Chapter 278: Newly Appointed Great Witch

Although the Great Witch was captivated by the Cuan Qiong in her hand, hearing the quantity Lin Manzhi mentioned almost made her unable to breathe out.

More than twenty portions of Dragon's Blood! It's almost one-tenth of her storage.

Each generation of Great Witch, lacking the herbs for Soul Cocoon Divine Pill, had to accumulate for a thousand years before managing to refine over three hundred portions of Dragon's Blood. Last time she had two thousand-year-old stalks of Concentrated Spirit Dew, using up eight portions, and exchanging for Concentrated Spirit Dew grass used up four portions; now she happens to have only 308 portions in hand.

She carefully and slowly lifted the Cuan Qiong in her hand to eye level, extended her pheromone to examine it, and said, 'The offspring of supernatural male beasts are born too few; a single Cuan Qiong cannot be exchanged for a portion of Dragon's Blood.'

The pheromone-wrapped plant conveyed a peculiar, fresh fragrance that surprised her with its medicinal effect; the Great Witch thought of the major shift in the future breeding of powerful male beasts, and her mood improved somewhat.

She looked at Lin Manzhi sitting beside her and couldn't help but say, 'If you agree to become the Great Witch, all the Dragon's Blood of the Wushen Temple will belong to you—you won't need to exchange anything.'

Besides needing to pay even more Cuan Qiong, one must also shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Wushen Temple!

Lin Manzhi snorted inwardly, not falling for it.

'Two for one Dragon's Blood,' she said, looking at the Great Witch's expression; the other party seemed to think this price wasn't worth it.

To be honest, I currently only have 48 portions of Cuan Qiong on hand, and all the forest planting spots in my space are filled with ginseng.

'If the Great Witch agrees, I can cooperate with the Wushen Temple in the future,' Lin Manzhi said, glancing at Su Li before turning back to the Great Witch. 'All my herbs will cooperate with the Wushen Temple; I am willing to long-term provide herbs to the Wushen Temple, and share profits equally with the herbs or medicinal liquids sold by the Wushen Temple.'

I'll provide the funds, you provide the effort—a cooperation model like lettuce—and Su Li grasped it instantly.

She looked at the Great Witch and interjected, 'Great Witch, I think Lin Manzhi's proposal is excellent. If the influence of herbs has already surpassed that of medicines, and if we don't change the primary herb, then the Wushen Temple's medicines will gradually be replaced. Not needing the herbs provided by Lin Manzhi to replace the main herb of various Spirit Core medicines, like the "raw" medicine, would be wonderful.'

Currently, because Lin Manzhi's cultivated herbs are few in number, they cannot meet the demand of the entire continent, so the Wushen Temple's herbs remain the mainstream purchase for male beasts across the continent.

The Great Witch looked at Su Li, a flash of appreciation passing through her eyes.

Su Li is not bad; she can anticipate these things in advance.

The Great Witch is ultimately lacking energy; her expression already shows some defeat as she lifts her eyes to Lin Manzhi and asks, 'Can you guarantee to provide herbs to the Wushen Temple every month from now on?'

Lin Manzhi smiled at the corners of her mouth and said, 'Mm, cooperating with the Wushen Temple is a win-win.'

Of course, what to provide in the future, how much, and the quantity of herbs will be decided by her.

The Great Witch gripped the Cuan Qiong in her hand, made the final decision for the Wushen Temple: 'Good, I agree to the trade you mentioned; you can discuss the herb cooperation with Su Li.'

As the Great Witch's words fell, the gazes of the many shamans toward Su Li changed; the meaning of her words—clearly choosing Su Li as her successor Great Witch!

Su Li's lips trembled with excitement.

Hahaha!

Finally, finally, I myself became the Great Witch!

The people in the room had varied expressions; seeing the Great Witch's poor complexion, Lin Manzhi stood up and left the room, with no one trying to stop her this time, leaving a group of shamans in the Great Witch's room to discuss her major matters.

