Ah?
What do you an by eting the conditions, yet not eting them at all?
What kind of statent is that?
Chen Yang was surprised.
"What do you an by that?"
"I was only focusing on telling you about the growth conditions of the Pan Long Vine, but I forgot to tell you that the Pan Long Vine actually needs to mature for several years. Ordinary Pan Long Vine roots can’t be used as precious herbs; only those that are over a thousand years old can be."
"This place surely has a lot of rocks and trees, but I just studied them, and this area’s rocks have only existed for a few hundred years, which completely fails to et the conditions for the Pan Long Vine to mature."
Lisa said.
"..."
Chen Yang was speechless.
She hadn’t ntioned such a requirent before.
"Indeed, it’s only a few hundred years here. If it has to be over a thousand, then we might really be disappointed."
"Sigh."
Lisa sighed helplessly. At that mont, she was very disappointed, but she didn’t bla Chen Yang. After all, it was her own failure to explain clearly.
If she had ntioned it earlier, Chen Yang wouldn’t have brought her here.
"It’s okay, if we can’t find it, we’ll just leave it at that. Anyway, I’ll be here for a few days, so I can look around so more." Lisa sighed, abandoning this place.
Chen Yang was also quite disappointed. He originally thought they had found it, only to discover that the place was wrong as soon as they arrived. It was quite embarrassing.
"Alright, let’s go."
Since the place didn’t et the requirents, Chen Yang had no other ideas and imdiately followed Lisa, prepared to return the sa way they ca.
But just halfway down the road, Chen Yang suddenly rembered sothing, and his steps ca to an abrupt halt!
"Hey! Lisa, since this place has so many rocks, doesn’t that an there might be a natural stone extraction site nearby? Do you think such a place might have Pan Long Vines?" Chen Yang stopped and looked at Lisa.
Upon hearing this, Lisa suddenly felt it made sense!
The stones at the previous place were clearly man-made.
If there are so many processed stones in a place like this, it indicates there must be a quarry nearby.
"Yes, if there’s a naturally rocky area, it’s very likely that there could be Pan Long Vines!" Lisa’s hope was reignited.
"Then let’s not rush back. Let’s look around nearby since it’s still early."
"Okay."
Lisa imdiately agreed and then followed Chen Yang into the nearby woods to search.
The surrounding forest was thick with bushes.
It was quite complex to navigate through.
Fortunately, the two of them were quite skilled, so it wasn’t too much of an issue.
After spending around two hours, they explored the entire surrounding area.
They found nothing.
There wasn’t a single place that matched Lisa’s description, nor did they find any stone quarries.
"It’s impossible. With so many stones, they must have been sourced nearby. Why can’t we find any?" Chen Yang was very puzzled.
Lisa felt the sa way.
"Could it be that these stones aren’t from nearby at all but were brought from a faraway place?"
"I don’t think so. Who would be so foolish as to ignore nearby resources and go to other places for stones?" Chen Yang responded imdiately.
"Then why can’t we see any stones nearby?"
Lisa was very confused.
Chen Yang was also perplexed. If there was a stone quarry nearby, even if it had been exhausted, there would definitely be traces left behind.
But in these two hours, let alone traces, they hadn’t even seen any large stones.
"I don’t know either. Let’s take another round. If we still can’t find anything, let’s just give up."
They had already checked the area within three or four kiloters around the Stone Valley.
If another round yields nothing, it might not be worth continuing the search.
But sotis things happen just by coincidence.
Just when Chen Yang was about to give up, a turning point appeared.
After walking just a few minutes, they suddenly saw stones appearing one by one in front of the woods.
Without saying a word, they both quickened their steps and moved forward together.
The closer they got, the more stones they saw.
Finally, they ca across a naturally ford stone forest.
"We finally found it!"
Chen Yang exclaid excitedly!
"This stone forest is naturally ford, and the surrounding trees are lush. There’s a very good chance there might be Pan Long Vines!" Lisa was even more excited!
Upon reaching the stone forest, she imdiately began searching seriously.
Chen Yang couldn’t just stand around either, so he decided to help Lisa search as well.
"Lisa, this stone forest is large and searching alone would be exhausting. Why don’t you tell what the Pan Long Vine looks like, and we can split up and search?" Chen Yang suggested.
Hearing this, Lisa looked up at Chen Yang, hesitated for a mont, and then nodded in agreent.
"Sure, help search. The Pan Long Vine’s characteristic is simple: it’s a matured green vine! It looks like a coiling dragon, ancient and fierce!" Lisa explained.
"Looks like a coiling dragon, ancient and fierce? Got it!"
After learning the characteristics, Chen Yang imdiately went searching in other directions.
The stone forest covered a large area. Chen Yang searched for more than ten minutes and found nothing.
Just as he was about to walk through the entire stone forest, a huge irregular rock stood in his way.
This large stone was at least over ten ters tall! It stretched at least seven or eight ters long, and standing in front of it felt like confronting a massive object.
It was obvious that it had been placed there for many years, and without a closer look, one wouldn’t notice that this thing blocking the way was a large stone.
Chen Yang’s gaze swept across and imdiately stopped at the middle of the large stone.
Because on the large stone, there was a vine as thick as an arm attached to it!
Ordinary vines look vibrant and lush green.
But this arm-thick vine, although still lively, felt significantly aged.
Especially its trunk, which perfectly matched Lisa’s description.
Looking like a coiling dragon, ancient and fierce!
The bursting old bark resembled the dragon scales of an ancient dragon, and its winding body looked just like a dragon’s torso!
"Could this be the Pan Long Vine?"
Chen Yang was fairly certain that this was indeed the Pan Long Vine.
"Lisa, co over here! I think I’ve found what you need!"
"Coming!"
Lisa was nearby, and upon hearing Chen Yang’s discovery, she quickly ran over.
"Where is the Pan Long Vine?"
Lisa impatiently asked Chen Yang.
"Isn’t that it?"
Chen Yang signaled with his eyes.
Lisa imdiately looked towards the stone in front of them.
She instantly noticed the Pan Long Vine mixed with a variety of plants in the middle of the stone.
It was too unique with its ancient trunk and bursting bark, standing out among the lush, green plants!
"It’s really the Pan Long Vine!"
Lisa exclaid joyfully!
She imdiately walked over and touched the trunk of the Pan Long Vine!
After a series of checks, her face showed even more delight!
"Yes, this is the Pan Long Vine I’m looking for, and it’s been around long enough! It can be considered a top grade." Lisa said excitedly.
Chen Yang realized she was right, and a smile appeared on his face.
"I thought the Pan Long Vine you were looking for was so kind of magical thing, but it turns out to be just a matured old vine." Chen Yang approached and said.
"When the Pan Long Vine isn’t mature, it’s no different from an ordinary green vine. But once it matures, it becos a very precious thing!" Lisa said as she traced her hand along the Pan Long Vine’s trunk, starting to look for its root.
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