Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 491: Nearly a Ginseng Spirit (1)_1

Chapter 491: Chapter 491: Nearly a Ginseng Spirit (1)_1

After the excitement had subsided, and with the Black Cloud Leopard’s silent permission, Mo Yan carefully distinguished the ginseng plants spread over an area of about an acre. She found that most of these ginseng roots were relatively young, with the most common ones being around twenty to thirty years old. There were only about a hundred that were over a hundred years old, and a very few were over a century old, estimated to be two to three hundred years old.

What surprised Mo Yan was that ginseng of different ages was almost all growing together, as if they had been deliberately planted in clusters. She didn’t know that this was the result of the Black Cloud Leopard collecting ginseng seeds and planting them here. The reason why the high-aged ginseng was sparse was because the leopard had eaten them – it ate them partly to satisfy hunger, and partly to absorb the Spiritual Energy within them because even as a Spirit Beast, it could not live for hundreds of years without the nourishment of Spiritual Energy.

In the eyes of the peasants, even a twenty to thirty-year-old ginseng would be enough to allow them to sell and build a beautiful tiled house and lead a worry-free life for a few years. However, what Mo Yan lacked was not silver but a Thousand-year Ginseng that could save a life and help her beloved escape a fate of being slaughtered.

Unwilling to give up, Mo Yan searched again and finally found two of the oldest ginseng roots near the base of a large tree. Since she couldn’t see what was happening under the plant, she couldn’t estimate the precise age, but judging by the plant’s characteristics, it definitely wouldn’t be over five hundred years.

A ginseng over three hundred years old was already very good. If it were transplanted into the Space, it would only take two years to grow into a Thousand-year Ginseng. However, the Crown Prince who urgently needed the Thousand-year Ginseng would turn twenty-five in less than a year; he simply could not wait that long...

After pondering for a moment, Mo Yan couldn’t help but ask the ’Big Black Cat’ lounging beside her, "Do you have any older ginseng here? I really need it. Can you help me?"

Upon hearing this, the Black Cloud Leopard’s eyes, a deep shade of blue, quickly flashed with something, and then it slowly sat up, looking at Mo Yan with an inscrutable gaze, as if weighing something.

If the other party were human, Mo Yan could decipher something from their expressions, but she was faced with a wild animal covered in sleek fur and even if she had x-ray vision, she couldn’t necessarily understand it!

Seeing that the Black Cloud Leopard didn’t react, Mo Yan became somewhat anxious. This area was in the depths of Yuhua Mountain, where it was unlikely that anyone would enter. Since this mountain could produce ginseng that was several hundred years old, it was highly possible that there were older ones present.

If the ’Big Black Cat’ hadn’t found any higher-aged ginseng, she was confident she could persuade it to allow her to look for herself, and she might find some. However, if the ’Big Black Cat’ had found some but was unwilling to exchange them, she could only watch helplessly without any solution. After all, it was not certain that her four animals could defeat it, let alone forcefully take it, and if this Spirit Beast with Spiritual Wisdom hid the ginseng, she might not be able to find them even if she defeated it. Besides, she was not prepared to resort to force unless it was absolutely necessary.

Just as Mo Yan was about to inquire again, the Black Cloud Leopard glanced at her and then gracefully stood up and walked past her, its fluffy tail casually brushing against the hem of her skirt.

Uncertain of the Black Cloud Leopard’s intentions, Mo Yan still beckoned to her four beasts and followed cautiously. Seeing that the Black Cloud Leopard only flicked its ears without driving them away, she felt a rise of joy and instantly quickened her pace.

After walking for about half an hour, upon reaching the other side of the mountain, the Black Cloud Leopard stopped and turned its head, waiting for Mo Yan and her group.

The climb here was even more difficult than on the way up, and Mo Yan, unable to rely on the Red Python’s help, walked slower. Seeing the Black Cloud Leopard waiting, she did not dare to delay and upset it, so she hastened her steps. In her haste, she was tripped up by the undergrowth and fell to the ground, her left hand back slashed open by a long, sharp thorn.

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