Lin Manzhi walked out with heavy steps and saw Mo Lie approaching head-on.

The two walked toward the outside of the hall.

Mo Lie lowered his eyes, his expression unchanging as he scanned Lin Manzhi from head to toe to check for injuries, as if her brief absence felt like an entire day had passed.

After leaving the Great Witch's palace, Lin Manzhi sat back in the carriage of the giant elephant in Kuangsha City, then turned to Mo Lie and said, 'The Great Witch just said she wanted to pass the position of Great Witch to me, but I refused.'

Mo Lie was startled, then curled his lips into a smile; his originally icy expression softened.

He leaned in, raised his hand, and his fingertips lightly brushed the little female's ear; his magnetic low voice sounded somewhat happy as he asked, 'Why did you refuse... is it because of me?'

'Mm!' Lin Manzhi blinked her dark eyes and said, 'You are my beast husband, after all—I don't want to be separated from you.'

Mo Lie's breath caught.

His chest was swiftly engulfed by a fiery heat; extreme pleasure and satisfaction made him urgently want to do something intimate with the little female.

His fingertips lightly pressed against Lin Manzhi's chin; leaning down under her gaze, he gave her an extremely light kiss.

After the gentle entwining kiss ended, the carriage interior became warm and affectionate.

Lin Manzhi rested her head on Mo Lie's shoulder and said, 'I exchanged my Cuan Qiong for twenty-four portions of Dragon's Blood; we have plenty of Eucommia and Gastrodia, so let me have Su Li try refining the Soul Cocoon Divine Pill.'

Mo Lie chuckled lightly and said, 'Tell Su Li about these two herbs, Eucommia and Gastrodia—aren't you afraid she'll have second thoughts?'

Lin Manzhi said, 'I think the Great Witch's situation isn't good; Su Li should be the next Great Witch. We have a deep cooperative relationship with Su Li—she wouldn't cut off our future cooperation just for these few dozen medicines.'

Mo Lie slightly raised his eyebrows and said, 'Also true.'

His expression calm, he said lightly, 'Moreover, no matter what she does, all male beasts are no match for me.'

Lin Manzhi nodded.

Regarding Mo Lie's saying such arrogant words... she felt Mo Lie already had the capability to become the strongest male beast.

In the original story, he was already stronger than several lords of Cangqiong; otherwise he wouldn't be their public enemy, and finally they needed several Cangqiong individuals to team up against Mo Lie.

Now Mo Lie has also taken Ginseng Essence and become stronger again.

She lifted her head to look at Mo Lie, her eyes filled with fine specks of light.

Speaking of which...

I've raised Mo Lie really well~

The Great Witch passed away that day, and Su Li became the newly appointed Great Witch.

The funeral and succession ceremonies were held grandly; after everything settled, Lin Manzhi and Su Li met for a discussion.

Considering that Lin Manzhi herself had taken the Great Witch's position, Su Li's attitude toward her was very amiable; cooperation matters were discussed smoothly, and the Dragon's Blood issue also became easy to talk about.

Su Li thought, keeping Dragon's Blood stored in the warehouse just lets it gather dust; it would be better to use it as a favor to build good relations with Lin Manzhi—besides, this kind of herb will continue to be available in the future.

This time discussing cooperation with Lin Manzhi, Su Li was quite calm; the confidence brought by her Great Witch status meant she could face anything without being startled.

Until Lin Manzhi took out two small wooden boxes, together with the box containing several dozen portions of Dragon's Blood, and pushed them all before Su Li's eyes.

She blinked her dark eyes and earnestly pleaded, 'In the Wushen Temple, only you, the Great Witch, are my friend; I want to ask you to help me refine these into medicines, okay?'

Su Li's heart skipped a beat.

She reached out and opened the two small wooden boxes before her, extending pheromone threads toward a piece of dry bark and a wrinkled, semi-transparent rhizome to examine them.

After a few seconds, Su Li's eyes stared blankly: '……'

Help! Lin Manzhi, you couldn't be an incarnation of the Beast God, could you?