The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 202 - 199: The Ginsengfruit that Can Prolong Life

Chapter 202: Chapter 199: The Ginsengfruit that Can Prolong Life

Qin Zhao saw an image of fruits that looked like little humans, and they emitted a strange Evil Energy, not resembling figs at all.

It must be the work of an Illusion Technique that they looked like figs.

"Let’s buy a few to try."

Chu Yan walked towards the vendor. "How much are the figs?"

"Sir, these are not ordinary figs, they have the same effect as the Ginsengfruit in TV dramas! Hurry up and buy some to try!"

The man dressed as a farmer pushed his sale hard. "You can add my WeChat, and if they work well, you can continue to buy from me. If they don’t work, I will refund your money."

Before Chu Yan could respond, a passerby laughed, "You are exaggerating way too much in your sales pitch. These are just ordinary figs. There is no such thing as Ginsengfruit in this world!

To prolong life, free from disease and pain, are you taking us for fools?"

"If it were really that miraculous, the nation would have already seized it for research."

"Right, maybe you’ve watched too many TV dramas?"

Chu Yan ignored the discussions from passersby and continued, "So, how much per pound?"

The man only had a small basket in front of him, and there weren’t many figs in it.

They looked like a dozen or so, not very large, as if they were grown at home.

"We don’t sell by the pound."

The man smiled broadly, "Five thousand yuan each."

"Five thousand yuan each!"

Everyone gasped.

"Uncle, have you lost your mind with greed?"

"Laughable, this is a scam! Only an idiot would fall for it!"

"With five thousand yuan, you could buy a whole house of figs elsewhere!"

"Let’s go, this man is a lunatic."

Many people left, looking at the man as if he were insane.

The man frowned, aware that he was charging a lot, but the fruits were indeed special!

"Sir, would you like to buy one?"

"Get me one."

Chu Yan glanced at Qin Zhao before he spoke.

There was another passerby by their side, dressed in a suit, looking quite wealthy.

This passerby, noticing that Chu Yan was actually going to buy, became somewhat interested in the fruit.

After all, he wasn’t short of five thousand yuan.

"Get me one too."

"No, I am taking all of them."

Qin Zhao suddenly spoke up, stopping the passerby from buying the Ginsengfruit.

"I’m just buying one, you can buy the rest if you want them."

Qin Zhao said apologetically, "Sorry, what I mean is, not a single one less."

"Do you have a problem? I was buying before you. Why should they all go to you?"

Qin Zhao didn’t respond to the passerby; after all, she was saving him.

She looked at the man selling Ginsengfruits. "I’ll buy your fruits for two hundred thousand yuan, do you think that works? If so, I can transfer the money right now."

The man looked Qin Zhao up and down, realizing she was a woman of cold beauty and extraordinary presence, clearly wealthy and of high status, and quickly said, "Okay! Two hundred thousand for all of them!"

"What about mine? Leave me one!" The passerby persisted, increasingly wanting one.

"Miss, could you leave him one?"

The man sought Qin Zhao’s approval.

But Qin Zhao refused, "If you give him one, then I won’t buy."

"Fine, then I’ll sell them all to you."

The passerby, annoyed, glared at them but eventually had to walk away, not knowing he just dodged a bullet!

"Here is the QR code, just transfer the money to this WeChat."

Qin Zhao pretended to scan the QR code.

"It won’t transfer; the amount is too large. How about this, there’s a bank at the end of the street, I will go there to transfer the money or I can even withdraw cash for you."

The man was puzzled for a moment, then nodded.

"This is also feasible."

He stood up with the basket, ready to go to the end of the street with them.

Exiting the food street, there indeed was a bank not far away.

As the nearby pedestrians became fewer, the man suddenly felt his legs move uncontrollably. Instead of heading towards the bank, he walked into a secluded alley next to the food street.

Qin Zhao stepped forward and snatched the basket from his hand.

"You... you want to rob me?!"

The man looked at them in shock, only to find he couldn’t move at all.

This was because Qin Zhao had cast a spell on him.

