"Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences?"
Lu Yu repeated the name, feeling a little confused.
Why would the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences want to entrust him with something?？
Professor Wang Chen felt a little awkward when he saw Lu Yu's confused expression.
Originally, it was already a huge favor for Lu Yu to be willing to sell the Water Gall Amber raw stone to the Empire's geological research institute for 40 million yuan.
But now, his request might put Lu Yu in a difficult position again.
"Actually, I'm a little embarrassed to say this. This request might be a little difficult for Comrade Little Lu. Let me tell you first. If it doesn't work, you can reject it.”
"I don't mean to refuse. I'm just a little confused. Why would the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences want to entrust me with this?”
Seeing that Wang Chen was already a little dejected before he could speak, Lu Yu quickly waved his hand and said.
Professor Wang Chen nodded and thought for a while before asking,"
"Comrade Little Lu, do you know of a plant called Kashi's rodiola?”
"Kashi's Rodiola?"
Lu Yu frowned and said,"
"There are too many species of rodiola. There are more than ten species that grow in Mount Kunlun alone. Moreover, we usually call them by their alias and rarely call them by their scientific name.”
"How about this? Look at the picture. Do you recognize this?”
Professor Wang Chen rummaged through his bag and took out a tablet. He zoomed in on a picture and handed it to Shen Ran.
"Immortal Snow?"
Lu Yu asked subconsciously after taking a glance.
"You…you really know him? Are you sure it's this?"
Wang Chen was so shocked that he couldn't even hold the tablet in his hand. It fell to the ground with a thud.
Lu Yu quickly picked it up and looked at it. Fortunately, it did not crack.
"Professor Wang, don't be so excited…I do know this plant. I've seen it with my own eyes.”
Lu Yu stuffed the tablet back into Wang Chen's hand and nodded."As long as there's nothing wrong with your photo, I'm sure I won't be mistaken.”
"Oh my god…You've actually seen the Kashi rodiola…"
Wang Chen leaned back in his chair as if he was in a nightmare. He muttered to himself,
"I thought that this request was too difficult for you. After all, this is an extremely dangerous plant that is almost extinct…but I didn't expect you to see it with your own eyes!”
"Snow Fairy is an extremely dangerous plant?"
Lu Yu was also stunned.”
"When I was young?"
Wang Chen keenly grasped these keywords and asked impatiently,"Did you see this plant when you were young?”
"Yeah, we met when we were young."
Lu Yu nodded." Snow Fairy is very good-looking. In our local dialect, the meaning of her name is the fog that the heavenly goddess has descended. However, because that name is too difficult to pronounce, we usually call her Snow Fairy.”
"When I was young, I saw it when I went to pick snow lotuses with my mother. Although it was very beautiful, my mother did not allow me to pick it. She said that snow fairies were very rare and were treasures sent down by the holy daughter.”
After saying that, Lu Yu looked at the photo of Xue Zhongxian on Wang Chen's tablet."
"Is the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences entrusting me with the task of finding Xue Zhongxian?”
"To tell you the truth, it is."
Wang Chen laughed bitterly.
"A few years ago, because of the discovery of the extremely high medicinal value of the Kashi rodiola…oh, that is, the snow fairy you mentioned, there were many people who stole and dug it up.”
"The investigators from the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences have been to Tianshan and Kunlun for three years in a row, but they haven't found any traces of the Snow Fairy in the places where it was recorded.”
"Thus, this year, the Snow Fairy was listed in the Empire's endangered species list, the extremely dangerous one.”
Wang Chen sighed.
However, the locations that we have recorded can be found by those who are interested.”
"My…oh no, the person in charge of the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences saw the livestream replay of your opening amber raw stone and realized that you might know some places that ordinary people don't know and that only the local residents know about. Perhaps you can find traces of the Snow Fairy in those places.”
"I didn't want to trouble you because this is indeed a very unreasonable request for you…but this is an extremely dangerous plant. I still want to try and talk to you.”
Wang Chen looked at Lu Yu nervously and said.
"I didn't expect that Snow Fairy would be an extremely dangerous plant now…"
Lu Yu was a little emotional. After a moment, he nodded.
"I can accept this commission. After all, if we can find the mother of the Snow Fairy and protect it, we might be able to find a way to artificially breed it. This way, we can prevent it from going extinct.”
"But I'm curious about one thing. Why would the person in charge of the Imperial Botanic Academy watch my livestream?
