Chapter 492: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 492: Almost Spiritual Ginseng (Part 2)
The piercing pain made Mo Yan unconsciously furrow her brows. She awkwardly climbed up from the ground and saw blood oozing from her hand. Quickly, she summoned spiritual spring water to clean the wound.
Before she could finish washing away the bloodstains, a dark shadow suddenly pounced at lightning speed. Before she could react, her right index finger, soaked in spiritual spring water, was greedily enveloped.
Mo Yan stared in disbelief at the certain beast drinking the spiritual spring water without any politeness, gulping it down as if it were its milkmaid. O（╯□╰）o
Ignoring Mo Yan's thoughts, the Black Cloud Leopard, with its filled belly resembling a ball, finally released her finger after drinking for quite some time. It smacked its lips in satisfaction, licking off the remnants of spiritual spring water.
Mo Yan glanced at her still bleeding hand and then at her sparkling clean finger that had been sucked on. Finally, when the leopard wasn't looking, she discreetly used more spiritual spring water to cleanse her finger before continuing to tend to her hand.
The leopard seemed not to notice her actions, flicked its tail, and walked away. Encountering water with better taste and abundant spiritual energy than the "grass," it forgave the human's rudeness!
Mo Yan quickly tended to her wound and then began searching for ginseng traces where the Black Cloud Leopard had indicated, but found nothing.
Finally, guided impatiently by the leopard, she discovered two ginseng plants under two huge adjacent rocks. These ginsengs were far older than any she had seen before!
Mo Yan excitedly looked at the glossy ginseng plants and found the red flowers blooming on them particularly beautiful. Although she couldn't determine their exact age, she instinctively felt these were the oldest ginsengs on the entire mountain.
Not letting the huge surprise cloud her judgment, Mo Yan slapped her face to calm herself down before starting negotiations with the Black Cloud Leopard.
Unfortunately, with their inability to communicate verbally, Mo Yan had to guess and fumble through, expending great effort to understand the leopard's demands.
Besides a palm-sized Black Lingzhi mushroom, the leopard required daily access to as much spiritual spring water as it had drunk today. Mo Yan could take both ginseng plants, but she had to grow one in her space for it. As for the previously seen ginsengs, she had to take them all and leave half for the leopard.
The leopard's demands weren't unreasonable, and Mo Yan agreed without much hesitation. Using a shovel, she carefully dug up the two fully grown humanoid ginseng plants. However, as she did so, regrets about her decision began to arise.
Each ginseng was as thick as Mo Yan's arm, with lateral roots as thick as thumbs, splitting at the base into roots over two feet long that resembled legs. Upon closer inspection, vague facial features could be discerned, resembling two children with closed eyes.
Mo Yan had heard stories about ginsengs becoming sentient, and as she looked at these ginsengs that appeared increasingly human-like, she couldn't help but wonder if they were truly about to become sentient!
Unable to determine their exact age, Mo Yan asked the Black Cloud Leopard, who shook its head indicating it didn't know either. When it gained intelligence, it searched for food rich in spiritual energy and soon discovered these ginseng plants. To ensure a steady supply of ginsengs for the future, it refrained from eating these two and instead planted their seeds nearby.
Without knowing their exact age, Mo Yan decided not to dwell on it. She informed the leopard and then transplanted the ginsengs into her space, planting them near the spiritual spring pool. She planned to bring them to Xiao Ruiyuan once she returned. Even if they weren't a thousand years old, they were likely close enough. After some time in her space, they should be just right.
Mo Yan didn't neglect the acre-sized patch of ginsengs either. Each time she collected herbs, she left some behind for them to continue growing and reproducing. This time was no different. Perhaps in a few years, someone in need might stumble upon them and use these ginsengs to save a life!
Moreover, there were too many ginsengs. Even if she wanted to greedily transplant them all into her space, it wouldn't be easy. She carefully chose and transplanted about thirty ginsengs of various sizes into her space, then gave the ginsengs outside another watering before feeling satisfied.
Having achieved her goal in the mountains, Mo Yan cut off a palm-sized Black Lingzhi mushroom and handed it over to the eagerly waiting Black Cloud Leopard. After arranging for the Python to deliver spiritual spring water daily, she happily led the Four Beasts down the mountain.
By this time, it was already late. Mo Yan didn't refuse the Python's kindness and allowed it to curl up and carry her out of Yuhua Mountain. By the time they returned home, only half of the sun's red face remained.
Suppressing her excitement and having dinner, Mo Yan couldn't wait to return to her small courtyard. Under the cover of night, she found the two hidden guards nearby and asked them to help pass a message to Xiao Ruiyuan. She only mentioned that there was something important to discuss with him, not a word about the ginsengs.
Since almost exposing herself to Xiao Ruiyuan through the moss messaging incident, they had agreed not to use this unsafe method of contact anymore. For important matters, they relied on the guards for communication. Trained rigorously, even if one of them were caught accidentally, Mo Yan didn't worry about them leaking information.
Today, Mo Yan didn't bring the guards into the mountains with her. The fewer people who knew about the high-aged ginsengs, the better.
Xiao Ruiyuan didn't make Mo Yan wait long. The next night, he silently sneaked into Mo's home.
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