The visitor was a Cultivator who had been hunting for treasure in the mountains.
He hefted the bundle off his back, swung it forward, and unfurled it inside the shop.
"It's all good stuff, freshly dug up from the mountains. I just couldn't find the herbs you have a bounty on."
The Cultivator rubbed his hands together, a practiced, fawning smile on his face.
"Alchemist Bai, please see what you can offer."
Bai Mo reached out and sifted through the man's herbs, which were still damp with dew.
"Hmm?"
"You rascal, did you go fifty li into Celestial Barrier Mountain?"
Seeing a few yellowish-brown medicinal roots inside, Bai Mo knew the man had dug up at least a square li of the river valley.
He didn't look like he had much meat on his bones. To think he had such a strong back!
"Heh, I shamelessly tagged along with someone for half the journey to find this good stuff."
He had indeed found good herbs. Bai Mo picked out over twenty stalks and tossed out seven Spirit Stones.