Logically speaking, the content of my live broadcast has nothing to do with the nature of their work. How could such a busy person have the time to watch?
However, it was quite an honor for them to come to see me. They didn't have any other intentions. They were just curious.”
Lu Yu blinked and asked Professor Wang Chen.
He had noticed that Professor Wang Chen looked a little embarrassed when he mentioned the director of the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences. He was quite curious, so he found an excuse to ask.
"This…"
Wang Chen's expression became even more awkward. After a while, he lowered his voice and said,
"Actually, the person in charge of the Imperial Academy of Botanic Sciences is my wife. After I told you, she saw your livestream replay when I went home…
When she heard that I was coming to see you personally, she wanted me to bring this message to you no matter what…"
When Lu Yu heard this, he almost laughed.
Professor Wang was a slave to his wife.
"Actually, I'm quite embarrassed to tell you about this. If I want to ask you to find the Kashi rodiola, I need you to bring some necessary equipment and surveillance equipment with you so that after you find it, you can fix the equipment there and monitor it to prevent theft.”
"And even if we really find it, there won't be much reward…compared to the money we used to buy the Water Gall Amber from you, it's like a drop in the ocean.”
This was Professor Wang Chen's dilemma.
Previously, Lu Yu had already done him a huge favor. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the benefactor of the entire Empire's Institute of Geography.
But now, he was going to entrust someone who owed him a huge favor to do something that was likely to be for nothing, and there was no return.
How could he ask?
Unexpectedly, Lu Yu waved his hand and agreed very readily.
"It doesn't matter if it's money or not. Anyway, I don't lack money now. The main thing is that this matter is indeed very meaningful.”
"Moreover, this is also a very good topic for a live broadcast. The audience in the live broadcast room should be very willing to watch me look for this endangered rare plant. On the way, I can also bring them to see the unique scenery of Mount Kunlun.”
At this point, Lu Yu paused for a moment.
"However, there's one thing that I'm more concerned about. How heavy is the surveillance and positioning equipment that you want me to bring?”
"You should know after watching my live broadcast that I usually ride a horse.
Snow fairies live at high altitudes. Even if I went to find them, I wouldn't be able to go back and forth in a day. I needed to bring portable survival supplies, which was already a certain weight.
If the positioning and monitoring facilities were too heavy, the horses might not be able to bear it.”
Professor Wang Chen waved his hand and said,""It's not that heavy. I've carried it myself. It's only about ten catties. I wonder if this weight is enough?”
"If it's more than ten catties, then there's no problem. However, I might need to make some preparations before that. I won't set off immediately.”
Lu Yu nodded and added.
"That's for sure. We also know that the climate and altitude conditions for the growth of Kashi rodiola are very harsh.
We're not asking you to take risks.”
" Alright." Wang Chen nodded repeatedly." You should prepare before you go. This isn't something that can be rushed in a day or two."”
The two of them carefully discussed the details, and this matter was considered to be set in stone.
After the matter with Xue Zhongxian came to an end, Lu Yu stood up and picked up a large box beside him. He placed it on the table and chuckled.
"We've been talking for so long. Boss Lin must be anxious from waiting.”
"No, no, you're talking about serious matters. It sounds quite interesting to me.”
Lin Tiansu waved his hand, but his eyes, which were fixed on the box, revealed his true thoughts.
"Since the matter is over, the two of you can inspect the goods.”
Opening the box, Lu Yu took out two things wrapped in cotton, one big and one small, and placed them in front of the two of them.
Excited and trembling, Lin Tiansu and Professor Wang Chen quickly opened the package.
After a long while, the two of them let out a long sigh.
"The degree of completion is even better than what we saw in the video…No matter what, I'm really grateful to Brother Lu Yu for giving us so much face.”
"What face? Just treat it as making friends.”
Lu Yu smiled casually and looked down at his watch.
"If there's nothing else, let's call it a day. Zhengxiao still has to catch a flight later, so I'll drive him to the airport first.”
Lin Tiansu and Professor Wang Chen had finished their business, so they nodded their heads.""Just do what you need to do. Don't worry about us.”
Lu Yu drove Lee Zhengxiao to the airport and agreed to meet him next time. After that, Lu Yu set off on the road back to the village alone.
The commission that Professor Wang Chen gave him today was actually a little beyond his plan, but since he had already accepted it, he definitely had to make some preparations.
At least…if he wanted to go to the high altitude area where the snow fairy lived, he had to get himself a more suitable vehicle first.
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