the golden-feathered parrot.
And when the golden-feathered parrot ate the Water leaves, not long after, a yellow worm slowly crawled out from its mouth.
This was… an utterly disgusting sight, and Bai Xue couldn’t help but feel her skin crawl.
“What is this?” the silk merchant asked, puzzled by the long worm emerging from his parrot’s mouth.
“This is a yellow poison worm, resembling a silkworm. You must be careful before feeding anything to your bird. The yellow poison worm, when ingested, doesn’t die but lurks within and consumes the spirit energy until it’s depleted, causing your bird to fall ill. Yellow poison worms couldn’t stand the Water leaves. As you saw, once it ingests the leaves, it flees immediately. Once the worm is expelled, administer a restorative elixir to your bird. Just like that, your bird will regain its strength,”
Bai Xue explained, ending by feeding the restorative elixir to the golden-feathered parrot.
Shortly after, the previously listless bird perked up again.
“All done,” Bai Xue announced, handing the golden-feathered parrot back to the merchant.
Seeing his bird fully recovered, he smiled joyfully before awarding Bai Xue the White Cloud Silk as promised.
“Thank you very much.”
“It’s nothing. If your bird shows such symptoms again, just follow the method I’ve shown you.”
“I understand now. Thank you so much!” Once everything was settled, they went their separate ways.
Bai Xue was delighted to have acquired such valuable silk without any expense.
The silk merchant was also happy that his bird wasn’t seriously ill and had fully recovered.
At this moment, the silk merchant felt truly fortunate to have taken a chance here, as no one else knew what was ailing his bird or what poison it had suffered from.
Moreover, finding someone capable of healing animals in this land was incredibly rare.
He considered himself lucky to have met Bai Xue today.
Having acquired a total of five bolts of White Cloud Silk, Bai Xue immediately stored them in her dimensional ring before continuing her shopping spree with Zi Ting and Ye Nuo, as they still had plenty of time left.
“Wait a moment!”
Bai Xue stopped because at that moment, a young woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, accompanied by four guards, blocked her way.
“I would like to buy the White Cloud Silk from you!”
Hmm?
She wanted to buy the White Cloud Silk from her with such an attitude?
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