Episode 17: Selling Flowers

  Back home, Li Ping had not yet closed the stall, and Li Yan was delighted to return to his own room. With a thought, he wiped away the void, and a space of about ten meters in diameter suddenly appeared out of thin air, shimmering with a faint glow.

  Mount Sumeru Space: A small world that can only be opened up by strong practitioners above the Four Kalpas Scattered Immortal Realm, also known as Mount Sumeru Heaven and Earth. According to legend, as the cultivation of scattered immortals increases, it can continuously evolve and change, eventually forming a new heaven and earth universe, giving birth to living beings.

  After all, Li Yan was once an Eight Tribulations Scattered Immortal, so he wasn't comparable to ordinary Scattered Immortals. Although now he only had the strength of a single tribulation Scattered Immortal, he could still barely open up a small universe, which was somewhat smaller, but it would have to do.

  His gaze slowly swept through the space, and suddenly, Li Yan was overjoyed to discover that one of his ten tea flowers had successfully mutated.

  Immediately, with a wave of his hand, the transformed tea flower was taken out from the space of Mount Sumeru. However, this pot of mountain tea flowers no longer bore any resemblance to its former self. On the two or three feet tall plant, three delicate flowers were in full bloom - the largest being purple, followed by white and then red as the smallest.

  If it were other flowers, even if they were of a higher grade, Li Yan might not be able to judge them immediately. But only this Camellia, because its grades are clear, whether it is precious or not can be judged easily. Moreover, since he wanted to make money, he had naturally studied it carefully beforehand. Although he couldn't be considered an expert, he understood a lot. Therefore, with just one glance, he already knew that the pot of Camellia in front of him was absolutely valuable.

  It is well-known that Camellia, as one of the world's top ten most famous flowers, has many names. The most renowned one is 'Eighteen Scholars'. It is a rare treasure, with eighteen flowers blooming on one plant, each with different colors - red ones are completely red, purple ones are completely purple, without any mixture. Moreover, the shapes of the eighteen flowers are all different, each having its own unique charm. They bloom simultaneously and wither simultaneously.

  However, this is just a legend. So far, no one has ever heard of anyone cultivating such an extreme product, and some people even think it's just someone's fantasy.

  Next is the 'Thirteen Taibao', which refers to thirteen flowers of different colors growing on one stem; then there's the 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea', referring to eight differently colored flowers on the same stem. Following this pattern, the 'Seven Fairy Maidens' have seven flowers, the 'Three Heroes of Wind and Dust' have three flowers, and the 'Two Qiaos' have two flowers - one red and one white. These peony flowers must be a single color; if they are red with white mixed in or white with purple stripes, they are considered inferior.

  Among them, 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea' must have one deep purple and one light red flower, which are Tieguai Li and He Xiangu. If these two colors are missing, even if they are eight-color flowers, they cannot be counted as 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea', that is called 'Eight Treasures Makeup', which is also a famous variety, but compared to 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea', it is inevitably inferior by one grade.

  "The Three Heroes of Wind and Dust" also has a distinction between genuine and fake products: all genuine products must have the largest purple flower, which is Qiu Ran Ke, followed by the white one, Li Jing, and the smallest but most delicate red one, Hong Fu Nü; if the red flower exceeds the size of the purple and white flowers, it belongs to a fake product, and its status is much lower...

  However, one thing is certain, that is, these famous products are not cheap. Li Yan once saw it on the internet, in Longtan City's flower and bird market, a pot of 'Feng Chen San Xia' was sold for as much as 800,000 yuan, and that was several years ago, now the price may be even more different.

  The flowers have been planted, and Li Yan didn't delay any further. He immediately put the tea flower into the Su Mi space and rushed out to the Flower Bird Market.

  Longtan City's Flower and Bird Market is an extremely large commercial market, the entire street is filled with pet stores, flower markets, and even pharmacies.

  After all, he had gone through countless months of practice and had never been short of transactions with other monks and ordinary people. Some trivial matters, even if he didn't learn them, were already unconsciously remembered in his heart after being washed away by time. Therefore, long before deciding to plant flowers, he had already queried a lot of relevant information. This flower and bird market, although he had never been there, was not unfamiliar to him. Moreover, Li Yan even knew that the largest flower market here was called Baijing Garden, which specialized in various high-end flowers, including Camellia.

  After strolling around the flower and bird market, he arrived at Baijing Garden. However, Li Yan did not directly take out his own tea flowers to sell, but instead pretended to be a customer, went in to visit, and only then discovered that the price of rare flowers was far beyond his imagination. That one pot of 'Seven Fairy Maidens' that Baijing Garden regarded as its treasure, was priced at 8.88 million, which made it hard for him to believe.

  He strolled around, but didn't find any products with the name "Feng Chen San Xia", only a pot of "Feng Chen San Xia" with a subtitle. Li Yan's pot had the largest purple flowers, followed by white and then red, which looked the most charming. The subtitle product, however, had the largest red flowers, followed by purple and then white. Perhaps the store owner knew it was just a secondary product, so they honestly labeled it as "Feng Chen San Xia: Secondary Product". However, the price of 480,000 yuan was truly astonishing.

  After taking a deep breath, Li Yan's astonishment was completely replaced by wild joy. If the fake version was this good, then what about his own original? Thinking of this, even Li Yan couldn't help but feel a thrill of excitement. He hastily left Ba Jing Yuan and found a secluded spot where no one was around, took out 'Feng Chen San Xia' from the Susu space, hugged it in his arms, before heading back to Ba Jing Yuan once again.

  "Is there anyone who knows goods? Come out and sell flowers!" As soon as he entered the door, Li Yan didn't have any intention of hiding, directly shouting loudly to attract the attention of many shop assistants and flower-buying customers. This was his deliberate attempt, no way around it, after all, with his current identity having neither money nor power, if he were to encounter a situation where the store cheats its customers, it would inevitably lead to another round of trouble. So he might as well make a big show of it and conduct an open transaction, even if Ba Jing Yuan wanted to cheat him, they would have to consider the impact, wouldn't they?

  Seeing this situation, a clever female shop assistant quickly ran to the back room and said to a master craftsman: "Manager Liu, someone at the door wants to sell flowers, please go and take a look." This "take a look" is naturally professional terminology, actually meaning "to appraise".

  Manager Liu was not very old, only in his forties, wearing a suit and glasses, looking quite elegant. He listened attentively as an elderly man in his fifties, dressed in traditional Chinese attire, sighed and said: "This time I came to the store, I wanted to ask for your help, see if you can help me inquire about something. Can you find me a ginseng that is over 100 years old on the market in Longtan? You know, my granddaughter's illness has been getting worse and worse in recent years..."

  At this moment, the two of them suddenly heard the female store clerk's words and couldn't help but pause for a moment. Manager Liu, somewhat impatiently, waved his hand and said, "You handle it yourselves."

  The female shop assistant hurriedly said: "But they specifically asked for someone who knows the goods."

  "Manager Liu heard this and couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. Whoever could say such words must also be knowledgeable, but at the moment he still had to..."

  "Little Liu, go take a look. Whoever comes to the door is business." Just as Manager Liu was hesitating, the old man in Tang suit beside him made the decision for him.

  "Just in time, I haven't seen you personally for a long time, Mr. Mu." Manager Liu's face was full of smiles, and he immediately went out with the Tang-dressed old man to the door. The three of them walked together, and from afar, they saw a large crowd of people gathered at the entrance, making the scene very lively.

  As the staff of Baijing Garden came forward and dispersed the crowd, a pot of mountain tea flowers suddenly appeared directly in front of Manager Liu and Mu Lao, making their eyes light up.