"Rare and precious medicinal herbs like the Tianshan Snow Lotus are extremely scarce and almost impossible to find on the open market. If you need one, you have to post a hefty reward on the black market first," Ning Xuanyang said. "Once someone takes the contract, if you're lucky, it takes at least half a year to perhaps finally get your hands on one."
"Half a year?" Bai Buyu frowned slightly. "That's far too long."
Hearing this, Ning Xuanyang hesitated. He remembered that over a decade ago, his old man had somehow managed to steal a small Tianshan Snow Lotus from a wealthy merchant family in Jiangnan, treasuring it deeply within the family vault. Since it was a life-saving medicine, naturally, it was guarded with the utmost care.
Chapter 23