CHAPTER 529: EXCHANGING LIFE SAVING HERBS

Bai Meiyue listened to the cries of the man before turning to walk inside the room; there was nothing that she could do other than think of a way to solve the problem in front of her.

"When did Corpse Plague start the last time?" Bai Meiyue mused as she tried to recall the memories of her past life. If she was not wrong, the corpse plague started after the second year of the apocalypse. Then how come it arrived so early this time around? Or maybe the corpse plague started early, but by the time it reached the southern base where she was during the second year, it was too late?

Bai Meiyue realised that she didn’t have any particular information about the corpse plague, but she did remember the herbs that the researchers asked the wood-type ability users to grow. If her hunch was correct, then they were blood lotus flower, heaven heart grass, fire dragon root, life-saving ganoderma and white mist mushrooms.

These herbs were rather hard to find. Bai Meiyue still remembered that when she died, the corpse plague was still rising. Though the researchers found the cure, they couldn’t find all the herbs, though they pushed the wood-type ability users to somehow turn the mutated herbs back to their original selves; as far as she knew, they were never able to succeed.

As for whether they were able to succeed or not after her death, Bai Meiyue didn’t know. She had to admit that Mother Nature surely knew how to teach a good lesson to the humans. She destroyed the world and gave the cure to the humans, but at the same time, she took away the very cure that could help them.

Bai Meiyue thought about it a little and then typed a message for the Goddess of Herbs.

[ Do you have blood lotus flower, heaven heart grass, fire dragon root, life-saving ganoderma and white mist mushrooms?]

The response was almost instant as the Goddess of Herbs was online.

[ I do have these herbs, but they are quite expensive. What do you need them for?]

[ Nothing. Didn’t I tell you that I have awakened medical skills? I want to grow these herbs and keep them in stock. If you want, then I can exchange these herbs with the Seven Day Course poison.]

[You finally got your hands on that poison? Dang, that Poison Master is really something. I asked him to give that poison to me all this time, but he never agreed, and yet he agreed to hand it to you just like that?]

Even though Bai Meiyue could not see the expression on the face of the Goddess of Herbs, she knew that the woman was filled with envy. After all, she knew how much The Goddess of Herbs wanted to get the Seven Day Course Poison, but each time she had made the request, Poison Master had refused. Saying that he couldn’t give it to her as it was too expensive and hard to make.

Bai Meiyue was aware of their banter and knew why the Goddess of Herbs was upset. Thus, she hurriedly typed in a message lest the woman go to quarrel with Poison Master.

[I helped him deal with a tricky situation. Something that he couldn’t solve on his own; thats why he handed me that poison, if not, he would have never parted with it.]

The goddess of herbs turned silent, but after a few seconds, she sent a reply.

[Alright. I will exchange these herbs with you for the Seven Course Poison. Because you have helped me out, I will add in the seeds of a few more herbs that you can use in your medical practice.]

This was exactly what Bai Meiyue wanted. She sent a thanks to the Goddess of Herbs and then finished the barter exchange. She looked at the countless herbs that she had collected and sighed before moving to her private patch and starting to dig.

"Just what do you think you are doing?"

Lei Qian came looking for Bai Meiyue because his mother had cooked some bone broth soup. She told him that as Bai Meiyue was too thin, she would be in trouble if she didn’t nourish herself well during these months.

’I am not saying that she is weak, but you know how actresses are starved these days. Just look at Bai Meiyue; she is all skin and bones with no flesh. If this continues, then forget about labour pain; she might not even create enough milk for the child.’

’Once again, I am not blaming her, but the milk of a mother is really important for a child, especially in these situations. Think about it: if Bai Meiyue fails to feed the child, how will he survive in these conditions? try to fatten her a bit while there is still time.’

His mother was trying to feed this woman until she was all fat and healthy, and here she was digging in the soil.

Lei Qian almost threw the pot in his hands, but thinking about how this was all for Bai Meiyue, he placed it on the ground and rushed ahead to snatch the hoe from her. He took the hoe from her and then glared at her before saying, "What are you doing? Can you not see the condition you are in the moment?"

"I was just trying to loosen the soil—"

"Don’t do anything! If you want to do something, then you need to call me. I will do it for you!" Lei Qian scowled and said to the woman. Wondering what he had to do to make her sit still, could she not understand her own condition? She was almost five months pregnant, and soon she would turn six months pregnant.

Was this the time for her to do such a thing?

Bai Meiyue was speechless when she heard the words of the man. She rolled her eyes and then said to him, "Very well, since you want to work, then you might as well dig the ground for me."

Lei Qian : "..."