Upon sensing the spiritual energy within the grape, the man's eyes widened in surprise.
If he wasn't mistaken, the spiritual energy in these grapes was almost on par with the spiritual fruits grown by his elders!
Seeing the shocked expression on the other person's face, Tang Cheng, who had put away the spirit stones, immediately chuckled: "I didn't lie to you, did I? I told you, it can't be wrong."
"Not bad, not bad, your spirit fruit is actually real." The man wasn't bothered by Tang Cheng's sarcastic remark; instead, he responded.
He then turned to look at Lin Jingge, and seeing that she was still selecting seeds, he subconsciously swallowed: "I want another bunch."
"Okay, okay, pay the spirit stones first." Tang Cheng smiled and reached out her hand.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jingge pinched a plump grape seed in her hand between her thumb and forefinger, then focused on stimulating the growth of the spiritual fruit.
Seeing that Lin Jingge was unhurried and the man was not pretentious, he simply squatted down in front of the stall and chatted with Tang Cheng.
"Hey, I say, you don't only have grapes as your spiritual fruit, do you?" the man asked. "I love oranges the most. Do you have any of those spiritual fruits here? I can add another hundred spirit stones."
Tang Cheng clearly hadn't expected the other party to say that. Her gaze towards the man immediately changed.
At this moment, Tang Cheng had only one thought in her mind.
Fool, you can be slaughtered!
You should know that these artificially grown spiritual fruits are not comparable to those wild spiritual fruits that have grown for one or two hundred years; they are worth at most a few hundred spirit stones.
Moreover, Lin Jingge was only a fourth-level spirit fruit, and she would have been satisfied with buying one or two hundred. Who knew that the other party would say that they were willing to add another one hundred? How could she not be tempted!
She clenched her fist, pretended to cough lightly a few times, and said, "We don't have any orange spirit seeds here for the time being, so it's probably a bit difficult for you to get this kind of spirit fruit."
“Seeds? I have some here!” The man didn’t feel like he was being taken advantage of at all; on the contrary, he was pleasantly surprised.
He hasn't eaten his favorite food since he left home.
As if afraid that Tang Cheng would change her mind, he quickly took out a handful of white seeds and placed them on the stall at Tang Cheng's feet.
"I brought these seeds with me by chance before I left. Do you think they'll work? My second uncle used these seeds to help me grow oranges."
"Let me see." Tang Cheng took a seed in her palm. She wasn't a wood-type, so she couldn't tell if the seed still had any life or if it could still be planted.
Then, with his other hand, he grabbed the seeds from the cloth.
The one reaching out was Lin Jingge, who was holding grape seeds that had already sprouted tender buds in her other hand.
As if drawn by the orange seeds, she placed the sprouting seeds on the cloth and focused intently on the white seeds of the orange.
The seeds were very plump and full of vitality, clearly belonging to the top-quality seed category, far surpassing the quality of her grape seeds!
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, she immediately pinched one of the saplings and poured spiritual energy into it.
A light green spiritual energy appeared in her palm.
By now, it was already dark.
However, while many people had brought items that could provide light, the only light that illuminated the spot where Lin Jingge was looking was the green light in her palm.
The light appeared very faint, yet it was quite conspicuous in this environment.
"It's sprouted!" The man who had been looking in Lin Jingge's direction was extremely excited when he saw that the white seed in her hand had sprouted into a small seedling.
The sound was very excited and loud, but in such a noisy environment, it didn't attract much attention.
After a while, the orange seed was still in the same state as when it first sprouted, and it didn't grow any bigger.
The man, who was initially quite surprised, realized something was wrong upon seeing this situation.
"It's been so long and it's still just a seedling. Do you think she can force the oranges to ripen?" The man who bought the grapes had been squatting there for a while.
Tang Cheng was also worried.
After all, Lin Jingge hadn't encountered this problem when she was stimulating grape growth in front of her.
The grapes ripened very quickly before.
Why is it that after so much time has passed, we still haven't seen any oranges?
The man didn't get a reply from Tang Cheng, but he didn't care. He was eating grapes when he reached for the bunch of grapes in his other hand, but he found nothing.
Looking down, he realized that he had eaten the whole bunch of grapes, leaving only a bare stem.
Without food, the man's patience wore thin, and he suddenly didn't want to wait any longer.
He said, "If it really doesn't work, then forget it. These grapes are quite delicious. Could you get the other bunch out for me first?"
His words earned him a roll of the eyes from Tang Cheng.
“Gege hasn’t even said anything yet, how do you know she can’t do it! Just wait and see.” After saying that, he realized that this wasn’t something a businessman should say, so he added a softer sentence with a firm tone: “Don’t worry, we won’t embezzle your little bit of spirit stones.”
Tang Cheng told him everything, the good and the bad. In the end, the man could only resign himself to his fate and continue waiting.
*
In the night market, something seemed to catch Lu Huaizhou's attention, and he suddenly quickened his pace, having been wandering aimlessly.
"Hey? Senior Brother Lu?" Qingyu called out as she chased after her.
Seeing that Lu Huaizhou had stopped, she stopped as well.
Looking down, I saw an ordinary stall with a few large, white granules scattered on a cloth on the ground, the nature of which was unclear.
At first glance, my eyes were drawn to the green light in Lin Jin's singing voice.
Seeing the woman with her head down, intently circulating her wood-elemental spiritual energy in the darkness, Qingyu frowned.
This person gave her a strange sense of familiarity, but since she hadn't seen his face yet, Qingyu couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
For a moment, I couldn't recall where I had seen the other person before.
The faint light suddenly became dazzling, but only for a moment.
After the green light returned to normal, the man who bought the grapes and Tang Cheng were surprised to find that the little seedling in Lin Jin's song had changed.
It quickly sprouted new branches.
When the orange tangerine fell into Lin Jin's hands, the once lush green branch withered and vanished instantly. Had the group not witnessed the green branch firsthand, they would have thought the orange tangerine had appeared out of thin air.
Lu Huaizhou stared intently at the orange, his expression conveying a desire.
Lin Jingge, who had been looking down at the orange in her hand for a long time, looked up at this moment.
Their eyes met.
Lin Jingge's pupils contracted slightly.
Lu Huaizhou's face also showed surprise.
Before Lu Huaizhou could say anything, Lin Jingge had already calmly shifted her gaze to Qingyu beside Lu Huaizhou.
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