A lucky cat fell from the sky.

Chapter 80 Golden Cicada Flower

Just as they were still arguing endlessly over the money gourd, Wu Cheng and his group arrived.

Wu Cheng looked at the money gourd and smiled: "Do you really think this money gourd can cure the owl eye on your forehead?"

Hao Henxin was taken aback: "Can't it be cured?"

"I advise you not to waste your energy. No one but me can cure the owl eye on your forehead. And if you want me to cure your owl eye, the condition is very simple: two hundred million."

Wu Cheng stretched out two fingers and said, "You owe me 100 million yuan in medical fees. This is the fee for treating your owl's eye. The other 100 million yuan is compensation for the insults I received."

"You're dreaming. Two hundred million? Why don't you just rob someone?" Hao Henxin said.

"You're a strange person. Do you know how much two hundred million in cash is? It'd probably weigh two tons. Even if I tried to rob it, could I carry it away by myself?"

That's true, 200 million in cash is a considerable sum of money.

Just like some mindless novels that depict ancient heroes as giving away thousands of taels of gold or silver with a wave of their hand. Let's not even talk about whether these heroes actually had that much money. Even if they did, thousands of taels of gold or silver—to put it another way, in ancient times, one jin was sixteen taels, so 1,600 taels of gold would weigh 100 jin.

In those novels, the dashing heroes would casually pull out three thousand taels of silver from their waists, equivalent to two hundred pounds of weight, which truly made people admire their waist strength.

“Besides, I can earn money faster by working hard, so why should I rob someone?” Wu Cheng said, looking at Hao Henxin.

"I don't believe it. Even if you don't treat us, we can't find anyone else to treat us."

"I'm sure you've already gouged out this owl's eye many times, haven't you? You've endured so much pain, but the owl's eye always reappears after a while. You've been stabbed for nothing, but you can never get rid of it." Wu Cheng knew the characteristics of the owl's eye from Ancestor Chen Qizi, so it can be said that no one in this world understands the owl's eye better than him.

Hao Henxin knew, of course, that Wu Cheng was right.

However, he was unwilling to be controlled by Wu Cheng because of this owl's eye.

Actually, he regretted it a little. He had treated Wu Cheng with courtesy back then, and even if he had given him ten million, Wu Cheng would probably have been overjoyed. But the Hao family was intolerant and actually wanted to get rid of Wu Cheng with only three hundred thousand.

He pocketed the Du family's reward of one hundred million.

In their eyes, Wu Cheng was just a minor character who could never cause any trouble.

As it turned out, Wu Cheng didn't get the 100 million, nor did the Hao family. Instead, they got themselves into trouble, and now they've been given a strange look. They're afraid to even go out, lest others see their odd appearance.

If he could pay ten or twenty million to get rid of this owl eye, he would be quite willing. But Wu Cheng's standards have risen. He still has a vine worth at least 10 billion in his cat house, and a secret manual that can save 500 billion.

Now, ten million doesn't seem like much to Wu Cheng. Besides, the insults the Hao family gave him and the medical fees they owed him need to be taken into account. So, when you think about it, two hundred million isn't actually that much for Wu Cheng.

Seeing that Hao Henxin was still putting on a brave face, Wu Cheng just smiled. Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry. He would collect the Hao family's money sooner or later. Before collecting the money, he would let Hao Henxin suffer a little more as a small punishment for him.

Seeing that Guo Sidi was still standing next to Wu Cheng, Hao Henxin didn't dare to say anything more to Wu Cheng. Since the money gourd was worthless, he didn't want to buy it back and turned to leave with Hao Xiajian.

Seeing that Hao Henxin had left, Hao Henduo felt there was no need to stay at the stall any longer. He was about to leave with Hao Xiachan when Wu Cheng stopped them and asked Hao Xiachan, "Miss Xiachan, what treasure have you found?"

Hao Xiachan gave a wry smile: "I've realized that although I studied pharmacy, my knowledge here is still too superficial. Idol, do you have any brilliant ideas to teach me?"

Wu Cheng said, "I'm not a professional either, but my master has a medicine-hunting rat on his shoulder. You can ask him to give you some pointers."

"Really?" Hao Xiachan's eyes sparkled as she looked at Guo Sidi. "My idol's master, Ancestor Guo, could you guide me to find some precious medicine?"

Guo Si had a good impression of Hao Xiachan. Seeing that she was very close to Wu Cheng, he regarded the two of them as a couple, and she was like his apprentice's wife. Therefore, he would do his best to help her.

“Actually, choosing medicine is not difficult. The difficulty lies in how to find the missing piece. You have to keep a poker face so that others can't read your expression. You can either use a feint or a counter-strategy. When it comes to finding the missing piece, Wu Cheng is actually better than me.”

"That kid just pulled a trick, exchanging two small yellow croakers for a precious medicine."

Guo Sidi spoke of this matter with great pride.

Upon hearing this, Hao Xiachan looked at Wu Cheng with heart-shaped eyes and said, "Idol, can you teach me?"

As she spoke, she came over and grabbed Wu Cheng's arm, shaking it.

Wu Cheng was most susceptible to this tactic. He scanned the surrounding stalls with his eyes and then asked Jerry, "Smell around and see which stall has good stuff."

Jerry sniffed it, then squeaked twice in the direction of a small stall in the southwest.

Wu Cheng had Hao Xiachan follow him, and the two of them arrived at the stall.

This stall mainly sells flowers of various plants. Using flowers as medicine is very common in Jiuyuan Kingdom. For example, there is white chrysanthemum produced in Linzhou, which can be used to make tea to clear the mind and improve eyesight. There is also honeysuckle, which can clear heat and detoxify. Gardenia, goldenrod, and so on can all be used as medicinal materials.

Most of these flowers are common ones that Hao Xiachan recognizes, but there are also some medicinal herbs that she has never seen before.

Wu Cheng's gaze swept over the unfamiliar flowers, and soon, with Jin Wanliang's help, he found a precious medicine.

This is actually a cicada flower.

Generally speaking, Cordyceps militaris is a fungus that parasitizes cicadas, absorbing the cicada's nutrients into the fungus. This Cordyceps militaris is quite common in Linzhou. Although some people also call it "big worm grass" and use it to make old duck soup, it cannot be used in large quantities.

Because this substance is also somewhat toxic, it can easily cause poisoning.

The golden cicada flower that Wu Cheng had his eye on was actually a mushroom parasitizing a black-shelled jade cicada. This black-shelled jade cicada was a mutated variety of the golden cicada, and only one in tens of thousands of cicadas could be found.

Among tens of thousands of cicadas, only one cicada flower can be found. Therefore, based on this probability, the chance of finding a cicada flower that is a black-shelled jade cicada is estimated to be at least one in a hundred million, or even rarer than one in a hundred million.