The atmosphere was tense when a clear voice rang out.
"Miss Matsumoto Mina!"
An Yan, having finished checking on Watanabe Isorou, walked over.
"Miss Matsumoto Mina, have you forgotten? You have Dong Xuelian, but we have Snow Green Grass!"
"When Snow Green Grass and Snow Lotus are used together in dicine, the effect is far superior to your Dong Xuelian alone. So, why should we ignore our more effective dicinal herbs and insist on wanting your less useful Dong Xuelian?"
"Snow Green Grass has long been extinct!" Matsumoto Mina retorted angrily.
"How do you know Snow Green Grass is extinct?"
"I just know it!"
"If you know, then say it. Why do you believe Snow Green Grass is extinct?"
Matsumoto Mina clamped her mouth shut. She dared not say. She was afraid of being flad to death by the netizens from Country Z!
Since she wouldn’t speak, An Yan spoke for her, saying, "The reason you’re so certain Snow Green Grass is extinct is because your country once invested heavily in purchasing Snow Green Grass within our borders."
"A single, tiny plant was hyped by you to the sky-high price of ten thousand yuan. For money, local farrs used every ans possible to dig and harvest it. This ultimately led to the extinction of Snow Green Grass, am I right?"
Of course, Matsumoto Mina wouldn’t admit it. "You... Which of your eyes saw us purchasing Snow Green Grass?"
"Naturally, there’s evidence!"
An Yan waved her hand. A news segnt imdiately started playing on one of the screens, showing footage of pharmaceutical rchants from Country R being caught by local authorities while attempting to purchase Snow Green Grass.
"According to their confessions, acquiring Snow Green Grass was part of an extermination plan targeting our Country Z. You not only wanted to wipe out our rare plants and animals but also aid to destroy everything you desired but couldn’t obtain..."
The netizens watching the live broadcast were infuriated:
[I’m furious! This nation truly is rotten to the core.]
[They have never given up coveting our land!]
[Miss An Yan, go for it! Push them back so they never dare look down on us again.]
[...]
Matsumoto Mina cut An Yan off before she could finish, interjecting, "Miss An Yan, please choose your words carefully! I am rely a dical professional. I know nothing about what you’re saying, nor do I need to bear any responsibility for it!"
An Yan looked at her steadily and said, "Daring to do it but not daring to admit it—you’ve truly taken your people’s shalessness to the extre!"
"You..."
Matsumoto Mina nearly lost her composure but managed to restrain herself with great effort. "An Yan, no matter what you say, this illness requires Dong Xuelian to be cured. If your people genuinely haven’t taken our Dong Xuelian, you shouldn’t be afraid of searching, right?"
An Yan paused for a few seconds before saying, "Of course, we’re not afraid, because we indeed haven’t taken any!"
An Yan’s tone was light, her gaze still fixed unwaveringly on Matsumoto Mina. "However, you can’t just search as you please. We need to agree on so terms."
"What do you want?"
"You can search. But the condition for searching is that you must promise, on cara, that if nothing is found, you will publicly release the formula for your Revival Dan!"
Matsumoto Mina’s eyes narrowed as she rapidly considered. Dong Xuelian couldn’t have just vanished into thin air. So, is An Yan bluffing? Trying to use the Revival Dan formula to pressure her into abandoning the search? How could she let An Yan get her way?
"Alright! I promise!"
"Say the full promise."
Matsumoto Mina looked towards the cara and declared, "I, Matsumoto Mina, hereby guarantee that if Dong Xuelian is not found among Miss An Yan’s team, I will publicly release the formula for Revival Dan!"
Matsumoto Mina spoke with confidence.
An Yan imdiately stepped aside, saying, "Go ahead and search."
All the Dong Xuelian was stored in the space within her mind. No one but her could retrieve it, let alone see it. What surprised her was that after this Dong Xuelian was stored, it actually settled under the large tree. Even more surprisingly, after the Winter Snow Lotus settled, Snow Green Grass began to grow beside it! She didn’t even know what kind of existence this ntal space was. The Snow Green Grass grew exceptionally well, taking shape within just a few hours. Both plants had extrely strict requirents for their growing environnts, but in the space within her mind, they seed completely indifferent to any specific conditions, not even needing snow. It was truly magical.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Matsumoto Mina entered An Yan’s team’s rest area.
There were two rows of dicine shelves, filled with various precious dicinal herbs, both Chinese and Western. There was also a small laboratory bench.
As Matsumoto Mina entered, An Yan had Su Siming follow with the cara. Searching alone is still searching, and having a group search is also searching. Might as well do it together!
On the live broadcast feed:
Matsumoto Mina turned every part of the rest area upside down, not even sparing the space under the beds!
"How can it be gone? If there’s no Dong Xuelian, then what did you use to cure Zhang Zhilan?"
Matsumoto Mina was utterly perplexed.
"Of course, it was Snow Green Grass!" An Yan replied candidly.
"Snow Green Grass? You claim to have Snow Green Grass? Then show it to !"
"Alright."
With a flick of her wrist, An Yan produced a glass bottle. Inside was a complete Snow Green Grass plant. Through the transparent glass, every part of it, from root to leaf, was clearly visible!
The roots were white, the stem was green, and further up, the green gradually faded, until the tips of the leaves were a pale, leek-white color.
Matsumoto Mina’s complexion changed. She had sched and calculated, but never did she imagine An Yan actually possessed Snow Green Grass! And judging by how casually An Yan was willing to show it, she probably had more than one!
"You can hoard your Dong Xuelian! We genuinely don’t care for it!"
Once Matsumoto Mina had seen it clearly, An Yan retrieved the bottle, handed it to Wen Ge, then turned to her and said, "Alright, now it’s your turn. Please disclose the formula for your Revival Dan."
Matsumoto Mina’s face no longer held any trace of its previous cute and sweet expression; her round face seed to stretch long with dismay.
Countless netizens watched her intently through the live broadcast, so even readying translation apps, afraid she might speak in the R language. This was especially true for those working in the dical field. Since Revival Dan was so miraculous, they were desperate to learn its secrets.
To everyone’s surprise, Matsumoto Mina decided to renege on her promise: "I’m sorry, our formula is an absolute secret and cannot be disclosed!"
An Yan: "..."
The netizens: "..."
Barrage:
[I knew it! I knew this woman wouldn’t tell! Shaless!!]
[Miss An Yan was tricked! She shouldn’t have agreed to let her search in the first place!]
[I actually think Miss An Yan is being open and aboveboard, while this Matsumoto Mina has been sneaky and evasive from start to finish, acting like soone with sothing to hide!]
[Honestly, I really wouldn’t dare take her dicine!]
[Exactly. Getting old, falling ill, and dying are all natural. If you’re sick, you’re sick; if you die, you die. I, for one, would never take dicine with such an unknown origin.]
[Get this woman out of here! Just looking at her makes uncomfortable!]
[They want to take our money and act like our superiors! Their abacus beads are practically flying in my face.]
[...]
Matsumoto Mina had resolved to play dumb. Unexpectedly, An Yan didn’t continue to press her on it. Instead, An Yan turned directly to face the cara Su Siming was holding and said—
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