The Emperor is Above

Chapter 80 How much does this sell for?
The courtyard of Old Man Shi is by no means simple.

From the outside it looks like a simple courtyard, but as you walk through the gate you can feel the rich spiritual energy.

It is still early spring outside the city, and the ground is all yellow and with little green. However, this courtyard is a patch of dark green and light yellow, and all kinds of plants are growing very well.

The spiritual energy was so rich that there was even a faint spiritual mist. Whether it was the tall trees or the short flowers and plants, they were all actively absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy.

From time to time, you can hear the sound of spiritual energy condensing into dewdrops and falling on the leaves of flowers and trees, which makes people realize how rich the spiritual energy is in this courtyard.

When they saw the plants in the courtyard clearly, the three of them were shocked, especially Gongsun Wu, who recognized quite a few of them: "Silver-edged Spiritual Grass, Fire Tree and Silver Flower, Tianmen Coral, Fenghua Spiritual Wood, Luanwei Spiritual Grass——"

Every time Gongsun Wu mentioned the name of a spiritual medicine, Tu Shigu couldn't help but shiver, his expression dull and shocked as he said, "The whole yard is full of ninth-grade, eighth-grade, and seventh-grade spiritual medicines. How much do they cost?"

The civet cat had already jumped down from Master Tun's arms, and was circling around a strange spiritual herb, sniffing it non-stop with intoxication, and was unwilling to leave no matter how Qing Yi pulled it.

The little fox was fine though. It lay on Qing Yi's shoulder, looking around, drooling over the spiritual fruits not far away. Apart from that, it didn't have any special hobbies.

"Haha, I dug this magical herb from Jiming Lake last year. I don't know what effect it has, but it seems cats like it the most!"

Old Man Shi stroked the intoxicated cat with a smile and said, "Don't worry about it. The cat won't be willing to damage the spiritual herb."

Qing Yi then stood up with confidence, looked around the large courtyard, and asked, "Old Man Shi, your courtyard is at least five acres in size, you must have planted hundreds of spiritual herbs!"

"Haha, there are not so many elixirs."

Old Man Shi shook his head and smiled, "There are a total of eighty-six kinds of spiritual medicines and spiritual fruits in the entire courtyard, and about 30% of them were collected and cultivated by me from all over the wilderness over the past hundred years.

Another 40% are good medicinal seeds and seedlings that the children come across on a daily basis and they will present them to me as a filial piety. The last 30% are obtained from the medicinal herb garden in the king's palace.

But my medicinal garden is not just the size of these five acres. The cliff in front of me that is hundreds of feet high is also my medicinal garden.

I was cultivating a few spiritual herbs on that big rock just now, and I saw you guys coming from a distance while standing there, hahahaha——"

Looking at this cliff that is two hundred feet high and several miles long, covered with lush green plants, if it is also Old Man Shi’s spiritual medicine garden, then the number of spiritual herbs planted there would be a bit scary.

"Hey, you're scared!"

The old man looked very proud as he washed the mud off his hands and body in a sink carved out of a huge stone. He said with regret,

“It looks like there are a lot of spiritual medicines, but they are actually low-grade spiritual medicines. Most of them are below the seventh grade, and they are of no use to me.

I cultivated this medicinal garden just to kill time, and the medicinal herbs and fruits grown were all given away.

It’s not that high-grade spiritual medicine seeds cannot be found, but the grade of the spiritual soil in this medicine garden is too low. Only a few sixth-grade spiritual herbs were grown last year.

It will take at least ten years of nurturing to improve the spiritual soil quality before the sixth-grade spiritual medicine can be planted. Otherwise, I will have to make several trips to the Jiliu tribe."

Qing Yi didn't realize that Old Man Shi was just bragging. His mind was full of rune formations at this moment. He immediately took out the runes he had recently carved on the eighth-grade beast tooth dagger and asked for advice:
"Old Man Shi, why is the spiritual energy in your courtyard so rich, but it cannot be felt outside? Could it be the effect of the rune formation? Do you think my rune foundation is feasible?"

Old Man Shi laughed and shook his head: "Haha, I only know a little bit about pharmacists, but not about runes. You can ask Yuanmu Qiujian more. He has helped a lot in keeping the spiritual energy in my courtyard from dispersing everywhere."

After walking around the cobblestone path lined with magical herbs and medicines, you will see a quiet and elegant thatched pavilion, half of which is built on a pond of one and a half acres in size. The civet cat also follows.

