CHAPTER 95: RUAN CHANCHAN: FINDING A TREASURE

"How many points?" Ruan Chanchan asked through gritted teeth.

"Not many, just ten points."

"Ten points? Why don’t you go ahead and rob someone? How am I supposed to get ten points?" Ruan Chanchan was simply speechless.

"Don’t be so miserly, darling. You have 1500 points; you can easily take out some points to activate the scanning ability." Xiao Xi spoke to Ruan Chanchan with a hint of reproach. They had enough points to activate the scanning system; then why shouldn’t they activate?

Ruan Chanchan gritted her teeth and utilised the ten points. She felt really upset about spending the points. If this continued, when would she activate the second level of the supermarket system?

Fortunately, her efforts paid off.

[Beep! This is blood berries. It tastes sweet and slightly sour. It thrives in a hot and humid environment. It can be used to strengthen the body, recover from blood loss, and irregular periods...]

Ruan Chanchan looked at the information that was displayed in front of her and heaved a sigh of relief when she realised that she had found the right thing. It was better to waste some points and activate a skill rather than poison someone to death. She then crouched down and started collecting the berries into her wicker basket. However, as soon as she reached out her hand and tried to snatch a berry, something pricked her fingers.

"Ouch!" Ruan Chanchan winced in pain as she pulled her hand away and looked at the thorns that were sticking out of the lush bush.

"Let me," said Xie Daiyu as he pulled Ruan Chanchan away from the bush. He was a warrior, and small scratches like this won’t bother him, but Ruan Chanchan was different. She was too pampered by Ruan Zeqiu. If she got scratched, her brother would definitely have something to say about him.

Ruan Chanchan didn’t stop him either. Who would refuse such an offer? Anyway, what was she supposed to do? Refuse Xie Daiyu’s offer and then prick her fingers? Nope. With the amount of trouble this mer had brought her, this was the least he could do. She said to him, "Make sure that you don’t break the berries; we need their juice and not the pulp."

Xie Daiyu crouched down and replied, "Alright."

"I am going to look around a little and see if there is anything else I can find," said Ruan Chanchan. "If you need me for something, then you can call my name."

Xie Daiyu immediately paused when he heard her words. He looked around and made sure that there were no dangers. Only when his acute senses relayed to him that there was nothing wrong did he nod at Ruan Chanchan and tell her, "Don’t go too far. The forest is still dangerous even if the beastwomen don’t come here. So don’t stray too far, or else I might not be able to come for your rescue."

Ruan Chanchan nodded and agreed, as she was aware of the dangers of the forest. If not for the fact that she had noticed a gleaming white spot on the 3D model, she would have stuck right next to Xie Daiyu.

After all, this was her last life, and she naturally valued it.

She walked out of the cave and then headed toward the white spot that kept glowing on the map. She looked at Xie Daiyu, who was still plucking the berries, and then headed down the trail. The leaves and the many thin branches that were scattered on the ground crunched under the weight of her feet. Ruan Chanchan suddenly missed her new boots that she had purchased and didn’t get a chance to wear them.

If only she had come to this world with them.

Then she wouldn’t be walking around barefoot!

"Don’t worry, darling. As long as you work hard, I am sure that you will be able to purchase a good set of footwear," Xiao Xi cheered Ruan Chanchan, who rolled her eyes and then said to him, "Why should I work hard to collect points when I can just collect some thick and smooth vines to make some shoes for myself? You are forgetting that I also lived as a farm girl. I can make footwear from straw."

Xiao Xi: "..." What should I do? My host is way too skilled.

The two of them climbed down the rocky path, and Ruan Chanchan suddenly smelt an odd fragrance. It teased her nose—sweet, metallic and almost electric. Ruan Chanchan’s beast core might be broken, but she was still a beast woman. Thus, she could smell these scents quite easily.

She followed the scent into the thicket of vines and stopped short when she realised that the scent was getting stronger. She slowed down her pace, worried that she would step on something that she shouldn’t step on. As Ruan Chanchan continued to walk, she soon discovered a cluster of crystal-like fungi, nestled right under the roots of a giant tree. The tops of these fungi were glowing faintly under the shadows. At first glance, they looked no different from a cluster of oversized mushrooms. But when Ruan Chanchan walked close to the fungi, she sensed that there was something different about them.

[New Item detected: Spirit Vein Ginseng.]

[Restores stamina and helps in accelerating healing.]

[Really Rare in the beast world.]

[Market value in the other dimensions: Really High.]

"So this is the ginseng of this world!?" Ruan Chanchan’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the words on the display screen. If she dug these things out, then would she still have to worry about points or whatnot? She would be able to earn quite a lot of points with these fungi. After all, Xiao Xi did say that they could use the supermarket system to sell these things in other dimensions. Forget about other dimensions. Even in the beast world, this herb would make a shocking change.

After all, from stressed-out cultivators to injured beastwomen, who wouldn’t want something that could help them recover quickly? And best of all, the people of the beast world didn’t even seem to recognise the worth of these fungi. To them, these fungi were just weeds... that looked a bit pretty with their glowing heads.