Zhang Yuan's joy was beyond words. He went hunting in the mountains this time purely to make money. Zhang Yuan had already thought about saving enough silver to buy a house and settle down in the shortest possible time. If he couldn't make money in one or two days, he could make it in three or four days. Anyway, he would come to the mountains every day and he would definitely make enough money. Unexpectedly, he found a rock ginseng. Just by looking at the number and size of the ginseng fruits, Zhang Yuan judged that the rock ginseng was very old. And the older the rock ginseng, the more valuable it is. Maybe one ginseng is enough to exchange for a suite in the county town! But Zhang Yuan didn't get carried away by this, and he didn't start digging immediately. Dragging the body of the rock sheep, Zhang Yuan returned to the bottom of the cliff first.
The crow was waiting! Zhang Yuan skillfully cut open the belly of the rock sheep with a dagger and dug out the internal organs for it to enjoy. Then he climbed back to the location of the rock ginseng. He carefully observed the cracks where the rock ginseng grew, then took off the cloth bag hanging on his waist and grabbed a handful of hay powder from it. He threw it into the cracks! Dust filled the air, and a strong herbal smell emanated. The next moment, a black shadow shot out from the cracks and pounced on Zhang Yuan who was close at hand like lightning! However, Zhang Yuan was well prepared and had opened the bag to wait. The black shadow plunged in! It was a four or five-foot-long black-scaled gray-spotted snake. The long snake body was thick enough for a baby's arm, and the snake scales on its surface were shining with a frightening light under the sunlight. Zhang Yuan tightly grasped the bag, and his five fingers closed like a pair of pliers to hold the seven-inch part of the snake tightly! This was not the first time Zhang Yuan had discovered rock ginseng. In fact, he had dug several plants before, but they were of very few years, so they could not be sold at a high price. But Zhang Yuan knew that the black-horned viper usually lives next to the rock ginseng. The black-horned viper is a venomous snake that likes to live in the crevices of the cliffs in the shade and has a symbiotic relationship with the rock ginseng. So if you want to dig rock ginseng, you must first get rid of the black-horned viper! The magic weapon Zhang Yuan used to catch snakes was a cloth bag used to hold hay powder, which was quite thick. The black-horned viper was captured by the seven inches, its head was wrapped in a cloth bag, and its mouth, nose and eyes were covered with a large amount of hay powder, and its sharpest fangs were useless. It struggled and resisted instinctively, and its thick body rolled over and tightly entangled Zhang Yuan's arm.
But it was useless. Zhang Yuan pinched the black-horned viper by the seven inches and ruthlessly strangled the big snake to death! The black-horned viper is very poisonous and delicious, and the taste of soup is unique. Zhang Yuan thought about it and gave up the tempting idea of taking it back to eat, and sacrificed it to the God's Nest on the spot. What Zhang Yuan lacked most now was source essence. No matter how much it was used to upgrade the God's Nest or the host, it was not enough! As a result, this black-horned viper actually gave him source essence. It was also an anomaly. After dealing with the black-horned viper, Zhang Yuan took out the herbal medicine collection tools he carried with him and concentrated on dealing with the rock ginseng growing in the cracks of the rocks. The growth environment of rock ginseng is special, so it is also quite difficult to dig. If people who don't know the business grab the ginseng stem and pull it hard, it will definitely break directly, causing the medicinal properties to lose quickly. Then it will be worthless. He used a special long-handled digging spoon and hook to remove the soil bit by bit and hook out the ginseng whiskers that went deep into the cracks. It took half an hour before Zhang Yuan dug out this rock ginseng completely. Whether it was the whiskers, stems, or fruits, there was almost no damage. After removing the soil on the surface of the ginseng, the weight of the fresh ginseng is about five taels, and the age of the ginseng is estimated to be between sixty and seventy years. This is already very rare. You should know that the most valuable rock ginseng Zhang Yuan has collected before is less than ten years old. He estimated that this rock ginseng can be sold for at least one hundred taels of silver. It can really be exchanged for a suite in the county. After carefully wrapping the rock ginseng in a cloth bag and stuffing it into his arms, Zhang Yuan returned to the ground. The crow and the pile of internal organs had disappeared, leaving only a rock sheep body. And a black feather suspended in the air. Zhang Yuan didn't care. He was used to Brother Crow's style of doing things. He carried the rock sheep and walked out of the mountain. Under the guidance of the black feather, Zhang Yuan still returned to Chenjia Village smoothly. It was just getting dark. Zhang Yuan came back in time and did not put himself in danger. But inevitably, the prey he carried on his shoulders once again aroused the envy and jealousy of the villagers. This is not the first time Zhang Yuan has caught a big one!
Last time it was a wild boar, this time it was a mountain goat, how could he be so lucky? Everyone couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuan with new eyes. Many people suddenly realized that this boy from another family had really grown up and was fully capable of supporting a family independently. Some villagers were already secretly thinking about whether to recruit Zhang Yuan as a son-in-law. If he has the ability to support the family, it doesn't matter if he is from another family! Suddenly, a figure blocked Zhang Yuan's way. It was Zhang Xiong who had just arrived in Chenjia Village today! Zhang Yuan's heart trembled, and he stopped immediately: "Master Zhang, what can I do for you?" Zhang Xiong touched his chin and asked with a smile: "This mountain goat you shot is good, do you want to sell it?" Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment, showing an embarrassment. Then he gritted his teeth and said: "If the martial arts master likes it, then I'll give it to you!" He unloaded the mountain goat weighing hundreds of pounds and placed it in front of Zhang Xiong. No choice, it was a little late to enter the mountain today, and it was too late to come back, otherwise Zhang Yuan could have gone directly to the county town to sell it. Prey like mountain goats are very easy to sell in the city. Zhang Xiong laughed dumbly, took out some silver and handed it to Zhang Yuan: "I am a martial artist, can I still take advantage of you?" Zhang Yuan took the silver with trepidation: "Thank you, martial artist!" However, he was respectful on the surface, but in his heart he wanted to give the other party another alpaca! Such a mountain goat with its internal organs removed can be sold for two or three taels of silver in the county town. In the end, Zhang Xiong's words were very nice, and the silver he gave him was at most half a tael. If he had known this earlier, Zhang Yuan might as well have sacrificed it directly. The martial artist in front of him was as black as a maggot, and he was exactly the same as Chen Yuanwai, Zhangtou Shiye and others! "You are very good." Zhang Xiong nodded, and suddenly asked in an ambiguous tone: "I heard that you followed Gao Ze for three years?" Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment before he understood that the "Gao Ze" the other party was talking about was Gao the Hunter. "Yes." He smiled bitterly: "It's just that Master Gao didn't let me go to his house to help some time ago." Zhang Yuan's face was full of helplessness and loss, as if he was really hurt. "Yeah." Zhang Xiong didn't ask any more questions, picked up the mountain goat on the ground and walked away.
Zhang Yuan looked at the martial artist's gradually disappearing back, his eyes became as dark and deep as the sky. His prey is not so easy to swallow!