The water in the pond was clear, and the waterside was full of aquatic herbs, cattails, water lilies, etc. Four-year-old Niu Niu was playing on the wooden railing beside the pond. She turned her head and immediately ran over in surprise.

It seemed that Niuniu recognized him, and Qingyi hurriedly took two steps forward: "Haha, Niuniu, Xiaobai, Huani and I are here to see you."

Unexpectedly, Niuniu just hugged the little fox that jumped down from Qingyi's shoulder, and cheered: "Haha, Xiaobai, you came to see me! Oh, Hua Ni has become fatter, with so much flesh." "Haha——"

Old Man Shi couldn't help but laugh at her misfortune, and then he said to Niuniu, "Niuniu, your big brother came to see you, but you didn't even know how to say hello."

"I'm sorry, big brother. I only paid attention to Xiaobai!" Niuniu blushed and stretched out her right hand apologetically, "Here's this for you!"

Qing Yi took it and looked at it. It turned out to be a piece of exquisite dessert made of various nuts and flour. It even contained dried granules of spiritual fruit pulp. It was really precious.

He took a bite without hesitation and replied with a smile: "Thank you Niuniu for the gift, this snack tastes good, I like it very much."

"no!"

Niuniu's face turned red from holding it in, and she waved her hands to explain, "This is for you to feed the fish, not for you to eat."

"Uh..." Qing Yi's face was suddenly full of embarrassment, which caused Old Man Shi to laugh. "Niuniu, take the little fox and the civet cat out to play. Grandpa will take care of them."

"Ok!"

Niuniu nodded vigorously, "Okay, Grandpa, I'll go give the little fox and the civet cat some delicious fruit."

After Niu Niu left, Qing Yi felt a little less embarrassed. He crushed the remaining half of the snack in his hand and threw it into the pond. Immediately, several strange fish over ten feet long and two turtles as big as millstones came to fight for the food.

"I have raised these fish for decades. The two soft-shelled turtles were given to me by Dazhu a few years ago. I saw that they were very smart so I couldn't bear to eat them. I decided to keep them as pets for Niuniu!"

Old Man Shi led the way as he spoke, and after a few dozen steps they arrived at the thatched pavilion.

A clean and refreshing straw mat is laid on the smooth and comfortable wooden board, and in the middle is a tea table made of logs, on which is a small red clay charcoal stove and a complete set of tea sets.

Qing Yi knelt down on the cattail mat with Old Man Shi.

Then he heard Tun Shigu still trembling and muttering: "What a luxury, what a waste, using Frost Flower Spirit Wood as pillars, Golden Fairy Grass as thatched roof, and Moon Flower Grass as futon—"

Old Man Shi ignored Master Tu's muttering and just waved his hand towards the cliff: "Water, come!"

I saw a clear spring gushing out from the cliff, and in a blink of an eye it was poured into a small ceramic pot, which was casually placed on the charcoal stove. The originally black charcoal suddenly burst into flames.

Before Qing Yi could react, Old Man Shi picked up a few fruit plates on the coffee table and waved towards the courtyard and the cliff. The fruit plates were then filled with all kinds of spiritual fruits.

"When you reach the level of a first-grade grandmaster, you can be summoned and dismissed at will!"

Old Man Shi smiled, pointed at a plate of spiritual fruits, and said to Gongsun Wu, "Young man, you were seriously injured before. I'm afraid that Zuo Shi's rough guys didn't cure you completely.

Eat a few more of these fruits, and the remaining injuries to your heart will soon be completely healed. Next time I see this guy Ran You, I will kick him twice."

Qing Yi sniffed the plates of spiritual fruits. They all looked similar, but he felt that Gongsun Wu's plate was more fragrant and had a richer spiritual energy. He immediately picked up one and started eating it without hesitation.

"Shang Shuyi, don't eat spiritual fruits carelessly!"

Gongsun Wu and Tu Shigu tried to dissuade him, but it was too late. They said anxiously, "You are not yet at the ninth level of the warrior realm, and you are eating eighth-level spiritual fruits. It will be harmful to your body if you over-replenish it."

B, who was frightened by the two people, touched his stomach and intestines, which felt warm and comfortable, and found that the warm current quickly flowed throughout his body. Not only did he not feel any discomfort, but it also made his body stronger.

When Mr. Shi saw this scene, he couldn't help but laugh: "Interesting, interesting!"

(End of this chapter)