As the two of them spoke, they had already arrived at the market. Jing Ke saw a restaurant from afar. His eyes lit up as he ran over. He ran while waving at Ning Chen and shouting,"Brother Ning, you can go back directly after buying the things.”
Ning Chen did not need him to tell him to do so.
Ning Chen walked to a pharmacy and was welcomed by an old shopkeeper.
"Young hero, what do you need?"
Ning Chen listed out the herbs he needed one by one. The old shopkeeper was a little troubled after hearing this."Young hero, the herbs in front of you are easy to get. We have all of them here, but the three behind you, the Ox Tongue Grass, the Jade Blood Flower, and the Nine-Needle Pine Condensed Dew, are all rare and precious herbs.”
"Forget it if you don't have it. Give me the previous one.”Ning Chen said.
"Alright."
After Ning Chen bought the medicine, he strolled around on the road again. He stopped in front of a small stall that sold sundries and his gaze fell on a rectangular, unattractive piece of wood on the stall.
He felt wisps of spiritual energy from it.
"Customer, what do you want to buy?"
Ning Chen didn't waste any time and directly picked up the wooden block.
"How much?"
The peddler's eyes darted around.
"Sir, you have good eyesight. This piece of wood…this strange wood is my family heirloom. If you want it, you can take it with you.”
Ning Chen didn't waste any time. He threw down a silver ingot that was worth three taels and left with the piece of wood.
The peddler was left behind, happily chewing on the silver ingot.
When Ning Chen returned to the courtyard, Gongsun Liji had already woken up. She was sitting barefoot in the corridor under the eaves. When she saw Ning Chen, her beautiful face that could topple a country blushed slightly.
"You're back. Where's Senior Brother?"
"He went to buy wine. I'm afraid he won't be back for a while.”Ning Chen put the medicine in his hand to the side and walked in front of her. He squatted down and reached out to hold her smooth and jade-like feet. He picked up the cloth socks at the side and helped her put them on.
Gongsun Liji's limpid eyes were filled with affection as she looked at the young man who was five or six years younger than her.
"Ah, it's itchy."
"Alright."
After helping her put on her socks, Ning Chen sat down beside her and took out the piece of wood.
"What is this?" Gongsun Liji asked curiously.
"I don't know now, but I'll know later.”Ning Chen stood up and grabbed the hilt of Bai Li's sword with his right hand. He threw the unattractive piece of wood into the air with his left hand. A cold light flashed in his eyes and Bai Li's sword was unsheathed. In an instant, it turned into a white light and slashed dozens of sharp sword shadows across the piece of wood. Wood shavings flew in the air and a faint green color gradually appeared in the wood.
When the long sword was sheathed, Ning Chen stretched out his left hand, and the piece of wood that had completely changed its appearance fell into his palm.
"So beautiful." Gongsun Liji couldn't help but ask.
It was indeed very beautiful.
The piece of wood in Ning Chen's palm had become palm-sized. It was rectangular in shape, and its entire body was ice-green with the texture of wood. There seemed to be specks of starlight swimming inside the stone, making it look very beautiful.
It didn't look like wood, but like jade. It looked like wood but not wood, and like jade but not jade. Ning Chen weighed it in his hand. It had the weight of jade.
"Have you seen it before?" Ning Chen asked Gongsun Liji, who was beside him. She shook her head.
He closed his eyes and calmed his mind, activating the Sound of All Creation.
I am Tree Jade, I am Tree Jade…
Ning Chen opened his eyes and looked at the item in his hand in surprise.
This was the Tree Jade?
He seemed to have heard of it in his previous life.
Red as coral red, green jade green.
The mists and clouds in autumn, the waves for thousands of years.
He was talking about this item.
The quality of this piece of Tree Jade was obviously extremely high.
Ning Chen looked at the jade in his hand, which was covered with patterns and sparkles of starlight. He then looked at Gongsun Liji, who was beside him, and his heart skipped a beat. He put his right hand together with his sword finger, and the sword Qi on the tip of his finger flashed as he cut a quarter of the rectangular jade. It was one inch thick and about the size of a palm. It was exactly the size of a jade pendant.
"Why did you suddenly cut it off? What a pity." Gongsun Liji couldn't help but ask.
Ning Chen smiled and did not say anything. He put the two pieces back into his sleeve.
He had already made up his mind. He planned to carve this jade pendant carefully and give it to Gongsun Liji as a gift when they parted ways.
But…what should he engrave on it?
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