42: Thirty-six years of participation, a work of art from nature

Regardless, he finally managed to dig out the wild ginseng whole, without a single bit of damage.

"Beautiful, the root whiskers of this wild ginseng are so beautiful, like it's wearing a little skirt."

"Looking at it, with this appearance, as long as it's old enough, its value will definitely be astonishing!"

Su Can looked at the wild ginseng in his hand and couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature!

Even a ginseng can grow as beautiful as an artwork, and more importantly, its effects are amazing, capable of defying fate!

Of course, this 'defying fate' mostly refers to the ginseng gatherer.

Because with the current market conditions, the value of a wild ginseng is indeed enough to change a person's destiny; getting rich overnight is not a dream!

"No, I need to study it carefully and figure out how to determine the age of this wild ginseng!"

"Otherwise, if I just go back to the city like this, knowing nothing and unable to answer any questions, I wouldn't even know if I got ripped off!"

Su Can shook his head, pulled out his phone, and saw that thankfully, he wasn't too deep into the mountains and still had a bit of signal.

He quickly moved to a slightly higher position, and the signal clearly increased by one bar.

He opened Baidu and typed in the question he wanted to find.

Immediately, a circle appeared on the phone screen: Loading...

"The signal is still too weak! The internet speed is slow, it will probably take a while to refresh!"

Su Can looked at his phone helplessly, waiting for about two minutes, and finally, the webpage refreshed.

He quickly started browsing and learning.

After studying for a long time, Su Can generally understood some things.

It said that wild ginseng could be identified by certain specific 'lu' shapes, which are characteristics of the 'lutou' (rhizome head), to determine the wild ginseng's growth age, growth environment, and quality.

For example, there were 'yuanlu' (round rhizome), 'erjielu' (two-section rhizome), 'mayalu' (horse-tooth rhizome), 'duihualu' (stacked-flower rhizome), 'sanjielu' (three-section rhizome), 'suobolu' (shrunken-neck rhizome), and so on.

Actually, Su Can didn't really know or understand what a 'lu' shape was!

After all, every profession has its specialization; he was trying to learn it on the fly, and how could he possibly master such complex knowledge and remember it well?

Fortunately, each 'lu' shape explanation on Baidu came with reference pictures.

Su Can carefully compared the wild ginseng in his hand, and it should be considered a typical 'yuanlu'!

'Yuanlu' is tightly attached to the main root, smooth and slender, and the section of the 'lu' without 'luwan' (rhizome bowls) is what experts call 'yuanlu'.

This is also a typical characteristic of wild ginseng!

As soon as Su Can saw it was a 'yuanlu', he couldn't help but get excited.

Because according to the information he found, 'yuanlu' forms because the wild ginseng has grown for a long time, and the early 'luwan' gradually degenerate and disappear.

The most important point Su Can focused on in this sentence was "long time"!

These four words represent the true value of a wild ginseng!

However, according to the information, although the 'luwan' gradually degenerate and disappear, they are not entirely untraceable.

They form tight annular ridges on the 'yuanlu', and generally, each ridge marks one year of the wild ginseng's growth!

"Ridges, ridges!"

Su Can muttered, rotating the wild ginseng, and immediately saw the so-called 'yuanlu' and the ridges on it.

The ridges were very dense; if a person's eyesight wasn't good, it would be easy to miscount them.

However, this didn't stump Su Can; with his divine sense, he didn't need to count at all—a quick scan with his divine sense would immediately reveal the number of ridges.

At that moment, Su Can's heart stirred, and his divine sense swept over it.

The next second, Su Can suddenly exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Holy cow! Thirty-six ridges!!!"

Thirty-six ridges!

Su Can was utterly astonished!

Thirty-six ridges meant that this wild ginseng was a full thirty-six years old.

My goodness!

Thirty-six years of age, even with his toes, he could tell it was worth a fortune!

"I'm rich, I'm rich! Hahahahaha..."

Coming to his senses, Su Can hugged the wild ginseng and jumped up and down like an excited child.

Dahuang, seeing him so excited, also howled with inexplicable joy, thinking that since his master was so happy, he would surely find a female wolf to be his companion, right?

Thinking this, he shook his brilliant fur and let out an atavistic wolf howl.

"Wrap it up well, don't damage a single root whisker. Thirty-six years old, this is a truly valuable treasure!"

After his excitement, Su Can quickly took off his outer jacket, intending to wrap the wild ginseng.

But then he thought that the outer jacket was a bit too stiff and might damage the root whiskers, so he took off his inner shirt and wrapped the ginseng in it!

Su Can simply wore his outer jacket, put away the wild ginseng, and said to Dahuang with high spirits:

"Dahuang, let's go!"

"Awoo!!!"

Dahuang howled excitedly.

This time, Su Can didn't waste any more time, nor did he use his God's perspective; instead, he quickly ran deeper into the mountains.

The harvest of the wild ginseng had made him temporarily lose interest in exploring.

He now only wanted to quickly reach the depths of the mountains, find a suitable target to enlighten, and then return early to sell the wild ginseng.

It was best to sell this thing as soon as possible, the sooner the fresher.

After all, money in his pocket felt more secure.

"I remember an elder saying that in Qixia Mountain, there's a cliff that's neither too high nor too low, called Monkey Cliff. There must be monkeys there!"

That's right!

Su Can's first target for enlightenment was monkeys!

After all, monkeys are primates, have hands, and can do more diverse tasks, without as many limitations!

"But where exactly is this Monkey Cliff? In what direction?"

"Running around aimlessly like this, even if I run until tomorrow, I might not be lucky enough to find Monkey Cliff!"

Su Can ran with Dahuang in the mountains for a while, but still hadn't seen any sign of Monkey Cliff, and he couldn't help but start to worry.

During this time, they encountered quite a few wild animals, but neither Su Can nor Dahuang were in the mood to catch them.

"I got it!"

Suddenly, Su Can's eyes lit up, and he slapped his head.

Standing high allows one to see far; how could he forget this common sense?

He immediately looked up, planning to find the tallest tree, climb it, and observe from there.

"You're the one!"

After scanning around, Su Can suddenly saw a solitary, tall, and sturdy tree in a pile of hills and rocks. His eyes immediately lit up.

He quickly ran over and looked up.

At this sight, he was completely stunned: "This is..."

"Another walnut tree?!!!"

"My goodness!"

Su Can suddenly felt a mix of laughter and tears; his luck today was truly unparalleled.

It was like he had a cheat code!

First, he found two large beehives, then he dug up a thirty-six-year-old wild ginseng, and now he had encountered another walnut tree.

And judging by the thickness and height of this walnut tree, it seemed to be even older than the walnut tree he had encountered before.

He quickly looked down at his feet and, sure enough, saw many fallen walnuts around.

The tree was also full of them!

"Dahuang, come here!"

Su Can called Dahuang over and instructed, "Pee around this walnut tree first to mark our territory and leave our scent! So we can find it easily next time!"

Su Can didn't want to leave such a large, full walnut tree unattended.

Even if it wasn't for selling, keeping it for himself or his mother to eat would be an excellent health supplement!"