The two large pearls she had sold earlier were gifts from Zhi—natural luminous pearl ore. Besides those, there were also lingzhi mushrooms and an enormous ginseng root; she had no idea how much that ginseng might be worth.
The supplies she had brought over were nothing compared to the gifts Zhi had given her.
She followed him to see the treasures.
This time, she noticed that the shells Zhi had collected were gone. In their place were dried ginseng roots and lingzhi mushrooms, along with a pair of pearls of different sizes.
Shen Yunyun’s mouth twitched sharply. The large pearls here seemed as cheap as wholesale—nine ninety-nine, free shipping to your door.
Thinking about how her supplies were far less valuable than Zhi’s gifts, she felt a twinge of guilt and unease.
But since she was using the trading system, she had to follow its rules.
Even though the system seemed to bend rules according to her wishes, she didn’t want to be someone who casually broke them.
She stepped forward and picked up several dried ginseng roots. Even dried, they were as thick as a kitten’s leg, so she could only imagine how thick they must have been fresh.
She had no idea how old these ginseng roots were. The beastmen didn’t eat them, so they had probably been growing slowly since the continent existed.
She wondered how effective they were.
Besides the ginseng, there were also lingzhi mushrooms.
The lingzhi were astonishingly large.
Seeing Shen Yunyun pick up the dried ginseng and lingzhi, Zhi pursed his lips and said, “These are already dried. Once the snow melts, I’ll find you fresh ones. You can use these for firewood.”
He knew these things were precious when fresh but assumed they were useless once dried.
When Shen Yunyun heard he wanted to use these treasures for firewood, she immediately became agitated.
“These are treasures! You can’t burn them.”
Seeing how protective Shen Yunyun was, Zhi didn’t dare mention that he had already thrown a few into the fire before.
He felt that if he admitted it, Shen Yunyun would definitely be angry.
“Alright, I’ll take these. In the future, if you can dig up a whole one without breaking a single root hair, that would be the ultimate treasure.”
Zhi had no idea what “ultimate treasure” meant.
But from her expression, it was clear she wanted a whole one, with every root intact.
That would be tricky to dig up.
But it wasn’t impossible.
Shen Yunyun gathered the dried ginseng and lingzhi, then picked out a few smaller pearls.
A single top-grade large pearl was worth ten million, so she couldn’t take too many.
Rarity made things precious.
Even these smaller pearls were rare in the modern world.
She guessed that the clams here were larger than modern ones, which allowed them to produce such big pearls.
These pearls could be strung into a necklace, and some could be made into earrings or rings.
After taking the items, she said to Zhi, “I’ll head back now.”
Zhi knelt down to see her off.
When Shen Yunyun returned, Huang Xiaoge called her again, saying the cotton coats she had ordered were ready for delivery.
The next evening, she brought the clothes to the Empress Dowager.
She noticed the Empress Dowager looked even more weary than before.
Without saying a word, she carefully studied the Empress Dowager’s face.
The Empress Dowager felt a bit uneasy under her gaze and touched her own face. “Fairy, is something wrong?”
Shen Yunyun said, “Please don’t call me Fairy anymore. Call me Yunyun. In my world, I’m just an ordinary person. It’s only by chance that I can come here.”
The Empress Dowager paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile. “Alright, I’ll call you Yunyun from now on.”