When the two of them arrived at the villa entrance, some villagers were already holding kerosene lamps, lighting up the area in front of the door for Ethan and Mr. White.
The faint, dim yellow light couldn't illuminate very much, but lighting up just the area in front of the villa wasn't too difficult.
And Ethan also noticed that the density of the mist at night was several times thicker than during the day.
If you carried a kerosene lamp during the daytime, it could light up a range of at least ten meters.
But at night, it could only illuminate about two meters.
And moreover, deep within the mist, Ethan always felt as if there were gazes staring at his villa, waiting for an opportunity to move.
"Lord, this… what do you mean by this?"
Mr. White looked at Ethan with a puzzled expression, completely unable to understand why he had been brought to the villa entrance.
Ethan simply smiled and said, "Didn't Mr. White want to confirm what kind of demon seed I'm holding? In this world, aside from appraisers, there's actually an even simpler and faster way to prove it."
"You… Lord, you're not serious, are you?"
Mr. White was completely stunned, "A demon seed, without appraisal, is worth five hundred thousand dragon coins per piece."
"And if this really is the Strangling Vine seed you mentioned, its value goes as high as five million dragon coins. You're really planning to just casually plant it to take a look?"
"If you accidentally plant something like a Dragon Flame Flower or an Ice Crystal Flower, those one-time-use seeds."
"Wouldn't that just be a complete waste."
"Heh! It won't be wasted."
Ethan casually tossed the seed toward the soil beside the villa gate and said, "Because I'm absolutely certain that it is a Strangling Vine seed."
"Ah! Don't do that!"
Seeing Ethan actually throw the seed onto the ground, Mr. White was so frightened that he lunged forward, trying to pounce on the seed.
But everything was already too late.
Zzz!
Almost the instant the demon seed touched the ground, it drilled rapidly into the soil.
These kinds of seeds all had one characteristic. The moment they encountered soil, they burrowed in, and once they touched the earth, they would begin growing rapidly in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them saw a thin green vine suddenly burst out from beneath the ground.
It then rapidly grew larger, spreading in all directions along the wall. Countless thin vines were like a documentary from Man and Nature sped up tens of thousands of times.
Rapidly splitting, growing.
The main vine of the Strangling Vine kept thickening and growing larger, then quickly extended in the other direction along the villa gate.
At the same time, the main vine continuously split into countless thinner vines, which began to crisscross like a web, completely wrapping around the walls surrounding Ethan's villa.
Until... the main vine circled the entire outer wall of the villa.
Finally, it grew to the villa gate, where it twisted and wove itself into a vine-formed door over the entrance, and only then did it stop.
From start to finish, Mr. White's mouth truly never closed from shock for even a moment.
From the instant the plant broke through the soil, he had already confirmed that this was indeed a Strangling Vine. But this was the first time he had ever seen a plant worth five million dragon coins sprout, grow, and finally stop right before his eyes.
"Five million… five million dragon coins!"
Mr. White beat his chest in anguish and said, "I shouldn't have doubted your judgment just now. Then you wouldn't have had to waste a seed worth five million dragon coins."
"Ah! My heart hurts so much!"
"If I had known this was a Strangling Vine, even if I only earned ten percent as a delivery fee, that would still be at least five hundred thousand dragon coins. What a huge loss!"
"Wuu! Wuu! Wuu!"
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Compared to Mr. White's heartbreak, Ethan was completely unconcerned.
After all, he was a man who knew how to obtain seeds. [T/N: That sounds wrong.]
If he didn't plant the Strangling Vine, how was he supposed to get ten more seeds? This was called you reap what you sow, plant melons get melons, plant beans get beans, plant demons get demon seeds. Someone like Mr. White would never understand.
So for Ethan, selling the Strangling Vine seed right now would actually be the greatest loss.
"Mr. White, there's no need to worry."
Ethan patted Mr. White on the shoulder and said, "Since I can get one Strangling Vine seed, I can get ten Strangling Vine seeds. In the future, I'll give you plenty of seeds to sell. Just relax!"
"Relax my ass!"
Mr. White exploded in anger, "You don't understand at all. This Strangling Vine only survives for one month. After one month, it dies!"
"And this thing never bears fruit in its entire lifetime. I don't know if it's because it's from another world, but it doesn't leave behind any seeds at all."
"So the moment you plant it, it's equivalent to wasting it!"
"Your crappy place doesn't even need such a good plant!"
"Ahhh! I'm so pissed off!"
Mr. White went completely berserk.
Ethan, on the other hand, laughed helplessly and said, "Alright, since it's already planted, there's no point talking about it anymore. Don't you want to see what good stuff is inside the two witch rings?"
"There might even be something more valuable than demon seeds!"
"How about we go take a look together?"
Hearing this, Mr. White finally stopped wailing.
He sniffed hard, then nodded and said, "Then… then fine! Let's go take a look together."
———
"Time to draw the prize."
Ethan took out the first witch's tail ring and put it on his little finger.
Ever since the last time he opened a bunch of scrolls and all kinds of strange items, Ethan had become quite interested in opening witch treasure boxes.
Witches, in this world, were basically minor bosses.
And whenever it was a boss, the equipment it dropped was usually pretty good.
So even their treasure boxes were well worth looking forward to.
"Hm?"
When he opened the first ring, the first thing to appear in Ethan's mind was actually a letter?
And that letter could actually fly, hovering inside the ring space like an origami crane, or a paper bird.
When Ethan took the thing out, Mr. White suddenly jumped in fright.
He hurriedly put on black dragonhide gloves, then grabbed the paper bird in one swift motion and said, "My lord, next time you take something out, can you ask me first?"
"This is a letter. If I had been even a step slower, it would have flown away."
"Who knows who it would have flown off to notify. Be careful, or you'll just invite more trouble!"
'A letter?'
Ethan couldn't help but laugh.
He really just wanted to take the letter out to have a look. Who would have thought the letter could fly?
"Really sorry. I honestly didn't expect witch stuff to be this magical, to the point that it can actually fly?", Ethan said helplessly, "I'll be more careful next time."
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