Chapter 20: Birds of a Feather
Zhang Yuan’s joy was beyond words.
This time he went hunting in the mountains purely to make money.
Zhang Yuan has already thought about saving enough money to buy a house and settle down in the shortest possible time.
If you can't make money in one or two days, then you can make enough in three or four days. Anyway, if you go to the mountains for a run every day, you can definitely make up for it.
Unexpectedly, he found a rock ginseng.
Just looking at the number and size of the ginseng fruits, Zhang Yuan judged that the rock ginseng was of a very old age.
The older the rock ginseng is, the more valuable it is.
Maybe one ginseng is enough to buy an apartment in the county!
But Zhang Yuan did not get carried away, nor did he start digging immediately.
Dragging the body of the blue sheep, Zhang Yuan returned to the bottom of the cliff first.
Yagui is waiting!
Zhang Yuan skillfully cut open the belly of the blue sheep with a dagger and dug out the internal organs for it to enjoy.
Then climb back to the location of the rock ginseng.
He carefully observed the gap where the rock ginseng grew, then took off the cloth bag hanging on his waist and grabbed a large handful of hay powder from it.
Suddenly he threw it towards the crevice of the rock!
The dust filled the air, followed by a strong herbal smell.
The next moment, a black shadow shot out from the crack in the rock and rushed towards Zhang Yuan who was very close at hand like lightning!
However, Zhang Yuan had been prepared and had already opened the mouth of the cloth bag and was waiting.
This black shadow plunged in!
It was a large snake with black scales and gray spots four to five feet long. The long body of the snake was as thick as a baby's arm. The scales on its surface shone with a heart-stopping light under the sunlight.
Zhang Yuan tightened his grip on the mouth of the bag and closed his five fingers together like iron pliers to tightly hold the seven-inch part of the snake!
This is not the first time Zhang Yuan discovered rock ginseng.
In fact, he has collected 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 black-horned vipers usually live next to rock ginseng.
The black-horned viper is a venomous snake that likes to live in the crevices of shady cliffs and has a symbiotic relationship with rock ginseng.
So if you want to mine rock ginseng, you must first get rid of the black-horned viper!
The magic weapon Zhang Yuan used to catch snakes was the cloth bag used to hold hay powder, which was quite thick.
Seven inches of the black-horned viper was captured, its head was wrapped in a cloth bag, and its mouth, nose and eyes were covered with a large amount of hay powder. The sharpest fangs were almost useless.
It struggled and resisted instinctively, its thick body rolled over, and tightly wrapped around Zhang Yuan's arm.
But it didn't work at all.
Zhang Yuan pinched seven inches of the black-horned viper and mercilessly strangled the snake alive!
The black-horned viper is both poisonous and delicious, and its soup tastes amazing.
Zhang Yuan thought for a while, but gave up the tempting idea of taking it back to eat, and sacrificed it to the Divine Nest on the spot.
What Zhang Yuan lacks most now is the essence. No matter how much is used to upgrade the main body of the Divine Nest or the body, it is never enough!
As a result, this black-horned viper actually gave him 0.5 points of source material.
Also an anomaly.
After dealing with the black-horned viper, Zhang Yuan took out the medicinal tools he carried with him and concentrated on dealing with the rock ginseng growing in the rock crevices.
Rock ginseng has a special growth environment, so it is quite difficult to harvest.
If an inexperienced person grabs the ginseng stem and pulls it hard, it will 100% be broken directly, resulting in the rapid loss of medicinal properties.
Then it's not worth anything.
He used a special long-handled scoop and hook to remove the soil bit by bit and hook out the ginseng tendons that penetrated into the gaps.
It took Zhang Yuan half an hour to dig out the rock ginseng completely.
Whether it is the ginseng whiskers, ginseng stems or ginseng fruits, there is almost no damage.
After removing the soil attached to the surface of the ginseng body, the fresh ginseng weighs almost five taels, and its age is estimated to be between sixty and seventy years.
This is already very rare. You must know that among the rock ginseng Zhang Yuan collected before, the most valuable one was less than ten years old.
He estimated that this rock ginseng could be sold for at least a hundred taels of snowflake silver.
You can really change your apartment 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 blue sheep body.
And a black feather suspended in the air.
Zhang Yuan didn't care. He was used to Brother Crow's behavior. He picked up the blue sheep and walked out of the mountain.
Under Heiyu’s guidance, Zhang Yuan returned to Chenjiacun smoothly.
The sky has just darkened.
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 made a big deal!
Last time it was a wild boar, this time it was a blue sheep. Why is he so lucky?
Everyone couldn’t help but look at Zhang Yuan with admiration.
Many people suddenly realized that this boy with a foreign surname had truly grown up and was fully capable of raising a family on his own.
Some villagers are already secretly planning whether to recruit Zhang Yuan as their son-in-law.
If you have the ability to support your family, then your surname doesn’t matter!
Suddenly, a figure blocked Zhang Yuan's path.
It is Zhang Xiong who just arrived in Chenjiacun today!
Zhang Yuan was shocked and immediately stopped: "Martial Master Zhang, what's the matter?"
Zhang Xiong touched his chin and asked with a half-smile: "You shot this blue sheep well. "Sell it?"
Zhang Yuan hesitated and looked embarrassed.
Immediately gritted his teeth and said: "If the martial artist likes it, then I will give it to you!"
He unloaded the rock sheep weighing hundreds of kilograms and placed it in front of Zhang Xiong.
There was no way, it was a bit 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 such as blue sheep are very popular in the city.
Zhang Xiong laughed dumbly, took out the broken silver and handed it to Zhang Yuan: "I am a great martial artist, can I still take advantage of you?"
Zhang Yuancheng took the broken silver in fear: "Thank you, martial artist. ! ”
However, he was respectful on the surface, but in his heart he wanted to give the other party another straw horse!
It would be no problem to sell a blue sheep with its internal organs removed for two or three taels of silver in the county town.
In the end, Zhang Xiong spoke very nicely, and the silver scraps given to him were only half a tael at most.
Had I known this, Zhang Yuan might as well have been sacrificed directly.
The martial artist in front of me is as black as a maggot. He is the same as Chen Yuanwai, Master Zhangtou and others!
“You are very nice.”
Zhang Xiong nodded, and suddenly asked with unclear meaning: "I heard that you followed Gao Ze for three years?"
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment before he understood - the "Gao Ze" the other party mentioned was Gao Ze. Orion.
"Yes." He smiled bitterly: "It's just that some time ago, Master Gao didn't let me go to his house to help anymore."
Zhang Yuan's face was full of tears He looked helpless and disappointed, as if his heart was really hurt.
“Yeah.”
Zhang Xiong did not continue to ask, picked up the blue sheep on the ground and walked away.
Zhang Yuan looked at the martial artist's disappearing back, his eyes becoming as dark and deep as the sky.
His prey is not so easy to swallow!
(End of this chapter)