3: Chapter 3 High-speed rail obtains spiritual ginseng

Seven days later.

On the high-speed rail bound for Zhangjiajie.

Ji Yebai was resting with his eyes closed.

He hadn't expected that trying to sell his house would actually delay him for so many days.

However, it was just as well.

The proceeds from the house sale plus his own savings amounted to as much as 3.5 million.

This sum of money would be enough for him to use for a period of time.

Zhangjiajie.

It was a city where tourism had exploded in popularity.

With exquisite scenery, nestled against mountains and near water, it belonged to the Wuling Mountain region and was the most important tourism city in the country.

As for this place, Ji Yebai had deep memories of it.

In his previous life.

In the top-secret information released by the state, it detailed the secret of Spiritual Qi existing in a certain area of Zhangjiajie before the Spiritual Qi recovery.

The specific reason was unknown.

But according to speculation, it was a small Spiritual Vein that had leaked ahead of time under the recovery of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

It was this small Spiritual Vein that bolstered the status of Zhangjiajie's Martial Artists in the future.

It was also the hometown of the second Xiantian Martial Artist born within three years.

According to the information released by the state, calculating the time, Spiritual Qi should have already begun to be born in that part of Zhangjiajie by now, and some Heaven And Earth Treasures should be slowly appearing as well.

And Ji Yebai's current goal was already clear.

He planned to go directly to that place, build a hut to live in, and while practicing martial arts, collect Heaven And Earth Treasures.

Once his Longevity Fist achieved a Breakthrough and birthed Internal Energy, promoting him to a Third-rate Martial Artist, he would then plan his next step.

In his previous life, when some earth-shattering Geniuses were born, the secrets of those people had long been thoroughly researched.

He could also get a share of some people's Opportunities.

Ji Yebai set a detailed three-year plan for himself.

Within two years, he would Cultivate the Longevity Fist, Breakthrough to become a Third-rate Martial Artist, and then collect the world's martial arts Cultivation Techniques.

One must know that in this technologically advanced world, many martial arts Cultivation Techniques were discarded like worn-out shoes; no one believed they were real.

Occasionally, some secret arts were kept as treasures, but only as mementos.

There were almost no people who truly believed that martial arts could be successfully Cultivated.

If there were any, they were lunatics.

In his previous life, after the Spiritual Qi recovery, the martial arts exposed on the market vanished in an instant, all traces swept clean, leaving only some basic fist and kick techniques.

At that time, wanting to learn an exquisite martial art was extremely difficult.

Of course, Ji Yebai had also tried to Cultivate other martial arts, but he later gave up.

Firstly, the martial arts he found were not as good as the Longevity Fist issued by the state; secondly, his bone structure and Aptitude were very poor, and he was already old, so he could no longer specialize.

Therefore, he put all his focus on the Longevity Fist.

Moreover, the Longevity Fist was actually quite miraculous, and it was truly worthy of being a universal technique summarized by the state at the cost of massive human and material resources.

After achieving Major Achievement in Longevity Fist cultivation, it could allow a person to live to one hundred and fifty years old, but that wasn't even the main thing.

The key was that those who practiced Longevity Fist faced no obstacles when switching to any other martial art.

The Longevity Internal Energy cultivated could be converted into other martial arts Internal Energy without any hindrance.

However, the converted martial arts Internal Energy would no longer possess the life-extending ability of Longevity Internal Energy.

This point.

This was also the fundamental reason for the nationwide cultivation of the Longevity Fist martial art.

Even the Geniuses of some Sects and aristocratic families mostly chose to practice the Longevity Fist to Major Achievement before switching to their own family's martial arts.

The Longevity Fist was like a foundation.

It single-handedly raised the lower limit of humanity.

“With my current proficiency in the Longevity Fist, even with this bone structure of mine, it shouldn't be difficult to birth Internal Energy within two years.”

Ji Yebai murmured to himself as he watched the scenery rapidly receding outside the window.

Just then, a sudden strange fragrance wafted over, causing the dazed Ji Yebai to subconsciously take a few extra breaths.

Eh!?

Ji Yebai sat up straight.

He looked to the side in surprise.

At this moment, a middle-aged, dark-skinned man was taking food out of a backpack, and the fragrance was precisely emanating from that backpack.

Ji Yebai took a secret breath; that familiar clear scent made his heart tremble.

It was actually really that kind of thing.

Ji Yebai was stunned.

spirit ginseng!

spirit ginseng, mutated from ordinary ginseng after being tainted with Spiritual Qi.

But.

This wasn't right!

Why would spirit ginseng appear?

Aside from Zhangjiajie, no place in the country had Spiritual Qi; where did this spirit ginseng come from!?

Could it be that Spiritual Qi recovery has appeared in other places as well!?

Could a butterfly effect have occurred!?

For a moment, Ji Yebai looked at the man, his mind filled with uncertainty.

Seeing Ji Yebai staring blankly at his bag with an unreadable expression, the dark-skinned middle-aged man suddenly showed an embarrassed look: “Sorry, sorry, I brought some of my own pickled vegetables, the smell is a bit strong...”

Ji Yebai froze for a moment, then snapped out of it.

He quickly looked away and smiled, saying, “It's fine, it's fine!”

