Stepping out of Wanhua Building.

The sky was already very late.

But the roads on both sides were still bustling and brightly lit.

From afar, wafted the aroma full of earthly human vitality.

This instantly reminded Jiang Ning of the late-night snack stalls from his previous life.

On the way, heading towards his residence, Jiang Ning observed the bustling night market of Guangning City, watching the comings and goings of people.

Lv Yi, behind him, was holding candied haws in both hands, following closely.

Having spent so much time with Jiang Ning, she understood his nature.

She knew that Jiang Ning did not care much about the status of nobility or humility.

This mode of interaction made her very comfortable.

"The bustling of the prefecture city is truly incomparable to Dongling City!"

Looking at the bustling scene along the way, Jiang Ning sighed inwardly.

Moments later, he stopped in front of a charcoal grill stall.

"Two skewers of donkey meat!" Jiang Ning said.

"Alright, sir!!" Looking at Jiang Ning standing in front of his stall, the brawny man showing his arms nodded repeatedly.

Then he took out the donkey meat skewers that had been prepared with bamboo sticks and placed them on the charcoal grill.

Moments later, sizzling yellow oil dripped onto the glowing red charcoal, causing several lively sparks to leap up.

The aroma of the meat wafted through the air.

"Sir, it smells so good!!" Lv Yi, beside him, twitched her delicate nose, her eyes lighting up as she smelled the aroma.

The crowd continued to move back and forth behind them.

Candied hawthorn, sweet and sour candied hawthorn...

Newly roasted beggar's chicken, two hundred wen each...

...

Listening to the various hawkers' calls, Jiang Ning felt a sense of peace in his heart.

Nobody likes chaotic environments. Even true villains prefer peaceful and safe surroundings where they can let their guard down.

At this moment.

The man flipping the donkey meat skewers showed a proud expression upon hearing Lv Yi's praise.

Her remark was the greatest compliment to a craftsman like him.

Moments later.

The man opened a small jar beside him, revealing fine white salt inside.

Then, using a spoon the size of a pinky finger, he carefully scooped out half a spoon of fine salt and sprinkled it evenly over the donkey meat skewer.

He opened another small jar beside him.

Inside was a seasoning that Jiang Ning didn't really recognize.

After applying the seasoning, he simply continued to grill for a few more moments.

The wafting aroma intensified.

Smelling this familiar scent, Jiang Ning couldn't help but salivate.

It had been a long time since he had eaten such roasted meat skewers full of earthly vitality.

That's why he stopped here just now.

"Sir, it's done!!" The man grabbed two large skewers of donkey meat and handed them over.

"How much?" Jiang Ning asked as he received them.

"One skewer for one hundred wen, a bargain at two hundred wen!" The man said respectfully.

Lv Yi, beside him, immediately pulled out two hundred wen and handed it over.

"Thank you, both of you!!" Seeing Jiang Ning and Lv Yi being so straightforward, the man expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

"This skewer is for you!" Jiang Ning handed one skewer to Lv Yi.

"Thank you, sir!" Lv Yi accepted it with a smile in her eyes.

"The flavor is good! Great craftsmanship!!" Jiang Ning took a bite and praised repeatedly.

He could taste that the donkey meat skewer he held must have been freshly slaughtered today.

As the saying goes, in the heavens, there is dragon meat; on the earth, there is donkey meat.

As long as the donkey meat is fresh, the taste is superb.

Although the seasoning was ordinary, the freshness of the meat provided a completely different texture.

This kind of pure, natural, and fresh meat quality was extremely rare in his previous life.

As he savored the perfectly roasted donkey meat skewer, Jiang Ning nodded repeatedly.

As the food entered his stomach, his body quickly digested it, extracting and absorbing the Essence Qi within.

But compared to his body's weakness just after completing a blood exchange.

This bit of Essence Qi was just a drop in the ocean, unable to make any significant impact.

In a few bites, the skewer of donkey meat entered his stomach.

Seeing Jiang Ning discard the bamboo stick, Lv Yi, behind him, glanced at her own skewer, with still four-fifths remaining.

She couldn't help but quicken her actions, her cheeks puffing up rapidly.

Her pace also quickened, following the figure of Jiang Ning.

...

Tingzhu Pavilion.

The evening breeze blew through, the bamboo forest rustling.

Jiang Ning sat on a chair.

From the Sumeru Ring, he retrieved a brocade box, one of the three Blood Ginseng roots previously packed by Shen Congyun.

Opening the brocade box, he saw the Blood Ginseng within, exactly three hundred years old.

All major herbs categorized as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

The older the age, the more pronounced the qualitative change in medicinal power, and the price correspondingly grows geometrically.

Common medicines below ten years of age at most can only be considered regular herbs.

Like the Wild Ginseng cultivated by Zhou's Pharmacy in Luoshui County, generally aged four to six years.

Calling it Wild Ginseng is merely to add value to it.

True wild ginseng should be at least ten years old to have significant effects.

But the price is not even in the same league.

From ten years upwards, hundred-year-old herbs undergo another qualitative change.

Not only a qualitative change in medicinal power but also in price.

Beyond that, every additional hundred years, the price doesn't rise exponentially, but accumulatively.

Like a hundred-year-old Blood Ginseng, if valued at ten gold, a five hundred-year-old one wouldn't be fifty gold but would escalate to five hundred gold.

For a thousand years, it's even more distinct.

Because after accumulating a thousand years of medicinal power, the medicinal efficacy has undergone another qualitative change.

The impact of qualitative transformation far exceeds the mere accumulation of quantity.

Jiang Ning grabbed the Blood Ginseng from the brocade box and stuffed it into his mouth.

Taking a bite, he slowly chewed it.

The juice of the Blood Ginseng filled his mouth with a faintly sweet and metallic taste.

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