Chapter 14
This time, I was certain I would obtain the Millennium Snow Ginseng. My martial arts skills had significantly improved since the second time I died, and as a courier, I had saved up a good sum of money over the past three years. Most importantly, I had come to Huangshan with no complicated vendettas this time. There was no one in particular who could hinder me.
Moreover, while working as a courier in Sagong Courier Agency, I had managed to gather quite a bit of geographical information and maps about Huangshan. If I failed this time, the emotional blow would be enormous—I had been meticulously preparing for the last three years.
The reason I was so obsessed with eating the Millennium Snow Ginseng was simple: once I acquired it, I would no longer be circling below the top-rate martial artists but could potentially surpass them to become an apex master.
Apex masters were not common in this world. I heard that there were less than five hundred of them in the vast Central Plains, which is home to tens of millions. Their martial prowess could change the course of the world, and for them, acquiring wealth and fame was laughably easy. There were people who claimed to have seen apex masters everywhere, but in reality, they were mostly mistaking high-ranking martial artists for them. Genuine apex masters were rarer to find than century-old mountain ginsengs.
How will my life change the moment I gain this power?
The anticipation was more exhilarating than the wait itself.
For the search for Millennium Snow Ginseng in Huangshan, I had meticulously prepared climbing gear and provisions. I also made sure to determine the direction of my search using the maps of the inner peaks of Huangshan.
Huangshan had a total of seventy-two peaks, but I would only search thirty of them. This was because it was confirmed that the outer twenty-four peaks didn’t have any Millennium Snow Ginseng, and the twelve peaks near the Huangshan Sect had to be excluded. Since the sect’s base was located at the sixth peak, that one had to be excluded as well.
Of course, saying ‘thirty peaks’ might sound trivial, but each one was a harsh mountain with heights exceeding five hundred jang (1 jang = 3 meters). If it took at least a month to thoroughly search one mountain, then my journey would take at least three to four years. It could even take a decade or more.