Afterward, both of them gave an awkward smile.

The middle-aged man took a bite of a steamed bun with the pickles and quietly glanced at Ji Yebai.

By now, Ji Yebai had already closed his eyes, pretending to rest.

But his heart was already in turmoil, filled with suspicion and doubt.

The sudden appearance of spirit ginseng made Ji Yebai start to doubt himself.

In his previous life, when he was roaming alone in the deep mountains and old forests, he had once possessed a piece of ginseng tainted with Spiritual Qi.

And to maximize its medicinal effect, he couldn't even bear to eat it.

He had thought to wait until he left the mountains to pay a pharmacist to help him prepare a medicinal meal, so the spirit ginseng could exert its maximum effect.

That unique fragrance of spirit ginseng was imprinted in the depths of his Soul.

So it was absolutely impossible for him to have smelled it wrong.

Ji Yebai slowly frowned, truly unable to figure it out.

Just then, the sound of a zipper rang out again, and that special strange fragrance wafted out once more.

Even mixed with the smell of pickled vegetables, its fragrance was hard to hide.

Ji Yebai abruptly opened his eyes.

The middle-aged man was also quietly peeking at Ji Yebai; seeing him open his eyes, he immediately gave an apologetic smile.

It was clear that this was an honest man.

Moreover, he probably didn't travel very often.

Or rather, he rarely came to the city.

Thinking of this, Ji Yebai simply asked directly.

“Brother, where are you coming from!?”

Faced with Ji Yebai's sudden question, the man was clearly taken aback, and only then did he hurriedly say, “I'm going home, I came over to see my daughter!”

After saying that, the man added, “My daughter is in college.”

Looking at the other's expression, Ji Yebai immediately understood.

The man was proud of his daughter.

“Going to college is good; it'll be easy to find a job after graduation.”

Ji Yebai said with a smile.

The man was happy and proud, so Ji Yebai naturally followed along with the praise.

Seeing Ji Yebai say this, the man's talkative side was immediately opened, and he kept talking about his daughter's virtues.

Along the way, he praised the prosperity of the city from time to time.

From this conversation, Ji Yebai also resolved his own doubts.

This man lived in a village at the foot of a mountain.

As the saying goes, one lives off the mountain if they live near it, so the man became a Ginseng Digger in the mountains.

And this time, the man came to the city to see his daughter.

At the same time, he wanted to sell the ginseng he had dug half a year ago.

But having no connections, he couldn't get a good price for the ginseng, so the man simply didn't sell it and brought it back.

Hearing this, how could Ji Yebai still not understand the whole story?

He smiled and said, “Brother, you speak so highly of this ginseng, why don't you let me have a look; if it's really good, I'll buy it!”

The man froze for a moment and looked at Ji Yebai suspiciously.

Ji Yebai looked at him calmly.

The man paused and said, “You can look, but you can't break it!”

With that, he unzipped the bag at his feet and took out a small brocade box.

The box was only about the size of a palm, not long, and rectangular.

As he took the box, the strange fragrance became even more intense.

“It's so fragrant!”

Ji Yebai couldn't help but exclaim.

This was the authentic scent of spirit ginseng.

“Isn't it? This is the first time in all my years I've seen this kind of fragrance. This is definitely good stuff, but unfortunately, those people don't know quality!”

The middle-aged man said this somewhat gloomily.

Ji Yebai opened the box, and the inside was clear at a glance.

The ginseng was about as thick as an adult's index finger, and its longest root hair was no more than ten centimeters.

The entire ginseng looked as if it were only five or six years old.

Ji Yebai immediately understood.

Presumably, such a small ginseng in the eyes of others was only five or six years old; compared to ten, twenty, or even thirty-year-old ginseng on the market, its popularity was far inferior.

Worse yet, this strange fragrance might be called a chemical soak by others.

Therefore, being able to sell it for a good price was extremely difficult.

But Ji Yebai knew that despite a spirit ginseng of this size, its interior was tainted with Spiritual Qi, and its effect was no less than that of a hundred-year-old ginseng.

“Good stuff, truly good stuff!”

Ji Yebai was full of praise, and then he pondered for a moment before saying to the man, “Brother, this thing is real, I like it very much. Tell me how much, and I'll buy it!”

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned; he hadn't expected Ji Yebai to actually want to buy it.

Hesitating for a moment, the man said, “Are you really buying? I won't sell this thing cheap!”

Ji Yebai smiled and confirmed, “I'm really buying, how much will you sell it for?”

“Thirty thousand!”

The man pondered for a moment and said, “Minimum thirty thousand.”

Ji Yebai nodded and said, “Okay, I'll buy it!”

With that, Ji Yebai took out his phone to transfer the money.

“Re... really buying?!”

The man was a bit dazed, seemingly not expecting Ji Yebai to actually buy it.

Until Ji Yebai urged him to open his payment code and completed the mobile transfer, he still had a look of disbelief.

After being stunned for a long time, the man suddenly stood up and excitedly picked up his phone to make a call.

“Hello, daughter, Papa has money now. I'll transfer it to you right away. You should eat better and then go buy some nice clothes. Where'd the money come from? I sold that ginseng...”

Watching this scene, Ji Yebai couldn't help but smile.

True feelings are most found in the human world.