50: Mysterious golden scales

After quietly admiring the Spirit Medicine field under the moonlight for a while, Chu Qinhui took Jiang Nian's hand and then conveyed the thought of returning via their mental connection to the Ginseng Baby.

Who would have thought that the Ginseng Baby would convey a feeling of refusal; it wanted to stay in this Spirit Medicine field tonight. It seems it truly likes spiritual plants with rich energy.

Chu Qinhui looked left and right. The night under the moonlight was very quiet, and since this was the backyard of the Chu family estate, the potential dangers in the surrounding area had already been cleared countless times by Chu Jingyu.

Therefore, Chu Qinhui did not force the Ginseng Baby to follow him back. Instead, he shook his head helplessly at it and said to his wife beside him, "Let's go."

"What about the Ginseng Baby?" Jiang Nian watched the fair and tender little fellow lying naked on the soil, not minding at all that the dirt was staining its body.

"It likes it here and wants to stay. This is also beneficial for its growth."

Right now, the Ginseng Baby's head was already buried under the soil, leaving only its bare bottom sticking out.

Jiang Nian rubbed her brow, thinking that when she got back, she must sew some proper clothes for this little fellow; it was so unsightly to be naked day after day.

As the two walked along the side of the wall, Jiang Nian seemed to remember something and said:

"The three Source Beast eggs that Father brought back, are the Source Beasts inside snakes?"

Chu Qinhui tilted his head, looked at his wife's face which appeared exceptionally cold and clear under the moonlight, and said with a smile, "No, no, no. They are pythons, giant pythons that can grow to over ten meters long."

Regarding her husband's sudden playfulness, Jiang Nian pinched his arm, "That's not the same thing. Either way, it's a snake, right?"

Chu Qinhui silently rubbed his arm, but his temperament remained unchanged, "What, are you afraid? You don't like snakes?"

Hearing Chu Qinhui's words, Jiang Nian sighed softly, "It's not me. I'm afraid Xiao Han will be scared. Have you forgotten that three years ago, Xiao Han was bitten by a rat snake? I'm afraid she might still have psychological trauma."

Hearing Jiang Nian say this, Chu Qinhui put away the smile on his face, and his expression became serious.

"That is indeed possible. Tomorrow, I will ask her about her thoughts. If she truly doesn't like them, we can take the hatched little snakes to town and trade them for another Source Beast. We can't have her contract a Source Beast she dislikes in her heart; that wouldn't be a good thing for either her or the Source Beast."

Seeing her husband say this, Jiang Nian's mood relaxed a lot, but there was still a hint of worry on her face, "It's just, regarding Father..."

Chu Qinhui patted his chest, "I'll go talk to Father. He dotes on Xiao Han so much, he will definitely agree."

Seeing her husband's confident appearance, Jiang Nian smiled, but inwardly she sighed quietly. She hoped it would be as her husband said. Having lived in this house for so long, it was very obvious that compared to Xiao Han, Father doted on Xiao Yuan more.

...

The next day, after breakfast.

Chu Qinhui packed the prepared items into a basket, dressed like a herbalist gathering herbs in the mountains, and set off on the road to town.

However, his complexion was fair and his posture was upright, making it obvious at a glance that he was not a herbalist, but rather like a Young Master from a wealthy family out in disguise.

Although Chu Qinhui was already over thirty, judging solely by his appearance, he looked no more than twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

Upon arriving in town, Chu Qinhui went straight to Medicine Heart Hall.

The apprentice working in the front hall today was not the familiar one from before, but someone else instead.

Although he was very puzzled by Chu Qinhui's attire, he still came forward to serve him, "Excuse me, Young Master, are you here to see a doctor or to get medicine?"

Chu Qinhui waved his hand, "Neither. I want to see your shopkeeper. I am here to sell medicinal herbs."

The apprentice glanced at the basket behind Chu Qinhui and nodded with a smile, "Alright, I will go tell my shopkeeper right away."

Two minutes later, the shopkeeper walked over behind the apprentice. After seeing Chu Qinhui, he hurriedly slapped the apprentice beside him on the head.

"You little brat, this is a Young Master from the newly risen Noble Family, the Chu family. How can you be so negligent?"

Then he trotted over a few steps and made a gesture of invitation to Chu Qinhui, "Young Master Chu, please go to the reception hall to sit."

Chu Qinhui waved his hand, "Shopkeeper Du, there is no need for such trouble. I am just selling some medicinal herbs, and I have other things to do, so it is not suitable to waste too much time."

Chu Qinhui placed the basket behind him on the table and lifted the cloth covering it, letting the shopkeeper inspect the medicinal herbs inside.

The shopkeeper was not an ordinary person either; naturally, he recognized the Mortal Rank Spirit Medicine at a glance. What made his eyes widen, however, were the large pair of horns from the Lingxi Ox.

The shopkeeper covered the cloth again, then pulled Chu Qinhui toward the back door of the counter. It was not until they reached a reception hall that he impatiently lifted the cloth on the basket again.

He carefully took out that pair of Lingxi Ox horns.

"If I am not mistaken, these should be the horns of a Spirit Rank Source Beast, the Lingxi Ox, and they are of the refined type. Good stuff, good stuff."

"The shopkeeper certainly has a good eye. I only learned what these were after my father introduced them to me."

The shopkeeper's fingers traced the Lingxi Ox horns inch by inch, and he asked Chu Qinhui confirmingly, "Young Master Chu, are you really going to sell these horns?"

Chu Qinhui nodded affirmatively, "Shopkeeper, please give me a fair price. Oh, and also look at this golden scale."

Shopkeeper Du reluctantly put down the Lingxi Ox horns and picked up the scale to examine it carefully. However, his brows furrowed tighter the more he looked, as if he was struggling with what exactly this thing in front of him was.

His finger flicked the surface of the scale, emitting a crisp, echoing sound.

After a moment, Shopkeeper Du sighed, "Forgive my lack of discernment; I cannot tell what this thing actually is."

"It's a scale from a Golden Scaled Dragon Fish. Little Qin Hui, how did you obtain this thing?"

Chu Qinhui and Shopkeeper Du looked toward the entrance of the reception hall at the same time. Sun Chunchen was standing at the doorway with a smile.

Regarding Sun Chunchen, Chu Qinhui did not hide the origin of this scale, "This was something my father accidentally obtained while traveling Beyond the Border."

"Your father is truly lucky to have been able to pick up even this scale."

Sun Chunchen came to the table, took the scale in his hand, and observed it carefully for a moment, "It's a pity. This Golden Scaled Dragon Fish scale is just a remnant left behind when it was about to transform into the Domain Rank.

However, the Dragon Qi on it can cause some low-rank fish creatures to possess Dragon Qi, giving them the possibility of evolving into the Dragon family. Are you really going to sell it?"

Hearing Sun Chunchen's description, Chu Qinhui's mood suddenly fluctuated. He had not expected that this small scale could actually have the potential to allow other low-rank fish Source Beasts to evolve toward the Dragon family.

Even though Chu Qinhui had not been a Contract Master for very long, he knew that Dragon family Source Beasts often meant power, belonging to the ranks of kings and emperors among their peers.