Chapter 257: Top-Grade Snow Ginseng!

The clerk at the Benevolent Medicine Hall, seeing Wei Liang return, immediately said with a cold face, "Why are you back again? Get out of here! You aren't welcome here!"

Wei Liang pleaded, "Little brother, I have something I want to say to the Divine Physician Shi in person. I'll leave right after!"

The clerk frowned, "Divine Physician Shi doesn't want to see you. Don't you have any self-awareness?"

Wei Liang fell to his knees with a thud and shouted toward the inside, "Divine Physician Shi, Wei Liang begs for an audience! I just want to say a few words to you in person. Please, sir, grant me this! If you are unwilling to see me, I will kneel at your doorstep forever!"

Divine Physician Shi had already reached the room behind the Benevolent Medicine Hall. Hearing Wei Liang's voice, he couldn't help but sigh.

After several encounters, he felt that this illegitimate son of the Wei family was indeed well-bred and understood etiquette.

Moreover, Divine Physician Shi truly felt that Wei Liang's situation in the Wei family was worthy of sympathy.

Thus, hearing Wei Liang's words, a bit of compassion stirred in his heart.

He paced out. Seeing that Wei Changming had already left and only Wei Liang remained kneeling at the door, he said to him, "Follow me inside."

"Thank you, Divine Physician Shi!" Wei Liang was overjoyed. He hurriedly stood up and followed Divine Physician Shi to the back hall.

Once inside the back hall, Wei Liang immediately took a slender rosewood box from his bosom, opened it, and revealed a snow-white ginseng root.

He offered the ginseng to Divine Physician Shi with both hands and blurted out, "Divine Physician Shi, this thousand-year-old snow ginseng was left to me by my mother. It was the treasure she cherished her whole life. I know you hold Master Ye Chen in high regard, so I want to offer this thousand-year-old snow ginseng to Master Ye, begging him to intervene and save the Wei family from disaster!"

Divine Physician Shi looked at the snow ginseng, which was not particularly large, and was instantly dumbfounded.

It really was a thousand-year-old snow ginseng!

He had only ever seen descriptions of such things in classical medical texts. Once upon a time, he had even believed such things didn't exist, thinking snow ginseng topped out at a hundred years.

Although this snow ginseng was not even as long as a folding fan, its entire body was somewhat translucent. This was due to waxification; ordinary ginseng did not waxify. For it to be this clearly waxified, it must have been growing for a very, very long time!

This led Divine Physician Shi to conclude that this was, in all likelihood, a true thousand-year-old snow ginseng!

He never expected that such a thing actually existed!

He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "This... is this really yours? How could you possess such a precious medicinal herb?!"

Wei Liang nodded and said earnestly, "Divine Physician Shi, I won't hide it from you. My mother was a native of Mount Zhangbai. Following my grandfather, generations of her family gathered herbs in Mount Zhangbai. This thousand-year-old snow ginseng is a treasure passed down through my mother's family for generations."

As he spoke, Wei Liang continued, "When my father, Wei Yongzheng, first started his medicinal herb business, he often went to Mount Zhangbai to collect herbs. He lied, claiming he was single, and deceived my mother. After my mother became pregnant with me, he just walked away. I grew up at the foot of Mount Zhangbai..."

"It wasn't until my mother was critically ill and nearing death that she feared I would be left alone and helpless, so she contacted my grandfather. My grandfather felt that, after all, I was of the Wei family bloodline and could not be left wandering outside, so he ordered my father to go to Mount Zhangbai and bring me back to the Wei family."

"Before my mother passed, she left this snow ginseng to me, telling me to keep it on my person at all times for an emergency. Now that the Wei family is facing a catastrophe, if Master Ye Chen is willing to lend a hand, I am willing to offer this thousand-year-old snow ginseng to him!"

Divine Physician Shi was too shocked to speak.

He only knew Wei Liang was an illegitimate son, but he didn't know there was such a story behind it.

For Wei Liang, these were words he had never spoken to anyone in his life; Divine Physician Shi was the first.

From the moment he was brought to the Wei family, Wei Liang had been subjected to cold stares, humiliation, and torment.

Growing up, his father, Wei Yongzheng, loathed him, and his older brother, Wei Changming, despised him. He was constantly scolded, beaten, and subjected to all kinds of insults, and he had long since grown accustomed to it.

He had endured, waiting for a suitable opportunity to escape this dark and hopeless situation.

With the Wei family now facing a crisis and Wei Yongzheng announcing that whoever could resolve it would become the chairman of Wei Pharmaceuticals, he brought out the thousand-year-old snow ginseng he had kept hidden for twenty years to trade for his chance to hold his head high.

This thousand-year-old snow ginseng was priceless.

A three-hundred-year-old purple ginseng, had it not been for the competition between Ye Chen and Xiao Yiqian, would normally be priced around thirty million.

This thousand-year-old snow ginseng could sell for at least one hundred million, and if there were a bidding war, three hundred million wouldn't be surprising.

Wei Liang brought it out now, willing to give it to Ye Chen, just so Ye Chen would help the Wei family resolve the crisis. This way, he could become the chairman of Wei Pharmaceuticals and wash away his shame once and for all!

Divine Physician Shi was also shocked by this thousand-year-old snow ginseng.

He knew Ye Chen possessed miraculous pill-refining skills; this thousand-year-old snow ginseng would certainly be of great help to him.

Thus, he immediately took out his phone and called Ye Chen.

At that moment, Ye Chen had just received the medicinal herbs sent by Qin Gang and, along with that three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng, had refined thirty Rejuvenation Pills.

Just as the Rejuvenation Pills were finished, Ye Chen suddenly received the call from Divine Physician Shi.

On the other end of the line, Divine Physician Shi's voice sounded incredibly respectful: "Master Ye, the Wei family's illegitimate son, Wei Liang, wants to ask for your help. If you can help the Wei family through this crisis, he is willing to give you a thousand-year-old snow ginseng!"

"A thousand-year-old snow ginseng? Is that true?"

Ye Chen was very surprised. A three-hundred-year-old top-grade purple ginseng was already rare; snow ginseng was even more precious and thus even rarer.

Let alone a thousand-year-old one; it definitely counted as a supreme treasure among medicines.

Ye Chen was somewhat tempted. The "Nine Profound Heaven Scriptures" recorded that snow ginseng over five hundred years old was a heaven-sent treasure filled with spiritual energy. If he could get his hands on it, it would have a very strong effect on improving his own strength.

Divine Physician Shi spoke up at this time: "Master Ye, to be honest, this is the first time I've seen a thousand-year-old snow ginseng. I can't be certain if it's exactly a thousand years, but it's at least over five hundred."

Ye Chen gave a hum and praised, "Old Shi, you handled this very well. I just happened to refine a new type of pill that can make you look ten years younger. I'll send you one later."

Hearing this, Divine Physician Shi's voice trembled with excitement. He said respectfully, "Master Ye, you are too kind to me. Actually, this is what I should do; it's all part of my duty..."

Ye Chen smiled indifferently and said, "Old Shi, I, Ye Chen, have always been clear about rewards and punishments. You work for me, so I naturally won't forget your contribution. Bring Wei Liang to see me first; I will definitely reward you later."

After saying this, Ye Chen added, "Bring Wei Liang over now. I want to see if his thousand-year-old snow ginseng is real or fake."

Divine Physician Shi said excitedly, "Very well, Master Ye, I will bring him over right away!"