Her expression was cold as she asked, "Where did these Ginsengfruits come from?"

This man was just an ordinary person without any Spiritual Energy in his body, definitely not the cultivator of these Ginsengfruits!

Qin Zhao asked not because she wanted more Ginsengfruits.

But because, apart from carrying rich Spiritual Energy, these Ginsengfruits also had a strong scent of blood!

Ordinary people couldn’t smell this scent, but Qin Zhao could.

Tengshe rifled through the basket and sniffed for a while, his face full of disgust, "It stinks."

He too sensed that something was off with the Ginsengfruits.

Hearing Qin Zhao’s words, the man spoke evasively, "These are fruits grown by my own family."

"Then how did you grow them?"

The man’s expression shifted slightly, hesitating and unable to give a proper explanation.

"It seems you really are lying," Chu Yan said, "Ordinary fruits sell for five thousand yuan. This counts as fraud, and we could take you to the police station, you might even face at least ten years!"

After speaking, Chu Yan quickly grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.

"No! I’ll talk, I’ll say everything!"

Unable to break free, the man immediately panicked.

"These Ginsengfruits were stolen! In our village, there’s an old lady who always mutters to herself. My great-grandfather saw her when he was a child, and now my great-grandfather is dead, but she’s still alive!

My grandfather said she has lived for three hundred years, but no one knows why she could live so long.

Until one time, when I was chopping wood in the mountains, I happened to meet her. I noticed she always climbed several mountains and then went to a place to pick these figs.

She told me that she ate these fruits, which is why she could live so long and also never get sick.

My family had some trouble, and we really didn’t have money to pay off debts. Those debt-collectors even threatened to chop off my limbs, so I had no choice but to steal these fruits she picked!"

Qin Zhao looked thoughtful in her eyes, not because she thought he was lying.

But this discovery of Ginsengfruits, learning about their medicinal effects, and the process of stealing the fruits, all hinted at something eerie.

She looked at Chu Yan, who was just looking at her, clearly he also sensed something was amiss.

That long-lived old lady lived for three hundred years, and no one knew why she could live so long. How come this man suddenly found out the reason during this period?

Moreover, when he asked, the old lady even told him. Not only that, when this man wanted to steal the fruits, there just happened to be a whole basket of Ginsengfruits.

Wasn’t this too coincidental?

Qin Zhao then asked him, "Didn’t that person notice you stole the fruits?"

"She probably did notice, but she didn’t come after me, probably fearing I’d spill her secret. Then everyone would go to the mountain to pick Ginsengfruits, and she’d have none to eat."

"Do you know where the Ginsengfruits are planted? Why didn’t you pick more?"

"I don’t know. I couldn’t follow her for a stretch. When she reappeared, I noticed she had this basket of Ginsengfruits. When she saw me, I directly asked her, and she told me these were Ginsengfruits."

If he knew where they were planted, he wouldn’t have needed to steal them.

"Since she didn’t want people to find out, why would she tell you?"

"She didn’t want me to tell others about her picking the fruits. She even gave me one of the fruits at that time. I didn’t take it seriously and didn’t agree, so she then told me the real story behind the fruits."

"And you believed her?"

"Not initially. I took the fruit home and let my uncle eat it. My uncle has congenital cerebral palsy, used to speak with a stutter and couldn’t walk steadily. After eating that fruit, those symptoms vanished; the cerebral palsy was almost cured!

I then realized the old lady wasn’t lying, so I went to her home to find her. She wasn’t there, but the small basket for carrying fruits was in the house. And I just, just took it."

After understanding the situation, Qin Zhao planned to meet the long-lived old lady.

"You’ll take us to the village to find her. If you don’t agree, we’ll take you directly to the police station!"

After Qin Zhao spoke, Chu Yan added, "If the Ginsengfruits really are that magical, then you won’t be accused of fraud. But you stole someone’s belongings. Also, gambling and such are illegal."

The man bit his lip, regretting that he’d explained in too much detail.

"Alright, I’ll take you there!"