Chapter 470 - Chapter 470: Chapter 462: Unexpected Gains_1 (2/2)

“The previous landlord already informed me about this matter, and I have been looking forward to your visit. This tea is specially prepared for you; it’s a restorative tea made from the leaves of a unique tea tree in my hometown. After drinking it, it can enhance your spiritual power. Please, you and your two wives have a taste.”

Shen Wanqing was in his forties, and he always conducted himself with great modesty.

To have made such an impressive business on his own merits by his forties clearly showed the man’s capabilities.

“Shopkeeper Shen, you are too kind. I shall accept your generous offer without further ado!”

After receiving the teapot, Qin Niu poured himself a cup.

The tea was a pale green with a hint of blue.

Upon taking a sip, he initially detected a slight bitterness, feeling his tongue and throat tighten. But quickly, an invisible cool energy gathered first in his kidneys and then rose all the way to his head.

He felt as though his spiritual power had indeed increased somewhat.

“Hmm, good tea!”

He finished the tea in his cup in one go, and this time, he felt the increase in his spiritual power quicken.

This restorative tea was definitely an extremely rare treasure.

It was incredibly difficult to enhance spiritual power; a single cup of this tea was equivalent to the increase one would experience from advancing a minor realm in cultivation.

He poured another cup, then started to pour for his wives.

The waitress had keen eyes; she took the teapot from Qin Niu’s hands and proactively poured the tea for his wives.

“If Master Qin likes it, I have some more here, which I will give to you as a gift.”

Shen Wanqing took out a small packet of tea leaves from his sleeve, which seemed to weigh less than an ounce.

“I cannot accept such a precious gift without a reason. Such valuable tea leaves, I would be embarrassed to take them for free. Please name your price, Shopkeeper Shen. I will buy it, and in the future, if you have more of this tea, you can sell it to me,” Qin Niu said to him.

“That tea tree grows incredibly slowly and doesn’t produce much even in a year. This small packet represents about two years’ worth of leaves. I only serve this tea to honored guests who visit my shop. If Master Qin really likes it, I can send you the leaves harvested each year. After all, it’s grown at home and isn’t worth much money,” Shen Wanqing replied, speaking with a businessman’s charm.

Truly a man of business; his words were well crafted.

No one knew just how much the annual yield was.

“Is that tea tree your personal property, Shopkeeper Shen?”

“Yes! It was also a stroke of luck. My grandfather was chasing an ibex on a cliff when he accidentally discovered the tea tree. Since then, every spring, we can pick some fresh leaves. However, probably because the tree is growing on a cliff without much soil, it grows very slowly. The annual yield is extremely limited, and we can only harvest once a year.”

Shen Wanqing seemed unaware of the immense value of this tea tree.

In Qin Niu’s view, exchanging five shops for that tea tree would be well worth it.

“Why doesn’t Shopkeeper Shen transplant the tea tree to his own land? With sufficient fertility, wouldn’t it produce a higher yield?”

“I have considered that, but such special plants often don’t survive transplantation. Moreover, my grandfather specifically sought advice from a planting master, who said the miraculous effects of the tea leaves could be due not only to the tree’s uniqueness. The harsh and cold environment of that cliff, along with the special energy of the land and nourishment from the rain and dew, is also crucial. After transplantation, the tea leaves might not possess such potent effects anymore.”

His explanation seemed to make sense.

Nevertheless, Qin Niu hadn’t given up. He practiced the Everlasting Spring Technique, which enabled him to transplant any plant and ensure its rapid acclimatization and survival.

If he could transplant that tea tree to his own residence, how wonderful that would be!

At the very least, it was worth a try.

If it didn’t work, he could always transplant it back.