The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage by Chu
Chapter 713

Frank sneered. "Ms. Lionheart, don't you think you're being overconfident? Also, word of advice—take a closer look at what you're holding. Does it really have a hundred years’ worth of medicinalvalue?"

"What?" Sif did a double take but did not check her Hyperion Root as she retorted, "This is aHyperion Root—there's no faking it. The roots are intertwined, a crystalline yellow and carries afresh scent. How could it not be a hundred years old?"

"That's not quite right.” Frank shook his head and smiled. "Ms. Lionheart, the Hyperion Root growsone tertiary root every ten years, so why don't you start counting if it's the right number?”

Frank's words finally built doubt in Sif at that—if memory serves, it should be ten.

"One, two, three...” She started counting, her face soon falling once she stopped at nine.

She counted again and again, but the Hyperion Root only had nine tertiary roots. And she was deadcertain there was no tenth root.

"Are you sure the roots decide the age?! I'll kill you if I replace out you're lying!" Sif snapped at Frank,but her expression was clearly uncomfortable and her voice was shaking.

Frank shrugged. "Why don't you ask the boy from Hundred Bane Sect? They'd know nature'streasures the best."

"Hey! You, from Hundred Bane Sect! Get over here!" Sif snapped at Tavis Holt right then,summoning him over. "The Hyperion Root—does it grow tertiary roots every ten years?"

"That's true.” Tavis glanced a lazy look at Frank before giving the Hyperion Root his full attention...and his face soon fell, with seat trickling down his cheeks.

It was fortunate he did not bid for it, or his mentor would have his head for it... The Hyperion Rootwas really too young!

Still, he flashed an awkward smile. "Well, I'm sorry to tell you this, but the Hyperion Root washarvested too early. Each Hyperion Root is a secondary root, and it must have ten tertiary roots for ahundred years’ worth of medicinal value.”

Tavis then pointed at a little bulb on the root. "There. Another tertiary root would be growing out ofthat bulge—it still needs another ten years to fully mature.”

"Another ten years?!" Sif gaped, finally convinced.

Even fools would know how much a difference ten years makes for a herb, in both medicinal valueand price. Being harvested a year early would mean a waste of effort, let alone ten.

In short, it was a dud.

Seeing the scowl on Sif's face right then, Tavis quickly assured her, "Be rest assured, Ms. Lionheart—even if it's too young, it's not trash. With proper fertilizing, it would grow again.”

"Yes." Frank nodded as he commented. "Soaking it in special nutrients for ten years will do, more orless. Sell it at that point, and you'd make a killing."

Be that as it may, Sif glowered further from what they said, let alone calmed down.

It felt like she had eaten dung—she had bought the Hyperion Root for her younger brother whoneeded it urgently, and she had also paid a fortune for it.

But another ten years? Her brother would certainly not need it anymore!

At that point, Sif finally realized that she had completely been taken for a ride.