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"You guessed it right. This is a perfect-quality Blood Ginseng," Nash said with a smile.

"What?! A perfect-quality Blood Ginseng?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

They already doubted a tier 2 herb could grow in a colorless danger zone, let alone a perfect-quality one!

Moreover, this wasn't just any tier 2 herb but a Blood Ginseng, one of the most sought-after rare herbs in the Chronos Empire!

Although only a tier 2 herb, it was a key ingredient for creating a tier 1 genetic potion.

Needed by nearly every human in the Chronos Empire, there was no doubt about the demand for such an herb.

"You'd better call someone who knows the goods. I'll sell it if the price is appropriate." Too lazy to address their doubts, Nash waved to Leslie to summon someone with higher authority.

"I know," Leslie said, rolling her eyes. Less shocked than the evaluators, she logged into the virtual world to contact the central office.

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In the Virtual World, at the Central Office of the Verdant Group.

As the executives bustled around the clock, receiving and relaying information across the group's platforms and branches, one executive overseeing the Dark Willow Shelter branch stood in shock.

"What did you say?! You found a perfect-quality Blood Ginseng there?! Are you kidding me?!"

"It's true. The evaluators confirmed it's a mature Blood Ginseng, although they're still unsure if its really perfect quality," Leslie replied.

"Are you certain you're not joking?"

"Why would I joke about this? Hurry and send a team to negotiate here. I can't handle this order."

"Alright, alright, wait a bit. I'll send a group."

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Back at Nash's residence, Leslie watched as the evaluators obsess over the Blood Ginseng's appearance.

"This is my first time seeing a perfect Blood Ginseng! What a flawless body!"

"These smooth, curved edges, Tsk! Truly a perfect herb!"

"It's worthy of being called perfect."

Seeing them ogle the herb like it was a naked woman, Leslie frowned in disgust.

"Alright, pull yourselves together. The people from headquarters are about to arrive."

"Oh—"

Hiding their embarrassment, they straightened their shoulders but couldn't tear their eyes from the perfect-quality Blood Ginseng.

Although, as an evaluator who had seen even tier 6 herbs, this was their first encounter with a perfect-quality blood ginseng.

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Soon, as the evaluators from the Verdant Group headquarters arrived, their eyes were immediately drawn to the perfect-quality Blood Ginseng.

Although somewhat restrained, they quickly gathered around the herb in excitement.

"This—this is indeed a perfect-quality Blood Ginseng!"

"It's only my second time witnessing such a perfect herb!"

"Did this herb really grow here?"

"Absolutely impossible! It must have been transported from another shelter!"

"Where's the seller? Can you answer some of our questions?" In their excitement, they nearly forgot to ask who was selling the herb.

"It's me," Nash said, noticing they nearly missed him.

"You! Can you confirm the herb was grown here?"

"Yes, I picked the Blood Ginseng in the center of the Willow Primeval Forest. Here are the other herbs." Nash confirmed, pulling dozens of Blood Ginsengs from his storage ring.

Examining each herb, they remained doubtful.

"How could it grow in such a place? Can you describe the environment?"

"No need to guess. This is why the Blood Ginseng could grow." Nash revealed, taking out Blood Elemental Crystals.

"Blood Elemental Crystals?! I see!"

"That makes sense! With Blood Elemental Crystals, growing Blood Ginseng is possible."

With such a precious resource, how could a mere Blood Ginseng not thrive?

After tying up the knots and solving the mystery, they quickly calmed down.

"How much are you selling it for?"

Confirming the Blood Ginseng was indeed perfect quality, they got to the point.

"It's up to you. Let's see how much can you offer."

"I recall you have a contract with the Verdant Group, requiring us to buy all your harvested herbs at a premium price. Since that's the case, how about 1 billion merits for the perfect-quality Blood Ginseng?"

As the main ingredient for a tier 1 genetic potion worth a hundred billion nova credits, buying a perfect-quality Blood Ginseng at such a price was reasonable.

"1 billion merits? Not enough," Nash said, shaking his head.

Although it was indeed a premium price, it wasn't the highest.

"How much do you want?"

"How about 1.5 billion merits?"

"Impossible, you're asking too much! This is nearly double the price!"

"Why not? This is a perfect-quality herb! The chances of creating a genetic potion with such a material should increase exponentially."

Creating a potion didn't have a 100% success rate.

For such a complex potion, the success rate might be 1 in 1,000.

But with a perfect-quality main ingredient, the success rate could rise to one-tenth or even one-third!

"Although perfect-quality Blood Ginseng is rare, it's still a tier 2 herb. Buying it for 1.5 billion merits is too much."

"How about 1.4 billion merits? I heard at the last auction in the Nova Sector, it fetched this amount," Nash said, recalling the news he had browsed earlier.

"This isn't an auction. Those prices are inflated."

"What about 1.3 billion?"

"Still high…"

"Then what? If you don't want it, I can sell it to others."

Although Nash had a contract with the Verdant Group, he was free to sell his herbs to anyone.

"Wait—can you give us a moment to call someone?"

They didn't want to miss out on such a perfect-quality Blood Ginseng.

Although costly, it was nearly guaranteed to produce a genetic potion.

As the largest pharmaceutical company in the Nova Sector, their demand for such potions was high.

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Soon, after consulting with their supervisor and relaying Nash's offer, they returned to negotiate.

"So, do you agree to my price?"

"We agree. We'll buy the perfect-quality Blood Ginseng for 1.3 billion merits."

Initially, they wouldn't have agreed to such an outrageous price.

However, one of the Verdant Group's top talents urgently needed a genetic potion.

With the Cosmic Competition coming close, they didn't have enough time to brew potion one by one until they succeeded.

With no time to waste, they could only pinch their nose and agreed to the price.

"It seems you still know your goods…".