Chapter 56: Millennium Blood Ginseng

  Xiao Ziyang had long had the intention to kill this lustful and greedy second master, but today he was inadvertently saved by him, so his murderous intentions faded; besides, Cao Tianhao, the grandmaster of the Iron Riders, had exceptional martial arts skills, and it was extremely lucky that he could rescue those three sisters that day. Every time he thought about it afterwards, he felt a lingering fear.

  If we talk about real strength, even Hong Zuoke is not a match for Cao Tianhao. Although Xiao Ziyang's martial arts have made great progress in the past six months, he still doesn't dare to guarantee that he can defeat this person. Therefore, Xiao Ziyang does not plan to provoke these thieves again.

  But when he heard the name "Thousand Year Blood Ginseng" from this second master's mouth, he immediately changed his mind.

  Generally, the older the medicinal material, the stronger its medicinal properties and the rarer it becomes. Therefore, for every few decades that these medicinal materials age, their value doubles, but no matter how expensive they become, they always have a price; however, once any type of medicinal material reaches an age of over a thousand years, it becomes priceless.

  In the great hall under Huisheng Building in Xiang'an City, a horizontal inscribed board was erected with large characters that read: "Collecting thousand-year-old spiritual medicine, one purple gold ingot for every branch, 1,000 pieces, a total of 12 million taels of silver."

  However, if someone really sold the Millennium Spiritual Medicine for a thousand pieces of Imperial Gold Coins, they would definitely be scolded as a prodigal son. Because if you present this Millennium Spiritual Medicine to the Emperor, you will immediately be conferred as a Baron, ruling over a county, hereditary and irreplaceable, with the country's fate tied together, and also rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold.

  Otherwise, if you take this thousand-year-old spiritual medicine and offer it to any of the six major sects, you will immediately be accepted as an inner disciple, and granted a thousand acres of good land, ten thousand taels of gold, access to the sect's secret scriptures, and instruction from multiple masters. You will inevitably become a top-notch master within ten years, and even receiving a direct transmission of power is not out of the question.

  Rumors have it that the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine is so precious because once the medicinal materials reach a thousand years, they become immortal medicines and are used as the main medicine for immortals to refine their elixirs. Even for immortals, thousand-year-old spiritual medicines are rare treasures.

  So if there is really a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine in Cangshan Village, then Xiao Ziyang will have to make a trip no matter what.

  Second Master has already led four horses over, and he mounted the black hoof dragon scale horse. Xiao Ziyang saw that this horse had no reaction at all after he rode on it, and couldn't help but secretly praise it as a good horse. It's worth noting that although Xiao Ziyang appears to be less than 300 pounds on the surface, his body actually weighs over 600 pounds after training with "Purple Jade Smoke", even heavier than fully armored heavy cavalry.

  Xiao Ziyang patted the dragon horse and rode it back and forth. The second master led the horse, honestly following behind Xiao Ziyang.

  Xiao Ziyang rode his horse forward, asking without turning back, "You said you came from Jinzhou? Why would you run to this poor and remote place that is thousands of miles away from Jinzhou?"

  "Let me tell you, we were originally a group of horse thieves on the Golden State Highway, called the Iron Rider Association. There were over a thousand brothers in our association, and among the horse thief gangs on the Golden State Highway, we were also ranked among the top five." Second Master hurriedly replied.

  We will come to Nanba, actually to avoid disaster; it is said that once the old man took people out to do things and slaughtered a village. Unexpectedly, the daughter of the owner of this village was the daughter-in-law of a protector of Hanmo Fortress. Later, when Hanmo Fortress issued an order, the Iron Rider Club suffered a devastating blow.

  Only over 80 people, including the Big Boss, managed to escape from Jinzhou and we lost several leaders along the way. We fled all the way to Chu State, which is extremely far from Jinzhou, and hid in the remote Nanba County.

  Because only the big boss escaped, the big boss promoted several small bosses to become bosses. I was appointed as the second boss after arriving in Nanba County. In fact, the big boss is the one who has the final say in the fort." The second boss finally regained his composure after half a day and stopped stuttering.

  Having heard Er Dangjia's words, Xiao Ziyang secretly sneered and asked again: "Hanmo Fortress? Is it the Hanmo Fortress that ranks tenth among the top ten sects in Jianghu?"

  "It's true, Jinzhou is the world of Hanmo Fortress. Whoever goes against Hanmo Fortress in Jinzhou will often die without a place to bury their body. We were able to escape, which is considered a great fortune."

  "Hmm... how did you know that our boss has a Millennium Blood Ginseng?" asked Xiao Ziyang seemingly casually.

  "It was just a few days ago, in our village, there was a small leader named Hu San, who was from the same village as me."

  "One day he asked me to drink with him, after getting drunk, he casually mentioned that in the morning he went into the mountain to rob a group of medicine collectors, and found a red ginseng, which was handed over to the boss. After finishing speaking, he repeatedly reminded me to keep it confidential, saying that the boss had ordered this matter to be absolutely confidential."

  "I read a few years of books when I was young, and saw the description of thousand-year-old blood ginseng in the book. At that time, I didn't think that the red ginseng was the thousand-year-old blood ginseng, but thought Hu San had drunk too much and was talking nonsense. However, the next day, Hu San was sent out alone and died outside on the same day. It wasn't until then that I suddenly remembered that the red ginseng Hu San mentioned might be the thousand-year-old blood ginseng." Just as he said this, Er Dangjia suddenly stopped in his tracks and let out a soft cry of "Ah!"

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Ziyang stopped his horse and looked at Er Dangjia with a puzzled expression.

  "Big Brother knew that Hu San and I were the closest, he must have also known that Hu San drank with me before his death. Big Brother sent me to Lao Jun Guan tonight, all of whom are my trusted subordinates... Could it be that Big Brother..." Er Dang Jia's face suddenly turned pale white. "It can't be, when we were being pursued by the people from Han Mo Fortress and I risked my life to save his, I was injured almost to death, I was loyal to him with all my heart, how could he...".

  "If your boss wants to kill you, he will definitely ambush you on the way back. Why don't you go and see?" Xiao Ziyang said with a smile, as if comforting him, but what Xiao Ziyang didn't notice was that there was not a hint of a smile in his eyes! They were all icy cold glints like iron!

  This second master's words were half true and half false, if Xiao Ziyang hadn't recognized him, he would have believed his words. But to Xiao Ziyang, who had long known his background, this speech was full of loopholes.

  Xiao Ziyang urged his horse on with a squeeze of his legs, and the black hoofed dragon scaled steed galloped off into the distance.

  Xiao Ziyang stopped his horse at the place where he had just shot and killed the bandits.

  On the ground, eleven bandits who had been shot and killed were lying horizontally and vertically. Their mounts were indeed high-quality warhorses brought from Jinzhou, the main horse-producing area of Xiliang State. These horses did not run away, but stood quietly around them, with two horses even lying down beside their masters, as if waiting for their owners to get up and ride them again.

  Xiao Ziyang rode past the two horses, bent down and grabbed their reins, leading them up the mountain.

  Xiao Ziyang brought the second master to the Guan, Fenghe Mountain was a short mountain of only 70-80 meters, Laojun Guan was not far from the foot of the mountain. Earlier, the second master and his party had galloped their horses at the foot of the mountain, and with the sound of people shouting and horses neighing when they were killed, everyone in the Guan had already been startled awake. Just as they were frantically searching for Xiao Ziyang, they saw him bring a stranger into the outer gate, and they all gathered around.